altered cards

are they legal and how much can you cover

What exactly do you mean by "how much can you cover?"

can you cover any text on a card if you play it in a fnm or somthing

can someone help

According to dci tournament rules you can play the alter art cards...
Noone will question any alter cards on FNM I guess... Of course name, casting cost and oracle text should be readable...

If you want to use Alters on bigger tournaments then the important parts must be visible, the last word has always judge...

3.3 Authorized Cards
Players may use any Authorized Game Cards from Magic: The Gathering expansions, core sets, special sets, supplements, and promotional printings. Authorized Game Cards are cards that, unaltered, meet the following conditions:
• The card is genuine and published by Wizards of the Coast
• The card has a standard Magic back or is a double-faced card.
• The card does not have squared corners.
• The card has black or white borders.
• The card is not a token card.
• The card is not damaged or modified in a way that might make it marked.
• The card is otherwise legal for the tournament as defined by the format.
• The card is a proxy issued by the judge of a tournament (see section 3.4 for rules about proxies).
Any other cards that are not Authorized Game Cards are prohibited in all sanctioned tournaments. Unglued and Unhinged basic land cards are allowed in sanctioned Magic tournaments.
Players may use cards from the Alpha printing only if the deck is in opaque sleeves.
Players may use otherwise-legal non-English and/or misprinted cards provided they are not using them to create an advantage by using misleading text or pictures. Official promotional textless spells are allowed in sanctioned Magic tournaments in which they would otherwise be legal.
Artistic modifications are acceptable in sanctioned tournaments, provided that the modifications do not make the card art unrecognizable, contain substantial strategic advice, or contain offensive images. Artistic modifications also may not obstruct or change the mana cost or name of the card.
The Head Judge is the final authority on acceptable cards for a tournament.

Whitedrake, the Soldier token you made might not be legal... Look at the last few sentences 😉

Whitedrake, the Soldier token you made might not be legal... Look at the last few sentences 😉

Tokens are tokens. Anything is legal for a token.

Whitedrake, the Soldier token you made might not be legal... Look at the last few sentences 😉

Token cards are not cards you play in deck... They are equipment... If you would read whole article you would know that tokens are not considered as playing cards...

Quote from: Mlerner12 on July 18, 2013, 10:53:32 AM

Whitedrake, the Soldier token you made might not be legal... Look at the last few sentences 😉

Token cards are not cards you play in deck... They are equipment... If you would read whole article you would know that tokens are not considered as playing cards...

I know. It might not even be a legal token 😉. Then again, you might be able to bribe the judge by giving him one 😉

Legal token??? Any token is legal... you can use lolli pop wrap as a soldier token if you want to...

Right... Whoopsy daisy... 😋

Or your chewed up gum for that matter!!! Lol

Or pickup trucks, as said by WotC about the unhinged set.

I had a white border  Demonic Tutor and I sharpied it into a black border. Is that ok?

Well, it says that if you have a white or place bordered card, it's legal. It was originally white and this it's legal.