That backside “window” is actually pretty cool!
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I’ve been buying some heavy play cards lately and it hits right in the nostalgia. I remember at recess a kid stuffing his cards in his pocket when it was his turn for handball. Friends had their cards laying around… sleeves are like condoms. They’re there for protection, but its just not as enjoyable.
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I was 7 when I started collecting as a kid, and although the cards I pulled back then are definitely heavy played now, they are far from that kind of damaged, lol… Although I’ve traded my first ever holo pull away as a kid, here is my second one (next to a gem mint Portuguese 1st ed. copy I pulled last year when I was trying to pull a Portuguese 1st ed. Jungle Pikachu):
The heaviest played card I had a as a kid, and still have, I found on the playing ground (poor Muk never gets love, does he):
Greetz,
Quuador
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@quuador , As the old saying goes - All 7-year-olds are 7-year-olds, but not all 7-year-olds are Quuador. 
I started collecting in early 1999 sometime around my 11th birthday. As a kid, I was immediately aware that condition was important and I was always mindful of handling my cards carefully. But I still handled my cards a lot, I didn’t have anything like penny sleeves, and although I eventually got them all into binders I think my most valuable cards as a kid were handled quite a bit before they ever even got into binders (I actually have a lot of Shadowless holos in my childhood collection along with some 1st ed Jungle / Fossil holos). I remember keeping them in neat piles. Another mistake I made was with my binder, I was fond of putting duplicates behind each in the binder without any sort of sleeve in between the cards. So although I always handled my cards *carefully* as a kid, I wouldn’t say that any of them are in better than Near Mint condition.
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@quuador, the ink(?) stains and the warping actually make that Muk card more aesthetically pleasing. Seems right up its ally. XD
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They’re actually burn marks instead of ink stains. 
Greetz,
Quuador
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testament to how low grades are underrated af across the board
Really? Haha
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This card will always remind me of that godawfully stupid game we had as kids. Two “players” each folded one of their cards along the middle so that they kinda form a V-shape. The goal was to flip them over by an airblast created by hitting your palms on the table/ground so that the backside ended on top. First player to flip over the second card won both cards (so if you only flipped one card you gave your opponent a massive advantage).
Notice the sharpie ‘signature’ on the Pokeball because of course you had to protect *that* fucked up card from getting stolen on the playground.
Ah, good times.
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@Quuador Did you try to set your muk on fire 
I didn’t, but someone apparently did. I found it like this in the playing ground when I was 8 years old.
Greetz,
Quuador
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Sometimes I wonder if we’re too quick to judge people’s postings of their cards when one of us says, “oof on that edgewear though”, as if xyz-stated-condition diminished the person’s excitement over an acquisition. I’m starting to see the allure of PSA 1 collections - the cards look well loved and often have a rich or interesting story (like @muk 's example).
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The LOW grade cards are also a lot harder to obtain. A PSA9/10 is easy to obtain, you know what the card should not have to be dinged down to 8. But for a PSA4 or lower it becomes way more difficult to find a copy that does have to ding it down, but not so far down that you go down two grades. The whole idea of obtaining a full 1-10 grade set is amazing, but you probably end up chasing those rare copies that are completely busted longer than the PSA8-9-10 worthy ones. Just look at that 1st Edition Charizard that got sold recently for $1200 but was beaten up. Someone clearly after that PSA1 copy.
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Great thread,
Reminded me of my Base Set 2 Charizard with a perfect swirl coming out of his mouth complete with creases and a strip of tape across the bottom for some reason 
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I got a problem buying damaged cards lately lol.
Anyone know the value of these in this kind of condition I got the lot because charizard 1st ed gym
Also loved these 2 cards despite the bend and crease.
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For all of you who love damaged WOTC holos…
What happened to that Charizard? 