PBM Graphics — True to Their Heritage

It started out innocently enough when Seattle-based Wizards of the Coast tabbed the printer in 1998 for a product called Xena Warriors. Wizards then asked PBM if it had enough capacity to produce a new set of game cards it was introducing to the market.

The game was called Pokémon, short for pocket monster. Almost immediately, the cards grew into a national obsession for children.