Editorial policy
How the guides and news on Kontora are sourced, checked and kept up to date.
Who signs the guides
Guides and news on Kontora are signed Icepharaoh or AclassHunter, the usernames of Kontora’s two co-founders.
Sources
Release dates, products, card lists and rules come from the publishers’ own announcements, card lists and rules documents: The Pokémon Company, Wizards of the Coast, Bandai, Konami, Ravensburger, Riot Games and the other publishers of the games we cover. Each guide links the announcements it relies on.
Wording from a publisher is quoted as published, with a link to it.
When a guide uses a figure the publisher does not give, such as pull rates counted by players, it names the source and the sample size, and says what is not known. Odds are never estimated without a source.
Prices
Prices in a guide are TCGplayer market prices from the Kontora catalogue, which is updated every day. Each price in the text gives its date and source, for example “TCGplayer market price on November 3, 2026”.
Amounts in Canadian dollars are converted at the Bank of Canada daily exchange rate. The card and set boxes inside a guide show today’s price, so they can differ from a dated price in the text.
Checked before publishing
Every guide is checked before it is published: card names, numbers and rarities against the publisher’s card list and the catalogue, dates against the publisher’s announcement, and prices against the catalogue on the date the guide gives.
A guide only links to sources it cites, and says so when a fact is not confirmed yet, for example a release date that has not been announced.
Updates
A guide is updated when the facts change: a release date moves, more cards are revealed, a set comes out and its prices settle. The top of the guide then shows the date of the last update.
An update keeps the guide at the same address, so links to it keep working.
Corrections
Found a mistake? Email support@kontoramarket.com with the link to the guide and what is wrong. A confirmed mistake is corrected in the guide, and its update date changes.