Card collecting is often limited by liquidity, so price increases can be exaggerated—this is something most new crypto TCG collectors should understand. If you're collecting as an investment and plan to sell your cards later, a key step is going for PSA 10. You'll never have trouble selling your collectibles! Cards, much like the card market itself, are a winner-takes-all game, which is why gacha is so popular. High-end cards in today’s strong market tend to have liquidity regardless of their grade. For example, Charizard, Venusaur, Crystal, and Shiny cards. There’s a market for high-end cards, but many low-end cards have poor liquidity for buying and selling unless they’re PSA 10 graded. However, the popularity of platform gacha has increased the demand for 'fodder' cards. As a result, players have started selling these cards to dealers at prices far below market value, who then flip them to platforms. Crypto trading card game platforms need these cards to fill their virtual markets, so demand for such cards has risen. This is also where the fake EV (expected value) expansion market comes into play.