The Texture Test (Modern Chase Cards): Genuine modern ultra-rares, Special Illustration Rares, and Secret Rares feature custom, intricate, fingerprint-style physical grooves etched across their surfaces
This CGC 5.5 has an crease on the back which netted the 5.5 - The grader probably looked at this card and seen this tiny crease and notch on the front corner and was debating between a 5 and 6
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It was wonderful to see cards from the 151 set up close and in greater detail, slowly opening them with anticipation to see if I was going to be lucky and pull one of the [rare] chase cards from the set
Deoxys does a lot of work to contribute to this card's roughly $150 valuation, as this half of the card doesn't necessarily boast the larger share of details or better artwork
