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runscott...but rather the issue of "to slab or not to slab", regardless of grade.
And regarding the "intent to deceive", what if a card were cut along a border with left-handed snub-nosed scissors?...still trimmed, though obviously no intent to deceive - it WOULD NOT get slabbed. But if someone to draw a smiley face on a card with a black marker, it would get slabbed with "MK", but if paper loss on a blue background card were expertly colored in, it would not get slabbed. If a card were glued back together...perfectly...it would not get slabbed, but this one did.
I just think the grading companies are all over the board on these "alteration" issues.