CARD CONDITIONING GUIDE

🚨UNGRADED “RAW” CARDS SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE A PSA 10 GRADE🚨

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Near Mint “NM”

Near Mint cards can display very light signs of handling, subtle surface marks, tiny hints of whitening, soft print lines. Based off PSA’s grading scale a “NM” card can grade anywhere from a 7-10

Lightly Played “LP”

Lightly Played cards can display clear signs of handling. This would include Light scratches on the surface, edgewear, minor smudging, shallow indents or light corner and edge dings. the card is still intact and remains viable for tournament play

Moderately Played “MP”

Moderately Played cards can show clear and more substantial signs of wear. This may include pronounced surface scratching, noticeable edgewear, moderate indents, and minor bends or warping. Corner fraying may also be present. The card is still viable for tournament play

Heavily Played “HP”

Heavily Played cards shows extensive and easily identifiable wear. This would include deep or heavy surface scratching, noticeable chipping, heavy amount of whitening, riffle shuffling marks, rounded or softened corners the card remains structurally functional for gameplay but its overall visual condition is substantially degraded.

Damaged “DMG”

Damaged cards can include water damage, creases or bends, staining, ink marks, tears or missing parts of the card.