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Illustrator Pikachu is a prime example of that

BT14-081 SR Digimon Lv.6 Alternative Art Fenriloogamon Color Purple Cost 12 DP 12000 Digivolve Cost 1 Purple 4 from Lv.5 Form Mega Attribute Virus Type Dark Animal/X Antibody/SoC Card Text 1 [Effect] [When Digivolving] You may play 1 level 4 or lower card with the [Dark Animal] or [SoC] trait from your trash without paying the cost

Note that this is a debated form of authentication because to text accurately, you need to compare a real card from the same set to the suspected fake

This can help you sustain your hand somewhat, but this deck suffers greatly in top deck mode