Ghezzi tracks the exact certification numbers that PSA gives each individual card. He currently has over half of the PSA 10 Dark Paladin certification numbers. From his data, which he will readily give you, The corrected art Dark Paladin appears to have about equal numbers in PSA 10 as the error art. Most likely the corrected art does indeed have far fewer copies in existance than the error art, however please keep in mind a few things:
Anyone who would take the time to send in for the replacement corrected artwork most likely was serious about collecting, and would therefore keep it in good condition, rather than most kids who rip them out of packs and play with them.
Magician’s Force was one of the shortest printed of the original sets (only being current for I believe less than 2 months), and as such ALL the Magician’s Force cards will be in short supply. You only had a 1 in 5 box chance to even pull an error copy, so this means that the error artwork is also exceedingly hard to find.
Corrected art was done after the actual Magician’s Force 1st ed set print run and most likely in a short print run. As such, most of them share similar good centering, and overall good print quality (especially when compared to the actual set cards which suffer from terrible centering). As a result the corrected art cards were actually made better than the error artwork, making them easier to grade and thus get a PSA 10.
Most likely any extra copies that were not redeemed were not simply thrown out. As has been the case with other “extra” cards from other sets, they are typically gifted to Konami employees and/or their family rather than destroyed. While this may not necessarily be the case with this specific card it is common practice. This would explain the picture of the multitude of copies (I have also talked to people before who have bought copies off of this individual so I am assuming that the picture is real).
5.A lot of the corrected artwork PSA 9 and 10 as well as BGS 9.5 copies have been graded by a limited amount of people. Joe Munns (4Nationsgames) has graded I believe 9. Another gentleman on Instagram who has been selling most of the ones on ebay over the last year has graded 12 copies total, however I can not remember if he got 12 10s or simply graded 12 copies. I have talked to another who has graded at least 2 10s and a 9.
PSA did not start differentiating the corrected art from the error art until recently. As such the only way to have an accurate tally on the PSA pop report is if you track each individual cert number as Ghezzi has done, and that information speaks for itself.
I do think that corrected art will continue to outpace the error artwork and I personally like the artwork itself, however I would also caution anyone who takes the fact that it is “rarer” in a 10 than the error artwork.
I have another question regarding the 2018-jpp01 Blue-Eyes White Dragon. This one is the 20th secret rare version of the card and was an attendance price for everyone attending the 2018 world championships. I know for a fact that the card was very limited, but I don’t know the exact number of copies distributed. Maybe someone in here knows more?
I know there were only 2500 sets of the 2017 attendance prize cards which included a holographic (ghost) rare DMG but I havent found any info on any other year.
@velitheturtle,you are correct, the 2500 for the 2017 DMG are verified. However, I’m 100% positive that I’ve seen the distribution number for 2018 Blue-Eyes and Dark Magician somewhere but forgot about it. I think the numbers were higher than those for 2017 DMG. Maybe 3000, or 10,000? I can’t remember…
Hey guys, does anyone know some info on the ghost rare dark magician girl 2017 jjp01’s history and release numbers and price atm? I’m new to collecting yugioh couldn’t seem to find any info on this.
I may be in the minority here but what I’m looking forward to the most in this PWCC block besides the 1st ED PSA 10 BEWD are the 2002 tins since a whole set is being auctioned off. Curious if someone is going to pay a premium because it is secure and available all at once.
I see this asked quite a bit, I had an offer of $6,500 on mine, though there is no recent sale to actually prove the ceiling of the card. I would hypothesize it would fetch around $10,000 at the moment though, incredibly scarce to find for sale.
That’s up to the market bro, I really couldn’t tell you what somebody is willing to pay. From the looks of it, I would say LOB then DDS, then SDK, even though I prefer them in reverse order personally.
There are 2500 copies of the 2017 ghost rare DMG, as veli already stated. Sealed copies were still available until half a year ago. They were around $1600. back then it was a tad too high for me to buy it, today that price would be a bargain
They were going for around $2k PSA 9 and $2.2k sealed when I still dabbled in them trying to get a PSA 10. Now, they’re just plain extinct except for the 2 copies I see on Yahoo Japan Auctions for 700,000+ yen.
I spoke to Ghezzi and can confirm, he will willingly show that information. My problem with the 4th point, however, is that there’s no verifiable way (as of yet) to confirm or deny this information that I know of. I don’t even know if the claim that KONAMI gifts employees/family extras instead of destroying them is even verifiable. Is it? I ask because I legitimately do not know this information.
It’s perfectly fine to make and state the assumption that PSA 10/9 CA Dark Paladin is similar in quantity as the PSA 10/9 Misprint, followed up with the statement that the CA has a better chance of grading than the Misprint. Ghezzi’s data so far seems to heavily imply that that is the case. That assumption is supported by his evidence.
But assuming that the CA overall is less rare or somehow just as rare in quantity as the Misprint flies in the face of all the actual evidence we do have on the card. And when you have big names continuing to spread this assumption that has no verifiable evidence, I think the problem speaks for itself. The card could be as common as every iteration and reprint of Dark Hole - but until that information is verified, statements like that should be avoided.
Edit: Further note because I don’t think I’ve even mentioned it. The reason why I’m a stickler about this is because there is a genuine concern that if more big-name collectors follow this assumption or spread it, it will downplay the actual rarity of this card and cause people to be misinformed. Doing so endangers collectors who might not know what they have and be taken advantage of by others. When you have trusted names in the hobby spreading this assumption, it only hurts the rest of the hobby.
Injection fairly lily I still three 2 from lod and one from a reprint set. Not first edition and heavy played but I did well with them and won a tournament with them, they served me well in the game
They look sick, I always thought yugioh cards looked cool. I only found out about the sub plot in cards or at least told in a good way recently. He has three more videos with back stories and his videos made me want to collect the cards from them to put the stories in a binder.
I’ve heard from multiple collectors/sellers that have bought lots off of konami employees with stupidly rare/otherwise unobtainable stuff. Everything from test cards to printing plates to promos. I honestly would not be surprised if that stack of corrected arts came from such an instance.
I was only referring to psa 10 copies myself, won’t speak for anyone else on what their intentions were or are. I’ll buy one for my own collection eventually regardless if the price goes up or down, just wanted to share my take on it.
