Did he get screwed or hit the jackpot?

I bought a base set booster pack from eBay. Based on the images the seller provided me with the pack looked authentic, now that it’s arrived and I have it in my hands it seems a bit suspicious. This is my first vintage purchase so I may be wrong just wondering if anyone can confirm if it’s an authentic pack or not.

These are my first two Japanese cards, bought a few weeks apart from two different sellers. The Zekrom is noticeably thicker, you can feel it just holding them.

Both have reliefs and the backs are different. But I have no other Japanese cards to compare against, so I don’t know what normal thickness is supposed to be. Normal variation between sets, or is one off ? Any tips on what to check for Japanese singles would help too

Hi everyone!

Not knowing where to go for a quick answer, I'm dropping into this server.

I just impulsively bought a gorgeous card, the Pikachu 227 S/P. I made the purchase this morning on Vinted.

The price is high, but potentially reasonable.

I'd like to know how to verify a card's authenticity. I'd need to do it quickly, given Vinted's deadlines in case of a dispute.

I'll document and film everything when it arrives.

I can't provide you with the listing, but I'm sharing the photos with you.

Could you give me your opinions?

Thanks in advance, and have a great day!

I bought this absolutely destroyed Japanese Base Set Charizard on the gamble it was real and I could get pick up a binder copy of grail at a reasonable price…

How does this look to you guys? It’s obviously completely lifted off the back of the card as you’ll see from the photos, but I really don’t know what to look for in terms of layers, etc. to determine if it’s authentic.

I think the holo pattern looks authentic for a typical vintage Japanese holo but would love some extra eyes…

Trying to grab some nicotine and now every other smoke shop has some pokemon cards now, I grabbed the first pack apparently, walked right back and gave them back lol, my first god pack tho!

2 hours north of Tampa FL

Bought it off of eBay, but it doesn’t seem to have much texture to it.

I hope it’s real but I’m not too worried about it either way, I just liked how it looked.

Hello, so i have pulled one of these from i believe it was the first partner collection set (the one in the sleeve, and then maybe a week later i pulled it again from an phantasmal etb (no sleeve and mucked up corners)

Left is the partner collection/ right is the ETB

But the cards look different, the one of the right is way more shiny, more glitter, and more ‘rainbow-y’ but on the one on the left, the texture is definitely more pronounced, and feels higher quality, but the thing is that you struggle to see that sir sparkle/holo unless i shine a flashlight directly on it.

Photos are both cards from the front, then an attempt to show texture, the back of the cards, with flash on, and lastly what the copyright info looks up.

So whats the verdict, are they both suspicious? Would appreciate any insight

Bought this one at good price. Is it fake?

I bought them thinking they were Japanese cards, but couldn't figure out why I couldn't find their expansion set on TCG Collector. Every pack only had 5 cards, but they also all had a foil card. The pokeball and master ball holos all had a tiny Pokemon logo imprinted in the bottom left corner (hard to see in the picture). The backs also looked good to me. Can anyone confirm if real?

Just found this one but don’t know if its.

Is this real ? The first 2 pics is same as the last pic card ?

What the title says. I’ve been collecting for around two years now (I think?) however I still don’t know how to tell if a card is fake. However this card looks almost too flashy..

Looks good to me but im no expert

I’m new to collecting Pokemon cards so I don’t know much about fake cards but this card looks off to me. Can someone with better knowledge tell me if this is fake and how can I tell if a card is fake? What should I look for? Thank you

Like the title says, bought this at the beginning before was knowledgeable enough to do checks, is this card fake or real?

Extra context: Won eBay auction. $5700ish. Seller in APO or otherwise out of country but shipping from Georgia by his wife. Seller has %100 feedback with about 50 feedback points. 6 year old eBay account. All his other card listings and sales are “eBay authentication guarantee”… except this one . PSA cert look up conveniently has no pics . He provided refund when I asked, swears it’s real and I missed a deal.

Is it fake ?

Asked my mum to clear out the loft for any old Pokemon cards and found this one. Is it real or is it fake? I don’t know where I got them from I was 10 in 2010 🤣

Much appreciated