Gemi Grade Report
Phantasmal Flames
Published June 23, 2026
Centering and surface are outstanding, while corners are only lightly affected by a small back-corner nick. Edges show the most notable wear due to a pronounced front edge chip and a minor back-edge nick.
Image 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
Centering is very strong on both sides, with the front measuring essentially balanced left-to-right and top-to-bottom and the back remaining close to even as well. The measured alignment supports a top-tier centering result.
The corners are mostly clean, with no significant wear on the front and only a small whitening/break at the back top-left corner. That light, localized corner wear is consistent with a strong but not perfect corners result.
Observed
Edge quality is held back by a pronounced worn/chipped area on the front bottom edge near the right side, where exposed material extends slightly into the border. A smaller nick of whitening on the back top edge adds minor additional wear, which explains the stronger reduction in the edges result.
Observed
The surface appears effectively clean overall, with no meaningful scratches, dents, creases, print lines, or foil wear reported. The only noted mark is a tiny bright speck on the back border area, which is too minor to materially affect the surface result.
Observed
Edges (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 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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