Born out of a simple mission: rescue the TCG community from unreasonable six-month wait times, sky-high fees, and divided Big 3 corporate focus.
Our story begins with founder and operator Peter Harper. As a 25-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, Peter spent his career serving Canada with discipline, integrity, and honor—while collecting trading cards and respecting the craft of preservation.
Disgusted by the corporate giants dominating grading (“the Big 3”) keeping cards trapped for months with unfair pricing and sports-split focus, Peter founded NCGS in Halifax, Nova Scotia to fight the good fight for the everyday collector.
We leave sports cards to others so 100% of our optics, staff, and lab protect Pokémon, MTG, Lorcana, One Piece & Yu-Gi-Oh! We don’t treat your cards like a number on a spreadsheet—we treat them like royalty.
Zero sports cards ever accepted—total expertise in modern & vintage TCG prints.
Starting at just $12 CAD under Sovereign Commoner up to 1-Day Imperial.
Master grader inspection + direct app mapping + Epson deep-dive AI verification.
24/7 climate control, continuous 4K monitoring, and Turnaround Credit Guarantee.
Read the full story behind founding NCGS in Halifax, Nova Scotia and how our Triple-Verify matrix works.
