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New D/P Pokémon cards revealed to be fake (view source)
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picture=BN_060818_DPcards.jpg | | picture=BN_060818_DPcards.jpg | | ||
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sourcelink=http://pokebeach.com/ | | sourcelink=http://pokebeach.com/ | | ||
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tagline=TCG cards including previously unknown Pokémon are a forgery | | tagline=TCG cards including previously unknown Pokémon are a forgery | | ||
blurb=Captain Library, a user on the PokéGym Forums with friends in Japan, has released an image to the public showing a collection of new Pokémon TCG cards, one of which reveals a new, never before seen electric type Pokémon, named ''Kisandā'' (キサンダー). This Pokémon, as well as the whole set of 5 cards, have since been revealed to be forgeries by PokéBeach. }} | blurb=Captain Library, a user on the PokéGym Forums with friends in Japan, has released an image to the public showing a collection of new Pokémon TCG cards, one of which reveals a new, never before seen electric type Pokémon, named ''Kisandā'' (キサンダー). This Pokémon, as well as the whole set of 5 cards, have since been revealed to be forgeries by PokéBeach. }} | ||
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* Jagged edges due to photo-manipulation | * Jagged edges due to photo-manipulation | ||
The creator of the forgeries has yet to step forward. | The creator of the forgeries has yet to step forward. | ||
'''Update:''' It has been confirmed at the [http://www.pokecommunity.com/ PokéCommunity Forums] that Cascade Gonpory, long-time faker and card blank designer, created the blanks and Pokémon. Fangking Omega, who works with Cascade on the EX Acanthite project, said: ''"For the sake of all parties, I'll come clean. Cascade made these images, and made them extremely impressively, and I helped get the word out. We were hoping this would turn out to be a pretty good hoax, which it WAS, since so many people believed the fake and are still even doubting it now."'' | |||