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Card Physical Properties
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uptownishnyc
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 		Card Physical Properties
Hey all, haven't posted much over the course of the cards thus far, as my posts would be redundant much of the time.

But, looking over the forums, we don't have a physical property section.

Example, Red Card #022 Cold Fission. the bold letters are easy to read, but as I'm sure everyone is aware if you hold a candle under the card, all of the text dissapears except for the Bold Letters Spelling out "The Password is YI ISTIA" Put it in the freezer for a second and the text comes back.

What other physical card properties has anyone found? This can't be the only one that does stuff like this. (It was briefly mentioned way back when with the first wave of pre-release cards in our 333 packs)

Mods feel free to move or lock this, but just thought it might be a good place to put this type of thing in case a pattern develops)
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 		Putting all of the physical properties/tricks in a common thread is a good idea! Let me start off with a couple off the top of my head.

As you mentioned, #022: Cold Fission is heat-sensitive.

#243: Shuffled is another that is heat-sensitive.

#146: You Are Cordially Invited has ink that fluoresces under ultraviolet light.

A while back, in one of the Mind Candy press releases if I recall correctly, was mention of microscopic writing on a card, but we have not yet found evidence of that (meaning either no such card has been released, or we just have not found it yet.)

I'm pretty certain I missed something, but cannot think of what it could be...
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 		The only other one I can think of (and I'm not really certain that it belongs here) is #084: Insights, which has a list/set of numbers running vertically down the card.

It's probably still worth a mention, but may fit an 'unsolved' list rather than an 'unusual properties' one ...

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 		Don't overlook the scratch-and-sniff 007 Aromarama with its olfactory cues.

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 		#228 Primer was another. I put it in the freezer to see if it would bring up the numbers under the blackboard (promptly forgot about it for 3 days!!) and the letters turned grey. I also seem to remember that someone said that section comes up under UV light
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e_nygma
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 		Does anyone know if there are any hidden characters (and the methodology to expose them) for Aromarama? Since it's the six of clubs it *should* have some letters ... I mean, if it was to be one of the jokers, why give it a suit and number?

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 		I puzzled over that as well, but you can make out the letters on the card image at perplexcity.com:



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Grizy
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 		Has anyone got a card #007 Aromarama with the big letter parts on it?
It looks like another MC printing error to me.

Maybe we're pushing them too fast with our hunger for new puzzles?

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