Collector Crypt vs GrailCart
Both show card rates before you buy. GrailCart lists every card a pack can contain, with a card rate for each card. Collector Crypt keeps a vault you can send your own graded cards into, has a very active marketplace and sells watch packs as well as cards.
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Rip.fan site score Collector Crypt 9.0 out of 10
Rip.fan site score GrailCart 9.2 out of 10
How Collector Crypt and GrailCart differ
A GrailCart pack page goes card by card, so you can find the exact slab you are after and see how often that one card comes up, next to its listed value. Collector Crypt sorts each pack into four value bands and gives the share of packs that lands in each, with its stock laid out beside them, highest value first. If one particular Pokémon card is what you want, the GrailCart layout tells you more. If you mostly want a feel for what a pack is likely to be worth, the bands get you there faster.
Every GrailCart pack is Pokémon, and its prices range far enough that you can start with pocket change or go very high. Collector Crypt reaches into One Piece, Riftbound and sports cards, and puts graded watches in its packs too. At its checkout, which we reached for one pack, paying by card adds a service fee on top of the pack, so the figure on a pack page is short of what a card payment comes to.
Start at GrailCart if you collect Pokémon alone and want the card-by-card view. Collector Crypt is the better home for slabs you want to store or sell on to other collectors, and for interests past Pokémon.
Which to pick
| If you want | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A card rate for every card in a pack | GrailCart | Each pack page lists every card the pack can contain, with a card rate for each card. |
| A vault for your cards | Collector Crypt | Its vault takes the graded cards you send in. |
| Selling cards to other collectors | Collector Crypt | Its marketplace was very active in our test, and GrailCart has no marketplace. |
| Watch packs as well as cards | Collector Crypt | Its packs include watches as well as cards. |
Side by side
| Fact | Collector Crypt | GrailCart |
|---|---|---|
| What it sells | Pokémon cards, other card games, sports cards and watches | Pokémon cards |
| Pack prices | $25 to $5,000 | $1 to $20,000 |
| Trade-in offer | 85% to 93% of listed value | 100% of listed value |
| Payment | Credit or debit card | Card |
| Shipping | You can send your own graded cards in to be stored in its vault; it takes graded cards only. | Shipping is free on cards worth $150 or more in the US and $500 or more elsewhere, and several cards ship together for one fee. |
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