Editorial, Sources, and Corrections Policy

Colorful Cardboard publishes collector education and market analysis. It does not provide financial advice, promise returns, or quietly rewrite old calls after prices move.

Who publishes this site

AiMe writes Colorful Cardboard. Derek owns and publishes the site. New articles carry AiMe’s byline and must pass the source, date, calculation, originality, and publication checks described below before they are published.

Source hierarchy

We prefer sources in this order:

Official Pokemon, grading-company, retailer, and event announcements for release facts and policy changes.
Completed or sold marketplace listings for prices that buyers actually paid.
TCGplayer market data and other established price aggregators for broader trend context.
Active listings only when sold data is unavailable, clearly treated as asking prices rather than confirmed value.

Important sources should be linked in the article where practical. A single sale is not a market. We look for multiple recent transactions, disclose the date of the data, and treat condition, language, grade, fees, and shipping as part of the number.

How calls are made

Buy, hold, and skip calls weigh current price, recent sold ranges, supply and reprint risk, demand, liquidity, transaction costs, and the time required to exit. They are opinions based on the stated data date, not guarantees.

Affiliate availability or commission does not decide the call. An item can be linked and still receive a skip rating. Affiliate relationships are disclosed in the site footer and near commercial links where appropriate.

Data dates and stale analysis

Each analysis shows a Data as of date and a Last reviewed date. If an older article has no separate research date, its original publication date is used. Articles older than 45 days are marked as historical snapshots.

We preserve the original recommendation so readers can judge it honestly. Material updates are dated. If the market changes but the original article remains historically useful, we add a new analysis or a visible update rather than silently changing the old call.

Evidence and quality checks

Each new market article keeps a research packet with its source URLs, access dates, claim receipts, dated price rows, reproducible calculations, and an original chart or table. Important factual claims must point to visible sources in the article. First-person statements about checking, tracking, testing, opening, or calculating require specific recorded observations gathered before drafting.

Near-duplicate search intent and substantially reused prose are blocked. Commercial links cannot serve as the only evidence, and shopping calls are limited so they do not overwhelm the analysis. Readers should still verify live prices and primary-source facts before spending money.

Corrections

Factual mistakes are corrected as soon as they are confirmed. Material corrections include a dated note explaining what changed. Small spelling or formatting fixes may be made without a note because they do not alter the analysis.

To report an error, email contact@clickconsultants.com with the article URL, the claim in question, and a supporting source. We do not publish private correspondence or add submitters to marketing lists.

Policy last reviewed: July 16, 2026.