Preface: working towards L1 don't have sponsor yet, mostly just reading the comp rules and IPG.
Locally a few players have begun using the "smoked" perfect fit sleeves backwards so that they obscure the cardface by darkening the front picture of the card.
Looking through the Tournament rules it mentions that when playing with altered cards they must be wholly recognizable, and not marked.
My question would be legality of intentionally trying to obfuscate boardstate. Does this fit proper and allowable gamesmanship or start to edge into unsportsmanlike conduct?
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When your heart won't beat, your eyes go black
There's a light in the tunnel and you can't turn back
Your friends can't save you, your family's gone
You're waiting on your judgment at the foot of the throne
Will you beg for some mercy? Will you cop some pleas?
Will you stand on your own or get down on your knees?
Will your angels release you from where demons dwell?
Will you make it into Heaven or go right back to Hell?
Only time will tell
Using translucent sleeves backwards to obscure the card face is not a new thing and as you suspect, it's not OK. Doing it specifically to make cards harder to discern veers close to Cheating, in fact. While the MTR doesn't specifically make note of this niche issue, the Sleeves section explicitly gives judges the authority to disallow any sleeves that might interfere with gameplay.
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