Are these fake, or are these misprints?

**Stravagante** · 8th August 2010, 12:05 PM

I recently bought a boosterpack wile on vacation in the Check Republic, but when I saw them ther were 3 strange ones.

One is a glimmering Quilava but it has 400HP (!) And attacks that do 150 and 180 damage wile you only need 2 or 3 energies. The retreat cost is 5. Everything else seems te be OK about it though eccept from the back wich is slightly off in colour from the rest of the cards in the booster.
http://img689.imageshack.us/i/scannen0001lx.jpg/

The second is a Mareep that manages to mis spell the name "Mareep" up to 2 times (As ''Msreep" in the header, and as "Mreep" in a attach description) The rest seems fine.
http://img43.imageshack.us/i/scannen0003f.jpg/

The last is a trainercard witch has the "é" in Pokémon in not-bold letters in the header.
http://img20.imageshack.us/i/scannen0002dt.jpg/

So did I got ripped or did I just find a pretty convienant misprint, especialy the Quilava sice it's pretty mutch an unbeatable card.

**evolutionrex** · 8th August 2010, 7:35 PM

If they have mistakes at all there fake i think. I've never owned a real card that had a mistake. there are probably fake.

**Stravagante** · 8th August 2010, 8:39 PM

You sure, cause I pulled it out of an official boosterpack and the rest of the cards seem perfectly normal. It was a legittement toystore too. I searched o all of them and they all seem all legit.
The quilavacard is in basic good, the numbers are just wrong it's supposed to have HP80 and moves that do 30 and 60 damage. And only 1 retreat cost
See here

I'm sorry if I sound anoying, but I realy hope I didn't got ripped. I truely believe the're misprints. The booster has an official label (I kept it just to make sure)
I just wanted the communities oppinion on it, and I thought the Serebiiforums were the biggest.

**PsychedelicJellyfish** · 9th August 2010, 4:59 AM

It sounds fake, but with the other information you gave, I'm not so sure. It's possible that they're all just very good fakes, but equally possible that the Quilava is just a misprint.

Also, it's spelt "Czech".

**evolutionrex** · 9th August 2010, 7:23 PM

hmm, so if it is a legit store, than it's really hard to say. i found a pack of fake card at Wal-Mart once. It may of been the manager of the store who put it there hoping to get a little extra money in his pocket.

**Stravagante** · 9th August 2010, 8:23 PM

It has an official pokémoncompany selling label on it...

**evolutionrex** · 10th August 2010, 12:55 AM

hmm. maybe it was a misprint, i believe it happens but nothing major like yours.

do you still have the case/wrapper that it was in? if you do, post an image of it.

**Stravagante** · 10th August 2010, 9:41 AM

Ok here you go, It ripped a little when I opened it (always happens with me) but you can still see it fairly clear.
http://img717.imageshack.us/i/scannen0005r.jpg/

I also took the libberty of enhancing the selling label.
http://img291.imageshack.us/i/scannen0006n.jpg/

**crystalzapdos** · 10th August 2010, 11:08 PM

mareep was probally a typo

**minchan** · 12th August 2010, 3:14 AM

Originally Posted by crystalzapdos

mareep was probally a typo

I suppose so, but it was in the same pack as those other two questionable cards.

~~Does anyone else think it's funny that Mareep has a move called Ram?~~

...Anyway I noticed that the Quilava card looked a bit misaligned. I'm not talking about the photo quality, I'm talking about the main part of the card (with the picture and attacks and such) being misaligned with the border of the card. Could just be me though.

Can you provide photos of the other cards in the pack?

**Todoserugi** · 12th August 2010, 3:19 AM

your right it is misaligned

**Stravagante** · 12th August 2010, 1:34 PM

Originally Posted by minchan

I noticed that the Quilava card looked a bit misaligned. I'm not talking about the photo quality, I'm talking about the main part of the card (with the picture and attacks and such) being misaligned with the border of the card. Could just be me though.

Can you provide photos of the other cards in the pack?

**Pingouin7** · 14th August 2010, 3:27 AM

The bible said "Thou shalt use Tinypic over Imageshack"

IMO, those would be fake.
The Mareep (Msreep) even has it's name misaligned to the right... Enough to place a "Evolves from" circle in there?
Probably someone who edited a real card with an image editing software and forgot that.

Not only that, but that's an HeartGold & SoulSilver booster pack.
I don't think you would find a card from the Diamond & Pearl booster packs in there.

**SkittyOnWailord** · 14th August 2010, 5:40 AM

I agree that they're fake. You can find a misprint every so often, but it won't be as obvious as those.

**Stravagante** · 14th August 2010, 11:27 AM

Yeah, they all seem to be misaliggned. And the back of the cards seem to be slightly of from usual. Plus the cards don't show the ''lv. ...'' like they are suposed to.

I also made a small mistake, I stored most of the cards away before you asked meto post al of them, so I kinda forgot witch were in the booster. I almost got it right but the Xatu wasn't in that pack. It was a Furret, wich looks just like all the other cards in the pack.
http://img6.imageshack.us/i/scannen0016zq.jpg/

I think I'm about ready to agree with you that they are all fake and I've been ripped of.

**Ricky_Raccoon** · 26th August 2010, 1:50 PM

It's hard to tell, honestly... They do look a bit off, but I've got some older legit cards that are misaligned as well... Seems a bit fishy, but it's really hard to say for sure without actually getting my hands on the cards for a detailed examination.

**Shiny_Alakazam** · 11th September 2010, 6:12 AM

The Lv. only come out in 2nd Generation and DPPt cards.

**~~The Mewtwo Master~~** · 13th September 2010, 10:50 PM

Whoa. those are more fake then 20% of the cards I make on pokemon Cardmaker. I think you got ripped off D:

**EzzPeon** · 2nd October 2010, 7:13 PM

I would see the "Msreep" as a typo (cause the A and S are next to eacht other on the keyboard) but i agree that the others are pretty fake. I feel sorry for you :#

i had something like this once. i have a pack of cards without types or damage points (or whatever you call it) and all the pokemon are said to evolve from swablu....?

XD i gave them to my cousin, swablu is her favorite pokemon..:P

**popcorn3155** · 11th November 2010, 10:04 AM

Listen I'm back and I'm here to say that being iknow what all the cards look like and yours are fakes no lv the quilava is a centimeter off and mixing a pixel the 1 is too computerized and the f and the icon in the bottom right hand corner are also missing a pixel

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