Making calls
How Buy, Hold, and Sell calls work on Rip & Hold
By Rip & Hold · · 3 min read
Every Pokémon collector has an opinion about which cards are worth picking up, which are overhyped, and which deserve a permanent spot in the collection.
Rip & Hold gives those opinions a place to live.
Instead of making predictions in comment sections or group chats, collectors can make public Buy, Hold, or Sell calls on individual Pokémon cards and see how those calls perform over time.
What is a Buy call?
A Buy call means you believe a Pokémon card is worth picking up at its current market value.
Maybe it’s an overlooked illustration rare, an older promotional card, or a Pokémon that hasn’t received much attention from collectors.
A Buy call doesn’t mean you actually purchased the card. It’s your prediction that the card is worth buying at the time of your call.
What is a Hold call?
A Hold call means you believe keeping the card makes more sense than buying additional copies or selling it.
You might like its long-term collecting appeal but feel its current price is reasonable.
Hold calls are scored like Buy calls, so they gain when the price rises.
Not every card needs an aggressive prediction. Sometimes the best call is to sit tight.
What is a Sell call?
A Sell call means you believe a card’s current market value may be difficult to sustain or that it’s a good time to move on.
Perhaps recent excitement has pushed prices unusually high, or demand appears to be cooling.
Sell calls gain when the price falls.
You don’t need to own the card to make a Sell call. You’re simply recording your opinion about its current valuation.
Your calls have a history
One of the main ideas behind Rip & Hold is simple: collectors should be able to revisit their predictions.
A public call made today becomes part of your public history. As card values change, you can see how your earlier opinions compare with subsequent market performance.
Over time, your profile becomes a record of your collecting instincts.
What does the community think?
Individual calls are only part of the picture.
As more collectors participate, Rip & Hold can reveal broader community sentiment around individual Pokémon cards.
Is everyone calling Buy on a particular Gengar? Are collectors divided over a new Charizard release? Does an overlooked vintage card have a small but enthusiastic following?
That’s what makes the community interesting.
Make your first call
You don’t need an expensive collection, years of experience, or a perfect prediction record.
Find a Pokémon card. Decide whether it’s a Buy, Hold, or Sell. Make your call.
Your opinion is officially on the record.