Card Condition Guide
Our Card Condition Guide is provided for you Pokémon fans to reference to know what to expect to recieve when purchasing singles at Pokédecs.
Single cards are sold and priced based on quality and quantity of imperfections of an item. This guide is to help our clients/Pokémon fans avoid any misleading situations. We advise you get familiar with our Card Condition Guide when planning to make a purchase.
We would like to note this is based on human observation. We are not a grading company and would like to remind you we are here to help with any further questions or inquiries about our in stock cards!
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NM - 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 scratch or three, 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.
SP - Slightly Played
A few minor and noticeable imperfections but no major defects.
Cards in Slightly Played (SP) conditions may have minor border or corner wear, scuffs or light scratches.
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.
MP - 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 or 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, such as creasing that doesn't affect card integrity, in combination with other issues such as scratches, scuffs or border/edge wear.
A Moderately Played card has no structure damage, the overall look is still fine with no major structural damage.
HP - Heavily Played
Major amount of damage, bad overall looking, but still playable.
Cards in Played (HP) conditions show a major amount of wear.
Cards can show a variety of moderate and major imperfections along with creasing, whitening and bends.
Heavily Played cards can have flaws that impact the integrity of the card.
DMG - Damaged
A Poor card shows major defects and might not be playable or tournament legal.
Damaged cards (DMG) show wear or imperfections beyond the standards for other conditions.
Cards in Damaged condition can also exhibit imperfections or damage that may make the card illegal for tournament play, even in a sleeve, for example a major bend, noticeable through the plastic.
Cards in Damaged condition may have major border wear, corner wear, scratching or scuffing, as well as folds, creases, tears or other damage that impacts the structural integrity of the card.
PLEASE NOTE: Centering and errors do NOT effect condition.
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