Don't be afraid to do weird things that have never been touched before, like "Protection from white creatures" or "When ~ is returned to its owner's hand..."
~ is common short hand for "this", and should be replaced with the card's name when read.
Some people prefer to put the p/t right after the creature types, as it appears in the Oracle text file. Feel free to use either convention, and look before saying "But what's its power and toughness?!"
Stick to the color pie, but remember that a particularly flavourful card can break it a bit. And black can do just about anything for a high price.
When posting, try not to post just one card (unless it needs a lot of discussion to fix the wording or power) and try not to post too many cards - no one wants to read and comment on 20 cards at once. 10 is a good max.
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It also helps to look out for inconsistancies with the card template itself. If the markings are slightly off, or if the colors are just TOO perfectly exact, it was probably photoshopped from a scan or from an existing card.
Watch the mana symbols - I've seen fakes that forgot that WotC uses coloured mana symbols in the text box again.
And the expansion symbol - I saw one where the throwing star didn't have the little barbs.
If the art doesn't feel like the right color (ie, a green card with too much red in the art, a spirit without orbitythingies) be suspicious, but WotC has been known to do things like Kumano where the card looks white but is really red.
Don't be afraid to do weird things that have never been touched before, like "Protection from white creatures" or "When ~ is returned to its owner's hand..."
~ is common short hand for "this", and should be replaced with the card's name when read.
Some people prefer to put the p/t right after the creature types, as it appears in the Oracle text file. Feel free to use either convention, and look before saying "But what's its power and toughness?!"
Stick to the color pie, but remember that a particularly flavourful card can break it a bit. And black can do just about anything for a high price.
When posting, try not to post just one card (unless it needs a lot of discussion to fix the wording or power) and try not to post too many cards - no one wants to read and comment on 20 cards at once. 10 is a good max.
Watch the mana symbols - I've seen fakes that forgot that WotC uses coloured mana symbols in the text box again.
And the expansion symbol - I saw one where the throwing star didn't have the little barbs.
If the art doesn't feel like the right color (ie, a green card with too much red in the art, a spirit without orbitythingies) be suspicious, but WotC has been known to do things like Kumano where the card looks white but is really red.