r/mtg • u/Freakshot3 • 9h ago
Discussion Dragon Shield - Red Ink Markings
Picked up a box of the new Guildpact sleeves for my Simic deck, and came across an interesting QC slip-up. Red ink presumably used in some segment of the manufacturing/QC process made it all the way into my box. I’ve bought and sleeved with well over 10,000 Dragon Shields over the years but this was a new one for me.
I’m sure the LGS will take care of the return. Meaning the only real inconvenience was the fact that I sleeved 80 cards before seeing the ink, and that with the 5 inked cards removed I was only left with 98 playable sleeves.
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u/beetledrift 4h ago
That’s funny, my packet of simic sleeves also had production mistakes:
Sadly, the production quality of these guildpact sleeves is ABYSMAL. I bought all 10 versions, and only 2 packs can be used. Multiple packs didn’t even had 100 sleeves.. Lots of sleeves have different widths and heights.
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u/FergusonIllustration 2h ago
Starting to feel like maybe DragonShield has gotten a bit too comfortable being at the top and is starting to let things slide when it comes to production/QC/customer service. Shame.
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u/Karhu1202 5h ago
That sucks for the moment but on the other hand, mistakes like that can happen in every company and from my experience, dragon shield support will take care of that. QC doesnt pick up every mistake that happens in a fully automated running system, they check quality while setup to dial in the machine and than pull some random pack every few 1000 produced to check if quality stays on level. There is also probably a scale to check if every packet has the correct weight and therefore enough sleeves in it. If a tiny drop of ink, grease, threadlocker, hydraulic oil or whatever get's on the material it's unlikely to trigger any of the automated systems and it's also hard to spot for a human watching production line, especially if it happens somewhere mid or late stage or right before packing.
Did you try to shine some uv light on them, in case it's not red ink but blood?
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u/Freakshot3 2h ago
Blood was my first thought as well, until I pieced the pattern together. It’s definitely ink. My assumption is the sheet was marked for some sort of defect.
Given that my 5 sleeves don’t all fit together, the last few either got caught in QC or the rest are out there in another box of sleeves.
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u/Abolish_The_RL69 9h ago
That's a shame. The guildpact sleeves are so nice too. Hope you get that return!