Gemi Grade Report
Surging Sparks
Published June 22, 2026
Centering and surface are both strong, with only minor localized imperfections. The main wear is concentrated on the front edges, with a small back-corner nick also visible.
Image Quality
1 back-side defect ignored due to scan quality.
• Parts of this scan are hard to inspect. Glare, overexposure, or low detail may reduce grading confidence.
• Strong overhead reflection washes out the upper-right and lower-right areas of the card back, making inspection less reliable.
Grade Shape
Four-axis score profile
The measured centering is very close to even on both sides and top/bottom on the front and back, with only slight right-side and bottom-side bias. The scan supports a top-tier centering result.
Corner condition is strong overall, with the main issue being a small white nick along the back top-left corner arc and no notable front-corner damage. The wear is localized and light, which fits a near-mint corner result.
Observed
Edge wear is most noticeable on the front right cut edge, where there is a prominent chip/whitening and a dark exposed nick at the corner, plus a smaller chip/whitening at the opposite front edge. Those visible edge flaws explain the lower edge result even though the back edges appear clean.
Observed
Surface is largely clean, with only tiny isolated specks and faint marks in the front art area that read as negligible. A small back-side fleck was detected in a glare-affected region and was excluded from scoring, so the surface result remains strong despite the limited back inspection quality.
Observed
Edges (7.0) is the lowest of the four axes. It's the main thing keeping this card from a higher grade.
The limiting defect is Edge Wear (moderate, front).
Bringing edges up to the level of the next-weakest axis (Corners, 9.0) would be the single biggest improvement available.
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