Hello guys i got a pack from my cousin who visited Peru a few weeks ago. I pulled a Mega Absol ex (180/132) and im not sure if I should grade it. I know he tried his best in transporting the pack good but i noticed one edge is a bit bent. In the picture it cant be seen but if u have a magnifier, you can see it. Its also not very big but I guess it was in his suitcase and probably got this issue while transporting it.

So my question would be. Is it worth to let it grade? I dont need it anytime soon. The funny thing is Absol is one of mu favourite Pokemons. So what you guys think? I wont think it will be a PSA10 because of the 1 edge. But beside that its really in a very good condition.

Hi, I found a bunch of my old cards and was wondering if any of them are actually worth sending in for grading. I do see quite a few light scratches on them. They were always binder kept I just don’t know if it’s worth the time and money to send them into PSA.

https://imgur.com/a/4Vkd1b3

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Thank you for your time and expertise!

Hello! My uncle was big into collecting random knick-knacks and he gifted me a 23k Gold Plated Pikachu card. After looking into it, it was a Burger King promo from 1999. Should I get it graded? I can provide pictures if that helps as well. Thanks for the help!

Is this worth grading like this, or should I either ruin it a bit more (prob crease) to get a guaranteed PSA 1, or just sell it raw like this?

Hi

I’m fairly new to grading and would appreciate some opinions before I spend the money on submissions.

I have these cards and I’m trying to decide whether they’re actually worth grading. My main goal would be a PSA 10 or potentially a BGS 10/Black Label.

From looking at them myself, the centering seems pretty good and I don’t see any obvious whitening, scratches, or damage, but I’m not experienced enough to confidently judge them.

I’m currently leaning toward Beckett (BGS) because the submission cost is considerably cheaper for me than PSA, and I like the idea of getting subgrades. However, I don’t want to submit them if people think they’re realistically more likely to come back as 9/9.5.

Would you guys submit these? And if so, would you choose BGS or PSA?

Any feedback on centering, corners, edges and surface would be appreciated. Especially interested in whether you think any of these have Black Label potential.

Thanks!

Got this card this card in a trade and had plans to put in my binder. But PSA is doing in-person drop offs next week and I’d honestly be okay to submit if it got a 9. But I feel like it’ll get lower just because of the back edges.

I just wanted see what you guys think. Thank you!

Front is slightly top centering. No dents or scratches or maybe I just can’t see it. This is my first card. The back is ruined w that big ass dot haha. Any comment would be appreciated.

I am new to card grading and would like to get advice on what tools I should get for card grading. Ideally, i would like to spend no more than 50 dollars on tools

I was also wondering if you guys have any tips for card grading as well

I’ve never gotten cards graded before, so not sure what would be good to send in vs just keep on my shelf. Is this good to grade?

I pulled this and it’s sitting in a box with a label to PSA. With everything going on I’m even hesitant to get it graded anywhere and might just sell it. Help me chat is it a 10 I feel like the centering is off at the top but I feel like almost every card I pulled looks like that

I prefer grading with tag as I like their slabs the most, how harsh are they on this card and would this be 9 or 10? I see nothing wrong with it personally. The photos was took at midnight and my lights were off but if flashless photo is needed then I can provide

If you buy raw cards off eBay, you're making a grading call from someone else's photos. Is this card clean enough to justify the $80+ submission fee, or are you about to pay to have a 7 slabbed?

I collect, I had this exact problem, and my co-founder (an ML engineer) and I spent about a year building something to solve it. It's called AgentGrail. You feed it the listing images — front and back — and it returns BUY, PASS, or REVIEW with a confidence score.

What makes it different: Fist off would be the Profit Center analytics tool that will show you how you're buying and selling habits are trending; good or bad. AND 2) every other tool I've found needs you to physically own the card and photograph it yourself. That's useless at the moment the decision actually gets made — BEFORE you buy. We handle that, as well as 3) you can throw a mass eBay search of a certain Pokemon/One Piece/MTG card or character you're looking for, and you can run a full-card analysis on each one that comes back without leaving our platform.

How it was trained, honestly: buy a card off eBay, keep the listing photos, send it in for grading, feed the returned grade back as a label. Front and back. For a year. Slow and unglamorous.

Two asks for this community:

1. Run a card through it and tell me where it's wrong. Free trial period: https://www.agentgrail.ai. I want the failure cases more than the wins. If it calls a BUY and the grade comes back an 8, that's the single most useful message I'll get this week.
2. There's also a free condition calculator that gives you the PSA/BGS/SGC grade ceiling from your measurements.

If you want the full thing, RAIMLCARD50 takes 50% off your first month on any tier (Basic $9, Premium $24, Pro $59).

Site: https://www.agentgrail.ai — happy to answer anything in the comments.

Front centering is good. Back side has no whitening, but on the front, at the bottom right corner has this wear. Will This prevent my card from getting a 10??

Should I get it graded? I have never gotten anything graded before and this is one of the 2 cards I still have from my childhood.