Yu-Gi-Oh · Apr 17 release · Sell first 2 weeks · roughly a month
Rarity Collection V Starlights (Flip), filed under Yu-Gi-Oh cards. 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 65 and liquidity at 80, this sits in the ordinary range on both axes. Those are the entries where the reasoning matters more than the scores.
Accessibility of 40 means you'll pay somewhat over the sensible number but not absurdly so. Worth watching, because this score moves faster than any of the other three.
Set against the 6 Yu-Gi-Oh card types scored here, its appreciation of 65 ranks 6th of 6, liquidity 80 ranks 2nd, accessibility 40 ranks 2nd, and risk 50 is the 6th-lowest. The closest thing to it on the numbers is Quarter Century Secret Rare, which scores 78 and 62 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 50 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.
You can realistically find Rarity Collection V Starlights (Flip) at a local card shop, a card show and online.
There is no big-box option for this one. Hobby configurations are allocated to card shops and distributors and do not reach Walmart or Target shelves at all, so a wasted trip is the likeliest outcome of looking there.
A card show is worth the trip for this because you are buying a specific card rather than a sealed product: you can compare several copies side by side, check the centring and corners yourself, and negotiate — none of which a listing photo lets you do.
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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