My first two cards were a Meowth and a Geodude. I still have the Meowth but I traded the Geodude at some point :( I think my favorites are the Meowth, my Mewtwo from my history teacher, my Reshiram EX from my friend, and a random Kabuto card that happens to be in German.
Oh man Gen 1. I don't think I even knew what pokemon was back then. I might not have even been born! How long has pokemon existed anyway? Now I'm actually curious to see what Gen was going on when I first got into Pokemon… also Rattata is one of my favs too.