Gemi Grade Report
Black Bolt
Published June 29, 2026
This Zekrom ex presents as a strong high-grade card, with pristine corners and surface, excellent centering, and only minor edge nicks keeping it from absolute perfection. The scan evidence supports a clean overall appearance with just minimal localized wear.
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 excellent overall, with the front measuring essentially dead center left-to-right and very close to balanced top-to-bottom. The back shows a modest vertical shift, but the card still presents within a top-tier centering range.
All four corners appear clean with no corner wear called out in the scans. That supports a strong corner result with no visible rounding, whitening, or crushing evident from the available evidence.
The edge assessment is held back by two small white nicks/chips on the front cut edges, one at the bottom left area and one at the left side boundary, each described as minor. These are limited to isolated edge wear rather than broader chipping, which fits a high but not perfect edge result.
Observed
The surface remains effectively pristine overall, with only two tiny, low-confidence light specks on the back blue border and no meaningful scratches, dents, creases, print lines, or foil wear reported. Minor glare on both sides slightly reduces inspection clarity, but the observed surface marks are negligible and do not materially affect the surface grade.
Observed
Edges (9.0) 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 (minor, front).
Bringing edges up to the level of the next-weakest axis (Centering, 10.0) would be the single biggest improvement available.
Verified
Zekrom ex
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