So I recently fell into a Misprinted The Thing. Correct Sculpt. Correct Dial. Correct Card. HOWEVER It has a wrong dial top. Its a Gamora Dial Top.


So I looked through the Tournament rules and I found these:


This however is in relation to a sealed (or draft etc.) event.

and again somewhat mentioned but not quite the context of it:

This in relation to custom Sculpts. The Top Dial I HAVE was not altered (Sorry if it seems like I'm just doing semantic dickery) But I believe the intention was in relation to purposefully misleading the opposing player. I could be wrong...that's why I'm posting.

So the question is: Thing's Dial Is unaltered. The Sculpt is Cleary the thing. His card reveales that he has Indom. His TA. His Points. His Rarity. Everything. EXCEPT RANGE. But I know that's 0. most people know it's 0.
is He Tournament legal? if I treat him as if his top is the same? I understand if not. And I know in GENERAL Tournaments it's up to the judge...but if I say went to Worlds or something and had a figure like this would it be illegal to use and I'd have to shell out another say...15 bucks to get a correct one?

if it is illegal does it fall under one of those rules? If So could we remove the context of Limited Games and of Custom Sculpts or start a new 'section' to address misprinted figures (not mass misprintings ala Charcoal, Sprite, Quicksilver, etc.) but rather mismatched figures?


I apologize if I'm asking for the sun and the moon but I figured I'd ask.

First, let me preface this with: Ask your Judge! It is ultimately up to him if he will allow it or not. The Tournament rules are for a baseline, the Judge is the ultimate authority.

At an official tournament, I do not think it would be allowed. The section you quoted on illegal characters, while it is describing what happens if you get one in a sealed event, still states something important: illegal characters.

Can't stress enough, though, that at a local tournament, it is up to the Judge.

Also, I don't know if GG is covered yet, but possibly look into the Wizkids replacement program.

Yeah that's the backup plan.

Sadly, though no fault of your own, it is not a legal figure

Many judges would be sympathetic and perhaps allow it but, as it stands, the rules are straighforward

My genuine sympathies