The Source column

The Cards table on your dashboard has a Source column that shows the effective price source Hoard used for each row. Open the Source cell and you can compare every available source side by side. This page covers what the column shows, how to sort by it, how to expand every source into its own column, and how the Source Value stat at the top of the table relates to it. For the underlying mechanic — picking a price source, the fallback chain, PriceCharting grade pricing — see Repricing.

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What the column shows

Each row in the Cards table shows a single source as its effective price source. The label on the column is whichever of these applied for that row:

• Market — TCGplayer Market Price (tcg_market_price)
• Low — TCGplayer Low (tcg_low_price)
• Low + Ship — TCGplayer Low + Shipping (tcg_low_price_with_shipping)
• Direct Low — TCGplayer Direct Low (tcg_direct_low)
• Mkt/Low (max) — the higher of TCGplayer Market and TCGplayer Low (max_market_low)
• Dir/Mkt/Low (max) — the highest of TCGplayer Direct Low, Market, and Low (max_direct_market_low)
• PriceCharting — PriceCharting condition-mapped grade price for Pokemon

The two max sources — Mkt/Low (max) and Dir/Mkt/Low (max) — are computed per row by comparing the columns above. Sorting and the Source Value stat handle them the same way. The price shown next to the label is the dollar value Hoard’s formula uses as the base for that card. Cards with no value at the selected source (a $0 Direct Low, for example) fall back to TCGplayer Market: the column shows the label “Market” and the Market price instead. A dash only appears if that Market fallback is also $0, or in the expanded compare panel and per-source columns, where a source with no value shows as a dash rather than falling back.

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Expanding one row

Click the Source cell to expand a small panel showing every source side by side. The active source is highlighted; the others show their values for comparison. The panel is read-only: it lists each source’s label and value for that card and does not change which source Hoard uses. Clicking elsewhere in the row opens the card detail panel, except on the row’s links, buttons, price-edit trigger, and lock icon, which run their own actions.

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Expanding every source into its own column

The Source header has an expand-source-columns toggle next to the label. Turning it on switches the table to a wider layout with one column per source — Market, Low, Low + Ship, Direct, Mkt/Low, Dir/Mkt/Low, and PC — so you can compare every source across every row at once. The setting is remembered in your browser between visits.

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How the effective source is chosen

Two things decide which source a row shows:

1. A matching pricing rule’s source — if a pricing rule matches the card and that rule has its own price source set, the rule wins.
2. Your global price source — if no rule overrides it, the row uses whatever you picked in Settings → Repricing.

The same precedence drives Hoard’s actual pricing formula, so the Source column always reflects what the pricing engine used. PriceCharting is the base only when you select it. Pick PriceCharting Grade in Settings → Repricing → Price Source, or set it as the price source on an individual rule. The per-rule Grade floor option in Settings → Rules is separate: it stops a matched card from being priced below its PriceCharting grade value, but it does not change the source shown in the column.

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Sorting by source

The Source column header is sortable. Clicking it sorts the table by the value behind your global price source, falling back to Market for rows where that value is $0. So:

• If your global source is Direct Low, sorting by Source orders the table by Direct Low.
• If your global source is Low + Shipping, sorting by Source orders the table by that column.
• If your global source is Mkt/Low (max) or Dir/Mkt/Low (max), sorting orders the table by the same per-row highest-of value the column shows.
• If your global source is PriceCharting, sorting falls back to Market because PriceCharting prices aren’t a single SQL column.

This is different from sorting by the per-row effective source, which would mix scales (a card priced off PriceCharting at $50 isn't directly comparable to one priced off Direct Low at$50 for sort purposes).

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Source Value vs Vs Source

The stat bar at the top of the Cards table includes two source-aware numbers:

• Source Value — sum of every visible card’s source price × quantity, using your global price source. Cards with a $0 value at that source fall back to TCGplayer Market in the aggregate. The two max sources are computed per row in the aggregate as well. If your global source is PriceCharting, the aggregate uses TCGplayer Market.
• Vs Source — the difference between your listed value and Source Value. Positive means your listings are above the basis; negative means below.

These replaced the old “Market Value” and “Spread” stats so the summary reflects whatever source you actually picked. The aggregate uses a single SQL query and does not factor in per-rule overrides or PriceCharting evidence — those still surface accurately on individual rows.

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Per-rule overrides

If a pricing rule overrides the global source for a group of cards, every row matched by that rule shows the rule’s source, not your global setting. So a rule that pins Bulk Rares to Low will show “Low” in the Source column for all bulk rares, while everything else shows your global source. If you’re not sure which rule a row matched, the pricing breakdown in the card detail panel names the rule and its source explicitly. See Per-rule price source for setup.

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Mobile

On phone widths, in the default view, the Source cell shows the source label only. The price value, the tap-to-compare panel, and the expand-source-columns toggle are hidden there to keep the row readable. If source columns are expanded, the phone shows the wide layout and those controls stay available; because the setting is remembered in your browser, a browser that expanded source columns at a wider width opens in the wide layout on a phone too. The Upside column stays visible alongside Source, so you still see whether each row earns money at a glance. To compare sources on a phone, open the card detail panel, which lists every source with its value.

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Related

• Repricing — the full price source mechanic, including the fallback chain and PriceCharting grade pricing.
• Competitive position — uses the same source you picked here to bucket your inventory.
• Pricing rules — how to override the global source for a group of cards.