Grading Scale
Near Mint
Minor imperfections, the card looks nearly unplayed with no major defects.
- Cards in Near Mint conditions show minimal wear of handling and can have a nearly unmarked surface, crisp corners, and unblemished edges outside of a few slight flaws.
- A Near Mint card may have slight edge wear or a superficial scratch, but overall looks nearly unplayed with no major defects.
- The acceptable range of cards within the Near Mint condition includes both cards with no imperfections and cards with a few slight imperfections.
Slightly Played
A few minor and noticeable imperfections but no major defects.
- Cards in Slightly Played (LP) conditions may have minor border or corner wear, scuffs, or light scratches. The Front would still appear Near Mint.
- Major defects such as grime, bends, or issues with the structural integrity of the card are not present.
- Noticeable imperfections are okay, but none should be too severe or at too high a volume. The acceptable range of cards within the Slightly Played condition includes both cards with few or a handful of minor imperfections.
Moderately Played
Different imperfections, noticeable defects on small areas.
- Cards in Moderately Played (MP) conditions may present border wear, corner wear, scratching or scuffing, creases, whitening, or any combination of moderate examples of these flaws.
- A Moderately Played card may have some form of imperfection impacting a small area of the card from mishandling or poor storage, in combination with other issues like scratches, scuffs, or border/edge wear.
- A Moderately Played card has no structural damage; the overall look is still fine with no major structural damage.
Played
Major amount of damage, bad overall looking, but still playable.
- Cards in Played (PL) conditions show a major amount of wear.
- Cards can show a variety of moderate and major imperfections along with small creasing, whitening, and dirt.
- Played cards can have flaws that impact the integrity of the card, but the card is still sleeve playable in tournaments.
- Played cards dont have big creases or folds and can still look decent in a binder.
