How It Works Buy a PSA 9 of a card where the PSA 10 premium is very large Carefully crack the card out of the PSA slab Resubmit the card to PSA (or sometimes to a different grading company) Hope it comes back as a PSA 10 When People Do This Cracking makes financial sense when: The PSA 10 is worth 3x+ the PSA 9 The card in the PSA 9 slab appears to be in outstanding condition (possibly a "strong 9") The grading fee ($20-50) is small relative to the potential upside For a card where PSA 9 is $500 and PSA 10 is $3,000, spending $30-50 on a resubmission for a shot at turning $500 into $3,000 is a reasonable gamble if the card is genuinely on the borderline
Just think about the last time you heard someone get called a dingus outside of an old 80s movie
This is a bigger factor for modern cards than vintage, but it contributes to the overall feeling of a declining market
What is your most valuable in your collection
If Lurrus , or any other important creature gets removed, you can use Volraths Stronghold to put said creature on top of your deck and recast it from your hand when you draw it
Ive got my money on Astro Bot versions of the characters in each lair, which would be super cool (or, you know, 1,000 more versions of Command Tower or whatever)
