How our prices work

Every card page shows what the card costs on the marketplaces where it is sold. This page says where those prices come from, what each figure means, and how far to trust them.

Where the prices come from

• Cardmarket: its daily price guide, in euros.
• TCGplayer: its daily prices, in US dollars.
• CardTrader: the cheapest copies on sale, per condition and language.
• eBay: copies listed right now, shown on the card page but never counted in a price, as a listing is seldom exactly the card.

The cards themselves come from open databases, named on the legal notices page.

What each figure means

• Low: the cheapest copy on sale on that marketplace when the price was taken.
• Market (or trend): what the card has actually been selling for lately. This is the best guide to what a card is worth.
• Average: the average price of the copies on sale.

A card is often printed in several ways (normal, holo, reverse holo, first edition), and each has its own price. Where a marketplace prices by condition and language, you can choose the copy you care about, Near Mint English for instance, and that one is shown first.

How often they change

Prices are updated once a day, early in the morning (European time). Each card page says when its prices were last taken. A price that has not been refreshed for more than three days is marked as out of date. The price history chart draws the market price day by day, for each marketplace and printing.

How far to trust them

Prices are a guide, not an offer and not financial advice. They may have changed by the time you look, a rare card may sell too seldom for a reliable figure, and a damaged copy sells for less than a mint one. The marketplace always has the final price.

Some links to marketplaces may earn us a commission; this never changes which prices are shown or in what order. The affiliate disclosure explains how it works.

Spotted a price that looks wrong? Tell us through the contact page.