Giratina · Platinum
Back · 7.5 — corners 6.0 · edges 8.0 · surface 7.5
Centering is graded on both faces, and the final grade weights the front more heavily.
Corners is the weakest sub-score, so it's the most likely thing to cost this card a grade. Sharpness under magnification. Softening from shuffling or a binder shows here first, and corners cost more grades than anything else.
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
Giratina is playing for a mid grade.
The card is held back by one thing: corners at 6.0, against surface at 9.5. Fix nothing and it grades where corners 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.
On the money: submitting to BGS is worth about $315 after fees against $149 selling it raw, so grading is the better side of the trade at these odds.
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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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.
Clear corner wear. Corners cost more grades than any other factor, and this is the card's ceiling.
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 reads clean — no print lines, scratches or dimples picked up here.
Print lines, scratches, dimples and gloss. Holo cards scratch easily and it rarely photographs well.
Is it worth grading?
Based on what copies of Giratina actually sell for at each grade — and the photo shows light wear, which takes a 10 off the table.
The expected return beats selling it raw, after fees.
What grade it would likely get · prices are BGS
Prices are the median of real BGS sales for this card, with the number of sales behind each. The odds come from PSA population data for this era and are applied to every grader, so treat them as the chance of the CARD earning that grade — not as one company's strictness. Odds describe submitted copies of this era, not this specific photo.
Which grader pays best
| Grader | Fee | Expected, after fees |
|---|---|---|
| BGS · best | $104 | $315 |
| CGC | $42 | $304 |
| PSA | $83 | $181 |
Based on 59 graded sales and 1,306,271 pop-report entries. Grade odds describe submitted copies — the population a "should I grade this?" question belongs to. Fees are the current published rates and exclude postage and insurance both ways.
How many already exist
PSA has graded 460 copies of Giratina.
PSA has graded 410 copies of Giratina.
CGC has graded 151 copies of Giratina.
BGS has graded 21 copies of Giratina.
TAG has graded 17 copies of Giratina.
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.
What each grade actually sold for
Cert-verified: each of these was matched to its PSA certificate, not just a listing title — follow any cert number to check it against PSA's own record.
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