Deep dives on specific cards and sets
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Our latest Featured Sold Card is a 2025 Black Bolt Seismitoad that graded a perfect DCM 10, got a custom owner-designed slab, and sold on eBay for $276. Here's the full breakdown.
We graded a worn 1999 Fossil Holo Articuno through DCM Optic. Final grade was a 1. Here's the sub-score breakdown, what the AI actually saw, and why slabbed low-grade copies of vintage cards can be rarer than the pristine ones.
We pulled the full Chaos Rising card list, ranked it by rarity, and picked the 8 cards that actually stand out from the 122-card lineup. Mega Greninja takes center stage, but a few sleeper hits are worth your attention too.
We graded a 1984 Star #101 Michael Jordan through DCM Optic. Here's what a DCM 7 copy is worth, how prices scale across PSA, BGS, and SGC, and why this pre-Fleer rookie remains one of the most important cards in the hobby.
The 2025 Topps Disneyland 70th Anniversary card set blends nostalgia, park history, and premium chase elements into one of the most collectible Disney releases to date. With a 150-card base set, multiple parallels, autographs, relics, and one-of-one sketch cards, the product offers strong appeal across casual fans and serious collectors. This guide breaks down estimated odds, the rarest cards in the set, and the top chase cards driving demand and long-term value.
Discover the mythic full-art cards from Magic: The Gathering’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set, including Leonardo, Shredder, and other collector chase cards.
Pokemon TCG Ascended Heroes is the largest English expansion ever with 295 cards, a new Mega Attack Rare rarity, and chase cards like Mega Gengar ex SIR commanding $830+. DCM Grading has all 295 cards in its database for instant identification and real-time market pricing.
Logan Paul's 1998 Pikachu Illustrator, the only PSA 10 in existence, just sold for $16.49 million at Goldin Auctions. We ran the card through DCM Optic to see how our AI grading compares.