# Pokémon cards dominating grading submissions in 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Links\ **Tags:** news\ **Created:** [July 4, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045 "2025-07-04T12:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![traineramy](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/traineramy/32/132565_2.png) [@traineramy](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/traineramy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/1 "2025-07-04T12:43:36Z")
> **[Pokémon cards dominating grading submissions in 2025 | cllct](https://www.cllct.com/sports-collectibles/sports-cards/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025)** > > Non-sports cards made up 59% of all graded at the four major companies ---
**Author:** ![eeveeteam](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/eeveeteam/32/2219_2.png) [@eeveeteam](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/eeveeteam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/2 "2025-07-04T12:55:13Z")
“4 major authenticators” is a term used loosely. Back to topic - wouldn’t surprise me if this dominance continues for awhile. With PSA grading all languages, languages like Simplified Chinese certainly adds to that volume. ---
**Author:** ![c0ll3ct0r](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/c0ll3ct0r/32/26306_2.png) [@c0ll3ct0r](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/c0ll3ct0r)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/3 "2025-07-04T13:01:21Z")
97 out of the top 100 cards in total volume, huh. That’s something. :nice: ---
**Author:** ![DarthEevee](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dartheevee/32/219955_2.png) [@DarthEevee](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/DarthEevee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/4 "2025-07-04T13:09:47Z")
“ Once considered among the best and most popular card graders in the industry, Beckett has fallen to a distant fourth in submission volume, and now relies heavily on Pokémon.” Grandpa still kicking, just slowly ---
**Author:** ![wisewailmer](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/wisewailmer/32/179572_2.png) [@wisewailmer](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/wisewailmer)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/5 "2025-07-04T13:17:24Z")
Bgs relies on pokemon now? What’s happening to their sports and mtg? That’s honestly quite bad news any way they wanna phrase it ---
**Author:** ![trevcatchem](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/trevcatchem/32/124898_2.png) [@trevcatchem](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/trevcatchem)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/6 "2025-07-04T13:18:54Z")
charizardespana reply incoming. ---
**Author:** ![DarthEevee](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dartheevee/32/219955_2.png) [@DarthEevee](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/DarthEevee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/7 "2025-07-04T13:21:38Z")
Yeah there’s like no positive way to spin that ---
**Author:** ![DarthEevee](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dartheevee/32/219955_2.png) [@DarthEevee](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/DarthEevee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/8 "2025-07-04T13:23:25Z")
I would be thrilled to not see grey felt hat pikachu as a reference point ever again. 🥱 ---
**Author:** ![DarthEevee](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dartheevee/32/219955_2.png) [@DarthEevee](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/DarthEevee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/9 "2025-07-04T13:23:53Z")
The only reasonable reply is “you’re right, they are struggling” ---
**Author:** ![Quuador](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/quuador/32/237215_2.png) [@Quuador](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Quuador)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/10 "2025-07-04T13:36:44Z")
> [@eeveeteam](#): > > “4 major authenticators” is a term used loosely. Which grading company is the fourth one anyway? I don’t see it being mentioned in the article. They mentioned Beckett is at fourth place, and PSA and CGC are 1 and 2, but who’s in third then? TAP perhaps? 🤔 Did they really gain that much popularity already? Or maybe a non-Pokémon grading company, since the article website if for sports-collectibles? Also, funny to read this in the article: > [@](#): > > According to GemRate, the most popular Pokémon card submitted in 2025 has been Iono’s Wattrel Battle Partners Promo Japanese No. 232 with more than 45,600 total examples. Bought one of those for my FA Supporter/CHR collection, since I don’t think it’ll come to English anytime soon if at all, and I was surprised it was still only ~16 bucks. But I guess with that many graded, it’s obvious the supply does outweigh the demand. Something you don’t see too often anymore for modern cards these days, unfortunately.. 😔 Greetz, Quuador ---
**Author:** ![traineramy](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/traineramy/32/132565_2.png) [@traineramy](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/traineramy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/11 "2025-07-04T13:38:25Z")
It’s SGC, which is quite large, but is a subsidiary of PSA since last year ---
**Author:** ![DarthEevee](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dartheevee/32/219955_2.png) [@DarthEevee](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/DarthEevee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/12 "2025-07-04T13:43:24Z")
Yeah it’s hard to fully characterize because it still exists as a brand but is owned by psa. It’s a bit like characterizing revenues from “Star Wars” franchise(s) separately from Disney. But Beckett is a FAR 4th ---
**Author:** ![Quuador](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/quuador/32/237215_2.png) [@Quuador](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Quuador)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/13 "2025-07-04T13:57:45Z")
Ah ok. Didn’t knew SGC was still so large, but makes sense. You just almost never hear about them, but they’ve just been going slow and steady for little over two decades. Greetz, Quuador ---
**Author:** ![banks](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/banks/32/296654_2.png) [@banks](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/banks)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/14 "2025-07-04T15:17:56Z")
Considering the premium people put on PSA, why do people choose to grade with SGC? ---
**Author:** ![smpratte](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/smpratte/32/79511_2.png) [@smpratte](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/smpratte)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/15 "2025-07-04T15:20:27Z")
The same reason people grade with cgc, cost. Also sgc is more established in sports. They have record sales, and have been around since the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![eevee](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/eevee/32/230472_2.png) [@eevee](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/eevee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/16 "2025-07-04T15:35:21Z")
At what point do PSA slabs replace cash in our world. ---
**Author:** ![RabidSquirtle](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/rabidsquirtle/32/236211_2.png) [@RabidSquirtle](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/RabidSquirtle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/17 "2025-07-04T15:40:38Z")
> [@wisewailmer](#): > > mtg Correct me if I’m wrong as I’m not as knowledgeable about mtg but I thought that magic players don’t grade cards due to most of the hobby being based around competition ---
**Author:** ![banks](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/banks/32/296654_2.png) [@banks](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/banks)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/18 "2025-07-04T15:59:40Z")
Thank you for your reply, I don’t know much about sports cards, and this fills me with more questions. Does this mean that Collectors Universe has an effective monopoly on sports card grading? Do PSA and SGC share grading standards, did the scale change when they were bought out? Edit: Contains similar verbiage to PSA, minus the pristine grade which is reserved for cards with 50/50 centering ![image](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/9/4/94ffab8c6fe4350c762197b5625cf4245517a61d.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dyl](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dyl/32/234623_2.png) [@Dyl](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Dyl)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/19 "2025-07-04T16:26:53Z")
> [@wisewailmer](#): > > What’s happening to their sports and mtg? CGC is becoming the preferred grader for MTG. PSA to some extent as well. > [@RabidSquirtle](#): > > Correct me if I’m wrong as I’m not as knowledgeable about mtg but I thought that magic players don’t grade cards due to most of the hobby being based around competition There is plenty of grading in MTG, but it’s limited to vintage cards, autographed cards, serialized cards, or meta-defining cards. There are groups of people that grade modern cards outside of promos, but I have no clue who the buyers would be. ---
**Author:** ![traineramy](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/traineramy/32/132565_2.png) [@traineramy](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/traineramy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045/20 "2025-07-04T16:36:01Z")
Yes. They have an effective monopoly in sports. Also yes, their grading has gotten more PSA esque over the last year for tcg/non sports (they used to be MUCH looser). I have not seen any change in sports, but I only do vintage [Next page](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-cards-dominating-grading-submissions-in-2025/57045.md?page=2)