Panini Absolute · Flip within 30 days of release · roughly a month
New Release Kabooms (Flip), 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.
Liquidity of 90 is the standout number. You could move this in days rather than months, which matters more than people expect — an appreciation score of 70 is only worth anything if you can realise it when you decide to.
Accessibility of 20 is the catch. That score tracks whether you can buy near MSRP or you're already paying a premium to someone else, and at 20 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 70 ranks 11th of 14, liquidity 90 ranks 1st, accessibility 20 ranks 11th, and risk 55 is the 14th-lowest. The closest thing to it on the numbers is Manga, which scores 75 and 70 on the same two axes — if you're weighing one against the other, the difference is in the reasoning rather than the scores.
This is a flip, not a hold. The window is weeks, and it exists because something is happening right now that produces fresh coverage every few days. Flips fail in a specific way: the story ends, attention moves on, and you're holding something you bought at the top of a news cycle. If you can't watch it, this isn't the entry for you.
Risk at 55 is the middle of the range: real ways to fail, none of them exotic. A role change, a slow start, or the hobby simply deciding to care about something else for a while.
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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