NM commons run $0.50-2, the Charizard is $30-60 the whole thing fits in a 2-inch binder and costs $350-650 to complete
Ordering standard size when the photo deserves the MEGA format Some photos have too much detail and emotional weight to shrink down to standard card dimensions
Manic Scribe mills three when it enters the battlefield, but we don't usually turn on the "mill three every turn" delirium ability until the late game
So, that once a permanent becomes tapped, it stays tapped
Especially in cases where cards are rated similarly elsewhere, this factor will favor the card thats doing something a bit more off the beaten path
Grading Scale: the use of sub-grades, half-point grades, and the Pristine vs Perfect 10 grading scale allows for more range in the grading scale Cons of Grading with CGC: New Kid on the Block: while CGC receives thousands of Pokemon cards very month for grading, they are still relatively new on the scene and have had the hiccups that one might expect from a new company Perceived Value: CGC graded cards (with the exception of Perfect 10s) are still a bit behind the market value for PSA graded cards BGS Pokemon Grading Review BGS (Beckett Grading Service) started in 1999 grading sports cards and expanded to include Pokemon in 2001