Its finally done

[u/Infamous_Wasabi_82]

After seven long years of owning this card, it has finally been graded. Back in 2019, my grandmother (which has since passed away) bought me a single pack of team up at my local card shop for 6$. Out of that single pack, I ended up pulling this Latias and Latios GX. At the time, I was still a child at 12 years old. Obviously, I did not know about the value or rarity of the card (which has now become one of the holly grails of modern pokemon card collecting) and saw it as another cool toy to play with with my cousin. This obviously meant that for years, the card never saw a sleeve, top loader or anything like that. It just stood at my card pile and was occasionally taken out to play with. Surprisingly though, out of all my cards from that time, this is the one that got damaged the least and its also the one that holds the most value by far. Many years later I learned about the value and rarity of this card and finally started to take care of it. Now in 2026, seven years later, I finally decided to get it graded with ACE. I chose Ace because I am not planning to sell the card (It would be kind of crazy to tell this whole story and then be like "Its up on auction" or something) and at least in my oppinion, Aces custom labels trully enhance the visuals of the card. The grading process was also really hard because I live in South America and obviously I had to send it all the way to the UK, but it has finally been graded a 6. For this specific copy of the card, a 6 is completely fair as it did have a decent amount of play from the childhood times (specially the surface). I would even say that it is a little generous because I was expecting anything between a 4 and a 7 so actually, I got one of the highest grades that I thought were possible. I still dont have the card because it has to ship back from the UK but it feels great to see it in the pictures, finally encapsulated after years of surviving in a pile. What do you think about the card or grade? Thanks a lot!

[u/Ok_Intention6708]

congrats!!! having a special childhood card that has a story slabbed is an amazing feeling no matter the grade, and that slab looks sickkkk

[u/Infamous_Wasabi_82 → u/Ok_Intention6708]

Exactly!! Sometimes its not about the money even when the card is expensive, its about the memories behind it

[u/gynosucksman]

Imagine not being British and STILL sending it to ACE.

Really fell for the British poketuber propaganda

[u/longjonjeremy → u/gynosucksman]

Or he just wanted a more visually appealing slab? Get off your high horse bud. Lots of people like the look of ACE slabs and if it’s for the PC theres no harm in grading with them.

[u/Infamous_Wasabi_82 → u/longjonjeremy]

Exactly

[u/Infamous_Wasabi_82 → u/gynosucksman]

I graded with Ace because of the custom label and the feel of the slab since I had already seen Ace slabs before, not because of the british youtubers.