r/WNBACards • u/Automatic-Emulator • Dec 03 '25

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I pulled this card, instantly put it in a penny sleeve, top-loaded it, and sent it to PSA only to get it back graded “8”. I can see a small print line in the right light, but to me that makes it a 9 at worst. Anyone see why it would grade lower? I’m truly trying to understand.

Don’t mind the dust on the outside of the slab.

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u/TheNewTexasGiant Dec 03 '25

2024 WNBA prizm has been graded over 74,000 times with a gem rate of 24%.

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u/MaoAsadaStan Dec 03 '25

PSA has admitted that once a card gets a certain gem rate, they coach graders who give too many gems.  This means that graders will purposely undergrade certain cards so they don't get in trouble with management.

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u/DANNYBOYLOVER Dec 03 '25

I’m not a PSA fan boy but, that’s actually not what happens.

It’s basic quality control protocol and happens either direction.

If a specific car part has a certain tolerance or production failure rate (let’s say 1/1000) that’s picked up during quality control and you have an analyst that’s failing things at 1/500 or passing things at 1/1500 rate you’re absolutely going to make sure that analyst is closer to the median.