[nthnoak]

This is a great guide and is simple to follow! However I would like to point out that it is still possible to judge your cards without any of this stuff. I always pregrade my cards before a submission just for fun to see how close I am and I have never been more than .5 off on a grade so far using just my eyes. I think I might go buy one of those grid things though as it certainly sounds helpful. The best part is the 1% being mint cards because that is so true. So many people think every card they get should be mint when that's not even possible. Everyone would find that out too if they actually went through their collections and inspected each card.