These are called printer hickeys. They’re far more common than you think and they can show up in different colors.
Printer Hickeys occur when a small particle or piece of debris sticks to either the printing plate or the blanket. This imperfection will show up as a small, round defect on the card.
I have an energy trainer card with 2 of those dots with a red circle inside… I will post pics eventually from my computer just can’t from my iPad unfortunately.
I opened up a pack of English Scarlet and Violet just a few minutes ago and noticed that my 3 uncommons look light on the ink/had a faded printing. I’m not sure if this light-ink error is a regular occurrence in the Scarlet and Violet English printing, but I thought it was worth a share.
Here is the Light-Ink Error Youngster (Regular Youngster on right for comparison):
This is actually the reason I wanted to make this post, as I thought @qwachansey might like it (we all know Chansey is better than Blissey, but this card is good because Chansey is under Stage 1 ). That being said, it’s important to note that the red ink used to title the ability looks normal, but the other text does not.
I took these pictures from the same spot (or close to) on my desk, so the “faded” look isn’t a result of the lighting.
Let me know if you guys have seen this in the newest set!
-Throwingknifekiller
This V card has a silver border instead of black. But it doesn’t appear to be missing any black layers on the main part of the card. Has anyone seen this before?