Soprano, Not really, it depends where and what you are going to card... some sites work very good with US Non VBV but some are better with EU cards / Non AVS cards, so try to suite the site with a specific card and make sure its PLAT/SIGN for higher balances if your carding high amount items. Try Singapore/Japan/ these countries should be fine
Japan cards are non-avs, but they have vbv/mcsc. It's up to you how much money you can spent on searching bins wich are not vbv/mcsc. Even though u can talk directly with seller, make an offer that he sell u just cc numb for low price and u check them in visa/mcs page if its protected or no. my english is bad but maibye u understand