How to spot FAKE Pokemon cards in 2025!

Learn how to identify fake Pokemon cards in 2025 and spot scams when buying cards!

We will look at everything you need to know about counterfeit cards. From single cards to sealed and resealed products, this video covers it all.

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VIDEO CHAPTERS ⏱️:
00:00 Intro
00:08 What you will learn
00:29 Types of fake cards
02:05 How to identify fake cards
06:19 Additional Tests
08:49 Time to practice
09:58 Identify the Fakes
10:30 How to identify fake sealed products
11:57 Why you should not buy fakes
13:26 What to do if you bought fakes
14:18 Online Resources
14:36 How to avoid buying fakes
16:20 Outro

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[grzegorzperlak]

Scams, fakes, scalpers. It’s all that makes any hobby so much less enjoyable. Especially when you fall for one. This is one of the reasons I am so afraid of buying singles. And I also buy sealed products from trusted sources. Big sellers I know I can trust, even if sometimes I probably could get some stuff a bit cheaper. As it comes to counterfeit, I noticed it’s all the small toy stores around my place that sell these. They most likely aim for the younger kids that won’t be able to tell a difference besides it’s cheaper so they get excited. I remember when I was a kid and was excited to get “LEGO” for cheap, of course it wasn’t LEGO but I only understood that when I was older.

[potatuue]

Subbed man you're the only youtuber that's really helping me out figuring this stuff out. Also watched your collecting for beginners guide video and it was a great and well explained video. Thought you had a million subscribers at least. Kudos to you!

[kiaradoesart]

Thanks for making this video! With modern holos I’ve noticed the holo “shift” will follow the contours of what is shown in the picture, almost like it is etched into the card. No idea how the Pokémon Company do it, and apparently neither do fakers because the holo patterns on fakes are always simple “flat” straight holo.

[chester]

you got me with the gut feeling. but you're right as usual.
thanks for the tips. those fakes can be really sophisticated...

[solanum]

Last year i bought a full complete base set, and some months later sell it. The buyer did the same light test you show to see if they are real 😁

[thorstenschmidt]

This helps if you have a real copy to compare but without a real copy you can only check the back with a cheap original card.
For texture and color on the front, I´ve seen MTG fakes that have the texture, the color and the holo symbole printed on.
Only way I was able to spot the difference was the light test as the fake failed the MTG light test directly.
Everything else at least for me I had no chance and I had the original to compare!

For Pokemon I don´t realy know but if the guy that faked the MTG cards starts with the Pokemon cards you will have problems to find out what the realy ones are.
Oh and they have the black/blueish layer in the middle to take the rip test!

[PhillipCummingsUSA]

I kinda think having some of the super expensive fakes or cards pretending to be pokemon cards that aren't actually pokemon cards would be fun to have for displaying purposes but other than that fake cards are lame.

[matiasavendano]

Hey Julius, I would love to start a collection but currently I live in Germany and sadly for me all the cards in german have different names. Maybe this happens in other european countries, should I just buy in amazon and pay the shipping or should I keep searching in the local stores for the english cards?

[xYxSonicxYx]

Hello i buy more than 100 cards from a bundle 151 the cards are thinner but I tore two and they both have all 3 layers are they fake ?

[mui-]

my card looks like fake and real at the same time i need to know my solgaleo gx is real or not idc if its fake tho in my country no one sells real if its fake so it has a value im realy going wrong w this card bu whatever
edit: i realized my tauros gx is fake and they came in same pack 😢😢😢