Why Mana?
Generic Grading Co.
Inconsistent grading
Cards that rattle in the slab
Unreasonable bulk order quantities
Stupidly long turnaround times
Poor quality control
Labels that are incorrect misaligned stuck-on up-side down folded creased missing
Consistent AI grading
Grades backed by data
Cards are slabbed in sleeves
Bulk order discounts from 10+ cards
Super fast turnaround times
Transparent grading reports
Hybrid Human/AI quality control
AI Grading.
Backed by data, not opinion.
Every card submitted to Mana Grading go through the same simple 3 step process to ensure the most accurate grade and fast turnaround.
ANALYZED
Your card is heavily analyzed by Dragon Eye to look for any potential alterations such as trimming, inking (edges/borders), and many other counterfeit possibilities.
In addition, Dragon Eye assigns your card a provisional grade for centering, surface, edges, and corners.
EXPERTLY GRADED
Our graders will grade the cards thoroughly and accurately, using the AI provisional grade to enable complete accuracy.
Our graders are highly trained TCG enthusiasts who take great pride in preserving our high standards, never settling for lazy grades.
SLABBED WITH CARE
All of our cases are sonic welded, meaning they can never be opened without the weld frosting.
This paired with a digital record of your grade being available through Mana Studio means that you have all your grading info directly at your fingertips.
Our Grades
Our grading standards are designed for collectors. We don’t turn away damaged cards, and we grade all the way from 0.5-10, including half grades and two 10’s to cater for Flawless Cards with perfect Alignment (oooo so rare!)
Damaged
A card that is heavily damaged, disfigured, torn entirely, but still recognisable with at least 90% of the original card remaining.
Damaged
A card that is damaged in every aspect, corners, edges, surface scratches, large amounts of whitening etc.
Damaged
A card that is clearly damaged like grades 1 or 2, but with key areas still maintaining pristine condition.
Heavy Play
A card that has heavy whitening on all edges, heavy scratches on the surfaces, light one sided creases visible from the back.
Heavy Play
Moderate whitening on any edge, small scratches and blemishes, hard to notice/small creases on one side only.
Mod. Play
No creases whatsoever, moderate amount of whitening on edges and small scratches/blemishes on surface.
Light Play
Minor amount of edge whitening, light scratches/blemishes, minimal amount of surface scuffing.
Excellent
Small amounts of edge damage, no more than 3cm around the border. Small spots of silvering/very light blemishes.
Near Mint
No more than 1.5cm of total edge damage or very light hard to notice surface blemishes or scratches.
Mint
Any card that has less than 0.5cm total edge damage OR visible surface blesmishes.
So close to GOLD!
Gem Mint
A Gem mint is reserved for any card that scores 10 on both surface and edges but not on corners or centering.
Flawless
A card that is simply flawless with centering, surface, edges and corners all scoring a perfect 10 on all subgrades.
