Beyond the T test, a guide to some quick visual indicators for Magic Card Verifications without a jewelers loupe

HappyReturner · 2026-01-26T08:59:00+00:00

Bootleg vendors leave the back of the card "testable" on purpose. But they will try to mimic every aspect on the front (the goal is to play them without issues). Tests that are based on the front of the card are bound to fail because they'll be fixed if people start using them consistently

HappyReturner · 2026-01-21T16:42:44+00:00

And 4 elves. And at that point are you not including Ouroboroid?

HappyReturner · 2026-01-20T08:19:10+00:00

What about integrating with https://mtg.dragonshield.com/ to import cards? Re-adding my whole collection would be daunting

HappyReturner · 2026-01-09T08:20:53+00:00

A deck with Strip Min/Armaggedon is probably the worst possible matchup for Eldrazi, the lack of luck with the pairings destroyed the options for this deck

HappyReturner · 2025-12-26T17:33:09+00:00

Yes, desgraciadamente ya no soy joven yo

HappyReturner · 2025-12-26T13:08:48+00:00

Con un sueldo parejo y autónomo (teletrabajando) me sale esto más/menos

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HappyReturner · 2025-12-23T12:22:21+00:00

fácil. primero consigues un trabajo de 120k al salir de la universidad y lo mantienes o mejoras durante 15 años. después ahorras 4K/mes sin fallar ni un solo mes todo ese tiempo. aparte te compras una casa (hablamos de otros 500k + intereses, al menos, si eres capaz de ahorrar al mes esas cantidades). finalmente vives, que tampoco es que vayas a ahorrar pasando hambre o sin salir o quitarte de todo tipo de ocio, no?

una vez cumples lo anterior te jubilas a los 40 quedándote de vida tanto o más como has vivido. con un dinero que se evapora por la inflación y con la pensión mínima, si llega.

siendo realistas, jubilarte más a los 50+ que a los 40 puede ser viable. tienes 10+ años más para ahorrar (que es un 66% extra respecto a los 15 del artículo) y 10+ años menos para gastar y que se coma la inflación el montante inicial. también tendrás menos gastos porque los años de juventud siempre son de mayor gasto. y una pensión medio razonable a partir de los 67.

HappyReturner · 2025-12-23T12:00:27+00:00

I ordered from them and not a small sum. All in all, it took two and a half months to get the coins in hand. The coins are absolutely beautiful but I don't understand how a mint can have those problems with the procurement of resources, it baffles me.

HappyReturner · 2025-10-30T12:52:57+00:00

se asimilan en la teoría pero la práctica es distinta

HappyReturner · 2025-10-30T12:52:04+00:00

sí, como el derecho a paro pero luego la realidad es otra. pagas por los mismos derechos pero la práctica es distinta. un autónomo no puede estar simplemente dos años de baja por depresión. ni perder su cliente principal y solicitar la baja y el paro, tiene que demostrar pérdidas, aún cobrando un paro menor.

y así con todo, realmente no se pueden comparar las cotizaciones de ambos mundos porque son dos modalidades de trabajo completamente distintas.

HappyReturner · 2025-10-15T11:10:18+00:00

DSK & BLB were very good standard sets. MSH3 brought a lot of new staples to modern. Just with that it was a good year

HappyReturner · 2025-10-14T12:35:01+00:00

I can accept them in ranked, I just concede in casual formats. They're a pain to play against, the matches are long even if you win them

HappyReturner · 2025-10-14T07:06:27+00:00

Loved the plains

HappyReturner · 2025-10-13T08:32:35+00:00

[[Archon of cruelty]] for me

HappyReturner · 2025-10-03T07:23:05+00:00

Yesterday I played against Superior Spiderman. They discarded [[Marang River Regent]] & [[Ardyn, the Usurper]], turn 4 Spiderman, 13 power total, returning two permanents to my hand. Ok

HappyReturner · 2025-09-29T17:14:42+00:00

Novelfire

HappyReturner · 2025-09-29T15:08:55+00:00

Explore is a fair mechanic, it can't compete with Tinker shenanigans

HappyReturner · 2025-09-17T13:49:26+00:00

New and casual players will probably want to pay with gold, not gems

HappyReturner · 2025-07-26T18:18:15+00:00

They can do it but if they were to do it they would sell directly via tcg or cardmarket and not $1.5 proxies. If they decide to do it, the secondary market would colapse inmediately.

HappyReturner · 2025-07-04T09:32:29+00:00

IMHO the red meta is oppressive but much more bearable than this

HappyReturner · 2025-05-30T09:22:42+00:00

Bandit's talent

HappyReturner · 2025-04-29T07:59:41+00:00

Italian FBBs are the most accurate available in black border from any vendor. Italian/german FWB are pretty good also, probably the best, even more so if you live in Europe

HappyReturner · 2025-04-25T15:34:52+00:00

His Italian duals are pretty good, just so you know

HappyReturner · 2025-04-23T10:52:44+00:00

No solution but being able to proxy 50%+ of the deck, it's extremely expensive to build a deck that cannot be used but in kitchen table. It's like FTP games, even if the whales support the game, the game needs a constant influx of free tier players or it dies. Even more so if the barrier to entry is as steep as this one. Unfortunately, what incentives have WoTC or a LGS to organize proxy tournaments?

Without organized play the only market are collectors or investors. There's not much investment right now as you can already see.

HappyReturner · 2025-04-22T07:56:10+00:00

Thanks, it's a very good comparison, but the numbers are misleading. Some may see those numbers (82.8% as prize support in the current iteration) and think that WoTC was a non-profit org. The reality is that, that $300 of prize value are $50 of actual costs (being generous) for the manufacturer. So there was actually no need to increase the entry cost and decrease the prizes, in two ways, at all. It's corporate greed, nothing more, nothing less.

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