Panini Optic / Prizm · Die-cut chase · Rising fast · about two years
All-Etch, filed under inserts. Scored on four axes, because a type that gains value but can't be sold quickly is a different proposition from one you can move in a weekend.
With appreciation at 76 and liquidity at 65, this sits in the ordinary range on both axes. Those are the entries where the reasoning matters more than the scores.
Accessibility of 30 is the catch. That score tracks whether you can buy near MSRP or you're already paying a premium to someone else, and at 30 you are paying up. A card with real upside bought at double MSRP is a worse purchase than an ordinary one bought at retail.
Set against the 14 insert card types scored here, its appreciation of 76 ranks 7th of 14, liquidity 65 ranks 9th, accessibility 30 ranks 7th, and risk 40 is the 8th-lowest. The closest thing to it on the numbers is Fireworks, which scores 72 and 60 on the same two axes — if you're weighing one against the other, the difference is in the reasoning rather than the scores.
Two years gives the situation time to develop past its first impression, which is usually when the price is set by whoever shouted loudest. It also means two years of not touching it, including through the stretch where it looks wrong.
A risk score of 40 means ordinary risk — the failure modes are the boring ones, which is also why they're easy to talk yourself out of worrying about.
Every entry gets four separate scores instead of one grade, because a single grade hides the thing you needed. Full explanation in the guide: what Kabooms, Downtowns and Color Blasts are worth.
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