New PSA Case (My Cracking Experience 2025)

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@Slade

Have you guys received this new slab design?

Plenty now to be honest:

What cert do the new psa slabs start at?

I have a 78xx in a new slab… Because I submitted it for a reholder lol So the thing is you will definitely get the new slab for any standard-sized Pokémon cards - regardless of Grading or Reholder - if you submitted to their office in Japan after July 2024. This was officially announced by their Japan office at the time so not a speculation. This also means that you may get new slabs for any valid cert if someone out there reholdered the card in Japan. In addition, you should not assume all ca…

Also posted a video showing how to crack them with tile nippers:

What cert do the new psa slabs start at?

The basic idea is that you don’t try to crack the slab’s surface but by pinching all 4 edges and bending them outwards so that the welded edges are “peeled off”. The difficulty between these approaches can be more significant on new slabs since the material is more flexible and easier to bend than to crack. Here’s a YouTube video showing how to do it (you don’t need to understand the Japanese, just watch how they did it): [【PSA鑑定】PSAケースの開け方完全解説【割り方】【ポケモンカード】【ポケカ】] Tile nippers are …