Every single Pokemon card has a rarity symbol printed right on it, and if you know how to read those symbols, you can tell in about one second whether you pulled bulk or something special
Each Happy Meal contains a pack of four cards, each bearing the Pokemon 25th Anniversary logo
Helper cards are optional, but you should use them or opaque sleeves, if not both
When its alliance ability triggers, you scry one card from your deck
The English sets that had a 1st edition print run (apart from the Base Set mentioned above) were: Jungle Fossil Team Rocket Gym Heroes Gym Challenge Neo Genesis Neo Discovery Neo Revelation Neo Destiny And there is one promo with 1st edition stamp, which is the WotC #1 Promo Pikachu, which was included in some 1st edition Jungle booster packs (with a very low pull rate)
cards that allow him to hang with his friends