I'm not sure if it shows up well in the picture but I recently bought 4 Collective Brutality through tcgplayer from 3 different vendors and when I received them I notice one of them seem to have a noticeably darker background for the card name and card type box area (the card on the right in the picture) than the other 3. This threw up some red flags for me so I did the light test on the card and it seemed to pass it fine, at least to me (pictures posted). However, when I looked at the card under a jeweler's loupe the ink pattern was noticeably different between the 1 card and the other 3. The 3 lighter cards had dots that align diagonally and run pretty straight while the darker card had a diamond shape pattern with a dot in the middle that's sort of jumbled.
I know older sets can have color variation but Eldritch Moon is a pretty recent set and the card has the holofoil on it. What do you guys think? Is it a fake? Have counterfeiters found a way to fake cards with holofoils or is this just inconsistent printing by Wizards of the Coast?
Vodich I have a playset and the print quality varied a lot on those cards. Some of them were darker in color than others, and they were bought on release. It wasn't just Collective Brutality but the entirety of Eldrich moon. My Liliana's are weird like that as well.
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Thanks Colt47! I didn't realize newer sets had this issue, I always thought it was only in older sets. I only buy singles so I never realize Eldritch Moon had this problem. Thanks for putting my mind at ease.
Thanks Colt47! I didn't realize newer sets had this issue, I always thought it was only in older sets. I only buy singles so I never realize Eldritch Moon had this problem. Thanks for putting my mind at ease.
Yeah, no problem. The problem seemed to be even worse when we got to Kaladesh and Aether Revolt and now even the cardboard quality has gotten to abysmal levels in HOU.
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Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
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I'm not sure if it shows up well in the picture but I recently bought 4 Collective Brutality through tcgplayer from 3 different vendors and when I received them I notice one of them seem to have a noticeably darker background for the card name and card type box area (the card on the right in the picture) than the other 3. This threw up some red flags for me so I did the light test on the card and it seemed to pass it fine, at least to me (pictures posted). However, when I looked at the card under a jeweler's loupe the ink pattern was noticeably different between the 1 card and the other 3. The 3 lighter cards had dots that align diagonally and run pretty straight while the darker card had a diamond shape pattern with a dot in the middle that's sort of jumbled.
I know older sets can have color variation but Eldritch Moon is a pretty recent set and the card has the holofoil on it. What do you guys think? Is it a fake? Have counterfeiters found a way to fake cards with holofoils or is this just inconsistent printing by Wizards of the Coast?
Thanks
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Yeah, no problem. The problem seemed to be even worse when we got to Kaladesh and Aether Revolt and now even the cardboard quality has gotten to abysmal levels in HOU.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!