How to Spot Fake Pokemon Cards

This article will show you how to spot fake Pokemon cards. We’ll show you some simple tests you can perform to determine if your Pokemon card is genuine or a counterfeit.

We get a lot of comments from people asking us to identify cards that they can’t find on Cardmavin. If you search mavin.io for your card and don’t find any results… it could be a fake. Or maybe you have a valuable Pokemon card but it just seems “off” in some way. It could be a counterfeit card. This guide will help you identify fake Pokemon cards.

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Cosmic Eclipse Set List

Complete list of cards in the Pokemon Cosmic Eclipse set. Click on the card to see how much they’re worth.

The Cosmic Eclipse expansion set was released on November 1st, 2019. It’s the 12th and final expansion set in the Sun & Moon series. This set is huge… 236 in the base set, plus 35 secret rare cards, for a total of 271 cards!

As far as the most valuable cards in the Cosmic Eclipse set… look for the Pokemon GX and Tag Team GX cards, they tend to be the worth the most money.

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Japanese Topsun Set List

Complete list of cards in the Japanese Topsun Pokemon set. Click on the card to see how much they’re worth.

The Japanese Topsun set is considered the first Pokemon set ever printed! Although the copyright printed on these cards says “@copy 1995” they were actually printed in 1997 by Top-Seika, a Japanese media and publishing company. The cards were released in packs containing 2 Pokemon cards and 2 sticks of gum. There were several print runs of these cards. Some of early print runs have missing card numbers, making them more valuable than later print runs. The first print run had a blue back (more valuable), later print runs had a green back.

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Hidden Fates and Shiny Vault Set Lists

Complete list of cards in the Pokemon Hidden Fates base set and Shiny Vault subset. Click on the card to see how much they’re worth.

The Sun & Moon Hidden Fates expansion set was released on August September 23, 2019. This set is unique in that it contains a Shiny Vault subset containing all Shiny Pokemon cards. There are only 69 cards in the Hidden Fates set… 68 in the base set plus 1 secret “Rare Rainbow” card. Unlike cards in the Shiny Vault subset, cards from the Hidden Fates base set have their own set symbol.

The Shiny Vault subset contains 94 cards, all of which are Shiny Pokemon, Shiny Pokemon GX, Ultra Rare, or Secret Rare cards that are reprints from previous sets. Cards from the Shiny Vault set do not have their own set symbol, but rather the symbol from their original expansion set. The way you identify Shiny Vault cards is by their numbering… they’ll have a number like “SV44”. All the cards in the Shiny Vault expansion set have a yellow alternate “A” symbol which designates that the card is a reprint from a previous expansion set.

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Unified Minds Set List

Complete list of cards in the Pokemon Unified Minds set. Click on the card to see how much they’re worth.

The Sun & Moon Unified Minds expansion was released on August 2, 2019. It’s the eleventh expansion set in the Sun & Moon series and contains an incredible 258 cards… 236 in the base set and 22 secret rare cards. The set includes a bunch of Pokemon GX, Tag Team GX cards, and secret rares… the most valuable cards in the Unified Mind set.

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July 2019 Yugioh Banlist

The official TCG Yu-Gi-Oh Banlist was updated in July 2019. The following is a complete list of cards that are banned.

Periodically Konami updates the Yugioh banlist to shake things up and force players to re-make their decks. Some cards become more restricted while others less so. Check out the latest Yugioh ban list!

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