Hard-to-grade cards that are rarely talked about

[pokemonunboxing]

I have been working on Pokekyun last two months, 99% of the cards have horrible printlines!

[smellyblueberry]

@kpod

@smellyblueberry

100%, I can’t tell you how many listings I have bought were its described as ‘mint’ but its such a slight thing that I know instant 8 or 9.

My question though, is there a difference between the fan book promo and this card. There is one ten of the fan book, so is there some other title that these are all hiding under? Ebirdman who owns it says he can’t find anything that is different between the two.

Also don’t even get me started on the computer error other non-holo trainer card from cd promo set, same thing!

I ended up settling for a 9 on the computer error, the cost of opening the CD bundles is getting a little too steep these days and like you said all the listings where people say “mint”, either have centering issues or edge wear.

One of my sealed boxes had a tear in it so I opened it, probably picked it up for maybe $100 a year or two ago, every card is 10/10 mint but the two trainers. I was thankful to pick up a fresh beautiful one for $330 this past week, with the large price increase I don’t see how these are not selling $600+. It has so much value if the cards grade well, which as we all know the charizard, blastoise, venusaur grade easy 9’s if not tens.

[kpod]

@smellyblueberry

@kpod

I ended up settling for a 9 on the computer error, the cost of opening the CD bundles is getting a little too steep these days and like you said all the listings where people say “mint”, either have centering issues or edge wear.

One of my sealed boxes had a tear in it so I opened it, probably picked it up for maybe $100 a year or two ago, every card is 10/10 mint but the two trainers. I was thankful to pick up a fresh beautiful one for $330 this past week, with the large price increase I don’t see how these are not selling $600+. It has so much value if the cards grade well, which as we all know the charizard, blastoise, venusaur grade easy 9’s if not tens.

I picked up a sealed one for 120 within the last month, the starters are all 10s as well as Arcanine, the rest of the cards are 9s. Centering brought the Snorlax and Porygon to 9 levels.

[KingPokemon]

@smpratte

@kpod, There are PSA 10 copies.

No designated PSA 10s for sure;)

[sacari]

Any reverse holo Nintendo E series card. Many are at a pop 0 for a 10.
Hard to grade cards that are old and no one was submitting these cards when they got released. The holo rares are also hard to grade but definitely much easier.

[pr0fessor0ak]

Unlimited Neo Revelation Ampharos

[pokemonargentina]

Neo Rev’s 1st Edition Blissey; Neo Rev’s 1st Edition Magneton (Yeah…Magneton, check the amount of 9s compared to 10s!)

[muk]

@pr0fessor0ak

Unlimited Neo Revelation Ampharos

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a bitch to grade for sure (pop 1), but most if not all English WOTC set cards have been thoroughly discussed in the past so it doesn’t really fit the “rarely talked about” qualifier for this thread IMHO

[pr0fessor0ak]

@muk

@pr0fessor0ak

Unlimited Neo Revelation Ampharos

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a bitch to grade for sure (pop 1), but most if not all English WOTC set cards have been thoroughly discussed in the past so it doesn’t really fit the “rarely talked about” qualifier for this thread IMHO

When you say so.

Only mentioned because I never hear it talked about. Therefore I see it as rarely talked about xD

[kpod]

Forgot to mention earlier, Milotic EX from Emerald.

PSA 10 pop: 7
PSA 9 pop: 57

[pokemonargentina]

@kpod

Forgot to mention earlier, Milotic EX from Emerald.

PSA 10 pop: 7
PSA 9 pop: 57

Pretty much the holy grail for Ex Collectors.

[randox]

Bascially everything in ex emerald and dragon frontiers… what’s even worse is a lot of LV x cards

[cullers]

Can we mention the specifics that cause the cards to be harder to grade? I think it makes the thread better if people are aware of what to look for in the cards that’s holding them back.

[muk]

@cullers

Can we mention the specifics that cause the cards to be harder to grade? I think it makes the thread better if people are aware of what to look for in the cards that’s holding them back.

I second that. This could help making owners or buyers of those cards aware of what flaws to look out for.

[jakyol]

How has no one mentioned the Charizard from evolutions? Out of 4300 submissions only 150 received a 10. For a modern card that is obscenely difficult.

For comparison the hidden fates zard has 1392 submissions with 1012 receiving a 10.

[mthursty]

I think this might go for all checklane blister promos (atleast with the 2018 packaging) but I’ve purchased a bunch of these eggs and they are all horrible. Both print lines and whitening. The worst thing is over half of these cards I’ve purchased have a slight crease due to the way they are packaged. The pop report doesn’t tell much since only three are graded (I mean who actually wants a random set of eggs graded) but I’d imagine it would be tough to find a truly gem mint one. Some high volume sellers list freshly pulled cards as played because of this.

[mthursty]

@jakyol

How has no one mentioned the Charizard from evolutions? Out of 4300 submissions only 150 received a 10. For a modern card that is obscenely difficult.

For comparison the hidden fates zard has 1392 submissions with 1012 receiving a 10.

look at all holos from evolutions pop

[pokaholic]

@muk ,
Neo Intro Pack 2001:

Metal Energy, super hard to grade due to the fact that it is the last card in the chikorita deck with 40 cards which has space to move around in the box and bump into the walls, the corners (back) get damaged easily as only the last card is exposed, the other 39 are pretty stick together so they move as one big object. in my case, it were only the right side corners as the card was exposed on that side.

Feraligatr, same problem as Metal Energy, in the totodile deck, the corners on the left (back) are pretty worn out.

Meganium, 2nd last card of the chikorita deck, not affected by the deck moving around in the box, everything perfect except centering which is also a big problem in this set.

[pokaholic]

centering… also wondering how the left one got a 10.

[muk]

@pokaholic thanks a lot for the pics pal, at least I’m not the only one with those Intro Pack issues
It’s really hard to make your money back by opening and grading these. The demand just isn’t there, but consisering the grading difficulties and overall low pop, these cards could (should) be a bit more expensive.