Unlike the 300gsm blue core paper often used in home printing, Black Core is 100% opaque
Aside from the entirely missing holographic texture, the fake suffers from a muddy, blown-out color imbalance in the red background and exhibits noticeably blurry text, leaving the artwork looking flat and lifeless
Always sleeve first, then insert into a top loader to avoid scratches
I havent looked at all the Japanese cards yet, but from the English I see five missing from a quick look (excluding EX era codes, since I assume youve excluded those on purpose): Shining Legends Cosmos Holofoil (from 5-Pack Costco boxes, released in Canada) Pikachu & Zekrom GX non-Holo with signature from the World Champions Deck 2019 - Pikarom Judge Sword & Shield Cosmos Reverse Holo (also from 5-Pack Costco boxes, released in Canada two weeks ago, so I still have it incoming myself) 035 non-Holo Nintendo promo (released exclusively in Sweden as insert of a magazine) Futsal Pikachu promo (these have started to pop up recently on eBay.co.uk, although arent exactly the cheapest I currently have my own incoming) Ive only took a quick look out of the top of my head, so Ive possibly missed some