This seller has a handful of “Not Factory Cut” (NFC) cards for sale. These cards were cut from an uncut sheet outside of the factory rather than as a miscut within the factory.
Would you be interested in NFC cards? How do they compare to actual miscut factory errors in your eyes? Do you think grading companies will be able to tell the difference?
https://www.ebay.com/usr/cban3489
An example:
Soulless.
I am sure he was trying his best to stay within the lines and just messed up. it is an error after all
I would not be interested. Feels like it undermines the source of emotional value I hold for cards. A card is intrinsically tied to the story and context of its release. If it’s not a part of that story, then it doesn’t have as much value to me. In that sense it’s not much better than a proxy, which is a shame since it would’ve been a much more compelling piece in the intact sheet.
Just about the lamest thing in TCG collecting are cards ‘self-cut’ from an uncut sheet.
Worthless cards.
pretty lame imo. people are gonna buy them thinking they are real miscuts but they aren’t. even if the cards were disclosed as NFC, whats gonna stop that first seller from omitting that when they try to flip them?
The uncut sheet is infinitely cooler than the cards coming from it.
Like throwing a piece of cuban mahogany into the Ikea pulp grinder.
I love putting NFC cards in my Magic decks – it’s a fun way to make the deck unique.
But for collecting? Zero interest whatsoever. The exception might be cards that are otherwise unobtainable (e.g., protostoise).
It’s not an error if it’s intentional…
The one that are made to look indistinguishable from a regular miscut (i.e. rounded corners) are scummy.
Cutting a sheet is probably some of the whackest shit you can do imo. It destroys the sheet and turns it into a mimicry of something that is actually cool, which is genuine factory errors. Its tampered with. I hate hearing about people cutting sheets, i think its a destruction of history. Youre tearing it down to sell it for parts.
I don’t mind people cutting sheets and selling the individual cards. At the very least, it allows multiple people to own a piece of history.
What I do have problem with is when the NFC cards can be misconstrued as genuine factory errors. That’s ultra-scummy and will be exploited by a future seller even if the original owner is appropriately notifying the buyers.
Idk its a bit more nuanced for things like test prints, like disco base or whatever, but like why are we hand cutting a fossil sheet. Is hand cut fossil arbok a piece of history 
Yeah, I’m not referring to unlimited Fossil sheets. 
All sheet cut cards aren’t actual cards. It’s funny how immediately everyone sees this eBay listing as wrong, but if the design were more interesting (disco, cosmo) it’s somehow different. What is actually interesting is seeing the sheet of prototypes that were never made into cards. That is where the history ends. Cutting them is just selling an illusion of a card.
I tend to agree; I’d rather see sheets preserved in their original state (I’m a preservationist for this kind of stuff). I will, however, acknowledge a slight distinction between released and unreleased cards. Cards that were never officially released and are only obtainable in uncut sheets are at least somewhat justified in being cut/collected . . . it allows people the opportunity to own a piece of history who might otherwise be priced out or allow them to add a specific species to their collection. It’s almost comparable to buying a piece of something (like a stock or a fractional share), but with the caveat of diminishing, damaging, or destroying the actual item in the process. This point really doesn’t apply to cut sheets of cards that have actually been released though: why not just buy the released version of the card?
The difference here is that there’s no way to acquire a legitimate disco holo card. The unique feature (the holo pattern) is inherent to the card whether it is in a sheet or cut. I’m not advocating for it, just pointing out it is actually different.
The fossil nfc is another layer of stupidity. The “sheet” part of a fossil sheet makes it unique. It’s self explanatory why cutting up a fossil sheet to look like a normal card is dumb. An nfc “miscut” takes it from dumb to scum. You’re producing an item that mimics a genuine miscut. The entire point of error collecting is that it’s a rare event that shouldn’t exist but managed to slip through QC. Intentionally producing an “error” doesn’t make sense, and it’s also inherently deceptive when you make it look like something it’s not.
Again, the difference to a disco holo being that it’s unique feature are a part of the card and not the cut. It also doesn’t try to pretend to be something it’s not.
I don’t like cutting sheets at all, but I can at the very least see the argument for wanting to cut it and spread the love a bit. There is no other way to obtain whatever obscure test print and if you dont have however many thousands of dollars, you’re kinda SOL. In all honesty, I don’t really care too much for the prototype/ test stuff at all, but it at least makes more sense than cutting a fossil sheet. As @pfm said, the “sheet” part of fossil sheet is what makes it cool. Cutting it up is such a waste and then trying to fake factory errors is just straight Team Rocket business. I won’t beat a dead horse about it, but I do think it’s different, regardless of whether I agree with it or not.
All sheet cut cards fall into the same category for me, Disco and Cosmo foil included. imo these sheets were not intended to leave the factory and are stolen product. While I do think they are interesting items from a company history point of view, the thought process to cut them up and sell them off is one of pure monetary gain, and as you said in an earlier comment, soulless.
Looks like this seller has moved onto cutting up a holo sheet as well. Really frustrating stuff, as factory miscuts can go for a fair amount of money when the card is holo. Absolutely no way that a company (CGC) would be able to tell that this was NFC.
Also cut up a Neo Genesis common sheet.
Does anyone have a link to the thread where the topic was on NFC sheets and this guy came to defend it and everyone knew it was him? I can’t seem to find it with my keywords. I wonder if this is the same guy