1996
Alliances
Force of Will
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
$680
Raw · $420 – $980
Desk book
Raw
$680
$420 – $980
Gem mint
$1,400
PSA 9 $1,400
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
14% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$12 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 1,240 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $680 · PSA 10 no book · PSA 9 $1,400 · PSA 8 $740
- PSA 10<1%
- PSA 914% · pop 210+$470 after fee
- PSA 843% · pop 640-$103 after fee
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
High liquidity — sell into the listed pile
Liquidity 73
22 copies are already listed. 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.
- Yu-Gi-Oh eye hologram must sit in the correct corner with the right foil
- 1st Edition LOB ultras are a different card from later reprints
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
- Alliances original. Confirm the Alliances expansion symbol and 1996 copyright.
Census
How many exist
Graded
1,240
Gem mint
210
Gem rate
0.0%
Available now
22
- PSA 8640 pop · 8 listed
- PSA 9210 pop · 2 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · Raw NM · $650 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
Raw · PWCC
Sep 5, 2026
$744
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Aug 9, 2026
$1,515
Gem · Fanatics
Aug 26, 2026
$1,374
Raw · Goldin
Jun 20, 2026
$707
Gem · Heritage
Aug 9, 2026
$1,417
Raw · Heritage
Mar 8, 2026
$748
PSA 9 · PWCC
Feb 23, 2026
$1,507
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
- $680
- Raw now
- $680
- Gem book
- $1,400
- Lift after fees
- -$50
Keep it raw · 45-day regular at $50.
Tells
How fakes fail
Eye foils and texture are the first check.
- Yu-Gi-Oh eye hologram must sit in the correct corner with the right foil
- 1st Edition LOB ultras are a different card from later reprints
- Manga rares have line texture — flattened prints are the common fake
- Set codes (LOB-001, OP01-024) must match the illustration
On this issue: Alliances original. Confirm the Alliances expansion symbol and 1996 copyright.
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
Legacy's tax. Always a bid. Reserved-list cousins sit above.