THE Great Grading Results Thread

[candle]

Idk where I got that from but it was a while ago. Maybe @gemmintpokemon ?

Anyway yeah keeps dust out and keeps em packed tight. No tape of course !

[charizardespana]

Quack

[Fighting_Type]

Very nice! I’m going to send my first CGC sub soon with a mix of Japanese vintage and SWSH era cards. Hoping to get at least few pristines!

[charizardespana]

Psa 10 → BGS 9.5++ → CGC10

I hope this standard becomes consistent

[Parallax]

I actually thought the stripy cliffs and blue and white stars were the American flag at first glance.

[thurco]

boy do i have news for you

[Parallax]

No way! Is it really the US flag? Didn’t realise that was a thing in Pokemon.

[Professor_Broke]

I think it’s the grand canyon or other sandstone canyons like Utah or Arizona personally.

The other cards have landscapes for their country’s not flags

[thurco]

Have a look at this ‘World Collection’ mini set its really cool. The background of the pikachus are meant to represent the flag of the country that matches the language!

[camrok37]

@Professor_Broke

The other cards have landscapes for their country’s not flags

All of the other cards have the colors of their countries respective flags within the card art. This has been confirmed as intentional in interviews with some of the artists.

Edit @thurco beat me to it

[Vertemes]

Grades came back, happy to announce that I will most likely be able to get a ray gold star with this sub combined with other sales

Beyond happy with this sub btw.

[Quuador]

@Parallax

No way! Is it really the US flag?

@Professor_Broke

The other cards have landscapes for their country’s not flags

It’s a stretch in some of them, but they actually do. @thurco and @camrok37 are both indeed correct.

Here a quote from me from years ago, when I first learned about it myself:

@Quuador

Not sure if it’s common knowledge or not, but I personally only recently heard about it. The Pikachu World Collection 2010 cards have the colors and/or shape of the flag mixed into the artwork for their specific languages. In some of these it’s a bit of a stretch, ngl. But in others, especially the English and Polish ones, it’s very obvious:

Greetz,
Quuador

[Paulkemon]

@Vertemes

I will most likely be able to get a ray gold star

No way! That’s huge! Congrats!

[Vertemes]

If I sell everything, including the ray I have rn

[Paulkemon]

Does that mean you’re gonna do it?

[Vertemes]

As soon as I sell everything…yes

[Paulkemon]

Bro that’s huge! Great work!

[thurco]

The journey is over, our boy has grown up

[surfnsnow]

If I sell everything, including the ray I have rn

Congrats! Just curious, are you upgrading to a higher grade?

[cofiey]

I can live with the ancient mews and the Espeon, but the Umbreon hurt a bit.