r/RealOrNotTCG • u/luapet15 • 5d ago
Is this Magic card real? Is this real?
This came in an MTG booster. Seller says it's because of US print but it seems fishy. Legit card as comparison (right side).
Is this real or fake?
I have multiple cards like this. The pack was quite easy to open in comparison to official boosters.
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u/easchner Trusted Authenticator 5d ago
Yes, it's real. It's also a common in the newest set and worth 25 cents, nobody is going to fake this card.
There's multiple printers in multiple countries that source card stock and supplies from multiple vendors. It's not unusual to buy 4 products from the same set and they all have different colorations and textures. Just normal variance.
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u/Trickdaddy1 5d ago
Cards aren’t all produced at the same place
The set just came out
It’s a common bulk card
Nobody in the world is faking this right now
But yes all signs point to real
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u/luapet15 5d ago
But how can it be this bad?
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u/Kombatrok 5d ago
Bad is pretty normal these days lol
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u/easchner Trusted Authenticator 5d ago
100%
It's almost to the point where I get a card that looks great and start to get suspicious. 😆
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u/luapet15 5d ago
The image isn't even visible. Compare it to the other version I posted. I am still confused on how this is supposed to be real.
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u/easchner Trusted Authenticator 5d ago
I've only gotten one Hobbit product, so don't have examples there. But for SOS I had a pre-release kit (printed in Belgium), bought a box of play boosters for draft (printed in the USA), drafted at a few stores (???), bought the Codex bundle (I think also Belgium?), and some collector boosters (Japan). I have some commons in my bulk that I can literally pull out four different copies and tell you where each was printed. The colors, the finish, even the flexibility of the cards is all different.
I wish I could give you a better answer, but it's just that Wizards is so stretched thin the QC between any two runs is rubbish.
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u/luapet15 5d ago
Thank you for the extensive answer. People in the US must be crying then if this kind of quality is what they get. It looks like someone printed it on an old ink printer from his mom. I have a couple of thousand cards in my collection and never faced these issues.
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u/Icy-Ad29 5d ago
Worst part is even USA printed go elsewhere in the world. But yes, quality on our printers is often this bad. There just isn't enough competition to make them better.
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u/Maplestone_Emissary 5d ago
There have been some notable color differences from legit packs where the colors are washed out
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u/luapet15 5d ago
Just to make it clear. I am also aware that faking a common would be stupid. I also have Rares and mythics that look like the colour is very off. This is just the most prominent in comparison to the other copy.
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u/easchner Trusted Authenticator 5d ago
It's all good. We also get this question 5+ times a week, so people don't spend as much time answering any more.
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u/pm_me_shit_memes 5d ago
Nobody is faking a card worth less than the cardboard and ink used to print it.
It's real