Is Your Pokémon Booster Box Real? Here's How to Tell

11th February 2025 EDT FEATURES

Avoid Being Boxed In—Here’s How to Check if a Pokémon TCG Booster Box Is Legit

Because nobody wants to waste their money on a fake booster box.

If we were to conduct a mass fan survey about what they believe the biggest issue that currently plagues the Pokémon TCG community is, many of them would say that it’s the sale and purchase of counterfeit items—and understandably so.

The purchase of counterfeit Pokémon TCG products doesn’t merely waste the buyer’s money; it also damages the reputation of the Pokémon TCG community in general and emboldens sellers of these fake items to continue doing so.

With this in mind, here are some of the methods by which one can figure out if a Pokémon TCG booster box is the real deal.

1. Pokémon Booster Box Packaging: Checking the Plastic Wrap

The plastic wrap that covers a Pokémon TCG booster box ought to be tight around the box and feel similar to cling wrap. When the layers of plastic wrap have been pressed together, there will be several protrusions that form. On a real box, these protrusions will take on a T-shape; however, this isn’t so on a fake box.

The shrink lines of the plastic wrap of a real booster box are smooth and don’t have any folds or creases. On the other hand, fake boxes usually do have such features on the shrink lines.

Similarly, on a real box, the protrusions and shrink lines ought to be bunched up around the middle of the top and bottom covers of the box. If these protrusions and shrink lines are lined across the covers, the box is almost certainly a phony. Finally, the booster box’s plastic wrap ought to have a white logo of The Pokémon Company on it.

2. Air Holes on a Pokémon Booster Box: What to Look For

A genuine Pokémon TCG booster box ought to have several air holes embedded within the plastic wrap in order to let the air out of the packaging. Although these air holes aren’t uniform in size or shape, they nevertheless must be present in order to guarantee that the box is legit.

Since these air holes are exceptionally small, the use of a microscope is needed to detect their presence. Buyers who are uncertain about the authenticity of the booster box should first request that the seller use one to determine if those air holes indeed exist so as to avoid purchasing a counterfeit item.

3. Inside the Pokémon Booster Box: Booster Pack Arrangement

All the booster packs in the box should be organized neatly. They ought to be positioned right-side up and forward-facing. If the packs are arranged haphazardly, that’s an obvious red flag; the booster box in question is either a fake or has been tampered with beforehand.

Buyers can request that sellers produce an X-ray of the contents of the booster box as a form of verification. The X-ray will indicate if the accurate number of packs has been included or if the box has been tampered with by picking up on the removal of any booster packs or the replacement of one or more booster packs with other items.

4. Pokémon Booster Box Artwork and Writing: Inspecting the Details

Any discrepancies in the box’s artwork and/or writing will give away the fact that the box is fake. As far as the artwork is concerned, a simple image search online will determine the box’s authenticity; the box can then be compared to the online image. All booster box artwork is uniform; there are no variations.

As is the case with the artwork, the writing on a Pokémon TCG booster box doesn’t have any variations; this therefore also exposes any discrepancies as evidence of a counterfeit item. Common issues found in the writing on a fake box include incorrect fonts, incorrect set descriptions, and typos.

If you were to buy a Pokémon TCG booster box off the SNKRDUNK App, you’d be absolutely certain that the box in question is genuine. We’ve thoroughly authenticated every booster box sold on our app to ensure that every buyer receives exactly what they have intended to purchase. So, why not browse our app for our selection of Pokémon TCG booster boxes? You won’t have to hesitate about the possibility of any of them being counterfeit.

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So now that you’re aware of all of this, there’s only one thing left to do—shop to your heart’s content and get yourself all the Pokémon TCG items you’ve been after!

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