*EDIT.. Wow, reddit really compresses photos A LOT these days, they look like shit. What'd I do wrong?*
My first time cracking slabs, no ragrats! Recently buying slabs sometimes can make the most sense financially, **especially** for cheaper cards. Not sure why.
AGS: easiest to open, not too much flying plastic. 7.5 is an extremely generous grade, I'd put it at a psa 6. Also this slab plastic is the worst clarity wise, it really dulls the holographic area of the card compared to my other few psa and cgc slabs.
PSA: hardest to get into, and the plastic shards. Oohhhh the plastic shards, I'll be finding them for months. Card matches the grade.
CGC: Not easy, but kinda hard. The CGC plastic (in my limited experience) is the clearest and shows off holos the best. Card seems to match it's grade. Oh and many more shards…
Note, binder is a work in progress, holo card placement will definitely change and I need the other empty booster packs. Going for lightly played and -mostly- first edition (not the Lugia lol). Already have most commons/uncommon.
by KEN_LASZLO