A loose guide for grading whitening would be something like: No whitening - GM 10 1 to 2 spots of whitening - 9 Mint 3 spots of whitening - 8 Mint/Near Mint 4 or 5 spots of whitening - 7 Near Mint All 4 sides have whitening - 6 or below Color boarder cards have a hard time gem minting compared to cards with white/grey (think modern) borders since things like silvering/whitening are much less noticeable
Recently, weve seen ungraded copies hovering around $1,150, but the grading premium is massive here
Author's note: There are differences between the International and Japanese TCG, and this article will primarily focus on the International cards
That will probably change and we'll have to decide then, but for now I'm pretty happy with DeNA's work here.
Therefore, this is a risky card to purchase since there is a chance that the card will just revert to its original price should this be a buyout (and the group that bought the card out resells all their copies back into the market)
Like with any Pokmon game, the first thing youll do in Pokmon TCG Online is to pick a deck