Guides
Written from the site's own numbers. No guesses, no hype.
- Sealed product: two thirds went up, and the fallers were all brand new.Nearly 2,000 sealed products over nine weeks. The typical one gained 3.4%, about the same as singles. The big losses were concentrated in products released this year.October 2, 2026 · 3 min read
- Sleeping Giants, Flash In The Pan, Slow Burners: what the labels mean.Three labels this site puts on cards from their price history, the exact rule behind each one, and real cards that carry them today.October 2, 2026 · 4 min read
- Do collectors pay for the artist? Mostly they pay for the era.I measured 90 illustrators with at least 25 cards each. 78 saw their typical card rise. The pattern behind it says more about when they drew than how.October 2, 2026 · 4 min read
- Market price is not what the card costs you today.Under $5, the cheapest copy for sale is 12% below market price. Over $100, the cheapest copy is 9% above it. Here is why, and how I use the gap.October 2, 2026 · 4 min read
- Which Pokémon carry the market? I added it up.One copy of every Near Mint card, summed by Pokémon. Charizard and Pikachu lead, but they are not the ones growing fastest.October 2, 2026 · 4 min read
- One in five cards moved 20% in nine weeks. At every price.I expected cheap cards to be jumpy and expensive cards to be steady. The data says the jumpiness is about the same from $1 to $100 and up, and the reason is how few times a card actually sells.October 2, 2026 · 5 min read
- Japanese or English? The same Pokémon is not the same price.For 130 of 153 Pokémon, the typical English card costs more than the typical Japanese one. Umbreon is the widest gap. Pikachu is one of the few exceptions.October 2, 2026 · 5 min read
- Old sets went up. New sets went down. Here is how lopsided it was.Nine weeks of nightly prices across 184 sets: 119 rose, 34 fell, and almost every faller was printed in the last two years.October 2, 2026 · 5 min read