Count me in the VG club for pre-war. For Post War, I found that EX is the sweet spot for card condition vs price paid.
For pre-war, VG (raw) is great. And to be honest, Poor, Fair, and Good cards are also found in my pre-war collection. There are great looking cards to be found with low technical grades. And since I'm a collector and not an investor, I'm not trying to maximize dollar value. I just want cool looking cards.
I don't have any VG scans handy, but here is a nice half grade...evidently it's not Very Good, but it's better than Good. It's Good PLUS:
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