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It is a standard rule that you can't play with marked cards unless they are sleeved.

however, what is the rule dealing with TeP?  Even in sleeves the cards bend/warp.  I can't get them flat enough.  I have put weight on them to try and flatten them back out, but it's not working.  I don't think it's fair that I can't use a lot of cards that I've bought, but they can be considered marked.  Anybody can tell which 8 cards in my deck are TeP. 

what is the ruling on this?

Basically, you do the best that you can, and I don't know of any judge who would penalize you for it.

Kevin Shride

its fairly easy to make all the texp cards straight...just stick them in something that will force them that way...such as a thick book, or in a deck case full of cards.

i dunno...maybe you should try longer than 3 days. i shoved all of the ones i used into a deck box full of cards and checked on them about two weeks later, and now they're all perfectly straight.

If the concern is somehow forcing an advantageous "shuffle," then a better answer would be to require certain shuffling methods.

I believe that the concern about marked cards lies not with an advantageous shuffle as much as it does with being able to force the cut.

It would be much easier--and consistent with previous rulings--to simply ban any decks using bowed TexP. 

I still prefer the ban-hammer.  But then again I bought one of these, so I might be biased.

Less than $1600 to have the only tournament legal TexP? Seems like a deal to me.     

I suppose this will make it easier to bring to tournaments:

"Comes with winch kit mounted on the press to assist with the movement of the bed."

Winch? Winch?!?  That's not what I thought it said.   

Quote from: YourMathTeacher on March 21, 2010, 02:13:47 PM

I suppose this will make it easier to bring to tournaments:

"Comes with winch kit mounted on the press to assist with the movement of the bed."

Winch? Winch?!?  That's not what I thought it said.   

I really want to add this one to my "fav" thread, but it's probably not a good idea.