2 Large Boxes of Opened World of Warcraft Trading Card Packs

The careful resealing is fairly common with retail trading cards — it’s known as pack searching, and it’s heavily frowned upon but far too common in a world where people are always chasing after an easy dollar.

TCGs like World of Warcraft are not my niche, but I sell cards regularly. My advice with a large lot of cards is to do 1 of 3 things:

1. List everything as 1 large lot, take 12 good pictures (everything from all the cards in one shot to focusing in on individual cards), use every relevant keyword in the title and list it as a buy it now/best offer starting at $50 or $100 or something like that. Key piece is to not get crazy with the price, anyone buying a lot is taking a chance but you’d be surprised how many collectors just love to sift through big piles of cards.

2. Sort the lot by various similar types (weapons? foils?) and make multiple lots, listed at a lower average price. The key here is patience: certain lots might sell right away and others could take months, if not years.

3. Do your research on individual cards and piece out any that are worth listing. For some people, this is anything above $5. For me, it’s $20 or higher.

There is a fourth option which is to limit your research to a set time (say an hour) and at the end of that time, if you haven’t uncovered anything worth your time, maybe move on to something more profitable.

I mention that because from my research, it seems that WoW card lot prices vary wildly but are largely dependent on two factors: condition and (especially) deck type. Rarer deck types appear to be very hot commodities but the more common decks (which is by far the likeliest to end up in a thrift store) hold very little value, and practically nothing if the condition is not immaculate.