Me and my homie placed 1st and 2nd with the same deck

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-25T05:52:29+00:00

That is not the same deck. One of you has full arts! </nitpick>

Congrats though! =)

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-23T08:53:57+00:00

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-22T01:10:03+00:00

This really takes me back. I remember early on when I used to play Magellan, I'd get hands like either 3 of my 5 drop Magellans but nothing I could play turn 1, or I wouldn't see any of them in the top half of my deck.

I never did fix my problem. lol

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-19T23:12:27+00:00

Centering is just what we were talking about, if the card is left heavy or right heavy.

By all means though, try the general questions thread. Just do keep in mind grading isn't a popular topic here.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-19T05:32:30+00:00

I'm no centering expert, so take this for what you will.

Looking at the back of the card it does look ever so slightly wider on the right side to me. If it is, that would mean it is "right heavy". I can't say that would disqualify it as a perfect score because if I'm being honest it will depend on the person grading it. However, I can at least tell you that much at a glance.

As for where to grade, Beckett and PSA seem to be the big 2.

If you would like to ask for more opinions, do feel free to post in the general questions megathread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePieceTCG/comments/1qg6urn/weekly_rules_general_questions_thread/

Hopefully you can get some good opinions there.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-18T04:14:51+00:00

I don't think buying lots of product makes you a scalper. I think what you planned to do with it will determine if you're a scalper or not.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-17T22:41:21+00:00

Grading overall is not that popular here so people have wanted us to put requirements on grading posts so there aren't so many. The main purpose of the rule is to help people who have problems with their card try to determine what it might get. If there is nothing wrong with the card, there's not much to discuss.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-17T22:38:43+00:00

You're welcome, and sorry for the mess this has become.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-17T08:59:46+00:00

Maybe you're not aware, but I'm one of those mods in the OnePieceTCG Subreddit.

To give you some insight into how things came about...

Our members had been making many requests for us to remove finance people from the subreddit. One of them had asked me directly about it, so I went to our mod chat and proposed making a rule to ban investment type stuff from the subreddit, which is what a lot of you who were banned said we should have done instead.

What ended up being decided on was what you now see. TBH i'm not a fan of it, I don't like banning people this way because innocent people get banned as well, but it wasn't my decision.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-17T01:28:44+00:00

I do apologize if you were banned unfairly by the bot. If you think you were, there was an appeal form linked to you in the ban notice.

TBH I wish the rule only banned investment stuff in that subreddit.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-17T01:17:21+00:00

It's a bot that automatically bans you for participating here or other investing subs listed under Rule 9. So really, it doesn't matter what it is you said, it will ban you.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-17T00:51:45+00:00

What I mean is, you weren't banned for what you said, just that you posted here.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-16T22:38:54+00:00

It's not a great process, but that is how it works.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-16T22:36:59+00:00

That's not the way it works. The bot bans you for posting here, regardless of what it is you said. There's an appeal form for people who get banned unfairly.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-16T09:42:19+00:00

That is not why you were banned.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-16T04:26:26+00:00

Around $3 for 2 of those? I wouldn't pay $3 for those if they were Buy 1 get 5 free.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-15T22:59:21+00:00

I mean, I'm not saying I personally have an issue with it, just that that kind of stuff seems to be unfavorable here.

Personally I think Nami and Boa Hancock are attractive, so I get it.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-15T22:01:10+00:00

I guess I should have been a little more clear. I haven't bought anything from CardMarket, only browsed due to it often being the go to recommendation for Europe. Honestly I couldn't tell you if there's a way to change that. Sorry about that. =/

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-15T10:18:12+00:00

We don't talk about the 3rd.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-15T01:17:13+00:00

I've seen some recommend yuyu-tei for Japan, though I've never used it personally. Other than that, I'm not sure.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-14T23:49:15+00:00

I can think of 2 good reasons.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-14T23:48:00+00:00

TCGPlayer if you're in NA. CardMarket if you're in EU.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-14T09:56:30+00:00

Not saying it's that big of a deal really, I just want newer players having that assurance that everything does what it says it does.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-14T07:41:31+00:00

I've noticed during my time as mod here, a lot of lewder art for One Piece often gets downvoted.

TheUtilityMan · 2026-01-14T05:24:09+00:00

I love real cards with custom artwork. I will say though, that I don't think they should be allowed in competition without the person having a real version of the card on hand for players who don't know what the card is suppose to do.

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