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Rare cards without hologram

Oct. 4, 2014 02:36:02 AM

Bartłomiej Wieszok
Judge (Level 2 (International Judge Program)), Tournament Organizer

Europe - Central

Rare cards without hologram

So, theres this weird situation. I was drafting at FNM yesterday and mid 2-nd round i found that my copy of End Hostility is a little bit weird - there is black blank spot where should be foil stamp proving it's originality. After that I found that 11 rares from that draft pod lack that “sticker”. So there I have 2 questions:
1. What do you do at competitive event when some one calls you because opponent have rare card in his deck without foil stamp.
2. Where I should send that information to WotC?

photo: https://imageshack.com/i/ex2WNLj9j

Edited Bartłomiej Wieszok (Oct. 4, 2014 12:58:15 PM)

Oct. 4, 2014 09:04:32 PM

Dan Collins
Forum Moderator
Judge (Level 5 (Judge Foundry)), Scorekeeper

USA - Northeast

Rare cards without hologram

Wizards is aware, turns out it isn't a particularly rare misprint. I'd treat it the same as any other misprint - as long as the card isn't damaged and we have no cause to believe it's probably fake, there's no problem.

Oct. 5, 2014 08:59:37 AM

Francisco Gonzalez
Judge (Uncertified)

USA - Southeast

Rare cards without hologram

I had the same problem at my store, Wizards told me to send them in via Customer Service and they would replace them. My concern is since the hologram is for authenticity, a player using them might be called out for having fake cards.

Oct. 5, 2014 07:43:23 PM

Gregory Titov
Judge (Level 2 (Judge Academy))

Canada - Eastern Provinces

Rare cards without hologram

I know a couple folks at my LGS who've experienced this too, it's appearing to be a bit less “rare” than most misprints tend to be.

Any clue if the “send them in for replacement” offer is for stores only Francisco?

Nov. 24, 2014 09:26:15 AM

Pascal Gemis
Judge (Level 1 (Judge Academy))

BeNeLux

Rare cards without hologram

Is it an on how to handle that Kind of problem ?