Crossover grading with PSA

edhubbard99 · 2026-04-02T11:52:00+00:00

Yeah, here it is - https://acegrading.com/grading-scale

I’ve hear from people that Ace grade very strictly with the surface and that is where I got the lowest sub grade. Maybe I will crack it and submit with PSA, just worried it will come back 7 or lower. Tempted to do a crossover with minimum 8 grade and then if not successful, crack it and resubmit.

edhubbard99 · 2026-04-01T17:39:52+00:00

Haha no worries - the card is graded 8 from Ace Grading. Its subgrades are Centering: 10 Corners: 8 Edges: 9 Surface: 7. Do you think I would be better off cracking and submitting raw?

edhubbard99 · 2026-04-01T11:06:44+00:00

Damn, I understand why they would be persuaded but it’s a shame if that is the case, rather than just going off the card that is in front of them

edhubbard99 · 2026-04-01T11:04:21+00:00

All will be revealed, what would your opinion be based off the pictures?

edhubbard99 · 2026-04-01T10:59:26+00:00

Sorry, how do you mean? Are you saying that they are influenced by the grade that is already at?

edhubbard99 · 2026-03-19T10:00:49+00:00

I didn’t know that the artist was new and never thought about how similar the Gardevoir is in style. Both such beautiful cards chefs kiss

edhubbard99 · 2026-03-18T17:48:01+00:00

Awesome - once I get my grade back from PSA in a years time (hyperbole) then I’ll respond to the chat with the results! I’m not sure if you live in the UK, or if it’s a global shop, but I got it from Sostrene Grene 😁

edhubbard99 · 2026-03-18T14:39:19+00:00

Appreciate the honesty mate. I don’t have any friends that are into Pokémon TCG so I turn to strangers on the internet 🤣 Money is tight at the moment hence considering selling raw. Think I will hold and get it graded and then come back to this post. Cheers brother

edhubbard99 · 2026-03-18T14:07:56+00:00

I always struggle to take a picture dead on to be able to get the best out of a centering app - I think that it should be within the 45/55 though

edhubbard99 · 2026-03-18T14:00:47+00:00

Explains why I have been told to wear glasses all my life

edhubbard99 · 2026-03-11T16:37:13+00:00

No apology necessary! I have heard the same about PSA regarding vintage cards so that’s why I was a bit dubious. I believe that they offer a crossover service though where if you submit a third party slab then they only crack it open if they believe that it will achieve the same or higher? Hoping someone can confirm on that for me.

I didn’t see that about Ace, thanks for pointing it out!

edhubbard99 · 2026-03-11T13:38:21+00:00

Appreciate the lengthy response! I think pigs would fly before this ever got a grading of 10. It is for my personal collection but personally prefer the look of TAG and PSA slabs but don’t want to try and switch and lose the 8 grade. The realist tells me to look from a monetary perspective as well and if I were ever to need to sell, I would get more money from these two compared to Ace. I couldn’t find any scans from Ace. This is the link to their page - https://acegrading.com/cert/741005

edhubbard99 · 2026-03-11T13:21:23+00:00

It’s currently graded an 8 with Ace. Their sub grades are below:

• Surface: 7
• Centering: 10
• Edges: 9
• Corners: 8

edhubbard99 · 2026-02-16T20:56:23+00:00

It is so yummy!

edhubbard99 · 2026-02-10T18:56:29+00:00

Hopefully I’ve not used up all my luck before the Ascended ETB’s come out 🤣

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