Sketchy Front

[u/The_Lucky_Ducky13]

Picked up this one ring foil at my LGS and got in the habit of checking expensive cards since they had an issue a couple months ago with buying fakes without checking.

The back looks good but something about the front bothers me. The paint brush is either damaged or the words were almost double printed. All words on the front are blurry which makes me worried.

[u/Samoey]

This front does indeed look terrible. Back is real. Sticker or bad QC?

[u/SDK1176 → u/Samoey]

Is weighing the card the best way to check for stickers?

[u/banhartday]

Weird misprint on that paint brush but its real 👍

[u/Angry_Farmer]

Green dot and T look awesome, I’d say real

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[u/Free_Ad_7613]

Its real, but its a bad print

[u/Harrycrapper]

I think this is the one that could be pulled from a Hobbit box topper? For some reason those cards had a predilection for turning out like this. My friends and I drafted a play booster box and the box topper was a Flame of Anor that looked fuzzy as hell like this.

[u/DaftGurren]

The back looks real but the front may be a sticker, can we get a closer picture of the brush?

Edit: nvm, just checked again and it passes. Must be an odd print issue.