How did I get to German? The card is what I expected. It's in somewhat rough shape, but again it's what I expected - rated 1 by SGC which is a Poor rating, but I saw the photograph and I love the card. It's just what I wanted. The back of it is Tolstoi, which is pretty rare and harder to find, and that ups the price, but I knew that. I'm happy with it. It was shipped on time.