Card condition guide

Every Only Chases single card is graded on the Cardmarket scale, the one used across Europe, so you can compare prices anywhere. Each card is checked by hand, front and back, under direct light, before it is listed.

This scale applies to single cards only. Sealed products (boxes, packs and decks) leave the factory sealed and are not graded.

The scale

M Mint

A perfect card, straight from the pack without a single flaw. We never list cards as Mint. Not even a freshly opened card is free of factory cutting or centring flaws, and calling something Mint when it isn’t ends in a return. When a card looks flawless to us, we list it as Near Mint.

NM Near Mint

Practically no signs of play. Clean edges, unmarked surface, correct factory centring. It may have a tiny print or cutting imperfection, invisible at normal playing distance. Most of our catalogue is in this condition.

Suitable for grading.

EX Excellent

Minimal wear, visible if you look for it: slight whitening on one edge, a lightly touched corner or a small surface mark. Nothing you would notice from across the table. Perfect to play sleeved and fully collectible.

GD Good

Moderate, obvious wear: whitening on several edges, rounded corners, light scratches or loss of shine. Structurally sound. Tournament legal in an opaque sleeve.

LP Light Played

Clear damage, but the card is still tournament legal in a sleeve. General whitening, very worn corners, marked scratches or a light water mark. Sold for what it is, at the right price.

PL Played

Heavy wear, often on several fronts. Light creases, stains or a very worked surface. It does its job in a deck with an opaque sleeve, but it is not a collector’s card.

PO Poor

Severe damage: tears, marked creases, trimming, water, ink or signatures. Listed only when the card deserves it for rarity or price, always with detailed photos of the damage.

How we work

• Real photo, always. Every single card is photographed individually. We never use catalogue images.
• When in doubt, we go down. When a card sits between two grades, we list it at the lower one. We would rather it arrives better than expected.
• We never list Mint. For the reason above: it is a promise almost no card can keep.
• Protected shipping. Toploader or rigid holder, padded envelope and reinforcement. High-value orders ship with tracking.
• Language and edition in the title. JP, EN or ES, and the edition, are always in the product name. No surprises when you open the envelope.

If something doesn’t match

You have 14 days from delivery to return any single card. If the condition doesn’t match the listing, we pay the return shipping and refund the full amount.