Gemi Grade Report
Astral Radiance
Published August 25, 2026
This Starmie V presents very strong centering and generally clean overall preservation, with the grade mainly tempered by localized corner and edge wear. Surface marks are minor and limited to small specks rather than more serious blemishes.
Image Quality
• 1 back-side defect ignored due to scan quality.
• 2 front-side defects ignored due to scan quality.
• Parts of this scan are hard to inspect. Glare, overexposure, or low detail may reduce grading confidence.
• Parts of this scan are hard to inspect. Glare, overexposure, or low detail may reduce grading confidence.
Grade Shape
Four-axis score profile
The card shows excellent centering on both sides, with the front essentially dead-center and the back only showing a mild vertical shift that remains well within a top grade range.
Corner condition is held back mainly by the front top-left corner, which shows a clear white edge break and exposed core larger than a pinpoint nick. A softer wear spot was also noted on the back top-right corner, while another corner observation was excluded from scoring because the scan quality there was unreliable.
Observed
Edges are strong overall, with only small nicks and whitening visible along the cut edges on the front and back. A separate front edge issue was observed in an image-quality-affected area but was excluded from scoring, so the remaining edge wear is minor and localized.
Observed
The surface is clean aside from a couple of tiny specks on the front artwork, including one more visible gray spot and one negligible pale speck near the lower-left area. These are minor cosmetic marks rather than broader scratches, dents, or print issues, which supports a high surface result.
Observed
Corners (8.0) is the lowest of the four axes. It's the main thing keeping this card from a higher grade.
The limiting defect is Corner Wear (moderate, front).
Bringing corners up to the level of the next-weakest axis (Edges, 9.0) would be the single biggest improvement available.
Verified
Starmie V
swsh10 · TG13