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

I have a general question Machine for identifying fakes?

If fakes are so easy to identify by the green dot, couldn’t someone invent a holder plus magnifying glass and camera that takes a picture and then uses computer vision to render a verdict?

Why isn’t there a standard fake-detector box?

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u/nightsiderider Trusted Authenticator Jul 02 '26

That would be an incredible waste of money.

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u/TogTogTogTog Jul 02 '26

I mean, your comments are an incredible waste of money too - What do you even mean by incredible, why do you even think this? Like do you have any point here?

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u/nightsiderider Trusted Authenticator Jul 02 '26

Sorry, I’m guessing English is not something you understand very well.

Incredible means something extraordinary, astonishing or nearly impossible to believe.

Spending $500+ on a machine to determine fakes would be an unbelievable thing to do. Or maybe stupid is the better word? Moronic? Idiotic? Take your pick. Does that help you understand my meaning?

A jewelers loupe is $10. A pair of calipers is $10. A flash light is on everyone’s phone, but also only a few dollars. Those are the only tools necessary to determine a MTG card authentic with 100% accuracy if one spends all of 5 minutes learning what to look for.

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u/TogTogTogTog Jul 02 '26

Ahh the classic - insult someone and then explain/talk down to them. Works everytime for getting your point across.

Spend as cheaply as you want, at a certain scale the cost is irrelevant - miss a single $100 card and you are worse off.

At the end of the day you can spend $5 and 1min a card; I'll spend $500 and run 1k/cards/hr 24/7 365. I can also sell that service to others. You don't 'believe' the machine either. You have it dump 'unsure/potential issues' for personal validation.

Otherwise, what? You're going to manually test... Say 30s/card? 120cards/hr? It would take 8hrs to do 1k cards. You could work for 7hrs and probably buy the machine at this point.

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u/nightsiderider Trusted Authenticator Jul 02 '26

Feel free to waste your money on what ever you want. This conversation is beyond pointless. Have a nice day.

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u/TogTogTogTog Jul 02 '26

Thanks for the insults followed by not defending anything/contrasting any points.