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1996

Alliances

Force of Will

#28TCG
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Force of Will

1996 · Alliances · #28

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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.

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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.

88Score

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.