Inconsistent colours on card backs in Core Set and CotCT

[deny_conformity]

Hi Customer Support,

I was going to try to ignore the inconsistent colours on the card backs on my core set but we just played another scenario using 5 proxy A and a CotCT villain. The backs to the proxy cards are so much darker that in these cases I usually know which deck has the villain in from the start.

Some of the affected cards with noticeably darker backs (they look almost brown in comparison):
All the proxy cards

Story Banes:
Wraith
Vampire
Mummy

Spells:
Enhance

Is it possible to get a replacement set of core cards?

Thanks in advance,
Justin

[Sam Phelan]

Hello deny_conformity,

We typically replace individual cards for problems such as this. I do have to warn you though, that the color variation appears to be happening across all sets and fairly at random. I can't guarantee a replacement of perfectly colored cards, but I can do my best to find copies of the cards you're concerned about in the lighter variation.

Is the list above a complete list of the cards you are concerned about?

[deny_conformity]

Hi Sam,

I could make a complete list but it concerns all 110 cards from the same press sheet (so ~25% of the core set). I just pulled together a short selection of the cards while sorting out the box after Dragon's Demand in preparation of adding the Curse of the Crimson Throne cards. I could largely ignore it while playing Dragon's Demand because it was approximately 25% of the cards in use but as we add more Curse of the Crimson Throne cards it's getting more obvious if we've got a proxy card on top of a location (or where the non-proxy story banes have gone during location building).

I know from comments on the thread I started on the general board that colour variation in the core set and Curse of the Crimson Throne has been particularly bad ( https://paizo.com/threads/rzs42lmg?Inconsistent-colours-on-card-backs-in-Co re ).

If you need me to pull the full list of 110 cards then it will take a few days because I have a toddler going through a phase of going to bed about 15 minutes before I do and waking up 15 minutes before I would normally choose to.