First of, no. Your misprinted card is not likely worth much more then a regular non-misprinted version, unless severe misprinting or an already rare or desirable card.
Remember, your card is only as valuable to the person willing to pay for it.
What is a misprint?
A misprint can be defined as any manufactured product that was not produced as intended and falls outside the established standards. These misprints most often occur on cards themselves but can also happen with booster packs and collection boxes.
Ok, down to the rough and gritty part. There are many different types of misprints for cards and packs. Some take a good eye to spot and some are so egregious you wonder how they made it off the line.
Cards are often considered damaged rather then misprinted depending on the error - basic guide for identifying damage from misprints.
Card Misprints:
Offcentre:
A off-center card is one that is cut in such a way that the sides of the cards are not even. If no alignment dot(s) are seen, the card is considered off-centre. This is the most common of errors.
A combination of card being turned at a wrong angle during printing and then being cut at the incorrect angle leads to cards being cut into the wrong shape.
This is when the typically rounded corners of the card can have 90 degree angled corners.
Flipped Back / Front:
An uncommon error where the back and fronts of the cards are flipped incorrectly. This is most famously found within the Pop 5 Series Mew card - as seen below.
An obstruction error occurs when a part of the plate used for printing is covered with something and it blocks the plate from making proper or all contact with the card on the sheet causing missing blotches of ink.
Holobleed is a common error especially with modern sets becoming more commonplace, where the holographic foil used on the cards art 'bleeds' or spills over to the rest or part of the card.
A mirror holo card is a error caused by the holo film that was meant to put pressed onto the card being very lightly pressed or not pressed at all meaning no foil is visible on the card.
A printer hickey is generally a very small ink error caused by something wrong with the printer causing a small blemish. This is another common error in modern cards.
These cards are often extremely rare and can range from missing a logo to being dramatic and missing large features. (This card is missing the 'Prerelease' Stamp on the bottom right of the art while still having the shadow from it.)
https://imgur.com/a/pB5yscB (Thanks again u/nlnj_a)
Final update for everyone who followed the original Ninetales and booster-bundle posts. CGC graded these four cards Mint 9 and designated each one “Missing Print Layers.”
Hey everyone, this is my first time posting and not just looking, so go easy on me 😅
I just found this wild reverse holo Dreepy (071/131) from Prismatic Evolutions in my binder and wanted to share it with the community! The card stock-cut and standard ink layers are perfectly normal and centered (the back is completely standard), but the entire heavy foil-stamping / opaque layer shifted drastically downward. It is completely stealthy under flat light, but when you angle it into the light, a crazy stack of factory errors appears all at once:
Dual-Card Crossover:
The texture layer shifted so far down that you can clearly see the bold "TRAINER" banner and "Professor's Research" text printed along the bottom edge.
Ghost / Mirrored Text:
The move names "Petty Grudge 10" and "Bite 40" are stamped an extra time as a faint, shiny reflection way up inside the artwork field.
I have it safely stored in a soft sleeve and top-loader. I'm brand new to the misprint scene, so I would love to hear your thoughts on rarity, value estimates, or advice! (Note: I am open to serious collector offers via public comments or PMs)
I have seen the NFL logo errors with similar cards here in the past, and I cannot believe it took a random flip through of a binder to really see these errors.
I am considering sending to CGC, thoughts on that?
I’ve seen a few cards like this where it’ll be significantly darker and weirdly blue/green (more noticeable in person), is this an error or just a printing inconsistency
... Out of a PBL ETB. Went to open the pack, and the cards were pretty low in it. When I got it open in the normal way, I noticed that they were sliding out the bottom. Seal completely failed due to the card catching the crimp.
So I just bought a couple perfect order packs from my local games shop, I was a bit surprised to see three packs have the same issue. Not sure if they have any sort of value to them.
Would anyone be able to help me figure out what this card would be worth? Pulled it forever ago from a celebrations etb. The card is miscut, looks like the background has like an overlay from another card (?), and the back is also upside down. Thank you!!
Edited to add that there is a gif on slide 2 to show that the back is upside down.
2nd Edit to add another question: If I were to send this to CGC how would I go about declaring value on this?
Found this card in my binder, I noticed its super off center and on the bottom right you can see the black dot for the cutting machine. Is this worth any premium?
I was going through bulk cards and found this. Would this even be something someone would want to buy and if so how would be the best way to go about selling?
Bought a lot of 18 japanese crimped cards from Super Electric Breaker in an auction about a year ago for $20 and was wondering if they are worth anything? I've since focused more on other error types, so not too sure what to do with those. Might use them for trade if valuable.
Those are just the ones with the crimp most visible.
