Is Beckett WRONG? 

I don't think the Urza's is trimmed, I think it's a counterfeit.

@@moxavenger The joke police called, you just got promoted to contextual investigation.

I did say that

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@@moxavenger 100% I bought some chinese knockoffs to put in my cube but they are obnoxiously just a bit smaller than real cards.

Lol

*yag wills go flying into the air like a cloud.*

Yup!

Dead Rabbit like $80-$100 depending on condition

Broken Games ok Timmy

Alpha Investments Jewelers Lobes and Ice Picks, come on Rudy.

O-ring pick, it's a beaut!

I'm glad I wasn't the only one yelling that to Rudy...

chinese copy ?

Yea I thought the same thing when looking at it.

It's called perspective. Objects that are further away, appear smaller. The cards weren't touching, the slab was between them.

@@TavisKingsChannel Nah, a few millimeters isn't enough to change perspective to this degree. Just look at how the print on the back lines up, there's something VERY off about these.

Thank you for your acknowledgment

up their just like PSA, also one thing i would like to add, and just to see if anyone else saw it, but the trimmed cards... they looked slightly smaller to me in general. the colored dots and graphic of the back of the card didnt even really match up it seemed idk if it was because of perspective and whatnot of the camera angle. but just seemed like a smaller card.

You just haven't heard about all the trimmed/shaved cards that Becket has graded. There are TONS of them, especially in sports cards. Even PSA, the graded card that made them their name in the grading world turned out to be trimmed. Look it up, its well known. These companies are far from "thorough" LOL

@@xcons345 It was perspective. He needs to crack those cards and stack them and redo this. That or put the good card behind the "trimmed" card and show it from the front. We should be able to see the back card from behind the trimmed card if it is truly trimmed.

@@joshuabeckett9325 Yea Great job Beckett, grading all those cards through the years, that's dedication bro :)!

If I had to guess, Rudy doesn't want the liability of cracking them open

Or at least shown the same "test" on a normal BGS slabbed card.

Agreed, with the thickness of the case it could be an optical illusion.

Or at least same test on the top of the card.

If you've paid for a grading and the card is now cased it has a certain value and you are throwing money away if you crack a legitimate grading.

agreed

It's called perspective. Objects that are further away, appear smaller. The cards weren't touching, the slab was between them.

I’m not an expert but pretty sure those dots are red.

Dots are pink. Cards where put in microwave to shrink them.

@@TavisKingsChannel We all know about perspective, smart ass! We all looked at the cards. If you rly look carefully, on every card being inspected, there is a moment when the view point is from right in front. Still, they look smaller. Can't be a perspective issue at that point. Try again.

I would be more concerned about the card being fake. (weird for commons though) The color looks off on the backs of the trimmed ones.

They are distorting things, that's why this video is bad.

It's not a mirror doofus

@@15000000th no it isnt lol. These cards were all altered.

my thoughts exactly probably easier to detect on back of card

Probably assess back first, found it was trimmed, and didn't note further as it's ungradable. Beckett's doesn't get paid to not-grade cards.

Dont bring that sort of logic into this RU-vid channel please..:) But yes..technically they should have added that on the sheet on both sides..back left AND front right appears trimmed

@@matthewoconnor5690 You think he didn't pay for those slabs?! LOL

Front had glue from the paper so maybe he didnt wamt to risl damaging his yagwill

Oh wow, I think you're right. Rudy!!!!!!

Are those really really good fakes?

Are they fake then???

That's a very curious, but true observation. I know nothing about magic or cards, but would like to see a response to this comment

@@DM-qm5sc it would appear so

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Yes, why would you trim a card, then let it get a bunch of edgewear? If you're trimming it, you're trimming it to give it clean edges and you're submitting it for grading right after trimming, not selling it ungraded to someone.

It looks like the plastic casing is doing something like a 5% smaller magnification, the cards may be exactly the same if they got popped out.

@@Legacyfire Nah, just tested this theory on a bunch of BGS cards I have, everything lines up perfectly and dims are the same. If you have some try it out for yourself, there's something very off here.

@@mikeszulc9490 He is looking at it through a camera at a distance. I tested it too. Everything in the cased card looks smaller because objects that are further away from the camera appear smaller. They are not overlapping there is thick plastic between them and that is not mentioning the distortion the plastic itself makes. Amazing that so many people in this comments section do not understand a basic grade school concept like perception.

@@silverwolf6866 Snark aside, a few millimeters will not change perspective to this ridiculous degree AND Rudy obviously noticed the difference too so the camera changes nothing. I've tested this with 24 graded cards vs. their raw counterparts. Beta, Antiquities, and Arabian Nights (don't have the same graded/raw Alphas) Every single card I tested lined up perfectly with absolutely no variance. Look at the video again, the cards he shows are off by A LOT and it's not just the overall size, the printing on the back doesn't line up right. The Will looks straight up fake and I maintain that the "Alphas" are trimmed down Beta cards, the inking on the corners is there to hide the fact that they were clipped. BGS did a great job catching these, hopefully they got them all.

I didn't realize they were worth that much, I have a playset of most of saga that I've had since the set came out (my sanctums, sneak attacks and cradles got stolen out of a binder ages ago though, sadly). I think it's time to sort through my collection, I haven't played paper magic since 2005, and see what else increased.

Rudy is a business man; I look at his collection like a business having expensive construction equipment

@@darlantro he also likely bought them cheap before everything exploded

@@zakkho1 You'll be pleasantly surprised to see Gilded Drake's price as well

The difference between and asset and a liability is when you decide to sell...

Agree

there's no way a slab of 2 mm of plastic can generate a distortion that big. the difference is the size of a taco

This. Open the case and stack another card on top. Or compare the other corners, or compare “untrimmed” cards in the same way. Light does funny things through lenses.

This. It's not really the plastic or the slab persay, it's the gap between the cards when Rudy "aligns" them. The cards need to be directly on top of each other to see the miniscule amount that would have been cut off.

@@Crovax While I agree, I still want to see why the art at least appears to be noticeably smaller.

I agree

Red dots don't align

They definitely look slightly smaller. The borders inside the black outline border seem smaller too.

Yeah there's less of the brown area on the back too. Do a 2nd run through Rudy, where you check if they're fake.

I pulled out a cop white alpha and the front looks legit to me, but the corner of the trim side looks off.

I completely 2nd this!

this makes sense

Smart guy. And non centred cards hide trimming.

Card might have been misaligned to start with. That's why trimming would increase the value.

it's not trimmed look at the dots, they don't line up. Even if it was trimmed the dots would still line up. it is ether a fake card or it was printed differently.

I bet they just have a machine they put the card in still sleeved and it scans it to see if the size is correct.

@@erikharring7928 could be, that might be more expensive though.

Yes, or hide non centred printing.

@@Justjoey17 U dont see what he did there ? :S

@@Justjoey17 How do htoise letters change when u write floppytaco together? F... :D

I have a Swamp signed by some Rudy guy. I think I will send it in for authentication.