I actually really like the background on the bootleg Wigglytuff. It's super cute

Ninetails is my favorite Water Type Pokemon 5:33

oh man i totally recognize that atrocious gen 2 art! it was from beckett pokemon collector back in the months before gold and silver were released outside of japan. they had a little pokedex in some of their issues, complete with totally unofficial art and badly romanized names. the official art for a lot of them outside of the starters and the legendary mascots was either unavailable to them or it flat-out didn't exist when they were putting their little list together, so they had to improvise and used the in-game sprites as reference, which is why they look so wonky and weirdly coloured.

youve got it wrong, you actually tackle the guy youre playing with

Actually with how damage heavy insane current formats are...these types of damage and HP seem a bit more legit.

And I thought Digmon evolution was convoluted.

19:31 sounds like the most awesome sneeze ever.

I don't know why But bootlegs zones is one of my favorite things on this channel And I like everything in this channel So that's pretty high up there

Water-type Ninetails. i love it.

Grass type mewtwo "we're the traners now"

I'm guessing the bootleggers' scapegoat for the odd card numbers was Dark Raichu from the Team Rocket set. Dark Raichu was sort of a Secret Rare for that set, and to reflect this it had the number 83/82.

Huh, you got the Ninja Squirtle shirt too? Sweet.

Don't forget they smell like hell too.

2 years ago, this one guy showed off his Pokemon cards at school and half of them were overpowered bootlegs

I'm kinda smiling because you own an Italian Neo Genesis Sneasel.

I remember when my family and I went on vacation years ago and, at the time specifically, I loved collecting Pokemon cards to doodle them. One day, I bought Pokemon cards in LA and they were fake, with Vaporeo

Pokemans!?

Another great video, Phelan, but I'm playing Pokemon Alpha Sapphire while watching this video. I remember ABrandonToThePast talking about Bootleg Pokemon merch. You should review more bootleg Pokemon merch. I actually have the rare Dark Kadabra card that Uri Geller got pissed off about and why I always nicknamed my Kadabra after him as it's my favourite Psychic-type. The majority of my Pokemon cards are old official ones they no longer make.

Those colourful Rocket booster packs weirdly predicted Team Rainbow Rocket.

I find the weird holographic effect on the Nyura card to be weirdly cool looking.

21:11 That Natu's face fits quite well how little they cared.

Of course Bayleef evolves from Charmander! And when you are done, it evolves into Muk cause the thing makes so much sense the Pokemon Just melts!

Back when the Jungle set first came out I had a booster pack with a Kakuna in it. It had the first edition and jungle symbol. I wish I still had it.

17:55 My friend has a holo version of this card xDDD We both laugh at how dumb it us

2:16 Guest it was from Malaysian

Hey Phelous, any chance you might give some bootleg Yu-Gi-Oh! cards the Bootleg Zone treatment?

I wonder what a game useing only bootlegs would play out

I have a Beckett Pokémon Collector Magazine from 1999 that previews Gen 2 with the exact same strange artwork that I've heard were just guesses based on the game sprites. That was also my first look ever at the Gen 2 Pokémon.

just casually flexes with a shadowless Zapdos at the end

TWO Mewtwos are ALWAYS better than one!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

That op Golduck is pretty accurate to the over level 100 glitched pokemon in g3n 1

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this video but seriously!?!!!?! Bootleg Pokemon cards!?!? Now I think scammers must be desperate 😂

Great stuff as ever. I've meant to ask- is the theme music you use for the bootleg zone from a game or something?

There were a few of these floating around from kid to kid in the town I lived in.

Lol. I had a lot of these as a kid and have never realized they were bootlegs.

I would love to see someone at one of the tournaments actually use the bootlegs.

any idea where i can acquire any of these old bootlegs?

Back in the 90s, my sister got the same Bootleg pack you did with Shellder. I still have them in a book ;u;

I didn’t see a comment about this, but WOTC made non-holo variants of the holos from Jungle, Fossil, and Team Rocket for the set.

"Holy f*ck, stay away from ladybug!!!"

Why does everybody have the hollowgraphic hirmonchan? is that a common card or something?

Vulpbc is my favourite pkemen

I'm super here for Mewgikarp!

some of these bootlegs look to be art from either thye website of pokemon, or from the mag pokemon world as they really do look like art fans made of newer pokemon that might of been shown in the magazine to tease ou into buying more or going on line to see

Bewtleg cerds..

Should I buy these old cards on eBay or will they all be like this?

I kinda prefer the bootleg wigglytuff

I had that Beckett issue.

The irony in that electric type mewtwo, that the *actual game* introduced one later on during the Delta Species era Then Phelous covers it and i get humiliated for not watching the video. rip. still, I actually love how the Delta changes are accurate a lot

0:12 what's song is that?

Hi is there any bootlegs I can add to my collection? $$$

Oh wow, I've got a Japanese bootleg trainer card of Giovanni (I think, the printing is shitty) I got it in a pack of old cards at some antique/collectibles store for super cheap. I'm sure more of them are bootlegged too, lmao.

I wonder if this is how the Alolan forms got started

Ninetails Type: WATER ...... HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUWHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT?

How are there no comments on a video that's been up since like 3 and 1/3rd of a month ago?

Phelous my friend loves this video and love the grass 2 mewtwo's holding the pokeball

ninetales was a water type?

You got this cards from Malaysia?

18:39 So that's what mole pokémon look like..? I had no idea...

Any ideas about doing yugioh bootleg?

Why does Edition 2 Mewtwo's name use Apple's "Chicago" typeface?

Not sure if you still looks into the comments here, or if someone's already said this (I took a glance in the comments and didn't see it), but I believe that the super awkward gen2 Pokemon art was lifted from Beckett's unofficial Pokemon magazine. I have an issue from late 2004 with that exact Sneasel pic, along with some others. 2004 would be later then when you suspect these cards were printed, but, the artwork could have been shown in an earlier issue covering new Pokemon leaks(this one says it's a "special edition" and it was with some other redrawn mons in an article about cards), if anything I don't think a magazine, unofficial though it may be as reputable as Beckett would have stolen such janky pics. The article I saw them is credited to Doug Kale, though whether he did the art, or someone else on the art team for the magazine did them, I'm like, 80% sure Beckett was the source!

God, I forgot how much original Mewtwo *sucked.* Only 60 HP and one damaging attack that's 10+10 for every energy on the enemy active pokemon. So uh, just put out a high HP basic pokemon with no energies on it out to stall while you build up your bench. Ugh.

I’m sensing you’re a big Meowth fan😎 22.10.2021

Nine tails is my favorite water type

Nice

I actually have a few bootleg cards.

Wait, is the Team Rocket set actually just a big ass bootleg or is there a legitimate set? they were the first pokemon cards I bought ever.

With Pokemon TCG finally power creeping up to 300-330 HP on certain cards for Gen 8. I wouldn't be surprised in a few years the TCG will be up around the HP numbers of bootlegs.

Edition 2?? That's not something I remember seeing, and I used to won Gen 1 cards!

never had bootleg pokemon cards but did have yu gi oh ones, man the shiny's were more useful as sand paper as they had that kind of texture, the text was un-readable as in you squint your eyes you might be able to read the text, the stars were wrong and the 1st edition meant nothing, the only good thing i got was the bootleg tin

Ninetails evolves from Vulpix ya dummies, VULPIX

you bought it at Malaysia

Wow I remember the fake pocket monster cards lol

Ha ha Redian is a grass type with 420 hp.

Do you like any of the other Pokemon games or do you prefer just Gen 1?

5:29 Ninetails is a Water type

With ur knowledge, in assuming ur a pokemon card collector. I didnt know that. Im also a collector.

Yeah Bruno Mattei has always been overpowered.

What gets me is how Pokemon tcg fans are like the soyjack meme of "look at these ridiculous HP numbers, this is so fake" than another ex comes out "WOW!"

lol i have erika's jigglypuff. i bet it's a bootleg. i have her exeggutor but that sounds normal. after all, she uses grass pokemon.

funny how you bought it from malaysia.

5:50 times changed

with the power creep in the Pokemon Card Game, these cards wouldn't be considered overpowered in the modern era, if anything they're all still too slow and weak

I've seen these in shops along with bootleg yugioh cards. They still sux and cheap too

Whoever have that Fake Mewtwo message me i will pay for crazy amounts for that fake card

RM? Where did Phelous got the Malaysian ones?

neitei meme

maybe one day nintendo hapinasu them?

RM = MYR