Oh damn, I didn’t even realise they were in different languages since I only thought it was released in Japan lol.
And yes, it didn’t even occur to me after reading Lucario instead of seeing the Japanese lol.
edit: does Pokemon even have a master database of what cards they have released where and when and for what
After all these years there isn’t even one, at least one that is user friendly, for English. pkmncards comes closest but still misses variants and digital files for later sets obscure what the differences are between releases ie holofoil patterns
I take back what I said about PSA damaging my card. After talking to a few folks and looking at it some more at different angles, it looks like I have a pinched foil layer PSA 10 alt art Charizard. I initially thought it was dented, but it looks like it’s protruding outwards instead of inwards. The backside is smooth. I swear this was not there when I sent it in, but I’d gladly be wrong and not have this actually be a damaged (dented) card.
Anyhow, I didn’t know PSA graded pinched layers. But here we are.
I finally sent out some PSA 9s that I cracked out. ex er holos and reverses. I got 19/58 PSA 10s this time around.
I had other subs with similar quality if not better. My sacrifice cards that trifectas of too off centered for 9s, whitening plus scratches got 9s. I put a moltres from TRR in front of my TRR mewtwo ex. everything else in the sub was in set order. The moltres got a PSA 10 and it was missing pieces of ink. like tiny pixels missing from a screen. There’s always spectualation, but I find it funny how cards I expect to get much lower get higher, and my other cards that are mint+ get the same grade.
Same quality of cards as last one, if not generally worse. In fact, some, like the rhydon and ninetales, were not subbed in the hopes of getting a 9. It was just merely to add a few more cards to fill it in and make it worth the expensive shipping. So funny how on one day a pack fresh card, like most of the shadowless in my last order, can get a 7, then on another day, a card with legit wear and tear can get a 9.
Regardless, happy about this sub. Some cards to help fund collection goals, and a few beautiful additions to the collection. Now if I can only get a grader like this for my obligatory repeat attempt on my shadowless cards.
Congrats!! My unlimited XY9 which was the only one I’ve ever seen also got a 10 a bit back. Sadly, there had already been one graded. So I have to settle with a pop 2.
Glad it all worked out!
