The Card Wizard teaches how to identify FAKE MTG cards

Hi! I came across some bogus Magic cards and figured it was a great opportunity to showcase some of the non-mapping information featured in The Card Wizard's Black Book! Protect yourself from being ripped off by faked, forged, and counterfeit cards by knowing how to identify them and how to distinguish them from the real McCoys! Plenty of information to help YOU avoid being swindled has been jam-packed in the 394-page "Bible of MTG collecting," THE CARD WIZARD'S BLACK BOOK.

The Card Wizard's Black Book: Second Edition is available now at http://rossedwardsbooks.blogspot.com in print or as an ebook, or from Amazon.com and various other online and brick/mortar book vendors in print.

Anyway thanks for looking, hope you enjoy my little demonstration, and good luck in your collecting and playing efforts!

-RE

Category:

Gaming

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• mtg
• magic
• card
• wizard
• black
• book
• map
• mapping
• fake
• cards
• forged
• bend
• test
• water
• blue
• line

[garrysmodsroxs]

Does this test work with the way of forging cards by blanking a MTG card then printing a reversed image of the card on a transparency sheet then spraying spray on adhesive on the reversed card and then placing the card on the reversed image then applying preasure? or is there some other way of forging cards that i don't know about? I want to know because i don't wanna get ripped off and i knew that method and I have seen that method used alot

[recardwizard]

@garrysmodsroxs - Cards printed onto blanks (whether blanked by acetone or sandpaper) will fail the water test SPECTACULARLY. Neither inkjet nor laser toner can adhere once you get it wet. They won't pass the bend test, but neither will a real foil. They will pass the blue line test, of course, because they are made from real MTG cards. You are definitely wise to give foils close scrutiny. Usually, the key to a fake foil is that it won't have the correct art area "knocked out".

[recardwizard]

Oh, yeah, texture does vary also. I shoulda mentioned that, I guess. :)

[Bushwick78]

can you brush it with spit too? Plus could you tell from the weight and texture of the card? anyway? Great video BTW!!

[recardwizard]

@Bushwick78 - I suggest water. Saliva is slightly anti-acidic (due to salinity) so it'd kind of be like rubbing swimming pool chemicals on the card... in a much smaller amount of course, but why take that chance? Basal chemicals, even in small concentrations, might corrode away the card's laminate... even genuine MTG cards printed by Cartamundi and/or WOTC. Good old high-quality H2O, that's all ya need.

[RalosMetsys]

it should be vodka lol.

[TheGamblingApocalyps]

@recardwizard

Fake laser printed foils will pass the water test if you apply a thin layer of spray on clear sealant to it. I use it on my alternate art cube proxies to protect them from water damage.

[TheDdavis007]

i didnt even kno ppl made fake magic cards.o but thanks for the info

[conker3425]

Thanks bro! Great vid!

[Juansbm]

Thank you, that was very useful!

[BlaZiiNxIIxGuNn3R]

liked x10 just for the q-tips in the background ^^

[aerialdude]

@garrysmodsroxs The transparency sheet fakes are shiny and really easy to spot without applying any test at all. But when they are in sleeves they look very real because sleeves make all cards shiny.

[xMAX1MILIANx]

@garrysmodsroxs Foil cards made with inkjet transparencies are also noticable more glossy and EXTREMELY thick compared to real cards. It's basically impossible to make a good fake with inkjet transparencies.

[MasterofMistakes]

Thank you very much, this hands on experiment really reveals what could beout there.