What is the difference between a real yu-gi-oh card and a fake one?

Answer 1

Yu-Gi-Oh cards are manufactured by Upper Deck, longtime fabricator of Baseball cards. Game cards are printed on high-quality cardstock using premium ink, and have a hologram embossed on the bottom-right. The hologram is the most difficult to duplicate and is the clearest giveaway. Some other, more subtle signs:

- The typefaces used in Yu-Gi-Oh are expensive and have been modified. Fake cards may not reproduce the fonts exactly.

- Yu-Gi-Oh cards, including holographic ones, have a semigloss finish. Fakes may have a shinier or matter finish.

- The high-quality cardstock used in game cards resists creasing when bent up to ninety degrees from the short sides. Fakes will fold almost immediately.

- Real cards, when ripped, have a black ribbon running through the center. Fakes usually don't.

- Holographic cards use either holofoil or fine prismatic foil. If the holographic card has a starburst pattern, large blocks of hologram, spirals, stars, or other details, it's a fake. Only the card art shows hologram foil, not the text or border. The ink almost never flakes off of the foil.

- Fakes may seem overly dark, blurry, washed-out, or have artifacts from the scanning process.

- Know which cards are holographic and which aren't. Yu-Gi-Oh cards are generally not printed in both holographic and standard versions.

Remember, if you have any doubt that the card is authentic, don't buy it. Purchase cards only in sealed packs, sealed decks, or from reputable dealers. Always closely examine cards before proceeding in trades.

Answer 2

1. There should be a shiny sticker at the bottom right corner. When you change the angle you look at it, you should see some symbols that represent those from Yugioh.

2. Look at the back of a real card (you know a card is real by buying a pack), and compare it to the back of a card you think is fake. Look for colour differences, thicker lines etc.

3. A common way to tell a real card from a fake without having to compare is to look at the back of the suspected card. If the "swirl" is a lighter brown than your used to, it is definitely fake.

Answer 3

The konami trademark in top left, and the yugioh tcg icon in bottom right (both on the back of the card) will not be there on false cards, unless they are really clever. Also, false cards are usually discolored somewhat.

Answer 4

A real Yu-Gi-Oh card should have a small silver foil square in the bottom right corner. If the card is first edition, then it will be gold. It should say "1996 KAZUKI TAKAHASHI" at the bottom right aswell. All Yu-Gi-Oh cards except a certain few will have some sort of number code in the bottom left. Some examples of cards that don't have these are Seiyaryu and Black Skull Dragon. Every REAL Yu-Gi-Oh card will say "KONAMI" on the back in the upper left corner. There will also be Red Japanese symbols in the bottom right corner along with "Yu-Gi-Oh!" over lapping it. Right below that, it will say "Trading Card Game". If a card doesn't have one of those (Save the Number code) then i wouldn't trust it.

Answer 5

an easy way to tell if yu-gi-oh card is fake is to kind of angle if you kind of sparkles then it's fake another way is to look on the back and look at the bottom where it says yu-gi-oh if it is like 3D almost it's fake.