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Slabnomics

Finance-Bro turned Card Bird explores the intersection of collecting, investment, and market theory for sports cards.Think Financial Analyst meets Sports Card Collector.New Episodes drop Tuesdays @ 7 AM CST.

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24:23

PSA 9 is Dead. All Hail Gem Mint 10

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2026/01/13

Is the PSA 9 dead? I dove into the data across three eras (vintage, modern, ultra-modern) and four sports (baseball, basketball, football, soccer) to find out when PSA 9s hold value, and when they're just an expensive failure certificate. The numbers are staggering: PSA created 31 million new 10s since 2020, compared to just 5 million total from 1991-2019. In 2025 alone, 6.5 million new PSA 10s entered the market. When gem rates hit 60-70%, the 9 becomes meaningless. In this episode: Why v...

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27:36

A Rising Tide Does NOT Lift All Cards

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2026/01/06

The market doesn't reward truth, it rewards timing. In this episode of Slabnomics, I break down the concept of DEMAND WINDOWS and why understanding the direction of capital flow is the key to profiting in sports cards in 2026. Key insights from this episode: → Why "a rising tide lifts all boats" is WRONG for card investing → The supply absorption capacity concept explained → Sport-by-sport breakdown: Soccer, Basketball, Football, Baseball, Pokémon → Why vintage Pokémon acts like bonds in yo...

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31:06

Why the Billionaires Are Buying Cards Now (And What...

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2025/12/30

State of the Hobby 2025 Everyone keeps saying this is 2021 again. They're wrong. And if you're positioning like it's 2021, you're going to get hurt. I spent weeks treating the card market like an equity analyst treats a stock: pulling index data, PSA submission numbers from SEC filings, volume metrics by price tier. What I found changed how I'm positioning for 2026. In this episode: THE CORE INSIGHT, THE PSA PROOF, THE DEMAND SHIFT, CATEGORY BREAKDOWN (by sport+Pokemon), THE BILLI...

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16:08

PSA Buys Beckett/The Importance of Sets and Cycles

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2025/12/16

PSA has officially acquired Beckett, and this is more than breaking news. It’s a structural shift in the sports card market. In this episode of Slabnomics, we break down what the PSA–Beckett acquisition actually means for collectors, investors, and flippers. We zoom out to examine where we are in the market cycle, explain why this moment signals consolidation, and then zoom all the way in to the microeconomics of cards and sets...the containers that ultimately determine long-term value. This ...

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61:48

The Future of Sports Cards: Data, AI & Discovery Ft....

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2025/12/09

In this episode of Slabnomics, I’m joined by Tyler “T-Pott” Nethercott: Senior VP of Product at Sports Card Investor and one of the key minds behind the Market Movers app. Tyler walks through his journey from banking, risk analysis, and SAP data projects into building one of the most important sports card data platforms in the hobby. From there, we dive deep into what actually separates successful investors and collectors from everyone else: critical thinking, probability, and good decision-m...

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33:48

Time

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2025/12/02

Over the last few episodes, I walked through my first full year of selling sports cards...my wins, my mistakes, and what I learned in buying, selling, and grading. Today is different. This one is slower, more reflective, and honestly one of the most important frameworks I’ve shared: How time actually works in the sports card market. In this episode I cover: Market cycles & engineered scarcityWhy we’re living in an era of engineered scarcityHow Kabooms became the “reserve currency of...

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27:51

1 Year of Selling Sports Cards: Grading (Final Part)

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2025/11/25

We wrap the mini-series with grading—the alchemy of the hobby when used correctly. I share the actual ledger: 1,127+ cards graded, $20K+ in fees/shipping, PSA (525 cards; ~$11.7K) and SGC (602 cards; ~$9.5K), and why I’d only re-submit ~21% (PSA) and ~17% (SGC) today. You’ll get a pre-grading checklist, a tier/upcharge strategy that protects cash flow, and post-mortems on failed CGC→PSA and BGS→PSA arbitrage. You’ll learn When a card shouldn’t be graded PSA vs SGC vs BGS vs CGC—where eac...

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31:37

1 Year of Selling Sports Cards: Selling (Part 2)

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2025/11/18

Following Part 1 (buying), this episode breaks down the sell-side of my first year—$98K on eBay—and the exact lessons that moved the needle: how to seed early feedback, how to structure PWE vs. bubble mailer shipping (and when to use non-machinable stamps), the true cost of fees & promoted listings, and a negotiation framework so you stop caving under pressure. We also cover budgets to avoid forced sales, when wax/singles make sense (rarely), and why multi-market selling unlocks faster ex...

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29:59

1 Year of Selling Sports Cards: Buying (Part 1)

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2025/11/11

Send us a text In this opener to my “Year 1” mini-series, I break down everything I learned on the buy-side of the sports-card game—what worked, what wasted money, and how to buy with exits in mind. From the Spain/Messi spark to my first PSA submission (and why it lost), we cover pre-grading, avoiding “rarity for rarity’s sake,” the meaning of liquidity, negotiating bulk discounts, timing buys around seasonal cycles, and using hype as a catalyst—not a crutch. You’ll learn Why pre-grading and ...

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45:58

The Barcelona Messi Rookie Treasure Hunt

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2025/11/04

Send us a text sourcing at the nucleus, grading for ROI, and dodging fakes. I unpack the full playbook from my Barcelona trip to find Messi rookies: why Campió (Catalan) issues matter vs Campeón (Spanish), the true 71 Bis story (third-edition BIS replacement → lower print + set-builder demand), and how Europe’s historic grading friction (pre-PSA EU) created today’s raw opportunity. I walk through Facebook ad targeting (40–55 men), peñas/outreach, euro/Bizum constraints, Spain-specific negotia...

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44:36

Why This World Cup is Different Ft. SACC Cards

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2025/10/28

Send us a text Welcome to Slabnomics, where we help sports card enthusiasts make better financial decisions about sports cards. In this episode, host Matthew Worley sits down with Anthony from @Sacccards to talk about the soccer card market - Why this world cup is different from the last one held in America in 1994, what changes he sees as a coach and consultant for youth soccer, and how that meshes with his love of soccer card collecting. They dive into: The pulse of the 2025 sports-card mar...

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40:22

How Top Sellers Win in Sports Cards Ft. Trike Cards

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2025/10/14

Send us a text We get tactical on where to sell (COMC/eBay/shows), how to negotiate, when grading pays, and building a seller’s system that wins in any market. Themes: liquidity > hype, plan the exit, cut losses, protect reputation. Highlights: COMC flow vs. liquidity: when “no work” wins, when it doesn’tNegotiation that converts (and why “what’s your best?” kills deals)PSA strategy, turnaround math, and stacking velocityRarity vs. demand: why some “rare” cards don’t moveTiming catal...

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12:59

Liquidity 101: When To Get Out of Sports Cards

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2025/10/07

Send us a text In this episode of Slabnomics, host Matt Worley breaks down one of the most misunderstood concepts in the hobby — liquidity — and why it separates collectors who profit from those who get stuck holding bags. You’ll learn how market velocity, price discovery, and consolidation cycles drive card prices across every tier — from high-end grails to $20 slabs — and why understanding liquidity is the ultimate advantage for sports-card investors. Matt explains how sales velocity, buyer...

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31:50

How to Understand Changing Markets Ft. Ryan Alford

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2025/09/30

Send us a text On this episode of Slabnomics, Matt sits down with Ryan Alford — serial entrepreneur, marketing titan, and host of “Right About Now” and the new “Trading Cards & Collectibles” podcast — to talk hobby growth, storytelling, and where the market is headed next. 🔑 What you’ll learn • How a Walmart pack rip with his four sons pulled Ryan back into the hobby • The attention economy: why “document, don’t overproduce” wins on YouTube/shorts • Collecting vs. investing: intention,

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37:11

🚨Huge New Comp, Bubbles, and a Cheatsheet on 2014...

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2025/09/26

Send us a text Slabnomics is here to help sports card enthusiasts make better financial decisions. In this practical, numbers-first workshop, Matt breaks down how to evaluate cards using real comps, pop data, and market velocity—through the lens of the foundational 2014 Panini World Cup Prizm set. We compare soccer vs. football Prizm set values, dissect the Messi/Ronaldo “Matchups” grails, and map how domino sales (Fanatics Collect, eBay, Goldin) become forward indicators for the next leg up....

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33:37

Creating Hobby Content Ft. Stockn_trade

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2025/09/23

Send us a text In this episode of Slabnomics, Matt sits down with Raul Bustamante — better known as Stockn_Trade on Instagram — to talk about sports cards, content creation, and the evolving market. Raul shares how his background as an actor helped him bring authenticity and humor into the hobby, why being yourself always wins against the algorithm, and how he went from collecting baseball and basketball to diving headfirst into soccer cards. We explore: Raul’s content journey, from COVID hob...

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34:48

Elite Collecting Moves Ft. RodmanPC

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2025/09/21

Send us a text How Scarcity, Timing, and Community Built an Elite Sports Card Collection Rigorous, candid, and collector-first. In this Slabnomics episode, Matt sits down with RodmanPC—a Honduras-based super-collector with one of the strongest Lionel Messi collections in the world—to break down how he pivoted from Michael Jordan 90s inserts to modern soccer grails. We cover the realities of collecting internationally (ShipMyCards, Card Hobby storage), building trust for private deals, and why...

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56:15

Investing vs. Collecting Ft. Jeremy Lee of Sports...

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2025/09/16

Send us a text Welcome to another episode of Slabnomics, where sports cards meet finance, collecting, and market theory. Today’s special guest is Jeremy Lee, host of Sports Cards Live and one of the most respected voices in the hobby. With thousands of hours of content logged, Jeremy brings unmatched insight into how collectors balance passion with financial decisions. In this conversation, we cover: How to think about sports cards as an alternative asset classThe balance between collecting v...

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24:38

Explaining Alpha and the 82.5% Gain in Soccer Card...

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2025/09/09

Solo Pod - Slabnomics helps sports card enthusiasts make better financial decisions. Is soccer’s card market in a real bull run—or just riding a rising tide? In this Slabnomics episode, Matt breaks down alpha vs. index returns, shows how to use CardLadder indices as a benchmark, and dissects why soccer is outpacing other sports. We compare Messi 71 BIS and Ronaldo 2002 Mega Craques rookies, first-year Kabooms (2017 Messi/Ronaldo vs. 2013 LeBron/Kobe), population counts, comps, and price disco...

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46:17

Compounding Secrets Every Card Collector Misses Ft....

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2025/09/03

Ft. Dave Schwartz (@Iowa_dave_sportscards), Host of the Shallow End Podcast. 🎙️ Slabnomics helps sports card enthusiasts make smarter financial decisions. In this episode with Iowa Dave, we explore how compounding knowledge builds like compounding money, why failures are tuition, and how to stick to an investment thesis so you don’t miss the next Shohei Ohtani, but maybe more potently so you don't lose joy in what you do. Keywords: sports card investing, sports card financial lessons, c...

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