Stop ripping your Moxes!

[BillBo]

This is a tidbit about authenticating cards. Apologies if it's old news. It was new to me (someone mentioned it on fb); so I figured I should give it a go and share it here.

The tongue-in-cheek recommendation has always been to tear the card whose authenticity you doubt into pieces so that you can see the blue layer (well, or not). This inexpensive magnifying glass/hand-held microscope
https://www.amazon.com/Active-AEM100-Mi ... B004ATVHB8
lets you actually see the blue layer (well, or not, my German Sol Ring seems to be fake ).

[dragsamou]

This is a tidbit about authenticating cards. Apologies if it's old news. It was new to me (someone mentioned it on fb); so I figured I should give it a go and share it here.

The tongue-in-cheek recommendation has always been to tear the card whose authenticity you doubt into pieces so that you can see the blue layer (well, or not). This inexpensive magnifying glass/hand-held microscope
https://www.amazon.com/Active-AEM100-Mi ... B004ATVHB8
lets you actually see the blue layer (well, or not, my German Sol Ring seems to be fake ).

You can find also a black layer with some old MTG Editions or Expansions (especially from cards Made by Shepard Poorman).

[Neuron]

Newer Chinese fakes also have the layer.

[cataclysm80]

The layer may or may not be blue on the Chinese fakes. A lot of them are black instead. Typically the blue ones are a little different color of blue, sort of purplish.