Interpretation:Lightly Played Cards

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I know that grading cards or just the way people sell their cards can differentiate from person to person. In your “OPINION”, what does light play mean to you when it comes to cards? The reason why I ask this is because I bought a card off a company (my fault for not clarifying before buying but I did read their description) as LP, when I received it, it had 3 light creases.

Their description of LP:
-Light Play, this card might have minor wear around the edges but no major scratches or wear.
So I would think the card shouldn’t come w/ creases, it could just be me though.

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I think of LP as being < PSA 7 quality. Could be anywhere from PSA 4 - PSA 6. Creases possible.

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I wouldn’t be surprised to find a crease in an lp card cause if it was handled and thrown around the table a crease could happen easily. 3 creases seems more like just Played to me.

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Thank you for the feedback, I figured the general consensus was right, I messed up on that raw card damn.

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Any cards that has more then 1 crease is not considered light play to me! But the term light play is interpreted so differently from person to person.

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You were slightly misleaded. You’re free to ask a refund if you want, but it’s really not a big deal unless it’s a high end card?

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It isn’t really but, yeah I know that it is up for interpretation but under that description I wasnt expecting 3 small creases. Either way, I should of sucked it up and paid a little more lol. It was the LC Reverse Ninetales. I finally completing the entire raw set of LC.

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The definition of Light Play is so universally unsettled and constantly up for debate that I’d just pay attention to who you’re buying from. On TCGPlayer, light play excludes creases, which qualify it as Moderately Played. My personal interpretation is that a crease is damage that is too severe to be considered as lightly played.

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Anything with a crease in it is not considered light play to me. Scratches, edge wear, whitening, etc. is fine, but as soon as it’s creased, I consider it MP at the very least.

“Light Play, this card might have minor wear around the edges but no major scratches or wear.”

^ Based on this description, your card should not have come with 1 crease, let alone 3.

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To me if a card is played, it is played. I dont see the need to distinguish between heavy and light play when you can just categorize them as damaged/poor or played instead. Up to 2 small or 1 large crease or indent i consider played anything more is damaged. Mint>nm>ex>good>played>damaged/pooris the scale i go off personally.