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Avoid buying spikes unless you need the card for an event soon

Just look at Spirit Water RevivalSpirit Water Revival: It's a great tool, especially during longer and grindier matches, to refill your hand using the resources you've accumulated during the game

Small Crease (under 1/4th of the length of the card) Visible on the Back -3 points Visible on the Front -4 points Medium Crease (under 1/2 of the card length) Visible on the Back -5 or 6 points Visible on the Front -6 or 7 points Large Crease (under 3/4ths of the card length) Visible on the Back -7 points Visible on the Front -8 points Full Crease all the way through the back of the card -8 points (-9 points if visible on the front) Small Bent Corner Visible on Back -3 or -4 points Folded / Lifted Corners Visible on Front -5 points (more if big) Indents: Super small indent -1 point (-1 for additional indents) Medium indent -3 points Large indent -5 points or more Surface: Super small single scratch may be no deduction 1/4 inch scratch or more -1 point Too many scratches on holo to count -3 points Front has scratches exposing holo silver layer or white layer -1 point Front has PokeMold or other dust/finger prints -1 point Back has minor whitening (3 to 5 dots) -1 point Back has moderate whitening (6 to 10 dots) -2 points Back has major whitening (11 dots or lots of wear) -3 or more points Corners: Corner coming up (dented) -3 points Corner not rounded correctly -1 point Obvious corner miscut -1 point Whitening over the size of a pin dot -1 point Edges: Whitening on the edge -1 point Whitening on two sides of the card -2 points Whitening on all sides of the card -3 or more points White fuzz coming off the card on edges can suffer from -1 point A ding on an edge can suffer from a -3 point or more deduction depending on size of the damage

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A: Consider grading if your card appears mint condition and is worth $30+ raw

Some Diamond & Pearl sets (i.e., especially Secret Wonders and Majestic Dawn) have strong holo bleed over the text of the card, and that can be desirable too