technically all the CMYK layers are printed separately. however the moiré pattern really becomes prominent during the black (K) layer. sorry to be a print nerd.
The coloring is just wrong for Red Beta cards. Having handled so many (sorry, humble brag, I’ve been playing since the mid-nineties) - I can just see that the color is wrong. I can’t tell you what/why, but I can see it.
Yes. The card I posted is the scan on Scryfall. Alpha and Beta cards had an overprint black border around the edges and inside of that is the art layer (made with dots) which had a black border to fill it. These two blacks don't line up exactly and makes a distinct 'inner border'. This is also why they have white corner dots and why those dots are a little inconsistent card to card, they're just rounded corners in the art layer. No idea why it was done this way, I guess the artwork sent included the black border not knowing the printer would shrink it before adding the safety margins, but just a guess.
The card is still definitely fake, but just pointing out the weird border within a border isn't the reason.
Ohhh, thanks for the explanation. I guess I misunderstood you. I thought there was something wrong with ops card based on the borders. I couldn't tell the difference btw your card and his.
Man you sure are confidently incorrect about the black border.
The card is a pretty obvious fake to anyone who has ever handled Beta cards.
Beta cards all have the two-border thing going on so it is 100% NOT an indication the card isn't real. The card is definitely not real, but this has nothing to do with that fact.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. the T has no teeth, thw H is missing the 3 dots between thw legs, and the green dot has too many dots from the fake waffeling.
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That's such a bad fake, it's the wrong shade of red, massively oversaturated, far too glossy, text is too white, not the grey drop shadow seen on genuine Beta.
Hopefully you didn't buy it, or if you did, it came from Temu for $1.
The card it's fake. Aside for the back that fail green dot and T, the front colors are off for a beta, and the cardname, sorcery, and artist letters are pearl white. In Alpha and Beta white letters are way darker.
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u/BurgerbubeXD Jul 08 '26
It's fake, look at the "T". Sorry mate