About Us & Condition Guide
Our Card Grading
Near Mint
Cards from newer sets in Near Mint condition will generally have been opened straight from the booster. Other cards in this condition may show signs of very slight wear from shuffling and may also have, but not restricted to, small nicks, scratches, border wear and wear that is not immediately noticeable when the card is sleeved.
Older cards in this condition may show little or no signs of aging, dirt or possible clouding on foils.
Minor Printing Defects. Lines, minor packaging-related border damage, or other small defects will not affect the grade of the card.
Light Play
Cards graded as Light Play will show sign of general play, may have tournament stamps, signatures (Artist or Magic: The Gathering related signatures) or moderate manufacture/printing defects.
Cards in this category will NOT have signs of inking, water damage, rips, tears or writing (other than signatures).
Cards in this category are normally legal for tournament use once sleeved.
Moderate Play
Cards graded as Moderate Play may show any amount of wear, and any type of wear, but will usually still be legal for tournament play once sleeved.
Heavy Play
Cards graded as Heavy Play show significant wear and may not be legal for tournament use, even when sleeved.
Damaged
We do not buys cards graded as Damaged, or we consider Damaged, through our website. Cards submitted through our Buylist facility and/or received in this condition may or may not be rejected at the discretion of our buying team.
How To Use Our Buylist
All buylist requests must be sent to us via the website buylist facility, we can't accept buylists that are sent via email. Search for the specific card you would like to sell by using the buylist search at the top of the page. Once you have found the card, add the quantity you wish to sell and then press the "sell" buttton. The card will be added to your list, this can be viewed by clicking on "your cart" at the top right of the webpage. You can add or remove cards in the cart too. Once you have finished your sell list, click on "checkout" in your cart. You will be asked to sign in or create an account, you will then be asked how you would like to receive payment for your cards.
Once submitted please wait for the official proposal email to arrive, this will be the second email that you receive from us. After you submit your buylist, we will double-check that we want to buy everything at the prices listed on the Buylist. Usually this takes less than one working day, but please read this email carefully when it arrives because sometimes we do make changes to prices and quantities of cards. If you do not receive a confirmation email within two working days, please contact us at support@trolltradercards.com so we can manually confirm the status of your buylist.
All card prices displayed are for Mint or Near Mint cards, unless otherwise specified. Prices will be adjusted downwards if we receive cards that are not in Mint/Near Mint condition (Please see the table below for adjustment details). Unless specifically noted, we only buy English language cards. If we receive non-English copies in place of English ones, we will either return the items to you at your expense or buy them at 50% of their English value.
We can pay by Paypal (there may be a charge by Paypal for receiving a payment), or store credit. If you choose payment by store credit, there will be an additional 30% bonus added to the final credit amount. This bonus amount is clearly visible when you are chosing your payment option. You will be able to view the progress of your buylist by accessing your account. We aim to process buylist requests within 3 working days. If your buylist is approved, you will receive an email containing details of how and where to send your cards.
If cards are included with your buylist that were not on your original buylist, or are from a different printing to the one listed, we will either return the items to you at your expense or email a proposed Buy Price for the cards. If we do not receive a response within 2 working days we will complete the buylist including the additional cards at the proposed prices that were offered.
We will endeavour to email all customers whose buylists depreciates by more than 25% in value, due to downgrades in conditions, however if we do not receive a response within two working days we will complete the buylist. If you wish to be notified of all downgrades to conditions please leave a message to this effect in the comment section on the check out screen.
If, for any reason, you wish for your buylist, or individual cards from your buylist, to be returned please contact us as soon as possible by emailing support@trolltradercards.com. Please note to return your buylist there will be a payable fee of £12.95 to cover postage and admin costs.
How To Send Your Cards
If you complete the following steps it will help us to process your buylist promptly
Please include a print of your confirmation email, this should include a list of the cards you added to the buylist and your name and address details.
We receive high levels of buylists. Please make sure you organise the cards in the exact order they are displayed in your confirmation emails. If the cards arrive disarranged it may cause a delay to the processing of your order. We reserve the right to return cards in extreme cases, i.e. if your buylist contains several hundred cards and it has not been arranged correctly.
Please pack your cards securely. Dont wrap your cards with rubber/elastic bands or selotape, this is likely to damage your cards and risk them being rejected. We recommend packing your cards in bubble mailers or plastic cases/boxes that have been designed for storing cards. High value cards should be sleeved and then placed in toploaders. Please ensure your cards are secure and will not move around in transit.
Your cards are valuable to you. We strongly recommend you use a traceable mailing option such as Parcelforce, Special or Recorded delivery to send your buylist to us. These options provide varying levels of insurance in the event your buylist does not arrive. If you do not pay the correct postage, the postage and fees incurred from this will be deducted from your buylist payment. Please note that if you are sending your cards from outside the UK, you will be responsible for any import taxes due and these will be deducted off the final buylist payment.
Due to constantly changing prices of cards, we ask that you return your approved buylist within 15 days. Any buylists returned after this period are automatically voided and will need to be re-sent at the current prices.
Foreign Cards
We do not actively buy cards that are not English. PLease note - If you post us a buylist with foreign cards included in the place of any English cards, we may accept these but it will be aproximately 50% of the value of the English card and may significantly change the value of your buylist.
Sell Us Your Bulk
Not all cards are available in our buylist, but we do buy bulk. These are the current prices we are paying for Mint or Near Mint bulk.
Bulk Magic Rares - £0.10 each
Bulk Magic Mythic Rares - £0.15 each
Bulk Magic FOIL Rares - £0.20 each
Bulk Magic FOIL Mythic Rares - £0.25 each
Bulk Magic FOIL Commons/Uncommons - £0.02 each (We are currently not accepting Foil C/U's bulk)
Bulk Magic Full Art Basic Land (Not original Zendikar) - £0.05 each
Bulk Magic Zendikar Full Art Basic Land - £0.10 each
The above prices are for Mint or Near Mint bulk cards. Any cards that do not meet this condition will be re-graded and a lower price will be offered. We will contact you if your cards are re-graded.
We are currently not buying bulk commons/uncommons, requests to sell will be refused and any cards sent to us will be returned to the sender at their own cost.
If you have bulk cards to sell please click here to contact us. Please note Troll Trader Cards reserves the right to refuse to accept Bulk cards at any point, should such a refusal occur we will make contact and arrange to return the cards at our own cost.