real pokemon cards back I've read up on fake cards, and to me all these look genuine. The fronts look great, I used a flashlight to see the center black layer, and compared to pics How to Know If Pokémon

Thats mainly because its a BGS graded 9.5

In the case of this deck, it should have been obvious that Spike Hatcher was just, well, bad

However, this card's estimated price tag began above the $50 plateau, but immediately fell to the sub-40s at release, continuing the negative downward trend that comes with all cards after release

Graded Population Report: Entei #30 Visualize the distrbution of grades in the chart

Just like it did in the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set, Wizards of the Coast has avoided a potential issue by just making powerful or well-known characters or gods into planeswalker cards for gameplay reasons, and ignoring any strange lore implications that may result