TCG Machines

[2][3][4] Incorporated on January 2, 2015, TCG Machines is led by CEO Graeme Gordon, P.Eng., CPO Daniel Kusler, P.Eng., and CTO Stephen Baker.

[5] In 2024, the company made the PhyzBatch-9000 available in the United Kingdom and the European Union, and has publicly declared their intention to expand into Australia, and Japan.

[7][9][10] In the summer of 2016, Gordon made phone calls to 200 comic and game stores across eight Canadian Provinces and 30 American states.

[2][6] Feedback from the phone survey was positive, with more than 90% of the stores contacted indicating they would be interested in acquiring an automated card sorter.

[9] A mechanical engineer, Gordon was employed in Alberta's oil and gas industry as a designer of automated drilling equipment.

[3] In September 2016, Gordon left his oil and gas career and began working full-time to develop a trading card sorting robot.

[5][6][9][10] In 2016, Gordon applied for a $10,000 grant through Alberta Innovates to hire his roommate, an electrical engineer, to design and prototype the circuit-boards required to control the machine.

[12] In December 2022, TCG Machines was awarded $75,000 in funding through NRC-IRAP to expand their development team and improve upon their existing suite of software.

Alpha Prototype PhyzBatch-9000
Beta Trial prototype version of the PhyzBatch-9000 trading card sorting machine.
PhyzBatch-9000 Production Model Machine