Condition Guide:
Here's a brief overview of what each grade means based on official eBay card condition guidelines:
Near Mint or Better (NM): Near Mint condition cards display minimal or no wear or damage. They appear fresh out of the pack. Other than minor chipping, indentation, or scratches, the card shows no moderate or major signs of damage. These cards may be never played cards or cards that have been played with sleeves.
Corners: Minor chipping, Edges: Minor chipping, Discoloration: None, Surface Indentations: Minor, Creases: None, Scratches/Scuffing: Minor, Staining: None
Lightly Played (LP): Cards in Lightly Played condition can have moderate chipping, indentation, or scratches. Lightly Played cards do not look heavily tampered with and are legal for play in a sleeved deck.
Corners: Moderate whitening/chipping, Edges: Moderate whitening/chipping, Discoloration: Minor, Surface Indentations: Moderate, Creases: Minor, Scratches/Scuffing: Moderate, Staining: Minor
Moderately Played (MP): Moderately Played cards have discernible flaws such as major chipping around the edges and corners. They have moderate discoloration, indentation, creases, scratches, or stains. However, there is no liquid damage on Moderately Played cards.
Corners: Major whitening/chipping, Edges: Major whitening/chipping, Discoloration: Moderate, Surface Indentations: Moderate to major, Creases: Moderate to major, Scratches/Scuffing: Moderate to major, some slight paper loss, Staining: Moderate to major
Heavily Played (HP): Heavily Played cards show a massive amount of wear and damage. Corners and edges may be rounded, chipped, fuzzy, or missing altogether. These cards have major discoloration, indentation, scratches, or stains. They also have multiple major creases or wrinkles. However, Heavily Played cards should have less than 30% liquid damage.
Corners: Major whitening/chipping with one or more corners missing, Edges: Major whitening/chipping with tears possible, Discoloration: Major, Surface Indentations: Major, Creases: Multiple major creases, Scratches/Scuffing: Major scratches/scuffing with paper loss, tears, and pinholes, Staining: Major