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Grading for card rippers: whose slab, and what a 9 costs

A rip app hands you a card that is already graded. Two things on the label set what it pays: the company and the number. Both, from operators' own pages.

By Alexander Korsager · Checked 7 October 2026 · We earn nothing from any app on this site

rated apps name or show a grader23 of 27
of them name or show PSA23
a PSA 10 over a PSA 91.8× to 5.2×
PSA9
Charizard ex, 151
$323sell-back on a $380 value
PSA10
Charizard ex, 151
$1,241sell-back on a $1,460 value

One grade down pays $918 less: the 9 is valued at 26% of the 10. Values are Collector Crypt's own, at its 85% sell-back.

Which grader's slabs each app packs

Read on each app's own pages on 7 October 2026. A filled dot is a grader the app names in words; a half dot is a label on cards its page listed that day.

apps name or show PSA23 of 27
name or show CGC12
name or show BGS (Beckett)11
name or show SGC, and TAG2 and 2
  • named in words
  • seen on its cards
  • not named, not seen
  • All fifteen slabs the $50 soccer pack's checklist showed are described as “graded by PSA”. None carried Arena Club's own grade.Page read (no commission)Arena Club review

An empty circle means not named and not seen on the page read. It is not a finding that the app never packs that grader. 9 apps name or show PSA alone.

Arena Club grades cards itself. Its pack showed PSA.

Arena Club runs its own grading service, with sub-grades on the label. The fifteen slabs its $50 soccer Slab Pack listed were all described as graded by PSA. Whether any pack holds an Arena Club grade is not confirmed. Arena Club review

The grade-step ladder

One card, one grade at a time, at the value Collector Crypt shows for the slab. Its sell-back is a share of that value, so a grade step is a pay step.

PSA10
Charizard ex, 151
Charizard ex #199, 151
  1. PSA 10$1,241 back on $1,460
    $1,372 to $1,550, 6 figuresthe top rung
  2. PSA 9$323 back on $380
    $360 to $400, 9 figures74% under the top rung
  3. PSA 8$281 back on $330
    $306 to $340, 3 figures77% under the top rung
  4. PSA 5$119 back on $140
    one figure90% under the top rung

Values are Collector Crypt's “Insured” figure on the slabs its marketplace search (no commission) returned, 122 cards matched. A rung with several figures uses the middle one. Another app's rate on these values is a sum, not that app's offer.

A 9 against a 10, four cards

The same card, one grade apart, both from PSA. The sell-back column is Collector Crypt's 85% of each value.

PSA 9 against PSA 10 for four cards, at Collector Crypt's insured values read 7 October 2026
CardPSA 9PSA 1010 ÷ 9
Charizard ex#199$380$323 back$1,460$1,241 back3.8×
Umbreon VMAX#215$2,250$1,913 back$4,108$3,491 back1.8×
Rayquaza VMAX#218$1,250$1,063 back$2,560$2,176 back2.0×
Mew ex#205$56$48 back$290$247 back5.2×

The gap is not a fixed share. Umbreon VMAX loses 45% of its value from a 10 to a 9; Mew ex loses 81%. A pack's stated odds give a value band, not a grade, so check which grade sits in the band: how odds are published.

Same number, different label

A 10 is not one price. Each bar is the same card at a 10, by the company that gave the grade, on one operator's page.

PSA10
Charizard ex, 151

Charizard ex #199

PSA 10$1,460
CGC 10$458
Collector Crypt, “Insured”
BGS10
Umbreon VMAX, Evolving Skies

Umbreon VMAX #215

BGS 10$4,800
CGC 10 Pristine$4,300
PSA 10$4,108
CGC 10$3,000
Collector Crypt, “Insured”
PSA10
Rayquaza VMAX, Evolving Skies

Rayquaza VMAX #218

PSA 10$2,560
CGC 10 Pristine$2,400
Collector Crypt, “Insured”
PSA10
Mew ex, 151

Mew ex #205

PSA 10$290
CGC 10$80
Collector Crypt, “Insured”

Monkey D. Luffy #OP07-109, 2024 Two Legends

PSA 10$495
CGC 10$380
Beezie, “~FMV”, on its Silver machine page (no commission)

Each figure is one operator's value for one slab on 7 October 2026, not a market price. It shows the direction: on these pages a 10 from another company was not valued as PSA's 10, in either direction. Whether an offer is fair is a separate sum: how apps set fair market value.

A grade you can roll

ripz.gg sells grading as a game: you pay gems, and a draw picks the company and the grade for a card you pulled raw.

companies in the draw, equally weightedUp to 4
cap on the chance of a 1050%
lowest grade it rolls4
A PSA 10 of the card is worth
  • Express 1,000 gems flat, instant reveal27.8%
  • Standard 700 gems flat, about 12 hours22.2%
  • Economy 500 gems flat, about 24 hours16.7%

Chance of a 10 by ripz.gg's stated formula: tier factor × raw value ÷ PSA 10 value, capped at 50% (the red line). Each tier also charges 0.25× the expected uplift on top of the flat fee.

By its page, PSA, TAG, BGS and CGC are drawn from where each has a live price for the card, the odds come from PSA's population counts, and cards over $2,500 raw cannot be sent. Gems do not turn into money: ripz.gg review.

What the apps' own pages say

Four lines from terms and help pages that bear on a grade. Each links to the page it was read on.

The grader's name moves the offer

“Comparative data (e.g., the price difference between a PSA 10 and a CGC 10)”
Courtyard (no commission), read 7 October 2026

No grade is promised

“Packz does not guarantee any grade”
Packz (no commission), read 7 October 2026

Some packs hold no slab at all

“others may be ungraded, raw, or otherwise not professionally graded”
Crown Cards (no commission), read 7 October 2026

A grade can be rolled, not earned

“a provably-fair roll decides the company and the grade”
ripz.gg (no commission), read 7 October 2026

Is a second opinion worth the fee?

On Umbreon VMAX, the 9 sells back for $1,579 less than the 10. Set a grader's fee against that gap: the chance of the higher grade decides it.

sell-back gap, 9 to 10$1,579Umbreon VMAX, at 85%
PSA fee for one card$349Super Express, covers up to $5,000
CGC fee for one card$100Express, covers up to $10,000
SGC fee for one card$250Expedited, covers up to $7,500

Fees are each grader's cheapest single-card tier that covers the card at a 10, read 7 October 2026. BGS and TAG are not confirmed: their price lists could not be read. No source publishes the chance of a bump, so the grade, regrade or sell tool works out the chance you would need.

What this page cannot tell you

Not a market priceOne operator's valuesThe ladder is Collector Crypt's figure for slabs on its own marketplace. That a pulled slab carries the same figure is not confirmed. Another app will value the same slab differently.
No grader marked4 of 27 appsThey sell raw cards, name no company, or could not be read. A missing dot is never a no.
Public pages onlyNothing handledNo slab was pulled, graded, sent in or sold. Check the label yourself when one arrives.

When a slab does arrive, check the cert number with the grader before a return window closes.

Questions people ask

Which grading company do card rip apps use?

Mostly PSA. On 7 October 2026, 23 of the 27 rated apps named PSA or showed PSA slabs on their own pages. 12 named or showed CGC, 11 BGS, 2 SGC and 2 TAG. 4 sell raw cards, name no company or could not be read.

How much less is a PSA 9 worth than a PSA 10?

It depends on the card. On Collector Crypt's marketplace on 7 October 2026, a PSA 10 was valued at 1.8× the PSA 9 for Umbreon VMAX and 5.2× for Mew ex. A sell-back paid as a share of value falls by the same proportion.

Is a CGC 10 worth the same as a PSA 10?

Not on the pages read. Courtyard's help page lists the price difference between a PSA 10 and a CGC 10 among the things its offer is built from. Beezie showed one card at $495 as a PSA 10 and $380 as a CGC 10.

Does Arena Club pack its own graded cards?

That is not confirmed. Arena Club runs a grading service of its own, and its help centre calls Slab Packs packs of pre-graded cards without naming a company. The fifteen slabs one $50 soccer pack's checklist showed were all described as graded by PSA.

Sources41

  1. Arena Club: page read for its grader arenaclub.com · read 7 October 2026
  2. Lastpack: page read for its grader support.lastpack.com · read 7 October 2026
  3. Phygitals: page read for its grader docs.phygitals.com · read 7 October 2026
  4. Repackz: page read for its grader collectibles.helpscoutdocs.com · read 7 October 2026
  5. Tilt Rips: page read for its grader tiltrips.com · read 7 October 2026
  6. Courtyard: page read for its grader courtyard.io · read 7 October 2026
  7. Ripit: page read for its grader support.ripit.co · read 7 October 2026
  8. Packz: page read for its grader packz.io · read 7 October 2026
  9. RipRip.io: page read for its grader riprip.io · read 7 October 2026
  10. rip.fun: page read for its grader docs.rip.fun · read 7 October 2026
  11. Collector Crypt: page read for its grader gacha.collectorcrypt.com · read 7 October 2026
  12. MNSTR: page read for its grader mnstr.xyz · read 7 October 2026
  13. Rips by Triumph: page read for its grader apps.apple.com · read 7 October 2026
  14. Slabz: page read for its grader slabz.com · read 7 October 2026
  15. BOXED.GG: page read for its grader helpdesk.boxed.gg · read 7 October 2026
  16. Stadium Vault: page read for its grader stadium-vault.gitbook.io · read 7 October 2026
  17. Rip Rush: page read for its grader riprush.net · read 7 October 2026
  18. Underdog Rips: page read for its grader help.underdogsports.com · read 7 October 2026
  19. Fanatics Instant Rips: page read for its grader fanaticscollect.com · read 7 October 2026
  20. ClutchPacks: page read for its grader clutchpacks.io · read 7 October 2026
  21. Beezie: page read for its grader beezie.com · read 7 October 2026
  22. DOPA: page read for its grader dopa-global.com · read 7 October 2026
  23. Packs.com: page read for its grader packs.com · read 7 October 2026
  24. GameStop Power Packs: page read for its grader gamestop.com · read 7 October 2026
  25. Gemint: page read for its grader gemint.io · read 7 October 2026
  26. Crown Cards: page read for its grader crowncards.io · read 7 October 2026
  27. ripz.gg: page read for its grader ripz.gg · read 7 October 2026
  28. Collector Crypt marketplace: search for Charizard ex #199 collectorcrypt.com · read 7 October 2026
  29. Collector Crypt marketplace: search for Umbreon VMAX #215 collectorcrypt.com · read 7 October 2026
  30. Collector Crypt marketplace: search for Rayquaza VMAX #218 collectorcrypt.com · read 7 October 2026
  31. Collector Crypt marketplace: search for Mew ex #205 collectorcrypt.com · read 7 October 2026
  32. Collector Crypt: marketplace, cards collectorcrypt.com · read 7 October 2026
  33. Collector Crypt docs: product info (the sell-back as a share of insured value) docs.collectorcrypt.com · read 7 October 2026
  34. Courtyard help: understanding buyback offers help.courtyard.io · read 7 October 2026
  35. Packz: terms packz.io · read 7 October 2026
  36. Crown Cards: terms crowncards.io · read 7 October 2026
  37. Arena Club: grading arenaclub.com · read 7 October 2026
  38. Arena Club help: what are Slab Packs? arenaclubsupport.zendesk.com · read 7 October 2026
  39. PSA: price list psacard.com · read 7 October 2026
  40. CGC Cards: price list cgccards.com · read 7 October 2026
  41. SGC: price list gosgc.com · read 7 October 2026
Alexander Korsager

Alexander Korsager

Every figure was read on public pages between 6 October 2026 and 7 October 2026. Nothing here has been tested with money yet. App, marketplace and grader pages for this guide were read on 7 October 2026. No slab has been pulled, graded or sold.