I Was Scammed | Unboxing The FAKE $10,000 Pokemon Cards 

One of the nice things about being a Yugioh player is that fake Yugioh cards look like they were made by a blind man in a warehouse basement.

3 minutes in and I'm watching a man with the biggest optimistic about attitude of 2020.

44:45 is when he finally comes to his senses and realizes he was duped....that's unfortunate, but I'm glad you gave the viewers their money back

I really hate people ruining the hobby for us. I've been collecting for 20+ years and I've been tricked too by convincing fakes ☹️

The “it’s tough” “idk” “hard to tell” all stems from the fact you know deep down someone took you for 10k and you wanna do unspeakable things. I FEEL YOUR PAIN. so upsetting

Nothing but credit for how well u handled this.

And this is exactly why I'm a casual card enthusiast. I can get just as happy with a basic pokemon card with a new or cute/interesting artwork and only spend MAYBE $40 a month. Any holo pulled results in the happiness dance and ceremonial sleeving. Works for me and my fam, we aren't crazy about investing in it, don't have any plans to trade or compete in battles, just fans of the Pokemon themselves.

Crazy how they can do all that shit but can't figure out how to seal the packs

This really sucks. You can tell by the redness in his ears, the embarrassment and disbelief that this box was full of crap and fakes. I wish you the best in the future that you don't run into this problem.

He was in so much denial he said "it could have been a sealing issue at the factory" at least 10 times.

This guy has such a passion and really cares about fellow collectors…. Respect

Man, I felt so bad when he pulled the first pack out and saw it was open. My heart weeps for you.

The look on his face when he noticed the cards are in the same order is just heartbreaking. Like a look of total embarrassment and disbelief.

Sorry to see this my man. Hopefully it gets sorted. Thanks for being such an icon in the community!

I hope this was all resolved, just recently got back into collecting thanks to you. Thank you for your content , your energy, your humility. I appreciate you

Vids like this are why I'm so scared to jump back into the retro market, so grateful I have so much from this Era already open from when I was a kid, makes me want to open all my unopened product just to see but so scared of receiving this kick to the teeth. Im sorry this happened to you bro, you didn't deserve this.

Dude im not even into Pokemoncards or opening shit, but this made me sad watching him + being him so professionally handling it.

51:29 Man’s soul just got crushed. Sorry this happened. People are awful.

Massive respect for being so humble and creating a truly inspiring youtube channel. Keep up the amazing work!

This is one of those amazing videos that you hear about but rarely witness.its sad, but I appreciate you bailed on the video and you refunded people, hope you sorted out your own refund from the scammer.

47:33 I bet this poor guy has woken up in a cold sweat screaming "They're all the same!"

I will stay a member and continue to purchase from your shop because i trust your judgment and good natured spirit.

Pokerev is one of those guys that does right by the community. He investigated, didn’t give a bs answer, and shut it down and refunded after the misfortune of finding out they’re fake. We love you pokerev keep it up!

Watched this video for the first time and just blown away by how awesome you handled this situation! Admirable for sure!

Best fakes I've seen yet, but never would all the packs be the same cards in the same order. Scary they are making them that good though.

That's why we buy from you and not single cards on ebay. It's not your fault, i hope you get all of your money back pokerev!

Wooow!!! The amount of detail and work to go into producing these high quality fakes!! I really hope everyone involved in these scams gets caught.

Lmao his face when he rips the holo. 🤣

51:33 - the face of a broken man 😭

Here is a compilation if things I noticed and are to look out for: 1. Burred Packs 2. Sealing Areas of the Pack Cover itself was lower than usual. 3. Opened/Improper Sealing off the Packs 4. The Pack Sealing Marks were much larger. 5. Horrible Centerings of the Cards 6. Card Order of the packs were often in the exact same order. 7. Color and Gloss 8. Text on cards were misplaced, look at the text of an attack and then the attack value, the attack values positioning was incorrect. 9. Text Spacing was off, in this case so close that the HP 50 was instead like HP50 where the P and the 5 was touching each other. 10. The 5 was different in the HP 50, the font was more curved at the bottom where the original was not, pay very close attention to that 5. 11. Blur on Cards, displacement or odd features of various marks, such as the card generation indicator, the evolution indicator. 12. Texture and Feel 13. Holo failing the Rip test.

I LOVE going back to this video and watching him just be baffled for 30 minutes or so… LOL

Wow, some ppl are cleaver and sneaky.. im really sorry to see you had this happen.. its a horrible thing to do to someone.. my inner child sure felt hurt and disappointed.. i couldn’t image that happening in IRL :( i hope good luck found you this year and you got some real card pulls you wanted in a real box.. and hope you were given a full refund/or a full real unopened box of cards.

One of my rule of thumb, if the cards are glossy, it's fake, and that was literally one of the first thing I noticed.

I am completely in awe of how professional you are. I know that 1 subscriber does not compare to a 10k box, but with this video you won not only a new subscriber, but a deep admiration. Greetings from Argentina.

I’ve never seen someone be in denial for so long. My heart was breaking for you man.

I don't know much about Pokemon cards but I enjoy collecting magic, especially sealed. Heart breaking man... I recently had two kamigawa boxes that were 100% resealed but thankfully I video taped myself opening the package from start to finish and it was so obvious even a frame from the video would show a person who's opened more than a couple magic packs it was resealed. It's tough man

You saw his soul leave his body when he ripped that holo. Tried to stay optimistic throughout but that was it.

You handled this situation perfectly. Well done Rev!

you can tell many many differences on the cyndaquil cards at 25:00 - especially the lines and lettering or symobol, differences, and thickness in inking.

The text just below the typhlosion was literally falling out of its bubble 😂

So sorry rev! We all looked forward to it especially me as neo genesis is my all time favorite set and finally managed to grab a pack. But: No one is blaming you and I think we should use this opportunity to educate each other on how do detect fake boxes. You are doing an amazing job and we appreciate you. We’ll figure this out!! 👽

This video was my first time in the pokecave after it appeared in my recommended. The way you handled this situation said a lot about your character which got me interested in your other videos and ultimately led to me becoming a member and participating in your live openings. Keep killin it Rev and I can't wait to see what's gonna go down in the cave in 2021.

Yo the dedication to ur craft is awesome the fact ur ripping a real card even just one is respectable bro I appreciate ur realness I love this hobby n it sucks ppl do this

dude seeing how good these fakes are and the resealed box is terrifying. I they didn't mess up the pack reseals and, centering, and card order, we may never have known

My heart sank when you hit the deja vu moment of repeating card order.:(

The sadness in his voice when he said “now I don’t know”...imagine scamming someone for a few thousand dollars and sleeping at night.

Very good video and catch, and I salute you for keeping the video going to your viewers to show that you weren't trying to hide or be shady about anything. As well promising everyone their money back. To me the contrast is different but the fake one where the two stars are near the bottom the white is totally in a different area even though you said it could be a printing issue. But you are correct the fakes were way too blurry compared to your PSA 10. Too me I thought the picture of the two you were comparing the top left part of the picture was off and was cut off a little. But you are right as well again about the cards being glossy. For some reason I was sent 4 boxes of Darkness Ablaze that I never ordered but somehow, they were delivered to me when I only visited the site but never ordered due to the prices and being skeptical. You have taught me so much when I decided to get into this hobby to collect and invest in for years later to come like you said in your earlier videos, to set it and forget it. I try to only buy from reputable sites, but you have taught me how to not trust Ebay as well about people hacking accounts, to mystery boxes. I have never been a fan of those, but unfortunately bought some from TCG and other reputable seller's that I thought were good but now am worried and will be inspecting any goods that I buy from Ebay or anywhere else. So now the mystery boxes that I have purchased and was going to put away, I now want to open to make sure that I wasn't scammed. I did order two mystery boxes that guaranteed to include at least one pack from 2009-2012. Which now I am worried and suspect that those packs are probably weighed and is the reason why these sellers make these boxes because they are giving me the packs that weigh less and gave me the one's they wanted. I am not sure what I am going to do now, maybe just keep the packs just for show and display, rather than opening them. Thanks for all your knowledge and content. Just know I will always do what you have suggested going further to help me ensure I am not getting scammed! I salute you and keep the great videos coming, never give up or be discouraged. We need to figure out a way to stop the scammer's so that this cannot happen anymore as hard it maybe but the community needs to come together and think of something!

Scammers really are just the worst. It’s like coming home to find out your house has been broken into and a bunch of stuff stolen. Nothing worse. And those few minutes of optimism and hope that maybe it’s just a bad seal from the factory or whatever. Just trying to hold onto the tiniest bit of Hope while the actuality that you know you’ve been duped/screwed is undeniable and screaming at you in your head. Just the worst thing ever. Can’t even imagine how it would feel being live on RU-vid revealing it in front of an audience, let alone an audience of people that also paid for them and are also holding out hope for it to not be true. So sorry for you bro. Obviously no one had anything to worry about because you are a stand up guy and immediately refund everyone. But for you it’s just the worst. And I don’t know how it ended up for you but I really hope you were able to get your money back also.

Damn, my heart broke for you, it was obvious from five minutes in the video and I know you thought so yourself you just didn’t want it to be true. Handled like a professional, much respect for staying professional. 👊🏼

Some of the best fakes I ever saw was in Mexico. The cards honestly felt and looked exactly the same and that was early 2010s. I can only imagine them now

He SO BADLY wanted to stay positive. I hope someone made things right for you my guy.

honestly if they printed more then a few types of cards it would have been much harder to tell they shot themself in the foot by only making 20 different cards

It's crazy seeing denial in action. Says so much about Rev's character though. Such a wholesome dude trying to see the positive. But yeah I can't believe how long he entertained the idea that it was real

This is suppose to be a fun hobby and scammers/greedy people are just ruining it for the rest of us. Hopefully you get your money back.

Just now seeing your video. Now we can tell by how light the colors and how thin the box is. So sorry you found one this way. Seeing the way you handled this made subscribe.

You even rip one of your cards to test if they where fake, dude, you are great. I’m sorry for what happened. Keep the good work.

Damn the hobby/market has become very toxic in the last 6 months, it's just not fun to collect anymore... Thanks for everything you've done so far Rev

I am a graphic designer and had to rebuild a lot of graphics/Logos for jobs so i know how much work it is to rebuild something like this. Altough i saw the differences in the fonts pretty fast it is really scary how much effort they put into faking these cards... But as always criminals dont know limits... You handled the situation really good and i hope you get refunded somehow! Best greetings from germany and i love your streams!

Oh my goodness I feel so bad... They are so hard to tell the real from the fake.These are the most realistic fakes I've ever seen.

I felt so bad watching this. Props to him for keeping going and not flipping out, he’s earned a sub from me.

Man you can tell this guy was just not giving up hope

"This could be a factory issue" *Mans huffing the largest cannister of copium known to mankind*

It’s so crazy seeing this happen. My son just got into Pokémon cards so I was thinking about starting a channel for him where we do pack openings and this scares me. I noticed after just a few packs they were in the same order. Sucks this happened man..

This is scary. Imagine the amount of fakes there are out there.

This dude handled this so well I probably would have broke down and cried or punched a wall Positive mentality is a great thing to have

This is the reason I can't buy boxes of boosters for me and my sister too open anymore. We loved sitting down every now and then and opening packs seeing who got the best pulls in the box tallying up the value like a game. Spending ages sorting them all and filling our collection books up. Making decks and trading our new cards. Was loads of fun getting a box full. But, I just don't trust buying them anymore. We just get a couple of packs from the store every time I vist her. its not the same as getting into a box and isn't as exciting but, it beats the disappointment of opening fakes.

Damn rev. That's a really impressive fake box. Handled it like an absolute champion ❤️

It was fake from the jump , poor guy just didn’t want it to be, I feel for you.

I’m really sorry that happened. I’m really mad at whoever sold the box.

51:55 none of this is funny, but I had a little laugh to myself how that synced perfectly with the music fading, like the party just died 😭

This video still blows my mind over a year later, I’ll never forget this live stream.

The font is different. Slightly more magnified and also some are spaced differently, but seriously though, the fakes are getting better and better! So annoying

"They couldn't even have faked a Lugia for us at least?" 🤣😅🤣 You had me dead man. We outta find out who these bum darts are and tie some socks around there nuts with rocks and watch them sink in a Chinese river somewhere.

My respect to you my friend the way of professionalism is on point here

This was so sad to watch, sorry that happened to you and I hope you got your money back! Also, at 37:50 you can see that the first line of text under the attacks, they used the wrong first character or put it too close to the other character altering the way the text reads. :(

Honestly, the open packs would have been a no go for me. I wouldnt have even continued . I’d be out lookin to kick somebody’s ass and getting my Money back. People just be so damn shady.

51:30 .. THE Moment!

The fact that every deck almost had the exact same cards was my biggest red flag

You are the best man in the pokemon tcg community keep up the good work! I am sorry you got scammed that time...

So sorry this happened, but don't worry to much about it. No one's gonna blame you for it. Much love from Germany 💕

Shame on that person for doing that. People like that make me so sick.

How professional you are, respect

Omg when you ripped that holo, my heart just sank for you. So sorry this happened to you, glad to see you've definitely rebounded from it :) You are one of the greatest pokemon content creators!

"How...did they do this?" This was by far the most interesting pokemon video I've ever seen.

The ultimate double edge sword….ripping a holo to see if it is real or not. If it is real you loose the holo, if it is fake you now know it’s fake.

Man it sucks these things happen but also it makes for a pretty entertaining video its like a bad dream especially with the card order repeating and the slow realization it makes you feel like you're about to wake up from a nightmare but you never do xD very epic

Rewatched a year later and for a guy who wasn’t convinced they were bad packs he man handled the shit outta them

I remember when fakes were just ridiculously shiny holos for all cards, and were also stickers.

I've never seen fakes that good that's crazy man it's usually terrible fakes with 6 Ultra Rares in one pack haha. but mad respect for your handling of the situation we love you big dog

Dude didn't seem surprised at all makes me think he knew all along, if I just lost 10k I'm be abit mad

It hurts to see, especially because this isn’t from one guy sitting in a room faking one card. It’s most likely a bigger „company“ printing tons of those cards. Who knows how many people bought the exact same fake box.

This one was tough to watch but I respect how you handled this and how you proceeded with treating it like normal until you were sure. Bless up Rev, better times to come

For everyone still watching this. Shine a flashlight behind the card. Its a great way to check if the card is real. A real card will not shine trough (maybe a tiny bit) and a fake will completely shine trough

51:32 I haven't seen one of those holo sticker cards since I was a kid. We used to have a whole fake box of the original base set back in the day, surprised it's still a thing. Sorry for your loss.

This guy was trying to talk himself into believing they’re real so bad he knew deep down they where fake just didn’t wanna come to terms with it

Working at a print shop for 7 years taught me that when you scan an object and then print it digitally, it thickens all the lines and makes them bolder.. they are all in the same order bc they were printed off and stacked before cutting...

I'm not much of an expert, but I saw Leonhart using a blacklight, maybe there is a way to see if there were any fingerprints left behind???

People just dont get how easy is to replace the plastic wrap on those boxes and pretty much anything else. You only need like a 20USD machine and some plastic.

When he turned them bother over and totally ignored the state of that aipom 🤣

People are getting better and better at faking cards that soon the cards won’t even look fake anymore lol