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I bought this Gaea's Cradle in August 2022 on Cardmarket. Front looks OK in sleeve but after unsleeving touch feels different. Putting it under loupe there is definitive proof of being a fake.
Things to look for: legit OG USG cards sometimes fail the green dot test completely, in general the L-shaped red dots in the green mana symbols are faint close to being unrecognizable. This specific fake passed the light test and black borders on the front are continous ink, not printed. However, on the frontside, the text and the mana symbol are not homogenous print. On the backside, the black perimeters of the mana symbols, letters of the "Deckmaster" text etc. is wrong. The backside is also blurry and glossy; a much worse/negligent attempt to fake compared to the front, which is more convincing to the untrained eye.
According to the seller, this card was traded in an official magic competition, where the judge verified the authenticity for them :(