Most Innovative TCG Sorting Machine – Global, 2026
TCG Machines is a Canadian multinational robotics company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta that makes machines to sort trading cards. Their core product is the PhyzBatch-9000 (pronounced “fizz-batch”, a portmanteau of “physical batch”), a robot capable of scanning, identifying, digitally cataloging, and physically separating trading card game (TCG) cards, such as Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering. Every year, 25 billion new trading cards enter circulation globally, resulting in a massive inventory challenge for the thousands of game stores that buy and sell those cards. These stores are the primary customer base for TCG Machines. As of March 2026, the collective fleet of PhyzBatch-9000 sorters have processed more than 700 million cards – that’s 1,400 tons of cards!!!
