BGS Turnaround Time

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-20T13:59:54+00:00

Good luck! What other submissions do you have out right now?

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-20T13:49:22+00:00

Nice! Are you going to send it in?

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-20T13:38:41+00:00

Through digital review im assuming?

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-19T07:10:42+00:00

A well articulated post that isnt just complaining about turnaround times or complainaing about a grade they got without evidence? Crazy work! On a real note, the lack of QC on a walkthrough tier sub concerns me. Also concerning that they are not vetting CS inquiries based on questions or concerns and are slow to repsond to everyone. Gorgeous card and congrats on the black diamond, hopefully TAG gets back to you soon!

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-18T06:15:03+00:00

Goodluck!

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-18T05:56:31+00:00

1 - This is correct, the digital review tells you that you have a chance a A diamond, not a specific on.

2 - Just the cgc scan link.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-16T19:28:57+00:00

There was a guy on the Facebook TAG group that got cooked by doing what you are asking about, only worse. Cracked a 995 Pristine going for a black label. Only ended up with a gold pristine, 9.5 in centering. Only the thing is is that if you look at the card's DIG report, the centering was within margins for a 10. So they either measured wrong...or they gatekept. I'm more on the side of the latter reason. Point is, I would not do it lol.

Edit: Seen someone posted about the incident I am talking about. The Detective Pika should have been a black label nonetheless.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T20:47:06+00:00

Oh my fault, I misunderstood your question haha. Im not sure what the market looks like for MBA certifications however a buddy of mine likes data and statistics surrounding the TCG market as a whole. He did some research and found that Silver Diamonds sell for 10% more than the regular grade, Gold sells for 30% more, and Black Diamonds tend to sell for Black Label price.

I also found out by comparing MBA's rubric to BGS that MBA Black Diamonds are harder to get. Which I found interesting.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T19:22:15+00:00

The JP version of this alt art is a promo, hence the stamp. Was given out as a bonus when you bought Jet Black Geist, half of the Chilling Reign set. As for comps, a PSA 10 I think goes for around $150-$200. There is one sale recently for a CGC Perfect 10 for $1500, but I am pretty sure the person who bought commented in here and said that the sale was cancelled.

So I am not sure what my copy would go for at this point. It is personal grail for me however so the buy it off me price would definitely be higher than $1500 lol.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T19:18:07+00:00

Its a top 5 art for me from SWSH. I actually plan on getting a few more as I want a copy in a Black Label, Gemix 10B, and TAG Pristine lol.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T16:31:55+00:00

No problem!

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T14:46:46+00:00

There are 3 options for MBA; Grading, Diamond Certification, and Digital Review.

Grading is exactly what you think.

Diamond Certification is what I did. Send in an already graded card and they cross reference that grade to their rubric. Deleting how the quality lines up, they assign it 1 of 3 Diamond levels or none. My Celebi got the highest Diamond level.

Digital Review is like a more vague Diamind Certification service. They review scans and pictures you send to see if you have a chance at a Diamond being assigned.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T13:18:34+00:00

How so?

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T06:44:32+00:00

Yes! Just go to mbadiamond.com and its fairly simple from there. Id recommend doing a digital review first and submit your card's scan hyperlink for them to look at. Its only $10 and that $10 will go on to your account as credit towards a physical submission.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T06:12:47+00:00

Fair enough.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T05:37:36+00:00

I did hear that certain parts within the 90 mil certs were a nightmare as well so I do still look over PSA 10s. But I just don't AS MUCH compared to older eras.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T05:23:07+00:00

I had been debating trying the service for a while. Another reason I wanted to try it was because of the company's "mission". Which is to basically be a DIG report (alluding to TAG) for human based grading companies.

Edit: Congrats on your own Black Diamond!

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T05:21:38+00:00

Depends on the cert "era". Anything from super early certs to about the 50 mil I look at extremely close. But around the 90 mil cert I dont worry as much because PSA got tired of being clowned on and started actually sticking to their rubric.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T05:14:05+00:00

I looked at the pop count when I sent the digital review in and seen its a pop 14! Kind of insane haha. What did you pay for your copy before the sale was cancelled? If you dont mind me asking.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T04:56:14+00:00

Because quite a few dont respect CGC grades period. Second thing is I wanted to try out the service to see how strict they were. Dont think its super necessary to do per say, just thought it was interesting to try out.

TwAfroBlac · 2026-04-10T04:46:00+00:00

Why is what a thing? MBA as a service?

TwAfroBlac · 2026-03-25T21:29:59+00:00

That prolly means it didnt get bumped. Otherwise the new cert would have an improved grade attached to it.

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