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2000 Pokemon Promo Moltres - Black Star - Aoki Error #21, Promotion - The Power of One theatrical release
2000 Pokemon Promo Zapdos - Black Star - Aoki Error #23, Promotion - The Power of One theatrical release

Release information - In Japan, this card was first released as an Unnumbered Promotional card with artwork by Toshinao Aoki and was distributed by All Nippon Airlines between August 1 and September 30, 1999. Passengers flying in conjunction with the "Everyone's Happy Campaign" could redeem two domestic boarding pass stubs for a two-card set that included Zapdos and Moltres. Stubs were required to be affixed to special postcards and mailed to Media Factory. The postcards could be obtained from airport counters or from the ANA branch office. The English version was one of the Wizards Black Star Promos given away in the first few weeks of the theatrical release of The Power of One, with then English-exclusive artwork by Naoyo Kimura. This artwork was used on a Japanese reprint released in Pokémon Web. The original Japanese artwork was eventually featured on English cards when reprinted in Supreme Victors as a retro card, having previously been released in the Japanese Beat of the Frontier expansion.

Wizards produced a total of 53 numbered Promotional cards before they lost their license. Had they kept their rights to produce the cards longer, it is likely more Promotional cards would have been produced, as the Vending Machine cards were a collection Wizards certainly planned to bring into English.

Information collected from
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Moltres_(Wizards_Promo_21)
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Zapdos_(Wizards_Promo_23)
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wizards_Black_Star_Promos_(TCG)