# What do you do with your ex-nm cards **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 19, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739 "2021-05-19T01:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stagecoach](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/stagecoach/32/2251_2.png) [@stagecoach](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/stagecoach)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739/21 "2021-05-19T12:21:51Z")
I am a binder collector and most of my cards are cracked 8s and 9s. I do not like to collect less than that. Anything that fails the “at a glance” test - which is to say has an immediately apparent flaw upon casual inspection - gets replaced. I just sell them back on eBay to subsidize the cost of the replacement. I think “excellent” cards, even though people apply this generously sometimes, are perfectly collectable cards. They are lower than my preferred standard but I prefer to return them to the marketplace so someone else can be happy with them. ---
**Author:** ![wisewailmer](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/wisewailmer/32/179572_2.png) [@wisewailmer](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/wisewailmer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739/22 "2021-05-19T13:01:33Z")
harder question is what to do with pack pulled stuff thats not economical to grade ---
**Author:** ![redsticktcg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/redsticktcg/32/1434_2.png) [@redsticktcg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/redsticktcg)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739/23 "2021-05-19T13:04:26Z")
Binders if I plan on keeping, ebay if I don’t want them and they’re worth something ---
**Author:** ![Quuador](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/quuador/32/237215_2.png) [@Quuador](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Quuador)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739/24 "2021-05-19T13:56:55Z")
For me personally it’s rather simple: - If I didn’t had the card yet, it goes into my binder. - If I did already had the card, the worst condition of the two goes into my box of duplicates. Condition is irrelevant in the above, whether it’s mint or heavy played. I even have some foreign Sun & Moon era Energies that were folded in halve and used as protection for other cards in my binders, rofl. 🙂 * * * As for what to do with all those duplicated cards, that’s a complete different question which I honestly don’t have an answer for either. I plan on selling them (in the near future), but considering I have 12k+ duplicated cards in all 14 languages (actually, Polish and Russian probably not) and every possible condition, I’m not sure yet about the best approach to sell them… Greetz, Quuador ---
**Author:** ![millenniumnostalgia](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/millenniumnostalgia/32/1456_2.png) [@millenniumnostalgia](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/millenniumnostalgia)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739/25 "2021-05-19T18:32:32Z")
> [@Alec](#): > > Play with them! I build lots of decks and probably have 150 old ex’s and maybe 10 gold stars that aren’t in 8-10 shape that I’m happy to enjoy in decks. Same. Scratches off-centering whitening etc. are all welcome and they’re a fraction of the price. As long as the curling is minimal enough to not stand out in a deck then I’m happy. ---
**Author:** ![Gotta\_trade\_em\_all](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/gotta_trade_em_all/32/1247_2.png) [@Gotta\_trade\_em\_all](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Gotta_trade_em_all)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739/26 "2021-05-19T18:43:31Z")
Penny sleeve and a recycled card saver. ---
**Author:** ![Alec](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/alec/32/98870_2.png) [@Alec](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Alec)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739/27 "2021-05-19T18:53:49Z")
> [@millenniumnostalgia](#): > > > [@Alec](#): > > > > Play with them! I build lots of decks and probably have 150 old ex’s and maybe 10 gold stars that aren’t in 8-10 shape that I’m happy to enjoy in decks. > > Same. Scratches off-centering whitening etc. are all welcome and they’re a fraction of the price. As long as the curling is minimal enough to not stand out in a deck then I’m happy. Don’t look at my 05-06 decks… the Deoxys reverse holo curling is unreal. ---
**Author:** ![vehicularmenace](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/vehicularmenace/32/811_2.png) [@vehicularmenace](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/vehicularmenace)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739/28 "2021-05-19T20:36:16Z")
I binder the ones I like and sell the rest to buy more cards with. ---
**Author:** ![candle](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/candle/32/1545_2.png) [@candle](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/candle)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739/29 "2021-05-19T21:04:28Z")
> [@wisewailmer](#): > > harder question is what to do with pack pulled stuff thats not economical to grade i card saver any pack/deck fresh c/uc that looks gem mint. Obv some come with whitening out of the pack but I have a lot of random gem mint non-holos waiting for the right time. I figure the art is still great and the sealed product is so expensive its worth preserving them just in case ---
**Author:** ![wisewailmer](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/wisewailmer/32/179572_2.png) [@wisewailmer](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/wisewailmer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739/30 "2021-05-19T21:42:41Z")
> [@candle](#): > > > [@wisewailmer](#): > > > > harder question is what to do with pack pulled stuff thats not economical to grade > > i card saver any pack/deck fresh c/uc that looks gem mint. Obv some come with whitening out of the pack but I have a lot of random gem mint non-holos waiting for the right time. I figure the art is still great and the sealed product is so expensive its worth preserving them just in case it is tough because grading prices have never ever gone down before outside a short sale promo but they would be fools to do a sale now [Previous page](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-ex-nm-cards/32739.md?page=1)