Is my card fake or misprinted in any way?

[Viseden]

Hello guys, I have never seen a card similar to mine and I'm curious if it's fake or misprinted. I am selling part of my collection and I need to know if it's worth auctioning this card.

 

[Blue_Bird]

The Pokemon pictured is Togepi not Koffing

 

[Viseden]

Yeah, I know that the Pokemon picture is wrong, but what about the fonts/colours etc.? Is the picture the only problem or are there any other issues? :)

 

[ChancellorCharizard]

I think it is fake, togepi didn't exist when base set was being printed, and that specific art isn't on any cards at all, so it is probably a bad fake card

 

[Viseden]

Thank you for the reply, any other opinions?

 

[donavannj]

Thank you for the reply, any other opinions?

100% fake without any question. So many tell-tale signs. For starters, Togepi was not a known Pokemon at the release of the Base Set. Secondly, the font is wrong for several parts of the card. For instance, the phrase "Basic Pokemon", while using all the correct letters, has the wrong font and font spacing and is also not bolded like it is on all official cards. The Pokedex information is also the wrong font and the wrong spacing. There's a few other areas where I think the font is wrong, but I can't confirm it at a glance. Thirdly, that art is for Togepi, not Koffing. Fourthly, that image of Togepi looks like it was poorly cropped out from a grainy official image and then poorly resized to fit the image box. That background also looks like it was poorly copied from another card's background. And the final sign is that the Foul Gas attack on the original Base Set Koffing only does 10 damage.


TL;DR: Fake fake fake fake. It is without question a fake.

 

[AdamN]

It's part of a set of fakes which uses screenshots from the anime as the card art.

 

[EscapeRope]

Yeah, it's worth nothing. Sorry.