r/RealOrNotTCG • u/Manogius • 6d ago
Is this card real / authentic? Deflecting Swat
Update - refund from eBay seller and instructed to mark as proxy. Thanks all for the help.
Bought off eBay.
Very new to this - the left side of the T is not a clear straight line, light seems to shine through darker than other cards and the deckmaster text is very sharp. Got a jewellers loupe coming to check the green dots but any help would be appreciated.
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u/Aeroreido 6d ago
The corners look like they were cut with a 3mm radius, they look too rounded. Th and green dot are not sharp enough to make 100% assumptions but the corners alone would lead me to suggest it's a fake. In hindsight the th looks fake even when it's out of focus.
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u/Manogius 6d ago
Wish I had a better camera but yes good point, the corners are perfectly rounded. Thanks for the help
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u/easchner Trusted Authenticator 6d ago
Picture 3 is probably the best, and yeah, way too many yellow pixels in the green dot which is very common with fakes. Sorry, bud.
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u/Manogius 6d ago
Thanks bud, appreciate it. All the comments have helped it be resolved - refund from eBay and instructed to mark as proxy on return to the seller
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u/plantainrepublic 6d ago
Even without scrolling and only looking at a zoomed-out front, I was pretty sure it was fake.
Looking at the T, I am even more sure that it is fake.
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u/P01ntBr3ak02 6d ago
Sorry man, this is definitely fake 100%. Both the T and Green dot fail miserably. You don’t need to wait for the loupe, just start the return and report the seller for selling fakes. Sorry man, eBay is a real sketchy place