What Does This Mean?
[ SLANG ][ GRADING CULTURE ][ DEGEN ECONOMY ]
Breaking a card out of its sealed grading slab and sending it back in for regrading, betting that a fresh evaluation will return a higher grade.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Doing a crack and resubmit, think it's undergraded."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard grading-community practice and vocabulary for physically breaking a slab open to gamble on a better regrade.
FIRST SEEN
2026-08
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
2026 (Grading Culture)
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Related To:Grade BumpGrade Arbitrage
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