How Kontora prices work
Where the prices on Kontora come from, how often they change, and how a listing is marked as a deal.
Market price
The market price on every card and sealed product page is the TCGplayer market price, read once a day from TCGplayer data published by tcgcsv.com. It is in US dollars and follows recent sales on TCGplayer, so it moves with the North American market.
Each finish (for example Normal, Holofoil or Reverse Holofoil) has its own price. "Low" is the lowest current TCGplayer listing for that finish, shown only when it is below the market price.
A market price is a reference, not an offer: it is not a price a seller on Kontora asks, and nothing is sold at it.
Listings on Kontora
Listings are live: the price, condition and quantity are what a Canadian seller asks right now, in Canadian dollars. A card page that says "listed from" gives the cheapest of them. Orders are charged in Canadian dollars, with shipping and tax shown before you pay.
Other currencies
Prices can be shown in other currencies. They are converted from US dollars at the Bank of Canada daily exchange rate (latest: Nov 6, 2026), so a converted amount is approximate.
How fresh the data is
Market prices are updated once a day. The prices on Kontora today are as of Nov 8, 2026, and every page states its date next to the price.
Price history is kept for each finish from Oct 15, 2026: daily points for recent weeks, then weekly and monthly points for older dates. A card page shows a chart once it has at least two weeks of history.
If the daily update stops, the dates on the pages stop moving too, and no deal is based on a market price older than 3 days.
How deals are chosen
A deal is a live listing on Kontora that costs less than its benchmark. There are two benchmarks.
First, each listing is compared with the median price of the other listings of the same card in the same finish and language, in the same condition or better, from other shops. It needs at least 5 of them from at least 2 shops, and must be at least 10% below their median.
Otherwise it is compared with the market price of the same card in the same finish and language. A played card is compared with part of it: Lightly Played 85%, Moderately Played 70%, Heavily Played 55%, Damaged 40%. A deal is at least 10% below that price. Either way it saves at least US$2.00. Graded cards are left out, and every seller is verified by our payment provider. Prices change as cards sell: the card page shows every listing.
Card names
English names come from TCGplayer. French names come from Scryfall (Magic), TCGdex (Pokémon) and YGOPRODeck (Yu-Gi-Oh!) when they publish one; otherwise the English name is shown.
Quoting Kontora
Please quote a price with its date and source, for example: "US$5.68 market price on Nov 8, 2026 (TCGplayer data via Kontora)". Each card page gives its own date and link.