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Frank WakefieldSeriously, I'm not a proponent of wedging a knife or screwdriver in there... only bad things can happen to your card on the way out if the wedging slips!!!
Hammer + flatblade screwdriver. Lay the slab down, and tap just inside of the edge until the plastic breaks a bit. You don't have to go all the way through at that point. Tap your way around a bit. Eventually the slab will come apart. The last dozen or so I've done outside, that way if I miss a sliver of plastic it isn't a disaster.
For some odd reason I've saved the slips the last few years. Not sure yet what I'll do with 'em. Maybe I could use them one day to start a "Freedom Registry", a registry for cards that have been busted out. We'd have HOF busters, and then recognition for the best liberated set... and stuff just like the slabbers!
Peace.
FW