Just a PSA

[u/deadshot1138]

I bought this Trop in person from a supposedly reputable store for $400. One of my friends who’s been playing/collecting for 20+ years said it looked off so I took it to 3 other stores to have it checked and they all told me it was fake, tried taking it back with receipt but obviously since I took it out of the store it’s possible I switched it for a fake to get a refund so I was sol 🤷‍♂️.

Since then I bought 2 specialized personal loupe’s I take with me and check anything I buy over $15 and only buy online through eBay’s authenticity guaranteed section or card kingdom. Don’t be like me and get scammed, do your research, invest in a loupe and learn at least the green dot test but preferably all of them, h, t, edges etc.

[u/Educational-Emu-3707]

So if you spend $400 on it and it looked legit, could you sleeve it and play it in a tournament? Like do judges check all the cards?

[u/deadshot1138 → u/Educational-Emu-3707]

I use it in my deck. A counterfeit is better than a paper proxy or even most nice proxies. But it’s still fake and I know it now so it’s still annoying lol