It turns out that not all Pokémon Trading Card Game cards are made equal, as fans compare English and Japanese editions of the same cards with some shocking results. The Pokémon TCG has remained immensely popular worldwide since the first cards hit stores in 1996. Today, Japan usually gets new cards and set releases before Western English speakers do, but the English versions remain more popular among collectors.
It's well known among many fans of the card game that English and Japanese versions of the same cards differ in quality, but the extent of the difference is still surprising. One TCG card collector who goes by MPLangan1205 shared a video comparing the same Blastoise ex card from Scarlet & Violet 151 set in both languages, stating that the difference is "truly eye opening to me."
The video shows the two cards being rotated in the light to show off the rainbow holo effect. While the English card has a nice rainbow shine effect, it pales in comparison to the Japanese card's strikingly vibrant holographic sheen.
The Redditor says they only recently started collecting the Japanese TCG cards, but "the difference in the quality and the uniqueness and vibrancy of the...
