Gemi Grade Report
Gyarados EX
BREAKpoint
Published September 28, 2026
Card Info
- Set
- xy9
- Number
- 114
- Illustrator
- Ryo Ueda
Grading Summary
This Gyarados EX shows strong centering and generally clean edges, with small corner wear and the main limitation coming from scattered surface marks. The overall presentation is close to high-grade, but the visible foil specks, border scratches, and minor whitening keep it from a pristine result.
Flags
Image Quality
1 back-side defect ignored due to scan quality.
Subgrades
Grade Shape
Four-axis score profile
Centering is excellent on both sides, with the front only slightly shifted left-to-right and nearly even top-to-bottom, while the back is essentially balanced. The measured values support a top-end centering result.
Corner wear is mild and localized, with subtle whitening at the front top-right and bottom-right corners and small white nicks on the back top-left and bottom-left corners. The marks are limited in size but clearly present enough to keep the corners from a perfect result.
Observed
Edge wear is mostly minor, with small pale nicks on the front top and bottom edges and a couple of light back-border edge breaks. One back-side nick was observed but excluded from scoring because it fell in an image-quality affected region, so the edge result reflects the clearer remaining evidence.
Observed
Surface quality is held back by a few small defects rather than broad wear: tiny foil specks on the front artwork and several short pale scratches or marks across the back blue border. The observed marks are minor, but their number and placement make the surface the most affected area.
Observed
What's holding this card back
Lowest axisSurface (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 Surface Mark (minor, back).
Bringing surface up to the level of the next-weakest axis (Corners, 8.0) would be the single biggest improvement available.
Centering
Front
Back
Certificate
Verified
Gyarados EX
xy9 · 114

