Magic: The Gathering for Beginners: Sets, Boosters and Singles
A beginner's guide to Magic: The Gathering: how the TCG works, Commander and Draft, Play vs Collector Boosters, singles vs sealed and grading MTG cards.
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Free card collecting guides from Card Tings, an online card shop based in Vancouver, BC. Learn how PSA grading works, how to check a PSA cert number, which rookie cards and Upper Deck Young Guns to chase, and how numbered parallels are valued.
Whether you collect graded Pokémon cards, hockey cards or soccer slabs, these guides help you buy smarter, grade the right cards and protect your collection.
Soccer Slabs: A Guide to Graded Soccer Cards
Soccer slabs explained: the main soccer card brands, the graded soccer cards collectors chase, soccer rookie cards and what to check before buying.
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PSA Population Report Explained: How Rare Is Your Slab?
What the PSA population report is, how to look up a card's pop, what pop and pop higher mean, and how population affects a graded card's…
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One Piece TCG Sets and Booster Boxes: A Collector’s Guide
Every English One Piece TCG booster set in order, what OP set codes mean, card rarities like manga rares, and whether to buy booster boxes or…
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UFC Prizm Cards: A Guide to Collecting UFC Cards
A guide to UFC Prizm cards and UFC trading cards: Panini Prizm UFC vs Topps UFC, parallels, rookie cards, top fighters and buying graded UFC slabs.
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Card Savers vs Toploaders: Which Should You Use?
Card savers vs toploaders: what each holder is for, which one PSA prefers for grading submissions, and the best way to store and ship trading cards.
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How to Store Trading Cards in Vancouver’s Rainy Climate
Vancouver’s damp winters can curl and damage cards. How to store Pokémon and sports cards safely: humidity levels, sleeves, toploaders, slabs and storage boxes.
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Buy Sports Cards in Vancouver: Canucks, Whitecaps and Graded Cards
Shop sports cards in Vancouver: PSA graded slabs, hockey Young Guns rookies, soccer and basketball cards from a Vancouver, BC card shop with tracked shipping across…
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Where to Buy Pokémon Cards in Vancouver: Graded Slabs, Singles and Sealed
Looking for Pokémon cards in Vancouver? Shop PSA graded Pokémon slabs, vintage holos and sealed products from a Vancouver, BC card shop, shipped tracked across Canada.
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How to Buy Graded Pokémon Cards (and Pokémon Slabs) Online
How to buy graded Pokémon cards and Pokémon slabs online: PSA vs CGC, Japanese vs English cards, checking cert numbers and what to look for before…
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How Much Is My Sports Card Worth? How to Price Your Cards
How to find out what your sports cards are worth: checking sold prices, comparing grades and serial numbers, using the PSA population report and when to…
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PSA vs BGS vs SGC vs CGC: Which Grading Company Is Best?
How PSA, BGS (Beckett), SGC and CGC compare for grading sports cards and Pokémon cards, what makes each slab different and which is best for buying…
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Numbered Cards and Parallels Explained: What /99 Really Means
What numbered cards and parallels are, what serial numbers like 23/50 and 1/1 mean, how Prizm and Refractor parallels work and how print runs affect value.
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What Is a Rookie Card? RC Logos, Young Guns and More
What counts as a rookie card, what the RC logo means, why rookies are worth more and how to spot the real rookie card for hockey,…
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PSA 10 vs PSA 9: The PSA Grading Scale Explained
What PSA 10 Gem Mint and PSA 9 Mint really mean, how the PSA grading scale works from 1 to 10, and why a PSA 10…
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Upper Deck Young Guns: The Hockey Rookie Card Guide
What Upper Deck Young Guns are, how rare they are, the most famous Young Guns rookie cards and what to look for when you buy.
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How to Submit Cards to PSA From Canada
A step-by-step guide to getting cards graded by PSA from Canada: where to send them, how to pack them, what it costs and which cards are…
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Raw vs Graded Cards: What’s the Difference?
What graded cards are, how grading works, and when it makes sense to buy a raw card or a graded slab.
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How to Protect Your Cards: Penny Sleeves, Toploaders and More
Penny sleeves, toploaders, team bags and one-touch holders explained: how to protect sports cards and Pokémon cards for storage and shipping.
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How to Check a PSA Cert Number (and Spot a Fake Slab)
A quick guide to verifying a PSA graded card: where to find the cert number, how to look it up on PSA, and the warning signs…
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