Boxed.gg vs Ripz
Boxed.gg shows card rates on every box page we saw and carries Magic: The Gathering, Riftbound, Lorcana and sports cards as well as Pokémon and One Piece, with a marketplace of graded cards and boxes you can make yourself. Ripz carries Lorcana cards as well as Pokémon and One Piece, with a card market for single cards and a vault for your cards, and it takes US dollars by credit card.
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Rip.fan site score Boxed.gg 8.0 out of 10
Rip.fan site score Ripz 8.3 out of 10
How Boxed.gg and Ripz differ
Lorcana, Pokémon and One Piece turn up at both. At Ripz you can go straight to the single you want in its card market and have it sent from the vault, while at Boxed.gg you open boxes first and then trade what they give for a slab graded by PSA, CGC or Beckett.
At Boxed.gg our hockey card came up valued by the site, with a Sell button beside it that pays into the balance. Ripz's card market filters by price as well as set and rarity, so you can cap what you spend on a single before browsing. We went through its pack list too, which sorts sets by brand and then by era. There is no Ripz app, and it all happens in a browser.
If you would sooner buy the exact single than open packs to find it, Ripz fits. Someone who enjoys opening many kinds of cards and then trading up to a graded card is better off at Boxed.gg.
Which to pick
| If you want | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Card rates before you buy | Boxed.gg | Each box page we saw showed its value ranges and how often each comes up. |
| Magic, Riftbound or sports cards | Boxed.gg | Its boxes run from Magic: The Gathering and Riftbound cards to sports cards such as hockey, baseball and soccer. Every Ripz set in our notes was Pokémon, One Piece or Lorcana. |
| A busy community chat | Ripz | A busy community chat sat beside the page in every screenshot in our notes. |
| Buying single cards | Ripz | Its card market lists single cards for sale, and its page says each one ships from its vault. Boxed.gg's marketplace gives graded cards only in exchange for cards you hold in your account. |
Side by side
| Fact | Boxed.gg | Ripz |
|---|---|---|
| What it sells | Pokémon cards, other card games and sports cards | Pokémon cards and other card games |
| Card rates | Yes, before you buy | |
| Trade-in offer | In our test, the card a box gave could be sold back to the site for the account balance as soon as the box opened. | 85% to 90% of listed value, as site credit |
| Shipping | A card a box gives can be withdrawn to be shipped; a limited-time card is not held for you, and if its stock runs out first you get a voucher instead. | US orders ship within 14 days. |
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