Is your Pokémon card real?
Snap the front and back of a card and we'll check it against known genuine references and common counterfeit tells — font, texture, color saturation, holo pattern, card-back centering and more. You get a verdict, a confidence score, and the exact tells behind it, so you can double-check the call yourself.
Under a loupe, genuine cards show a fine rosette dot pattern. Blurry text, fuzzy edges or a coarse dot grid are red flags.
Compare against a known-genuine card or a reference image: off hues, a wrong shade of yellow border, or a slightly wrong font are common fakes.
Fakes often use the wrong foil pattern or add holo where the real card has none. Check the specific set's holo style.
Modern textured/embossed cards have a feelable pattern. A flat surface where there should be texture (or vice-versa) is a tell.
The Pokémon back's blue swirl, the ring around it, and the back centering are notoriously hard to fake accurately.
Hold it to a bright light. Genuine cards have an opaque black inner layer, so little light passes through. A card that glows through is likely fake.
Fakes are often too glossy, too thin, too flimsy, or feel like cheap cardstock. Compare thickness and snap to a card you trust.
Want a second opinion? The AI fake checker reads the print, holo and texture from two photos.
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