HOW TO PLAY

The core loop: Travel to a location → buy cards cheap → get them graded → sell them at a premium. Each day you visit one location, and each location has buy/sell limits, so choose wisely.

Grading is key. Raw cards are worth their base price. Graded cards get a multiplier — a perfect SCG 10 is worth 3.5x the base price. Standard grading takes 3 days, express takes 1 day but costs more.

Where to buy: Yard Sales have the cheapest prices. Card Shops are balanced with packs available. Storage Units are mystery lots — cheap but risky (higher counterfeit chance). Card Breaks (rip breaks) give you random pulls with the best grail odds.

Where to sell: GMeBAY (online) is the general marketplace with a 10% fee. Silver Auctions take 3 days but fetch premium prices on $1K+ cards. The Private Collector (unlocked at $100K net worth) has instant buy/sell and exclusive super grails.

Money moves: You can take out loans ($10K or $20K) but they compound at 5% daily interest — pay them off fast. Complete card sets for portfolio bonus multipliers. Get your best card autographed for a huge value boost before grading.

Watch out for: Counterfeits — cards from storage, garage, and attic sources have a chance of being fake. Use the Counterfeit Detector to scan suspicious cards before grading (counterfeits get confiscated during grading).

Rarity matters. Cards come in Uncommon, Rare, Ultra Rare, and Grail tiers. Grails are worth the most but are hardest to find. The legendary Holy Grail has an 8% chance to appear at the Private Collector — always in a perfect SCG 10 slab.