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
The Colorful Cardboard Editorial Team is the organization responsible for the site. The workflow combines a human Pokemon card collector’s judgment with an AI-assisted research and drafting system. We do not attach a person’s name to an article unless that person actually contributed and was already identified in the article record.
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.
AI assistance
AI may help collect candidate sources, compare data, identify gaps, draft or restructure copy, format tables, and run quality checks. It does not make an article trustworthy by itself. The editorial workflow is responsible for checking claims, dates, links, calculations, conflicts, and whether the recommendation follows from the evidence.
AI-generated summaries can be wrong. Readers should 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 [email protected] 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 11, 2026.
