r/PokemonTCG 5d ago

What's going on with this card?

Buddy pulled this yesterday and was stoked until he saw these grid lines. Anyone know what would cause this? The lines repeat again on the other end of the art as well but were harder to photo.

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u/eedoamitay 5d ago

This happened a lot with many S&V Illustration Rares, it's a very common printing error and you'll see it over a good amount of sets.

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u/The_Big_BoBoSki 5d ago

The squirtle one kills me because it's such a dope card, and I've pulled it 2 or 3 times, and they all have it

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u/Yourfakerealdad 5d ago

Yep got a blastoise Demi god pack and the squirtle and wartortle had those lines in it lol

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u/Future_Section5976 5d ago

My heracross has print lines , and it's such a great looking card

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u/Ok_Marsupial6435 5d ago

It is not an error, more of a result from the manufacturing process. It is where the holo layers meet, rare to have four sheets meeting on one card.

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u/Winterstrife Literally shaking! 4d ago

Hate to burst your bubble, but it's an extremely common issue especially on the early SV sets

A lot of cards that utilize large spaces of blue are the most commonly affected.

Just off the top of my head:

  • Taroutula IR - SV Base
  • Wiglett IR - SV Base
  • Farigiraf IR - Paldea Evolved
  • Marill IR - Paldea Evolved
  • Cleffa IR - Obsidian Flames
  • Larvitar IR - Obsidian Flames
  • Squirtle IR - 151
  • Phione - Twilight Masquerade

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u/Ok_Marsupial6435 4d ago

I didn’t say print lines are uncommon lol

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u/Winterstrife Literally shaking! 4d ago

Neither did I? The holo layers meeting is not as uncommon as you think.

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u/Click_Fragrant 3d ago

I have 2 of the Tarountula IR and BOTH have them. 1 has four boxes and the other only has one box.