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Posted: **Sun Jul 02, 2017 3:47 am**

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

).

Posted: **Sun Jul 02, 2017 7:35 am**

BillBo wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 02, 2017 3:47 am
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).

Posted: **Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:36 pm**

Newer Chinese fakes also have the layer.

Posted: **Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:27 pm**

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.

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