Hello. I’m working on a collection of all Salamence cards, and I’ve noticed recently on eBay a variant I haven’t seen before. This is Salamence ex #96 from the Power Keepers series.
www.ebay.com/itm/233784243714
Normally this card doesn’t have the Power Keepers logo on it, but this one does. Is this variant legit? There’s already some bootleg versions of this card on eBay that have a yellow boarder instead of the foil one, but I don’t know if this logo’d one is as well. Anyone able to confirm if this is a bootleg variant or not? There have been a few others on eBay, but likewise I haven’t seen any that have been graded.
@yoshizard64 As mentioned above, it’s indeed fake. Here a side by side with the real version:
Here are some indications why it’s fake:
The logo you mentioned. This logo is only present on Reverse Holo versions of this ex era set (and possibly pre-released cards), which is only possible for Commons, Uncommons, and Rares. So not for Ultra Rares like this Salamence ex.
The HP is golden, which is only on Reverse Holo versions of the Holofoil Rares in the set
The silver holofoil borders are smooth instead of Cosmos Holofoil like on the real Salamence ex
The black parts of the energy symbols are way too big (this happens pretty often on fake cards)
The words Pokémon (in the Hydro Wave attack) are both with a regular ‘e’ instead of ‘é’ with diacritic (also a huge indication that happens pretty often on fake cards)
