Does anyone know where these came from?

Recently bought these two cards, just curious if anyone can shed some light on them! They both have regular English TCG backs. Saw that the all white one might be a test print/blank, but cannot find any information anywhere on the grey back/yellow border card. Thanks for any help! :blush:

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I was wondering why I had a bid cancelation notification hahaha

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Oh you were the one bidder? Sorry about that! I just made the seller an offer and they were happy with it, do you have an idea of what they’re from?

No worries, I figured someone messaged the seller directly
www.magiclibrarities.net/348-rarities-filler-cards-english-cards-index.htmlwww.magiclibrarities.net/348-rarities-filler-cards-english-cards-images.html
This should give you an idea of what (I believe) these cards are.

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I always find it strange how someone can buy something like this and not even do a little research beforehand

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I mean I found a thread where Gary asked about a similar blank one and it seemed like a test print/blank. Couldn’t find anything pertaining specifically to the other one after ā€œa little researchā€ and that’s why I’m asking here haha.

I had an idea of what they were beforehand and placed a bid. @willyboy decided to snap buy before doing the research. Who owns it now?

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Whoa those are pretty cool! Care to share what they cost you?

Yeah sure. I actually messaged the seller after he had already sold the grey one for $100, but then the previous buyer was unresponsive so he said I could have it for the same price and he gave me the white one for $50. Super happy with those prices lol. I also bought a PSA 9 1st edition no holo error Dark Dragonite from him for $19.73 :open_mouth: He realized how absurdly he mispriced the item afterwards and still honored the sale which I’m really stoked about. I did give him a little extra $ for the mix up because I felt bad though. Amazing seller, assuming the cards actually arrive haha!

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Ahhh that’s cool man, sounds like a good price.

And WHAAAAAATT? How and why did the dude list that card that low? Or did he not know about the error?

20 bucks? Daaaaaaaamn. Nice pickup man. I looked at the listing and he clearly knew it was an error based on the title. Little curious about how he priced that! But props to you for snatching that up, even if you gave the extra $ :slight_smile:

My guess is that he just thought it was a regular non-holo Rocket Dark Dragonite, the $20 price tag is pretty consistent with that. Definitely one of the easiest errors to mistake if you don’t know about it haha. And @pkmnflyingmaster, do you know if the grey card can be seen on any uncut sheets? It should be on one if it’s a filler card correct?

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Found one to beat your purchase dude. Its certainly not in the best shape but for a buck! That’s insane!
www.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-Rare-Dragonite-MISPRINT-No-Holo-Error-5-82-Team-Rocket-/283580457963?hash=item4206b663eb%3Ag%3Ak2gAAOSwpAhdEXz~&nma=true&si=GsKcnt5MUvZHWU7lWS6z3nU5ISE%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

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That’s wild!! Are you the buyer?

@willyboy no unfortunately I am not the buyer… That’s one of those things someone just got lucky and saw it I guess. I dont know how it only ever got one bid.

But dude I found the sale from where you bought yours. I read the description and it said something along the lines of ā€œall pokemon cards I have listed came from a widows estateā€. Did you by chance get the story on what all hes got? Did you look at everything he has? He has a seriously gnarly collection on his hands!

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Would love to own that grey filler card as well. Have you been able to find any more information about them?
I agree with @pkmnflyingmaster though. They remind me of the different color cards from Yu-Gi-Oh.

I actually found this post of yours yesterday after I posted all different PokƩmon backs on reddit:

  1. Non-Japanese back
  2. Early Japanese back
  3. New Japanese back
  4. Ancient Mew promo back
  5. Trade Please! promo back
  6. PokƩmon Vending Series 3 (Green) special card back
  7. Early English Jumbo8. Trainer Deck A back
  8. Trainer Deck B back
  9. Misprint: grey with yellow border (although technically this is the front, and the back is like a regular non-Japanese back) - so yours

As for the completely white card, I always have the feeling they can be so easy to fake. Similar as those cards with only holofoil at the front. Just a bit of acetone to rub off some layers. I have no doubt there are real versions out there, but just like with Square Cuts, they’re too easy to fake imo.

Greetz,
Quuador

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I did ask him what else he had, but he had actually just finished listing all of his inventory by the time I got in contact with him! But yeah it’s a crazy collection, no idea how he ended up with it.

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Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find much more info on the greyscale error card :slightly_frowning_face: I did find a Reddit post from a guy who owns one though, he’s posted a few times asking about it. He claims to have pulled it from a base set booster, but I’ve been looking at uncut base set sheets and I haven’t seen a similar ā€œfillerā€ card on any of them. As for the all white one, I’m not sure if acetone works on non-holo cards. I have noticed that the holo layer on some cards can peel off and reproduce the all white front, so I guess it is all too easy to reproduce. I like to think that because it came from such a serious collection it’s more likely to be an authentic error, but obviously there’s no way to tell for sure. Please let me know if you manage to gather any relevant information! I think you forgot to link the Reddit to the error card haha. Did you manage to get a high quality scan of one? If so where did you find it?

the general consensus is that these are filler cards that were used in early wotc sets. I’ve never seen an uncut sheet showing one. Would love to see one!

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No, I didn’t forgot to link it on reddit. Here is the reddit post I mentioned these backs. I just didn’t bother to link the grey with yellow border card here, because I copied it from your picture. :wink:

Greetz,
Quuador

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