Tips, strategies and know-how on trading cards, price tracking and TCG investing.
Learn why price tracking is essential for Pokémon collectors and which methods help you keep your collection in view.
How to make the most of Cardmarket price data and why an external tracker transforms your portfolio management.
From spotting editions to condition grading: everything you need to determine the true value of your Pokémon cards.
Why portfolio tracking is essential for TCG investors and how to keep ROI, profit and loss across 20 TCGs in view.
The best platforms, the right asking price and perfect timing – how to sell your Pokémon cards profitably.
Understand Magic prices, value foils & sealed product, and track your MTG portfolio with daily Cardmarket prices.
MKMtool, EchoMTG, Excel & co. compared – and what really matters in a good Cardmarket tracker.
Disney Lorcana is booming. Keep trend prices, Enchanted, Epic & Iconic cards and your whole collection in view.
From the First Chapter hype to today: opportunities, reprint risks and how to judge a Lorcana investment realistically.
Iconic overtakes Enchanted: the most expensive Lorcana cards of 2026 with trend prices for German and English prints.
The full rarity system: from Common to Iconic, foils, pull rates and why rarity drives the price.
Every set from The First Chapter to today – with release dates, cadence and a look at the upcoming sets.
Every main expansion in chronological order by era – with release date, card count and set code, plus the announced sets.
Why Japanese sets arrive months earlier, which ones never leave Japan – and which international set matches which Japanese one.
What an inventory list needs, what a valuation report contains and how to record sales cleanly – without spreadsheet chaos.
Cardmarket trend prices in euros, language, condition and grading recorded per card, 20 games in one account – the short version.
The one-year holding period, the 1,000-euro threshold and platform reporting – and the records you actually need.
19% import VAT, 2.7% duty above 150 euros, shipping counts – with the calculation, examples and what it does to your ROI.
A 5% commission sounds small – shipping is what decides the margin. The calculation through to what is left with you.
Frankfurt instead of California: PSA has graded in Germany since August. What it saves, who can submit and what is still open.
$79.99 instead of $21.99: why the cheap PSA tiers are paused, how long it may last and which services exist otherwise.
There is a factor of five between CGC and PSA – no blanket threshold survives that. How to work yours out per card.
The market barely moved for 30 days – but the more expensive the card, the weaker the month. The figures, and what they do not say.
NM, reverse holo, slab, bulk, chase card: over 70 terms from condition, rarity, prices and grading – each in one sentence.
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