Yeah, Prismatic looking rough. I retain that the pokeball/mb reverse holos are great and the people disregarding them as hits are wrong however, I will admit getting them for a pokemon you don’t care for and getting only those as hits in 20+ packs would be disappointing.
I’m trying to get 1 of every japanese high class set since TerastalF was so much fun. I got a Shiny Treasures on the way. I also ordered my first batch of singles! This is the first page I have planned. I like the ukiyo-e style of the Ursaluna and Kingdra and thought it’d be fun to make a page with similar vibes. Might ditch Shiftry and move Greninja down but like…tengu makes sense
oo that looks awesome, hell yeah :D lookin forward to seein the real thing
and yeah agreed about the ball holos. absolutely fucking gorgeous but not as exciting as illustration rares. would love to get PB/MB holo Spritzee and Budew, they’re both such nice cards already, absolutely beautiful with that holo style
The JPN Battle Partners released last week and it appears to have a number of misprints involving the wrong texture! Japanese cards have a reputation for being higher quality and having stricter qc, I wonder if this is an issue with them putting pressure on the manufacturers to make more, faster or simply a mixup because some trainer’s cards have at least 3 rare versions all with unique art and texture but the same name. Could be both tbh.
Funnily enough my first error card was from my 1st jpn set. I got a pokeball eevee with some holographic bleed at the base. It’s cool and looks on purpose, you can kind of see a colour for every evolution represented.
The authenticity of the Pokemon TCG’s famous “prototype cards” are now being called into question. Last year, hundreds of prototype Pokemon cards began to sell in collecting circles from the personal collection of Takumi Akabane, one of the original creators of the Pokemon TCG. He worked at Creatures until 2008. He recently attended events to sign some of the cards. Grading company CGC worked closely with Akabane to verify the cards’ authenticity. The prototype cards represent the earliest days of the TCG, produced in 1995 before Base Set released in Japan. They show the progression of Pokemon cards from their “proof of concept” stage where they used their Red & Green sprites to their beta designs that used their final artwork from Mitsuhiro Arita and Ken Sugimori.
Last night, however, the collecting community was hit by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake. One of the buyers of the cards, PFM, used an obscure forensic technique to reveal many of the cards were actually printed in the summer of 2024. This includes cards that CGC authenticated as coming directly from Akabane’s collection. Most printers imbue hidden watermarks on their pages that contain information like the printer’s serial number and the date its pages were printed. This is so governments and law enforcement can track the origins of documents. For example, the prototype Nidoqueen has an imperceptible dot code matrix that shows it was printed on June 29th, 2024. Many other collectors have also posted scans of their cards, discovering that theirs too were printed in 2024.
In a statement to PokeBeach, PFM said, “It was really disheartening to find this out. More than the financial aspect, I thought it was cool to own a piece of history and it’s unfortunate it turned out this way.” It’s currently unclear if some or all of the cards are fake. Since last year, fans have already distinguished different print runs of the cards. It’s unknown if there is a real, original print run. It’s also unclear if Takumi Akabane knew any of the cards were printed in 2024. It seems unlikely a former Pokemon employee would be involved in any purposeful wrongdoing, especially when Pokemon takes their IP very seriously. Several millions dollars of the cards have sold since last year. For example, a prototype Pikachu recently sold for $20,000 at Goldin Auction House. It is one of hundreds of cards. Collectors are currently contacting auction houses to remove active listings of the cards until the full story is uncovered. CGC Cards, who authenticated the cards, has not made a public statement yet.
However, Alt auction house published the following: “We’re aware of recent claims regarding CGC graded Pokemon Prototype and Playtest cards that have been sold across various platforms. CGC has assured us they are taking these allegations seriously and are conducting a thorough review. We’re staying in close communication with CGC and will share updates as they become available.”
da hits. i can’t fucking believe we got 2 SF illustration rares and they’re duplicates. Tapu Bulu is our fuckjng sworn enemy now istg. quite happy with the PR slither wont illus rare tho. also grabbed a pecharunt ex single while we were at the shop
I knoww it’s so pretty.
honestly I wanted to get the Iron Valiant ex box but they only had the Roaring Moon ex boxes which is really funny because apparently they come packaged together 1-for-1. the people love the cool robot
