The Magic Librarities

it's probably worth it to get some graded, but I would be careful. Look at ABU's website and you can see that on many cards you're not going to cover your cost unless it comes back as a BGS 9.5 GEM Mint or PSA 10. Generally, Unlimited isn't worth much as a collectible unless it's also a playable car...

I have BGS 9.5s and PSA 10s that have no discernable flaws at all. I also have BGS 9.5s and PSA 10s that, in my opinion, don't deserve the grade on the case and would not cross over well. As Brian said centering is a much bigger component of the grade for BGS. I prefer BGS vs. PSA as I like the sub-...

I have 5 BGS 10s from a combination of Alpha, Arabian Nights, Unlimited. None have four 10s. BGS 10s are exceedingly rare, particularly in the older sets where the print runs were relatively small and everybody was playing with the cards unsleeved. Also manufacturing defects/cutting/centering issues...

interesting that Birds is one of the toughest cards in both Alpha and Beta

Wow. All 9.5 subs for Alphas... if we got all of the remaining Alphas (bet most of the print run still exists) in a room and picked the very best, I wonder if it would be possible to find all 9.5 subs. Given printing the prevalence of print dots, off-centering etc on many of the cards I'd say odds a...

To make things easier, thought I'd post the cards I particularly need. If you have any please let me know! As a reminder I will also take PSA 9s or 10s in addition to BGS 9.0+. Aspect of Wolf Benalish Hero Black Ward Bog Wraith Clockwork Beast Contract from Below Counterspell Creature Bond Dark Ritu...

My first post here but I have been a longtime magic player/collector. Got started with Beta back in 1993. A friend and I each bought a few starter decks one weekend, played the game, and when we went back to get more the next weekend all of the Beta cards were sold out and never re-stocked. When Unl...