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The spring 2026 market is large, still growing, and increasingly selective. Pokemon cards are up roughly 116 percent year-over-year and soccer about 91 percent, with gains concentr…
Read More →Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy releases June 13, 2026, and pre-orders are live now. The release includes four ready-to-play Commander decks led by Tidus and Cloud, sold as a 69…
Read More →Creatures Inc. has announced a price increase for Japanese Pokemon TCG product, lifting boosters from 180 to 200 yen and boxes from 5,400 to 6,000 yen. It is the second increase in…
Read More →Starting Monday, May 18, PSA's Value Bulk tier requires a minimum of 50 cards per submission, raising the floor cost to roughly $1,250. Here is what changes, who gets squeezed, and…
Read More →A grassroots May 2026 boycott called #NoPSAMay is asking collectors to skip PSA submissions for the entire month. Here is what is driving it, what is happening to PSA-slab prices, …
Read More →PSA's current grading specials expire Thursday, April 30, 2026, and standard 2026 pricing is now $15 to $20 higher per card after February's tier increase. Here is the math on what…
Read More →Pokemon TCG's April 11 Standard rotation removed Iono from the format, and players have rushed to rebuild their hand disruption plans. The Lost Thunder full-art Judge is the early …
Read More →Collectors Holdings already owns PSA and SGC, and now it has a pending agreement to acquire Beckett. A California antitrust lawsuit, an early-year FTC letter, and CGC's January pri…
Read More →A New York congressman called for a federal look at card grading market consolidation. Three months later, here is how the PSA, CGC, and SGC landscape actually breaks down and what…
Read More →PSA has confirmed it is now grading approximately 90,000 cards per day across its global facilities, with more capacity coming online in 2026. Here is what it means for submission …
Read More →Modern card scanning apps and hardware can inventory an entire collection in hours. This 2026 guide reviews Ludex, Collectr, TCGPlayer, CardBase, and the top dedicated hardware sca…
Read More →PSA holds 67% of the grading market and now owns BGS and SGC. Meanwhile, TCG submissions have surpassed sports cards, and the PSA premium over CGC is shrinking fast.
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