Posts by ObiWein
Talking ’bout Boxes
Porg Depot has been tracking singles for a bit now. (You can find the latest on Showcase and Legendary singles in our pricing section.) One thing that we get asked about with relative frequency is price of boxes. Box Price Tracking – TCGPlayer So far pricing for boxes in the US market is about what…
Read MoreRollin’
BB-8 has a card finally. My 11 year old daughter can rejoice as her favorite character has made it into Star Wars Unlimited. The fact that the card seems good at first glance is a plus. There are a few easy comparisons with BB-8 just due to the deployment cost, power and health. Both of…
Read MoreShowcase Prices Jan 27, 2025
Up week! Kind of… We received some feedback after last week’s post on the same topic that it may be a good idea to look at Near Mint cards only to eliminate some variance in single low listings due to condition throwing off the entire data set for a card. As we agree this rationale…
Read MoreLegendary Prices Jan 24, 2025
The overall market is down vs. exactly seven days ago, however the overall trend may still be headed up. We did make a small adjustment to our web scraping of TCGPlayer data. It is now filtered for Near Mint cards only. This should weed out any anomalies with somewhat played or damaged cards being considered…
Read MoreWelcome to Our Thrawn Talk
Thrawn is diabolical, brilliant and ruthless. He is a tactical genius whose troops follow him willingly, and who will fight for him whether or not he’s watching over their shoulders. Thrawn is a fantastic character both in the legends novels and in his current canon form. It makes sense that Thrawn would be crafted in…
Read MoreCombo Calculations
History Card combinations have existed since the very beginning of collectible card games. They simply are two (or more) cards that interact extremely well with each other to create an impact on the game state greater than the sum of their parts. An extremely early example of this from Magic is the Royal Assassin and…
Read MoreGetting to Top Cut
What does it take to make the top cut at a large event? Certainly it takes a good deck. It also takes skill in piloting that deck generally developed via practicing. You need to have a good understanding of not just your own deck but also what the other decks in the meta are going…
Read MoreShowcase Prices Jan 20, 2025
After PQ week three, and the tenth week of tracking, it’s safe to say that showcase prices generally go down over time. Not too many bright spots this week. Plus some movement at the bottom of the list and a very improbable showdown win. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~7:50am EST. Full data set…
Read MoreLegendary Prices Jan 17, 2025
The overall market is up this week. Could be the start of a trend. Hope you got your DJ Blatant Thief cards already. Total Value The value of a single copy of each legendary’s standard version TCGPlayer Market Value across all three sets rose to $516.34 over the past week with the average legendary price…
Read MoreJTL Porg Values So Far
Earlier this week Porg Depot launched our Porg Value Calculator (aka The Porgulator). This tool may be useful to you in comparing different units in the game. Here’s some of the ones we’ve seen so far from Jump to Lightspeed. Independent Smuggler Calculated Porg Value = 0.25 Piloting is a bit tricky to calculate currently,…
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