Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Anatomy of a Fake Pokémon Card

As my article works well, I ask you if you could send me (for volunteers) some scans of fake cards of the recent editions.
I seach : a fake back
a fake level X
a Fake pokemon card (legal tournament format cards)
and what you can send
I ask it because i asked it in the french organised play but I have almost no card.
I ask them at the standard card size, and at a 2 time size ...
Thank you !
 
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I'm not sure if this has been covered yet, but at my mall there's a little store that sells bootleg packs. They come in golden cardboard boxes and are actually quite deceptive. I bought one pack thinking it was real, but immediately noticed they were all fake as soon as I opened it. It had like 4 non holographic EX cards and they all felt really rough and dirty.
 
PRguitarman said:
I'm not sure if this has been covered yet, but at my mall there's a little store that sells bootleg packs. They come in golden cardboard boxes and are actually quite deceptive. I bought one pack thinking it was real, but immediately noticed they were all fake as soon as I opened it. It had like 4 non holographic EX cards and they all felt really rough and dirty.
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Yeah, some of the fakes I mentioned in my last post are the same ones. The boxes are like a deck of normal playing cards, right?
I still have people coming up to me at league asking if the yellow bordered, non holo level X they have is fake. -__-'''

Oh, one more thing. I've been searching random stuff on ebay lately and have been finding more fake cards being sold for cheap. I swear, some of these sellers either will not listen when you tell them they have fakes or they know bloody well what they have and blow you off. I sent this one guy who had a fake garchomp X a note saying he had a fake n' sent him a link to the real one. the note he sent back made nearly no sense and he thanked me for telling him it was a mint card. :confused::confused: Yeah, my head spun for a bit afterwards.......
 
is there any way to tell if cards from foreign countries are fake or real?? because i have a shaymin x land from Korea and i'm not too sure if its real or not.
 
I think that LV X cards should be added to the guide just to keep this guide up to date. Also Legends Awakened have some very real looking fakes. The level x's have the correct font, correct energy symbol size, and the accent over the e in Pokemon, though the PokePower and Poke Body looks weird. I have some pictures that I can contribute to the guide for the fake LV X's.
 
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I think that LV X cards should be added to the guide just to keep this guide up to date. Also Legends Awakened have some very real looking fakes. The level x's have the correct font, correct energy symbol size, and the accent over the e in Pokemon, though the PokePower and Poke Body looks weird. I have some pictures that I can contribute to the guide for the fake LV X's.
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Please do!
 
I like the way the seller calls it an "unofficial pokemon card" to avoid admitting he sold a counterfeit card for $15.
 
KoM.. always good to include PUI on these matters. They do take these things seriously!

Lately at my new League in Watauga, we are getting an influx of Fake Cards. Actually had ot sit down with some of the parents and show them the difference! At this point, I am directing them to Target/ Walmart and the local card shops!

I guess that 's what we get for being #2!
 
May I also say, in real Pokémon cards there is a black layer running through the middle (inside), so if you buy a pack that you think might be fake then get a useless card from the pack and rip it in half, if there is a black layer in it, it is real.

Edit: Corrected "line" to "layer". -Pop

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^^^^ oh soz.. 171717171717171717

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Also, European fake cards, generally outside England are quite thick and waxy, and the picture can be quite blurred.

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PokePop said:
Doesn't ebay have any rules about selling illegal counterfeits?
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YES!! If you buy something fake you can get evidence from the producing company, in this case PUI and send their confirmation saying it is. Ebay then give you a refund and the seller is kicked and banned.
 
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We found some good ones today. One left the "P" off of "Pokemon," calling an Entei a "Volcano okemon." That same card was one of those non-holo scans of a holo card. We also had one that called Starly a "Staling" Pokemon instead of "Starling," and -- my favorite -- a Ludicolo that was to have "evolve[d] from Hoppip."
 
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