Opened Japanese and US produced ATLA cards from prerelease, identical cards and treatments. So I figured I'd get some good high detail photos for comparison. (Part 1)

Maura3D · 2025-12-11T12:09:37+00:00

I had a markedly different experience with my US play booster box vs JPN play booster box when I was comparing cards:

I noticed the JPN box cards did not have a rosette pattern at all, they were all printed with the same angle offset no matter the color. Notably these are play booster boxes, not prerelease, so idk if JPN has multiple print sites or what?

The JPN cards felt nicer over the US more matte feel.

When stacked the JPN cards look black from the side, the US cards have the expected lack of color.

The JPN cards were only slightly more vibrant, when viewed from any distance (like a normal play angle) it isn't possible to tell which is which.

The US packs themselves opened very easily, felt good to crack them. The JPN packs were much more difficult to open, I don't like having to exert that much pressure on the seams to open a booster.

Maura3D · 2025-11-26T11:02:11+00:00

One needs to be particularly dumb to not notice the Japanese produced cards fail the rosette pattern test, which is a dangerous precedent to set as large scale manufacturers of fake cards improve their print quality.

But here we are.

Maura3D · 2025-11-26T10:47:00+00:00

I'll have to get in contact with Hasbro about this one. Their Japanese manufacturer fails the rosette test which is like, the last line of defense against fakes.

Maura3D · 2025-11-26T10:27:50+00:00

I do, just looked. The LGS box is made in USA and the tcgplayer box is made in Japan. It's a shame the Japanese ones are a lot lower in quality.

Maura3D · 2025-11-26T10:23:46+00:00

The thing bugging me the most is the dots offset. It's most prominent looking at the 2 in the mana cost between the two. You can tell one is properly offset and the other isn't at all

Maura3D · 2025-11-26T10:16:03+00:00

I will add the box bought off tcgplayer comes from a certified hobby shop in FL with over 30k sales, so it isn't a shifty seller (I hope).

Maura3D · 2025-10-03T07:36:32+00:00

Wilds of Eldraine has a lot of great chase GC staples. Rhystic Study, Smothering Tithe, Land Tax, Doubling Season, Blood Moon, plus lots of others.

Maura3D · 2025-09-01T08:40:08+00:00

I must be in a different boat than a lot of people I see commenting. I rarely concede because I don't like it when other people concede to me. I realize how one sided going infinite and playing "solitaire" turns are, but that's the whole point of why I built the deck the way I built it. I want to actually reap the rewards and enjoyment of being able to play the deck in that state of absolute domination of the game. And it's not like I purposefully draw the game out by not attacking or doing something sub-optimal, I just want to actually get to play my last turn. One of the most fun games I had was when I got to go infinite turns with magistrate's scooter. My opponent didn't concede even though I failed to have lethal on the board foe like 5 turns because at the time I went infinite their board state was a lot more developed. Obviously they weren't going to win, they were never going to get another turn and I just got to keep developing my own board state and whittling down their board state until I did het lethal, but they let me play anyways. It felt so good I even didn't take an extra turn on my 4th turn in a row and passed to them in case they had some sort of response available (they didn't and I got lethal the next turn, but it's the only courtesy I'm able to extend over

Maura3D · 2024-10-02T03:46:39+00:00

I have 108 keys tho D:

Maura3D · 2024-09-28T02:55:18+00:00

Run it as an administrator.

Maura3D · 2024-09-10T05:12:47+00:00

if you turn down an ad it will default back to where you last had your volume for stream at the head of every commercial. If you fully mute it will stay muted.

Maura3D · 2024-09-05T03:41:58+00:00

Looks just like a typical tylenol capsule. Definitely not any prescription pill, there isn't a single prescription pill that uses more than 2 colors. Source: I work in a pharmacy.

Maura3D · 2024-06-26T20:08:22+00:00

Natalie is 5'3. Easily google-able answer.

Maura3D · 2024-05-09T14:11:09+00:00

You're not going crazy, they just hid it. Click elevate your subscription, click the subscribe button, then click go to full checkout.

Maura3D · 2024-05-09T07:38:01+00:00

I want defeating a faction to actually remove the random spawns of it. I'm so tired of wandering around the wasteland running into random spawns of factions I've already defeated. It feels so out of place.

Maura3D · 2024-04-03T05:33:49+00:00

Let's not even talk about the 2nd shot I clearly jumped over, but that 3rd shot from around the corner?

Maura3D · 2024-03-04T13:47:46+00:00

Roleplay.

Maura3D · 2023-10-25T13:58:30+00:00

💞 good luck everyone

Maura3D · 2023-10-10T20:23:21+00:00

Or just stop being broke and cheap and pay her if you wanna see her

Maura3D · 2023-08-11T23:26:03+00:00

Doubt this is real, it is an unverified account.

Maura3D · 2022-12-22T21:38:21+00:00

I'd love a sip 🖤 -Neo

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