About

Straight answers for people who buy and run breaks.

Cardonomics puts two numbers side by side for every product: what a spot needs to sell for to cover the break, and what spots are actually going for.

How it works

Cost per spot is roughly what each team in a break needs to sell for to cover the sealed product, shipping and the platform’s fees. Going rate is what spots in that product have been selling for recently. Both are shown per box, so a six-box break and a one-box break compare fairly.

The gap between the two is yours to judge. A premium over cost is what a break is — the breaker carries the money, the risk and the work — and how much of one is worth paying is your call.

Figures update as new breaks and listings come in. Prices can change quickly and any figure can be wrong or late, so treat them as a guide. Nothing here is financial advice.

Upside, without card prices

We do not put a value on individual cards. Instead, for each team we show how many of its cards are worth chasing — numbered cards, autographs, relics and long published odds — and the rarest card that team could produce, with its odds where the set’s maker publishes them. None of it is a prediction of what you will pull.

Blank rather than guessed

Where we do not have enough to show a figure, the page shows a dash and tells you why. A blank you can see is better than a guess you cannot.

What is covered

Boxes and cases that are actually being broken, across football, basketball, baseball, hockey and soccer, and every other sport with cards — racing, wrestling, MMA, boxing, tennis, golf and the Olympics. Team breaks only. Blasters, hangers, megas and fat packs are a different market and are not included.