license: mit
task_categories:
- tabular-regression
- time-series-forecasting
language:
- en
tags:
- trading-card-game
- tcg
- pokemon
- mtg
- yugioh
- lorcana
- one-piece
- star-wars-unlimited
- flesh-and-blood
- card-prices
- tcgplayer
- ebay
- price-history
- finance
- collectibles
pretty_name: TCG Price History — Daily Trading Card Prices Across 8 Games
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
TCG Price History Dataset
Daily trading card prices across 8 major trading card games: Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Disney Lorcana, One Piece TCG, Star Wars: Unlimited, Flesh and Blood, and Pokémon Japan.
Sourced from the TCG Price Lookup API — the only API that covers every major TCG with real pricing data from both TCGPlayer and eBay.
What's in this dataset
- Daily price snapshots for cards across all 8 supported TCGs
- TCGPlayer market prices (market, low, mid, high) per condition tier
- eBay sold-listing averages (1-day, 7-day, 30-day rolling windows)
- PSA / BGS / CGC graded card prices for cards that have graded comps
Data source
All data is collected via the TCG Price Lookup API, which aggregates prices from:
- TCGPlayer — the largest US marketplace for trading card singles
- eBay — actual completed sales (not listings), providing the real market-clearing price
- PSA, BGS, CGC, SGC, ACE, TAG — graded card sales across every major grading service
Supported games
| Slug | Game | Cards |
|---|---|---|
pokemon |
Pokémon TCG (English) | 30,000+ |
pokemon-jp |
Pokémon TCG (Japanese) | 15,000+ |
mtg |
Magic: The Gathering | 80,000+ |
yugioh |
Yu-Gi-Oh! | 15,000+ |
lorcana |
Disney Lorcana | 1,500+ |
onepiece |
One Piece TCG | 3,000+ |
swu |
Star Wars: Unlimited | 1,000+ |
fab |
Flesh and Blood | 5,000+ |
Use cases
- Price prediction — time-series forecasting of card values
- Market analysis — cross-game price trends, volatility, seasonality
- Grading ROI — compare raw vs graded prices to model grading profitability
- Arbitrage detection — identify gaps between TCGPlayer and eBay prices
- Collection valuation — backtest portfolio performance over time
- Academic research — collectibles markets, alternative investments, auction theory
Access the full dataset via API
This Hugging Face dataset contains periodic snapshots. For real-time, daily-updated prices, use the TCG Price Lookup API directly:
from tcglookup import TcgLookupClient
client = TcgLookupClient(api_key="tlk_live_...")
results = client.cards.search(q="charizard", game="pokemon", limit=5)
for card in results["data"]:
print(card["name"], card["prices"]["raw"])
Get a free API key (10,000 requests/month) at tcgpricelookup.com/tcg-api.
Official SDKs
- JavaScript / TypeScript — npm
- Python — PyPI
- Go — pkg.go.dev
- Rust — crates.io
- PHP — Packagist
Related resources
- TCG Price Lookup — the main product
- awesome-tcg — full developer ecosystem index
- Code examples in 8 languages
- Discord bot — self-hosted bot with 21 slash commands
- Blog — market analysis, price guides, tutorials
License
MIT — see the TCG Price Lookup API terms for data usage guidelines.
Citation
If you use this dataset in research, please cite:
@misc{tcgpricelookup2026,
title={TCG Price History: Daily Trading Card Prices Across 8 Games},
author={TCG Price Lookup},
year={2026},
url={https://tcgpricelookup.com/tcg-api},
note={Data sourced from TCGPlayer and eBay via the TCG Price Lookup API}
}
Built and maintained by TCG Price Lookup. Get a free API key at tcgpricelookup.com/tcg-api.