About TCG Valuer
TCG Valuer is an independent site built alongside the card scanner app of the same name. The site exists to answer the questions that come before a price — which printing is this, what condition is it in, is grading worth the fee — and to do it without an account, a paywall or a newsletter.
Where the numbers come from
Every figure on this site is read off a primary source and carries the date we read it. PSA's fee table comes from PSA, the condition definitions come from the marketplace that publishes them, and the rarity names come from the rights holder's own card database. Where a source does not publish something — Beckett's fee table, for instance — the page says so instead of quoting a number from a blog.
Fees and turnaround times in this hobby change several times a year. A page that states one without a date is telling you what was true at some unknown point, which is why the dates are printed next to the sources on every page that carries money figures, including the grading cost comparison.
Three things this site deliberately does not have
Card prices. Every price dataset in the hobby is licensed and the licences forbid republishing the feed. Instead of quoting numbers we have no right to, the site explains how value is decided and how to find a real sold price in a few minutes.
Card images. Card artwork belongs to its rights holders. Nothing on this site reproduces it — the reference pages describe what to look for in words and diagrams, which is also more useful when you are holding the card.
Verdicts on authenticity. The counterfeit checklist tells you what to compare. It does not tell you a card is real, because no page can, and pretending otherwise would cost someone money.
How a page gets published
The rules below are enforced by the build rather than by good intentions. A page that breaks one of them does not reach the site, because the check that catches it stops the deployment.
| Rule | Why it exists |
|---|---|
| A money figure requires a source and the date it was read | Grading fees changed twice in 2026 alone; an undated number misleads quietly |
| No images of cards anywhere on the site | Card artwork belongs to its rights holders, and reproducing it is not ours to do |
| No claim that this site values a card, verifies it as genuine or promises a grade | Those are services with liability attached; a web page cannot provide them |
| No app-store ratings republished as our own | Aggregating someone else's reviews into markup is against search guidelines |
| Every reference page links to the pages it depends on | A claim you cannot trace to its context is not much better than an unsourced one |
What we could not verify
Some sources refuse automated readers, and we do not work around bot protection. Where that happens, the affected page says so instead of quoting a figure taken from somewhere else. As of 21 August 2026 that list is short and specific: eBay's seller fee table, Heritage Auctions' realised prices, and the machine-readable set data that would be needed for a complete expansion reference.
This is why the selling page quotes no eBay percentage and the record-sales page rests on a single certified figure rather than a ranked list of rumours.
How often the numbers are re-checked
Every quarter, and sooner when a grader announces a change. The re-check opens each source link, compares the figures on the page against what the source says today, and updates both the number and the date — a page whose sources are more than ninety days old is treated as out of date whether or not anything moved.
Corrections
If a fee, a tolerance or a definition here is out of date, it is a defect and worth fixing quickly. The fastest correction is to check the source link printed under the page — if the source now says something different, the page is wrong and will be updated with a new date.
Every reference page is listed on the guides page. Site policies are on the privacy page and the terms page.
TCG Valuer is an independent site and app. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, PSA, Beckett, CGC or SGC. Product names are used descriptively to identify the cards and services being discussed.