I have been purchasing MTG boosters from various stores in my country. I just realised that the packaging of the 'Dragons of Tarkir' booster pack I bought is translucent (as shown in the photos). I have watched booster packs being opened on YouTube and found that they have a metallic foil interior.
Does this mean that the booster that I have bought is fake or does the packaging vary from region to region or from batch to batch?
My Conspiracy booster packaging was also slightly translucent too.
I can't speak to things varying from country to country, but I've never seen that kind of translucence in a pack. I've opened many packs over the last 22 years, including Dragons of Tarkir, and I've never seen anything like that.
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It might be the plastic laminate. The foil packaging have a plastic laminate layer that melts during the crimping process. It also serves to strengthen thin foils and, sometimes, give print ink something to bond to or protect inks. If you ever tore apart a juice box, you can see the lamination technique to great effect.
Basically, this looks like the plastic part of the laminate without the foil.
Alternatively, some material rolls or coils require a leader when initially loading them into the large machines. The material is whatever depending on the material, metal, paper, fabric, whatever. For the MtG foil, it could very well be a thicker plastic attached to main material to avoid tearing the fragile foil during the initial loading. So the machine can "bite" into the leader and feed itself without wasting the, usually, more expensive material. You're supposed to feed the machine past the leader, cut the leader off, the discard it.
This could be the leader, which might explain the coloring. It looks the same as the packaging.
Oh wait... I just noticed you wrote that the conspiracy pack was translucent too? I didn't catch that when i wrote my initial post. That would be a heck of a coincedence.
Oh wait... I just noticed you wrote that the conspiracy pack was translucent too? I didn't catch that when i wrote my initial post. That would be a heck of a coincedence.
Thanks for the reply. I am really hoping that both the Conspirary and Dragons of Tarkir booster packs were the leaders in their respective batches. Otherwise, it would mean that the store is selling fake MTG cards and I am doubting the authenticity of the cards that I possess.
I've only rarely heard of fake boosters, and never for sets made post 2010. Fake cards, sure, but that is where the money is. Why print 15 cards and pack them to sell for 3.99 when you can presumably print one rare and sell it for 5?
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Modern: Jund
Legacy: Pox
EDH: Chainer Reanimation and The Dragon Show, with Zirilan of the Claw
I've only rarely heard of fake boosters, and never for sets made post 2010. Fake cards, sure, but that is where the money is. Why print 15 cards and pack them to sell for 3.99 when you can presumably print one rare and sell it for 5?
If we assume they're fake, I would think it's more likely they're repacks. Ergo, "fake packs". Not so much fake cards.
I've only heard of resealed packs using original wrappers, but never anyone printing the wrapper and making fake packs that way.
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I have been purchasing MTG boosters from various stores in my country. I just realised that the packaging of the 'Dragons of Tarkir' booster pack I bought is translucent (as shown in the photos). I have watched booster packs being opened on YouTube and found that they have a metallic foil interior.
Does this mean that the booster that I have bought is fake or does the packaging vary from region to region or from batch to batch?
My Conspiracy booster packaging was also slightly translucent too.
My 720 Peasant Cube
Basically, this looks like the plastic part of the laminate without the foil.
Alternatively, some material rolls or coils require a leader when initially loading them into the large machines. The material is whatever depending on the material, metal, paper, fabric, whatever. For the MtG foil, it could very well be a thicker plastic attached to main material to avoid tearing the fragile foil during the initial loading. So the machine can "bite" into the leader and feed itself without wasting the, usually, more expensive material. You're supposed to feed the machine past the leader, cut the leader off, the discard it.
This could be the leader, which might explain the coloring. It looks the same as the packaging.
Thanks for the reply. I am really hoping that both the Conspirary and Dragons of Tarkir booster packs were the leaders in their respective batches. Otherwise, it would mean that the store is selling fake MTG cards and I am doubting the authenticity of the cards that I possess.
Modern: Jund
Legacy: Pox
EDH: Chainer Reanimation and The Dragon Show, with Zirilan of the Claw
If we assume they're fake, I would think it's more likely they're repacks. Ergo, "fake packs". Not so much fake cards.
I've only heard of resealed packs using original wrappers, but never anyone printing the wrapper and making fake packs that way.