Est. Last Tuesday · Seguin, TX
Professional TCG Card Grading & Authentication
GGS — 10-point precision scale · tamper-evident slabs · certified by Grant
*accuracy rate self-reported by Grant. Grant is not affiliated with PSA, BGS, CGC, or any other grading company. Grant is just a guy.
The GGS Scale
Every card is assessed across four core attributes — Centering, Corners, Edges, and Vibe — by our head examiner, Grant, using his eyes and whatever lighting is available at the time.
Submission Process
Don't worry about shipping anything. Just take a clear photo of the front and back of your card. Natural lighting preferred. Flash is fine. Grant has seen worse.
Send the photo to Grant directly. Instagram, Twitter, Discord, whatever you have. If you have his number, a text works too. He'll get back to you eventually.
Grant will carefully examine your photo, zooming in where necessary. He may ask for a second photo if the first one is blurry. Please try not to send blurry photos.
Grant will reply with a number. That number is your official GGS grade. A PDF certificate is available upon request (it's a Word doc). The slab is imaginary but meaningful.
** Do NOT actually mail your cards. Grant does not want them. He is not liable for anything that arrives at his house.
Submission Tiers
All tiers include authentication, Grant's personal review of your photo, and a grade delivered via DM. Slab not included (or real).
Note: Grant has noticed a strong correlation between submission tier and card quality. Higher tier submissions tend to photograph better and score higher. This is purely a coincidence and has nothing to do with anything.
Minimum 1 card per submission. No refunds. If Grant gives your card a 4 and you disagree, that's between you and God. GGS grades are final. GGS does not guarantee higher grades at higher tiers. GGS also does not not guarantee that.
Why GGS
GGS slabs are a concept. The idea is that your card would be in a hard plastic case with a label. In practice, we recommend a penny sleeve and a toploader. It's basically the same thing.
Every graded card is logged in the official GGS Population Registry, which is a Google Sheet. It is publicly viewable. Grant updates it manually when he remembers.
Grant grades Pokémon, Magic, One Piece, Lorcana, Riftbound, Yu-Gi-Oh, Dragon Ball Super, and anything else you send a picture of. He's not picky. He will grade a picture of a baseball card. He will grade a napkin.
Unlike other grading companies, GGS does not require you to ship anything. This is because Grant does not want your cards. He just wants the photo. Please keep your cards. They're yours.
Testimonials
"Grant texted back in like 20 minutes and said my Charizard was a 7. I have no way to verify this but I appreciated the quick response."
— POKÉMON COLLECTOR, TX
"I sent him a photo at 2am and he replied instantly. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. The grade was an 8. I'll take it."
— MAGIC PLAYER, ANONYMOUS
"I asked for my money back and Grant reminded me that I used the free tier. He was right. I have no complaints. GGS is legitimate in my heart."
— ONE PIECE COLLECTOR, FL
About GGS
This is completely stupid. I genuinely do not know why you are on this website.
GGS stands for Grant's Grading System. Grant is one person. He has a job, a wife, and a card collection of his own that he'd rather be dealing with. He is not a licensed appraiser, a certified grader, or a trained professional of any kind as it relates to this. He just knows what a clean card looks like.
The entire premise of GGS is that you take a photo of your card and send it to Grant, and Grant tells you a number. That is it. That is the whole thing. There is no facility. There is no team. There is no proprietary slab technology. There is Grant, a phone, and whatever he has going on that day.
Please, under absolutely no circumstances, mail Grant your cards. If you do, he will have to figure out what to do with them and that sounds like a lot of work. He built this entire website specifically so that would not happen. The photo system exists because Grant thought it would be funny, and now here we are.
"Is GGS a real grading company?"
No. Absolutely not. Do not put GGS on an eBay listing as a legitimate grade. Do not tell people your card is "GGS certified" in a serious context. This is a bit. If someone offers you money for a card because it has a GGS 10, that is between you and that person and Grant wants no part of it.
"Why does this site look so professional?"
Grant had help. The point was to make it look real. It worked. You're still here reading this.
Final Word from Grant
"Send me the photo. I'll give you a number. Don't overthink it."
— GRANT, FOUNDER & SOLE EMPLOYEE, GGS
Contact the Examiner
To submit a card for grading, dispute a grade, or just tell Grant he's wrong, reach out through any of the following official GGS channels.
Response times may vary. Grant has a job. Please be patient.