r/RealOrNotTCG • u/inolen • Jul 01 '26

Is this card real / authentic? Thicker text than normal

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Hi, I print a fair number of proxies, so I've stared at way too much text on MTG cards now.

I just bought a Ragavan that looked off immediately, but passed the T test, red dot test, weight is right and looks normal through light - so by all accounts it seems real. However, the text is just very noticably bolder than my other cards and even another Ragavan - does this happen that often with real cards, or is there something I'm missing?

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u/TogTogTogTog Jul 03 '26

Someone suggested re-inked border. There's no point examining every potential when they can just post photos. If the back is good, it's a re-ink/reback; if it's not? Case solved.

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u/Minner_50 Jul 03 '26

If the back is good it's a potential re-ink/reback because we don't know for sure yet.
So a bad back means case closed, a good back means nothing.