My gut says its real but I would wait on other folks to give their take since I admittedly dont stare at Charizards much
This is one of two packs where Preston doesn't make an appearance, but in their place is classic Jumpstart alumni Emiel the Blessed
The key reason why counterfeit cards themselves would be considered illegal is because it breaks many of the rules of fan-art: its being sold to fool people into thinking theyre authentic cards it almost always uses authentic art assets in their bootlegsand no, adding three extra zeros to the HP and attacks wont change that it attempts to interfere with Nintendos ability to sell cards (as in, people buy the cheaper bootleg and NOT authentic packs) the low quality of these knock-off cards may in turn get random people to think ALL official Pokmon TCG cards look just as bad Remember, most companies look the other way when it comes to fan art because fans dont operate at such a huge level to actually interfere with legitimate business operations
The first Charizard card in the e-Reader series arrived in 2002 in the Expedition Base set, this time with Hiromichi Sugiyama as it's illustrator
When you swing, you can place a shield counter on an attacking dork, and then when it deals combat damage to a foe you can swap the shield counter for a card drawn, which is nice card flow