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AI Card Grading FAQ

1. What is the current status of DeckTradr's AI card grader?

DeckTradr's current web grader remains available to signed-in Plus and Pro members while a broader grading-system revamp is in progress. It provides photo-based condition estimates for review; it is not a professional grade, certification, or guarantee. Use is subject to the current plan allowance shown in the tool.

Open the current card grader

2. What does the current card grader evaluate?

The current result can include estimated centering, corner, edge, and overall scores from a card photo. These scores depend on the submitted image and the current model, and the corner, edge, and surface portions are among the areas being rebuilt.

3. How is a photo-based estimate different from professional grading?

DeckTradr analyzes an image and does not physically handle, authenticate, or encapsulate the card. Professional grading companies inspect the card under their own standards and may consider details that a photo cannot show, so the results are not interchangeable.

4. What is the recommended workflow while the grader is being revamped?

Follow the on-screen photo guide, review the component scores as estimates, adjust the detected centering lines when needed, and report a result that appears inaccurate. For a focused measurement, use DeckTradr's separate centering tool to review left/right and top/bottom ratios and make manual adjustments.

Use the card centering tool

5. What can affect a photo-based result?

Lighting, glare, sleeves, focus, camera angle, cropping, and image resolution can all affect what the system can see. A single photo also cannot reliably reveal every surface issue, dent, alteration, or tactile defect, so inspect the physical card yourself.

6. How long does an analysis take?

Processing time varies with the image, connection, and service availability. DeckTradr does not promise a fixed turnaround time for the current grader.

7. Will PSA, BGS, CGC, or another grading company give the same grade?

Not necessarily. Each grading company applies its own standards and physical inspection process. A DeckTradr estimate cannot predict or guarantee a grade from PSA, BGS, CGC, or any other grading company, including a top grade.

8. How should I interpret the overall score?

Treat the overall and component scores as decision-support estimates, not as a substitute for inspecting the card or reviewing a grading company's standards. Do not assume the score follows another company's proprietary grading formula.