Pokemon Card Price & Holographic Fake Testing

Testing for holographic fakes is a legal necessity to protect your pokemon card price. Legally, you can buy a cheap black light to check the holographic pattern of a card; fakes will glow incorrectly or lack the intricate ‘starburst’ pattern of a real card with a high pokemon card price. Illegally, counterfeiters are constantly upgrading their holographic printers to bypass these legal tests. Always combine the black light test with a thickness caliper test to ensure the pokemon card price you are paying is for a genuine card.