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Grade Potential

A guided grade-check, framed honestly

A multi-capture workflow gives the analysis more to work with — and gives you a clear, range-based estimate instead of false certainty.

The multi-capture workflow

You are guided through several captures so centering, corners, edges, and surface can each be assessed. More angles mean a better-supported estimate.

  1. 1Front
  2. 2Back
  3. 3Angled
  4. 4Corners
  5. 5Edges

What the camera can detect

  • Centering and border geometry
  • Visible corner and edge wear
  • Surface scratches large enough to catch light
  • Whitening and obvious print lines

What it cannot detect

  • Microscopic or hidden defects
  • Issues obscured by glare, sleeves, or soft focus
  • How a professional grader will judge borderline cases
  • Anything outside the captured frames

Thinking about the value of grading

Comparing a card's estimated grade potential range against raw and graded market values can help you reason about whether submitting is worth the cost and wait. This is a way to think through a decision, not a recommendation and not financial advice. Outcomes vary, grading fees and timelines change, and a grading company may return a different result than any estimate.

We will never tell you to alter, clean, press, trim, or otherwise modify a card. Those practices can damage cards and are considered tampering. The tool only helps you understand and track what you already have.

The disclaimer on every estimate

This is a computer-vision estimate, not a grade. Professional grading is subjective and performed in person; cameras can miss microscopic or hidden defects, and lighting, focus, glare, sleeves, and image quality affect results. Pokémon Stock Radar is not affiliated with PSA or any grading company, and a grading company may return a different result. This is not financial advice.

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