This 4th edition Armageddon I aquired in a trade. I don't know how many other cards were in the bunch, but I've received 31 of them to date, mostly commons. I passed over this card 3 times before I noticed it looked funny. What i noticed first was that it was dated 1995 (4th edition), but the ink was more similar to that of a 5th edition card. |
Upon closer inspection I found that it was a high resolution inkjet print. When compared to a real card it was easy to tell they had used a completely different printing process.
REAL | FAKE |
Here's another image of how the printing process differed. This is a section of the artwork near the sun. The real card (left) exhibits the familiar dithering that can be seen on real cards. The fake (right) does not. |
The corners of this card were also too nicely cut and rounded. They were not chopped like a real card. Through further inspection I was also able to rule out the possibility of this being an Alternate 4th card. |