FAQ
Questions? Start here.
Who grades the relics?
TGC, the Trench Grading Company
TGC, the Trench Grading Company, is RelicTCG's own grading company, and a parody of the services that grade real trading cards. Every relic you unearth comes graded TGC 1 to 10, sealed in a display case under the TGC seal. The grade sets the relic's rarity and how big a share of the daily payouts it earns. TGC isn't affiliated with PSA or any real grading company.
The TGC scale
Each relic is graded on its own. Every grade is provable: check any crate on the Odds page.
| Grade | Condition | Rarity | Chance per relic | Payout shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10FLAWLESS | Mythic | 1.0% | 100 | |
| 9PRISTINE | Legendary | 3.0% | 30 | |
| 8EXQUISITE | Epic | 8.0% | 10 | |
| 7FINE | Rare | 16.0% | 3 | |
| 6GOOD | Common | 27.0% | 1 | |
| 5FAIR | Common | 20.0% | 1 | |
| 4WORN | Common | 12.5% | 1 | |
| 3WEATHERED | Common | 7.0% | 1 | |
| 2DAMAGED | Common | 3.7% | 1 | |
| 1RUINED | Common | 1.8% | 1 |
Badges
Earned automatically and shown on your profile and share card.
- Flawless FinderUnearthed a TGC 10
- GildedHolds a TGC 9
- First DigOpened one of the first 500 crates
- Full GalleryHolds a relic of every rarity at once
- Crate HoarderOpened 10 crates
- Top 10Ranks in the top ten collectors
Questions
What is RelicTCG?
A trading card game for memecoins on Solana. Each crate holds five relics: NFTs of real memecoins, each graded 1 to 10 by TGC, the Trench Grading Company (a parody).
What does a crate cost, and where does the money go?
0.1 SOL. Half market-buys $RELIC and burns it; half goes to the relic payout pool. On top of that you pay a small mint fee, shown before you sign, that covers the Solana rent for your five NFTs.
Can I pay with $RELIC I already hold?
Yes, at 20% off the burn half. On the Open page, choose to burn $RELIC: instead of 0.05 SOL buying tokens to burn, you burn tokens from your wallet worth 20% less, priced at the market when you open. The other 0.05 SOL still goes to the relic payout pool, and the mint fee is still paid in SOL.
What is the Holder Luck Boost?
Hold $RELIC and your crates roll with better odds for Epic, Legendary and Mythic relics: 100k+ tokens gives +20% luck, 500k+ gives +35%, and 1M+ gives +50% (the max: Mythic goes from 1% to 1.5%). The extra odds come out of TGC 6. Holders are snapshotted every hour; your boost is your tier at the last snapshot, as long as you still hold that much when you open. Every boosted crate shows its boost in its roll proof, and the full odds are on the Odds page.
How do payouts work?
Once a day, the payout pool (the pool half of every crate plus $RELIC's creator fees) buys $RELIC, which is split across everyone holding relics by grade: a TGC 10 counts 100 shares, a 9 counts 30, an 8 counts 10, a 7 counts 3, and every other grade 1. Claim yours in your Vault. Amounts depend on crates opened and trading volume, so they can be small and aren't guaranteed.
Do I get the coin shown on my relic?
No. The coin on a relic is the collectible's art and theme; we never buy or hold those coins. Every payout is in $RELIC, and only the grade decides your cut: a TGC 10 Cate and a TGC 10 Fartcoin earn exactly the same.
Are the grades fair?
Every grade comes from your crate transaction's signature and the hash of the block that included it, so nobody can pick or predict it. Anyone can re-check a crate on the Odds page.
Can I sell or trade my relics?
Yes. Relics are NFTs in your own wallet. Payouts follow whoever holds a relic when the daily snapshot is taken.
Which wallets work?
Phantom, Solflare, Backpack, and MetaMask with its Solana account turned on. On a phone, open the site inside your wallet app's browser; the site offers the links when it finds no wallet.
I paid but my crate didn't show up.
Open your Vault: it finds paid crates in your wallet's recent history and delivers them, even if the tab closed mid-opening. Still missing? Message us with your transaction signature.
How does my profile work?
Your wallet is your account. Set a name, bio, picture and up to five exhibit relics in Settings. Saving asks your wallet to sign a message; it's free and moves nothing.
Stay safe
- We will never DM you first, and never ask for your seed phrase or private key.
- We never ask you to send SOL to “unlock”, “verify” or “claim” anything. Claims happen in your Vault, on this site.
- Profile signatures are free messages. If your wallet asks you to approve a transfer when you save a profile, stop.
Still stuck?
Message us on X. Include your wallet address and, for a crate, the transaction signature.