The enormously popular Pokémon Trading Card Game continues to attract huge numbers of players willing to pay vast sums to catch 'em all, especially rare cards. However, some detective work by PkmnFlyingMaster on EliteForum (thanks, VGC) suggests that prototype cards from the mid-'90s which first went up for auction last year could be fakes.

Millions of dollars’ worth of Pokémon cards, which were claimed to have been printed prior to the creation of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) itself, may have been faked, it’s been claimed.

Collectors who bought prototype Pokemon cards at auction last year appear to have discovered evidence the cards are fake. A closer look at usually imperceivable dots on the cards implies they were printed in 2024,

Last year, hundreds of vintage prototype, test, and presentation Pokémon cards believed to date back to the creation of the game in the 1990s sold for auction to various collectors for hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively.

The Pokémon Trading Card Game has taken the world by storm, with release after release instantly selling out and even resulting in some violence. The TCG