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| Minor chipping | Moderate corner wear with multiple dinged corners | Rounding on all four corners | Major rounding with one or more corners missing | |
| Minor chipping | Slightly rough edges with moderate chipping and/or light indentations | Moderate-to-heavy chipping and/or indentations | Major chipping and indentation with paper loss | |
| None | Minor (e.g. wax stains on the reverse) | Moderate to major | Major discoloration over a large area | |
| Minor | Moderate | Moderate to major | Major | |
| None | Minor surface wrinkles | Moderate with multiple creases allowed | Multiple major creases | |
| Minor | Moderate | Moderate to major, some slight paper loss | Major scratches/ scuffing with paper loss, tears, and pinholes |
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| None | Minor | Moderate to major | Major |
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Cards in Near Mint condition are equivalent to a fresh pack. They only have slight imperfections such as 1–3 rounding or soft corners and slightly rough edges. Any damage aside from this would automatically lower the card’s condition.
Signs of wear:
1. Corner wear
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Excellent condition cards have clearly visible signs of wear. These cards have rough edges, moderate chipping, minor discoloration, minor indentation, fuzzy corners, or noticeable scratches.
Signs of wear:
1. Minor surface scuffing
2. Edge chipping
3. Fuzzy corners
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Very Good condition cards show moderate-to-heavy damage all over the card. These cards have a moderate amount of discoloration, chipping, indentation, creases, or scratches. There may also be a slight paper loss.
Signs of wear:
1. Moderate discoloration
2. Creasing
3. Edge chipping
4. Rounding and soft corners
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A card in Poor condition is extremely worn or missing corners. These cards display flaws like torn edges, extreme discoloration, multiple major scratches, multiple creases, or stains.
Signs of wear:
1. Heavily worn and rounded corners
2. Major crease
3. Moderate discoloration
4. Border wear
The quality of corners is determined by the number of flaws on the corner of a card. Flaws include rounding, softening, or splitting.
The quality of edges is determined by the amount of apparent wear or damage.
Refers to any yellowing, cloudiness, staining, or sun-bleaching on a card.
Refers to any dents, craters, pinholes, or cavities on the surface of the card.
Refers to bends or folds in the cards.
Refers to any marks caused by scraping or brushing. This type of damage can appear on either face of the card.
Refers to any wax stains, ink stains, or bleeding color on the card.
| Minor chipping | Moderate whitening/ chipping |
Major whitening/ chipping |
Major whitening/ chipping with one or more corners missing |
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| Minor chipping | Moderate whitening/ chipping |
Major whitening/ chipping |
Major whitening/ chipping with tears possible |
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| None | Minor | Moderate | Major | |
| Minor | Moderate | Moderate to major | Major | |
| None | Minor | Moderate to major | Multiple major creases | |
| Minor | Moderate | Moderate to major, some slight paper loss | Major scratches/ scuffing with paper loss, tears, and pinholes |
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| None | Minor | Moderate to major | Major |
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Near Mint condition cards display minimal or no wear or damage. They appear “fresh out of the pack.” Other than minor chipping, indentation, or scratches, the card shows no moderate or major signs of damage. These cards may be “never played” cards or cards that have been played with sleeves.
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Cards in Lightly Played condition can have moderate chipping, indentation, or scratches. Lightly Played cards do not look heavily tampered with and are legal for play in a sleeved deck.
Signs of wear:
1. Slight edge wear
2. Slight corner wear
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Moderately Played cards have discernible flaws such as major chipping around the edges and corners. They have moderate discoloration, indentation, creases, scratches, or stains. However, there is no liquid damage on Moderately Played cards.
Signs of wear:
1. Creasing
2. Layering
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Heavily Played cards show a massive amount of wear and damage. Corners and edges may be rounded, chipped, fuzzy, or missing altogether. These cards have major discoloration, indentation, scratches, or stains. They also have multiple major creases or wrinkles. However, Heavily Played cards should have less than 30% liquid damage.
Signs of wear:
1. Edge chipping
2. Creasing
3. Scratches/scuffing
4. Corner chipping
Damaged cards show flaws such as heavily worn and torn edges and corners, tearing, major discoloration and/or whitening, and liquid damage. Other obvious flaws include layering, notching, creasing, and scratches that compromise the structural integrity of the card. Damaged cards may be illegal to play in tournaments.
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1. Border wear
2. Major discoloration
3. Major scuffing
4. Heavily worn and rounded corners
The quality of corners is determined by the number of flaws on the corner of a card. Flaws include rounding, softening, or splitting.
The quality of edges is determined by the amount of apparent wear or damage.
Refers to any yellowing, cloudiness, staining, or sun-bleaching on a card.
Refers to any dents, craters, pinholes, or cavities on the surface of the card.
Refers to bends or folds in the cards.
Refers to any marks caused by scraping or brushing. This type of damage can appear on either face of the card.
Refers to any wax stains, ink stains, or bleeding color on the card.
The quality of corners is determined by the number of flaws on the corner of a card. Flaws include rounding, softening, or splitting.
The quality of edges is determined by the amount of apparent wear or damage.
Refers to any yellowing, cloudiness, staining, or sun-bleaching on a card.
Refers to bends or folds in the cards.
Refers to any dents, craters, pinholes, or cavities on the surface of the card.
Refers to any marks caused by scraping or brushing. This type of damage can appear on either face of the card.
Refers to any wax stains, ink stains, or bleeding color on the card.
According to eBay’s card conditions policy, the most significant flaw will anchor the condition of the card. This policy applies to the Item Condition only and does not relate to the grade of a card, which must be determined by a professional grader.
This policy is also not meant to evaluate the condition of autographs, stamps, or inking on the card. Sellers should clearly identify damages or defects within the item description of their listing.
