The SilphCo API is four collections now
Same data on every tier. Free is 1,000 requests a day. Pro is 5,000.
Public API redesign: GET /prices, /quote, /sales, /listings. Sidecar reads, no Iceberg on the request path. Copy-paste curls.
SilphCo Blog
Data-driven analysis of the Pokémon TCG market.
Pitch Black Day 1 Sales on eBay and TCGplayer
Launch Day Analysis on Trending Card Sales, Price Spreads, and Most Valuable Chase Cards.
Pitch Black official release July 17, 2026: 767 verified sales and $19.6k on launch day, after $52.5k across the prerelease window. Dual-market comps through the last full day.
Pokémon Chinese Gem Pack Exclusives TCG Collector Popularity
Evaluating 17K verified sales, high PSA 10 gem rates, and stabilizing pricing anchors across global markets.
Analyze the secondary market of Simplified Chinese Pokémon exclusives. A data-driven look at 17K sales, high PSA 10 gem rates, and stabilizing price anchors.
Graded market caps on modern sets: what's big, what's selling, and what moved in June
Van Gogh is $140M PSA 10. Last year's English sets total $139M. Size is stock. June shows who actually sold.
PSA 10 market caps in the Silph lake: Van Gogh vs last-year modern sets, and June turnover as share of population and market cap sold.
Raw card marketplace liquidity: TCGplayer vs eBay
June 2026 sales count, dollar volume, and price distributions for raw Pokémon TCG cards.
June 2026 raw Pokémon TCG sales on TCGplayer vs eBay: 3.85M units vs 382K, and $19.57M against eBay's $13.97M. eBay still rules the high end. Which marketplace is deeper depends on what you're selling.
How to find the best cards to grade
159 modern cards with PSA 10 spreads over $200. Where the grade still pays.
Real data from 159 modern cards with PSA 10 spreads over $200. Scatter plots, gem-rate distributions, and the five biggest current flips with actual gem rates and volumes.
From raw to PSA 10: grading an Ascended Heroes chase pays 2.5–6.6×
1,100+ verified slab sales and 1,800 raw comps · Ascended Heroes · March–June 2026
Grading a raw Ascended Heroes chase returns 2.5× to 6.6× at PSA 10. 1,141 PSA 9/10 sales and 1,800 raw comps analyzed — premium cards pay no PSA 9 premium, cheap ones reward both tiers.
Modern Chase Cards 2026: Winners, Losers, and What Survives
PSA 10 Chase Performance: Month 1 Through Month 9
PSA 10 chase card performance across modern Pokémon TCG sets. Charizard and Pikachu hold; non-premium SIRs crash 60–93%. Illustration Rares are the stealth gainers. 432K verified sales.