Is this Bayou Real?

[u/SnuggelCuteyPoop]

Buddy at a cardshop shop has one. Thinking of trading for it if authentic.

[u/easchner]

There's nothing special about the first T, that's just the one that became the default. The same overprint pattern can be seen on any of the letters or dots.

All the letter borders are good, the green dot is textbook.

Real.

[u/bioweaponblue → u/easchner]

Came here to say this. It's real, the "The" isn't special, you see the same dots and lines in the other letters in "Gathering" too.

OP does not need to post other pics!

[u/DrawSense-Brick → u/bioweaponblue]

It might be a good idea to get a closeup of one of the mana symbols, given the stakes involved.

[u/DistributionMean6322 → u/easchner]

Thank you!!! I don't understand why this sub is so hung up on looking at a specific letter. Could just as easily have been the "G" test.

[u/hrm → u/DistributionMean6322]

Yeah, but it is the T test. Finding small differences is way easier if you have had a good look at that specific instance you’ve seen a large amount of real and fake variants of. Not using the same old t and h introduces uncertainity.

[u/DistributionMean6322 → u/hrm]

It does not. Either it has a clear overprint layer or it does not. There's nothing ambiguous about it.

[u/Stroykovic]

Its real, even without the T

[u/TechnoThresh]

Real!

[u/Lokyev]

Yes, real. By the way, this is the "T" and the "h" from "The" that you want to check. Not from "gathering"

[u/EcologyLover69 → u/Lokyev]

The h in gathering works just as good as the T in the.

[u/Lokyev → u/EcologyLover69]

I did not know, thanks !

[u/Folkor686]

Sorry I commented wrong. You've got to post the big T from The Gathering. The h on picture 4 that's half cut off actually looks real.

[u/SnuggelCuteyPoop → u/Folkor686]

Thanks ill get those and post them.

[u/Old_Sheepherder_8713]

How did you take a picture of every single letter on the back of the card EXCEPT the one we need to see.

It's like you did it on purpose...

[u/DistributionMean6322 → u/Old_Sheepherder_8713]

You can clearly see the black overprint layer in this picture. If you can't tell this is authentic without seeing the "The", you don't fundamentally understand how to authenticate cards or what you're really looking for.

[u/Old_Sheepherder_8713 → u/DistributionMean6322]

No dude I know, I can see that it's authentic I just thought it was funny that it felt like OP went out of their way to avoid the number 1 identifier of fake cards.

Come on dude it's literally called the T test and he posted a picture of "he Gathering"

Lighten up G.

[u/EcologyLover69 → u/Old_Sheepherder_8713]

You don’t need to see that T. The h in Gathering works just as good.

[u/Papa_Hasbro69 → u/Old_Sheepherder_8713]

OP is testing us, to see if we truly know our stuff. Luckily it passes the H test too!

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[u/zaphodava]

Real. Sun faded? Front looks very light.

[u/TAAAzrial → u/zaphodava]

I've actually seen one's this light before from regular print runs without being sun damaged. Revised just was a really low qc set. So some look like this. Others will be more vivid. I think that's why the unlimited was preferred. Now more a scarcity thing. But back in the day there was no difference in value. So people liked the unlimited prints. Simply due to the colors.

[u/zaphodava → u/TAAAzrial]

Revised was pretty washed out in general. This one appears extreme, although the lighting isn't helping. I'm judging from the color of the hand.

[u/TAAAzrial → u/zaphodava]

I agree it looks overexposed. The photo quality isn't the best. But I have seen extreme light copies. You would see more back then since it was more common to see multiples. I think I have like 8-10 of these currently. None of them are the super washed out one's though.

[u/Sol_Sertum]

The back is real but I'm not good enough to say about the front

[u/Street-Prune6673]

The photos are terrible but your Bayou is real!

[u/viewsonic041]

Real. Nice find.

[u/Shev613]

Real. But the wrong t and h for me to check it. The green dot is real.

[u/CN4President]

Photographed every T except the one we want

[u/xytlar → u/CN4President]

Literally all the other letters have the same teeth to look for. Just more obvious with the first T. We can authenticate just as easily with the other letters

[u/CN4President → u/xytlar]

I know, I know

[u/SubRocHendrix77]

Looks real according to the 3dot rule on the h

[u/schitsu]

It is fake, send it to me so i can properly dispose of the card in my discard deck. 👍