Guides to selling Magic cards
Everything we have learned about buylisting a collection: what shops pay for, who pays the most, and how to get the cards there safely.
What is a buylist?
What a card shop will pay you today, how cash and store credit differ, and what to expect when you sell.
Card condition guide
Near Mint to Damaged, what each grade means, and how Card Kingdom, Star City Games and ABU Games grade differently.
Which MTG buylist pays the most?
We priced a 5,604-card collection across four shops with condition markdowns applied. Here is who paid best.
How to ship Magic cards to a buylist
Sleeves, mailers, postage and insurance, step by step, and the packing mistakes that cost you money.
Should you sell or hold?
When selling a Magic card today beats waiting: holding costs that add up, reprint risk, and four questions to decide card by card.
Sell Magic Cards: Buylist or Marketplace?
Cashing out Magic cards means either accepting a fixed-rate offer from a store's buylist right now, or posting them on platforms such as TCGplayer or eBay until someone purchases them. Both routes carry a real cost that the sticker hides.
See what your cards are worth
Add your collection and CardRouter compares every buylist we track, then splits the cards between shops for the highest total payout.
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