The Green Dot Test: Checking the Back-Side Microprint

Inside the green dot on the card back, genuine cards hide four tiny red dots in an L-shape — a microprint many fakes miss.

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Was dieser Test prüft

A specific microprint detail within the green area of the card back. Genuine printing resolves four red dots in an L-shape inside a small yellowish patch, ringed by a solid black circle.

Hilfsmittel: Loupe (30–60x)

Echte Referenz: original Sol Ring
Echte Referenz: original Sol Ring (Limited Edition Alpha, 1993). Vergleiche deine Karte mit einem geprüften echten Scan wie diesem — achte auf four red dots clearly visible in an L-shape, surrounded by an unbroken, deep-black circle. Eine Fälschung zeigt stattdessen: the red dots are missing entirely, smeared together, or the black ring is broken, grey, or muddy.
Bild via Scryfall · © Wizards of the Coast.

Echt sieht so aus

Four red dots clearly visible in an L-shape, surrounded by an unbroken, deep-black circle.

Fälschung sieht so aus

The red dots are missing entirely, smeared together, or the black ring is broken, grey, or muddy.

Schritt für Schritt

  1. 1Turn the card to its back and find the green dot near the center.
  2. 2Hold a loupe over the green dot under bright light.
  3. 3Look inside for a small lighter patch.
  4. 4Check whether four distinct red dots form an L-shape inside it.
  5. 5Note a missing or smeared pattern as a strong counterfeit signal.

Warum es wichtig ist

This microprint is extremely hard to reproduce. Its absence is one of the most-cited tells in the community.

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Nur zu Bildungszwecken — keine Methode garantiert Echtheit. Ziehe bei einer wertvollen Karte im Zweifel einen professionellen Grading- oder Authentifizierungs-Dienst hinzu.