PSA Grading, Is it WORTH it? 

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Hehe that was quick huh?

PSA 9 is a great value buy! Not necessarily as good to grade and get 9s, but nothing wrong with them either. Just not going to increase the value of the card to much.

Ruxin34 yea totally agree, I’d say PSA 8 are like NM raw cards almost the best a raw card can get other than those raw cards that have 10 “potential” which is the reason we send to psa hoping for 10s.. cause to us we think they have 10 potential but end up getting 9s!

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Good luck on your grade!!

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Malice Catastrophe What are you talking about?

Awesome! Grading can really increase the value of your cards if they are in great condition!

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It isn't a bad idea! Buying 10s is a lot easier than trying to grade them yourself usually

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I graded my Toon BLS for kicks. If it gets a ten I think it will be decent! I would grade them if they are gonna get 10 probably, but might be a while before the price gets to high

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I think that starlights will probably be valuable in PSA 10 in the future. They have the extremely low pull rate out of only 1st ed packs going for them, so that really benefits them!

what you get back?

Probably a psa 2

No- because most of its value is due to being playable in the meta. Grading it would just stop it from being playable!

Ruxin34 so would it lose value? Personally I probably won’t be using them too much to play with it’s mainly just for collecting purposes + i pulled an UR version too if i needed to use one personally.

Evan Green it wouldn’t gain much value, if any. So it would kinda just be a waste of time and money to sub it, unless you just want it graded for you collection

Ruxin34 yeah I was just thinking of doing it to keep safe & add to my collection & possibly increase the value, I’m not planning on selling it at all really, just trying to build a nice collection to keep hold of but it’s my first big pull & I thought it would be cool to have psa graded. Also thanks for getting back to me, you make great videos 🤟🏻

Evan Green np man!

Thank you!

Yeah exactly. If there is no first ed stamp, its probably gonna get a reprint at some point

I would look up those exact same cards on different market platforms and on the PSA market itself first

If you have a mint besd then its a no brainer! Even a 9 is good on that card

The only cards worth grading in the deck are the three holos. Sometimes they come out 9-10 condition, bur you can get unlucky and have them come out with a corner ding or back damage

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I would not grade current cards. If its popular in the meta it is better to sell it while it is hot. There are not a lot of people buying graded yugioh cards from current sets

@@Ruxin34 I know its probably difficult to do, but is there a way to predict if a card will be worth a lot more in like 10 years?

asdfasd not reliably. Basically, you want to look at the collectibility of the card, and the rarity of the card. If it is an iconic Yugioh card it will probably increase in value, such as Blue Eyes. If the card is hard to obtain, it will go up as well. Mass printed cards that are good in the meta but not iconic will probably lose value over time as they are reprinted/fall out of play in the meta.

I wouldn’t! They usually fall back down once they aren’t popular in the meta anymore.

There are certain cards that wouldn’t be bad to grade early, such as that

Also how would I find the base value of each card before grading

Yes, if they are from LOB! You can check eBay sold listings or TCGPlayer!

I don’t think they grade sealed cards. Those are probably better kept sealed, as they don’t have super high value, even if they get 10. Misprints don’t actually effect the grade unless they are damage to the card

@@Ruxin34 Wouldn't opening the sealed ones and getting them graded at 9 or 10 mean they're pretty valuable though? Blue Eyes Ultimate is going for a decent price when graded I believe. But Ill keep them sealed, wish I could grade them so I knew how much they were really worth though.

Gbonne usually sealed cards have some sort of issue because they have been sealed for so long. And a PSA 9 is probably not worth very much of that card. There is a chance they come out even worse than a 9 as well

@@Ruxin34 Really? What issues could arise from it being sealed? As far as I can tell there are no scratches or scuffs or whitening of edges and it's not warped in any way. Is there anything else? I've recently been going through my cards to try and organize them and I want to make sure they're all fine.

Gbonne corner dings, scuffs, and the most common one, the seal of the plastic wrap leaving a mark on the back of the card

No, psa 6-7 arent worth any more really

You quoted “I would rather have a raw card than a PSA8” so i guess that answers that question lol. If it comes back below a 10 just break it out of the slab iguess? Ahah

Yes, I would definitely send that card in if it can get a 9-10!

@@Ruxin34 I figured it would be worth a shot lol. I forgot I had it and ran into a guy that had a PSA GM10 of the Rayquaza for 4k on ebay and looking up similar sells and people bought them. I also have a Secret Rare Trainers Mail, M Rayquaza EX secret rare, as well as a secret rare Gyarados EX and PSA 10 sells like hot cakes right now for those. I wanna send in this Mewtwo and Mew Tag Team GX but I don't know if I wanna wait later to send it in or send it in now and see what grade I could get. Only issue I have with PSA is that it is expensive as hell. You're already shelling out over $100 for the gold membership just so you can unlock the benefits then turn around and spend like $500 just to send the cards in. But it's really a gamble cause you're relying on that grade to get you the fullest value out of that card.

FloridagatorBCS2014 I wouldn’t get a membership if you only have a few cards. I would send with a third party service like Graded Gem and save yourself a lot of money! If you are gonna grade a lot then the membership is worth it

@@Ruxin34 how reliable is graded gem? I have never heard of them before.

FloridagatorBCS2014 they are European but they recently expanded into the US. A couple of very trustworthy people I know started working with them recently, so I would say very trusted. However, I have not ever sent with them myself

I would only grade it if it will get a 9 or 10! A ten has decent value.

No- I wouldn’t! If you were able to get one without scratches I definitely would, because they are so tough to get

@@Ruxin34 what do u think can someone with low scratches can get ? 8 ?

@@trunksblue6569 light scratches 8 maybe 9 if they are really light

Do 1 to see if it works out do it again

Not quite, the 1st ed 10 version goes for about 3-4K last I saw. But yeah definitely get it graded!

Ruxin34 - thats awesome 😎 and thank you for replying

WesterlyPrune99 - RU-vid no problem!

Yes, but only if it doesn’t have scratches on the surface

Ruxin34 thanks man, wasn’t sure if it was the right move. Also just wanted to add new subscriber here. Watched a lot of Yugi RU-vidrs but have to say hands down your the absolute best. Great content and hope it keeps it on coming

@@jacobrobb8308 I appreciate that dude!

Yes, but the negatives are the chance of not getting a ten. Also, you have to factor in the grading costs. So add $8 to the $3, its $11 cost. So the card goes up $19 but it takes 85 business days aka about 5 months to get it back. Also the card may not get a ten, or it could get damaged. So there are a lot of factors involved. The simple 3 to 30 is great but its not that easy usually

But it cost you $20. So a $3 card becomes $7 card. You made four bucks, great.

@@andrew8930 your math is wrong. If it becomes a $30 card and my cost basis is $11. That would theoretically be a $19 profit. Now, assuming a fee of 0.1295 and shipping which is $3, you make around $12 bucks. And if you already have a bulk submission, why not throw the card in there? You have nothing to lose.

Please message me your email i have 2 1st ed bewd sdk i want you to guess before sending in then wait for all to come back. I think it'd be epic.

My email is on my into page!

Not officially, the details are a bit foggy

Right now the popular ones in 10 have good potential because the print quality is terrible (harder to grade), and there aren’t to many first ed boxes (unless they have another 1st ed run)

@@Ruxin34 Thanks for the quick reply! I think it might be too soon to get it graded...Since the pandemic caused a shortage of Toon Chaos, another reprint could be in order.

Thomas Svoboda here is the thing- grading a ten won’t HURT the value either way. So I would prefer to grade them rather than keep them raw if you think they have a shot! Probably wouldn’t want a 9 though

@@Ruxin34 Interesting insight. Thank you again for your time and knowledge in this matter. :)

Thomas Svoboda np Thomas!

Yeah, but ghosts usually have a lot of issues right out of the pack like scratching on the foil. So you might want to see how clean it is

It depends on what cards they are!

@@Ruxin34 i have a secret rare blue eyes white dragon that says limited edition, and an ultra rare blue eyes white dragon that says limited edition, and an ultimate rare blue eyes white dragon(that doesn't say 1st or limited), in my binder, each in absolutely perfect condition, zero scratches/scuffs at all Should I get them graded?

I have seen some. I don’t have one personally!

@@Ruxin34 cool will look for it maybe i will find it

It does not get tedious. I ship cards out every day anyway from cards I sell on Instagram so I just send it then!

@@Ruxin34 hi, could we get a video on selling on Instagram? Or social media in general?

Yeah!

@@Ruxin34 i kinda wanna grade my MVP Gold Secret Rare Dark Magician since its the only alternate art DM that actually has a Gold Secret Rare Print :-\ would it be better to wait 10 more years(lmao) for it to get graded? Or just grade it rn and watch how the price grows over time

Claied Bernardo I would grade them now!