FAQ
Questions? Start here.
What is PTA?
PTA = Professional Trench Authenticator
PTA is Trenchers TCG's own grading company, and a parody of the services that grade real trading cards. Every slab you pull comes graded PTA 1 to 10, like a card sealed in a graded case. The grade sets the slab's rarity and how big a share of the daily payouts it earns. PTA isn't affiliated with PSA or any real grading company.
The grades
Each slab is graded on its own. Every grade is provable: check any pack on the Odds page.
| Grade | Condition | Rarity | Chance per slab | Payout shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTA 10GEM MINT | Mythic | 1.5% | 100 | |
| PTA 9MINT | Legendary | 4.5% | 30 | |
| PTA 8NM-MT | Epic | 12.0% | 10 | |
| PTA 7NM | Rare | 24.0% | 3 | |
| PTA 6EX-MT | Common | 22.0% | 1 | |
| PTA 5EX | Common | 16.0% | 1 | |
| PTA 4VG-EX | Common | 10.0% | 1 | |
| PTA 3VG | Common | 5.5% | 1 | |
| PTA 2GOOD | Common | 3.0% | 1 | |
| PTA 1POOR | Common | 1.5% | 1 |
Badges
Earned automatically and shown on your profile and share card.
- Gem HunterPulled a PTA 10
- LegendaryHolds a PTA 9
- Early RipperRipped one of the first 500 packs
- Full SpectrumHolds a slab of every rarity at once
- Pack RatRipped 10 packs
- Top 10Ranks in the top ten collectors
Questions
What is Trenchers TCG?
A trading card game for memecoins on Solana. Each pack holds five slabs: NFTs of real memecoins, each graded PTA 1 to 10 by PTA, the Professional Trench Authenticator (a parody).
What does a pack cost, and where does the money go?
0.1 SOL. Half market-buys $TRENCHERSTCG and burns it; half goes to the slab 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.
How do payouts work?
Once a day, the payout pool (the pool half of every pack plus $TRENCHERSTCG's creator fees) buys $TRENCHERSTCG, which is split across everyone holding slabs by grade: a PTA 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 Binder. Amounts depend on packs sold and trading volume, so they can be small and aren't guaranteed.
Do I get the coin shown on my slab?
No. The coin on a slab is the collectible's art and theme; we never buy or hold those coins. Every payout is in $TRENCHERSTCG, and only the grade decides your cut: a PTA 10 Cate and a PTA 10 Fartcoin earn exactly the same.
Are the grades fair?
Every grade comes from your rip transaction's signature and the hash of the block that included it, so nobody can pick or predict it. Anyone can re-check a pack on the Odds page.
Can I sell or trade my slabs?
Yes. Slabs are NFTs in your own wallet. Payouts follow whoever holds a slab 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 pack didn't show up.
Open your Binder: it finds paid packs in your wallet's recent history and delivers them, even if the tab closed mid-rip. 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 showcase slabs 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 Binder, 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 pack, the transaction signature.