Collector guides
Collector Guides
Short, practical guides for Pokémon, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic, Lorcana, Dragon Ball Super and Digimon collectors.
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How to Check What a Pokémon Card Is Worth
Two cards with the same Pokémon on them can be worth a few cents or a few thousand dollars. Here is how to find out which one you have, in five steps.
Japanese vs English One Piece Cards
Many One Piece collectors buy both languages. They share the same card codes and most of the same art, but they are separate products with their own prices.
What PSA 10 Does to a Card's Price
Grading can turn a valuable card into a far more valuable one. But the jump depends on the card, the grade and how many perfect copies exist.
Card Variants Explained
The same card can be printed in several versions, and each version has its own price. Here is what the most common names mean.
How Many Trading Cards Are Worth $100 or More?
We counted the cards in every game that reach $100, $500 or $1,000. Fewer than 1 in 10 make it to $100.
What a PSA 10 Adds, Game by Game
A PSA 10 typically costs about 10 times the raw card in Pokémon, and between 2.6 and 7.6 times in the other games.
PSA vs CGC vs BGS vs TAG vs SGC Compared
How the five main card grading companies differ in scale design, subgrades, labels, slabs and certificate checks, with no ranking and no price talk.
How to Submit Cards for Grading, Step by Step
A beginner's walkthrough of sending cards to a grading company: choosing cards, protecting them, ordering, packing, tracking and checking the certificate.
Is Card Grading Worth It? How to Decide
A simple way to decide whether to grade a card: raw price vs graded price, costs, time, grade odds, and when a 9 beats a 10 or grading is not worth it.
How to Start Playing the Digimon Card Game
New to the Digimon Card Game? Learn the 50-card deck, the Digi-Egg deck, security, memory and the turn, plus what to buy first, from the official rules.
How to Start Playing Dragon Ball Fusion World
New to Dragon Ball Super Card Game Fusion World? Learn the Leader, the 50-card deck, energy, the turn and what to buy first, from the official rules.
How to Start Playing Disney Lorcana
New to Disney Lorcana? Learn how you win, what a deck and the six inks are, how a turn works, what to buy first and where to learn for free.
How to Start Playing Magic: The Gathering
New to Magic: The Gathering? Learn how you win, what a deck is, how a turn works, what to buy first and where to learn for free, in plain English.
How to Start Playing the One Piece Card Game
New to the One Piece Card Game? Learn the Leader, the 50-card deck, DON!! cards, the turn steps and what to buy first, all from the official rules.
How to Start Playing the Pokémon TCG
New to the Pokémon Trading Card Game? Learn how you win, what a 60-card deck is, how a turn works, what to buy first and where to learn for free.
How to Start Playing Yu-Gi-Oh! (Beginner Guide)
New to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game? Learn how you win, what a 40 to 60 card deck is, how a turn works, what to buy first and where to learn free.
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