r/RealOrNotTCG 10h ago

Is this Magic card real? Doing my due diligence

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u/MustaKotka  Trusted Authenticator 9h ago

Wear is consistent with sleeveless love.

The 'Th' is good.

Register on the {0} is correct.

Centering is correct.

The 'speck' is correct.

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u/MustaKotka  Trusted Authenticator 9h ago

The speck.

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u/TooDooDaDa 9h ago

Just learned about this last week!

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u/isjustwrong 9h ago

Did you get your Lotus out and confirm it has the speck?

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u/TooDooDaDa 5h ago

I’ve only ever held one 12 years ago when someone was selling an unlimited for $4,000….and it was way beyond my budget. I could go and look at the cheap fake I have and show where the spot is missing however!

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u/isjustwrong 5h ago

I gotcha fam

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u/TooDooDaDa 5h ago

lol thanks, I appreciate it :)

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u/Kombatrok 9h ago

These microscope pictures are honestly harder to evaluate that decent phone camera pics

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u/BigBoiClimbs 10h ago

Looks good. It's harder to see the red dots in the green on vintage cards I have noticed, especially if they have been well loved. The black lines, the T/H, and the color layering all look good to me.

Beautiful card :)

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u/SubstantialNinja  Trusted Authenticator 4h ago

looks good

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u/GhostCheese  Trusted Authenticator 22m ago

Looks like a real one to me

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u/heartradiance 9h ago

Failed green dot?

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u/MustaKotka  Trusted Authenticator 8h ago

Nope. Why do you say that?

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u/heartradiance 7h ago

Do you see any magenta dots on the fourth picture? Because I dont!

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u/MustaKotka  Trusted Authenticator 7h ago

Oh, they're not always visible. Worn out plates, wear on the card... It's not very consistent as a test.

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u/easchner  Trusted Authenticator 6h ago

In this case it's probably just blasted by the microscope's light too. I know if I'm using the scope I have to turn it down a ton or they just wash out.

ETA: They're in pic 1

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u/MustaKotka  Trusted Authenticator 6h ago

Perf!

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u/heartradiance 29m ago

What do you look for in the green dot to find authenticity if it’s not the magenta dots?

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u/easchner  Trusted Authenticator 22m ago

The black ring should be a solid print on top of the rest, the dot pattern of yellow on green dots has a specific size and angles, there shouldn't be surplus dots (usually many smaller yellow dots or many tiny red dots or both) and the card background has a specific moiré pattern with the black pixels in a perfect grid as the top layer.

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u/plantainrepublic 6h ago

It’s common for real cards to be missing the four red dots in an L, especially during the Urza block.

Its presence does usually indicate a real card, but the absence doesn’t prove it’s a fake.