how to tell if a pokemon card is real cards are real? I found these online very cheap (suspiciously low), not sure what the going rates are but didn't know how to verify. : r/PokemonTCG Fake Pokémon Cards VS Real:

Click on any Pokemon Card Sets to see a Card list and their current value

This one lets you use the version from Legends instead of Chronicles and it's a powerful Rakdos deck that uses ways to trigger Axelrod's ability like giving him ping effects like Fire Whip, deathtouch ones like Bladebrand, and I built the rest of the deck around deathtouchers and pingers

Generally speaking, this looks a lot like the list I remember from my college days

You get some removal and the chance to benefit from abilities of opponents creatures

You have a chance to get more than what you put in

Cards should be in clean individual sleeves inside cardsaver semi rigids