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Discover how card CT scanning is reshaping the value of high-end sealed boxes and what it means for collectors and investors. 📉 #thehobby #tcg #investing

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Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links from platforms like eBay and Amazon. If you make a purchase through these links, this website may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Your support is appreciated! Additionally, consider supporting my content on YouTube! Thank you! Welcome to another article in my Personal series! You may have noticed a decrease in new articles lately. I…

Check out my most insane Flesh and Blood case opening! #fab #fabtcg #fleshandblood

In this post I will focus on my Uprising booster case that I have opened over the past year. You can find the articles about the individual box openings below: Flesh and Blood TCG: Uprising Box opening #1 Flesh and Blood TCG: Uprising Box opening #2 Flesh and Blood TCG: Uprising Box opening #3 Flesh and Blood TCG: Uprising Box opening #4 Together we will find out how valuable it would have…

Read all about the fun of opening a Sorcery: Contested Realm Alpha Booster Box! #tcg #sorcery #sorcerytcg

It is time for another post in my Box Break category! This time I decided to open a box of Sorcery: Contested Realm after carefully calculating whether it could be worth it in my Sorcery: Contested Realm TCG Alpha Booster Box Expected Value post. And I was not disappointed! As in my previous posts I will first show the hits and then discuss their value. If at any point you are interested in…

Check out the Expected Value of opening an Sorcery: Contested Realm Alpha Booster Box! #sorcery #tcg #sorcerytcg

In this article I will do a quick breakdown of the Expected Value of an Alpha Booster Box of Sorcery: Contested Realm. Hopefully this can serve as a reference if you are thinking about buying a box. Average value per rarity I’ll start off by calculating the average value per rarity as some cards can be worth a lot more than others. Then I will use those numbers in the next section to estimate…

Check out the Sorcery: Contested Realm print run information here! #tcg #sorcery #sorcerytcg

My goal with this article is to provide easily accessible print run numbers and pull rates for the new Sorcery: Contested Realm Trading Card Game. In my opinion especially the Alpha set shows a lot of similarities to Magic the Gathering. I feel like Sorcery: Contested Realm will be a fantastic game, they have had a very successful Kickstarter campaign as can also be seen in my Kickstarter TCG…

A guide to all Booster Box prices of successful Kickstarter Trading Card Games! #kickstarter #tcg #investing

In this article you will find an overview of the Booster Box prices of Trading Card Games released on the crowd-funding platform Kickstarter. Hopefully this information can be used in a variety of ways, like collecting, investing, or maybe even for doing research on your own TCG! It can also simply serve as a price reference. I will conclude with a small analysis on the available…

Looking to get your cards graded from within Europe by for example PSA, BGS, CGC or PCG? Check out this article! #tcg #pokemon #sportscards #thehobby

In this article I will discuss how you can get your cards graded from within Europe. Unfortunately we do not have the same options available as people living in the United States, so we have to make with what we do have. Grading cards is generally possible for any type of card, though be aware that some companies only grade specific types of cards. Some companies grade trading cards like…

Check out my cool Topps Star Wars Finest 2022 pulls, featuring a Red /5 Autograph! #topps #starwars #thehobby

Check out my Topps Chrome Star Wars Black 2022 pulls! #topps #starwars #thehobby

It’s time for another Box Break! I actually opened this one a while ago but never got around to posting about it, now the time has finally come. It’s a box of Topps Chrome Star Wars Black 2022, for which I paid 90 euro about half a year ago. Currently they cost about $100 on eBay, click here to find the most up-to-date prices. As this box only consists of one encased autograph card and a pack…

Check out how to easily find the language of a Pokemon Card! #tcg #pokemon #pokemontcg

Are you looking for how to find out the language of a Pokemon Card? Then you’ve come to the right place! Here are some tips that you can use. Please note that these tips only work for Western cards, if you cannot read the text then odds are high that it is a Japanese card. Other possibilities are Chinese, Korean and Russian. Check how the HP symbol is called Normally the HP line can be found…

Check out what I opened in the last box of my Uprising case! #tcg #fleshandblood #fleshandbloodtcg

In my Flesh and Blood TCG: Uprising Box opening #3 article I said that it took me quite some time to open a box since the previous one. This time I believe I have outdone myself by waiting more than seven months until I opened this last one from the same case! I guess I had other priorities in the last half year… As you can see by viewing my posts from the last half year. As always I’ll first…

Learn everything about the Kickstarter Rewards of the Alpha Clash TCG and the Kickstarter Print of the The Awakening set! #kickstarter #tcg #alphaclash

In this article I want to explain everything about Alpha Clash TCG‘s Kickstarter Rewards, ranging from the reward breakdown to the pull rates and estimated available copies of each card. Visit the Kickstarter project page if you want to read more about the history of this project, and check out eBay here if you still want to have a chance to obtain the rewards exclusive to Kickstarter…

Read everything about Formula 1 Trading Cards and Sports Cards! #f1 #formula1 #topps

Have you been wondering what Formula 1 cards are, and want to know more about them? Then you’ve come to the right place! These cards are all about the teams and drivers participating in Formula 1. They have existed for a while, but interest has definitely renewed since Topps started producing Formula 1 cards in 2021. By now plenty of cards are available on eBay. In this article I will mainly…