This card will be close to perfect, but will have one or possibly several minor imperfections such as one or several small chips or white marks along the edge, or occasionally one or several small, very light face marks noticeable only in bright light and at the correct angle. Its corners will be crisp and the card will have a bright, new card shine to its finish, showing no scuffs or noticeable whitening of any kind on its faces. The card will be very well-centered if not perfectly-centered and will obviously have no bends, creases, tears, or writing on it.
LIGHTLY PLAYED (LP):
At best, this card will be very close to NM to mint, but will have a few too many marks to qualify for that grade. At worse, the card will have slight whitening around its edges and although the faces of the card will still be pretty clean, there may be one or several very small, light scuffs or marks, and the finish probably won't have the new card glossy look. The card may or may not require a sleeve to conceal the marks in play. There will be no bends, creases, tears, or writing on the card.
MODERATELY PLAYED (MP):
This card will have a fair amount of whitening and chipping all around the edges, and more significant scuffing on the faces. there will be no writing on the card, no major creasing or bending or any other major damage present. It will require a sleeve to conceal marks in play.
HEAVILY PLAYED (HP):
This card has heavy whitening all around its edges and/or a significant number of scuffs and marks on its face or faces. It will require a sleeve to conceal marks in play.
POOR:
Everything else-I don't sell many of these. The card can only be played in a sleeve. It is heavily worn with large amounts of edge wear and scuffing and marking completely or almost covering its face or faces. It may also have a bend, crease tear, or ink touch-ups. I will usually describe the specific problems in the auction description for any card that is graded poor.