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The Library.

Everything we know about every line we sell — print history, identification quirks, what holds up in 20-year storage, what to look for when sourcing. This is the back-of-house notebook, made public.

7
Franchises documented
38
Sets with deep-dive entries
5,800+
Words of original notes
Chapter 01

Dragonball

American-anime TCG boom · post-Magic, pre-Yu-Gi-Oh
EST. 2000
9 sets

Dragon Ball, 2000–2002.

Score Entertainment's American TCG was a brief, beautiful run — three years, eight sets, and one of the cleanest foil treatments of the era.

2000·Limited print run2000–2001·Saiyan + Frieza Sagas2001–2002·Cell Saga peak2002·Buu + licence end
Chapter 02

Final Fantasy

Modern TCG · post-Magic Standard, pre-Lorcana
EST. 2011
1 sets

Final Fantasy, 2011–present.

Square Enix's OPUS series. Originally Japanese-only, now multilingual. Foils, legends, and one of the most over-designed card frames in the modern era — which collectors love.

2011–2016·Chapter Series (JP only)2017·OPUS I & II launch2018–2024·Expansion era
Chapter 03

Gundam

Modern launch · ground floor for new collectors
EST. 2025
2 sets

Gundam, 1989 and 2025.

Bandai has launched two distinct Gundam card games 36 years apart. We carry the new one (Beginning Set, 2025) and a handful of the old Bandai Carddass collection cards from 1989–1992.

2025·Beginning Set
Chapter 04

Illuminati

First-wave TCG · post-Magic, pre-Pokémon
EST. 1995
1 sets

Illuminati: New World Order, 1995.

Steve Jackson's INWO. A single-set conspiracy-theory TCG that became famous for predicting things it didn't predict — and for being one of the only late-90s TCGs that's gone up steadily in value without a re-print.

1995·INWO base release1996–1997·Subgenius + Y2K expansions
Chapter 05

Pokemon

Late Showa stock through early 2000s gloss
EST. 1996
22 sets

Pokémon, 1996–present.

The hobby's anchor franchise. Three distinct print lineages — English Wizards-era, the original Japanese run, and Bandai's Carddass vending series — make up nearly everything collectors mean when they say 'old Pokémon.'

1996–1998·Japanese launch1999–2000·WotC English era1996–1999·Carddass parallel run2000–2003·Neo era + Wizards tail
Chapter 06

Super Mario

Late Showa · pre-Pokémon Japanese cardboard
EST. 1992
2 sets

Mario (Amada), 1992.

Amada's Japanese-only Mario PP card series. Bright foil stock, Showa-era charm, and one of the friendliest entry points to vintage Japanese cardboard.

1992·Amada Series 1 + 2
Chapter 07

YuYu Hakusho

American-anime TCG plateau · post-DBZ, pre-Naruto
EST. 2003
1 sets

Yu Yu Hakusho, 2003.

FUNimation's English-language TCG, single-saga release. A short, focused run with foil treatments that have aged better than any of its contemporaries.

2003·Tournament Saga
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ON THE WAY · SOURCING NOW
Sailor Moon, 1992–1997.

Bandai and Amada both ran Sailor Moon card lines through the mid-90s — prism foils, Carddass vending stock, and Amada PP sticker cards. We're sourcing; nothing listed yet.

A NOTE ON THE LIBRARY

These entries are written by us, the shop, from 15+ years of handling these cards every day. We update them when we learn something new or a piece becomes outdated. Spot an error? Mail us — we'd rather correct it than keep it polished. Contact the shop.