Super Rare holofoil on a supposedly Secret Rare card.

The Rare card is placed in the front of the pack (usually located in the middle of the pack).

Off-center prints on the booster packs.

Notable flaws specific to this print include: An infamous counterfeit print of 1st Edition booster boxes are well known for the quality of their mimicry. As such, counterfeits have appeared throughout the years. Notable Examples Legend of Blue Eyes White DragonДЄs the first set in the TCG, Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon is a very popular booster pack set.

Cards that are supposedly Exodia in a single card (exceptions being ' Exodia Necross', ' Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord', and ' The Legendary Exodia Incarnate').

On that note, counterfeit Egyptian God Cards often have the regular coloring and logos on the card backing.

The illegal prints of the Egyptian God Cards are the only exception there are no logos on the card backing and have red, yellow, or blue-tinted card backing designs.

Lack of the ' Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game' logo on the card backing.

Some counterfeit cards have a thin layer of plastic covering the card's surface.

Some Starter Decks have a Yu-Gi-Oh! logo that says Shonen Nump.

Authentic tins usually contain booster packs and promo cards, but not pre-constructed Decks).

Pre-constructed Decks in tins (authentic Yu-Gi-Oh! tins are much larger than the fake 'deck tins', and always feature a cover card.

' Cloudian - Eye of the Typhoon' as the cover card for a supposedly Jaden-based Deck).

On a character's Starter or Structure Deck, the featured cover card is not related to the character (e.g.

On booster packs and boxes, the cover card does not match the set, or the set name given does not match any officially released set.

Mismatched or incorrect logos, such as 'New Yu-Gi-Oh!' or both 'Yu-Gi-Oh! GX' and 'Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's' logos on the same product.

a card with gold lettering that is not reflective).

Incorrect Rarity (most counterfeit cards are Common) or cards that is not holofoil with a holofoil colored card name (e.g.

a supposedly 1st Edition card with a silver hologram instead of a gold one.

Incorrect Eye of Anubis Hologram, e.g.

The hologram is printed on genuine cards if the hologram can be peeled off, it is a sticker and counterfeit.

No Eye of Anubis Hologram, or the hologram is not reflective (however OCG cards with the original layout all lacked the hologram).

Cards printed in a language that has not yet been officially released (such as Arabic).

No label indicating the language on top of the booster pack.

Spiral/circular reflective foil patterns over the entire card.

'Kazuki Takahashi' spelled incorrectly (often due to being mistranslated).

However some cards such as ' Labyrinth Wall' do not possess a passcode. Passcode/ limitation text missing from the lower left corner.using 'Adversary'/'Rival' instead of 'Opponent', 'Life score' instead of ' Life Points', 'fieldside positioned' instead of 'face-up', 'Common Monster' instead of ' Normal Monster' and 'bout' instead of ' Phase'). Incorrect terminology in card descriptions (e.g.Gemini Monsters are often called 'resummon'. Tuner monsters are often called 'Adjuster' or 'Adjusted'. Synchro Monsters are often called 'Homogenity' or 'Homogeneous'. Likewise, Ritual Monsters which list 'Ceremony' instead of 'Ritual'. Fusion Monsters which list 'Melting', 'Amalgamation', 'Mix' or 'Combination' rather than 'Fusion' in the type.Card types which feature the type and sub-type being separated by a period rather than a slash (e.g.Common mistakes with the Type include: ' Machine' written as 'Maching', ' Warrior' as 'Fighter', ' Zombie' as 'Undeat', ' Fiend' as ' Insect', ' Dinosaur' as ' Dragon', and ' Fairy' as 'Angel'.Diagonal Secret Rare-esque lines printed onto a non-holofoil artwork.Brightly or incorrectly colored card artworks, card backing, Levels/Ranks or card borders.'Machine/Effect', 'Spellcaster/Spirit/Effect', or 'Warrior/Synchro/Effect'. On a Monster Card the Type is listed first, followed by any Ability, e.g. Attributes without kanji, or nonexistent Attributes, such as 'Sound', 'Devil', or 'Land'.The use of (often mistranslated) OCG names or artworks on what supposedly is a TCG card.Incorrect card name, effect, Level, border, artwork, or ATK/DEF.Incorrect text fonts and/or mistranslated text.Reversed Konami logo or incorrect spelling of 'Konami' (e.g.Incorrect formatting, such as Levels/Ranks and ATK/ DEF values on Spell and Trap Cards.

Versus sound deck