| name | parallel-and-rainbow-discipline |
| description | Use when chasing or pricing parallels across a player's release year. The 'rainbow' is the complete set; rarity escalates by color tier.
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Parallel and Rainbow Discipline
Parallels are colored variants of the same base card. Each color has a print run. Rainbow chase = collecting all parallels for one player.
Common parallel hierarchy
Topps Chrome: Base → Refractor → Blue → Green → Gold /50 → Orange /25 → Red /5 → Superfractor 1/1
Panini Prizm: Base → Silver → Red → Blue → Hyper → Mojo → Gold /10 → Black 1/1
MTG/Pokemon: Common → Uncommon → Rare → Holo → Reverse holo → Foil 1st Edition → Shadowless → Pristine variants
Pricing by print run
Rough multiple over base in PSA 10:
- Print run /50: 5-10× base
- /25: 10-25× base
- /10: 25-60× base
- /5: 50-150× base
- 1/1: 200-2000× base (auction-driven, wide variance)
Non-numbered parallels (Refractor, Silver) trade at 1.5-3× base.
Rainbow value premium
Owning a complete rainbow (all parallels for one player one year) commands a 30-100% premium over sum-of-parts because of completion scarcity. Auction houses promote rainbows as featured lots.
Where this fits in the X3 empire
Listing tool surfaces rainbow opportunity when consigner submits 5+ parallels of one player.
