Star Wars: Unlimited
Two copies of the same Star Wars: Unlimited card, with the same name and text, can sell for very different prices. The difference is either the version of the card, which has its own number, or its finish, which doesn't. Here's how to tell them apart.
Ask two questions: is the collector number within the set's printed total, and does the card shine?
Normal and Foil are the names TCGplayer lists the two finishes under, which is why price guides and TurnZero HQ use them too.
A foil is a finish, not a different card. It has the same name, art, text and collector number as the normal copy; the difference is the shine. Because the number is the same, the number alone can't tell you whether a card is foil. You have to look at it.
A Hyperspace card is an alternate version of a card with a different treatment of its look. It plays exactly like the standard card, but it is numbered separately, beyond the set's printed total, so it's a printing of its own rather than a finish of the standard one. Hyperspace cards come in foil too, and a Hyperspace Foil has the same number as the non-foil Hyperspace copy. Reading the collector number →
Showcase and Prestige cards are rarer alternate versions. Like Hyperspace cards, each has a collector number of its own, so each is a separate printing with a separate price. How often they turn up, and in which products, varies by set, so check the publisher's information for a specific set rather than relying on a general rule.
Collectors buy the version, not just the card, so marketplaces list each printing and finish separately and their prices move separately. A card that is worth little as a normal copy can be worth noticeably more as a Hyperspace or foil copy. None of that is a rule: the gap depends on the card and on demand, so the only reliable answer is the current price of the exact version you have.
That's how TurnZero HQ's Star Wars: Unlimited collection works. Every printing is identified by its set code and number, every copy is stored as Normal or Foil, and each is priced from TCGplayer's market price for that printing and finish, updated daily. How the collection tracker prices cards →
A Hyperspace card is an alternate version of a card, with different art treatment and a collector number of its own beyond the set's printed total. A foil is a finish: the same printing, with the same number, made shiny. The two combine, so a Hyperspace card can come as a foil too.
Check the collector number at the bottom. A standard card's number is within the set's printed total, like 010/252. A Hyperspace version is numbered beyond it. The look is different too, but the number is the reliable check.
Often, but not always, and by how much depends entirely on the card. Check the current price of the exact printing and finish you have rather than assuming a Hyperspace or foil copy is worth a fixed multiple of the standard one.
Rarer alternate versions, each with a collector number of its own like a Hyperspace card, so each is a separate printing with a separate price. How often they turn up depends on the set and product.
Yes. A Hyperspace, Showcase or Prestige version is its own printing in the catalog, identified by its set code and number, and every copy you own is stored as Normal or Foil, each priced on its own from TCGplayer. The scanner reads the number, so it adds the right version, but it adds a card in its headline finish, since a camera can't reliably tell a foil from a normal copy; you change the finish on the card's page.
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