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"What is this? Is it fake? How much is it worth?" Thread

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KarenHartman97 said:
OK. So do you know the value of this card? Because I'm trying to get a selling price in euros, you see
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A first edition, shadowless 39/102 Porygon that's ungraded and in good (not NM) condition will probably be about $20, which is around €18. I've seen graded ones going as high as €40, but considering yours has ink markings on the back, I don't think you should expect more than €10 - €15. That 1st Edition mark on the back, like Don said, is ink transfer from being pressed up against the front of another 1st edition Porygon, and therefore is not an error but a blemish on the card.

@selhurst31 - Seconding Don on this. None of those cards are legitimate:


Pikachu #1 does not exist in SM Team Up
Pikachu #2 does not exist in SM Team Up
Snorlax & Eevee should be 120/181
Zekrom & Pikachu should be 33/181
 
Hello, I created this account just to ask a question.
I would like to make a small collection of Eevee and its evolutions. But in hyper secret, you know, the rainbow holo ones.
But There is no Eevee or Flareon, Vaporeon or Jolteon.
Will there ever be these cards in hyper secret, or should I just give up on them?

Thanks!
 
Kettu said:
Hello, I created this account just to ask a question.
I would like to make a small collection of Eevee and its evolutions. But in hyper secret, you know, the rainbow holo ones.
But There is no Eevee or Flareon, Vaporeon or Jolteon.
Will there ever be these cards in hyper secret, or should I just give up on them?

Thanks!
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Not likely for Eevee by itself. Eevee is on the Eevee and Snorlax Tag Team GX rainbow holo, though, if you consider that as counting. Eevee is a not fully evolved Pokemon so there's no shot for it to get a rainbow rare, since the only way it's gotten GXes is as a promo, both in Japan and internationally.

As for Flareon, Vaporeon, and Jolteon, there's a chance as they're fully evolved, but the only GXes we got were promos in Japan and are promos internationally. Only GX cards that were in a proper set in Japan seem to be getting rainbow rares. We're also at the end of the GX era (in Japan, the Sword and Shield set releases in December and it's already confirmed we're getting a replacement for the GX card type in it), so we're not quite sure if we're going to keep getting rainbow rares as our secret rares yet.
 
I see,
That's a bummer. But thank you for your detailed explanation. So the Holo rares are only for fully evolved pokemons?
So no chane to get Braixen either?
 
Kettu said:
I see,
That's a bummer. But thank you for your detailed explanation. So the Holo rares are only for fully evolved pokemons?
So no chane to get Braixen either?
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The rainbow rares are only released for GXs that get printed in Japanese sets rather than as promos in Japan, and not fully evolved Pokemon have only gotten GX cards as promos in Japan.

Not as a standalone for Braixen.

However, if you're okay with Charizard being on the card as well, there's a Charizard & Braixen Tag Team GX rainbow that will be coming in Cosmic Eclipse (yes, a very odd pair). Given your response to the Eevee & Snorlax one, though, you may not be keen on that one.
 
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I see. Well, I don't like much the idea or the Snorlax but a Cahrizard and Braixen may look nice. I will keep an eye on those.
Thanks again for your replies!
 
I just had a look through my Pokémon collection from about 10 years ago and I found a Rayquaza C. I'll have to explain it all here as I can't attach an image because I haven't made 5 posts.
Level - 73
HP - 300
It says "SP Champion's Pokémon" underneath the image
Moveset - Trash burst 30+
Twister 150
I also found the same card online but my card has 3x the attack and hp. I'm guessing it's probably fake but if it isn't I thought it must be pretty rare lol.
Thanks, Snaeky
 
Snaeky said:
I just had a look through my Pokémon collection from about 10 years ago and I found a Rayquaza C. I'll have to explain it all here as I can't attach an image because I haven't made 5 posts.
Level - 73
HP - 300
It says "SP Champion's Pokémon" underneath the image
Moveset - Trash burst 30+
Twister 150
I also found the same card online but my card has 3x the attack and hp. I'm guessing it's probably fake but if it isn't I thought it must be pretty rare lol.
Thanks, Snaeky
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Absolutely 100% a counterfeit since those numbers are triple what they are on the actual card.
 
Yeah makes sense. Thought I'd at least check. Thanks for your help though!
 
Hi there! So like everyone else I have cards from when I was a kid. I collected pretty heavily for a while and I hand pulled all of them accept a few which I traded for, also when I was a kid. I know what some of the cards are but others like gen 2 pokemon and Japanese cards I'm not sure. I've been asking around different places seeing if there's anyone who's willing to help me identify what they can. I've searched sites and such but just don't know enough about card sets to identify them. Not to mention some of the sites I've tried don't have older sets listed, especially in Japanese.
So any help would be appreciated!

Also just should mention not asking for prices or anything. I just need someone willing to go over some cards with me. In turn, giving me the ability to look them up / have more of an idea of what I'm looking at.

If someone is interested in helping me identify some of this stuff I have an imgur album with a majority of my stuffs but I can't post links yet. In turn I guess I can't post pictures either.

Anyway, appreciate any help or info as I'm fairly lost. I know some are shadowless, some are first edition, but there's just others that I have no clue about.
 
Babyshoe said:
Hi there! So like everyone else I have cards from when I was a kid. I collected pretty heavily for a while and I hand pulled all of them accept a few which I traded for, also when I was a kid. I know what some of the cards are but others like gen 2 pokemon and Japanese cards I'm not sure. I've been asking around different places seeing if there's anyone who's willing to help me identify what they can. I've searched sites and such but just don't know enough about card sets to identify them. Not to mention some of the sites I've tried don't have older sets listed, especially in Japanese.
So any help would be appreciated!

Also just should mention not asking for prices or anything. I just need someone willing to go over some cards with me. In turn, giving me the ability to look them up / have more of an idea of what I'm looking at.

If someone is interested in helping me identify some of this stuff I have an imgur album with a majority of my stuffs but I can't post links yet. In turn I guess I can't post pictures either.

Anyway, appreciate any help or info as I'm fairly lost. I know some are shadowless, some are first edition, but there's just others that I have no clue about.
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If you post a picture or write a description of the cards, we can most definitely help tell you what they are and how to appraise them! :)
 
Fairy said:
If you post a picture or write a description of the cards, we can most definitely help tell you what they are and how to appraise them! :)
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They posted this in the Discord server's TCG channel:

Well good news is I found a card shop after a couple days of searching who's willing to go over me cards with me. Here's a link to that imgur album with some of my cards. https://imgur.com/a/bInHgQV
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Just an FYi.
 
Ah, my bad then. Carry on! :)
 
Thanks for the information about the Aura's Lucario ex. I greatly appreciate your research.
 
jimmy74 said:
Just wondering whether this is a fake?

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Thanks
J.
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100% fake. It looks like someone did some poorly done edits to the original Japanese card, and then printed it out on a printer that was out of the colors yellow and cyan.

Original Japanese looks like this:
[PokeCommunity.com] "What is this? Is it fake? How much is it worth?" Thread


Actual card in English looks like this:
[PokeCommunity.com] "What is this? Is it fake? How much is it worth?" Thread
 
Thanks so much.... I have most likely stumbled on a whole collection of fakes. Someone has wasted a lot of time in making terrible copies... so far I have tossed out more than 30.
 
jimmy74 said:
Thanks so much.... I have most likely stumbled on a whole collection of fakes. Someone has wasted a lot of time in making terrible copies... so far I have tossed out more than 30.
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The back itself is mostly the legit design that's used on the backs of any Japanese card printed in 2002 or later, but it just looks too washed out to be the actual legit back.
 
To be fair, at least they used a wonderful text color on the counterfeit. :)
 
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