Cards To The Moon

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Leisure #234, Hobbies #33

A podcast from fivecardguys about sports cards from both a collector and investor perspective. Stick around for the ride as we take a deep dive into the state of the hobby, share some hot takes, hopefully provide some useful advice and fun stories along the way. For more info about the podcast, check us out at https://fivecardguys.com/podcast or on Instagram @fivecardguys and @cardstothemoon

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Recent Episodes
  • Will New Walmart Live Breaking Platform Succeed With We The Hobby Card Store? More Partnerships A Good Sign For Hobby (ie. PSA + Burbank Sports Cards); PSA 10 Base Vs. PSA 9 Refractor?
    Jun 10, 2025 – 01:03:36
  • New Fanatics X Complex Series "Card Shopping" A Threat To Other Hobby Content Creators?; Fanatics Games A Gimmick Or Brilliant Idea?; Test Your Knowledge Of Current Hobby News In "Quiz Show" Segment
    Jun 3, 2025 – 00:57:55
  • What The Paris Card Show 2025 Was Really Like; Would You Rather A PSA 8 or PSA AUTH For A 1/1 Superfractor Card?
    May 30, 2025 – 00:13:25
  • Can eBay Sustain Its Dominant Grip As Main Marketplace For Sports Cards?; Marketing For 2025 Bowman Baseball On Point? (And Looking At David Ortiz's Picks For Top Prospects To Chase This Season)
    May 27, 2025 – 00:49:50
  • Are Sports Card Shows Benefitting From Pokemon Card Explosion?; Tips For Any New Vendors Setting Up At Big Card Shows; Things We Should "Just Hate" In The Hobby
    May 20, 2025 – 01:19:29
  • Interview With Liz McGuire Whose Story Went Viral After She Got Hit In The Head With A Foul Ball, Turned Into A Topps Now Card, Then Raised Thousands For A Good Cause
    May 16, 2025 – 00:53:48
  • Interview With Lance Fensterman (CEO Of Fanatics Events) On Everything You Need To Know About This Year's Fanatics Fest Including Floor Layout Changes For Collectors; Plus Pick 1 For Listeners
    May 13, 2025 – 00:30:38
  • Discussing Major Announcements From Topps Industry Conference (Topps Regaining NBA/NFL Licenses; First Wemby Licensed Autograph Cards; Topps Chrome Syncing Parallels Finally; And More!)
    May 6, 2025 – 00:54:58
  • Joint Podcast With Paul Hickey Of Sports Card Strategy Show On Ways To Find Gradable Raw Cards Online, Process For Searching Cards On EBay, And Buying At Card Shows Vs. Online
    May 2, 2025 – 01:01:52
  • Interview With Kevin Chan (@chanterprise) On Making Content Online, Tips for Aspiring Creators, And Dealing With Haters (Conversations With Hyung Cho)
    Apr 29, 2025 – 00:52:35
  • Grading Raw Cards From EBay Directly To PSA A Good Idea?; WWE Wrestlemania Patch 1/1 Cards A Gimmick Or Genius Way To Onboard New Fans To Cards?
    Apr 22, 2025 – 00:53:52
  • The Unfiltered Interview With Gary Vaynerchuk On Topps Chrome Veefriends, Current State Of The Trading Card Industry, His Mount Rushmore Of Trading Cards, Why He Loves Toronto, And Much More!
    Apr 18, 2025 – 00:39:44
  • Debating Impact Of Card Values When Athletes Reach Milestones (Ovechkin's 895th goal, Trout's 400th Home Run?, Ohtani's Third MVP?); Will MJ And Kobe Dual Logoman Autograph Card Sell For $8M?
    Apr 15, 2025 – 01:03:56
  • Answering Listener Question Of Bidding On Your Own Auctions; Plus When To List Sports Cards As Auction Vs. BIN On Another Joint Episode With Paul Hickey Of The Sports Card Strategy Show
    Apr 8, 2025 – 00:58:15
  • Darrell Chan Returns To Give The Lowdown On The Dallas Card Show And Share Recent Card Show Trends (ie. Repackers); Plus First Ohtani Card To Sell For $1 Million
    Apr 4, 2025 – 01:02:22
  • Corporations And Rich Individuals Buying High-End Sports Cards A Growing Problem Or Good For The Overall Hobby; WWE Topps Chrome Buyback Program Details; Playing a New Segment "Don't Hate"
    Apr 1, 2025 – 01:13:04
  • Examining What Topps Did To Promote The Hobby In Japan And What It Means For Growth In Newer Markets; Gold Logoman Patch Cards Cool Or Gimmicky; Guessing Most Graded Baseball Cards During Off-Season
    Mar 25, 2025 – 00:56:31
  • Brent Weyer (@deepvalueinvestor) Returns To The Pod Talking About Investing In Significant Cards Of Players, Whether Buying Ohtani Cards Is A Trap, Choosing Scarcity Over Grade (Part 2)
    Mar 21, 2025 – 00:41:30
  • Are Repackers Good Or Bad For The Hobby?; Monster Sports Card Auctions Ending This Week On Fanatics Collect; Playing Over/Under With Cards Selling Around $10,000
    Mar 18, 2025 – 01:05:45
  • Deep Dive On Gemrate Grading Data For February: Does It Spell Doom for Beckett?; Topps X Murakami Set Awesome or All Hype Like Topps Project2020; Another Fun Round Of Quiz Show
    Mar 11, 2025 – 01:17:07
  • Paul Skenes 1/1 MLB Debut Patch Auction Is Live!; Plus Joint Pod With Paul Hickey Of The Sports Card Strategy Show On Wemby Injury; Breakers Good For The Hobby?; Thoughts On Topps Composite Football
    Mar 7, 2025 – 00:57:30
  • Listing Baseball Cards of MLB Players To Potentially Invest In This Season; Another Whatnot Controversy; Playing Another Round of "Would You Rather"
    Mar 4, 2025 – 01:03:18
  • What To Collect When High-End Rookie Cards Become Too Expensive; WNBA Prizm Worth Ripping?; Pick 1: Tom Brady Bowman Chrome Refractor Vs. Patrick Mahomes Gold Prizm
    Feb 25, 2025 – 00:57:29
  • Interview With Darrell Chan About Pros And Cons of West Coast Card Show Plus The Rise of Vintage Cards And Graded Card Review Process; What Wemby Season-Ending Health Condition Means For Collectors
    Feb 21, 2025 – 01:07:10
  • What's New, Cool, And Gimmicky For 2025 Topps Series 1 Baseball?; What Tom Brady Buying 50% Stake In CardVault Means For The Hobby; Answering Listener Questions!
    Feb 18, 2025 – 01:00:51
  • Interview With Michael Dault, Director Of Hobby Hustle, Talks About How His Documentary About The Sports Card Industry Came Together; Liquid Silver and Gold Cards In Diamond Icons Cool or Gimmicky?
    Feb 11, 2025 – 01:13:14
  • What Happens Next With Backyard Breaks?; Another Joint Pod With Paul Hickey Talking About Rarity Over Grade Of A Card, When To Buy QB Cards In Off-Season, Plus Issue Of Gambling And Youth In The Hobby
    Feb 7, 2025 – 00:44:21
  • Explaining The Resurgence Of Pokemon Cards And The Growing Hype of WWE Cards To Sports Card Collectors (With Roy and Will Returning As Co-Hosts For This Special Marathon Episode!)
    Feb 4, 2025 – 01:33:16
  • New Topps Policy Enough Of A Deterrent To Prevent CT Scanning In The Hobby?; Pokemon Shop Introduces Interesting New Store Policy; Playing Over/Under With Cards Worth Below or Above $10,000
    Jan 28, 2025 – 01:05:00
  • What Would You Do With Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch Card?; Joint Pod With Paul Hickey Discussing Being First To Market With Graded Cards Plus Cracking And Resubmitting Cards
    Jan 24, 2025 – 00:31:11
  • Top 10 Most-Graded Cards Of 2024 (One Player Dominated!) And Who To Expect On 2025 List; Are We Past The Bottom Of The Sports Card Market With Potential Rebound Of High-End Card Sale Prices?
    Jan 21, 2025 – 00:56:53
  • Why PSA Expansion News Is Huge For The Hobby; Will WWE Cards Be The Next Big Thing For Collectors Or Die Down Like F1 Cards?; Pick 1 (Wemby Kaboom vs MJ Beam Team)
    Jan 14, 2025 – 01:18:46
  • Buying Shohei Ohtani Cards in 2025 Despite Sky-High Prices Or Is It Still Possible To Pick Up Low-End Ohtani Cards To Flip?; More 2025 Hobby Resolutions From Newsletter Readers
    Jan 10, 2025 – 00:25:13
  • Original Five Card Guys Members Kick Off Season 5 Of Podcast Talking About $145,000 Card Sale And How The Group Started Almost 10 Years Ago
    Jan 7, 2025 – 00:57:49
  • Reflecting On Most Memorable Hobby News of 2024; Beckett Acquistion By Collectivus A Big Deal?; Ranking This Year's Hobby Headlines From Most Importance to Least
    Dec 31, 2024 – 00:58:42
  • Shout-Outs For All Podcast Guests in 2024; Joint Pod With Paul Hickey Discussing 2024 Bowman Draft, Investing In Prospects, Which Cards To Try Selling Immediately After Ripping And Be First To Market
    Dec 27, 2024 – 01:08:15
  • Clark Featured On Cajun Cardboard YouTube Show Talking Wemby Rookie Cards, Origin Story of Five Card Guys, And What's Awesome About The Hobby
    Dec 24, 2024 – 01:12:49
  • Rating The Monster Hits Pulled and Big Chase Cards Announced Recently; More Quality Prospects To Chase in 2024 Bowman Draft?; Blind Rank These $25K Sports Cards
    Dec 17, 2024 – 01:00:40
  • Interview With Jared Seto On Setting Up At A Card Show For The First Time (Plus ROI On Ripping Wax Vs. Entering Breaks); Are You On The New Mantle Platform?
    Dec 13, 2024 – 00:40:06
  • Breaking Down Early News of Fanatics Fest 2025 (and Impact on National?); John Elway in Bowman Draft Baseball a Cool Chase or Too Gimmicky?; Pick 1: MJ Fleer Rookie vs. Piggy Banx 1/1
    Dec 10, 2024 – 00:47:52
  • Analyzing PSA Announcements (PSA Offers, No Declared Value) And Its Impact on Hobby; More MLB Players Chasing Own Debut Patch Cards; Another Round of "Blind Rankings"
    Dec 3, 2024 – 01:10:02
  • Announcing Weekly Cards To The Moon Newsletter; Plus Discussing Quarterbacks (When To Bail and Sell For A Loss) and Pitchers (Are They Investable In Light of Paul Skenes) with Paul Hickey
    Nov 29, 2024 – 00:35:17
  • Celebrities Ripping Packs Plus Paul Skenes Bounty News Pushing Hobby More Into Mainstream Culture?; Fanatics Collect Orlando Show Being Cancelled A Cause for Concern?
    Nov 26, 2024 – 01:10:02
  • Is The Hobby Getting Too Expensive (Are Breakers To Blame?); 2024 Topps Chrome Update Baseball Best Set of the Year?; Playing Over/Under
    Nov 19, 2024 – 00:44:38
  • Sport Card Expo (Largest Card Show in Canada) Debrief; Recounting a Trade That Went Down at the Expo; Paul Hickey Shares Tips on Finding Good Deals at Card Shows
    Nov 15, 2024 – 00:52:02
  • Interview With Ezra Levine, CEO of Mascot, On Creating a More Efficient Way to Sell and Manage Cards Online; 1979 OPC Hockey Card Case Back on Auction After Non-Payment; Playing "Blind Rankings" Again
    Nov 12, 2024 – 00:52:34
  • Discussing Strategy For Attending A Large Sports Card Show with $1,000; Is the Chase for Connor Bedard Future Watch Autographs Worth the Price of the Hobby Box?; Playing Blind Rankings!
    Nov 5, 2024 – 01:07:16
  • Will Ohtani Card Prices Ever Come Down (And Other Card Implications Now That World Series is Over); Plus Another Joint Episode and Fun Debate with Paul Hickey of The Sports Card Strategy Show
    Nov 1, 2024 – 01:17:21
  • Victor Wembanyama Cards Worth Investing In With Sharp Rise In Number of His Graded Cards?; Ohtani Card Market Cooling Off Anytime Soon?; Ranking Hobby Items Many Collectors Despise
    Oct 29, 2024 – 01:15:03
  • Is Fanatics Pressing the Reset Button for 2025 with Cancellation of Recent Shows (Or Much Ado About Nothing?); Wilt Chamberlain 1961 Fleer RC Crossing Over from SGC 10 to PSA 10 Setting New Precedent?
    Oct 22, 2024 – 00:46:11
Recent Reviews
  • crowes33
    Great Podcast Overall. Good Baseball Info.
    I’m a regular listener from the early days of the pod. I enjoy all the baseball talk. I’m not a fan the recent run of pods with Paul Hickey though. I like the other collabs and conversations y’all have been doing though. Love the occasional Will appearance as well. Keep up the good work.
  • Sonicdashfanboy
    At the end of the day
    Great show, please please try to cut down the use of “at the end of the day”. It’s a worthless phrase that means nothing. It adds zero to any sentence it’s in. And you guys must have the highest “at the end of the day” hit rate of any podcast. It’s like 20 per episode
  • Myfirsr10nicknamesweretaken
    Irresponsible
    Self serving and irresponsible to comment that SGC could potentially disappear given the voice of this podcast. I would like to know your mix of PSA graded cards versus SGC and the rest. It’s time we start holding folks accountable like Wall Street analysts for potential market manipulation.
  • Mizzoulifer
    Incredible
    Awesome show in my top 3! Absolutely love the shows with Paul Hickey! Keep it up guys!
  • Bus36 Bus36
    Meh
    As others have said, they are kids figuring it out. It’s worth listening to what they have to say as they probably have the pulse of other young bros with a little experience and entry level cash are thinking. So, still it’s like like like like fun. They like the word like, like, a lot.
  • Darrend7
    New listener
    I have been searching for some new sports card podcasts. This one is very similar to the rest, same commentary and talking points as a 1000 other podcasts. These guys are obviously younger, because every other word is “like”. Don’t think I’ll be a regular.
  • Mailman matt
    Great show! Love the content!
    You guys bring it every week! There are many options out there but you guys are a must listen every episode. Thanks for what you do! It is appreciated!!
  • scotch444
    Need more Will!
    Will is hilarious. He should at least pop in each episode to deliver a hot take.
  • RobOregon
    Knowledgeable & Fun
    Three Canadian guys with great camaraderie. Down to earth, funny, informative and learning as they go (just like many of us new collectors).
  • Unhappy with EA
    Awesome Content!
    If you are into sports cards this is the podcast to listen to. Great knowledge and real talk with no fluff. Thanks guys!
  • KevinJLeahy
    Podcasts
    Hi guys. Love your podcasts. Great content that is relevant to us collectors. Please keep covering important hobby news to us. Thank you for the effort you put into your podcasts. Thanks!! Kevin
  • Sheldonn
    So Glad I Found You Guys!
    I absolutely love this podcast! The way they get right into things and have a steady pace through topics is so refreshing. No gimmicks, no long drawn off-topic talk, no 10 minute intros… All cards, all great info, all the time!
  • Emerbean
    Love the content, hate the grammar
    A pet peeve of mine is when few and less are misused. I hear on this podcast “now I have less cards” multiple times. Fewer is the correct term. Work on grammar guys, it will help in your future ascent with podcasting. Sincerely, Paul T.
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