Regional
Japanese, Korean and Chinese card comps
Most pricing tools stop at English, or price a Japanese card from its English sibling. COMPED treats every region as its own market and lets you search all four at once.
One search, four regions
- English, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese printings in a single unified search.
- Latin-alphabet names match regional cards, so you can type 'Umbreon' and find the Korean printing.
- Korean and Chinese cards inherit artwork from their Japanese parent where no separate scan exists.
- Each printing is priced from its own sold data, in GBP, never inferred from the English card.
How COMPED builds a number
- UK sold data first. Completed eBay UK sales in GBP are the primary evidence. If a card is thinly traded, the search widens to global sold data rather than falling back to a guess.
- Exact printing only. Set, number, language, finish and edition must match — 1st Edition, Shadowless, 4th print and Unlimited are priced as separate cards, as are reverse holos and regional printings.
- Outliers scrubbed. Digby drops damaged copies, lots, proxies, mislabelled graded sales and single freak results before the weighted comp is calculated.
- Condition-anchored. Vintage raw cards are anchored to realistic played grades rather than pretending every copy is Near Mint; modern cards anchor to NM.
- Community-verified. Vendors and collectors confirm prices in the Price Trainer, and that consensus nudges the headline comp on cards where sales are sparse.
- Uncertainty is shown, not hidden. When there is not enough comparable evidence, COMPED says so and shows a range with the sale count behind it.
Why the regional gap matters
A Japanese chase card and its English counterpart frequently trade at very different prices, and Korean or Chinese versions of the same art can sit far below both. That gap is a genuine opportunity for collectors who like the art more than the language — and a trap for anyone valuing a regional card from an English number.
COMPED will also show you how a regional printing compares against its English and Japanese counterparts, so the difference is visible rather than assumed.
Comping regional cards cleanly
- Confirm the set symbol and number for the region — numbering rarely matches the English release.
- Watch for region-exclusive promos and box toppers that have no English equivalent at all.
- Check the language explicitly in sold listings; mixed-language results are the most common source of a bad regional comp.
- Factor in international postage if you are buying from outside the UK.
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Common questions
- Can I price Japanese Pokémon cards in GBP?
- Yes. Japanese printings are comped from sold data and shown in GBP, so you can compare them directly against the English card.
- Are Korean and Chinese cards supported?
- Yes. Korean and Simplified Chinese printings are in the catalogue, including artwork inherited from their Japanese parent cards where no separate scan exists.
- Can I search all regions at once?
- Yes. A single search covers English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese printings together, and Latin-alphabet Pokémon names match the regional cards.
- Why are regional cards often cheaper?
- Smaller collector bases and different print runs. That gap is real, and it is why some regional chase cards are the best value in the hobby — but it also means the English comp is never a substitute for the regional one.
- Why can some regional cards not be priced?
- Sold data for Korean and Chinese printings can be genuinely absent on UK and global marketplaces. COMPED reports those as unpriced instead of substituting the Japanese or English comp, which would overstate them.
- Why are regional vintage cards the sparsest of all?
- Small original print runs plus small collector bases means very few completed sales. Expect ranges and low sale counts on older Japanese, Korean and Chinese cards.
- Do regional slabs use the English graded price?
- No. Graded regional cards are comped from graded sales of that regional printing, because the grading market for them is separate and usually much thinner.