Both start with a slab you already own and a belief that the card is worth more than its label. They fail differently. A crossover that misses comes back in its old slab, with the fee spent. A crack and regrade destroys the old grade the moment the slab is opened, and the new grade can be lower. One real slab, priced both ways against simply keeping it.
One slab: Giratina V, Lost Origin 186/196, in a PSA 9
Recorded 2026-09-24. A PSA 9 of this card sells for $880.99 in PSA’s market. Every figure is what you would have against selling that PSA 9 as it is, after the grading fee, postage both ways, and the selling fee on each sale.
Cross it to CGC. CGC re-slabs a card at the grade it already holds or better; SlabScore prices the same grade and not the better.
| Outcome | Comes to |
|---|---|
| Crosses — a CGC 9, $710.38 in CGC’s market | −$203.43 |
| Does not cross — back in the PSA 9 slab | −$55.00 |
Crosses — a CGC 9, $710.38 in CGC’s market
- Comes to
- −$203.43
Does not cross — back in the PSA 9 slab
- Comes to
- −$55.00
CGC’s level for a card declared at $880.99 is Economy, and its fee is charged either way.
Crack it and send it back to PSA
Every grade PSA has sold this card at:
| Comes back as | PSA's market | Comes to |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $3,547.54 | +$2,224.91 |
| PSA 9 — the grade it holds now | $880.99 | −$94.99 |
| PSA 8.5 | $725.00 | −$230.70 |
| PSA 8 | $795.66 | −$169.23 |
| PSA 7 | $708.52 | −$245.04 |
| PSA 6 | $492.15 | −$433.28 |
| PSA 5 | $425.58 | −$491.20 |
| PSA 4 | $437.24 | −$481.05 |
| PSA 1 | $687.94 | −$262.94 |
PSA 10
- PSA's market
- $3,547.54
- Comes to
- +$2,224.91
PSA 9 — the grade it holds now
- PSA's market
- $880.99
- Comes to
- −$94.99
PSA 8.5
- PSA's market
- $725.00
- Comes to
- −$230.70
PSA 8
- PSA's market
- $795.66
- Comes to
- −$169.23
PSA 7
- PSA's market
- $708.52
- Comes to
- −$245.04
PSA 6
- PSA's market
- $492.15
- Comes to
- −$433.28
PSA 5
- PSA's market
- $425.58
- Comes to
- −$491.20
PSA 4
- PSA's market
- $437.24
- Comes to
- −$481.05
PSA 1
- PSA's market
- $687.94
- Comes to
- −$262.94
PSA’s level is Standard, sized on what the PSA 9 sells for today.
- Three PSA grades of this card sell for less than the grade under them: the 4, the 5 and the 8.5. That is the market as recorded, shown as it is.
- Which grade the card would get is not here. SlabScore does not estimate it.
A slab where the other company’s market is higher
Charizard ex, 151 199/165, in a BGS 8 — recorded 2026-09-24. A BGS 8 sells for $187.09 in BGS’s market; a CGC 8 for $287.66 in CGC’s.
| Outcome | Comes to |
|---|---|
| Crosses — a CGC 8 | +$32.50 |
| Does not cross — back in the BGS 8 slab | −$55.00 |
Crosses — a CGC 8
- Comes to
- +$32.50
Does not cross — back in the BGS 8 slab
- Comes to
- −$55.00
Where a crossover can be priced
CGC charges its ordinary level fee for a crossover, and if the card does not cross, “the full grading fee will still apply” (CGC’s services page). For PSA, TAG, BGS and ACE SlabScore prices no crossover: their terms have not been read, and no ordinary fee is assumed in their place. Each company’s crossover terms.
A cracked 10 has no higher grade to come back as
Cracked and resubmitted, the best a PSA 10 can come back as is a PSA 10 — the fee and postage spent for the grade it already had. A PSA 10 of the Giratina V, at Super Express:
| Comes back as | Comes to |
|---|---|
| PSA 10 — the grade it holds now | −$384.00 |
PSA 10 — the grade it holds now
- Comes to
- −$384.00
Work it out for your slab
- The Graded tab — each slab you hold, its best crossover and what is at risk, and underRegrade every grade it could come back as. Free account.
- The browser extension — the regrade ladder on a graded card’s listing.
- CGC’s grading levels and PSA’s — today’s prices.