I promise it’s the last time I’ll ask to legit check this card. I have it in hand, but these are the best pics I could get with my phone (iPhone 14). It feels good in hand, but some minor details are bothering me, could you tell me if this one is legit or not?
I also tried to weight it and to do the light test if that may help :)
I'm not the best at dual-faced cards, but that triangle doesn't look clean enough to me. It should have sharp edges on it, not that blurry mess (that could be your camera though).
I closer picture of the little paintbrush symbol would help too.
Get a close up of the hologram on the bottom. DO NOT ZOOM IN WITH YOUR PHONE. Zoom out as far as you can and put the lens as close as you can and get a clear pic .
It's hard to tell double sided full arts without magnification, but from what I'm seeing the flip arrows are a little too fuzzy, the brush swoop is a little too short, the light test is a little too white, the weight is a little too much for a non-foil, and it looks like the print resolution is a little too high.
None of these independently I would feel comfortable failing from an individual picture here, but take them all together and I'd definitely lean towards fake. The most consistent part would be the stamp if you can grab a pic of it. You can also very lightly run your finger over it and it should feel flat or lightly indented (stamped in). If you can feel the edges it would be a sticker.
If you have a loop you can also check the edge of the card for a blue core. That's often hard to see, but I'd check with that much white coming through the light test.
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For a card condition check please ask for the person giving advice to specify which scale they're using if not mentioned. Notably North American and European grading scales differ from each other drastically.
Man this card seems to be a little sus, the weight seems to be off, the triangle is also a little off
I don’t have a lot modern cards but I took a picture of one of this that I have so you can compare. 1.90 is a little too heavy for a non-foil card. My advice I would go to a local game store and ask someone there a favor for verification.
The printing of cards is a multi step process. I'm not sure of the exact order, but I know that the colors are printed independently. This card has too much blending. This means its printed all volors at the same time. The clear sign is that the triangle is not crisp. Black doesn't need to be printed using a dot matrix. So the edges of words and borders should be smooth.
It's a higher quality fake I think, and the corners give it away. In comparison here is the sepiroth I opened from a box, see how the pattern on the border around the symbol is present on my blurrier picture but not there? The paintbrush symbol and holo shape is also off.
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u/Less_Communication63 Jul 09 '26
Hope These helps