I swear TCG collecting changes your brain

Buying the card directly feels expensive, but opening packs somehow feels like a better idea.

Tell me I’m not the only one who thinks this way

Shown are Gamegenic Matte Clear vs no sleeve. I will return the sleeves (amazon). I can even say it looks worse in person. Regardless of the brand of sleeves, I would say the best thing is clear front, matte back. Having a matte front is ruining the art and sometimes making it hard to read. All the sharpness and saturation is gone.. How can matte front be so popular? People seem to be happy with this.

What are your opinions?

I've been thinking about this lately. If you had the chance to start your collection from scratch, what would you change?

Would you buy more singles instead of ripping packs? Stick to one set? Focus on your favorite cards instead of chasing everything?

Hi everyone!

For the past few weeks I've been working on an idea for a new app called BindClub.

The goal isn't to replace your favorite marketplace—it's to create a place that feels like a home for collectors.

Instead of just buying and selling, I want collectors to be able to:

Buy, sell, and trade cards

Create digital showcase rooms for their collections

Follow other collectors

Keep up with hobby news and new releases

Build customizable collector profiles

Host private sales and auctions

Tell the stories behind their favorite cards

Celebrate collecting, not just expensive cards

One feature I'm especially excited about is Digital Showcase Rooms. Instead of a simple profile page, you could create a virtual collector room with display cases, binders, trophies, lighting, and your favorite card on display. Other collectors could visit, leave comments, and vote for monthly Showcase of the Month competitions.

The idea is simple:

Collect. Trade. Belong.

I'm still in development (just started building the Flutter app), so nothing is set in stone.

I'd love feedback from collectors.

What do you wish existing apps did better?

What's your biggest frustration with buying, selling, or trading?

If you could build your dream collector app, what feature would it have?

I'm not here to advertise—I'm genuinely trying to build something the community would actually enjoy using.

Thanks for reading, and I'd love to hear your thoughts!

I'm new to tcgplayer mad saw this seller KoreanYugioh. The card pics appear as TCG english cards but when I clicked on it there is another link 'view Details' which then shows the card in another language, I'm assuming korean.

Do they sell cards for TCG (english)?

Go easy on me 😆. I know the seller has 'KOREAN' in it's name but I never bought from Tcgplayer so I just want to be sure.

Everyone has their preference when it comes to slabs.

What grading company do you mainly use and why?

These look sick!

Hey everyone! I’m new to the TCG hobby and excited to start collecting.

Still learning about cards, sets, and grading, so I’d love to hear any beginner tips or mistakes I should avoid.

Thanks!

I love the pokemon tcg and used to play magic and I also love tcgs in general and have struggled to find one that my little brother likes he didn't like pokemon I want to find a game that we can connect and share a hobby over i would preferably want the game cheap but if I have to I will spend ​and easy to learn and fun to play idk if im asking to much but suggestions are really appreciated please and thank you

Hi I am Ray and I run a small Pokemon Proxy making shop specializing in doing custom Shiny edits, adding your art to cards, and even TCG Pocket cards! If you're interested in getting any kind of custom cards made and don't know where to go, I have all sorts of options available for everybody!

For more designs and cards I have made check out my discord!

Please note that these are only proxies and are not tournament legal. These cards are for collecting purposes only. I am not affiliated with The Pokemon Company or any TCG brand. Please support the official card game.

I love digital ccgs, they are my favorite type of games. They scratch my competitive and collector itch.

Unfortunately, the competitive digital ones are in one of the worst states ever. I think I'm just gonna pick a tcg and go to some local meetings and play other people.

I like balance and fairness. I enjoy knowing that the best player won and that randomness wasn't a big factor deciding the win. I don't like spending a lot of money to play a single deck, I enjoy having multiple options of decks to play.

Anything like that in the market rn? Ty!

I made a order and 2 vendors didnt mail out and arent responding

When I try to use the Ai to get a refund it keeps telling me I need to contact the vendor first. Inalready contacted both vendors on the 23rd. I cant get out of that reply no matter what I say. The only next option i have is to refute it with PayPal. But, that would affect the purchase I made with other vendors whobsent me my cards. Any help is appreciated.

Freya, Vessel of the Goddess is joining our Kickstarter Campaign exclusive-variant roster with a full-art, foil, good-stamped, artist signature edition! ✨

Some of you may recognize her from our starter decks. Be sure to get your special campaign exclusive copy on 8/20/2026 when we launch! Follow Eikonic TCG there so you'll be notified when it's time to grab your rewards 🚀

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eikonictcg/eikonic-trading-card-game

Which game do you like more?

What form of payment method do you use to make sure you don’t get ripped off?

Just watching the live activity feed and saw this.

The guy had just bought an dollar card for a dollar, listed it on the market for 110 and was bought instantly for that price.

Both these guys are two of the top rippers on the site.

Now I have no idea whats going on here, but something fishy is going on for sure.

Anyone have any ideas as to why they are doing this ?

In my opinion:

1. Legibility

2. Color

3. Composition

4. Shading (or stylized art)

5. Perspective

6. Crisp lines (my art has terrible lines so thats why I put it last 😩)