I recently purchased a tropical island. It passes the green dot test, light test, card name and rules text all looks legit, and black border seperating card from white outline is completely fine. What's throwing me off is the back of the card:
Compared to basically any card in my collection, the red text of "Magic" on the back has a much more bright red outline, and every part of the
back is considerably darker than other revised cards I own, with the excpetion of it's top right corner.
Is the miscolored back the result of a printing issue? Or does it imply the card is fake or rebacked or something like that?
Send a scan of back and front and upload to imgur. There is a difference if a card is printed in Belgium or USA in terms of back. As well, aging, storing, and humidity can cause smearing of color and therefore darker back too. It is nothing off. It looks a bit orange, but scan would help. I wont make stupid conclusions like Rudy from Alpha for every single discoloraation on cards haha. What kind of pattern of glue you get when you shine a light? From my experience, Revised cards should have grainy pattern. As well text in text box at front should not be excessively pronounced. What is the weight of the card? Fakes can pass all tests you did above, so scans can tell more. My best bet is rosettes and alignment of all elements in the card to make final conclusion
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Compared to basically any card in my collection, the red text of "Magic" on the back has a much more bright red outline, and every part of the
back is considerably darker than other revised cards I own, with the excpetion of it's top right corner.
Is the miscolored back the result of a printing issue? Or does it imply the card is fake or rebacked or something like that?
Thanks!