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So today is my brother's birthday, and he had a bowling party with a few friends. One of the gifts he received contained four small boxes of Pokemon cards! My little brother loves Pokemon cards so we all thought it was a lovely gift! He was very excited and opened them up as soon as we got home to trade with myself and my other younger brother. They didn't notice, but as I was looking through them (he was very excited to have cool new cards to trade with me), I noticed something was weird about the fonts and symbols. I asked him if I could keep the leftover boxes they came in, and as I was looking at them I could immediately tell that something was off. The front of the boxes are very glittery, with a picture of a Pokemon on each. On the front there was a small black box on the top left corner that read "Pokemon 2017 card XY" with a silhouette of pikachu beside it. In large letters the bottom of the front of the box said "Pokemon Go". Now the side of the box, which I originally thought might be the name of the expansion or something, said "Kalos Quest", and that's the name of the anime, not any expansion to my knowledge. Now the back of the box said a small paragraph about the Primal Clash expansion, with spelling mistakes like "tihanic" and "dceans". The back also had short little parts saying "The Pokemon Company INTERNATIONAL" and a link to the Pokemon website, as well as a little box saying "ExpandyourGame Play online!" But the box did not contain an online code. I found this very upsetting, but I haven't told my little brother yet and I'm not sure if I should. I don't think he's planning on entering any tournaments, but it would suck if a more experienced player at school immediately noticed they were fake or something and embarrassed him. I don't think whoever gave him the cards knew they were fake, and their parent must have bought them simply because they were cheaper, and probably buy them for their child as well. It really sucks when people get fake cards, especially if they decide to enter a tournament only to discover they can't play because their cherished cards are fake. People who sell fake cards are absolutely horrible and cause tears from many young trainers. I was wondering if any of you have bought or received fake cards, and can give me advice on what to do about this.