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I've seen multiple stories lately about recovered stolen collections, which is great! I've seen people quit Magic for a lot of reasons, and theft is by far the most heart breaking. Last weekend a store in North Saint Paul was able to identify some elements of a collection being sold to them as belonging to one of their regulars and was able to track down the owner and report the theft by posting images to their Facebook group. The collection was returned, and justice was served.
Yesterday a post showed up on Reddit about a stolen collection being recovered. The owner had a fake Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin featured prominently in his binder, which was something that the local community knew about and was used to identify his collection. Anytime you see theft reported, the first question people ask usually has to do with uniquely identifiable elements, and having a few ways to identify your collection outside of "there are lots of fetchlands" is a good idea.
The first comment on that post involves putting a slip of paper with your name and address in a sleeve behind a card as something that a thief is unlikely to check that will tie your collection to you. I highly recommend taking some measures to make your trade binders and deck boxes uniquely identifiable. This will only become relevant in an unfortunate circumstance, but if it comes up you'll be glad you did.
I suppose that’s good infomation.
I guess we should all get ourselves some unique misprints?
Maybe there’s another legitimate use for the Chinese fakes? Protecting yourself from getting ripped with them, and now, being able to identify your collection with them.