Cardmarket vs TCGplayer prices: why they differ

Cardmarket and TCGplayer are separate marketplaces, each with its own sellers and buyers. Dexicards records Cardmarket’s prices in euros and TCGplayer’s in US dollars. A card sells for whatever buyers on that market pay for it, so the two figures move on their own and rarely match.

Four things account for most of the gap you see on a card page:

• the two markets serve different regions, with different supply and demand;
• the figures are in different currencies;
• each market grades condition on its own scale;
• each market names finishes its own way, so the same printing can sit under different variant names.

Dexicards shows both markets on every card page, side by side, each in its own currency. It never blends them into one price and never converts dollars into euros or back.

Cardmarket is a European marketplace. It only opens accounts in the countries its help center lists: European Union members plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. If you cannot pick your country when signing up, Cardmarket does not operate there.

TCGplayer prices in US dollars. Its help center describes selling abroad as an option for sellers based in the United States and Canada who meet its international sales requirements.

So the Cardmarket figure describes the European market for a card and the TCGplayer figure describes the North American one. If you collect in Europe, the euro figure is the one closest to what you would pay or get; in the US or Canada, the dollar figure is.

The two markets differ in where they operate, how they ship, how they protect buyers and what they charge sellers. Each cell below comes from that marketplace’s own help or policy page; fees are as of October 2026 and can change.

For most collectors where you live decides it, because each market only works in its own region:

• In the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or the United Kingdom: Cardmarket. You can open an account, prices are in euros, and the Trustee Service holds your payment until you confirm the order arrived.
• In the United States: TCGplayer. Prices are in US dollars and TCGplayer Safeguard covers orders that do not arrive or are not as described.
• In Canada: TCGplayer. Cardmarket does not operate there.
• Anywhere else: Cardmarket is not available, and on TCGplayer you can only buy from US or Canadian sellers that meet its international sales requirements, paying through PayPal.

Selling: you can only sell on the market that operates where you live. As of October 2026, Cardmarket’s 5% per article is lower than TCGplayer’s 10.75% commission plus its transaction fee.

The headline figure on a card page is Market, one per variant per market. What it is built from depends on the market and the game:

• On TCGplayer, Market is TCGplayer’s market price. TCGplayer describes its Market Price as compiled from recent sales completed on its site, which makes it a record of what buyers paid rather than what sellers ask.
• On Cardmarket, Market is Cardmarket’s average price for Pokémon cards. For Magic, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Disney Lorcana it is the one Cardmarket price available for that variant.

Pokémon cards also carry Low, Mid and High for TCGplayer and Low, Trend and a 30-day average for Cardmarket. The other games have the Market figure only, with a dash in the other columns. How prices work and the glossary define every column.

Asking prices and sold prices can be far apart. TCGplayer’s own help page shows a card whose median listed price was almost double its Market Price, because only a few high listings were left after the cheaper copies sold. Dexicards’ TCGplayer Market figure is that sold-price figure.

These are the latest Market figures for well-known cards, read from the same data as their card pages. Each figure is in its market’s own currency and carries the variant it is for.

For Charizard ex 199/165, Cardmarket’s figure sits under Normal and TCGplayer’s under Holofoil: the markets file the same printing under different finishes. Its card page lists each variant in its own row.

A euro figure and a dollar figure cannot be compared by their numbers alone, and Dexicards does not put an exchange rate between them.

Condition scales differ. Cardmarket grades cards as Mint, Near Mint, Excellent, Good, Light Played, Played and Poor. TCGplayer allows listings in Near Mint, Lightly Played, Moderately Played, Heavily Played and Damaged, and does not sell Mint or Gem Mint cards. The steps do not line up one to one: Cardmarket has Excellent and Good between Near Mint and Light Played, and TCGplayer has neither.

Variants are named differently. TCGplayer separates 1st Edition and Unlimited printings of early Pokémon sets, and lists the newer Poké Ball and Master Ball reverse holos as their own variants. A variant can have a price on one market and none on the other.

Yu-Gi-Oh! is priced per card. On Dexicards each market’s Yu-Gi-Oh! figure is the lowest price across all of the card’s printings, so the two markets’ figures can come from different printings.

Each market moves on its own. A price can jump on one market while the other stays flat. The 90-day chart on the card page draws each market as its own line, so you can see which one moved.

Pick the market you would actually buy or sell on, then read the row for your card’s exact variant. A few habits help:

• Check the “Prices as of” date under the price. Prices refresh every day at 03:00 UTC.
• Match the finish: Normal, Reverse Holo, Holofoil and Foil are priced separately.
• Treat the figure as a reference for a raw card. Dexicards has no prices for graded cards.
• Nothing on Dexicards is financial advice, and Dexicards does not sell cards.

To look a card up, use search or start from a game: Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Disney Lorcana. The guide to checking a card’s value walks through it step by step.