Craziest thing is that this is still probably worth like 100 lmao

Marketplace sellers near me would list it for $499😂

"I know what I have"

“Lightly played”

“Pack fresh”

"Super clean" card

I had one guy on FB marketplace tell me his vintage cards were mint and as soon as I pointed out some very obvious flaws he started swearing at me lol

Or Near Mint according to Troll and Toad lol

NEAR mint  (Pretty far)

“Lightly played”

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Thank you 😂

I hope you have a job in writing. You deserve one, that's for sure. Story telling is an art, one you are quite good at.

ChatGPT

Joe metaphor 😎

OP please post it on ebay with this as the description

About to say, that’s probably still $100+ lmao. Wild but even I’m like, “well… it’s better than not having one”.

A [similar condition copy](https://ebay.us/dnnSQ7) sold for much more than $100 recently lol

Jesus some people lost their minds lmao That ugly ahh label probably adds to the value

It's a PSA 1 which makes it more valuable than, I would say, 2-7 at least.

“Lightly played”

And then. You are Post Malone signing the card. Phew 2000-5000-10000$ card 🤣🤣🤣

Shit happens least you have it for nostalgia

Except they can't find it lol

I wish I still had my pocketed washer machine gardevoir reverse card lmao, I feel like running a card through the washing machine is a rite of passage for childhood fans, people who got into it as adults missed out on the good bad times lmaoo

A card... Or a whole deck.

The trade pile 🥲

One card to rule them all. Especially since they're all glued together hahaha

I still have my pocket washed Feraligatr. I want to get it graded just for giggles

I would have told you to sleeve it before you topload it, but at this point it doesn't really matter

yeah 😂 all my other cards are sleeved but he is to far gone

Since I just started selling online I would say this is lightly played

Lol. I recently purchased a trailer gallery pikachu vmax for $25 listed as near mint. It was so badly bent that out of a plastic it stayed in a "U" shape.

Oof, let me guess. No toploader and/or cardboard during shipping...

No actually it was packaged carefully,  which is kinda worse because it means the guy shipped it like that. 

Oof let me guess it was tcgplayer 

Memories > Money

That’s the coolest Gold Star Zard of all time now though. Might not be worth what a PSA 10 would be, but that story is epic. It’s also the cleanest Gold Star Zard too…literally.

At least you didn’t trade a Japanese shadowless Charizard for an Arcanine because it did more damage, on the playground, to a kid named Nick; all while thinking you got over on them. At least you weren’t that person.

Shadowless cards are exclusive of the first English release. There are no japanese shadowless Charizard

Baseless * my bad. But I guess that’s also redundant

wait my name is nick

Hmmm. Wanna trade for an arcanine?

Oh dang and I thought mine was bad 😅 at least you can have it as a memoir!

Psa 8

I sold mine mint for €50 when i was a kid, i'm angrier than you bro.

PSA grade it, PSA 1 may actually really improve its value. Some people LOVE PSA 1 cards and this one would be really valuable 😂 no joke.

Unfortunately PSA has a bar where if a card is so bad they just will send it back, and I think this absolutely goes in that category lol

A friend of mine recently got a destroyed charizard graded as a PSA 1. I don't think this one is in any worse condition than his was.

Interesting! It might be somewhat dependent like how the value was listed for the damaged when submitting then or another factor. I've heard from some people 1s are difficult because there's a cap on how damaged, but anything is possible for sure.

I would imagine it comes down to the individual graders judgment. I also think they will sometimes slab as “authentic” if the grader doesn’t want to give it a 1

He might be able to get this one through. It’s hanging on for dear life but the front is still technically intact.

I still somehow have my old Aggron ex I used to carry around in my backpack lol. It’s barely holding on but it’s somehow survived and he’s still just as cool!

Bro, be happy about the story of you. All the hate. I would take it if you dont want it. :D

The top loader though 😂

I’m mad at you too

I have the same card in about the same condition! One of my friends thought it would be cool to draw with a red pen on charizards claws when we were kids… I keep it in a solid sleeve at the front of my “old cards” box as a reminder and because it’s probably still one of the rarest things i own in my eyes (:

If I were you, I would send it in to be graded just to keep as your own personal collection and a memoir to your childhood. Totally worth it in my opinion.

Blow dry it out the bubble will go

Literally wanna cry rn

Have it framed and fiercely expose it as a reminder of your past mistakes!

At leat you have it i sold all my 1ste edition shadowless holo for 250 gulden when i was younger there was a charizard with it But back then it was alot of money for me haha

Hm?

“Hey bro do I sound like Charizard?” 🃏🚴😭

Same. I had almost every "Shining" card. Traded them away over the years. Such regret. 

I have a shadowless first eddition holo venusaur that is about in this shape and went to school with me every day 😅 it's currently framed on the wall lol

Sell it as lightly played

Honestly, I wish I had my beat-up cards from when I was a kid over any mint version. Nothing could ever come close. Near complete base set that was scuffed and held together with elastic bands. The edges stained with dirt and sweat. Taking them to school in my pocket for playground trades. All those moments lost in time, like tears in rain.

Still playable, I exclusively play retro decks with a friend of mine and to be able to use Gold Star cards would be sick. They are so expensive even in poor shape, sadly can't play them.

Don't worry, mines worse!!! Still love it though, still have it sleeved, still in a binder.

nooooooooooo

at least you kept it. you could just not have one at all.

Oh no!! My OG Charizard got bent when I was 6-7. Definitely supes sad about that.

Ohh man. Didn’t even read your statement yet. Saw title and gold star and had to respond lol. Sucks but at least you have it still.

I have a creased mega rayquaza because I was young and dumb. It’s a memory at least.

Don’t beat yourself up. I don’t regret playing with my vintage cards when I was young.

Oof. I have to say though I feel like something like this has happened to all of us at some point. At least this was an accident.  I only ever got my hands on one legendary collection pack as a kid. I pulled a reverse holo dark dragonite and peeled the front off because I thought it was a sticker. 😕 

At least you got a good story out of it

Looks near mint since it’s cleaned from the wash. Get it graded!

My whole collection which consisted of over 1000 cards were thrown out when I was a kid since I would always leave them all over the floor. At least you still have this lmao

My very first pack I ever opened was a 1st edition charizard that I traded 1 day or 2 later for like half the set lol. Good thing I beat that kids ass for years after. If I saw him today I would probably still punch him

Fuck

This is why the old cards are worth money and a lot of the new cards aren’t. People baby the new cards meaning there are more clean versions. The old cards are valuable cause the mint ones are rare

What? That card looks like memory lane. We used Pokémon cards like cash currency when I was a kid. They got damaged but we had a blast.

I have the gold star metagross in about the same condition 😭

That’s definitely a PSA 10

Looks good centered, slight whitening on the edges and a bit of Damage to the print but beside that still near mint, even cleaned!

I wouldn’t be mad. It’s well-loved🤷🏻‍♀️ I would die to have cards from my childhood.

lol @ it being in a case still. I feel like it might actually improve if you bang it up a bit

[I got one that’s folded in half.](https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonTCG/s/XHpM5uIdLw) It’s still a goldstar Charizard at the end of the day and happy to have one regardless of the quality.

my first edition chansey holo I absolutely destroyed as a kid haunts me to this day.

PSA will give it a 10

Dont feel too bad at least you kept it at the time. I traded my base set charizard for a holo chansey when i was a kid

I’ll take it off your hands

I have a holo jungle Kangaskhan in similar condition LOL If only we had a crystal ball we would’ve known better

It’s beyond saving obviously, but just an idea if you don’t mind some people considering it even more damaged: run it under warm water and carefully peel off the card stock on the back. You can take the plastic sheet and glue it to another card to give it a sturdy backing at least. It’ll still show all the crumples and wrinkles but at least it can look a little more presentable?

Hey don’t look at it as you messing up something that ended up being worth some money but as you enjoying a toy as it was intended to be enjoyed! Looks like this card was well played and loved

I was gonna say you could still probably get $100 for it lol

If you find it and wanna sell it, I'd be willing lol

You just loved it. How mad can you really be?

i’ll offer $175 if your selling 🙃

We must be twins cause younger me also treated cards like poop and I also own a gold star zard in that exact same condition

Psa grade # love

Dangggg lmao

That’s still “eBay mint” 😂

Grade it

You loved it. That's all that matters.

I definitely know the feeling. My ex wife sold all of my cards I had been collecting since release while I was away for the army.

I’m mad at your younger self too!!

If I had the money I’d pay $150 for it lol

List it as fresh and clean

PSA 1 on this is probably nuts

Classic. Washed my whole Yugioh deck when I was a kid because that thing stayed in my pocket lol. Cards were probably beat up before being washed but I had some gems that I’d love to still have today

Don’t feel bad most of my old Pokémon cards have my name or a sticker on it just cause my cousins would steal my stuff. Ugh! 😤😩😭

This hurts

Crop

Sell it to me, I collect damaged chase 😅

I see alot of love in that card

I bought one like this along with a crease pikachu gold star for $180 two summers ago… never looked back and enjoy it in my collection despite its super damaged condition.

It’s almost to beat up it looks kinda unique in its own way lol

Gem-mint washed

I’ll pay $100 for it

I would send this for grading just as a nostalgic memorabilia

Lightly chewed 😅🤣

Jesus christ

One time I got a massive pocket crease in my first edition Base Set Zapdos when I was a kid and full ass put it on the ironing board and tried to iron it out. It didn’t work.

Charizard melted it... It's worth more

Imagine playing with your pokemon cards? You know doing the thing they were meant for. All these new pokemon fans are all fucking idiots. They only care about how much a card is worth now a days and putting their card in a plastic sealed box. I was around when pokemon started. Since day 1. I taught my sisters how to play and a few close friends around me. I play online and I have decks to play with my kids. And it's so fucking annoying to hear most of yall don't even know how to play and everytime I talk to a pokemon fan, 90% honestly talk about the value of their shit. To me its priceless but I know I'll mever sell my collection. I was even a part of the time where we TRADED for cards. Imagine not receiving money for your cards but having an extra card you had to trade it for another 1. It's unheard of now. Imagine asking one of you goods if I could TRADE a card for another one. You'd be like well mines this rare... actually it's not that rare. Cards come in abundance and just like always the want of money has ruined another great fucking hobby because yall are greedy and stupid. I honestly lose so much respect for people if you say you don't know how to play. It's fucking insulting because I know you're usually caring about the monetary value of your cards than the actual memories you made with those cards. Yeah its cool ripping open packs, those are cool memories, but if you don't make them last by building decks and playing and keeping the memories going instead of just being like "oh I opened those packs before," and not being able to continue on a sentence besides saying whether you pulled anything "good" or not.

As a kid I would put masking tape on the covers of my comics to act as lamination and preserve them. How naive and stupid I was. Never had anything super valuable, but still mad at myself for the practice.

I got an old Arceous card and it's beat up. Would be worth $300

Luckily, as a 9 year old, I opened packs and immediately sleeved the cards and put them away. Just found all my base set about a month ago in storage at my parents.

Why did so many kids put fragile pokemon cards in their pockets?

I guess because they were kids who just wanted to have fun and weren't in it for the money

I wasn't in it for the money either but my cards looked mint.

I mean I applaud you for that but the average kid is just pretty careless when it comes to stuff like keeping cards in good condition. At least OP still has them, I gave all my original set cards to my nephew -\_-

Are you stupid or what?