Sorting on Theo TCG

How Do You Spot the Valuable Cards in a Modern Binder?

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0600

Six checks, none of which need an app, and between them they find nearly everything in a modern binder that is worth more than a dollar or two.

The reason to do it by eye first is speed. Looking up eight hundred cards individually takes several evenings. Working through them with these checks takes an hour and leaves you with a stack of perhaps ten to thirty cards that actually deserve looking up.

Should You Sort Pokémon Cards Before Selling Them?

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:00:00 -0600

Sorting a Pokémon collection before you sell it is worth doing when it tells the buyer something they could not otherwise see, and a waste of a fortnight when it does not. That is the whole rule. The difficulty is that the satisfying kind of sorting and the useful kind are not the same thing.

Are Energy and Trainer Cards Worth Anything?

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:00:00 -0600

Mostly no. The great majority of energy and Trainer cards in an ordinary collection are worth nothing individually and close to nothing in bulk, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling something. But “mostly” is doing real work in that sentence. A small number of Trainer cards are among the most valuable cards in their entire set, and a few energy cards from specific years carry three-figure prices. The problem is that they sit in the same stack as the filler, and most people bin the whole stack without looking.