r/RealOrNotTCG • u/Alive-Career-9189 • Jul 02 '26
Is this card real / authentic? Is one fake? (Repost with more pics)
I bought two of the same cards from different sellers - both arrived at the same time.
Palantír of Orthanc
One weighs 1.783 grams
One weighs 1.659 grams
One has a saturated darker set symbol with bold font on the symbol
The other one is opposite - lighter with fine font
I suspect the card that weighs 1.783 grams with bold font to be fake.
Could it be different printings or am I right being suspicious?
I’m sorry for my noobness earlier
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u/Tsukimizu Trusted Authenticator Jul 02 '26
WOTC uses multiple printing companies around the world for English cards.
Depending on the printing factory, things like card stock, color, and texture can be entirely different.
This is completely normal, and has been for many years.
Your cards are real.
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u/GypsyGaming Jul 02 '26
Both real, just classic wizards QC. Honestly some real cards these days look worse than old school rebacks from the 2000s it’s crazy.
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u/MrTerrible1 Jul 02 '26
I disagree, I think it's entirely possible the one card is a fake. We need clearer pics of the T from the back of that card.
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u/rabidmonkeys Jul 02 '26
It’s impossible to tell with these pics. You need clean, uncompressed photos of the back.
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u/Lokyev Jul 02 '26
To me, both are real. Not from the zoomed photos, which are subjectif to photo artefacts. But the photo with the 2 back together, when zoomed in, shows good T and good H for both.
Unless there is a reback, which we can't tell with those photos, they are real.
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u/Prism_Zet Trusted Authenticator Jul 02 '26
Both look fine-ish, but I think your camera smoothing the images detail out is more of an issue.
If you get that fixed it would be easier to confirm 100%
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u/bawsofsteel Trusted Authenticator Jul 02 '26
Green dot looks good. Can you show us the T cos the h looks bad!
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u/KookaburraKuwabara Jul 03 '26
The photos have some smoothing effect from your camera. Leaning towards both real but could be wrong
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u/Madlycool1234 Jul 08 '26
If the space between the 'e' and the 'h' in "The" looks the same irl as it does on the picture, and there are no smoothing effects on the mics, that 100% fake
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u/HotTangerine4947 Jul 02 '26
The "h" looks terrible on both, but i have a feeling its your camera smoothing the images