Blog

Product updates, guides, and pricing deep dives from the PkmnPrices team.

7 min read

Migrating from pokemontcg.io to PkmnPrices

pokemontcg.io keys stop working on March 1, 2027. How its requests and responses map to PkmnPrices, the code to move a card lookup and its prices, and the fields you will lose.

  • api
  • migration
  • pokemontcg
8 min read

How to Read a Pokémon Card's Population Report

What PSA, BGS, CGC and SGC population counts tell you about a graded Pokémon card, the three numbers worth reading, and what a pop report cannot tell you.

  • pokemon
  • grading
  • population
  • collecting
12 min read

Pokémon TCG APIs Compared: Scrydex, JustTCG, PriceCharting

TCGplayer and Cardmarket stopped issuing keys and pokemontcg.io went paid. What each remaining Pokémon card price API costs, what it returns, and which fits your project.

  • api
  • comparison
  • pricing
5 min read

Use the PkmnPrices API with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex

Point Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex at /llm.md and our OpenAPI spec, then generate working Python and TypeScript integrations with the official SDKs.

  • tutorial
  • api
  • ai
  • sdk
12 min read

PSA vs BGS vs CGC: Which Grading Service Pays Off for Pokémon Cards?

A 2026 breakdown of fees, turnaround, and grade scales for PSA, BGS, and CGC, built around the one number that decides if grading a Pokémon card is worth it.

  • pokemon
  • grading
  • psa
  • collecting
9 min read

Building a Pokémon Price Discord Bot

Build a /price slash command bot in ~50 lines of Python using the official pkmnprices SDK: an async client, typed cards, and live market prices in discord.py v2.

  • tutorial
  • python
  • discord
  • sdk