BEST GRADING COMPANY?! BGS vs PSA vs CGC

As someone who occasionally buys cards and doesn’t know a single thing about grading, I will watch this video with wide eyes and a clueless expression

CGC is by far my favourite gradeing company. The extra chase for the new embossed gold pristine 10, the crystal clear slabs and the affordable gradeing cost with excellent customer service....its a clear winner for me.

I’m a CGC collector for many reasons. I love the look of the slab the best. Crystal clear case and the label gives you all of the information about your card with no weird acronyms. They tend to be less expensive to collect because most people are looking for PSA which also means I have less competition when looking for the cards I want to add to my collection. Grading with them is simple, fast and they have good customer service.

I prefer BGS because their grading seems more consistent and their slabs feel premium.

I’ve only ever heard of PSA before I started watching this channel

Once sent a card to PSA, came back as an 8. Cracked it, sent it back, came back as a 10. Just sayin. Their grading seems... inconsistent

I love CGC, not only are the slabs reasonably priced, I like that my comics and cards go through the same agency. The subgrades are awesome too. I will say that I don't like that they went to black labels.

I own a few grades cards from PSA and two from CGC and I still think PSA is the best. I want to try BGS in the future but to me, the simple look of a PSA slab is what does it for me; so iconic and to the point. My CGC cards I bought bc they were dirt cheap and I couldn’t find the specific cards graded in PSA (from Fire Emblem Cipher) I never graded my own cards from anything but PSA and I agree on the turnaround time. Sent in cards in early April, told me they’d be ready in June, and I got them back last week! Incredibly fast turnaround time, even for choosing the value option.

I want to thank you for helping me decide which grading company to choose. I was seriously considering going with a different company after all these years. I also looked into having all my cards crossed over.

The right video at the right time!! I'm looking to grade some One Piece cards. I saw that you sent your Manga Luffy at BGS. I was also thinking BGS for mine too. The slabs of BGS are looking more elegant to my eyes! More premium!!

PSA for selling because people overpay for 10's CGC for collecting pristines as they are better quality than PSA 10's

BGS is my personal favorite too. Recently graded my very first black label!

CGC for personal collection and cards I want to view regularly. BGS for selling anything I think can get a black label. PSA for selling anything else.

I just recently was lookin ginto buying grqded cards. I did notice in some the items posted they dont look like the grade number. I thought maybe i was crazy because i didnt know anything. So it terms of buying graded cards and not getting them graded myself, pokemon cards in particular, psa does seem likethe one i would prefer. I like to know the most information possible for my anxiety. This video was super helpful thanks rhyme!

This is all pretty bang on. But there has to be a way for BGS to sleeve/protect the cards without so much glare, sometimes that sleeve looks like it’s got air pockets, extremely hard to photograph BGS slabs

I started grading with CGC during the pandemic when I got into the pokemon tcg because they were very affordable. I liked their slabs and blue label and as Rhyme said in the video, they were strict af. Whatever grade I got felt legit. Ive stuck with CGC for my pokemon cards ever since.

I started grading with CGC because of their slabs. I hate the frosted look of PSA slabs it just looks cheap to me personally. I’ve also never been a fan of the PSA label. I would’ve done Beckett but at the time they didn’t have a good online system to submit cards. CGC also still does 9.5s. Old 9.5s were still considered Gem-Mint. They just decided to change to PSAs scale where a Gem-Mint card equals a 10. You can still get a 9.5 Mint+ card with CGC now.

I like BGS because they give you grades for each aspect of their grade but like you pointed out with your PSA review, our own eyes are better at judging the cards than they are..

Oh also on the topic of BGS centering and Weiss Schwarz cards, I heard there are 2 elements for centering. One is the centering of the actual card art and the second is the centering of the foil/etch layer on top of the card. You can see it on SPs at the top left around the ‘level’ thing and the top right around the hexagon thing. Sometimes that layer isn’t centered and affects the grade. Not sure how true this is though as I’ve only heard reports from other people. It would be great to get confirmation from Beckett one day 😅

Do you send quite a few slabs back to seller if not happy about the card even though a third party said it a 10? Could cause arguments and could be swapped too. And only buy if graded cards have pictures of back too which a lot of people don’t seem to bother with.