pokemon blooming waters booster box Lucked into a cart full of this morning : r/pokemoncards and an oversize card of Blastoise ex for display Pokémon Trading Card Game: Blooming

The Pikachu Illustrator card, awarded to winners of a 1998 Japanese illustration contest with only 39 copies known to exist, has sold for as much as $5.275 million

Print Quality and Resolution Difficulty: Easy | Reliability: High Hold the card at arms length and look at the artwork and text

Yukinori Harada, the 48-year-old owner of Alive Yokkaichi Tokiwa, allegedly sold the fake for 2,200 Yen (about $20) to a customer, but his arrest wasn't just for the card he also allegedly had a fake copy of "Rockman" displayed in store, which is the Japanese name for Mega Man

There are protective films on both sides of the box, so the risk of damage during transportation is minimized

High Tide Kai Budde, 1st Place GPVienna 1998 High Tide originally appeared at PTRome as the anti-Academy combo deck