Magic All-Stars - #1

Welcome to another installment of Magic All-Stars, a series where I will share with you the best MTG related content on the internet.  Topics vary but will include Grading Cards, Product Reviews, MTG Finance, CUBE, and MTG Strategy, MTG Community, etc.

Grading Cards

 The first and probably most important thing to remember when grading cards is to read the explanation of a given vendor's grading scale.  Grading cards is a relative thing and different aspects of a cards condition and different types of damage is more or less important to different people.  I think YouTuber Openboosters does the best job of explaining this concept and uses great examples to show how one person might grade a card EX while another might grade the same card NM.  

Openboosters Explains Card Grading

Not only is card grading relative but on top of that there are actually two very different systems of grading to choose from.  YouTuber mtgmythic does the best job of breaking the the systems and showing how to translate from one system to another.

mtgmythic Explains Card Grading Systems

Personally I prefer the trading card system (NM, LP/SP, MP. HP, D) when looking at card that have value but will are also likely to see a lot of play.  I think it best fits cards that have taken damage specifically from being played over time (even sleeved).  However, the sports card system (NM, EX, VG, G, P/D) is best for very high end and high dollar cards where any little nick or cut can matter. 

Thanks to Openboosters and mtgmythic for helping explain Card Grading!

Sincerely, Eric

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