Faded Conspiracy Box
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Posted on Aug. 28, 2016, 3:20 p.m. by Nemesis
So like many of you, my friends and I got a few boxes of Conspiracy 2 and drafted them last night. It was a blast and we all got some goodies out of it. We ran into an issue though, where one of our boxes had a bunch of faded cards. I'm talking probably about a fifth of the cards range from kind of faded to super faded. Is there anything we can do about this? Does Wizards have a replacement policy or anything?
Also in case you were wondering, my two decks were a U/W flying deck which was amazing, and a U/R Kiln Fiend deck, which was super fun.
Raging_Squiggle says... #3
It happens sometimes. It's just the way Wizard's printer makes the cards. There's nothing wrong with them.
August 28, 2016 3:49 p.m.
Hootiequack says... #5
We didn't draft our box yet, so I can't speak to this set, but I've run into it before, most notably with Khans of Tarkir. I opened a couple boxes and split another and each one had some faded cards, particularly the gold cards it seemed. It didn't have any effect on mine regarding playability or tradability.
August 28, 2016 4:39 p.m.
KabakTheMighty says... #6
Yeah, since, at least in my experience, it's only the commons with the issue there isn't much of a problem. Honestly it makes some of them a lot cooler looking.
August 28, 2016 5:30 p.m.
well it wasn't my box that had the faded cards, it was my friend's, so I'll see if I can have him upload the bad ones. I didn't notice if it was specific to a rarity either, so I'll check that as well.
August 28, 2016 9:42 p.m.
Souljacker says... #8
What I did notice was that all the cards felt rougher, like they missed a polished top coating. It made them feel cheap.
KabakTheMighty says... #2
I'm glad that my group wasn't the only one. It was kind of strange, but it seemed like every third pack or so had the last three common cards in the faded state while the rest were completely fine. No rare misprints or anything, just those three commons and pretty consistent.
August 28, 2016 3:26 p.m.