Question & Doubt of a newbie ........

"hi, would like to seek some advice from the gurus or old-hand here. My son started on this game V3 a few mths back and now moving into V4.

We do play @ arcades like Vivo, J8 or nearby 7-11s. Sometimes, people do ask to see our albums, and first comment “wow, all original man” and “oh, u don’t have this, and that”.

my son does get disappointed with the latter comments. And when he sees the other guys’ albums, we are both puzzled when we see supposedly precious cards, like gold/silver/bronze, just normal color.

Are these fakes? if so, how come, they are playable?

secondly, last weekend, we were sitting beside on japanese boy and his albums are filled with some cards, we have never seen before. When he tried, the system will remark “card not playable”.
Hence, why are people still trading Japanese AK cards?
Are they just for collection purpose or for playing?

Lastly, when I was queuing in one arcade, got into a conversation with an uncle who shared that they managed to catch staffs of the arcade, manipulating the cards when they load so that they or their friends can get the precious cards and then sell them? is that true?

Recently, my son & I spent close to $50, on a machine, but we did not get any special cards, just duplicates and duplicates. And the staff was just beside us, smiling. Well, rotten luck or ??? Thanks for “sharing/educating”. Much appreciated"
~ Zac_Shark

Comments

Fake cards are playable as long as the bar code are readable. This applies to photocopied cards as well.

Some Jap cards and playable but majority are not playable yet. Some people like to collect jap cards even though it is not playable yet, a matter of preferences.

There are many rumours and stories. Even if you have spent $50 without any special cards, it dont mean the cards are stolen. There are 150 cards in a deck, for v4, 1 gold, 4 silvers and 13 bronzes. You might have played 23 normal cards inbetween foils cards or the beginning and end of deck. So, it could be just luck. May be better luck next time in getting your special cards
~ Donkey

ZoneX shuffle cards, TimeZone like fish market (though half-price) ...... best place to play at Virtualand and Star Factory .... you pay slightly higher but you have your peace playing ......

alot of newspaper stall now sell AK fake cards (in boxes and looks real) .... bring your kid go and browse .... if he wants it .... get some cards to play .... as long Cobra and Great White Shark, SOL, etc ..... comes out - they happy ....

150 cards per deck ... one gold .... and 4 Silvers? not easy ....
~ spaceshuttle