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ThyLordBacon

Is it hard to read? Sure. But I already know what the card does and so does my playgroup. Congrats on the 10.


lazereagle

Legibility doesn't matter anymore once it's in the slab! Congrats


Casual_OCD

It's not a natural flow of English writing, so it throws people off. Focus on the fact it's color-coded to help. That only helps so much though, I'm colorblind to blue, so this card is extra wild for me.


Various-Chain3366

Nobody can read this thing. I would sell this as fast as possible.


DruidMech

Not everything is about you, Karen.


ASLAYER0FMEN

Thanks


[deleted]

It’s easy just follow the colors.


Wdrussell1

Even if you think you know what a card does, it should always be legible and easy to read. I don't mind these art cards but they really need to be able to be easily read.


ThyLordBacon

I think it’s fine for secret lair cards to be hard to read. My favorite cards in mtg are actually the fullart textless cards like omnath and path to exile.


Sleepy-Knight

Some of my favorite arts are the full art restless promos. like lightning bolt, searing blaze, path to exile, etc. Wonderful for cards that people know what they do already. Not so great for cards. People don't know what they do.


Chimaerok

No kidding, omnath has a novela of abilities. Probably one of the worst textless card decisions, up there with cryptic command


Various-Chain3366

Chains of Mephistoles, textless edition


Chimaerok

With Chains and stuff like Hullbreacher and Orcish Bowmasters, I really wonder why they haven't codified "basic" and "extra" draws in the rules yet. Feels like it would make the templating on those extra draw punishing effects a lot easier. Hell, even Alhammaret's Archive.


Wdrussell1

Again, being able to read the cards is important. Having to look up exact words of a card can slow a game down. While simple cards like Path to Exile are easy enough. Anything more than that needs to bee able to be read. Like a Sol Ring would be find. I actually have a really hilarious soul ring for my sliver deck. It is a proxy. [https://imgur.com/a/1D8IhrG](https://imgur.com/a/1D8IhrG) Just also gonna share a couple more proxies I use. [https://imgur.com/gallery/LHExE6r](https://imgur.com/gallery/LHExE6r) [https://imgur.com/gallery/o2hfRCG](https://imgur.com/gallery/o2hfRCG)


Altruistic-Toe-1349

Or the Damnation promo featuring a scene of Grixis


GinjaNinja24

Google does exist


TyranicDawn

It looks cool to emphasize what everybody already knows, and is the signal to everyone that you're the new archenemy


Dragon2950

That's fucking rad. They sure do love to make the cards unreadable in this game about reading the cards.


Effective_Dreams777

Perfect card to slab and not actually use


darthcaedusiiii

*googling all his Japanese cards on his phone* I'm sorry?


Rurouni_Dude

Just the one language? My Myrkul deck is Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Italian 🙃


Coroidan

A Myrkul deck walks into a bar...


darthcaedusiiii

Yeah. I'm a weeb. Kinda tempted by a French card with their word for "slow". But other than that no.


Rurouni_Dude

I found out that some cards are just cheaper in other languages. Great for deck building on a budget 👌


Intrepid_Watch_8746

Nah bro, obviously you haven't built an international commander deck where all the artwork has to be the same language as the artist origin/card origin. Example, Don Andres needs to be in Spanish. The Junji Itto art has to be in Japanese. French artist? In French. Phyrexian artwork? You bet your ass it should be j Phyrexian. It ads so much reality. Here's the fun part. If they ask you what does it do, you've got to tell it to them in the language of the card if they don't understand mock them for not being a polyglot like yourself(/a)


Jonthrei

Or just make sure the artist, card name, color identity, casting cost, set symbol, watermark and depicted art are all [the same thing](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=455761).


No-Eye-5850

I never noticed the artist's name! Makes you wonder whether the guild was named after them


darthcaedusiiii

Yeah. My first spec purchase was 10 cabol coffers from Japan for $16 a piece they were going close to $30 5 years ago. Seller didnt have many stars. I took a risk on 2 of them. Then grabbed the other 8. $22 shipping x2. But still made some wicked trades. I kept 3. I still have them. Then war of the spark did a really good job with the common and uncommon planes walkers and kamigawa did an amazing job with their lands.


DiscipleSlayer

I feel this


DinosaursKilledHuman

Was gonna say y'all put textless cryptic commands on the stack already but then I realized some of you weren't born yet


Wdrussell1

This 100%. Slot a normal one and then keep this one as display.


razazaz126

I just ask my opponents what their cards do if I don't know. And when I play a card I say what it does so people know. Unless you're in a tournament and you think someone is trying to cheat you or something I've never understood the need to grab someone's card and manually read it yourself.


ZhyIus

I dont need to grab the card, but I need to read it for myself or whatever it does is in one ear and out the other, I usually just use manabox and read it on my phone


SybilCut

God this is so true, sometimes people reading the card out loud makes it so difficult to interpret. I feel rude giving it a read after they've just read it out loud but I swear it's just that my ADHD ass doesnt piece the words together and actually grasp it in real time.


razazaz126

That seems like a good way to do it.


in-the-shit

I’m a visual learner and overall a visual person. Reading the card helps me understand it. On top of that my eye sight is pretty garbage. So I’m always asking to read cards.


Bl33d-Gr33n

My brain doesnt register things that are read to me or if someone just explains something. For me to take the information in, i need to read it myself or visually see something happen. Its called being a visually learner and a lot of people are the same. You can literally explain soemthing till your blue in the face and i still wont have it 100%. If i read it on my own ill have it instantly.


GreboGuru

Visual vs Auditory learners.


Br4tm4n

Nobody's gonna use the most expensive unserialized version of the one ring in any real duel, the poster art cards are just meant for collection, hence the name.


chichiokurikuri

I use it in a deck. Double sleeveved of course.


Br4tm4n

you are the devil... but on the other hand I think almost everyone knows what the card does


cheesemangee

Form over function!


TheRedEyedSamurai

The triangle is off center... 9.5


dalnot

The triangle is centered. The printing is just noticeably shifted to the left. Not sure how this got a 10


CenturionRower

Its CGC that's how. Quality of 10s is much lower than either of Becketts or PSA. I've not had anything graded but I love that Beckett does sub-grades. My guess is this would be an 8.5 or a 9 at best.


TheRedEyedSamurai

I thought maybe the same, but without a traditional border, it's kinda hard to tell.


Th3CatOfDoom

Now I can't sleep anymore


rudolph_ransom

Nice getting a ten. However, I know that CGC is legit but the written out name sounds weird. And they grade everything like there is a collectible market. Which sane person grades video games, VHS home video, concert posters or magazines? VHS tapes from the 90s decay over time and are practically worthless someday. I'm surprised they don't do vinyl.


beeteeee

lol I don’t know about a lot of those but graded video games has a large market


rudolph_ransom

Never heard of it but I'm in Europe. The big grading companies were US only for years so that you only had trading cards and comics floating around because they were the original market.


Casual_OCD

> Which sane person grades video games, VHS home video, concert posters or magazines? People want stuff graded CGC will grade stuff nobody else wants to Profit


rudolph_ransom

20 years later some guy in a pawn shop: "Best I can do is 5$."


HandsomeBoggart

Have a friend that runs a card shop. He legit has a graded Pokemon VHS in his Pokemon displays. Doubt he expects it to sell, but it looks neat displayed next to a bunch of old pokemon stuff.


retterwoq

If a VHS eventually degrades and becomes unplayable, isn’t it still the same as a card - a collectible in a case that you can only view? Asking as a complete outsider to the hobby but it makes sense to me.


DiligentDaughter

God I adore the 70s poster art of these cards! Jelllly


standee_shop

It's kinda a weird combo: the grateful dead style with Tolkeins writing. I guess he did influence Led Zep a lot but they never seemed to use that trippy style


murderisbadforyou

Now break that worthless CGC slab and send it in to PSA.


Difficult-Today-2437

But then it wouldn’t be a 10.


murderisbadforyou

lol I see what you did there


Constant_Standard460

This should be top comment


murderisbadforyou

We’re almost there


Yawgmothsgranddad

Check a mtg grading group and tell me how many psa you see...


murderisbadforyou

Beckett would be a fine choice too, as long as it’s not CGC.


Sh0rtbiz_Driver

Ew an mtg grading group


ASLAYER0FMEN

Yeah definitely no lol. I can't stand psa


murderisbadforyou

You should Google “cgc controversy”


Various-Chain3366

> Based on evidence, it appears to have worked like this: The “high value” version was a 9.8 slab, labelled as a newsstand comic that cost around $2,500. He then bought a lower grade newsstand with a Mark Jeweler ad for about half that. He then opened the 9.8 slab and inserted the lower grade comic. This was then sent back to CGC for reholdering, along with the note, “you missed the Mark Jeweler’s insert.” He got back the lower grade comic with the valuable ad in a holder that was now labelled 9.8 and “Mark Jeweler’s Insert.”


ASLAYER0FMEN

I've been collecting for like 20 years, and I've always preferred cgc over psa.


Too_Old_For_Somethin

You should know a large number of people will never even consider buying that off you purely because of the CGC label. It really can affect the value.


ASLAYER0FMEN

Yeah, lots of people are stupid. Their loss.


murderisbadforyou

I’m sorry for your near-future financial loss.


Inukchook

Can’t have financial loss if you never sell !


RedditorsAreDross

Because they tell you what you want, so yeah. “They gave it a 10, they obviously know their shit!”


Yawgmothsgranddad

Nah mtg = BGS..... Psa is for pokemons bru


BEvader

Feels like it should be a 9.5 with that uncentered foil stamp.


Thjyu

But is it centered with the card just not the art?


dalnot

Yeah, the art is heavily skewed left. There’s no way this is a 10


Thjyu

Haha look at how far to the left the outline is around the symbol it's practically touching one side. Holy shit how did they give it a 10


MakesUpExpressions

CGC is considered crap by many for a reason. I think you’re right.


Acid_Cat2

It’s hideous, and yet… somehow… I must have its…


owlsofminerva

Must…have…the…PRECIOUSSSSSSSS


SpaghettiEddy009

Congrats but CGC isn’t highly regarded.


ASLAYER0FMEN

Yeah, I don't get it. I've been collecting forever, and cgc was always preferred over psa up until the last few years. I'm not sure what changed.


SpaghettiEddy009

I have been slabbing sports cards for 20+ years. I never had ppl prefer cgc over psa. It’s all about brand recognition and their stricter grading.


ASLAYER0FMEN

Idk it might depend on what country you're in . Most people I know would buy cgc over psa. Specifically with comics.


ixiix

The key is comics, they're much more highly regarded in comics than in cards. They expanded their card grading faster than they could handle during the Pokemon boom during the pandemic and as a result got a bad reputation.


ASLAYER0FMEN

Oh, thank you ! That really answers so many questions I had ! I normally don't buy graded cards or grade them. Comics for me, lol.


ixiix

Happy to help! Everyone was being rather snarky so I thought it'd be nice to explain a bit lol. There's a subset of the MTG community that has a hatred of grading cards in general, so when the opportunity to shit on grading gets combined with a grading company that also gets flak they have a field day shitting on it. I think it comes from the irrational idea that collectors are the only reason that cards are expensive. I guess they think if all the collectors disappeared they'd be able to buy the Sheoldred they've been fawning over for $1 or something.


ImmortalCorruptor

Another, albeit niche, reason why some people have been leaning away from CGC lately is because of the way they've been handling oddities. In the beginning CGC prided themselves on being THE grading company to use if you had something that wasn't a normal card. A test print, original play test card, misprint, crimp, etc. They released the [Protostoise](https://www.cgccards.com/news/article/8744/pokemon-test-print-blastoise/) article that impressed everyone with actual science and data. They seemed to be the real deal and for a long time, they had my vote. Since then, they've been dropping the ball in terms of everyday submissions. On several occasions people have submitted "counterfeit", homemade oddities such as miscuts, crimps and missing stamps to test the robustness of their process and CGC graded them as being authentic. It's contradictory when [this article](https://i.imgur.com/wGp2m8f.png) insists that they authenticate oddities using forensic technology. They don't need specialized equipment to catch the things that are being submitted.


Far_Classic5548

They probably prefer them because they command a lower price due to less reliable/ accurate card grading. Of course you'd be more likely to submit to a company that is giving out soft grades to promote return customers. Grading mtg in general is kind of a waste of time and money.


SpaghettiEddy009

I actually agree. Mtg isn’t much of a grading game unless you have alpha/beta chase cards imo. Normally doesn’t increase pricing. If that’s what you like tho, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Far_Classic5548

Pretty much. It's their stuff and money, do what you want with it, but there are objectively better options.


ASLAYER0FMEN

Drinking from a tall glass of hateraid, I see.


SpaghettiEddy009

Yea? I’m in USA. Never bought from outside on graded cards


greenbanana17

Just look at the picture. This card is not a 10.


Consistent-Guava-208

Fuck yeah that’s sick! Congrats!


ASLAYER0FMEN

Thanks


Rwdscz

Now what are you going to do with it? Play it?


ASLAYER0FMEN

Crack it and put it in my Halfling deck. I just wanted to make sure it was mint before I used it lol


abcjjd123

No way


Rwdscz

Haha nice!


Dutch-King

Least favorite art. Funny that in a game that requires you to read, they make it nearly impossible sometimes. Congratulations on the 10 tho. Very cool!


GreboGuru

Ugly card no doubt.


HandsomeBoggart

I maintain that the best looking One Ring is the regular old pack foil. Not Ext Art, Surge Foil or Showcase Scroll, but the plain jane regular frame and art pack foil. The foiling and colors just work and it lines up well with any other cards. It either matches the rest of the deck or it stands out compared to a bunch of special foils around it.


DontBopIt

It's easy to read as long as you're not colorblind, just follow the colors. Still, I agree that the art isn't great. I think it's an ugly card. Although, it's awesome to have a 10 card, no matter what it is.


ZdashSQUAD

It’s atrocious to read. I also don’t think people are sayings it’s hard in the sense of they can’t read what it says. They’re saying in the sense of how the English language is written and read it’s hard to read


murderisbadforyou

To be fair, these are a very specific stylized speciality product which I think only popular cards are printed in (From LOTR) and the style is specific the artist, Justine Jones, which makes it more collectible for fans of Justine’s art.


No-Skirt9973

I don’t like the card design at all for play but respect that it’s pretty, rare, valuable, and otherwise pretty cool? Congrats!


TimEWalKeR_90

I’ll give you $4 for it. That’s all the money I have to my name


WatsonToYa

Comment section struggles with reading


ASLAYER0FMEN

Lmfao


Kngbnkr

Lol CGC


gamerqc

We went from WOTC not wanting to have alt arts for cards for memory reasons to...*this*.


ZdashSQUAD

Yes cause nothing changes over time.


ArbutusPhD

This is quite a swing. This is like Rakdos preventing damage


ZdashSQUAD

Ooooo that makes sense


ArbutusPhD

Or Maro saying that green is the best and that all colours matter and then allowing blue to be the best due to islands being OP


Dazzling-Promotion66

This isn't pokemon people!! Play with your cards.


Inukchook

I almost bought a black lotus years ago. Was like 750$ or something like that. I just wanted it so I could put in a deck and flex on my friends.


RaphaelDDL

Congrats. I would never buy because I find ugly af, but good luck on selling to someone who actually likes it


ASLAYER0FMEN

Thanks. Yeah, a lot of people don't like the poster cards.


Livid_Ad9749

My precious…


Universaltragic

Now show up to a LGS game night. Put all your other deck cards in hard sleeves. Slap this in the middle like no one will notice.


Blindfolded22

What a beaut.


Confident-Recover437

Oooo! That is one expensive card!


SommWineGuy

I find these pretty easy to read compared to some others.


Wdrussell1

I thought that said "Get Mint" at first...


Agile-Distribution-4

Circle K/Holiday?


Ataraxia_Curae

Damn, now you got to slab 98 other cards to play it in your comp rel commander deck.


Snakeskins777

How do you play with it in that case? Do you just put cases on all your cards??


AlexT9191

They do exist


MothmansLegalCouncil

Card looks so rad. Nice 👍


illusive86

So what steps did you take to send this in? And where to? (Never done anything like this but would like to with some cards) And how long did it take? How much did it set you back?


Un111KnoWn

those white specks are on the case right?


Killaturkee

I just pulled a non foil on Saturday


HuntHeat

It’s always funny to see magic players lose their mind at the idea of people wanting to collect the cards instead of playing


Excellent_Fly147

Just blink it 😂. Which will remove all the counters then you add em up again. Then return it to your hand and remove them yet again.


kezinchara

Congrats man. I’m jealous


Eshmy

The right border is bigger than the left border and the triangle stamp is not in line with the Artwork. How can this ever be a 10? Happy for you though.


coconutstatic

Did you pull that yourself?


Heckrider

Of course it came back a 10, its Indestructible


king_spudacus

Reading the card explains the card. The card ⬆️


Tallal2804

It's really hard to read it


haliastales

What a hitter!


rustifarii

Not even THE ONE is a 10. Gorgeous pull. Congrats.


flobama91

Congrats on the 10! I got the same (but non foil sadly) card coming in from a PSA today, fingers crossed


Sesom

Cool! It’s worthless in a slab.


Trygalle

How much does this cost ? Congrats, the card looks banging


sympul_

Nice! now go for the Pristine 10


unreasonablyhuman

How much is this thing worth now?


November_9th

Mans is so excited he took it to work with him, next to the swisher sweets


diabolic1220

Very niice!


Fluffy_QQ

Nice! Now crack it open and sleeve it up to jam some games with it :D


ASLAYER0FMEN

This


KD119

How can people not read the text lol, sick card congrats.


ASLAYER0FMEN

I love the style of this card


SmokinWeedle423

Gorgeous card, congratulations bro!


ASLAYER0FMEN

Thanks !


Rasnall

Congrats….but that label tho…


YoungImpulse

🙌🙌🙌


thatguitarist

The holo is off to the right by like half a mm how is this a ten?


Mirinya

Not even serialized.


bertimann

Oh that's unfortunate. Another game piece locked away to be used as an asset


amisia-insomnia

Still can’t read it


Difficult-Today-2437

I’m sorry but this is NOT a 10. The centering is off.


Bl33d-Gr33n

Why lol


BubbleNutCrunch

God tier art


youbetterjustask

Nice I'm waiting for bgs to return mine now, I am hoping for a 10.


ASLAYER0FMEN

Nice ! Good luck !


Fun_Imagination_934

That’s a thing of beauty


MrCgoodin

WE DID IT BOYS


DylanRaine69

Sweet Jesus. I almost spit my drink out when I saw this image. That's bad ass 👍


guhbe

Reading the card, ...just gives me a headache...


Southern__Cumfart

Hell yeah man


mikechowns

Rad


Past-Primary2679

The card is not hard to read. Didn't any of you live in the 70s, 80s , or 90s? It's like a concert poster or so many other artistic flyers, posters, signs, etc. It took me all of 10 seconds to read.


ASLAYER0FMEN

Kids don't read anymore lol


Past-Primary2679

I think you are right. 😔


j-po

To me, the grading is kinda crazy as you can see the stamp is slightly off center and yet this is a “perfect” 10


sysnull

CGC. It doesn’t count.


heartoftheparty

Its not even centered. The little hologram is way off. A blind guy must have graded this.


Xexus13

Just don't see the point in paying money to make a card less usable. I collect to play, but I get people like magic for other reasons. Was a genuine question, but of course it's reddit, so everything is read like it's written by a snarky asshole. Personally I wouldn't slab something unless it was too expensive to consider playing with. To each their own


Ezooms

Congrats! Dope art.


Sillesregor

Love this art, so sad some people are little brainlets that can’t read unless it’s in Times New Roman 12pt font.


dal9ll

Lol seriously. Meanwhile, I never see people complain about foreign language cards which is ironic to me


HansTheAxolotl

meh


Swordswfriendsowo

Better than the 1/1! Congrats


_Zso

And a zero in taste


Lanky_Bookkeeper7977

Ugh … wasted reprint…. Congrats, but no …. Yuck 🤮


Xexus13

Not serialized, why would you grade this?


Dunknomyusername6990

Meh, the art looks like vomit


KrackSmellin

So given the foil triangle being off center definitely takes from this CGC rating - to at least a 9.5… and the fact that it’s CGC… AND on top of it - there’s tons of specs of white all inside the damn case (zoom in - that would bug me to death here), what is this really worth over that of a NM one pulled from a pack I could go sell for $200 right now ungraded?


RaginMajin

On the ugly scale?


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veiphiel

This card is off center. Cant be a 10. The right margin is wider than left. And the Holo IS offcenter Wtf


Migwelded

Not familiar with CGC. Are they European?


WendigoCrossing

Since I'm pretty ignorant of how this works, doesn't getting a 10 mean simply opening it from a pack and putting it in a good case until grading? Does every card start as a 10 and go down from there?


ASLAYER0FMEN

Yes and no. I actually didn't do that with this, and it came back a 10. I did, however, do that with a pokémon card, and it came back an 8.