What is Near Mint?

"Near Mint" can mean different things to different people. That’s why we’ve established some guidelines to aid in determining what meets this criteria. For us, "Near Mint" refers to a card in like-new condition—similar to what you’d expect when opening it straight from a blister pack, with no significant defects. While we aim to provide a straightforward standard, we understand there can still be some interpretation of what constitutes a defect. To help, we’ve provided detailed examples below to make things as clear as possible.

Guidelines for Near Mint Cards

Major Defects: Cards with any major defects are not accepted. Major defects mostly (but not exclusively) occur after cards have been opened.

Minor Defects: Cards with very few minor defects may be considered acceptable. These are usually present from the manufacturing process and are likely present while the card is still sealed.

Please refer to below details on what we would consider Major and Minor defect. We reserve the right to reject any card at our discretion to maintain the high-quality standard our customers expect. Thank you for understanding!

Major Defects

Major defects include edge/corner damage and large white spots that cross into the front/back surface of the card even if marginally. Any surface wear, marks or damage and heavily misprinted cards. We accept un-centered card but centering worse than 90/10 would be a major defect/heavy misprint.

Examples (Click arrow to view images):

Severe edge and corner damage. Clearly crosses onto the back surface of the card

Smaller less obvious damage but still extends onto card back surface

Surface Damage

Scuffed cards from play (Actual returned cards)

Clear heavy misprint

Centering worse than 90/10

White spots in multiple corners likely wear/ damage from inadequate storage

Raised/rolled card edge

Minor Defects

Minor defects are small white dots or slightly frayed edges that DO NOT cross into the front or back surface of the card. More likely a result of the card not being cleanly cut at the manufacturer as opposed to damage.

We accept un-centred cards but anything exceeding 70/30 but less than 90/10 centering we would consider to be a minor defect.

Examples (Click arrow to view images):

Small white spot. Any amount bigger or onto the card surface we would call it a major defect.

70/30 - 90/10 (Percentage of centreing on left and right side or top and bottom)

Edge fraying due to manufacturer. Card is undamaged and nothing extends onto card surface.