So today is my brother's birthday, and he had a bowling party with
a few friends. One of the gifts he received contained four small
boxes of Pokemon cards! My little brother loves Pokemon cards so we
all thought it was a lovely gift! He was very excited and opened
them up as soon as we got home to trade with myself and my other
younger brother. They didn't notice, but as I was looking through
them (he was very excited to have cool new cards to trade with me),
I noticed something was weird about the fonts and symbols. I asked
him if I could keep the leftover boxes they came in, and as I was
looking at them I could immediately tell that something was off.
The front of the boxes are very glittery, with a picture of a
Pokemon on each. On the front there was a small black box on the
top left corner that read "Pokemon 2017 card XY" with a silhouette
of pikachu beside it. In large letters the bottom of the front of
the box said "Pokemon Go". Now the side of the box, which I
originally thought might be the name of the expansion or something,
said "Kalos Quest", and that's the name of the anime, not any
expansion to my knowledge. Now the back of the box said a small
paragraph about the Primal Clash expansion, with spelling mistakes
like "tihanic" and "dceans". The back also had short little parts
saying "The Pokemon Company INTERNATIONAL" and a link to the
Pokemon website, as well as a little box saying "ExpandyourGame
Play online!" But the box did not contain an online code. I found
this very upsetting, but I haven't told my little brother yet and
I'm not sure if I should. I don't think he's planning on entering
any tournaments, but it would suck if a more experienced player at
school immediately noticed they were fake or something and
embarrassed him. I don't think whoever gave him the cards knew they
were fake, and their parent must have bought them simply because
they were cheaper, and probably buy them for their child as well.
It really sucks when people get fake cards, especially if they
decide to enter a tournament only to discover they can't play
because their cherished cards are fake. People who sell fake cards
are absolutely horrible and cause tears from many young trainers. I
was wondering if any of you have bought or received fake cards, and
can give me advice on what to do about this.
Don't have an account yet? 
