CardTargets Smart sports card buys every week.

Issue #001

This Week's Card Targets

Every price below is checked against recent eBay sold comps. Newest comp used: . Estimated buy ranges only — not guarantees, not financial advice. Links to eBay may earn us a commission (disclosure).

This week's read

Top 10 Targets

Not guarantees. Cards worth a closer look right now — with the comps to check our math.

Low Medium High what these mean

Under $100 Plays

Solid entries without stretching your budget.

Quiet Buys

Less obvious targets with real upside. Specific card, specific range, one-line thesis.

Avoid This Week

Named cards, not vague categories. Where we'd stay patient.

What We're Seeing

Quick reads on the current market.

    The Ledger

    Every pick we've ever published, revisited. Wins and losses stay up permanently — that's the whole point.

    The Ledger exists for transparency, not as proof of skill. Past picks moving up doesn't mean future picks will — some of our calls will be wrong, and they'll stay on this table when they are. Full disclaimer.

    How CardTargets Works

    Simple weekly research, built for quick scanning.

    Research

    We pull recent eBay sold comps, PSA population data, player performance, and hobby demand signals from public sources. Every buy range on this page traces back to dated sold prices you can expand and check.

    Score

    Each target gets a 50-point score: player outlook, card desirability, price opportunity, liquidity, and near-term catalyst. Scores vary because conviction varies — a board where everything is a 40/50 "medium risk" isn't research.

    Publish & revisit

    The site updates every Monday, and every past pick goes into the Ledger where we track how it aged. We don't delete the misses.

    What the risk labels mean

    Low
    Established demand, stable comps, easy to resell. The downside is boredom, not a crater.
    Medium
    A real thesis that depends on performance or timing playing out. Normal position sizing.
    High
    Thin comps, binary outcomes, or a young market. Small positions only, and only if you like the story.

    Who's Behind This

    One collector, one research process, zero Lamborghinis.

    CardTargets is an independent, one-person hobby research letter. We don't sell cards, we don't take payment to feature cards, and we don't own most of what we cover — when we do, we'll say so on the pick. Revenue comes from eBay affiliate links (disclosed above and next to every link) and, eventually, sponsors who are clearly labeled. The product is the filter: out of everything in the hobby, the few things worth your attention this week.

    Past Issues

    Every issue stays public. Judge us on the archive, not the pitch.