More from every card: bigger pictures, longer trends, PSA counts
Our prices come from Scrydex, a card market data service that tracks recent sales. This week I read through all of their documentation, every game, every field, and compared it with what TCG Marquee actually uses. It turned out we were leaving a lot on the table. Here's what's new.
Sharper card pictures
Cards were showing the small version of their picture, even on a big TV. They now use the large one, so a card filling a 4K screen looks like a card and not a thumbnail.
Longer trends
The card sheet already showed the 7 and 30 day change. It now adds the 90 day and 6 month change too. A card that dipped this week but is up 40% since spring tells a very different story than the 7 day number alone.
How often does this card get a 10?
For English Pokémon cards, the card sheet now shows PSA's population counts:
- On a raw card: how many copies of that printing PSA has graded, and how many got a 10. For example: "PSA has graded 1,200 of this printing, and 300 got a 10 (25%)." Handy when you're deciding whether a card is worth sending in.
- On a slab: how many sit at your grade and how many graded higher. "600 at PSA 9, 300 higher, 1,200 graded in all."
Graded prices with a range
Graded cards now show the range of recent sales, not just one number: "Recent sales $70.00 to $95.00, middle $79.00." Slabs sell all over the place, and the range tells you where yours sits.
Not every game has graded prices yet. Pokémon and Lorcana do, One Piece is in beta, and Magic, Gundam, and Riftbound don't. A slab from a game without graded prices now says so plainly, instead of just showing no price.
Set details for every game
Each card now carries its set's real details: how many cards are in it, when it came out, and its logo. That makes set progress work for games whose card numbers don't say "of 165" (Magic, One Piece, Gundam), and it brings set logos, which you'll see in the next post.
Behind the scenes
- One Piece and Riftbound prices refresh in fewer requests, 250 cards at a time instead of 100.
- The Admin page shows the real data balance from Scrydex instead of my estimate, with a warning before it runs low. Nothing you'll see, but it keeps the prices flowing.
All of this came from one afternoon of reading documentation. If there's something you wish the card sheet told you, send it through the Feedback link at the top of the page.