From the vault: Twenty, fake or not?
Posted: 17 Sep 2013, 02:55
Hi,
I was looking for information of the printing process of the "From the Vault: Twenty", because recently I got a "FTV: Twenty" box from a local dealer.
It's the first time for me to buy a set of the FTV series. So I noticed that this cards are printed with different technique, other than the offset technique WotC have been using since the Alpha sets. When I get cards, I always use a magnifier to check them, so I can see the offset circular pattern, as the blue line in the middle of the cards. But the cards form the FTV box I got seems to be printed with a laser technique in the front (the art side), with offset in the back (the logo side) and have the blue core in the middle. So, I can not be sure if it's fake or real, since I read that the FTV series uses a unique foil process.
I'm asking here because I know there are experts in this area; plus i haven't found anything online related to that, except that Wizards is using a different foil process for the FTV series.
Please, can someone enlighten me?
Thanks.
I was looking for information of the printing process of the "From the Vault: Twenty", because recently I got a "FTV: Twenty" box from a local dealer.
It's the first time for me to buy a set of the FTV series. So I noticed that this cards are printed with different technique, other than the offset technique WotC have been using since the Alpha sets. When I get cards, I always use a magnifier to check them, so I can see the offset circular pattern, as the blue line in the middle of the cards. But the cards form the FTV box I got seems to be printed with a laser technique in the front (the art side), with offset in the back (the logo side) and have the blue core in the middle. So, I can not be sure if it's fake or real, since I read that the FTV series uses a unique foil process.
I'm asking here because I know there are experts in this area; plus i haven't found anything online related to that, except that Wizards is using a different foil process for the FTV series.
Please, can someone enlighten me?
Thanks.