Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
Two copies of the same Yu-Gi-Oh! card can sell for very different amounts, because the price follows the printing, the edition, the condition and any grade. This guide shows how to identify each one, where the market price comes from, and how to value a whole collection in TurnZero HQ.
A Yu-Gi-Oh! card's name tells you what it does, not what your copy is worth. Staple cards are reprinted across many sets and rarities, and each printing has its own set code, the short code under the artwork such as LOB-EN005. The passcode identifies the card, and the set code identifies the printing, so two copies with the same passcode can still be worth very different amounts.
Before you price anything, read the set code, the rarity and the edition off the card. Where to find each one on a card →
Demand matters most. A card that is played in current decks, or wanted by collectors, holds a price that a card nobody plays does not. The factors below decide how that demand splits across copies of the same card, and they do not weigh the same for every card.
Edition is the factor people miss most often. Two copies with the same set code, rarity and art can sell for very different prices when one says 1st Edition under the artwork and the other doesn't. 1st Edition vs. Unlimited, explained →
Yu-Gi-Oh! prices in TurnZero HQ are TCGplayer market prices, collected through TCGCSV once a day, for each printing and edition: 1st Edition, Unlimited and Limited. TCGplayer's market price is drawn from recent sales of that listing on its marketplace, so it follows what copies have actually sold for rather than what sellers are asking.
About 89% of printings have a price. The rest are mostly promos and prize cards that TCGplayer does not list, so there is no market figure to show. A price is also a snapshot: the value you see is at most about a day old, and cards that see play can move.
The market price is roughly what a card sells for between players. It is not what a store will hand you across the counter. A store that buys your cards has to resell them at a profit, hold stock that may sit for months, and check and sort what you bring in, so its buy offer is normally a fraction of the market price. How large a fraction depends on the store, the card and how much they want it, and some stores offer more as store credit than as cash.
Neither number is wrong. Use the market price to see what your collection is worth to other players, and ask a store for its offer if you want to sell to it. A collection value in any app, TurnZero HQ included, is a market figure and not a promise of what you would receive.
Your Yu-Gi-Oh! collection lives in My Library, behind the game switcher, on iPhone, Android and the web. Every row is a card, optionally narrowed to the printing and edition you hold, and the app values it from TCGplayer's market price for that printing and edition.
The collection's total is recorded every day. Seeing that history as a chart of your collection's value over time is a Premium feature. The collection itself, each copy's value, each printing's price history and 3 binders are free. How the collection tracker works → How the scanner reads a card →
A collection value is a useful estimate, and it has limits worth knowing before you act on it:
It is a market price, not a buy offer, and not a guarantee of what a sale will bring
It is not a forecast. TurnZero HQ shows what a card has sold for, not what it will sell for
A copy with no printing picked is valued at the cheapest printing, so it can understate a rare one
Cards TCGplayer does not list have no price until you set a custom value
A graded copy is priced as the card unless you set a custom value for the slab
Identify the exact printing first: the set code under the artwork, the rarity, and the edition mark. Then look up the market price for that printing, edition and condition. Looking up the card's name alone can show a different printing's price. In TurnZero HQ you add each card by printing and edition, and the collection is valued from TCGplayer's daily market prices.
Some are, and many are not. Older sets can carry real value, and 1st Edition copies of early sets usually sell for more than Unlimited ones. But many old cards were printed in large numbers, and a card's price depends on the specific printing, its edition and its condition, and on whether it is played today. Check each card instead of assuming an age premium.
No. For older sets the 1st Edition copy usually sells for more, sometimes many times more. For recent cards the gap is often small, and play demand can matter more than the edition mark. The current price of that edition of that printing is the only reliable answer.
The market price is TCGplayer's figure for what the card has recently sold for. A store buying from you has to resell at a profit and carry cards that may not sell quickly, so a buy offer is usually a fraction of market. How large a fraction depends on the store, the card and how much they want it. Use the market price to value a collection and the store's offer to decide whether to sell there.
Yes. Prices are quoted by condition, and a copy with whitewear, scratches or bends sells for less than a Near Mint one. TurnZero HQ lets each row carry a condition (NM, LP, MP, HP or DMG), and the row's own condition and custom value are there for the cases the market price does not describe.
Often, but it depends on the card, the grade and the company. A high grade can add a lot to a scarce card and little to a common one, and grading has its own cost. TurnZero HQ records a grade such as PSA 10 on a copy. The market price is for an ungraded card, so set a custom value on a graded copy if you know what similar slabs sell for.
Once a day. Yu-Gi-Oh! prices in TurnZero HQ are TCGplayer market prices collected through TCGCSV. About 89% of printings have a price. The rest are mostly promos and prize cards that TCGplayer does not list, and you can give those a custom value.
Adding cards, seeing each copy's value and the collection total, and each printing's price history are free, as is a set of 3 binders. Premium raises the binder limit to 50 and adds the chart of your collection's total value over time.
Add your cards by printing and edition and TurnZero HQ values every copy from daily TCGplayer prices. Free on iPhone, Android and the web.
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