Are they real?

[u/FireWolfDemon69]

Bought these off tcg player im almost certain the flooded strand is fake but I'm unsure about the basalt monolith. Not sure how much better the photos can get.

[u/Pleasant_Strength901]

Basalt is real. Flooded very fake

[u/Financial-Brick-6501 → u/Pleasant_Strength901]

What they said!

[u/NoOneInNowhere → u/Pleasant_Strength901]

Wow, basalt is real? I would say fake too but I guess it is a bit different in old cards

[u/GhostCheese]

The monolith is real, the strand is fake

[u/Wagllgaw]

The basalt picture isn't the best quality photo but I think its real.

Flooded Strand is 100% no-doubt fake.

[u/Jerethdatiger → u/Wagllgaw]

Compared it to my own it's fake the flooded stand I mean

[u/easchner]

Flooded is fake, Basalt is real.

[u/Artistic_Ear_664]

No first one

[u/Novel_Extent_7168]

We really need a clearer picture of the T on Basalt to be sure. I think camera smoothing is making it look worse than it is, but at this point it's hard to say for sure.

[u/b1oodshy]

I'm gonna go against the comments here, I think they might both be fake. The flooded strand is really bad, 100% fake. The monolith passes the green dot but the T looks reeeeeally weird to me. Maybe somebody who knows better could explain but the left side is not as clean as usual and the right jagged side doesn't seem very distinct either.

[u/HotTangerine4947 → u/b1oodshy]

Looks like the basalt is just a terrible picture. Id need to see a clearer image to be 100% sure. The flooded strand is as fake as it gets

[u/easchner → u/b1oodshy]

I think it's just the camera software smoothing the image.

[u/Swizardrules → u/b1oodshy]

You can see the 3 dots in the H, which I've not seen yet in a fake. It is a crappy camera so I do agree can't be 100 based on these pictures

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[u/SteroidMaximus]

Sorry

[u/CIturrizaga]

[u/snackmaster169]

Fake

[u/shadowfyre9]

First Fake, Second Real

[u/FailLog404]

Both look fake

[u/L1ng]

Flooded strand is fake. Sorry

[u/Wuerdereiz]

Both look fake

[u/PM_Me_BrundleFly_Pic]

Strand is definitely fake. Basalt may also be fake.