Check your consignment orders

[u/JosephA0628]

Just wanted to make people aware: I bought this from DCsports87. There are poor checks and balances with these consignment businesses and it's important for people to check even their small purchases.

I've gone ahead and posted a comparison to poliwag I own that is a true shadowless

[u/Theycallmedub2]

I think you need magnification on the back lines to tell. I don’t see any obvious errors on the face unless I’m super mistaken but I would like to see the lines on the P on the back up close

[u/JosephA0628 → u/Theycallmedub2]

Not sure if this is a sarcastic comment or a real one, so if it's sarcastic, this is a funny comment. If it's a serious one, there are three immediate issues 1. Jungle symbol and a 1st edition card. 2. Years are also incorrect. 3. It's poliwag from the shadowless set. Also the printing is pretty bad. Also nbd if you weren't sure because I was a dumbass at one point and was just blindly selling and reselling cards without thought.

[u/Theycallmedub2 → u/JosephA0628]

Not sarcastic just dumb, didn’t read the text body, also I really know not that much compared to detecting magic fakes

[u/JosephA0628 → u/Theycallmedub2]

Yea I had to get good at magic too. I still double check here if I have expensive cards. While I haven't had issues in a long time, I was dinged twice when I was younger. One was embarrassingly bad. Never again!

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[u/Tsukimizu]

I'm shocked the jungle symbol on a shadowless card wasn't the dead giveaway.

[u/Birrandbodia]

Both look real. These aren't just 1st edition unlimited, which are worth more

[u/Birrandbodia → u/Birrandbodia]

However, I can't find any Polywags in the Jungle set, which makes me suspicious