The main reasons I felt comfortable purchasing them were: The cards feel authentic (surface texture and typical stiffness/flex) The 1st Edition stamp does not appear to be printed on top of the card All four cards passed a basic light test (using my iPhone 15 flashlight) From the side, the cards show an authentic-looking layered core (greyblackgrey) The text on all cards is crisp and clean HP font, lack of shadow (shadowless), copyright line (including dates), energy symbol placement, etc
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But the prices above should give you a good idea of what's going to be the must-have chase cards
The biggest subtraction is Lightning Helix, which is just too expensive for a budget deck in the paper world (it's essentially free on Magic Online )
Judgment of Alexander Kicking things off, we have Judgment of Alexander
Finally we have Boros Charm, which is usually a four damage burn spell that helps us finish off our opponent