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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by delecti on Thursday January 30, 2025 @02:13PM (#42881074)
Would an example of that be something like "This is my pretend black lotus, and here's my actual black lotus in this graded plastic box"?
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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by toast0 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @02:21PM (#42881169)
If this is authoritative, I don't think so. It's really for the card got damaged in the current tournament so it's a marked card in a deck, or the card is valid, but only available as a foil which would feel different than other cards unless you were playing a foils only deck.

https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rules/mtr3-4/

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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by plorkyeran on Thursday January 30, 2025 @02:23PM (#42881186)
Originally the rule was specifically for cards damaged during the tournament. If a card was in acceptable condition at the start of the tournament but became marked during play you'd be required to substitute it for a proxy, and then acquire a real replacement before the next tournament.
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