Hey, guys. New to the site and was just going through some old Pokemon cards to get the selling process going. I came across a Japanese Dark Blastoise card that looks nothing like I’ve seen anywhere else. It has a yellow background and a red stroke around the Blastoise itself. After some digging, I found one other guy with this same card, but he never got more info on it either. I have attached the images, so I was wondering if you guys could help me figure out if I just have a fake here.
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Very interesting. The back looks convincing but the front just screams fake to me. I’d imagine it is - if it were an early set and not a Rocket’s Blastoise I’d say perhaps there’s a very slim chance it was a ‘test run’ but Japan seems to be really good at not having “accidental test releases”.
Yeah, I was thinking that too. When I look close, two things jump out - first, the red stroke goes onto the picture’s border. Second, the yellow part background doesn’t reach the border all the way and it seems to me that the original background just barely shows. Thought I’d get some extra pairs of eyes on it though in case I actually found something cool.
Always best to ask when you’re not completely sure of something. I ask questions all the time.
I actually have that exact same card. I’m interested to know if it’s fake myself. My older cousin gave all of her cards to me years ago and she only had cards up to rocket. This strange blastoise card came with her present to me however and I’m not really sure if she actually bought singles online. So I’m not sure if it’s fake.
