Which Pokemon Grading Company is the Best Value? 

The odd thing is, not all CGC labels are off center… I have a few CGC slabs and none of them are off center. I don’t know why some end up off center while some are perfectly centered… maybe it has something to do with the printer being used to print the labels?

Ironic you could say

hasnt CGC corrected this and explained why this happened though?

Ohohohoh

Maybe there should be a grade grading company? One that grades graded cards? 🤔🤔

I also noticed this haha. Water Pokemon are heading to cgc !

My 1st Edition Dark Espeon looks great in CGC

I bought a cgc 8 blastoise base set and I couldn’t agree more that blue looks amazing

Interesting take! I personally love that blue. BGS slab looks the best though, I think.

So weird you say that - but makes so much sense. My entire display is psa except 2 random cgc slabs : Nessa full art (water-type trainer) and legendary collection dark vaporeon holo

100% agree. PSA's quality control has been suffering for a while, even before the recent boom. Combine that with their rather inconsistent grading, and that has just burned me too many times. I have many PSA 10's that definitely wouldn't have gotten a CGC 10 that's for sure. I think that's what makes PSA so much more dominant though, they were easier to get a 10 with compared to BGS, and since everyone wants their stuff to come back 10, they were sent to PSA. This is where the consistency issue comes in. They appear to have recently started to become more strict as a response to this/ some would say pop control, and that is the last thing you want from a grading company. If you sent a card 2 years ago you had a good shot at a 10 with PSA, now you're looking at 8's and 9's. This is also a reason PSA cert numbers in the high 5's and into the 6's are typically going for more because the card inside is probably more deserving of that 10.

CGC slab is the best of the 3 grading services. It's thicker and like Jake said very smooth. I had no idea PSA slabs were so thin

@@ealbar1 exactly, i did get my kingdra 1st edition neo holo back from PSA. It did get a 9. Meanwhile i saw 2 10s so far that are looking like 8s if mine is a real 9. 🥴

Im a new pokemon buyer. Im only buying PSA fam. CGC looks too cheap.

Their number isn’t even aligned in the white box how is the quality higher

@@lun7n yeah i have that complaint too

Its blue, it doesn't curl to shit like a psa label

@@lun7n he's talking about the actual slab itself..which in my opinion is the nicest of the 3, but their label just ain't it

The slab is amazing, but the label is trash. BGS is what I'm sticking to until CGC steps it up a bit.

my perfect 10 has an O/C grade :/

Agree with each point. Only comment I'd add is that, recent returns from PSA seem to have really nerfed that easy 10. They are only the most popular because of the fact that everyone sent them their mint cards for basically a guaranteed 10. But they seem to be reacting to that/ some would say pop control, and are now being much more strict. That flip flopping/ inconsistency is the last thing you want in a grading company. It means a 10 with a Cert # in the 3's or 4's might not be deserving of it while a 9 in the high 5's or 6's might have deserved it. This is where both BGS and CGC completely win with their strict consistent grading from the very beginning.

That’s the move. A lot of people are sleeping on that. It’s a great time to scoop up CGC 9’s and 10’s before they get valued at the same

I don’t have any subgraded ones😢

Agree with all this, I'm grading with Ace and nothing is a 9/10 I just want to protect my cards nicely

Pokemon Grading company only does Pokemon cards and merchandise. Their facilities use higher tech and I got my cards back from them within a month. ALL the other ones take months. I think I payed $50 for 20 cards to be graded, can't beat it.

Yeah, I've seen them grading cards as 10's like it's their first day on the job. So now you have something that should have been a 9 or below on the market.

Great take, they had a fall from grace just like 2K interactive and their loss of fans with their nba 2k series.

100% agree. Their labels look like someone made it in Excel 1994. Combine that with how their quality control has been suffering for a while, even before the recent boom, and with their rather inconsistent grading, and that has just burned me too many times. I have many PSA 10's that definitely wouldn't have gotten a CGC 10 that's for sure. I think that's what makes PSA so much more dominant though, they were easier to get a 10 with compared to BGS, and since everyone wants their stuff to come back 10, they were sent to PSA. This is where the consistency issue comes in. They appear to have recently started to become more strict as a response to this/ some would say pop control, and that is the last thing you want from a grading company. If you sent a card 2 years ago you had a good shot at a 10 with PSA, now you're looking at 8's and 9's. This is also a reason PSA cert numbers in the high 5's and into the 6's are typically going for more because the card inside is probably more deserving of that 10.

Yeah, I have to disagree. I like their simplistic labels compared to the rest that shove the grade right in your face.

@@dexvargas21 I did say "I like the lack of elements on the label, it doesn't take away from the main attraction...." tho?

Oh man I'd be excited for this!

I wish that to be true, I'd forgive year turnaround 🤣

october 1st uk cgc opening for grading I have confirmed with cgc myself, Psa maybe next year

@@JoeGCards ohhh boy! If that is true I'm gonna submit my cards day1 🤣

A true collector! I sent about 65 vintage cards to CGC because of this reason. Only people worried about “how much is it worth” send it to PSA or BGS. They are in it for the value, not true collectors. If your collecting you need to worry about how to protect the card.

@@gradedcards7599 No, the reason I don't send to CGC is because of my OCD. Their label bothers me. I will stick with BGS until they step up the labeling game. But there slabs are definitely nice.

@@thelegacyofgaming2928 now the numbers are centered, cgc finally solved the issue!

ACE grading

Lol send me your cards and I'll send them to Ace

To be fair, EU has PCA which are very very good and sell well within the EU market. It does suck since Brexit having that divide between buying/ selling to and from Britain and the EU for collectors

I really want ACE to be good, but it really needs to have a baseline and to be compared to US grading companies. e.g. what is a ACE Grade 10 compared to a PSA grade 10

@@matthewkearney4195 very very good ? PCA are well known in the french community to be absolute dogshit. Bending the cards, no communication at all, they even lost $20k worth of cards recently. Their grades was straight up non-sense at a time and there is no database so you literally cannot know when your card was graded (there was a change of label but that's not enough to identify a date, as all numbers are generated randomly and not following each other).

@@ulqi I've had no issue with them so I'm only speaking from my own experience. I do agree though their communications is poor, they really should hire an extra person to deal with that side of things. But the fact that they've set up before the pokemon hype shows they're not just some blow-in grading service like we see popping up every week in the UK. I'd sooner go with them than anyone else in Europe

i think I have about 50 charizard/reshiram and 20 pikachu cards i need to get graded asap, the rest can wait lol

Other than Randolph / graded gem with Ace grading, which other RU-vidrs have started their own grading services?

@@lostcausecollectibles Adrive recently bought into the grading authority

@@heatvw1079 f that guy. He’s just in it for the money unlike Randolph that actually has a passion for all of this.

Agree! MNT is strong in most sides (slab quality, strictness, service, price, speed). I've been sent mine to them as well. The only drawback is that as a Canadian company they might not be the first choice of collectors in the States.

@@allison5389 That is true, i think in more time it'll pick up momentum and eventually get close to Psa and bgs level. I love that there strict with their grading. PSA had alot of cards get misgraded, I'm not bashing them but definitely not always consistent. Once i get my cards back everything comes back well, I'll definitely be supporting our Canadian friends alot more.

How’s the grading for BGS

I love SGC. I think they are the 3rd ranked grading company overall but right now they are my go to.1

I grade to resell and SGC isn't worth nearly as much as CGC or PSA. That's the plain and simple of it.

I disagree with CGC. Look at the shiny charizard gx in 10s lately. SGC 10 just got sold for 850 a few months ago recently. I really do believe their values are not thst much differently right now unless you get a $5-10 graded.

Never heard of TGA. Will keep this in mind.

@@thelegacyofgaming2928 they're an up and coming grading company. I've got high hopes for them. Their slabs make PSA look like boring store receipt labels

The tougher the grade, the bigger the return.

I agree. Its common knowledge for a while and certainly at this point PSA has the highest return value but EVERYONE i have asked personally has raved about CGC... I agree people often rank PSA #1 just bc they are so invested with them... CGC comic slabs look incredible and i heard the card ones do too! As far as the hard grading id rather have it be harsh and accurate then soft and inaccurate

I personally try to not buy any PSA that do not have that middle reflective sticker thing. I prefer the new look.

@@stetchkov yea the one I’m seeing has it but it’s from a previous version

They're definitely a grader

@@TwicebakedJake oof

@@TwicebakedJake yikes lol

The value after grading is mainly used for insurance in case of lost or damage. As long as you are being reasonable in your valuation of it then you will not be surcharged for increase value. Unless the value is egregiously difference. But in that case it just means your card is worth significantly more than what thought, which isn't a bad thing either.

That box is more for players. There's also an English promo box so the card isn't particularly exclusive

Same! Received several cards with fuzz, hair or other debris in the case not cool at all. I continue to grade with them solely bc unfortunately the re-sale value is the best however I think BGS and CGC are much more professional and the fact they offer sub-grades and grade tougher means they stand behind their grades and also there is no confusion as to why what got what!

My first card is a BGS 10 and I gotta admit I bought it yesterday.

not a black label?

I don’t think ACE grading will Ever come here

@@tristenwells7762 actually the co owner already said that they would expand over time.