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2026 Mega Evolution: Ascended Heroes Mega Charizard Y ex #294/217

Case C763N2VP · Andy H.

A dated record of the documented work on this card, drawn from its permanent chain of custody. Not a grade or an appraisal.

Run Up

Year: 2026
Set: Ascended Heroes
Illustrator: aky CG Works
Ungraded value: $451.60

Mega Evolution: Ascended Heroes, set code ASC, released 2026-01-30. Base set is 217 cards, so 294/217 is a SECRET printed past the base count - the denominator only looks wrong.

Ungraded value is a recent SOLD price for this exact printing, taken from PriceCharting on 2026-07-27, not an asking price. It is a market observation, not an offer or an appraisal.

Where your card is

Run UpComplete

The card identified and valued before anyone touches it.
CleaningComplete

Surface work, logged zone by zone as it happens.
RevealNot needed

The post-press review, filmed end to end.

Card profile

Player: Mega Charizard Y ex
Team: Pokemon TCG (Mega Evolution era)
Set: Mega Evolution: Ascended Heroes (ASC), gold Mega Hyper Rare
Year: 2026
Card number: 294/217
Ungraded value: $451.60 (PriceCharting SOLD, 2026-07-27)

Case

Case: C763N2VP
Client: Andy H.
Received: 2026-07-27

Identity Mega Hyper Rare gold secret from Mega Evolution: Ascended Heroes (set code ASC), illustrated by aky CG Works, (c)2026. Identity verified against the physical card, front and back, on 2026-07-27 and cross-checked against the published Ascended Heroes card list. Arrived in a Vault X sleeve. NO SLABBING (client standing rule): the PSA 10 figure on the run-up is market context only.

Work performed

24-point inspection under raking light: four edges, four corners, then the quadrants, front and back.
One piece of debris lifted from the BACK with a utensil. It came away clean and was not adhered.
A final swab pass over the back to confirm the surface, not to change it.
The FRONT was deliberately not touched at all.
No solution, no rolling, no pin tool, no press. Nothing on this card was altered.

TCG Partnerz grade our own 10-point working assessment

Before10.0

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After (post-clean)Not pressed - none needed

front

back

Mega Charizard Y ex condition map

Hover or tap any zone to read its grade and what was said about it.

Tap a zone for what was said about it. Edges and corners are one piece of cardboard seen from either side; quadrants are the two faces' own surfaces.

A subjective in-house review scored by quadrant, corner and side, not a third-party grade. Overall 10, assigned by the operator after the session, with notes on the two holo spots on the front and the cleaning wipe-down of the back. This card was not pressed.

Restoration walkthrough

Tap any timestamp to jump to that moment in the video. Work = an action performed on the card; Check = an inspection or note.

The brief

BeforeA fresh pack-pulled gold secret rare, straight out of the sleeve.

AfterInspected end to end. Nothing on the card was altered.

0:38 Check The job, stated up front: find any reason this will not get a 10.
1:48 Check In the hand: balanced and crisp, the way a fresh-pack card feels.
2:12 Check First impression: not expecting to find many problems.

Edges and corners

BeforeUnknown until raked. Client had flagged one corner as looking unclean.

AfterAll four edges and all four corners graded 10, with a note on the bottom right.

2:46 Check Top-left corner front: a 10 all the way.
3:04 Check Top edge front: a 10. Tiny fibers off the top, which is normal.
3:44 Check Top-right corner front: a 10.
4:51 Check Right edge front: a 10.
5:51 Check A flattening near the bottom right, judged part of the card's cut and not fixable, so still a 10.
6:36 Check Summed up: edges all 10, corners all 10, with slight notation to the bottom right.
6:47 Check The corner you asked about, checked on camera: almost absolutely perfect.

Front surface

BeforeTwo marks visible to the naked eye in the lower half.

AfterTop-left quadrant 10. Both lower quadrants 9.9, each for one tiny indentation that still holds its holo.

9:26 Check Top-left quadrant front: a 10. No chipping.
10:38 Check Top-right quadrant front: nothing to remark about.
10:48 Check Into the bottom right, where two dots are visible without magnification.
11:12 Check The test that matters: it still holds the holo, so it passes. What you look for is holo that is MISSING.
11:34 Check Small enough to be a fingerprint for this exact copy.
12:31 Check Bottom-right quadrant front: 9.9, for that one mark.
13:25 Check A mark under the artwork checked and cleared as factory-made, not damage - it reflects back.
14:30 Check Bottom-left quadrant front: 9.9, one defect about 3/4 inch in from the left and 3/4 inch up from the bottom.

Back surface, and the one cleaning

BeforeA spot on the back, cause unknown.

AfterIt was loose debris and lifted off. All four back quadrants graded 10.

15:08 Check Onto the back. Clean.
15:54 Check Faint pattern lines called as print-run character, not a defect.
16:48 Check A spot on the back, tested with a utensil.
17:00 Check It came right off. It was dirt, not a mark in the card.
17:27 Check Back quadrants regraded after removal: all 10.
18:00 Check The front is deliberately left untouched, to avoid becoming the cause of any damage.
18:22 Check A final swab pass to confirm a smooth surface.
18:51 Check Closing call: inspection and a minor cleaning, and no reason this card will not score high.

Sessions (3 on record)

1Intake inspection2026-07-27 · Lucas Shaffer (gloved)

Media: session.mp4

No defects recorded in this session (not a clean bill).

A 24-point inspection of a fresh pack-pulled card, filmed end to end, with the brief stated up front. 00:38 I was called in to basically give it a once-over and look at it and try to find any reason why this will not get a 10. 01:48 out of the sleeve and in the hand: I feel a balance in the card ... it doesn't feel heavier. It feels more crisp, like a fresh-pack card. 02:12 my first impression is we're not going to find a lot of problems here.

Edges And Corners

Front: top-left corner 02:46 It's a 10 all the way; top edge 03:04 a 10, with some little, tiny fibers coming off the top, but that is normal; top-right corner 03:44 a 10; right edge 04:51 a 10; right corner 04:57 it's going to come back as a 10 too. 05:51 a flattening noted near the bottom-right, but I'm still going to give it a 10 because it's just something that I noticed and possibly part of the card's cut, and something we can't fix. 06:36 summed up: I'm going to give the edges all a 10 and all the corners a 10, with slight notation to the bottom right. 04:17 centering read by eye as almost perfectly centered, with calipers named as a future addition and NOT used here, so no centering figure is recorded.

The Client's Own Question

Answered on camera 06:47: client did mention to me that there was something on a corner here that didn't look clean. But if you can look at that, that's almost absolutely perfect.

Front Quadrants

Top-left 09:26 a 10. Top-right 10:38 nothing to remark about here. Perfect card - no number was spoken for that quadrant, so none is recorded. Bottom-right 12:31 a 9.9 only because of that minor defect. Bottom-left 14:30 a 9.9 with only one defect approximately 3/4 of an inch from the left and 3/4 of an inch from the bottom. WHY THE 9.9s ARE NOT MORE THAN THAT 11:12: this is going to pass grading because it still holds the holo ... What you're looking for is if it's missing. The indentations still reflect, which is the test. 11:34 This card is going to definitely be identifiable ... you could definitely pinpoint that like a fingerprint.

Manufacturing, Not Damage

13:25: a mark under the artwork checked and cleared - it does reflect back, so it gives us a sign that it's not damaged, but just the card effect ... this is just going to be factory-made. Same call on the back at 15:54: little pattern lines ... nothing to note ... this could just be the print run when it's running through the machine.

Back

Top-left corner 15:23 a 10. Top-left quadrant 17:10 a 10. Top-right quadrant 17:27 a 10. Both bottom quadrants 18:06 a 10. 18:00 I don't see any spots that need to be cleaned. I wouldn't dare touch the front of this card because after I've seen what I've seen, I don't want to be a cause of any type of damage.

2Cleaning2026-07-27 · Lucas Shaffer (gloved)

Media: session.mp4

No defects recorded in this session (not a clean bill).

A deliberately minimal cleaning. Nothing was worked, pressed or altered; the front was not touched at all by explicit decision at 18:00.

The One Intervention

16:48: a spot on the BACK checked with a utensil - Oh, look! Came right off! ... what I thought it was was a little piece of dirt on there, and it came right off. 17:10 noted as debris ... which could have been wiped away with a finger, and the top-right quadrant on the back was regraded a 10 afterwards. 18:22 a final swab pass to confirm the surface rather than to change it: just kind of feel to make sure that I have a very smooth surface. And that is very smooth. It's the way a clean card should feel.

No Solution, No Rolling, No Press

Nothing here alters the card, which matters for this one specifically: it arrived pack-fresh and the whole point of the session was to avoid becoming the reason it stops being that. 18:51 closing call, and note that no overall number is given: this card has now come through our inspection and a minor cleaning, but I don't see any reason why this card will not score high and do well.

3Reveal2026-09-19 · Lucas

No defects recorded in this session (not a clean bill).

Case Closed As A Preview

Lucas closed this job on 2026-09-19: it was a preview, not a restoration, and no further work is planned.

This Session Was Not Filmed

And is not a walk; it records the closing decision on the date it was given, sourced to Lucas. The work on record is the 24-point inspection and the deliberately minimal clean of 2026-07-27: one piece of loose debris lifted from the back, the front never touched, nothing altered, nothing pressed. No post-press grade exists because the card was never pressed.