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
Close call
$460
Raw · $280 – $740
Desk book
Raw
$460
$280 – $740
PSA 10
$720
PSA 9 $380
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
50% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$21 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 21,400 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $460 · PSA 10 $720 · PSA 9 $380 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1029% · pop 9,800+$100 after fee
- PSA 922% · pop 6,400-$195 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
- Alt-art texture. Confirm Fusion Strike set symbol and the 271/264 secret number.
Census
How many exist
Graded
21,400
Gem mint
9,800
Gem rate
45.8%
Available now
96
- PSA 96,400 pop · 34 listed
- PSA 109,800 pop · 48 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $690 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 9 · Heritage
Aug 31, 2026
$387
PSA 9 · Heritage
Aug 1, 2026
$390
Raw · eBay
Aug 11, 2026
$512
Raw · Fanatics
Jul 10, 2026
$488
Raw · eBay
May 11, 2026
$492
PSA 9 · eBay
May 7, 2026
$394
Raw · Fanatics
Jun 8, 2026
$511
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
- $460
- Raw now
- $460
- Gem book
- $720
- 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: Alt-art texture. Confirm Fusion Strike set symbol and the 271/264 secret number.
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
Alt-art that still lists. Not a trophy — a weekly eBay lot.