TCG Price Arbitrage - Cardmarket vs TCGplayer
EU vs US card prices in one run: Cardmarket trend (EUR) against TCGplayer market (USD), matched card-by-card via collector number, converted at the daily ECB rate. Spread percent, cheaper side and both product links per row. Aggregate prices only - no listings, no sellers.
$5.00 / 1,000 · 90.0% success over 10 public runs in the last 30 days.
Run it on Apify → Free to try - runs bill per result on your own account.
What you give it
Every field is optional unless marked; sensible defaults do the rest.
| Field | Type | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
game |
string | Pokémon for now - the cross-market card matching is verified for its numbering scheme. | pokemon |
searchQuery |
string | Cards to compare across markets, e.g. "umbreon gx", "charizard vmax". | umbreon gx |
minSpreadPct |
integer | Only report cards whose EU and US market prices differ by at least this much. | 20 |
priceMinEur |
integer | Skip cards under this Cardmarket trend price - spreads on bulk are noise. | 5 |
eurPerUsd |
string | Leave empty to use the daily ECB reference rate automatically. | - |
maxItems |
integer | Upper bound on delivered spread rows. | 50 |
What you get back
One JSON object per result, with exactly these fields - no seller identities, no contact data, ever.
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
name |
string | Card name with the EU set code and number. |
game |
string | Trading card game. |
cardNumber |
['string', 'null'] | Collector number used to match both markets. |
setCodeEu |
['string', 'null'] | Cardmarket set code. |
setNameUs |
['string', 'null'] | TCGplayer set name. |
rarity |
['string', 'null'] | Rarity as listed on TCGplayer. |
trendEurCardmarket |
number | Cardmarket trend price in EUR. |
avg30EurCardmarket |
['number', 'null'] | Cardmarket 30-day average in EUR. |
fromEurCardmarket |
['number', 'null'] | Cheapest live Cardmarket listing in EUR. |
marketUsdTcgplayer |
number | TCGplayer market price in USD. |
lowestUsdTcgplayer |
['number', 'null'] | Cheapest live TCGplayer listing in USD. |
marketUsdInEur |
number | TCGplayer market price converted to EUR at the ECB rate. |
spreadPct |
number | Price gap between the two markets, as percent of the cheaper one. |
cheaperSide |
string | Which market is cheaper: EU or US. |
eurPerUsd |
number | The EUR/USD rate used. |
listingsUs |
['number', 'null'] | Live listings on TCGplayer. |
urlCardmarket |
string | The card's Cardmarket offers, pre-filtered to English copies - the printing the US-side price refers to. |
urlTcgplayer |
string | TCGplayer product page. |
priceGuideDate |
string | Date of the Cardmarket price guide used. |
Health
90.0% success over 10 public runs in the last 30 days. Live record, failures included: status page.
Full documentation, examples and the AI-assistant prompt live on the store page.