When looking to add to your collection, it helps to know if the prices are too good to be true. We’ve compiled some good practices to observe when figuring out where to buy Digimon TCG cards online and in person. This Digimon TCG price guide should help you buy and trade in confidence whenever you need to buy new cards.
Source: Good Games
Supply and Demand
Before anything, it’s important to understand the basics of how to play the Digimon TCG. If plenty of people buy and open product, then the prices for resale of cards will go down due to there being more of a card available. Sets that have powerful cards but may not have been as popular, or out of print, product available will likely have more expensive resales. More so than the supply, its actually the demand that dictates the price fluctuations. If a deck is doing well competitively, the price of the key cards will go up, especially for alt arts.
Market Watch and the Speculation game
Our Digimon TCG price guide can only be as fluid as the market itself. Results can cause wild fluctuations in the price of a card if it sees an uptick in results. These results don’t have to be centred in the western competitive sphere though. As Digimon is a game that trails behind the Asian format, the cards getting printed have already seen heavy play in Asia. Decks that see solid results there can cause cards to pre-emptively see price hikes to existing cards, before the deck saw any good results in the west.
A prime example is BT12 Marcus Damon. Backbone of the ShineGreymon archetype, Marcus speeds up its play by reducing digivolution costs. This card is commonly run as a playset in ShineGreymon lists. Unless you’re playing August-September Ultimate Cup where the card was pre-emptively banned to 1 copy ahead of BT13. Support for the deck in EX04 and BT13 helped the deck skyrocket in consistency in Asia. Resulting in the price of this Marcus has remained high and hefty due to its expected dominance in the west.
Extra Resources to stay informed
To be ahead of the game, we recommend buyers purchase older staples for upcoming decks around 2 sets before the wave of support is released.
This allows for “Hype Prices” caused by announcements of cards to recede but still leaves room to buy early. English speaking YouTube channels such as East and TheEgman are great references for tournament results in the east and west respectively. Market Watch content is a mainstay of popular TCGs, and Digimon is no exception. Weekly updates on Digimon prices, alt arts and market movements from experienced card sellers can help you find out the best times to buy and sell. Especially Alt Arts enthusiasts and the like.
When you should expect to pay more
Hunting for Max Rarity looks flashy but comes at a cost. Alongside Alt Arts, Tournament Stamps ramp up card prices, especially for those that are linked to Bandai Premium Product. One off product drops, such as playmats, deck boxes or card binders. The weeks leading up to and of the release of a set are often the most expensive days to buy and sell cards. If you can afford to wait, do so. and “Don’t buy the presales”, that 10 dollar common will be 1 dollar in a week or two.
Waifu Tax is real
Heard more in Yu-Gi-Oh, some cards will forever be darlings, unless the card is truly unplayable. Protagonist Digimon and fan favorite tamers will often go for a much higher cost than the card is normally worth. You can expect to dig deep into your wallet for that flashy playset.
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