Moderate Clouding – Micro-scratches that make the card look dull or ‘cloudy’ that appear in multiple instances on the surface. Moderate Corner Wear – Slight bending or compression on up to three corners, or multiple instances of minor corner wear. If a card has more than 3 major border wear markings it will be moved to Heavily Played Borders can have whitening as long as it is minor. Moderate Border Wear – Minor markings in addition to Major markings that can exceed past 10% of the outer border but no more than 30%. If a Moderately Played card has several of the issues listed below, it will move to Heavily Played. Cards in this condition are tournament legal in a sleeve. Cards will often be distinguishable from one another and can often have multiple issues. Printing lines where an indent can be felt will be lowered to Moderately PlayedĬards in this condition show visible moderate wear. Minor Printing Flaws – Printing lines that do not indent the card, minor border damage from the printing process, and other minor printing process related flaws will make a card Slightly Played. This issue should not surpass one side of the card if it is along the border. Minor Clouding – Small areas of clouding on the surface of the card. Minor Scratching – Small scratches that show no discolouration or whiting on the card surface. Minor Corner Wear – Wear on the corners of the card that does not exceed past 10% of the outer black border. Consistent wear or more major markings will move the card to Moderately Played. Minor Border Wear – Nicks along the edges that do not exceed past 10% of the outer black border of the card. If several of the issues listed below appear on the card, it will likely be downgraded to Moderately Played. These cards often have multiple instances of minor wear and are always tournament legal in a sleeve. Minor misprints – Mild discolouring, mild misalignment, minor miscutting, and other similar minor issues caused by the printing process will not affect the grade of the cardĬards in this condition are likely to have multiple of the issues in the Near Mint grading section or have other issues like those listed below. Instances of this should be small and isolated to one or two spots Slight clouding – These are areas on the card that appear ‘clouded’ due to micro-scratching on the surface generally caused by dust or dirt. 
These scratches should be isolated to one instance, or two to three very minor instances
Slight scratching – Surface scratches that do not affect the colouring of the card.Slight corner wear- nicks on no more than two corners of the card that do not exceed past 10% of the outer black border.Concentrated or more prominent border wear will likely move the card into Slightly Played Slight border wear – Three or fewer small nicks viewable upon close inspection.A near mint card will show little to no wear and is always tournament legal in a sleeve.Ĭards that show more than one of the issues listed below are likely to be downgraded to Slightly Played.Įxamples of issues that can occur on near mint cards: Scanned cards you see in our inventory or on our website may not explicitly note a condition, and you can reference the image associated with the scan to get information on the wear of the card.Ĭards in this condition are often indistinguishable from other copies of the same card. Foil cards can be more susceptible to some types of wear such as scratching/clouding, and therefore the foiled portion of the card is looked at with extra care when grading. The overall condition of both sides of the card are considered when grading. All of our staff are trained under the guidelines expressed in this guide. Below you will find a guide for what to expect when buying or selling at the different conditions we display on our website: NM (Near Mint), SP (Slightly Played), MP (Moderately Played), HP (Heavily Played), DMG (Damaged). At Chimera Gaming we are always striving towards the highest of accuracy when grading and conditioning cards we buy/sell.
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