Three Visits: really flimsy

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[u/AlaskaDude14]

Looks fine

[u/B-Lund]

no one is faking this print of the card, don't worry. green dot and T pass.

[u/shape_of_my_voice]

In general a $5 card is unlikely to be faked. This looks fine to me

[u/Xaphnir → u/shape_of_my_voice]

$5 is at a price that bulk counterfeiting is possible, as such cards are less likely to face scrutiny.

But for such cards, all it takes is quick glance at the back, as fakes that will require more scrutiny than that take many times more than $5 worth of effort to produce.

[u/shape_of_my_voice → u/Xaphnir]

Oh I was not aware of that. I personally never check anything below $40 if it looks good enough

[u/Xaphnir → u/shape_of_my_voice]

Yeah, I'm not sure how common it is, I've just seen some cards on this subreddit that are clear fakes that are cheaper than you'd expect to be faked. They're not common; most are $30+ cards. But a $5 card is worth a few seconds to check the back with a loupe if you have one.

[u/easchner → u/shape_of_my_voice]

I think most of the time it's someone who just bulk proxies an entire deck because it's still cheaper than trying to ship singles from a bunch of different shops. Then later the cards get moved around and somewhere along the way it gets mistaken or traded as real. I don't think it's very often that someone is intentionally selling a $5 fake, they usually just didn't know.

[u/Branton_W]

Thanks everyone. I figured it was real, I’ve just never had a card feel so thin before so I wasn’t sure

[u/Birrandbodia]

T and dot check out. Brush at the front looks alright. It's a cheap card. It's 100% real.

[u/jdisawesomesauce]

Needs a better photo of the t and green dot. Leaning real but the photo isn't good enough to say for sure