For me, it’s why the Takumi Akabane signed cards are a bigger draw than the unsigned ones. If they all end up fake (which I don’t believe), then worst case scenario I have a signed card from Akabane that was in his collection (fake or not). For me, that’s an attractive thought as an old Pokemon fan.
Edit: For anyone reading this thread sequentially or who found this post on Google, there appears to be fakes. Please check out this thread to learn more: Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024
Also, I can’t believe the signed cards were faked. This tarnishes anything from Akabane now. I literally can’t believe this happened and CGC allowed it to happen. We’ve known about printer encoding for decades now. How the F did they not check this before grading cards?!