Looking at the most valuable cards in the Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering set as of the time of writing shows that the highest-value cards are all either foil or surge foil printings, which seems to have contributed to the hyper-inflated cost of both individual Collector Booster packs (now going for $100 on the secondary market) and a Collector Booster Display Box (fetching up to $1,200)
It helps keep real cards from being see-through or marked by thickness differences
JUST a deal-four-Drain-for-four would warrant a second look at five mana (folks have paid six for this without complaint)
Sally Sparrow The heroine from my favorite arc
I remember looking at vanilla creatures that weren't particularly good deals, required obscene amounts of colored mana, and had names that seemed like they'd been crafted by pulling scrabble letters out of a bag blindfolded and thinking this was one of the best things I'd ever seen
Real Magic cards have an L shaped cluster of red dots inside the green: While we have seen some legitimate cards fail this one due to print quality issues, it is generally reliable and definitely evidence we'll consider
