Desk grade
7.5
6.5 – 8.0
Range from this photo. Not a PSA, BGS, or SGC cert.
- Centering
- 7.5
- Corners
- 7.5
- Edges
- 7.5
- Surface
- 7.5
Estimate from catalog averages, not a live surface check.
Glare, blur, and parallels get missed. The grading company still has the cert.
Value
Keep it raw
$200
Raw · $120 – $340
Desk book
Raw
$200
$120 – $340
PSA 10
$310
PSA 9 $160
Expected graded value does not clear raw plus the grading bill. Keep it raw unless you need the holder for a sale.
Grade yield
52% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$37 after grading costs. Leave it raw.
PSA regular · $50 fee · $15 ship · $8 insurance · about 45 days. Shifted by this photo's 7.5 and 54,800 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $200 · PSA 10 $310 · PSA 9 $160 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1028% · pop 24,200+$4 after fee
- PSA 924% · pop 18,600-$126 after fee
- PSA 811%
Net is the slab price minus a 13% take, ship pad, a $50 fee, and raw. A 10 is not the likely outcome of a 9 photo.
Hold or sell
Mixed book — no rush
Liquidity 65
No season window on this sport. The call is only the listed pile and the pop. One census snapshot — not a live pop velocity.
Trust shield
Check these tells
A phone photo cannot measure font kerning or a rosette against a reference set. These are the known tells for this issue.
- 1st Edition stamp ink, size, and placement are the most faked marks in TCG
- Shadowless vs Unlimited is a back-and-border call, not just the stamp
Liquidity
List this copy
Title, desk grade, and comps in one block. We do not submit it for you.
Authenticity
Likely authentic
Visual review, not a cert.
Census match on a well-documented issue. Still verify holograms, stamps, and stock in hand — photos miss texture.
- Print and type match known copies of this issue
- Stock and finish consistent with the set
- VMAX texture and the Darkness Ablaze flame stamp. Rainbow and secret are different SKUs.
Census
How many exist
Graded
54,800
Gem mint
24,200
Gem rate
44.2%
Available now
360
- PSA 918,600 pop · 124 listed
- PSA 1024,200 pop · 156 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $295 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
Raw · eBay
Sep 8, 2026
$204
PSA 9 · Heritage
Sep 10, 2026
$170
PSA 9 · Goldin
Jun 18, 2026
$166
PSA 10 · PWCC
Jul 10, 2026
$332
Raw · Heritage
Jun 10, 2026
$181
PSA 9 · eBay
May 13, 2026
$168
PSA 10 · eBay
Feb 23, 2026
$298
On the market
Open a live search on the desks that actually print paper.
Desk
If you send it in
Set the grade you think you have and the service you would buy.
- At Raw
- $200
- Raw now
- $200
- Gem book
- $310
- Lift after fees
- -$50
Keep it raw · 45-day regular at $50.
Tells
How fakes fail
Stamp, shadow, and holo pattern decide the market.
- 1st Edition stamp ink, size, and placement are the most faked marks in TCG
- Shadowless vs Unlimited is a back-and-border call, not just the stamp
- Holo should have the era swirl — modern holo sheets look wrong
- Unlimited, Shadowless, and 1st Edition are three different books
On this issue: VMAX texture and the Darkness Ablaze flame stamp. Rainbow and secret are different SKUs.
Centering & surface
Meter L/R and T/B from this photo, then loupe the print. A hint at what PSA, BGS, or SGC might say — not a cert.
Scan a photo of this copy to measure borders.
Lot notes
Modern fire with a friendly gem rate. This is pack-fresh liquidity.