How To Spot Fake Pokémon Cards

[@jimc.goodfellas]

Now this is the important stuff we've been needing....

[@oklizzie]

Well, if your being sacastic, not true.. It is because people buy rare cards for 500 dollars and imagine if they got scammed!

[@moises.305]

@@oklizzie They deserve it for being stupid enough paying that kind of money for pokemon cards lol

[@shroomy7054]

I gave u 200 likes

[@Unknown-cx3nl]

lol

[@jimc.goodfellas]

Appreciate that slayer

[@brandonm7492]

Me: *rips entire collection* yup, they’re real

[@pastel_playz104]

I just realized the rainbow charizard that my friend gave me is fake😩

[@doubleziv]

And the EX entei i gave my friend For a fake charizard Xd

[@alexmcintyre9164]

I want to like this but 151 likes is a good number

[@r3alitycubedSK]

my friends are like bruh why u rip theres no reason to just to see if real

[@Serenaa_lolz]

Recently I bought an entire Pokémon collection on eBay and I didn't know any of this tricks so I ripped them all. They were all real. RIP foil 2004 Poochyena

[@daartistboi]

Gee, thanks... This could have been really useful in my *CHILDHOOD*

[@Nnnnnnnnnn670]

rumor has it .....children still exist

[@moises.305]

@@Nnnnnnnnnn670 gotteemmm

[@ryua5161]

Same

[@datwayclay3704]

Well shi look at ppl now they brought trading Pokémon cards back ( grown men btw)

[@clown_around_town638]

almost all my cards are fake

[@tommy6944]

Imagine you bring your shadowless first edition charizard and he starts doing this 5:28

[@RichieWilliams97]

Lol. “Welp, can’t tell if it’s real or not by bending it. Gonna have to give it the Hoppip test now.”

[@milkinz]

Lmao

[@rayohnine]

😭😂😂

[@AS-ri1mb]

He gonna catch these hands

[@Lowquailtyimage]

XD

[@Gundam-bruh]

Where TF was this video 20 years ago when I needed it the most..

[@unimornnbr1]

The back is extremely important, you can tell if its fake just by looking at the back

[@kevindagoat2081]

Unimornnbr1 explain

[@iseeyou6828]

Some backs of the cards are so faded it’s obvious that is fake compared to other Pokémon cards but it doesn’t mean all fake or real cards are like that

[@Rhoney716]

i have plenty of legit cards i pulled as a kid with a lighter backing, i dont think you can go on back color alone

[@Noscripts]

ur right i always look at the back too u need to focus on the red part of the pokeball most of the time the fake pokemon card has a darker pokeball on the back and the real has a lighter pokeball

[@Sirg17x]

@@Noscripts Yet the print quality on official cards can vary a good amount. Border colors can be lighter or darker blues or yellows, centering can be perfect or half of two cards in one where the print line was offset in production, hell I got a pretty faded xy evo Tangela straight from a sealed pack. Can't remember if it was from Walmart or Pokemon Center.

[@savileroof464]

My stepdad and his two kids ordered 120 pokemon cards for 5 pounds on aliexpress and they seriously dont want to believe me when i told them theyre 110% fake. So i watched this video to prepare myself to absolutely demolish their false hope when those cards arrive

[@xavarrowww6]

lmao

[@MarathonWZ]

Furry

[@notasian7620]

Need update 😂

[@SirVergewaltig0re]

@@notasian7620 yeah same lmfao

[@spiralbaguette598]

So what was their reaction?

[@-KillaWatt-]

This is actually becoming a major problem for trading card games. Magic the Gathering has been dealing with fake Chinese knock offs for years and they just released their newest generation and I must say, They are getting pretty hard to detect. I have an Imperial Seal in my collection that is a counterfeit and I can tell you of at least two instances where a local game store wanted to buy it from me. The card is worth $800 if it were real but it looks so good people who actually deal with the cards all the time have tried figuring out if it's real or not.

[@natigrab3166]

Did you sell it?

[@user-ol6ur6cd2k]

Anything that’s a FAKE is from CHINA since “ANCIENT TIMES”

[@ellk1991]

It always was a major problem. I was buying fake booster packs in 1999. Some were really good and hard to spot even then.

[@oRealAlieNo]

The forbidden city is filled with counterfeits.

[@LucasPlay171]

@@superhappygamer1162 it's not just that, it's also illegal

[@veganporkkebab389]

People need to support shops like Sneak Attack Games more instead of buying from online warehouses.

[@efraindelacruz3364]

Always used the light trick as a kid when the base set came out. Such a useful thing to do to easily spot the fake if it was difficult to tell. Glad to see someone mention that trick.

[@selfademus]

Efrain De La Cruz sorry, but it is virtually impossible for anyone _to easily spot the fake_ _if it was difficult to tell._

[@girlieoliva5379]

Them:shiny is fake Me:still thinking why my 2013 cards has over a thousand hp (True story)

[@Kimilio4u]

Lol I will buy it😂

[@Zaintz1]

I have a shiny gyarados which passes all the above tests (including the light test). but its got 100,000 hp

[@sarahmitchell7799]

I was about to be incredibly happy for you.

[@pooo709]

That means it’s fake. Only Pokémon card max hp can be 250.

[@anonym3852]

@@pooo709 Gosh Captain Obvious. I missed you.

[@bluebery]

@@pooo709 I have a card from 390 tho-

[@theresivy]

testes...

[@freya0202]

What’s sad is I didn’t even have any real ones to compares them

[@lizard415]

wow this would have been so useful 15 years ago

[@paulhicks9399]

More like 20 years ago

[@Nnnnnnnnnn670]

children still exist so does pokemon its useful info

[@selfademus]

Dwain McSwain something else that exists is the qualifier, _'so'_ that dude placed directly preceding his _'useful.'_ *_so_*_ useful_ he didn't say it's useless... yet that's what you respond to.

[@enter_agoodname6254]

i think the best thing how to spot a fake card is that when you look on a pokemon card from the side the real one will have 3 layers (white,black,white) and the fake card has only 2 layers (white and white)

[@1stfacts542]

5:40 Spot on acting skills!!! 👏👏👏 He knew from the split he saw it 🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@WhiteTenpenny]

Can't wait to go to my local card shop to give this a test. I've been getting back into collecting them just because I think they're neat. Definitely not reselling. I don't care if the cards are even worth a penny, they're just the coolest and moat amazing pieces of art to me.

[@critterwhisperer5821]

I have 3 tins of non duplicating cards. Some I got as hand me downs and I've been staring at some and come to realize upon further inspection, that only full art cards would get a full holo. Not the weird pattern on a normal card. And those are so pretty too. I'll hide them in my fakes stash

[@LucasPlay171]

You should try playing the game

[@WhiteTenpenny]

@@LucasPlay171 I have online and it was fun. It’s just hard in person because you gotta build a deck. Kinda just wanna buy one of the ones already made and just try it like that without getting judged.

[@LucasPlay171]

@@WhiteTenpenny i mean yeah, personally i find the building a deck part of it really fun(part of why i thought About not buying a trainer box, but at the end I'll have to anyway)

[@WhiteTenpenny]

@@LucasPlay171 How do you even know where to begin tho if you don’t mind me asking? Like there’s so many cards in legal play that do so many different things. Do you use cards all from one set or mix it up?

[@mk_annan22]

Thank you for recalling my childhood franchise back again. :')

[@D1ana2009]

I have a moltres card that says retreal instead of retreat. I can't believe I never noticed it.

[@andrepwe6337]

Always do the rip test to make sure its legit

[@donttalktome.5922]

But what if u want money, and want to sell them. And then u rip them and its real then u cant sell it..

[@andrepwe6337]

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[@aspenburrows]

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[@spiralbaguette598]

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[@hyenaholicproductions9033]

The problem with the rip test is that... well, it's the rip test. You should only use it on cards you already know are fake, and fake cards aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

[@BaxxyGaming]

Definitely what people need to know in 2019

[@Nnnnnnnnnn670]

news flash just cause your not a child doesn't mean children stopped existing

[@moises.305]

grow up lol

[@joojetchen3882]

And 2020

[@farmerdreydan9319]

I actually like the cards does this mean I’m a loser

[@tc6103]

Farmer Dreydan nah liking Pokémon cards is pretty neat

[@dan_hahn]

that is SO interesting because in MtG the light passes through quite a bit differently than in pokemon cards. a good thing to know for folks who may be jumping into the pokemon craze.

[@firstkeepitreel]

I know of one card that will never get old.... *THE UNO REVERSE CARD*

[@shahimagesyt]

Yeah but is it real?

[@dannagarcia2556]

bayspotter this comment is under rated

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

I am actually surprised that counterfeiters haven't been using cardstock with black layers sandwiched in between, since that shit has been available for a long time (and Magic the Gathering counterfeiters often use that stuff)

[@dinofluff]

This helped me find a fake Kartana in my collection :')

[@darijomatesic2261]

thanks now rick harrison will call me

[@kuldeepsingh1364]

After checking my cards I found out that my ALL CARDS ARE FAKE.😭

[@carsforlifelater1594]

Rip

[@adamt808]

kuldeep singh same

[@hiimaperson6594]

Same ☹️

[@chris07]

It's so hard to find a real card in India unless you are ready to pay through your nose

[@유미-p7j]

I don't really care if a adorable pokemon card(e.g) fake pikachu)is fake .is it just me?

[@KuramiRocket]

Great guide to identifying fakes. Want to start collecting pokemon cards so this really helps.

[@FalconPan]

I remember when I first found out about the light test - I went through my collection, and almost all my cards from the Team Aqua/Magma set onwards (i.e. until Holon Phantoms when I had stopped collecting) were fake. Probably hundreds of € wasted on worthless pieces of paper 🙃

[@rogerbowles5480]

maybe the light you used was too powerful and they were all real why didnt you take them to somebody just a to check a few

[@vintopin]

nice, I ripped 5x Charizard cards they all have inner layer. Good news is they are all real

[@Erik-cp8yh]

5:39 The "hard" nidorina is immediately identified by the "40/64" text. Just like the last card, the text is too thin and small. Spotted it within the first second.

[@terraxgaming4117]

I have over 4k fake yu gi oh cards

[@musaababdullah580]

I dont get it why these cards cost so much?

[@leafpot587]

Heres Why Numbers Of The Pokemon Cards Decrease A Pokemon Collectors Love

[@vaishalirandheer3048]

They are too cheep in my country. 30 cards for ₹ 15. Which is $ 0.21

[@じゅげむ-s6b]

@@vaishalirandheer3048 depends on the rarity, foil and number of it. if you get very common ones, they are literally worth either 0 or negative

[@nerdybacon6244]

I know uno is more cheaper

[@alikarami6061]

This video ruined my childhood. I have around 8000 cards, and non of them cleared the flashlight test😭

[@jackhoff5304]

Sameeeee 😂 now that Pokémon cards r trending again I searched for my old card collection of 200 card turns out almost all of them were fake :,(

[@Dgcamarena]

@@jackhoff5304 I will tried my luck now

[@jackhoff5304]

@@Dgcamarena good luck !

[@KedKexKevin]

And suddenly the Food War dude is spotting fake Pokémon cards. Awesome!

[@FigureUnboxing]

7:29 That's genius! While other youtubers recommend TEARING THE CARDS OFF >

[@user-rolerskates]

Thank God all my rarest Pokemon cards are real

[@KingKong-oz3cw]

And I think I wasted $3 today lol one person in the lcs I go to has tons of gym challenge/hero cards and I got an dudrio one and according to this video it 75% fake

[@golddropper2747]

I dont know if my first gen charizard is real. Time to rip it apart and see for myself Update: it was real

[@imjody]

Hey thanks. That 3rd level was a tough one for sure.

[@mauricethegecko9700]

I just opened up a pack of pokémon cards and I got older cards! Not first edition, nor second edition, nor third edition, but they were old enough to look like first edition without actually being first edition. I asked my grandma if I could run down and get some pokémon cards. She said yes, but she was coming with me. I was telling her about vintage cards and that you have a chance to get a booster pack of vintage cards that you could sell. When we got there, there was a choice. I could get a small pack for 5 dollars, a bigger one for 8 dollars, or a bigger one for 12 dollars. She didn't want to pay 12 dollars for pokémon cards, so I got the 8 dollar pack. We got home, and my brother chose which pack he wanted to open. I grabbed the other. I opened up mine, and as soon as I saw that Growlithe, I went nuts. I took a video of me going through the cards. *"Growlithe, Nidoran, Vulpix, Sandshrew, Ponyta, Ninetales, Arcanine, Kakuna, Trainer: Energy Reveal, and Trainer: Blastoise Spirit Link."* I haven't shown my parents the cards in person, but I sent them the video.

[@superhappygamer1162]

Why did you go crazy over a Growlithe?

[@aliliz7204]

@@superhappygamer1162 Favorite maybe?

[@TheDankShrimp]

@@superhappygamer1162 People have their favorite Pokemon, or you gonna tell me you only care about expensive cards?

[@superhappygamer1162]

@@TheDankShrimp Ok. I can understand that. I just wanted to know.

[@TheDankShrimp]

@@superhappygamer1162 Yeap, I think this is a recurring problem in the TCG community, people see the hobby as a way of making more money, so now people don't care about their favorite Pokemon or card, they care about which is the most expensive card... I'm not pointing fingers at you by the way heh, just the situation.

[@accel1231]

I still not sure how to spot after this video😂

[@elaichiuchiha4161]

i wanted to sell some cards and this helped me a lot. i had some oversized fake cards and the flashlight trick really helped me a lot

[@albertusaswin2012]

RIP the original Hoppip card

[@javy6971]

Friend:bro how did you know my Pikachu card was fake Me:(lifts glasses) you could say that I'm a detec... Friend and anyone reading this comment: surprised Pikachu face🤔

[@jorgemedina6611]

Grocery stores in NYC sell these fake cards.

[@adventurouseddie9369]

The light test is flawed, I've tested it on a 100% obvious fake and no transparency. Also the light used is a variable in itself, I used it on my real cards and you could see through it if placed too close to the phone light. To be fair the chances of 3 Targets, 2 Kmarts, 3 Big Ws & 5 Eb Games in my state selling fakes is highly unlikely

[@leafpot587]

We Need More Of This Important Stuff

[@BaronLickilicky]

An informative video for sure. However, he's wrong at 2:28 when he says "Getting a card like this was really hard" - every booster pack in the Legendary Collection was guaranteed to have a reverse holo card. As a side note, I won some Pokemon cards in an eBay auction from Sneak Attack Gaming in 2018 (the same company) - the seller claimed he's shipped my item, but when it never arrived he couldn't produce any tracking info, then cancelled my order without offering an explanation. I wouldn't buy anything from this guy.

[@xanperia]

Do Korean Pokemon cards have the middle dark layer as well? I got a booster box and I was pretty sure the cards were fake, but the secret rare card with ridges looked quite good... Idk what to think.

[@youna2971]

my poke cards got inner middle layer of light blue but the light shines through easily, what does this even mean

[@max8fr]

same

[@tayg2469]

You know what interest me the most is the flash i mean i ripped the card open and saw a freakin black layer but still it passes through the card??

[@JohnTechG]

never knew about these tips when i was a kid and i haven't collected in forever but this was great insight thank you!

[@andersrommelchristiansen9898]

Can you also do the light test on gx and ex cards, where the graphic is different from a normal card?

[@KailenOsborn]

I bought over 800 cards with like 38 GXs and two Vs and I just found out they are all fake 😤 my mom felt bad and sent me this video, would have been useful

[@MopLobster]

My friends and I would always just assume that all the Japanese cards were bootleg in the early 2000s lol.

[@olgathehandmaid]

literally

[@thebeatdown2644]

Grab your torch to check fake cards boys!

[@Lowquailtyimage]

How to tell: If it’s a rare full-art and it has a straight line of shine ,doesn’t shine or have texture then it’s fake.That’s easy to tell fake from real.but if it is a common or it looks real but it’s fake, LOOK AT THE SIDE if it has no line it’s fake. If it has a black line, it’s real.

[@elusiveart530]

I’ve been collecting Pokémon cards for 20 years. To me, it’s always so easy to tell if it’s fake or not.

[@ChaosGalactic6620]

this is the most useful video i've seen on this topic. Thanks!

[@dozeofaudio]

i ripped a 1st shadowless venusaur....turned out it had the middle layer..

[@brandonkettman141]

My mom bought a "100pck random assortment" for my son for Xmas. It was 100 DECENT quality full art vmax card counterfeits.

[@techsupport6448]

um so I got a hawlucha card it looks legit but it has a black line that looks like where you cut something it has spaces between the lines so idk if it is real or not

[@noin35]

the smaller sized all-holographic cards are often stickers

[@zookeeps1340]

Another Tip: Dont Buy Online, They Can Easily Mass Print The Cards

[@swift_sa]

That's the only place I can buy cards. Where I live the only POKÉMON cards I could find have the rock paper scissors simbol on it.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

IMO just saying "don't buy online" (and claiming that people can mass produce cards = no legit sellers exist) would be disingenuous AF.

[@pepsiman9511]

I wouldn't recommend doing this on your own because I had a rare non-holo Dark Machamp card that looked extremely fake. It had uneven borders on both the front and back. The supposed royal blue color on the back was like solid purple. It sticked out of my collection like a sore thumb. I could also easily see the other side of the card with the light test too. I couldn't hold it in and teared it up, only to find out that it was real! (It had the blue/black cardboard layer in the middle.) Ouch! That's $10 into the trash.

[@LucasPlay171]

Dude but if it was bigger than the other ones then... You got a bigger problem there

[@FizzDoesContent]

I bought a few fake cards set just because I like collecting stuff. The differences is pretty much in the typo and the feel of the card. Surprisingly, the card is very similar to real card. Down to details. The only card that have type mistake is Florges. The name on the card is Elorges. XD

[@jellyboy123]

this is my fear with tech getting better it will come a point things will look identical.

[@selfademus]

J o n a t h a n ya can rest easy. 'cos once they do start looking identical, there will no longer be a difference.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@selfademus TBH part of me hopes that day comes eventually, and the 2ndhand market for MAgic the Gathering gets messed with - the pricks who hold WotC hostage to the "reserve list" are gonna be up shit's creek.

[@loomman5296]

Shining a light through is genius. I wish I knew this beforehand. I have a Sobble that has a bit of a different looking back to it, the shades of blue are less pronounced and the red is really saturated. Definitely gonna see if it's fake.

[@Palkia8-Bit]

In the thumbnail the font on the second one is different and the fake ones are slightly miscolored

[@arshiyabegum4152]

For the hard challenge the fake Nidorina on the back of it,the word Pokemon was printed in yellow and the real card had the word Pokemon printed in orange.

[@randomloser5271]

I looked this up because I have a bunch of pokémon cards from 2011 that have an insane amount of HP and tons of constant spelling and grammar mistakes.

[@blwl5624]

Have 2 new packs sitting at home .. Will have to do the torch test.. Fingers crossed lol

[@youtubeisbroken241]

BLWL I’d they are new and out of a pack, they are going to be real

[@vovoczczcz8103]

Thanks for the flashlight tip! :D

[@Moeflyer6213]

TCG Card Game Shop Simulator should add the feature of Fake Card Identification event

[@chrissheppard342]

SNEAK ATTACK GAMES LTD. London has been Dissolved on 18 April 2023. Closed down permanently.

[@titantrongod]

I still remember the smell when I use to unbox a pokemon card box&tin 😍

[@selfademus]

​james calderon meth is odorless.

[@Bunga-u3i]

I just figured out u can look at the side of the card to see if it has a black line instead of tearing it.

[@jaredplata4338]

I searched this because I want to know if my Pokemon Cards Collection is real. Wait Lemme check it out. I'm still watching😅😅

[@jaredplata4338]

I'm done watching. Thank you for the info.🤗🤗

[@AlphaAchilles]

The flashlight test does not work 100%. I am using my iPhone and I even went to the store and bought a pack brand new and I could still see the light. Might be due to the flashlight being super bright on this or something I dunno.

[@Autotrope]

Whenever you refer to the blue on the back and you're saying one looks more blue or something, you dont say which one you are talking about at a given time, could have just pointed with your finger or something. I just missed that whole explanation

[@FlippinMatt]

Gotta rip my 1st edition charzard to make sure it's real 👍🏻

[@Uncouth]

Wait, so I got real cards from Aliexpress? I even ripped one and it has the black layer and all. 🤔

[@UltimatePota]

I've been going through some of my old Pokemon cards, and found this Kommo-o that on the back has a golden top of a pokeball instead of red. I tried searching this up thinking I hit the jackpot, but now I'm starting to believe its fake because I have searched all over the internet for it. I tried checking the obvious factors like if the rims are dark blue, but now I've tried all those tactics and it seems pretty legit... apart from the golden top. So is this real and super rare, or just a fake decoy? Quite frankly I think it's fake.

[@kerrys.kritters.animal.rescue]

Pft.. I watched this and went to check my 1st editions base jungle set, shined the light on the back and can clearly see the Pokemon logo shine through so was like well damn they fake.. ripped one in half and it does have the black going through the middle.. :/ super confused now and probably ripped a 1st edition for no reason xD

[@blitzythesimp]

Its ok if you can see the logo its just you need to see if the circle is big or not the small one is real and the big one is fake

[@max8fr]

exact same thing happend to me and i was so confused

[@Wilkyway101]

is a pokemon card fake if it you tear it and has the balck material in the middle but a purple swirl on the back?

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

But what if there are fake cards that also fake that ink inbetween. How would we know.

[@dexraikkonen7]

How to spot a dirty nerd from a mile away? just look for anyone with these cards.

[@selfademus]

dex räikkönen spot one from the opposite side of the planet with just a peek at his youtube history.

[@siddplayz7361]

But I’m confused.the light thing tells all my cards are fake but other signs are all real?

[@Big_H99]

Honestly I remember getting sick cards when I was younger and I checked them today, my mew ex was real, my Dark Blastoise was real, but my charizard ex was fake. Actually could of cried XD

[@WB_19]

You know forgers can improve on these flaws and then what? Are they gonna start putting watermarks and security ribbons on them?

[@BasicallyBrosTV]

Always keep a old common Pokémon card a new common card And maybe a cheap promo full art. Just to compare to

[@starlights5749]

so i tried the ripping it apart technic and some type of stickers that had the shiny part just peeled right off

[@That1caliphate]

It’s sad that we need a literal 8 minute tutorial to spot fake cards people are that desperate over money luckily this guy could help and also if a card is really light *in the front and back* it’s a fake

[@dragonbreath545]

So i recently received a pokemon card, looked pretty normal in terms of shine, back was good, everything was pretty much perfect. even the smell lmao. (it's a full art btw) The only thing i found off about it was that there was REALLY shallow texture. you can obviously see it, but it's extremely hard to feel, honestly. is it fake, or is it possibly an error card?

[@katyfarrell7283]

You helped my son identify a fake first addition Charisse’s😢

[@rajivsawh1985]

Light test is bull tbh with modern phones. I took 2 cards one where it didn’t bleed that much and one that bleed a bit more. Ripped them both and they had the black middle portion.

[@Wormsfunkmonk]

But, how do I tell if my Beanie Babies are genuine?!?

[@youtubeisbroken241]

Mark Stevens put them up for sale. If you find out they are worthless, they are real

[@selfademus]

Mark Stevens yea, what the guy above me said. however, if you're pressed for time... try the rip test.

[@STOPSYPHER]

I was looking through old cards and there's an ultra rare rayquaza, but it isn't shiny and I'm not sure if it's supposed to be

[@DUSKvsDAWN]

Ordered a Jungle set Eevee from a seller on ebay. Doing the torch test it shines through pretty easily. Sad days

[@johnallennarvasa4470]

am i the only one that realize that the real one was cut its silver lining