If you're unsure, an easy way to check is by searching online for a specific card, then seeing what that card has sold for recently
Excalibur, Sword of Eden All that talk about swords being power crept, and WotC was like, okay, hold my beverage
How To Check the Rarity of Your Pokemon Cards There are thousands of cards to collect, and they have not all been printed in equal amounts
Stormtide Leviathan makes all your opponents lands into islands, but its hard to cast and you really only need one island in play anyway, but Harbinger of the Seas almost certainly has several lands it'll affect and get you walking on time
Sit in a dark room with one overhead light source, and hold the card about 16 inches from you to see if it looks "flawless" - if you notice something minor, put it in an empty slab and hold it 16 inches away again and reinspect it