This is the best platform for analyzing the prices of vintage cards - Splintercards Explained

Over the last few days, I’ve been looking for third-party tools or websites within the Splinterlands ecosystem to analyze card prices and make the best buying and selling decisions. I’ve found several, but one of my favorites is definitely Splintercards, since its analytics dashboard is quite intuitive and offers a lot of information that other tools either don’t have or, if they do, don’t display it as user-friendly as Splintercards does.

That’s why today I want to write a post explaining how Splintercards works, even though, from what I can see, it hasn’t had any direct updates in quite some time. However, the marketplace tool still works with the cards listed there—or rather, the sets it supports—since, unfortunately, it doesn’t include the newest SETS, which are Conclave Arcana and Escalation. In any case, I’ll explain how it works and why it’s an excellent tool you can use to buy cheap cards and sell them—or vice versa.

How Splintercards and Its Marketplace Tool Work

As you can see in the image, there are several elements worth highlighting in the SplinterCards marketplace interface. So, to help you get familiar with how it works, I’ll explain it for all types of players—since I’m not sure if only veteran players will see this post, there might be new players in the Hive and Splinterlands ecosystem who need a beginner-friendly explanation. Let’s go step by step:

• Last Update: Here we can see the date and time the system uses to update itself; that means it is still active, so all the data and prices we see are correct—there are no errors.

• Filters: The filters let you choose which set you want to see prices for; for example, in the image, I’ve selected “Rebellion,” which is currently still in the Modern Format. You can also choose a specific Splinter, the card’s rarity, and the foil type; in this case, I haven’t selected any of those, so I’m seeing all Rebellion cards without any specific rarity; the only thing I did was select “Regular” foil because those cards are cheaper.

• Time Frame and Low Price: The last filter—and one of the most important—is the time frame and low price, since filtering by time frame allows us to see how the price of a card or cards has changed based on our selection; for example, the default setting is 1 week, which is a very suitable time frame for determining card prices. Additionally, the filter shows the lowest price for a card even if its rarity is very high, so it’s best to filter by “Low BCX”; this way, we can see the lowest price for a single copy of a card.

Now, with these filters in place, we’re all set to analyze the price of the cards, which is exactly what we want to do. In fact, this platform has surprised me, because it lets you see the trend for each card—something that’s very important if you want to take advantage of low prices to buy or high prices to sell. And while this might take some time—since it’s a market that isn’t really liquid, at least not in the Wild Format, which consists of older cards—let’s see how it works.

How do I analyze the card market on SplinterCards?

In the image above, we can see the analysis table provided by SplinterCards, and I’ll explain it step by step so you can understand how to use it and interpret all the data it displays, allowing you to take advantage of and apply what everyone generally aims to do: buy low and sell high—or vice versa, as I mentioned earlier.

So, for the purposes of this post, as an example, I’ve filtered the cards by rarity—specifically the most valuable ones in Rebellion, which are the Legendary cards and the ones that tend to be most useful on the battlefield. Once you’ve filtered the cards you want, the next step is to analyze the data in the table, which is actually quite simple—and you’ll see why:

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• Trend: This is the first thing we need to look at; we should focus solely on the Trend column, which shows us the trend for these charts over a 1-week period, as well as the lowest prices per chart copy—that is, per BCX. As you can see, the trend for all these charts is shown in RED numbers, and the higher this percentage is, the more the price has fallen by that amount over the past week—or, conversely, risen, as indicated by the single chart shown in green.

• Value$: Of course, the next step is to look at the chart’s value; the rest of the columns show the price from a week ago and the current price, so it’s based on these figures that the percentage—whether an increase or a decline—is calculated. However, what really matters to us, aside from the above, is the chart’s value—knowing how much capital we have available and heading to the market to buy.

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Now, why is this chart important? Well, it’s very simple: because it shows you that the card’s price has actually dropped significantly, and when something—or any asset we trust, of course—is in the red, it means we should buy, because the logic is that not everything can keep falling forever; at some point there will be a rebound, and this is precisely what we’ll take advantage of to make a profit if you want to trade this way—though you can also use it to simply buy your deck of cards at a lower price.

Recommendations

The purpose of this analysis is to help you decide which card to buy and which to sell—or vice versa; however, there is something even more important than that, and it is what truly determines a card’s market value or price. It is precisely this factor that you need to consider to determine whether the purchase is likely to be a success or not—or at least to increase your chances of success. With that in mind, here’s what you should keep in mind:

• The card's utility: If you can identify a card's utility in-game, you'll be able to tell whether the market price reflects its true value. For example, if there’s a card that isn’t very useful but has a green percentage, this means the card is actually “overvalued.” On the other hand, when you know that this card can really make a difference in a battle and it’s in the red, we can say it’s undervalued, so its price will likely rebound upward.

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While these aren't direct investment recommendations, they're a very useful tool you can use to your advantage to make your money work even harder for you. I'm already analyzing several charts—have you used them before?