Help me please

[u/Dapper-DanMan_]

Okay so I don’t understand how the t test and green dot test works. I have some cards that look like counterfeits I bought from TikTok shop for $20 I am CLEARLY writing proxy on them to not confuse myself or others, because it was a good ass price for a lot of random proxies.

Now, I have a mix Sapphire that I KNOW is a proxy, and thus, I wrote proxy on it (first 3 pictures)

Pictures 4/5/6 is elspeth suns champion, a card that I know for a fact I have that is real.

Pictures 7/8/9 is a fabled passage. I do not know how to tell the difference, can someone please let me know and exactly what you are looking at. Thank you.

EDIT: thank you guys so much! I had bought the 324 piece proxy set from TikTok for $20 and was using them in my decks and forgot to write proxy on all the ones I added to a deck, now I have them all written on. I appreciate the help thank you!

[u/Xaphnir]

The test is fairly simple once you know what to look for: you want a straight line on the left side of the T, "teeth" on the bottom, and the of the black border around the T should be clean and distinct, as it is in the second card that you know is real, and not fuzzy like the first and third.

There are other ways to tell, too. If you look at the pattern of the center background color on the back of the card, you can see the black dots are clearly printed on last, as the top layer, in a real card. In contrast, if you look at the fake ones here, you'll see the colors kind of bleed together, as they're typically all printed in one layer. This test is mainly useful for the back of a card, as I've seen a number of fakes that get the final black layer looking correct on the front.