CGC Cards Help Center

CGC Cards grades virtually all trading card games (TCGs), sports cards and non-sports cards. For more information about the cards we grade, visit Cards We Grade & Policies. 

 

CGC Cards does not certify counterfeit cards. A counterfeit card is one manufactured by anyone other than the official company that produces it.

 

Certain cards are deemed not suitable for certification on a case-by-case basis; for example, a card with significant missing pieces or with structural integrity issues. 

CGC Cards looks forward to grading additional cards in the future. Any new cards eligible for certification services will be announced on the website and social media.

Yes. CGC Cards grades all languages of cards.

CGC Cards will certify cards with manufacturer’s certified (“pack pulled”) autographs. Cards with other autographs are not currently eligible for CGC Cards certification.

CGC Cards will not grade any card that has been altered to create the deception that it is a rarer version; for example, turning white borders black or changing the set symbol. CGC Cards will grade "Artist's Alterations" (altered by the artist of the card) and "Artistic Alterations" (altered by anyone in an artful way).

Yes, CGC Cards will grade a card that has a printing error. There no additional fee for grading error cards. To see the full CGC Cards Error Guide, click here.

CGC Cards will typically not grade NFC cards. The only exceptions are NFC test print cards, as they were not usually cut at the factory. 

As long as a card that CGC Cards accepts is factory cut and can safely fit in a CGC Cards holder, it can be certified.

CGC Cards typically will certify square cut cards from after the WotC era. For WotC-era cards, many uncut sheets are known to be in the hands of collectors. Therefore, the only WotC square cuts eligible for certification without additional documentation are Neo Genesis holofoil cards (as there are no known sheets). For other WotC-era cards, provenance tracing back to a WotC employee is required, and must be confirmed to CGC Cards' satisfaction.

Rebacked and clipped cards are not eligible for certification by CGC Cards. In most cases, rebacked cards are produced by sanding the face of one card and the back of another and gluing them together. This is always done with less valuable cards to create a forgery of a more expensive card. Clipped Beta cards have had the corners made more rounded to imitate an Alpha card. These cards are not eligible for CGC Cards certification.