Is PSA Grading Reliable? Let's put it to the test!

[@TheSliferSlacker199]

I’ve opened up PSA 7s that could pass for 9-10s and I’ve opened up 8s and 9s that would pass for 5-6… it’s wild.

[@KirbySmartsFakePunt]

I’m wondering if it’s just Yugioh in particular because Pokémon doesn’t seem to have this problem as widespread or as egregious. There’s definitely mistakes in general but I’ve never seen a psa 9 base set card that’s bent through the entire top half or the corner of the card. Half of the sellers on eBay seem to not know how to gauge condition for Yugioh. I see cards listed as nm that have creases just because the rest of the card is spotless. I see cards with heavy wear listed as lp all the time. Maybe people just don’t look at Yugioh cards hard enough cause the backs are darker and the cards are smaller

[@banyera]

@@KirbySmartsFakePunt I have had a lot of problems with Early PLL Japanese Cards both with PSA and Becketts ????? - Pack fresh cards too (PP3 , PP5 ) I was lucky to have collected way before Grading - also mis-labelling Japanese Yu-gi-oh by PSA - LN- Death set , Pegasus deck Kingdom Cards !!!!

[@x.itwasalladream.x]

its all a gate keeping money sham

[@Scuffyy]

Them scratches on that first card was ridiculous shouldn’t even have been a Mint 9 lol..PSA is so inaccurate now a days and people aint saying shit about it…

[@adamcogan211]

I don’t trust grading services anymore. Knowing that a lot of companies only do a quick visual test that’s different person to person gives me little to no faith in their grading. I’m just sticking to binder/raw colies now. Seeing how strict Ace Grading and other companies were when it came to using computer software to accurately grade Pokemon cards really opened my eye to how inadequate PSA’s service is. You shouldn’t have to pay what you want to self-evaluate/pre-grade cards. Leaves the door open to shady business.

[@derrosenkavalier8890]

Excellent, excellent video. You're doing hardcore collectors who are obsessive about the condition of their cards (like me!) an incredible service. I was already planning on buying and cracking more PSA 9s myself but have now made a note *only* to collect between the "46" and "58" cert prefix era while going raw or BGS on everything else (per Gaurav's comment below, as well). It's now obvious that PSA buckled under the pressure of the coronaboom and churned out mountains of garbage slabs under the guise of their previously high standards. 11:21 - I oftentimes get squeamish about collecting cards with back scratches like this but sometimes take the plunge if it's a good deal for a card that I don't have, but really want, from a reputable seller. Like, I once bought an Ulti Violet Witch (CRMS-EN097) with a pretty severe "nails on a chalkboard" pattern in back because the seller told me that they were manufacturing print lines and - in my view - visibly couldn't have been caused by the owner.

[@en5490]

You're delusional if you think that cert range is going to get you consistent results. I have personally cracked cards in that range that had no business being graded as high as they were. People like you are the most annoying buyers in the world who want to put their cards to a microscope.

[@austinfair23]

Really appreciate you doing this for the community, took a big risk on this one!

[@StrictlySealed]

Needed for my binder anyway lol shame about the Silent Doom though. Thanks for viewing the videos.

[@dodefygaming]

Great video! I enjoyed you comparing the certificate eras. I am learning something new when it comes to watching your videos. You should do CGC old labels & new labels next! Thank you for your content brother

[@apizzaparty]

Need me some of those clear fold sleeve! Can’t wait

[@mresab1997]

Card “Grading” is the biggest money grab, pretense of a joke to ever hit the waste-your-money market. People have such little value in their worldviews and lives that they really have to attach it to a picture of a dark magician girl, rated for thousands, if not the se of thousands, of dollars. Very professional 👏🏻 Gotta validate an otherwise worthless “hobby”

[@Not._]

Bro it’s fun. Get a hobby, maybe you’ll understand. Someone killed ur childhood lmao.

[@r2gh44]

Why is PSA the most expensive one although they are not the most accurate?

[@StrictlySealed]

Marketing and legacy. Thanks for viewing the videos.

[@anamolthapa9663]

It’s been around for a long time, very well known in the American sports community like nfl and baseball so very comfortable and not risky

[@adv4236]

Enjoyed the video a lot. Good job man. Very informative and good pacing.

[@DLegend16]

I think this is a great start to the discussion on whether PSA is accurate or not, and which eras are best etc. but it’s a very small sample size at the end of the day and isn’t enough for us to draw any conclusive evidence from. PSA definitely needs to be more consistent tho. I have had some subs where I’ve gotten 85% gem rates and some where I’ve gotten 10% lol. Same quality of cards overall tho, as I’m strict with what I submit. Either way, great video as always!

[@s.plissken_91]

I think the 25th anniversary reprints look very nice. Especially how the foil pops and the better framing.

[@prev]

Amazing video Strictly, we all know PSA has a range when it comes to their grades, but all in all those cards are definitely mint! the pack fresh cards I submit (high 4-cert) were suuuper strict, getting a few nines, with a pristine oc blue-eyes getting an eight 😂. Hopefully we'll get subgrades from PSA at some point, that might solidify them at the top.

[@MinionSlayer69]

Not sure how the Silent Doom managed to get a 9, but I'm actually happy to see the relative consistency of 9's in this video. You really have some beautiful looking cards that I would personally consider to be NM, so good job PSA I guess? Not to shit on other companies, but I personally found BGS to be the most inconsistent (especially with centering) and no company is without their controversies, so I think I'll continue to use PSA. Really appreciate you making this video, was about to crack some 9's myself (4 certs) and feel more confident in doing so.

[@TheMcK777]

Got me second guessing a PSA 9 Tri-Horned Dragon I've had since 2014 now

[@Stampede215]

I tried to Cross over a few PSA 9s to CGC 9s. Mostly all came back 8s and 8.5s. Got a few 9s, none were graded higher lol Great video as always!!

[@misterscorbunny5524]

had a psa 9 perrin cross to a cgc 8.5

[@TheGeekChronicles]

Are the sleeves the Dragon Shield resealables? that's all I use to protect my cards then to the binder!

[@prev]

Holy 6:22 you've made the perfect sleeve for a binder or framed card collection. 🤩

[@yot330]

Lol these have been around forever. Dragonshield has them

[@prev]

@@yot330 Just by looking at the footage they look super clear - I know you're never going to get a perfectly clear material, but these look super nice. Dragonshield ones I've come across can be a little cloudy the same way penny sleeves are - although penny sleeves can be hit or miss on clarity.

[@VanFactor]

Thought you were going to test it by sending the same card twice to see if the same rating will occur. Would be a 2 year project.

[@da-yh3uy]

an argument i would make of there being a large amount of gem mint cards in the 6-7 is because of the boom in opening packs, cases, where as before there was not as much of a demand. 4-5 were cards sent in before the covid boom given the immense wait list that was in the late 5s and 6 certs

[@123djani]

Can you resend them to be regarded and see what you get now. So we can get an idea of the grading quality now.

[@lxc1292]

Beckett is more strict and more accurate on card grading, however if you want a easy psa9 or psa 10 to sell a card with a better price, choose psa. PSA 9 is like Beckett 8, PSA10 is like Beckett 9 or 9.5

[@timscoviac]

True but a lot of people including me don’t really like their slabs as much

[@toewstokane9023]

Grats on 20k Omar! Intro change still throwin me off though…

[@giovannifinalfantasy8972]

this is insane, omg, thank's for this video i can't believe my eyes

[@KirbySmartsFakePunt]

I remember cracking psa cards for my binder in 2015-2016. Pokémon and Yugioh. They use to be pretty spot on for the most part. Maybe target older certs because while they aren’t perfect and there wasn’t AI being used, I never once cracked a 10 or 9 that was bent or had some egregious damage that made the card hundreds or maybe even thousands less. Now prices were ridiculously low in 16. I remember buying psa 10’s for like $40-$50. Some of this is archived on different forums too. There’s old Pokémon and Yugioh forums where I saw people cracking for the binder all the time

[@ChengAhLang]

I have a shipment coming in today. Wish me luck!

[@copcards1389]

I have a PSA 10 that’s a high 6 cert that has a bent corner, I’m guessing it happened after it got the 10 but who knows.

[@brobi44]

Thanks for the video as usual

[@JadenYukiBruceLee]

Similar types of thing happened to me too I bought PSV cards lightly played and all were in correct condition then ordered LOB and MRD cards in near mint and lightly played and all were in heavy play and damaged conditions

[@Yugigreg]

I opened a CGC 7.5 starlight dark magicians and it was pack fresh nm. Thinking about subbing it to psa

[@soldiermxdeath]

There's no a culture of protecting properly the cards even with those who sell raw singles. In my country every time I see on Facebook groups selling newer cards from recent expansions, these have already scratches from friction with other cards or other surfaces, despite they have $1 USD or $30 USD cards, I think everything must be protected (taking about foils specially). It had been impossible to me collect older cards in pristine condition, I only find on eBay cards in "New condition" when actually are in the worst conditions possible, plus on tcg they have factory print issues in the recent products, meanwhile buying OCG even the older ones, they're actually a better condition, almost gem mint, so I'm gonna still collecting ocg in the long term.

[@unknownz7449]

Need those clear sleeves soon! 🔥

[@SupposeKennethed]

btw that loop is called a catch 22

[@Rent_Free29]

I've cracked over 150 PSA 9 slabs in the last couple weeks (majority being #6certs and #7certs). More than 50% were awful 9s. Issues ranged from lots of deep surface scratches, dinged corners, pindot dents, nailmarks, and a few even had soft creases. Stay away from graded in general, and go raw imo. If 9s are like this at double premiums. Imagine what 10s are like in actuality when you're paying 1000%+ premiums and not cracking them. In terms of experience with pull rates of true mint cards from respective PSA 9 certs: #2 certs = Overall good #4 certs = Almost every single one was mint #5 certs = Mixed results #6 certs = Pretty bad #7 certs = The worst

[@theodoroskolokoudias]

Love the info on this video! Even tho i am more interested into these new perfect inner sleeves! Can’t wait when they come out! Can they get double sleeved with sleeves 62x89?

[@StrictlySealed]

Nope. Thanks for viewing the videos.

[@en5490]

There is no validity to the cert # theory. PSA employs human beings to grade cards, and like any process dictated by human judgment there are errors. There are clean and meme 8/9/10's in every cert range and there simply isn't enough sample data to conclusively say that any PSA era is "better". Anyone who has cracked numerous slabs can tell you this. Ultimately people are finally realizing that the PSA premium is kind of a rip off becasue the only thing we can say for sure is that they're consistently inconsistent. Really, the best thing you can do is make sure the cert has a PSA scan becasue those show a lot of imperfections.

[@FourthHavoc]

Yet another banger!

[@evansaber7642]

What year were 2 certs produced???

[@da-yh3uy]

regarding that new sleeve design, im afraid that if the card is squeezed between binder pages or enough pressure is placed the flap will imprint onto the card as it does not cover the whole back of the card... was that something taken into consideration?

[@michaelstephens4992]

Them sleeves are the best! I grab the ones from dragonshield from one of my game stores and actually sleeve them up and put them in dragonshield regular japanese sleeves

[@abbasmir5988]

Hey man do you ship to the UK and when will the binders be back in stock

[@abdulmalik2388]

damn well i guess im not gonna psa grade anything soon, really wanted to grade my victoria sovr 1st ed

[@banyera]

Topsun PSA 6 Meowth (Green Back) - cracked , resubmitted - came back a PSA 9 ?? Which was the real Grade ????? - Not Yugioh BUT ??? , I am a Huge collector of Early Japanese Yugioh - Starter Box , forward to 309- !!!

[@Warturtle16]

Are those perfect fit inners very similar to the DragonShield perfect fit for Standard size?

[@Sheikah_Architect]

Do you ever worry about getting sweat on cards?

[@jinsu0504]

some psa graders are just lazy...they gave me a few 10s and didn't sleeve any of them before enclosing them....after 3-4 years i opened to put them in the binder only to find all of them with scuffing from the friction of moving INSIDE the plaque....if I were to send them in for another grading, all of them would be lucky to pass as 9s....I'd say, if you guys value and love the card and you think its pack fresh mint....leave it the way it is....use a lint free cotton swab to wipe remaining residue or debris and quad sleeve it...put it inside a binder and preserve it...I'm telling you 8/10 of your cards will be damaged if they do NOT sleeve the cards...psa 10 will give you more money back...but I'd say for the sake of maintaining the condition of the cards, I personally, would NEVER send any of my high end cards to them...

[@invertfriend]

What did you trade away for these?

[@thomasrautenbach1558]

Hey i was recently going through my collection after a couple years and realized I have a Rainbow Dragon TAEV-EN006 Misprint. Would you recommend I get it graded? Or would it be best to sell?

[@aghostwiener]

Omar the psa de-bunker 😂😂

[@mentes1679]

I will always take a cgc 9 over a psa 9:)

[@GhettoGeek-tv4mz]

Many people still use CGC and if anything most choose CGC over all other grading companies. PSA to me is not reliable. With the amount of misgraded cards and mass copied cards all being graded as 10 is a let down. I'll never buy anything PSA.

[@parkourguyyy]

to each their own, but Ive never seen the appeal of graded cards in general. I trust my own eyes over someone who's probably looked at hundreds of cards already and does that 5 days a week. I'd love to see some 10's cracked to see what those actually look like, but I know thats a big request for someone who paid a premium for a 10 lol

[@Blizz247]

Should go with TAG card grading. They don't do Yu-Gi-Oh yet, but will soon.

[@ClydeCashMoney]

With whats going on with PSA and the lack of consistency makese want to look elsewhere. AGS has peaked my interest. What are your thoughts on AI grading?

[@secondquestion3174]

*piqued, not peaked

[@ClydeCashMoney]

@@secondquestion3174 you must live a sad life if you're going around trying to be grammar police 😂😂💀

[@ClydeCashMoney]

@@secondquestion3174 next time look up "how to get a life" it'll help you out bub 😉😎

[@RoyaltonDrummer922]

I've never graded a card but even just watching KZbin videos, it's clear that PSA has hella issues. I would give the first card a 7, Cyberdark a 9, and the other two 8's

[@prev]

definitely hurt to see those scratches on the first card.

[@x.itwasalladream.x]

since i’ve dived into card rarity’s, I’ve realize they just dilute the card sets with too many rarities, to me its insanly humanly challenging to grade cards from 8-10 . just who ever has a lot money and get the card graded millions of times. its all gate keeping money sham

[@thorlord2544]

Thanks For Viewing The Video!

[@finmat95]

Short answer: NO. Long answer: there're tons of video on YT which show the inconsistency of PSA grading.

[@Kevin-fn1rn]

One less silent doom on the market boys. STONKS

[@victormurillo6956]

The fact you can resubmit a card and get a completely different grading.. That should tell you this is all a scam. You’re essentially paying for someone’s opinion about your card.

[@KevW03]

Either you trust the grading or dont. If PSA say its a 9 or 10. I will take that on face value and it will remain uncracked.

[@megariku]

Even the cases today dont fit perfectly sometimes. Their quality control is so bad.

[@thejpauletwaroo5992]

So you do double sleeve lol

[@SupposeKennethed]

wtf is 2 cert? like a grading of 2?

[@sosbrigaders]

Raw card collecting all the way for me

[@voraxe3032]

... you know..... youre alright 👍

[@candurags]

ngaco sih psa mah, tapi kalo pengen nge grading rada aman ya ke psa

[@TheOgPain1]

You should do a video reacting to penguinz0’s Yugioh collection. He has every card ever made so would be really cool to see what you think.

[@anarchybronze]

PSA graded cards will never be perfect. Even a gem mint could have slight whitening or be off centered hence the title GEM MINT , refers to a card that is a GEM in the MINT SPECTRUM. anybody who wants a perfect card can chase for black labels

[@RomanTheSnowman]

PSA is a S C A M!

[@robotZER0]

Let's go!

[@marcel4941]

Goat

[@chrisrjmajsjn]

Alright bruh keep it in your pants

[@BoneGoddess]

I don’t see your clear sleeves

[@thundrwaffle]

bgs gold label

[@ryanetwaroo4052]

Do a video about AI gradeing lol

[@QuibQuantum]

❤

[@PureCoreTV]

;)

[@tak0o]

PSA is a scam... even here in Japan, a lot of the collectors despise them.

[@banyera]

I actually like the New A.R.S grading in Japan - sadly I am in the UK

[@chrisiscollecting]

Shoutout to Gaurav😂🥲

[@pker]

[@Yugigreg]

I opened a CGC 7.5 starlight dark magicians and it was pack fresh nm. Thinking about subbing it to psa