2002
Legend of Blue Eyes
Dark Magician
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
$260
Raw · $160 – $420
Desk book
Raw
$260
$160 – $420
PSA 10
$1,800
PSA 9 $480
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
18% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$28 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 6,400 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $260 · PSA 10 $1,800 · PSA 9 $480 · PSA 8 $220
- PSA 102% · pop 120+$1,237 after fee
- PSA 917% · pop 1,400+$92 after fee
- PSA 841% · pop 3,100-$134 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
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.
- 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
- Unlimited LOB, not 1st edition. Confirm the Unlimited edition stamp and Konami square.
Census
How many exist
Graded
6,400
Gem mint
120
Gem rate
1.9%
Available now
36
- PSA 83,100 pop · 18 listed
- PSA 91,400 pop · 6 listed
- PSA 10120 pop · 1 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 8 · $210 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 9 · Heritage
Sep 14, 2026
$463
PSA 10 · eBay
Aug 3, 2026
$1,983
Raw · Heritage
Jun 27, 2026
$257
Raw · eBay
Jun 24, 2026
$265
PSA 9 · eBay
Apr 26, 2026
$470
Raw · Heritage
Jul 24, 2026
$275
PSA 10 · eBay
Aug 3, 2026
$1,994
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
- $260
- Raw now
- $260
- Gem book
- $1,800
- 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: Unlimited LOB, not 1st edition. Confirm the Unlimited edition stamp and Konami square.
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
1st edition lives on the flagship board. Unlimited is the copy that actually lists.