Coming out of a surging market (no pun intended) at the end of 2024, this year has seen sets rise and fall as inventory has been difficult to secure, new rarities have been introduced, and we've kicked off a new era
Contents30 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Set Boosters + 1 Traditional Foil Box Topper card
Heres a guide on how to determine the rarity for Scarlet and Violet generation of Pokemon cards (the most recent one): Black Circle = common Black Diamond = Uncommon Black Star = Rare Double Black star = Double rare Double white/silver star = Ultra Rare Gold star = Illustration Rare Double Gold Star = Special Illustration Rare Triple Gold star = Hyper rare Interestingly, special illustration rares tend to be more valuable than hyper rares (but not always)
If you do, you'll realize why this card has so few decks
Magic: The Gathering is back in Strixhaven, and the newest set might be the best of 2026 so far (yes, even better than Lorwyn Eclipsed in this humble writers opinion)
I found the market to be huge and completely overwhelming