Ask most Pokémon investors where the vintage investment opportunity (if you have a butt ton of capital that is) is and the answer is almost always some combination of Base Set, Neo Genesis, and Skyridge. First editions, gold stars and holographic rares from the WOTC era, the “blue chip stocks” of the hobby if you
The Pokémon EX Era: Is It Worth Investing In? Our Honest Take Read More »
Every TCG investor has felt it, we definitely have. That specific discomfort of watching a card you almost bought climb 40% in a week while you hesitated, yeah… we all should have bought bubble mew. Or possibly even worse, watching a card you did buy fall 30% over two months and not knowing whether to
TCG Market Cycles Explained: How to Read the Boom and Bust Pattern Read More »
Long ago, probably before you were even born, there was a set of nine cards in Magic: The Gathering that were so broken, they were banned from most formats before the first year of competitive play was even finished. Nine cards that have since spent more than three decades appreciating in value while being entirely
The Power Nine: Are They Actually Worth Investing in? Read More »
If you have made it this far, you’ve done the hard part (well done), built a collection worth some coin, identified the cards worth selling, and decided it is time to turn some cardboard into cash. Now comes the question most guides gloss over… where do you actually sell them? Because the platform you choose
Where to Sell Pokémon Cards in 2026: eBay vs TCGPlayer vs Local Shop vs Facebook Read More »
Most TCG investors think almost exclusively about what to buy and when to buy it, which is pretty fair. But a lot less apply the same analytical discipline to when to sell, and that asymmetry is quietly costing them money. The TCG secondary market has genuine, repeatable seasonal patterns that have held consistently across multiple
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To slab or not to slab, that is the question, and it is one of the most common questions in this hobby. Even better, it is one of the most consistently poorly answered ones. Imagine you pull a card that looks clean and crisp, someone in a forum/reddit/facebook tells you to get it graded, and
Is My Card Worth Grading? The Honest Answer for Every Budget Read More »
Every grading decision is a gamble but what are you wagering? The answer… the submission fee, the shipping cost, and the time value of your capital being locked up in a queue, against the expected increase in value when the slab comes back. Sometimes that gamble pays off handsomely and you make some big bucks.
Is Submitting to BGS Actually Worth the Cost? A Realistic ROI Breakdown Read More »
Here at The TCG Times, we spend a lot of time talking about which cards or sets are worth investing in. But today we are mixing it up and asking the more fundamental question underneath: which characters carry the deepest, most durable investment weight across the first four generations of the Pokémon TCG? Because understanding
Pokémon Gen 1 to 4: Which Characters Actually Have the Strongest Investment Case? Read More »
Magic: The Gathering is thirty-three years old (chances are, if you’re reading this, you probably are too). In that time it has built one of the most complex and deep universes in the entire tabletop gaming world, a literal multiverse of planes before Marvel was doing it in movies. Bringing characters, ancient wars, and civilisational
The Best MTG Characters to Collect in 2026: Our Investment Case Read More »
Well, well, well, another TCG enter the fight. Bandai just made a move that every TCG investor should be paying attention to, we certainly are. At the BANDAI CARD GAMES Next Plan Presentation on June 18, 2026, they officially announced the NARUTO CARD GAME (HUGE NEWS) a brand new, strategy-focused trading card game based on
Bandai’s Naruto Card Game Is Coming in 2027 – Is It Worth Investing In? Read More »
