Layering two-for-one after two-for-one on an opponent can wear that hapless player's resources to powder, making for some truly one-sided and oppressive games
Let's break them down: Pros of Grading with PSA: Robust website: PSA has a well-built website with easy-to-use online tools such as their submission page and account interface Tools for Collectors: PSA maintains an online Price Guide to assist you in finding the market price for PSA-certified collectibles, an online Pop Report that allows you to search the population of any graded PSA card and verify the certification details of a card by the Certification number listed on the graded card, and the Collectors Vault which allows users to use a single platform to authenticate, grade, research, vault, buy, and sell Partnerships: PSA has a partnership with Goldin marketplace that will soon allow customers with access to the Collectors Vault to list items for sale on Goldin and to 'vault' items purchased through Goldin Market: Gem-Mint PSA cards tend to maintain a higher market price that other Gem-Mint grades from other companies (note that this can fluctuate and change over time) Cons of Grading with PSA: Limited Grading Scale: there is no half-point grade available between 9 and 10 on their grading scale (no 9.5) Turnaround Times: current turnaround times for bulk and economy grading are extremely long and not guaranteed High End Cards: the Premium grading prices for high end cards are very high CGC Pokemon Grading Review CGC (Certified Guaranty Company) began by grading comic books in 2000 and was widely embraced by collectors
Thickness of 1 Side (microns): KMC Perfect Size (45), Ultimate Guard Supreme UX (110) 100 Double Sleeved Card Thickness (mm): Theoretical (61), Practical (65) Water Test: Pass Deck Box Fit (mm storage): Fit: 100 good
It remains to be seen whether this is worth losing access to all of the cascade support that includes green, but hes still definitely a powerful commander
In every Infect game you play, there is some chance the opponent will god-draw and win (then again, Infect is kind of optimized to god-draw and win, so don't blame the RNG gods when you lose to that)
