About NerdSnack
NerdSnack is an independent website for trading card collectors and geek culture fans, founded in 2025 and run by Jeff Benson. We track what cards and sealed products are actually worth, with dated prices, pull rates and release guides for Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, One Piece, Riftbound, Lorcana and more. We also cover the anime, movies, video games, collectibles and snacks that go with the hobby.
| Name | NerdSnack (nerdsnack.com) |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Founder and editor | Jeff Benson |
| What we cover | Trading card games, anime, movies and TV, video games, collectibles and snacks |
| Guides published | 340+ |
| Contact | hello@nerdsnack.com |
| On X | @HelloNerdsnack |
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Who runs NerdSnack?
NerdSnack is written and edited by Jeff Benson. Jeff is a lifelong comic book fan who started playing Magic: The Gathering in 2020 and has collected memorabilia from his favorite movies, TV shows, video games and anime ever since. His own favorites are The Lord of the Rings, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Dragon Ball Z and Dungeons & Dragons, which is why you’ll see so much of them here.
Jeff follows every new card set from preview season to release, and he writes from the collector’s side of the table: what to open, what to buy as a single, and what to skip.
Nick H has been an avid Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer player for more than 30 years. That’s three decades of rolling dice around the table and leading armies across the tabletop, and it’s the experience he brings to every D&D and Warhammer article on NerdSnack.
When a new rulebook, starter set or miniatures release lands, Nick looks at it the way players do: what it adds to your game, what it costs, and whether it’s worth it.
Nick is also NerdSnack’s media photographer. When a brand sends us something to review, he takes the hands-on photos you see in the review, credited “Photo: Nick H / NerdSnack.”
Nick’s coverage spans:
- Dungeons & Dragons — classes, monsters, campaigns, and the best gear and gifts for players
- Warhammer — new releases, armies, and what’s worth adding to your collection
What does NerdSnack cover?
- Trading card games: chase cards ranked by real sales, pull rates, release dates, prerelease guides and Commander precon upgrades.
- Anime: season guides, watch orders, where to read the manga and rankings.
- Movies and TV: release dates, watch orders and Marvel power rankings.
- Video games: release guides, review roundups and tier lists.
- Collectibles: LEGO, Funko and figures, and what’s actually worth money.
- Snacks: movie and game food tie-ins, and what to eat on launch night.
Some of our most-read guides: MTG Hobbit chase cards, MTG Star Trek chase cards, every Marvel movie in order and our 2026 booster box price tracker, which compares every major set’s release-week price to today’s.
How do we research and price our guides?
Every guide is checked against primary sources before it goes live:
- Prices: TCGplayer market prices and recent completed sales. Chase cards are ranked by the most expensive version of each card.
- Card details: Scryfall for Magic card text and legality, and EDHREC for Commander deck data.
- News and dates: official announcements from publishers, studios and game makers.
Every price and release detail shows the date we checked it. When things change, we update the page and say so at the top. You can read the full process in our Editorial Policy.
How does NerdSnack make money?
- Ads on our pages.
- Affiliate links to Amazon and TCGplayer. If you buy through one, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Details are in our Affiliate Disclaimer.
- Products sent for review. Small shops and makers sometimes send us something to review. When they do, we say so on the page and mark the link as sponsored. Nobody pays for a review, and a free product doesn’t buy a good one.
Product and card images come from the publishers and retailers that make or sell them, and we credit them on the page. We don’t use AI-generated pictures of cards or products.
Where else do people find NerdSnack?
Most readers find us through Google and Bing searches for card prices, pull rates and release dates. Our guides are also a regular source for AI search: according to Bing Webmaster Tools, Microsoft Copilot and Bing’s AI answers cited NerdSnack pages 366,475 times between July 26 and October 24, 2026.
How can you reach us?
Spotted a mistake or want a topic covered? We fix errors fast and read every message.
Brands and shops can see our numbers and ways to work together on our Advertise and Work With NerdSnack page.
