Hello all, today I’m sharing my ongoing collection of Slow Errors. I have a variety, so I’ve tried to point out the distinctions between the different kinds of errors. I’ll keep this section updated as I acquire new error cards!
Miscuts
Everyone has a different definition of what constitutes a "miscut", so I'll share mine: either (1) an alignment dot is visible, (2) a piece of the card is cut off, (3) a piece of the next card is visible, or (4) the card has square corners.
Texture Shifts
These errors are particularly cool to me: they occur when the texture layer is misaligned with the artwork, creating a sort of "ghost" effect. The Prismatic Masterball Ghostpoke card is my favorite error card I own, it was sold to me by a lovely Cubone collector over on Reddit.
Additional Ink
Sometimes a card has a little more ink than it's supposed to: either a completely different color smudge, or an additional layer of ink is applied.Team Rocket cards are known for having these additional Yellow Ink errors. Notice the yellow streaks across the middle of the card!
This Pokemon GO Slowbro had some additional Black Ink applied. It’s a little hard to tell just looking at the card, so I included a ‘normal’ card underneath for comparison.
151 Holo Repeat
These error cards from 151 are pretty common on JP websites, and the jury is out on whether this is technically an ‘error’ or not, but I’ll include it here. Notice the row of Poke Balls in the middle of the card is partially cut off? You can see a seam down the middle, that is where the holo pattern repeats. They’re supposed to be staggered like they are on the rest of the card, but when the sheet repeats in the middle of the card it messes up the pattern.
Pinched Layer
This happens when one of the layers of the cards gets “pinched” during the manufacturing process, creating a raised ridge on the front of the card (but not the back). Note the line going vertically down the right side of the card.
