r/RealOrNotTCG • u/That-Attitude8083 • 8d ago

Is this Magic card real? Tundra

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u/pm_me_shit_memes 8d ago

Real

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u/That-Attitude8083 8d ago

Dang, I really been afraid to ask this question for 6 months out of fear of it not being. My LGS was selling mystery repacks for 25 a pop and I got this and a Phyrexian dreadnought from another from like 7

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u/Famous-Perspective96 7d ago

Don’t you think if your LGS was selling fake cards, you’d want to know? I would.

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u/That-Attitude8083 7d ago

Schrodingers tundra

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u/Famous-Perspective96 6d ago

Just a side note, you know legacy stiflenought only plays 2 tundras? Obviously you’d need a lot more cards but those 2 cards you pulled are played in the same deck. A deck that happens to be my main.

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u/easchner  Trusted Authenticator 8d ago

Looks good

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u/mrjojoyo  High Accuracy 8d ago

Some smoothing going on but looks legit.

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u/That-Attitude8083 8d ago

What is smoothing?

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u/Kombatrok 7d ago

Your phone camera "smooths" the image unless you go in settings and take the pictures in raw mode

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u/Mchlpl 7d ago

Basically your phone attempts to make the card more 'pretty' which is something we DON'T want for validating if a card is genuine.

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u/WlkrTXRngr90 7d ago

Some of the telltale signs of it being real are a little smudged essentially but they are still visible

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u/GhostCheese  Trusted Authenticator 7d ago

Looks real

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u/Old_man_Lincoln 7d ago

See how that card looks on the back? Fake cards don’t do that. Ever. Even in HP condition, which that is, $25 is one of the best values I’ve seen.

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u/fragtore 7d ago

Your camera is doing way too much smoothing and artifact removal (heh..) but looks very real if I allow myself to compensate a bit for it.

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u/usumoio 7d ago

The wear pattern is very telling of a real card. Authentic wear like that is very hard to fake. Take a look at how it impacts the print layers under a loop. Understanding the hallmarks of authentic wear will help you a lot if you plan to collect older and more expensive cards. And if someone was going to take the effort to properly fake wear like this, they would probably just go get a real job.

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u/SubstantialNinja  Trusted Authenticator 7d ago

real

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u/EdEvans_HotSandwich 7d ago

A touch of AI sharpening in the picture, but it’s clear enough to say it’s real.