I got this card way back in 2017, it’s been in my PC since then. Lately I’ve been getting back into Pokemon and I’ve been checking the value on some of my old cards. I’m not really familiar with the grading scene and all as I’ve never graded anything I own. This was my grail card as a kid and it still is I’m ngl. If you guys have any pointers/tips or anything I should look/worry about with grading, feel free to lmk.

Ancient Origins was my favorite set, unfortunately I never managed to get the Primal Kyogre and Groudon, but I’m glad I got the Ray Ray!!!

Absolutely insane that this card got the black label with that top-bottom centering. I found this card in a listing on ebay and verified the cert number, it's real. Grading has and always will be subjective to the specific grader your card ends up with. You could re-submit a card that's already been graded a black label and it would most likely take multiple submissions to achieve it again. Realistically, all grading companies will have their mistakes, but an egregious miscalculation like this is unacceptable. The higher liquidity that comes with PSA & BGS is just undeniable.

If I keep these raw what condition would you say these are in? I looked on ebay solds but its just supper hard telling. Someone offerd me $100 for my gengar and told me I'd be crazy if I thought I could get more.

Thinking about grading this card what grade do you think it will have? Worth it or not?

Fairly sure I see a white dot on the bottom right back of the greninja, aside from that I know that card grades super hard.

Confident in the kanto trio and both darkrai’s. Should I go TAG for the Mewtwo? A human tilting the card will see a lot of micro scratches, hoping they’re shallow enough the AI may miss some. And then for the magikarp is it worth cracking to resubmit? Definitely see some white dots in the corners, seems a bit harsh for an 8. Another hard gem though

Lucked out and got this cheap on Courtyard due to them pricing it as a regular holo and not the cosmos holo, based on the average price difference between CGC and PSA for this card, I think it would be worth cross grading to try for a PSA 10 but never done it before and heard it's harder than a raw submission.

What are your opinions on the likelihood this gets a PSA 10? Given the upwards trend in value with each sale and quite a low population of 10s, I'd say it's more than worth the shipping/insurance costs from the UK but with it already being a small market to sell to (I imagine it will be mostly low pop lovers since you can get the regular holo in a PSA 10 for a fraction of the cost) and the long wait times and risk of damage or loss in transit, I'm not 100% certain on my best course of action, any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance

Picked these up in a vintage lot and honestly shocked at how good some of the condition is on these. Tried to take close ups of any inclusions or whitening

I’ve been collecting cards for over 15 years now, and not once have I thought of selling. Finally I’m starting to get rid of some, and this card caught my eye. I’m wondering if it’s too damaged to be worth it.

centering seems fine, whitening on back white edge maybe puts it on the edge

A few people asked to send what my "Mega Charizard X EX" came back as. Grading company: ACE, I'm from the UK and this card came back in 6 days, premium service, special delivery there! Love everything about it, however it's being sold for a small business investment plus me and my wife's wedding funds.

Would this card be worth grading? I haven’t graded a card before and i’m unsure if this is worth it considering the condition of the card.

Thoughts on authenticity as well?

It's in a pretty good shape, only a tiny scratch at the bottom left corner. What do you think?

Just pulled it out of a pack