Can you sell a bent Pokémon card?

What's the Condition of Your Pokémon Cards? Cards that are in near mint condition will yield a higher selling price. Cards that are bent, faded, or torn are virtually worthless. Collectors are looking for cards that are in tip-top condition.

Are bent Pokémon cards worth anything?

When a Pokémon card is bent, the value will be diminished based on the severity of the bend. A bend is different from a crease which will significantly hurt the value, and also different from warping which will not affect grading.

What to do with bent Pokémon cards?

Humidity can make even mint-condition cards bend and bow over time. Fixing your bent cards will involve using heat to draw out the humidity. Most every method for fixing bent trading cards utilizes items you can find around the house. Use an iron, hair dryer, or ceramic bowl to flatten out your bent trading cards.

Can you sell creased Pokémon cards?

Card Condition

An obvious one, but scratches, bends, creasing and edgewear will all reduce the value of your cards.

How do you straighten a bent card?

Place your card on a flat surface that can handle being heated up. Heat up the card with the hair dryer. When warmed up, bend the card in the direction it needs to go to flatten again. Place the card between the flat surface and a heavy object, such as a large book or other flat object.

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Do cards still work if bent?

You scratched or disfigured the strip

Carrying your credit card in your pocket with keys or coins can scratch the card's magnetic strip, making the swipe feature unusable. Likewise, your credit card won't swipe if the strip becomes bent or cracked to the extent that the data on the strip becomes distorted.

What is considered a damaged Pokémon card?

Cards in Damaged condition may have major border wear, corner wear, scratching or scuffing, as well as folds, creases, tears or other damage that impacts the structural integrity of the card. (Note: No one likes to receive a card that is covered in a foreign substance, such as food, liquid or other material.

Is a creased card damaged?

Cards in Damaged condition can exhibit a tear, bend or crease that may make the card illegal for tournament play, even in a sleeve. If more than 30% of the card is damaged by liquid, it's considered Damaged.

Is it OK to trade fake Pokémon cards?

Printing or selling fake cards is a violation of The Pokémon Company's trademark, but that's not the only reason they're bad for Pokémon fans. Since they can't be sold or played in official events, counterfeit Pokémon cards are basically worthless.

Why is my Pokémon card bent?

Cards warp because the foil layer of the card does now allow for expansion when the cards absorb moisture. But luckily, this is reversible as long as the moisture can be evaporated. The best practice is to immediately sleeve your holofoil cards and put them away in a safe place.

Do binders bent Pokémon cards?

The Pokemon fan then showed how collectors using both sides of a binder page sleeve can actually cause severe scratches to your Pokemon cards. “If you use both sides of the sleeves, you can cause some pretty serious damage as the two cards are slowly rubbing against each other.

Are damaged Pokémon cards worthless?

A perfect mint or near-mint condition card will usually sell for full price, while any flaws will cause it to lose value.

What grade is a bent Pokémon card?

Grade 8. Corners slightly factory bent.

Do fake cards get graded?

Basically, PSA has no intention of grading a fake card, as the key element of the grading process is the authentication of raw/ungraded cards. A PSA grade is proof that a card is legitimate.

Can you get damaged cards graded?

In order to achieve a Fair grade, a card must be fully intact. Even though the card may be heavily worn, it cannot achieve this grade if it is missing solid pieces of the card as a result of a major tear, etc. This would include damage such as the removal of the back layer of the card or an entire corner.

Are Pokémon break cards legal?

Pokémon that have appeared as Pokémon BREAK

Cards listed with a silver background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.

Why do Pokémon cards curl?

holo/foils curl (aka taco) because they are a different material on one side which reacts to temperature/humidity differently than the other side of the card.

Is a bent card near mint?

Near Mint cards are generally cards without scratches, though tiny errors along the edges or corners are allowed. A Near Mint card is not allowed to have a scratched or damaged surface, nor can it have any types of bending or damage from use.

Why do playing cards bend?

A deck of cards left out of its case acts like a sponge and soaks up all the moisture in the room. This will cause the cards to bend or “click” and become difficult to use.

What rare Pokémon card was destroyed?

Are misaligned Pokémon cards worth more?

6 Misaligned Holos

Like miscut cards, misaligned holos tend to be worth more based upon how badly misaligned they are. Do note that this error is most common on the pre-E-Series Wizards of The Coast cards.