base set first edition pokemon cards 1st Cards: Real or Fake? - Question [1] Scratch (10) [1R] Ember (30) Discard 1 Fire Energy card to use this attack. An Unopened First Edition Set

61/62 Recycle

If it did rip more easily, then its most likely fake

Where a card might've been good for combos thanks to its low cost, it would now require committing an entire turn to one Action this is exactly the situation Blizzard wants to put your enemies in when it's used

But with a smaller holofoil area, grading is relatively easier, therefore this is to be expected

Furthermore, the potential to find highly valuable cards within, particularly a pristine 1st Edition Charizard (which can individually fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars), adds to their appeal

The card was nowhere near useful, even back then, as the meta was fully filled with Haymaker decks which Magneton was unfortunately weak to