TCG Investing 101
The stuff we wish someone had told us when we started. Covering the essentials of TCG buying, selling, tax, money and more.
Has the TCG Investment Bubble Popped? Here Is Our Honest Answer
Every single time the Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh market (and some emerging TCGs) has a rough…
When to Sell Your TCG Cards and When to Hold – The Honest Investor’s Guide
Pretty much every single person planning to sell a card has been here… A card…
Should You Crack That TCG Booster Box? Here’s How to Work Out If It’s Worth It
If you’re reading this, we already know you probably have sealed product taunting you, like…
TCG Market Cycles Explained: How to Read the Boom and Bust Pattern
Every TCG investor has felt it, we definitely have. That specific discomfort of watching a…
The Best Time of Year to Sell TCG Cards: A Seasonal Guide for Investors
Most TCG investors think almost exclusively about what to buy and when to buy it,…
Position Sizing in TCG Investing: How Much of Your Portfolio Should One Card Ever Be?
Somewhere out there right now, someone has 80% of their TCG portfolio in a single…
How We Would Build a TCG Portfolio From Scratch With $1,000 in 2026
We are sure most people with a decent portfolio have been asked some version of…
The Buyout Playbook: How to Spot a TCG Price Spike Before It Happens
By the time a card is trending on social media, the opportunity is gone, looongggg…
Grading Timing: When to Submit, When to Hold Raw, and When to Sell Before You Ever Grade
Grading your cards is not always the right call…. there we said it. We know…
The Social Capital of Collecting: Networking and Trading as an Investment Strategy
Most TCG investors think about the market in terms of data, price history, population reports,…
The Tax Man Cometh: What Selling TCG Cards Actually Means for Your Tax Return (USA, UK, AUS, CAN)
Here is a conversation we suspect very few collectors have had with themselves: “I just…
The 90-Day Rule: Why We Never Judge a New TCG Set’s Investment Potential Before Three Months
Every new TCG set release follows the same emotional arc, and we have watched it…