Xerneas · Chaos Rising
Back · 7.0 — centering 10.0 · corners 7.0 · edges 4.5 · surface 8.0
Centering is graded on both faces, and the final grade weights the front more heavily.
Edges is the weakest sub-score, so it's the most likely thing to cost this card a grade. Whitening and nicks along the card's edge, most visible on dark borders.
Worth about $8.38 raw. See what it's worth in every grade →
An estimate from one photo — not a grade, and not affiliated with PSA. Lighting, angle and photo quality all move these numbers, and a grader sees the card in person.
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The short version
Xerneas is playing for a mid grade.
The card is held back by one thing: edges at 7.0, against corners at 9.0. Fix nothing and it grades where edges allows — but it also means a sharper, straighter-on photo is worth taking, because a single weak reading is the one most likely to be the camera rather than the card.
Worth repeating: this is one photo read by a model, not a grade. Lighting and angle move these numbers, and a grader has the card in hand.
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Noticeably off-centre. This is the kind of margin that caps a card at 8 even when everything else is clean.
How evenly the border frames the art, front and back. PSA publishes a tolerance per grade — it is the one sub-score you can measure yourself before you send.
Corners are clean with at most a touch of softness on one.
Sharpness under magnification. Softening from shuffling or a binder shows here first, and corners cost more grades than anything else.
Noticeable edge whitening or chipping. Expect this to pull the grade down a full step or more.
Whitening and nicks along the card's edge, most visible on dark borders.
Surface marks are showing. This is the area a photo flatters most, so assume the card in hand is no better than this.
Print lines, scratches, dimples and gloss. Holo cards scratch easily and it rarely photographs well.
How many already exist
PSA has graded 30 copies of Xerneas.
A large or fast-growing gem population dilutes the premium a 10 carries, so this matters alongside the current price — not just how much a 10 is worth today.
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