Sharpedo #39 Pokemon Japanese Collection Moon Keep track of your collection value over time
A loose guide for grading whitening would be something like: No whitening - GM 10 1 to 2 spots of whitening - 9 Mint 3 spots of whitening - 8 Mint/Near Mint 4 or 5 spots of whitening - 7 Near Mint All 4 sides have whitening - 6 or below Color boarder cards have a hard time gem minting compared to cards with white/grey (think modern) borders since things like silvering/whitening are much less noticeable
A God Pack replaces an entire packs normal contents with all-hit cards typically 9-10 ultra-rare cards in a single pack
While I will always advocate for running more lands (at least 37-38, ideally), I think its far easier to convince people to instead dedicate lands 36-38 upwards to more card draw
In the time it took me to write this article, I played 30 games on the Pokemon Trading Card Game Online with the exact Tastytoad list mention below, and won 23 of those games, 14 of which my opponent quit before the match was finished
Weve ranked all 10 High Class Packs using a transparent 5-axis scoring system covering pull rate value, chase cards, investment ROI, God Pack appeal, and current accessibility