Grading Scale

We do not include autographed and Grand Prix/Pro Tour stamped cards in our online inventory!


Near Mint (NM) A card that is legal for tournament play outside of a sleeve. This card may be right out of a booster pack or may show a few minor surface marks. Near mint generally allows for 3 flaws with us - nothing more than 1 or 2 border marks and hard to find surface wear.

Anything that is not NM may need sleeves for tournament play. Sleeve requirements depend on the tournament organizers - See my ebay store to combine sleeves with single card purchases!

LIGHT PLAY - Slightly Played SP: A card that is very lightly played and will have more border marks than a Near Mint Card, as well as some surface scratching. This card is slightly played with visible wear.

MEDIUM PLAY - Played PL  A card that has seen a lot of play wear and has surface markings as well as border wear, this card is Played. Some played cards may have slight 'shuffling creases' from players who knuckle shuffle down the top or bottom middle of the card. Only cards with small top/bottom middle creases would be considered (example a top middle crease about this big -- ) A Medium Play card would be considered played by most, but some collectors may consider this heavily played.

HEAVY PLAY - Heavily Played HP : A heavily played card that has definitely seen better days. This is a heavily played card. This card is one step up from good, but it is in bad shape. This card will have a larger shuffling crease and will most likely be visible from both sides of the card. These cards are the ones you want to own when you're on a budget - these cards will be discounted!

POOR -This card has been abused. Card will be heavily played, bent, torn, and/or markered. Anything goes with a poor condition card. Generally we do not list Poor condition cards on the website.