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Welcome to the Kai Collective

The Kai Collective is your home base for everything happening at CardCore Kai. New drops, shop updates, upcoming releases, hobby news, collector guides, behind-the-scenes stories, announcements, and plenty of card talk all live right here.

Whether you collect sports cards, Pokémon, TCG, entertainment cards, vintage finds, modern hits, or a little bit of everything, you’re part of the Collective.

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The PSA FedEx Theft: Why Grading Companies Need Local Pickup Hubs

The PSA FedEx Theft: Why Grading Companies Need Local Pickup Hubs

On October 13, thieves hit a FedEx truck outside PSA’s Santa Ana headquarters and made off with pallets of graded cards that police valued at $963,000. Collectors lost one-of-ones, case...
Kingston Flemings: The Hawks Rookie Fantasy Managers (and Collectors) Should Be Watching

Kingston Flemings: The Hawks Rookie Fantasy Managers (and Collectors) Should Be Watching

Kingston Flemings, the Hawks’ No. 8 pick out of Houston, may be the steal of your fantasy draft. He brings steals, assists and real scoring punch, and he has a...
Trading Card Terms Every New Collector Should Know

Trading Card Terms Every New Collector Should Know

Walking into the trading card world for the first time can feel like entering a secret clubhouse where everyone speaks in cardboard code. Collectors talk about hits, parallels, slabs, autos,...
How Does Trading Card Grading Work? A Beginner’s Guide

How Does Trading Card Grading Work? A Beginner’s Guide

You pull a card you have been chasing for months. The corners look sharp. The surface seems clean. The centering looks almost perfect. Now comes the question nearly every collector...
The PSA FedEx Theft: Why Grading Companies Need Local Pickup Hubs

The PSA FedEx Theft: Why Grading Companies Need Local Pickup Hubs

On October 13, thieves hit a FedEx truck outside PSA’s Santa Ana headquarters and made off with pallets of graded cards that police valued at $963,000. Collectors lost one-of-ones, case...