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Episode 62: 18 Years of Fantasy Football Taught Me How to Buy Cards Episode 62
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Episode 62: 18 Years of Fantasy Football Taught Me How to Buy Cards

Jul 28, 2026

18 years of dynasty fantasy football translate into five phases for sports card investing: preparation, hype, accumulation, in season, and bringing it home.

Episode 61: Wait, Do PSA 9s Have Better ROI Than PSA 10s?!? Episode 61
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Episode 61: Wait, Do PSA 9s Have Better ROI Than PSA 10s?!?

Jul 28, 2026

We index LeBron, Messi, and Charizard sales to see when PSA 9s outperform PSA 10s. Data across basketball, soccer, and Pokemon reveals the pattern.

Episode 60: I Ran a 15-Month Soccer Card Fund. Here’s What Actually Worked. Episode 60
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Episode 60: I Ran a 15-Month Soccer Card Fund. Here’s What Actually Worked.

Jul 28, 2026

Recap of a 15-month soccer card fund built for the 2026 World Cup. Phase one lessons, case hits, low-end blue chips, and five takeaways.

Episode 59: Parallels, Graders, and How PSA’s Submission Pause Might Affect the Market Episode 59
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Episode 59: Parallels, Graders, and How PSA’s Submission Pause Might Affect the Market

Jul 28, 2026

Thought dump on 83 Wembanyama Prizm parallels, why vintage vs modern market cap keeps drifting, and what PSA's submission pause could do to prices.

Episode 58: All 63 Wemby Rookie Prizm Cards Ranked by Return Episode 58
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Episode 58: All 63 Wemby Rookie Prizm Cards Ranked by Return

Jun 18, 2026

Every Victor Wembanyama 2023 Prizm parallel ranked by two-year return. Silver vs gold, PSA 9 vs 10, BGS black labels, plus the $138M market cap breakdown.

Episode 57: Only 4 of These 1952 Topps Legends Beat the S&P 500 Episode 57
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Episode 57: Only 4 of These 1952 Topps Legends Beat the S&P 500

Jun 18, 2026

9,720 sales across 22 years reveal which 1952 Topps legends actually beat the S&P 500. Jackie Robinson leads by a wide margin, plus a new risk-reward metric.

Episode 56: PSA: The Federal Reserve of The Hobby Episode 56
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Episode 56: PSA: The Federal Reserve of The Hobby

Jun 18, 2026

On June 2nd PSA closed all four value tiers with 10 million cards in backlog. We read it as a rate hike, compare it to 2021, and watch the raw-to-graded spread.

Episode 55: Mangos, Messi, and Market Cap: The Hidden Math of Card Prices Episode 55
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Episode 55: Mangos, Messi, and Market Cap: The Hidden Math of Card Prices

Jun 18, 2026

A desert island mango story unpacks supply, demand, float, and graded market cap across the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Messi Prizm Silver PSA 10s.

Episode 54: Don’t Buy New Card Releases! Episode 54
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Episode 54: Don’t Buy New Card Releases!

May 26, 2026

New card releases almost always drop 40% within months. We break down the release premium, grading lag, and supply flood that drive every modern hype cycle.

Episode 53: Modern Cards Are Overvalued (Value vs. Growth) Episode 53
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Episode 53: Modern Cards Are Overvalued (Value vs. Growth)

May 26, 2026

One year of 174 card flips revealed a 22-point win-rate gap. We map the value premium onto vintage and modern cards and ask whether modern is overvalued.

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