A Rayquaza VMAX alternate art from 2021 is sitting at $1000+ today, and the price is climbing higher than the sky pillar, comfortably the second most valuable card in its entire set, despite sharing identical pull rates with three other Eeveelution chase cards currently trading at a third of that price. That is not a […]
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Every TCG investor eventually learns the same uncomfortable lesson: the company printing your cards has the power to make your investment worth significantly less, at any time, with a single business decision. Not through malice, not through some grand conspiracy, but through the most mundane corporate logic imaginable, they printed more product to meet demand,
The $2 Pack Problem: What Happens When Konami, WOTC, or TPC Print Too Much Read More »
At some point last week, a small group of speculators bought Magic: The Gathering Lord of the Rings Special Edition Collector’s Boxes for somewhere between $7,000 and $9,000 USD each, then immediately sent emails to YouTuber Penguinz0 offering to flip those same boxes to him for $12,000 USD. Within 24 hours, he had publicly announced
Here is a number that should terrify any chase card investor: Evolving Skies, released in August 2021, contains over 30 different alternate art secret rares, with each one appearing at a rate of roughly 1 in every 400 to 500 booster packs (if it doesn’t scare you keep reading…). That set has been opened, by
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Here at The TCG Times, we get asked some version of the same question almost every week: “What do you think my collection will be worth in a few years?” It’s a great question, and honestly, it is the right question to be asking, lets be honest, most of you reading are collectors looking to
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In the evolving landscape of online marketplaces (more seem to pop up each day), news that directly impacts the cost of doing business is always significant. Often a side thought for the everyday buyer/collector. Recently, eBay made a strategic move that has been passing its way through the grapevine, especially in the Trading Card Game
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If you have Pokémon cards sitting in binders, boxes, or tucked away in a drawer from your childhood, we need to talk. Not because the hobby is dying, it absolutely is not (scared ya there didn’t we), but because a very specific, data-backed window is fast approaching where the market conditions for selling older cards
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Picture this. It is a Tuesday morning, and a specific Pokémon card is sitting at $45 on TCGPlayer. A prominent YouTuber uploads a video at noon (use your imagination, there’s plenty that come to mind). By 3pm, that same card is listed at $90, and the cheap copies are already gone. By the time the
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Tracking the biggest moves in the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG for the week of June 4th – June 11th. We’ve identified the top 3 cards gaining value and the top 3 losing ground based on their total dollar impact. To give you the most accurate global snapshot, we have included pricing in AUD, USD, and EUR. Please note
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Tracking the biggest moves in the Pokémon TCG for the week of June 4th – June 11th. We’ve identified the top 3 cards gaining value and the top 3 losing ground based on their total dollar impact. To give you the most accurate global snapshot, we have included pricing in AUD, USD, and EUR. Please note
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