Please note, this isn't for any nefarious purposes--I just have a bunch of Unlimited commons that I play in my Pauper decks which are jarringly white-bordered. I want to blacken the margins so they look more like Beta cards. If I ever want to trade them, I will of course let any interested party know that they've been altered.
I've tried Sharpies, but the finish is too glossy.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Maybe someone who is also bugged by white borders and has done the same thing?
Um.....looking for a way to convincingly alter an UL card to look like Beta to the point that you'd have to inform someone it's been altered is really sketchy dude. I mean, how many commons from UL are stuck in white border only anyway? Maybe specific land arts? Even so, you're never going to get an identical border unless the card is printed that way. Stick with sharpies, it's about as close as you can reasonably get with minimal effort and doesn't try too hard to look real.
If you want sometime looking more real than that, or something that looks as close to beta as possible, that's sketchy. How do any of us know you're not looking for advice on how to upgrade your UL Sea to a Beta anyway? Do we just take your word for it? Even if it could be done, why would we share that information? Isn't that just asking for widespread forgeries?
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Um.....looking for a way to convincingly alter an UL card to look like Beta to the point that you'd have to inform someone it's been altered is really sketchy dude. I mean, how many commons from UL are stuck in white border only anyway? Maybe specific land arts? Even so, you're never going to get an identical border unless the card is printed that way. Stick with sharpies, it's about as close as you can reasonably get with minimal effort and doesn't try too hard to look real.
If you want sometime looking more real than that, or something that looks as close to beta as possible, that's sketchy. How do any of us know you're not looking for advice on how to upgrade your UL Sea to a Beta anyway? Do we just take your word for it? Even if it could be done, why would we share that information? Isn't that just asking for widespread forgeries?
Well, you don't. All I can tell you is that I just want my four copies of Unlimited Dark Rituals (and a handful of other commons), since all I play in paper is Pauper, to be convincing as Beta(-like) to me.
If you don't want to suggest anything, that's fine. But what I do with my cards is up to me, and if anyone in the future happens to be looking through my cards and says to me, "DUDE! FOUR BETA DARK RITUALS?!?!?!" I'll have to sadly inform him or her that they're actually worthless alters.
My trade feedback on this site and others is 100% positive and I have never sought to deceive anyone about any aspect of any trade, ever. I think it's safe to say that my reasons for asking this of the community are above reproach.
Maybe how about this? If anyone has a better suggestion than a Sharpie, they can PM me about it. That way you can sleep soundly tonight knowing that no one out there is doping your market with harmless suggestions.
Well, on that note, can anyone tell me how to properly corner a CE card so it looks like a real Beta, and maybe fill in the "collector's edition" wording on the back. Those square corners are really ugly. You know, for reasons?
I'm not saying that you're the one with the nefarious motives, but I'm also not thinking that it's the best idea to have an open discussion on how to best represent a card as something it's not as closely as possible. You have to realize that regardless of trade history or anything else, it's a grey area subject.
Look, I'm not saying you can't do what you want with your cards, but in light of all the recent fakes and forgeries, I'm just saying it's not an easy discussion to have openly without raising some concerns.
On that note, have you considered getting FBB versions of Dark Ritual? Same art, not nearely as expensive as Beta, has its own pimp factor.
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That's dope Godoma, I forgot those existed. Perfect solution without the work or sketchiness of having to modify the existing card itself. UL Rits might end up being worth a few bucks someday if they're undamaged anyway, UL cards have been on the rise a little bit as Alpha/Beta is drying up.
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Try this, maybe? I expect it'll be more fiddly since you're basically gluing four strips instead of one, and if the centering is off, there will be uncovered regions on the altered card. http://imgur.com/a/UXyhL
Funnily enough, there are people who do the exact opposite: white-border all their cards, instead of black-bordering them. http://imgur.com/FoAWjaL
Try this, maybe? I expect it'll be more fiddly since you're basically gluing four strips instead of one, and if the centering is off, there will be uncovered regions on the altered card. http://imgur.com/a/UXyhL
Funnily enough, there are people who do the exact opposite: white-border all their cards, instead of black-bordering them. http://imgur.com/FoAWjaL
Sweet! I'm totally going to investigate these. Thank you!
I've tried Sharpies, but the finish is too glossy.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Maybe someone who is also bugged by white borders and has done the same thing?
If you want sometime looking more real than that, or something that looks as close to beta as possible, that's sketchy. How do any of us know you're not looking for advice on how to upgrade your UL Sea to a Beta anyway? Do we just take your word for it? Even if it could be done, why would we share that information? Isn't that just asking for widespread forgeries?
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Well, you don't. All I can tell you is that I just want my four copies of Unlimited Dark Rituals (and a handful of other commons), since all I play in paper is Pauper, to be convincing as Beta(-like) to me.
If you don't want to suggest anything, that's fine. But what I do with my cards is up to me, and if anyone in the future happens to be looking through my cards and says to me, "DUDE! FOUR BETA DARK RITUALS?!?!?!" I'll have to sadly inform him or her that they're actually worthless alters.
My trade feedback on this site and others is 100% positive and I have never sought to deceive anyone about any aspect of any trade, ever. I think it's safe to say that my reasons for asking this of the community are above reproach.
Maybe how about this? If anyone has a better suggestion than a Sharpie, they can PM me about it. That way you can sleep soundly tonight knowing that no one out there is doping your market with harmless suggestions.
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I'm not saying that you're the one with the nefarious motives, but I'm also not thinking that it's the best idea to have an open discussion on how to best represent a card as something it's not as closely as possible. You have to realize that regardless of trade history or anything else, it's a grey area subject.
Look, I'm not saying you can't do what you want with your cards, but in light of all the recent fakes and forgeries, I'm just saying it's not an easy discussion to have openly without raising some concerns.
On that note, have you considered getting FBB versions of Dark Ritual? Same art, not nearely as expensive as Beta, has its own pimp factor.
EDH: Grand Arbiter $tax, Freyalise Stompy, Mimeoplasm Death From the Grave
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http://imgur.com/a/UXyhL
Funnily enough, there are people who do the exact opposite: white-border all their cards, instead of black-bordering them.
http://imgur.com/FoAWjaL
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