I mean I'm not an expert, but playing the game for 20+ years and basically only playing eternal means you know what a real dual land looks like even across the table sleeved. It's not something I personally can do, but if you're looking for it and know what you;re looking for I can see how you'd be able to do it.
I've already spotted fake fetchies and a Surgical Extraction. Their color was way off so I took a close look. Told the players those are fakes and let them be. I want to play, not win because people don't want to pay dozens/hundreds/thousands of dollar/euros on cardboard (on a local level).
Of course some fakes are better than those and some won't be spotted from a glance of the other side of the table.
The problem is, if you sanction proxies, then... why not just go ahead and play Vintage?
I don't want to beleaguer this issue but I would say the fakes you spotted were bad fakes. You've probably encountered dozens of good fakes that you couldn't tell were fakes.
Somehow I'm not surprised someone that odious would be the person to attempt wins without playing the game.
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Why the fuck would I want to play a one-deck format?
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1) Since Narset got restricted, Vintage is the healthiest constructed format right now. All 5 colors have good cards in Vintage. That's not really true for Legacy.
2) Also because it's fun to crack Lotuses and Ancestrals?
Being a good format is not why I care about Legacy. Actually I think Legacy has a lot of retardedness. I care about Legacy because of pet decks that I like, for example Enchantress or Solidarity.
Kinda of? I mean, it's not really a rule that goes towards game play but instead goes towards purchase price. It would be like if there was a NFL rule requiring players to have spent $X+ on their cleats, and Player A points out that Player B's cleats were <$X. The cleats, other than price, allowed the player wearing them to play football just as well as the $X+ Cleats. You better believe that there will be Op-Eds calling Player A scummy. Now MTG is not the NFL, Wizards won't exist if people didn't use the more expensive cards, but that is a corporate problem, on a personal - player level, it does feel scummy to forfeit someone because they don't have the funds for the more expensive real cards. Just play and enjoy the game.
That's fine and dandy, but the rules state that you must play with real cards. If you don't play with real cards then you're breaking the rules. I mean I am all for proxy events and I wish that they would be allowed to make it easier to play legacy, but it is what it is. I've definitely played substandard lists because of card availability. If a player is willing to knowingly break the rules by playing with fake cards who knows what other rules that person is willing to break.
Ah, yes - but as I said, but whether you see it scummy to call someone out on it is a question of the classic question To Be Lawful or Good.
The coloring was off, so I took a close look. It caught my interest because at first glance it looked weird. Upon closer inspection the printing was way off compared to US or EU printings (blurry) and the surface felt different.
Spotting fakes if you can inspect the cards closely isn't that hard in _most_ cases. First you look at color + print patterns + card texture. If you have access to a magnifying glass, scales and a flashlight it gets easier and more accurate.
I am not sure if you are serious and try way to hard to bring across your point of "you cannot be 100% sure though". Of course you cannot spot 100% of the fakes in a game with nothing but your eyes. Some are spottable though. We good now?
Well in a tourney setting where money is on the line, I'd err on the side of Lawful just in case that person that isn't Lawful is also not Good. Allowing people to slide is how Bertocini's and Mike Longs are created. It sucks, but that's the way it is. Don't get mad at the guy upholding the rules, get mad at those who blatantly break them.
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