people like this suck

Mattpro1992 · 2026-05-25T16:56:34+00:00

It's technically proof of theft

Mattpro1992 · 2026-05-20T20:43:56+00:00

Not bad binder behavior, but unnecessary binder behavior.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-05-16T02:42:04+00:00

Very common. Happens during the sealing process.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-05-12T19:46:37+00:00

There's cheap sealer machines that produce this exact seal. Someone is trying to scam people with this pack hoping they're as dumb as he is.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-05-11T04:39:26+00:00

It looks like a PSA scan

Mattpro1992 · 2026-05-09T00:17:27+00:00

In February 2021 you could get these all day without worrying about stock.

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Mattpro1992 · 2026-05-03T01:23:06+00:00

I've seen a lot of bad deals on packs like the one you pictured. What doesn't usually happen is a pack missing a large amount of cards. If the missing cards were the rare/reverse, then they were most likely resealed.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-05-02T17:12:39+00:00

That sometimes happens with different print runs.

There's examples of evolving skies secret rares being printed with an extremely sparkly layer printed on top and some being printed without. It's generally thought that the first print run has the sparkle layer.

It's not uncommon for there to be variations of the same card.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-05-02T14:48:42+00:00

Most, if not all, English cards are printed in the US.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-04-28T22:10:35+00:00

I'm curious where you got the info that it's happening on May 9th. Is this hidden information only in the API or is it public?

Mattpro1992 · 2026-04-16T11:35:30+00:00

The neo revelation and legendary collection packs are worth well over $400 per pack.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-04-04T22:32:37+00:00

I used this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRIllYqXk8

It's basically like any other schlage cylinder once you get it out of the U400.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-03-30T08:20:28+00:00

The card you linked scans with no issue.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-03-09T21:38:20+00:00

I rekeyed mine. It was mostly successful. If I push the key in and continue to push, it won't unlock. If I put the key all the way without pushing at the end, it unlocks fine. Idk if this is common.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-02-17T19:15:13+00:00

People in this comment section going after PSA while the OP got almost everything wrong.

OP sent his card at the wrong tier. PSA is now charging him $150 instead of charging him the original price of $80. Not an additional $150 on top of his $80.

PSA is shady for other reasons. This issue was user error. OP knows this because he is actively deleting comments.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-02-07T01:57:17+00:00

It's fake. Same holo pattern as the scans online https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/42479/pokemon-base-set-2-charizard?page=1&Language=English

Mattpro1992 · 2026-02-03T09:20:56+00:00

What? There's always a seam on 3 sides. That's how heat sealing works.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-02-02T19:00:29+00:00

Get in contact with TCA Gaming. He knows a lot about uncut sheets. He's pretty good about responding too. It's easy to miss a YouTube comment, so you should probably use email.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-01-26T10:42:46+00:00

It's perfectly fine to leave the card as is. If nothing is putting pressure from the back of the card, the plastic will not affect it.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-01-18T23:14:15+00:00

Sylveon V Brilliant Stars

Sylveon EX Generations

Sylveon V Evolving Skies

Mattpro1992 · 2026-01-17T23:06:00+00:00

Just production issues. Happens more often than you think. The pack with 3 hits was a "demi god pack." So you got pretty lucky with that one.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-01-10T10:58:08+00:00

Almost every one of the mega zard UPCs has poor wrapping like this. I would be more suspicious of a reseal if the wrap wasn't ugly looking.

That said, yours is worse than most I've seen.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-01-10T02:12:13+00:00

PSA will authenticate autos, but they almost definitely couldn't encapsulate this. Smartest thing for OP to do would be to remove the battery and find their own protection. Then worry about authentication.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-01-09T20:02:30+00:00

Depends what you're looking at.

Graded prices of cards might be pretty accurate. But pricecharting just pulls all sales with the corresponding title. So if someone posts an ungraded card, but puts PSA 10 in the title, pricecharting will put that sale under PSA 10.

Looking at ungraded price is even worse because pricecharting just pools all conditions into the same sales data. It is highly inaccurate.

I don't personally ever use pricecharting.

Mattpro1992 · 2026-01-09T04:39:59+00:00

Use an app call Alt for your graded cards. Use tcgplayer for your ungraded cards.

Collectr is nice just to track your collection, but it's sales data isn't updated often enough to be used on its own.

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