The pack seals have distinguishing marks. You will still be able to spot the fakes. To our knowledge to date, no counterfeit product has reproduced these security markings, and the recent counterfeit boxes have only standard plastic wrap without the symbols. All Wizards of the Coast product is packed out with plastic overwrap that contains white Wizards logo symbols printed on the plastic. In fact, you can spot the counterfeits at every level you might see the product at. Luckily though, these are fairly low quality and are fairly easy to spot. While we make every effort to assist in shutting down these operations, not everyone in the world respects copyrights and trademarks to the degree that they are enforced in the U.S., and some areas are more difficult to trace and shut down.
A number of these have appeared on popular online sites and some have migrated over through solicitations to legitimate retail operations by some rather unscrupulous individuals. A recent operation in Southeast Asia has been producing and distributing boxes of counterfeit Magic cards.
Because despite our efforts, illegal counterfeit boxes of Magic as well as counterfeit single cards are being produced and distributed, and you might be the next victim of these criminals. Curiously though, our lawyers seem to define imitation as a violation of several federal and international trademark and copyright laws punishable by fines and/or imprisonment, and they requested that I write some information up to help the unsuspecting honest retailers and customers ferret out the truth from the lies. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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