Deck & Card Pricing Calculations

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Posted on Feb. 5, 2020, 10:02 a.m. by crazyhands911

I was wondering how the site calculates the deck prices and pulls the card prices. They now have a TCG price range, which can sometimes be rather large on a deck. I recently went thru and properly labeled 2 decks Prossh and Olivia BR Vampires with correct set identifies and added condition tags as well, hoping this would better calculate the costs.

The bottom of the range didn't change, only the top dropped down. I knew I had a Overwhelming Forces that has a $30 price difference between the promo version and the actual card. I have the promo, so I would have expected a larger change to the deck price when I added the set. The card still shows the higher priced version if you hover over the card, despite having proper identifiers, but if you sort the deck by price, it just shows up as unknown, so that is confusing.

If no set is identified, how is the deck being priced, and what are the assumptions for the bottom vs the top of the price ranges? I am trying to decide if it is worth my time to go through and properly identify my cards in my decks, and furthermore, all of the other cards in my collection, that I have setup in extra prototype decks.

Femme_Fatale says... #2

I can only say for certain that promo cards and variations will most likely not have their prices connected properly, and will usually just take the most recent non promo printing.

Also products that are marked as "skip as latest" also won't have their prices being marked either (foil only products, reprint products and products without good images are usually the ones that get marked).

February 5, 2020 5:50 p.m.