Difficult to choose among the defective "BAD" cards

If you were given a gold rare with plenty damage, which would you rather chose a card full of black marks and scratches or a card with no scratches but has a fold or 2....cuz i was choosing between my cousin's bald eagle which has a TON of scratches that it became a black rare (LOL) or my friends Special Ops Leo which has about 2 large folds

my friend had a S.O.L. with scratches & so many folds ,but he said that it's ok to get damaged as long as the barcode is ok
~ Marcel Tuason