First of, no. Your misprinted card is not likely worth much more then a regular non-misprinted version, unless severe misprinting or an already rare or desirable card.
Remember, your card is only as valuable to the person willing to pay for it.
What is a misprint?
A misprint can be defined as any manufactured product that was not produced as intended and falls outside the established standards. These misprints most often occur on cards themselves but can also happen with booster packs and collection boxes.
Ok, down to the rough and gritty part. There are many different types of misprints for cards and packs. Some take a good eye to spot and some are so egregious you wonder how they made it off the line.
Cards are often considered damaged rather then misprinted depending on the error - basic guide for identifying damage from misprints.
Card Misprints:
Offcentre:
A off-center card is one that is cut in such a way that the sides of the cards are not even. If no alignment dot(s) are seen, the card is considered off-centre. This is the most common of errors.
A combination of card being turned at a wrong angle during printing and then being cut at the incorrect angle leads to cards being cut into the wrong shape.
This is when the typically rounded corners of the card can have 90 degree angled corners.
Flipped Back / Front:
An uncommon error where the back and fronts of the cards are flipped incorrectly. This is most famously found within the Pop 5 Series Mew card - as seen below.
An obstruction error occurs when a part of the plate used for printing is covered with something and it blocks the plate from making proper or all contact with the card on the sheet causing missing blotches of ink.
Holobleed is a common error especially with modern sets becoming more commonplace, where the holographic foil used on the cards art 'bleeds' or spills over to the rest or part of the card.
A mirror holo card is a error caused by the holo film that was meant to put pressed onto the card being very lightly pressed or not pressed at all meaning no foil is visible on the card.
A printer hickey is generally a very small ink error caused by something wrong with the printer causing a small blemish. This is another common error in modern cards.
These cards are often extremely rare and can range from missing a logo to being dramatic and missing large features. (This card is missing the 'Prerelease' Stamp on the bottom right of the art while still having the shadow from it.)
https://imgur.com/a/pB5yscB (Thanks again u/nlnj_a)
Was looking through my bulk Shadowless cards and noticed this fella had a little bit of the alignment dot in the bottom left, thought it was cool enough to share!
Every other graded label I’ve seen for this card says 1999, but this one says 2001. The only 2001 variant I’ve seen is the web series version which this one isn’t. Is this a mislabel?
Hello! Bought this yesterday at a card shop. When I got back to check the condition and centering, I felt it was pretty pristine worthy until I felt the card was more gritty and had a slightly duller back than other cards in my collection.
I browsed online to see how a regular card actually looks like, and noticed that my card had barely, if any, of the fingerprint-looking texture and also lacked the gloss finish on some areas like the black surrounding by Rayquaza's eye and the orange lettering.
A bit unsure if this was a fake or not, I did the light check but no light passed through, which I got worried and went back to the shop with the concern. The owner compared it with another Rayq and definitely saw the texture difference. When I mentioned about the back and light not passing through, he agreed and said that 25th Celebrations and some other sets could have ink variations, and these more detailed cards also are harder to be see-through and also offered me to swap or give a refund if I wished.
I don't know how true that is but I do believe him somewhat about this being a potential error card and not a fake mostly because of how well detailed this card's lettering is and the confetti holo is on point.
I attached some images showing the texture (plus one from a video featuring the regular texture) and if anyone can confirm about the off color/matte feeling on the back being a "feature" of this set, I would appreciate it!
Let me know if this is a known error and if grading companies would grade this :)
As the title states, got my first ever error / miscut card today. Was spread across two 30th boosters in my bundle. No idea if it's worth anything to anyone but I thought it was cool. Have sleeved it and put it in my personal collection, haha.
