Hmm, I might just send some of my cards, man. I have this real nice shiny 1st edition Charizard it's not English but its in Korean. It's in a cover and none of it is scratch, bented, or dented. You might just say it looks perfectly new.
Glad your kid is into Pokemon, I miss those good old days with my Gameboy Color, Yellow version is challenging, even to this day.
Curlyboy8
Let me know if he gets in to yugioh and I might look for some of my ancient cards.