Grading Scale

Effective immediately we have adopted a new grading scale to better serve our players.


Plus (+) Card is better than the listed grade, but less than the grade listed above on the chart
Minus (-) Card would be considered less than the grade listed, but above the next grade down on the chart.

Near Mint (NM) A card that is in pack fresh condition and/or a card that is legal for tournament play outside of a sleeve.
Near Mint Minus (NM-) A Near Mint card with very slight surface scratches and/or a few very slight border marks.

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!

Slightly Played SP (Also known as Excellent Plus EX+ or VF Very Fine): A card that is very lightly played and will have more border marks than a Near Mint Minus Card, as well as some surface scratching. This card is slightly played with visible wear.
Played P (Also known as Excellent: EX // F Fine) A card that has seen a lot of play wear and has surface markings as well as border wear, this card is Played. Some ex/fine 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 Fine/ex. A Fine/EX card would be considered played by most, but some collectors would consider this heavily played.
Heavily Played HP (Also known as Excellent Minus EX-): 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.
Good-A card that is heavily played and has quite a bit of play wear but does not have large bends, tears, or marker. Some good cards may have very slight bends such as a small corner bend, but nothing too bad. Cards with Huge shuffling creases will be listed as good. A good card may not have bends, but the borders will be very bad. Good should not be used as a condition rating in my book, as the word you are looking for is Bad but no grading guides use bad, so we will use Good also
Poor-This card has been abused. Card will be heavily played, bent, torn, and/or markered. Anything goes with a poor condition card. I will list as many details about a poor condition card as possible. I will never stock a card that is ripped in half or worse