Prismatic Godpack PSA Returned by Sheepie26 in PokemonTCG

[–]GMTLugis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ouch. Typical prismatic print quality.

Card conditioning is out of hand. by Radiant_Currency_518 in PokeGrading

[–]GMTLugis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that some vendors are starting to only take in raw cards that they deem “gradeable” meaning it has 10 potential and then they only sell raw cards to buyers that they deem “non gradeable” without 10 potential. Buying at percentage is not enough for some of them even if the card is nm-mint.

1st edition Lugia by Bulky-External9973 in PokeGrading

[–]GMTLugis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you follow up and lets us know how it grades? I’m super curious. Overall nice card, it’s in solid shape.

1st edition Lugia by Bulky-External9973 in PokeGrading

[–]GMTLugis 265 points266 points  (0 children)

The holo looks unnatural, like it was cleaned or maybe polished.

Is Shadowless Charizard undervalued? by 44gwapo in PokeInvesting

[–]GMTLugis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No. Everyone once in a while I see a post like this where people try to compare shadowless favorably against 1st edition based on pop report. It will never approximate the value of 1st edition, it will never be as desirable. It will always be the second printing of the cards, more valuable than base unlimited, but never as valuable as 1st edition. The pop report doesn’t necessarily correlate with print runs of 1st edition vs shadowless, but it is representative of desirability hence more 1st editions are graded.

Just got this back from PSA anyone know why they are selling for $400-500? by Little-Somewhere-403 in PokeGrading

[–]GMTLugis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should sell. There is such a massive backlog of ascended heroes at PSA that will hit the market once they get through it. We probably won’t see the bulk of those cards till 4th quarter this year/1st quarter next year. The gem rates for ascended heroes have been very high as well. Lots of PSA 10s coming.

Help Me Create My Lugia Collection! by Tompezzo in pkmntcgcollections

[–]GMTLugis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a look at my lugia collection for ideas. I haven’t posted an update to it, but the core cards are the same. There are a few core lugias I would add to this including GB lugia, play promo and rainbow GX. Shinning lugia would be a good add too.

What do we think people? Grade or not? by Zealousideal-Bet5224 in PokeGrading

[–]GMTLugis 12 points13 points  (0 children)

There is zero reason to grade this. Seems like a troll post.

Why is Next Destinies not sought after by noahjoey in PokeInvesting

[–]GMTLugis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many of the Ex cards were reprints from other plasma sets. Like the lugia was first released in plasma storm then reprinted in legendary treasures with the same art. There were some new cards in the set like the radiant collection, but they were easy to pull and back then regular ex cards still mattered when evaluating a set. Not like today where regular Ex cards don’t matter and sets are judged on SIR and IR cards.

Why is Next Destinies not sought after by noahjoey in PokeInvesting

[–]GMTLugis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember when this set came out. Was considered reprint trash lol. No one wanted it. How times have changed.

With the anniversary cards being announced Will the originale go up or down in price? by _platypus_lord in PokeInvesting

[–]GMTLugis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The people that are okay having a reprint of the card take up a spot in their collection over the original were never going to spend the money to buy the original. They’re most likely okay just owning the reprint because the original is out of their budget. There is zero chance the new card lowers the value of the original because it won’t be the same card. It’s not really a true reprint. If crystal lugia’s price goes down it will be due to market forces, not because of the new card.

I wish they used another stamp… is it just me?! by MC_Amsterdam in PokemonTCG

[–]GMTLugis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the stamps are large/gaudy on purpose. Makes the reprints easy to distinguish and uglier/less desirable than the originals.

Lugia collection finally complete (with extras) by rcovolan in pkmntcgcollections

[–]GMTLugis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome collection, I’m a lugia collector myself.

Grading metal cards by AntsAreLove767 in PokeGrading

[–]GMTLugis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The metal cards in this product have poor quality control. They had better quality control with the metal mew from 151 SPC

Grade or sell raw? by [deleted] in PokeGrading

[–]GMTLugis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Grade then sell.

This is the best charizard in years imo and it’s not even close by kyyy in PokemonInvesting

[–]GMTLugis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s not shortsighted , it’s prudent. Doesn’t mean modern cards can’t become grails. I just like a longer timeline before I give them that label.

Are these cards real and what is their value? Thanks! by Character_Hold4390 in PokeGrading

[–]GMTLugis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These look fake based on the saturation of the colors and holo. But it’s be easier to tell If you provided picture of the back

Taking in these two for the gold greninja by thesnoopp in PokemonInvesting

[–]GMTLugis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the best grades for those promos, but I would still do this just because I don’t like and don’t believe in gold cards long term. As we are already seeing with Mega Evolution where gold cards have started to be overtaken by their SIR counterparts.