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Professional card graders, such as PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) or Beckett, can give your card a numerical grade from 1 to 10, with 10 being pristine condition

Think of cards like Bloodghast, Forsaken Miner, and Gravecrawler

So, it's understandable why Xopher thought they had a shot at selling the Travelling Chocobo bard for $200k originally, as there is precedent for this

In terms of judging card rarity in the Pokemon TCG, condition, age, scarcity, and print numbers are all considered when determining value

For example, the Human Torch's ability takes the combat damage he does to an opponent and applies it to every opponent, whereas The Thing can double all counters on all permanents