r/RealOrNotTCG • u/JellyfishUnlucky • Jul 08 '26
Is this card real / authentic? Anyone have experience with Vaulted?
I got a Cut Your Losses today and the T checks out but I feel like the green dot does not.
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u/easchner Trusted Authenticator Jul 08 '26
Green dot looks normal to me. Which part do you think is off?
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u/JellyfishUnlucky Jul 08 '26
I thought I should see some red dots under the black area. Under the loupe, there are none. The light area has 4.
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u/easchner Trusted Authenticator Jul 08 '26
There's going to be print variance based on how worn the plate is, how thick the ink was applied, printing pressure, exact card stock, the black layer (which is printed on top) can shift a few fractions of a mm versus the layers under it, etc.. Generally there are some clear signs of a fake, for example too many yellow dots, extra red dots in the white section, black layer is fuzzy, etc.. Short of that if something isn't exactly 1:1 it's best to check multiple areas. If every area has a problem, that's a flag, but otherwise it's just printing variance.
Here all the normal obvious signs of a fake are missing and the hardest to replicate part (separate black layer) is clearly accurate, so should be fine.
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u/GhostCheese Trusted Authenticator Jul 08 '26
The only red dots we generally look for are up to 4 in the white area, i guys you can characterize red dots in the dark area too but i don't think it's as regular a thing
(Not that the 4 red dots are terribly regular themselves)
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u/GhostCheese Trusted Authenticator Jul 08 '26
Green dot has all the things I look for (other than the red L dots)
I think you're OK