Possible defects: damaged corners, one or two marked folds, creasing of the card, soiling, discoloration, numerous white marks on the reverse, or black dots, etc
Courtney demonstrates how to use the Cricut Explore to create a floral stencil, and then she spray-paints the pattern onto a glass vase
If Atraxa, Grand Unifier gets banned from Standard, Sin could see some play
Go for card-stock paper, it has good durability as well as comes in various colors, textures, as well as thicknesses
Most of the next-tier cards land in roughly the $30$45 range ungraded, so theres a real gap between the headline cards and the rest
These are an excellent starting point because popular decks have already been playtested and fine-tuned by other players, allowing new players to focus on strategy rather than deck building