Deck-break economics
What the deck-break fee and the inventory-stress fee actually pay for — and how to dodge both with one click.
Two fees decide most of your total, and both are about damage to the remaining stock.
Deck-break fee
When the card you want isn't loose and we have to open a sealed deck for it, that's a deck-break fee. You're not paying for one card — you're paying for the 51 we now have to find homes for.
Inventory-stress fee
When your order leaves behind a low-liquidity mess — a lonely suit, an off-balance run — that's an inventory-stress fee. The harder the residue is to sell, the higher it climbs.
How to dodge both
Before checkout we suggest shape-swaps: trade a card that forces a break for one already loose, or add a few matching backs to absorb a fragment. Each swap lowers your price because it improves our shelf. Transparent by design — you can always see the full breakdown.
We profit by managing the fall better than you want to.