https://theotcg.com/categories/spotting-fakes/Recent content in Spotting Fakes on Theo TCGHugoen-us© {year} Theo TCGThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/fake-graded-slabs/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/fake-graded-slabs/<p>The single most useful habit when buying a graded card is boring: before any money moves, type the certification number from the label into the grading company&rsquo;s own lookup page and read what comes back. What you want is not a green tick — it is agreement. The database has to describe the exact card in the photo or in your hand: same year, same set, same card number, same grade.</p>https://theotcg.com/blog/are-my-pokemon-cards-fake/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/are-my-pokemon-cards-fake/<p>Most people who ask us this question have real cards. That is worth saying up front, because the fear of owning a box of worthless counterfeits stops a lot of people from ever getting their collection looked at.</p>