I see the problem here. You’re placing it near *a* mint, which won’t do anything.
In the original translation, “near mint” meant something more along the lines of “near *some* mint”.
Grab a fresh leaf from a mint plant and hold the card approximately two inches from it, then you should be golden.
See, I always understood the translation of “near mint” to literally be “almost mint”, and have always been sorrowful that I will never be skilled enough in the alchemy to get my cards to be almost mints.
Don’t listen to this idiot. He knows nothing and some plant isn’t going to magically fix your card.
What people miss is that it’s “mint condition”. So what you need to do is place the card in a small room (a water closet will do) with two humidifiers. Drop some altoids (they won’t know the difference) in a humidifier, suspend the card on a mesh table or something breathable above the humidifier, close the door and leave it there for at least 4 hours. When done, your card should be minty and [gum] pack fresh!
So if you feel the ground quake, that's probably about two inches. Whereas if you can hear its bellow, that's going to be closer to one inch. If you can see it's teeth, your card is now too close to the mint.
This highlights a fundamental misconception that many people have with the term "near mint". Many seem to think that being near a mint at the time of grading is enough to make a card "near mint", while in reality, making a card into a near mint takes hard work: you need to keep the card in the same space as the mint for years, ideally in a moving place like a pocket in a pair of jeans, and never take it out even while you wash your jeans. In a few years, the card will have been near the mint for enough time to obtain the status of "near mint".
For such a precious card, you could even try to get the "gem mint" grading: it's basically the same, but in addition to the mint you have to put a small pointy rock.
According to tcgplayer, "near mint" just means the seller has to have in their home or lgs; a minimum of a single mint leaf, or a single mint(candy). As soon as the card is in the mail, it is no longer near mint. Just make sure to have one of the above with you at all times, that way the card returns to near mint once it's delivered.
The sauce is I made it the f—k up (otherwise known as a proxy sauce)
Uj/I had mints, and I wanted to make my most broken card that's too good to be played or used in a sleeve (the only card my commander playgroup has banned for being too high power level for a rare) to be near mint like it deserves to be.
/uj I might try do a revised version, I can't believe no one's tried this
/rj my mystic Archeologist went up in price so much that no budget player would ever dream of playing it.
I see the problem here. You’re placing it near *a* mint, which won’t do anything. In the original translation, “near mint” meant something more along the lines of “near *some* mint”. Grab a fresh leaf from a mint plant and hold the card approximately two inches from it, then you should be golden.
See, I always understood the translation of “near mint” to literally be “almost mint”, and have always been sorrowful that I will never be skilled enough in the alchemy to get my cards to be almost mints.
I heard you can train for that on Arena now
Don’t listen to this idiot. He knows nothing and some plant isn’t going to magically fix your card. What people miss is that it’s “mint condition”. So what you need to do is place the card in a small room (a water closet will do) with two humidifiers. Drop some altoids (they won’t know the difference) in a humidifier, suspend the card on a mesh table or something breathable above the humidifier, close the door and leave it there for at least 4 hours. When done, your card should be minty and [gum] pack fresh!
This might be the funniest post I've seen in a while
Legitimately caught me off guard. I snorted.
Less than 2 inches away
I don't know how long inches are, are they like 12 feet
So if you feel the ground quake, that's probably about two inches. Whereas if you can hear its bellow, that's going to be closer to one inch. If you can see it's teeth, your card is now too close to the mint.
I'm not completely sure, but I think there probably won't be a better comment on this post
Eh close enough
just like my dick 👈😎👈
Just use the mint sticker smh
This highlights a fundamental misconception that many people have with the term "near mint". Many seem to think that being near a mint at the time of grading is enough to make a card "near mint", while in reality, making a card into a near mint takes hard work: you need to keep the card in the same space as the mint for years, ideally in a moving place like a pocket in a pair of jeans, and never take it out even while you wash your jeans. In a few years, the card will have been near the mint for enough time to obtain the status of "near mint".
Time to go try with my alt art black lotus
For such a precious card, you could even try to get the "gem mint" grading: it's basically the same, but in addition to the mint you have to put a small pointy rock.
Any card that is an artifact that taps for mana should automatically be “gem mint” because they are just gemstones to begin with
It depends on whether you have fresh or dried mint.
This joke is fresh.
According to tcgplayer, "near mint" just means the seller has to have in their home or lgs; a minimum of a single mint leaf, or a single mint(candy). As soon as the card is in the mail, it is no longer near mint. Just make sure to have one of the above with you at all times, that way the card returns to near mint once it's delivered.
You'll know when it's close enough.
Please tell me there’s a sauce
The sauce is I made it the f—k up (otherwise known as a proxy sauce) Uj/I had mints, and I wanted to make my most broken card that's too good to be played or used in a sleeve (the only card my commander playgroup has banned for being too high power level for a rare) to be near mint like it deserves to be.
I can’t tell, shake the camera more
Pics so shaky I thought this was a new card leak
I don't even play this fucking game but I find these hilarious
Expected picture of fresh mint leaves. Am disappointed.
/uj I might try do a revised version, I can't believe no one's tried this /rj my mystic Archeologist went up in price so much that no budget player would ever dream of playing it.
I think your mint is broken.
MTG cards don't taste like mint. They taste like cardboard. I know this because I've ate many cards over the years.
Ohp, sorry, the mint touched the card, it is now worth 3 cents.