These are going to be expensive. Earliest pokemon cards ever is a big deal.
I was interested in these until I found out they are just a stock white card with paper glued on them. 
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How are these authenticated? Not a rhetorical question, genuinely curious how they go about it
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I still think they’re really cool, their construction not withstanding.
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I’m hoping they are as cheap as these but no way is that happening. I’ve always wondered about pokemon playtesters as others have them so I really like seeing these.
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They very likely spoke directly with Takumi Akabane
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bro they found out from a bunch of sources, just trust him
I like meming on cgc as much as the next guy but there’s no reason to think these aren’t the real thing if they came from Akabane. He was recently seeing if there were any interest in them too
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CGC’s authentication skills and expertise are legit from what I’ve seen.
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If I understand correctly, these cards are basically printed paper slapped on to white card stock with a glue stick?
Yes that is what I was told when inquiring about buying them. It’s what dissuaded pretty much everybody. If these weren’t coming from someone directly in pokemon I don’t know how they could be authenticated.
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The instagram reel was also shared by Nido who was fielding offers on behalf of Akabane (I believe there was a public post about that a few months ago). As of the evidence available today, there’s no reason to be overly skeptical about these. CGC does their homework too, that’s one thing I’ll always give them credit for.
As for the material, I can see the paper being a turn-off for some. But I’m not sure what should be expected of cards that were roughly produced to playtest? It’s not really a card as much as an artifact of the tcg history
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Cool - but I’ll stick to the Trainer Decks.
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It’s not really a card as much as an artifact of the tcg history
Agreed, these feel like they belong in some kind of museum or archive, or Nintendo/Game Freak’s hands. It’s strange, albeit incredibly cool, to see them authenticated in a slab.
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Very funny to imagine CGC staff seriously grading some random intern’s cut and paste job.
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Maybe they should go back to paper on card stock for English cards. The centering would probably be about the same.
Oh wait was the cut and paste only recent?
I had assumed it was done in the 90s so they could test out actual matches with the cards arranged in a deck.
Oh, no, I don’t see any reason to think it didn’t happen in the 90s.
I’m putting these on my want to trade for thread lmfao.
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