What resources do you wish existed?

I update it but keep forgetting to submit news posts that I’ve updated it :slight_smile: I also tend to update promo series in bulk batches since it’s much easier than doing it a few cards at a time

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Little offtopic: Where do you look up the number of printed copies of each card? Thanks.

In the grand scheme of things there’s only a handful of cards with a known number. You can see some of those in the spreadsheet linked in this topic, but I don’t think there’s something as comprehensive and easy to use for all cards with known numbers that exceed 1,000 copies.

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I wish PSA did more with the data they have (i.e. making a chart showing how many of each card + grade were graded over time so I know when best to buy).

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We could build this into a github repo and have a basic CSV data dump that could be imported into excel/numbers. I don’t know if it would allow hosting images for every card for free but that could be done separately.

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I’ve actually already begun making the database :eyes:

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Working on part of it

I wish there was a way to pinpoint who owns a specific card for the purpose of making offers on it. I understand there are all sorts of issues with this from a privacy/morality/security standpoint, but I have cards I have been trying to track down and I wish I knew who owned the bloody thing lol. The search continues.

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Agree with others here, a definitive and ideally tpci-produced (ie official) list of every printing of every card that is searchable. Not just the Eevee thread getting 50 new replies when another surging sparks variant gets released

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I wish there were internationally accessible marketplaces for cards in all languages. It would need to be easy and rewarding to list cheap cards.

I can’t stand how difficult it is to track down some ostensibly “cheap” cards just because I don’t live in Thailand or Indonesia, and no one cares enough to look through their bulk or put them up for sale.

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:crystal_ball: here, use wisely.

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I really like the existing Pokémon museum and archive sites out there, but I’ve always wished for a more polished, centralized version. Something that brings everything together — high-res scans, print history, prototypes, test prints, oddities, proper provenance — almost like a true digital museum that keeps evolving as new discoveries pop up. And honestly, it would be great if more people were involved in contributing to it.

I also wish the grading companies would finally start grading uncut sheets. That alone would open up a whole new lane of documentation and preservation.

I want a tool where you can select any Pokemon card, and then be given a spreadsheet with every single cert# for that card in each grade.

Benefits would be that newly graded low pop cards with scans will be put through higher scrutiny by the community.

Downsides obviously includes counterfeiting

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So basically an eBay Watchlist, but across every marketplace and smart enough to know variants/condition.

I would subscribe.

This is such a great idea I really wish they provided statistics so we can rely less on sites like collectr to track pop growths and gem rates.