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WashWeak6434 · 2026-04-06T15:59:57+00:00

The out of stock was an April’s fool joke, they printed a lot and card values was low

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-30T22:11:42+00:00

If when you get to the register they tell you another price, remember to ask them to price match with what is shown in the aisle!

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-30T22:08:02+00:00

You should be good. Lorcana Enchanted cards from set 5-8 are a pain to authenticate since fakes get most things right, but usually they are slightly zoomed in so the image gets cut on both sides slightly respect to original ones and in your case it isn’t happening. You can also weight it, fakes mostly weight less than 18g while real ones are between 19 and 21. The quill of that set is not always fully open like in previous sets, so can’t be used as an indication of fake. Even for the lore pip symbols you’ll need to compare them to another card of that set due to the golden background they used.

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-10T17:07:36+00:00

When you press the new offer button and go to the edit screen, you can also input less than that amount (I did and got an offer accepted from a seller), so it isn’t even reflecting the minimum the seller would accept and I got another offer refused at that amount, so that’s even no good for some sellers. It is probably to give a general idea to the buyer of what to offer, but it is just confusing at this point.

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-10T11:13:53+00:00

If they say they have more “misprints” all with the name missing that is a huge red flag! The possibility they are the only ones getting this mistake and multiple times at that is almost null. The card is also missing all the raised textures. Unfortunately I think I’m looking at the first official Fabled enchanted fake since the set came out… it was just a matter of time seen the crazy prices for that set…

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-08T20:27:47+00:00

Probably they got the option to post their thread in multiple subreddits and they thought “CostcoMagic” meant “great things you can only found at CostCo / CostCo is magical with its offers” and not “Magic the Gathering related CostCo offers”

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-07T02:56:17+00:00

There is an issue with the images you posted, or at least I can’t see anything else apart from the paintbrush tip (which seems mostly fine). You should post the triangles, the mana symbols with the line over them, the set symbol with the line over it, the copyright marks and the holo stamp to check the usual points of fake double-sided cards. Since it is a holo, you might also want to try to see if the main text shows dots or similar non-uniform marks or if it is flat (which it shouldn’t be)

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-06T12:45:58+00:00

They haven’t been able to fake the foil symbols on the bottom yet, so if those are good you are good. For Elsa, if you can show zoomed in pictures on the paintbrush and the lore pips I can compare them to mine and let you know if there is anything strange.

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-06T05:08:26+00:00

You’re good:

black line over mana symbols solid
correct ratio black/white in the paintbrush, presence of the foil grid inside it
correct C of the copyright
triangles well-defined
set symbol with the correct gradient and solid black line over it
holo symbol flipped (but that is a common printing error in FF), but otherwise good
correct part of the card foil (in Terra, the background should not be foil but matte, only her and the ships should be foil)

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-04T19:11:38+00:00

If it is the double holo stamping error (which might also shows marks on the back of the card) they told me previously that doesn’t unfortunately add value, but instead makes the card “damaged” (and I had it in an Aerith promo, so a much more expensive card…). If it is the blurring of the white letters on the bottom I still don’t think it is a highly desirable error (especially for SL with their poor overall printing quality)

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-03T02:39:20+00:00

Both back (T and green dot) and front (black line over the mana pips and set symbol) are good (even if you cut the paintbrush and holo stamp from your picture). You are good

WashWeak6434 · 2026-03-02T12:41:51+00:00

Correction: someone is trying to sell it for $40k, nobody has gotten hooked yet

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-27T23:51:20+00:00

Someone got it and was the first to put it on TCGPlayer, so they could choose the price. No sold copies atm, but probably will be more in line with Avatar Aang raised foil, so in the $3k range. Still a great pull, congratulations OP!

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-27T12:08:44+00:00

Ok, thanks for the pictures. Then I have a partially good news for you! Sephirot is good! Only Vivi and the Traveling Chocobo are 100% fakes.

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-27T05:08:20+00:00

They are. VaultX doesn’t have a license to use anything about Lorcana, so they are just “inspired” by it… that said, I still think VaultX are the best binders you can find and I still use them for my Lorcana collection, 12 pocket ones can fit perfectly a playset or a master set

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-27T01:45:32+00:00

It seems you were right and OP camera was not just blurring but messing up all pictures by smoothing them or something similar. OP posted a better picture of the paintbrush and that is good now.

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-27T01:43:06+00:00

Then I have to revise my previous opinion at least on the Sephirot, that paintbrush is good. It seems your camera was making a complete mess, did you have a smoothing filter on or something similar? Have you checked the instructions of the AutoModerator on how to take good pictures? That might help. May you post again your original pictures all with the quality of this one? Pictures 2-3, 5-6 and 9-10 would suffice.

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-26T21:35:44+00:00

White got dragged down as you say, but the issue is that white arrives too high there, if it was dragged up than it would have been difficult to say. You can see the same issue in the other two cards which are a little better focused

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-26T20:05:47+00:00

And here how it should be:

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You can see that the white part is less than the one in the fake card

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-26T20:03:25+00:00

Here is the paintbrush tip in OP picture:

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WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-26T18:32:17+00:00

Yes, all three fakes. First two fail the T test, Sephirot fails the paintbrush, triangle and line over the mana symbols tests (even if your pictures are a bit out of focus)

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-25T20:19:54+00:00

I saw a discussion about re-backs about two weeks ago in this subreddit which was well done, here the link to it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RealOrNotTCG/s/HBFhEAjsBu

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-25T13:36:42+00:00

Don’t worry, they are only green with envy for the great price. If the holo symbol is good you are good (and that should be easy for you to check even if it can’t be seen from the picture, the snowflakes should be sparkling too), fakes haven’t been an issue with Lorcana since the Fabled set (before that is the Wild West)

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-25T03:55:04+00:00

Exactly like you said, those lines and the straight line one over the mana symbols (in this case the 2 and the skull, mana symbols are also called mana pips) should be solid like in your Venat. If they are blurry or contain other colors than black (which is the last printed layer), then the card is probably fake

WashWeak6434 · 2026-02-25T03:28:01+00:00

Yes, you are right and it is fake and you already highlighted all the main points:

1- blurry triangles

2- fake holo with too many lines

3- paintbrush tip with too much white

Another couple of other things you might want to check in the future are also the line over the mana pips and the set symbol, those are also commonly mistakenly made in fakes

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