American GradingsĪmericans use a different grading terminology than PSA and Cardmarket these days. An altered card should only be offered with a scan. The most typical way of altering a card is to extend the art over the rest of the card, but there are basically no limits to the imagination if the artist. Mint (M)Ī card is considered altered when the artwork of the card has been altered as a means of personalizing the card in a way that has some artistic merit.
The Cardmarket grading system tries to image the way cards are usually graded in Europe, and uses Mint, Near Mint, Excellent, Good, Light Played, Played, and Poor.Īs "a picture is worth a thousand words", we provide also some sample pictures that can help you identify the right condition for your card. Fair and Very Good are grades that are used just very rarely these days. In Europe the grading system is still largely a remainder of the PSA grading system for baseball cards, however the names have changed a bit. Generally the use of Played, Slightly Played, and Heavily Played is uncommon in Europe, but has become the standard way of describing cards in the USA. In the most extreme cases the six grades from Excellent to Fair were condensed into the grades Slightly Played and Played.
Over time especially at the lower end the large range of grades was replaced with a smaller number of grades. Over time Magic's grading system has evolved to reflect the needs of Magic players. Early on the accepted grades were Mint, Near Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, and Poor. The Inquest Gamer magazine adopted the Baseball cards grading system for Magic cards as early as 1995. Historically the grading system that Magic uses today comes from the grading of baseball cards. To some extent these conflicts are inevitable, but to help minimize the chance for misunderstandings we have put together a guide to help you grade your cards correctly. One person might consider a card to be still Near Mint while the next one thinks it is in Excellent condition. The grading of Magic cards sometimes leads to conflict among buyers and sellers, mainly because grading is not an exact science.
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