Recent content by tripitaka

Hi there, I buy most of my cards on eBay. I have only ever received a handfull of fake cards. I get more fakes from Craigslist. I then destroy all of the fakes. I have collected maybe 5000 unique cards this way. Completed a bunch of the early sets too. Plus after selling the duplicates I am...

Thanks a lot. Appreciate all your help

Hi all, attached are photos of the front and back of a card i have. The card looks and feels legit but the printing on the back is so bizarre i dont know what to make of it. Anyone help?

ok thanks. one other question, I have a bunch of cards from the EX series as both ecards and non ecards. Did they produce the non ecards after the ecard series or at the same time?

Hi, So i am a little confused. I have a bunch of energy cards from the EX Ruby and Saphire base set. The symbol is like an octagon. Most of these energy cards are not from the e-series but some are. The cards that are NOT from the e-series have EITHER the date 2003, 2004, or 2005 on them. So...

Hi, i have attached photos of 2 cards. i am a little confused as the symbols on the cards designating the set seems to be EX Ruby & Sapphire but he number says 10/16 and i know the set has more than 16 cards. The other card is from EX unseen forces but it is card K/28. Are these fakes, promos...

So i have seen the list of error cards on the bulbapedia but it sees that many of these error cards are not rare! and the error is very common. For example: vulpix: A number of these cards have their HP's listed as "HP xx" instead of "xx HP". Now HP xx card seems to be the standard card. The...

thanks a lot guys. Wish there was a complete resource which outlined all of the symbols. All of the lists i've found only outline the "real sets" either way. thanks

Si i have 5 cards with symbols on them that do not seem to match any of the sets. Are these some type of promo card? see attached jpg thanks

Thanks donavannj, a few more questions If i was given a pokemon character card, how do i find out which version/expansion he/she came from. eg. Tepig is from black and white is there an identifier on the card? And don't some of the characters appear in several versions? Is there a list of all...

and the 4 expansions (emerging powers etc), these cards can be used in the base decks to play the game or should they/do they need to be kept separate? thanks

Hi, In the basic Pokemon Black and White TCG. There are 3 theme decks (Blue assault, Green tornado, and Red Frenzy), and 4 different booster packs. If i just buy one of these theme decks can i get all of the other possible cards 114 in total i think by just buying the booster packs? Are there...