Market insight · Rip platforms · as of 16 October 2026
Rip platforms, side by side
A pull platform sells a digital pack that reveals a card already held in a vault, then offers to buy it back. Here is how each one works, as its own terms and pages describe it. We do not rank packs, recommend platforms or carry referral links.
The gap
Every pull is a claim on a card in someone’s vault. No platform publishes an independent count of what the vault holds.
Pack values and buy-backs are set from each platform’s own marks or from one price service. Comparison sites rank packs on those same numbers. The record that would make them checkable is the one underneath: that the card exists, that its cert is intact, that the vault holds it, and that its value comes from independent sales.
By platform
Fanatics Instant Rips
- Who holds the cards
- Fanatics Collect's own vault, Tigard, Oregon
- Buy-back
- 90% less a 6% fee (84.6% net), offered for up to 48 hours
- Paid in
- Credits with no cash value, usable on Fanatics Live and Collect
- Value set by
- "Card Ladder data" (Instant Credits page); "recent comparable sales" (FAQ)
- Odds shown
- Checklist, values and hit-rate percentages; the terms say actual odds "may vary"
- Identity at cash-out
- Standard fraud review before payout; no payout identity step stated
- Identity at shipping
- No identity step stated
- Independent check of the vault
- None published. KPMG's reports cover Topps factory pack collation, not the vault or Instant Rips
Sources: Fanatics Collect and Live terms (4 Sep 2026), help centre and release notes.
Courtyard
On-chain: Polygon- Who holds the cards
- Brink's, a third-party custodian (also an investor)
- Buy-back
- About 90% (third-party and promotional sources); 6% fee on buy-back transfers
- Paid in
- USDC stablecoin
- Value set by
- Courtyard "at its discretion"; its CEO cites Card Ladder data
- Odds shown
- Published odds, each card bound to an on-chain token; no audit of the draw
- Identity at cash-out
- Required before the first withdrawal
- Identity at shipping
- Required by the terms before any transfer of the card
- Independent check of the vault
- No published holdings audit; custody sits with a third party
Sources: Courtyard terms (Dec 2024), help centre (Aug–Sep 2026), "How it works".
Collector Crypt
On-chain: Solana- Who holds the cards
- Its own vault, plus cards held at Fanatics Collect and PSA
- Buy-back
- 85%, 90% or 93% by pack size
- Paid in
- USDC stablecoin, in the player's own wallet
- Value set by
- Its own price oracle, which reads eBay sales daily
- Odds shown
- Not confirmed
- Identity at cash-out
- No cash-out step; balances are USDC in the player's wallet
- Identity at shipping
- None in the terms; a partner's docs say "No KYC is required, only a shipping address"
- Independent check of the vault
- None found
Sources: Collector Crypt terms (9 Jun 2026) and docs; Jupiter gacha docs (13 Oct 2026).
Arena Club
- Who holds the cards
- Its own vault
- Buy-back
- About 90% of its own estimate, within 24 hours (the Arena Club Offer)
- Paid in
- Wallet credit, withdrawable through a Stripe seller account
- Value set by
- Arena Club's own estimate
- Odds shown
- Fixed pack count per release and per-card hit rates
- Identity at cash-out
- A Stripe seller account is required to withdraw
- Identity at shipping
- No identity step stated
- Independent check of the vault
- None published
Sources: Arena Club terms (31 Aug 2026) and help centre.
GameStop Power Packs
- Who holds the cards
- PSA Vault
- Buy-back
- 90% less a 6% fee, within 7 days
- Paid in
- Wallet balance, paid out through Stripe
- Value set by
- Card Ladder ("Powered by Card Ladder")
- Odds shown
- Not confirmed
- Identity at cash-out
- A Stripe account is required
- Identity at shipping
- PSA Vault rules apply; US addresses only
- Independent check of the vault
- None published for the PSA Vault
Sources: GameStop Power Packs FAQ; PSA Vault terms (14 Oct 2026).
Rips by Triumph
- Who holds the cards
- Not confirmed
- Buy-back
- Marketed as 100% of fair market value; the terms state no percentage
- Paid in
- Pack credits under the terms; the help centre says card sales can be withdrawn
- Value set by
- "a proprietary system" that "may not match published market values"
- Odds shown
- Per-tier odds and value ranges; the terms say odds change with available inventory
- Identity at cash-out
- Required before any withdrawal (government ID and a liveness check)
- Identity at shipping
- May be required; US only
- Independent check of the vault
- None found
Sources: Rips by Triumph terms (15 Oct 2026) and help centre.
Phygitals
- Who holds the cards
- Cards held at PSA, Fanatics Collect or Alt
- Buy-back
- Not confirmed
- Paid in
- Not confirmed
- Value set by
- Not confirmed
- Odds shown
- Value brackets, with a claim of a verifiable random draw
- Identity at cash-out
- May be required, particularly for larger withdrawals
- Identity at shipping
- May be required
- Independent check of the vault
- None found
Sources: Phygitals KYC policy (6 Jul 2026), terms (27 Aug 2026), refund policy.
As each platform’s terms, help pages and docs stated them when we read them, 16 October 2026. “Not confirmed” means we could not confirm it from the platform’s own pages. Terms change; corrections are welcome at hello@brich.house. Not legal, financial or gambling advice.