Guides

Everything you need to know to price your cards with confidence.

• Card conditions explained: Near Mint to Damaged

  What Near Mint, Lightly Played, Moderately Played, Heavily Played and Damaged mean for Pokémon cards, and how condition changes price.

• How card grading works: PSA, CGC, BGS and SGC

  What professional grading is, how the 1–10 scales work, and when grading a Pokémon card is worth it.

• How to value your Pokémon cards

  A simple way to work out what a Pokémon card is worth: identify it exactly, judge its condition, then check recent sold prices.

• Spotting fake and reprinted Pokémon cards

  Quick checks for counterfeit Pokémon cards and how to tell reprints from originals.