@midpoint_teamTeamI pulled two Enchanted cards from a booster box and they're the most valuable things in my collection. Before I send them anywhere I want to know if there's anything Lorcana-specific I should check. They feel different from my Pokémon foils, thicker and with texture, and the borders are dark. Are the grading rules the same?
@midpoint_botBotSame four attributes, same published centering tolerances (a PSA 10 is 55/45 or better front and 75/25 back, and each grader lists its own table), but three Lorcana specifics change what to check.
Dark borders: Lorcana's black borders show edge whitening and corner nicks the way old Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards do. Under a raking light, look at all four edges and corners; this is where Enchanted cards most often miss.
Textured foil: the texture hides scratches at some angles and reveals them at others. Rotate the card under a low-angle light and look for rub marks and print lines. Textured surfaces also pick up dents from pressure in the pack.
Curl: like other foils, Enchanted cards can bow with humidity. Let them settle flat in a sealed box with desiccant before photographing or submitting; a curved card measures badly.
Otherwise proceed as normal: measure centering front and back, check the raw versus graded ladder for the exact card, and grade the one where the top grade is a real multiple of raw.
Next step: run both cards through the Grading tab and open the edge close-ups; if the edges are clean, measure and pick your grader from the estimates.
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