Error card Scyther

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the_max

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Hi there,

I'm currently searching and selling my old pokemon trading cards and I found an error card: Scyther from 1st edition, jungle with no hit points. everything else looks OK.

I searched the internet, but I couldn't find anything similar (expect the Scyther error card without jungle logo).

You can see it on the attached photo (the white blur is caused by the flash, the card is behind glass)

Anybody seen something similar before? What would it be worth?

greetings,
max
 

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I myself have a Scyther that was a misprint: no Jungle logo on it. It cost me about $10. That being said, as a Scyther collector, I'd love to trade you for the card! :)
 
PikachewTofu said:
I have never heard of that kind of misprint before. Is it holo?
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Well me too. And yes it is holo.
As I can remember I found it in a German booster pack with other German cards many years ago ;).

darksoulSP said:
I myself have a Scyther that was a misprint: no Jungle logo on it.
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I know this misprint from other websites, the missing logo seems to be a more common misprint.
 
Interesting. You have to look at the trend of misprints to see their value. I am still interested in it though if you ARE looking to part with it. ;)
 
the_max said:
Well me too. And yes it is holo.
As I can remember I found it in a German booster pack with other German cards many years ago ;).
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How do you pull an English Card from a German Booster Pack?

Was it some kind of special "We Are The World" Pack?
 
That my friend, is a Scyther with infinity HP.

But any way, cool card. I've never had a error card, though. T.T
 
That is so cool! I have a Jolteon Skyridge with the Poke-Body text red. I would pay $5 at least.
 
Sorry to hear about your card... I have a reprint of that scyther that HAS HP. I'll trade it to you for that one if you want? LOL
 
BE CAREFUL TRADING WITH THIS GUY!!

It very much looks to me like the HP has been photoshopped out. Check out what the real Scyther looks like and notice the shadow at the bottom of where the HP would be is gone. Also the copyright at the bottom looks fishy.

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amisheskimoninja said:
BE CAREFUL TRADING WITH THIS GUY!!

It very much looks to me like the HP has been photoshopped out. Check out what the real Scyther looks like and notice the shadow at the bottom of where the HP would be is gone. Also the copyright at the bottom looks fishy.
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Funny thing, I haven't seen him offer to trade once in this topic. Everyone else is jumping on him. Not the other way around.


From what I can see in this scan, the card almost looks fake. The text on Scyther's name seems very much off. It's taller and longer than the text normally is.
 
Well coming from someone who knows ALOT about error cards, I'm 99% sure that's a fake/photomcshoop job. The name text is VERY sharp considering the blurriness of the other text.

Different coloured copyright info background too?
Well that's actually where new copyright info has been added. Look at the placement of the Illus. text on the scan and OP's photo. In the scan it's all the way on the left however on the photo it's moved to the right a lot. Iv you zoom in the photo, you can see dark marks which look like the tops of letters above the newly added bottom text, where the added parts haven't been rotated to match the original photo.

As for the missing HP itself? Easy job using smudging, blurs and brushes.
 
Well guys, making you belief this should be sloppy photoshopped, makes me even more certain, that no one has seen that card in real before.

The name 'Scyther' is a different letter type.
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Obviously the jpg quality is not the best, so (thanks to jpg encoding) this really looks strange, I admit.

Thanks to amisheskimoninja (who posted the card) I found another error, which is the white line at the bottom and the holo of this card looks blue for me, mine instead looks more green/silver.
Also this card has a little white shimmer around the name.

Now I tried to get some better photos. Tomorrow I try to get some proper scan.
 

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the_max said:
Well guys, making you belief this should be sloppy photoshopped, makes me even more certain, that no one has seen that card in real before.

Obviously the jpg quality is not the best, so (thanks to jpg encoding) this really looks strange, I admit.

Thanks to amisheskimoninja (who posted the card) I found another error, which is the white line at the bottom and the holo of this card looks blue for me, mine instead looks more green/silver.
Also this card has a little white shimmer around the name.

Now I tried to get some better photos. Tomorrow I try to get some proper scan.
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Still though, why is there a very obvious cover up of the copyright info at the bottom of the card?
 
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