Base Set Error Packs from Ex-WOTC Employee

These are pretty cool if they are in fact real. I’ve seen the red stripe ones before, but I’ve never seen anything like the merge of the two different pack arts…

Just like @joer, I’m very suspect of these. I’d love to see actual provenance provided - and not that BS that I’ve seen people get away with where they “know a WoTC employee” and then can grade whatever they want.

The fact that I’ve never seen anything like it before also makes me very suspicious. Thanks to the fake playtest fiasco, there is all the more reason to be hesitant about this kind of thing. Maybe the print dates of these can be deciphered using the magic that pfm used for determining the authenticity of the playtest cards (Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024). We would need higher quality scans though - and that’s assuming that packs have the same printer dots that the cards do.

Pack authenticity isn’t my specialty and I’ve spent very little time looking at packs but this post may prove useful as well: Real vs Fake Booster Pack Comparison & More.

Where are these posted for sale, and how much are they asking? That may give us some hints as to whether or not they are legitimate.

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