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The acceptable range of cards within the Near Mint/Mint condition include both cards with no imperfections and cards with a few minor imperfections or a single more noticeable imperfection.
Lightly Played (LP) = Cards in Lightly Played condition may have minor border or corner wear, or even just slight scuffs or scratches. There are no major defects. A couple of imperfections are okay, but none should be too sever or too high a volume. Foils in Lightly Played condition may also have slight fading or signs of wear on the front of the card.
The acceptable range of cards within the Lightly Played condition include both cards with a handful of minor imperfections and those with a few more noticeable imperfections.
Moderately Played (MP) = Cards in Moderately Played condition exhibit one or more condition issues visible at a casual glance. Cards in Moderately Played condition can have border wear, corner wear, scratching or scuffing, creases or whitening, minor dirt buildup, or any combination of mild examples of these defects.
Heavily Played (HP) = Cards in Heavily Played condition show a severe amount of wear. Heavily Played condition can include cards that have major creasing, major whitening, major border wear, or any combination of those flaws.
Damaged (D) = Cards in Damaged condition can exhibit a tear, bend or crease that may make the card illegal for tournament play, even in a sleeve. Cards in Damaged condition may have extreme border wear, have been written on, stamped, or received major inking, extreme corner wear, heavy scratching or scuffing, bending, curling, folds, creases or tears.
Ungraded = This is the grade that cards that we haven’t graded are placed in. Some of these cards will be in Near Mint condition while others will be in Heavily Played condition. Because of time constraints, Commons and Uncommons are generally not individually graded.