Couldn’t be happier! 
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PSA gave me a 10 and then probably damaged my card while slabbing 
I pulled this card myself and know there wasn’t a big dent in it when I sent it in. Surely the grader saw no dent either. Otherwise, PSA is giving dented cards 10s.
Really sorry to see that, I dont even understand how PSA can damage cards in that way to be honest. I kind of see how they could maybe damage the edge or corner of a card but to put a crease almost an inch in from the right is hard for me to wrap my head around how and when in the process it would happen
This looks to be a roller indentation from packaging if it is on the front and back of the card.
Here is an excerpt from CGC describing it:
… a card that has roller damage from the packaging process will show as two vertical indentations on both the front and back of the card.
https://www.cgccards.com/news/article/9851/error-card-types/
Below is an example from my collection where you can see the two vertical roller dents.
If this was a roller dent case, obviously PSA misgraded the card. They are very hard to see on textured and rainbow cards.
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It’s gorgeous! Congrats on the 10! What a gift
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There’s no way it’s roller damage. It doesn’t go front/back, oddly just the front. It’s also just that one dent, not two lines.
Like I mentioned earlier, I know it didn’t have this before submitting. Something this obvious I would have seen immediately and wouldn’t have bothered sending in. I’m no expert grader but I’ve seen roller lines before (celebrations was egregious) and this ain’t it.
Anyhow, we can agree that PSA messed up one way or another here.
Nothing amazing. No 3s this time though 
Several 1 of 1s and a few modern head scratchers with the 8s.
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Had some really great returns recently but these two were too hype not to share:
Struggling to grade Yugioh 10s of any sort, so to hit on a starlight as my first big one was awesome.
And some Pokemon to close. Very sad to not hit the 9(OC) on the Cheren but I thought it was right on the cusp anyways, not seeing print dots. Must have other issues?
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Had to look this one up, is there any distinguishing difference from card given out at Yokohama vs Kyoto?
Not that I’m aware of, I believe they will be releasing the same card at a few other events this year.
There is a Taiwan and Hong Kong release that both have different stamps though.
If there is no difference, then how would PSA know which one was which to label it as such? Their data just has the one, so maybe they just act like a Kyoto one wouldn’t exist? Interesting…
Yah I think because that was the initial release and these are just “extras” it would fall under that name.
That would drive me crazy
Yep they shouldn’t have included the city name in the label.
It wouldn’t look as terrible with all the abbreviations either lol
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What’s the MTG market like in comparison to Pokémon? I know nothing about it but I’m super curious how they compare, in terms of market cap/popularity
Very complicated!
- The high end market feels more mature than Pokemon, similarly to sports but obviously not on that scale
- the Reserved list is a big factor
- the barrier to entry is a complicated history where for Pokemon it’s Japanese and tournament promos
- there are tons of supplemental products released each year that reprint cards from all of Magic’s history, so pricing on cards not on the Reserved list can fluctuate wildly
- consumer sentiment is all over the place with Secret Lair drops and exclusivity, inclusivity, pricing, MSRP
- a portion of the market is driven by a multiplayer, singleton, 100 card constructed format
- There are 5-7 other (Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, then Explorer and Historic) official, somewhat supported, 1v1 constructed formats, as well as actual support for Limited (Draft/Sealed) in each new set, and a handful of community formats (Old School, Premodern) that see fringe play
Modern Magic products have been following a bit of a “not every product is made for everyone” mentality, but there are a number of unique and interesting special/limited editions. I personally like the Neon Ink, Double Masters 2 Textured Foils, individually numbered Viscera Seers, and Anime Art Planeswalkers. It’s becoming a lot more of “pick up what you want” than “open packs” kind of thing for me.
And lastly, to keep this kind of on topic, I’ve had bad luck grading pack fresh cards, and when they come from a $60 booster pack, that feels very bad.
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Quality response, expected no less from someone with an Espeon pfp
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