# Market Matador

> The stock market reimagined as a collectible card game.

Market Matador is an educational stock market card game for ages 9–18. Open packs of real stock cards, claim daily Dividend Drops, grow your portfolio, and climb the leaderboard.

## Primary pages

- [Home](https://marketmatador.io/): Product overview, pack economy, and Dividend Drop
- [Articles](https://marketmatador.io/articles): Educational guides for players, parents, and educators
- [Buy Packs](https://marketmatador.io/cards): Paid booster packs (Bronze–Gold; Platinum is challenge-only)
- [Dividend Drop](https://marketmatador.io/dividend-drop): Daily free pack window (9:30–10:00 AM ET)
- [Collection](https://marketmatador.io/collection): Player card inventory
- [Leaderboard](https://marketmatador.io/leaderboard): Rankings by total assets

## Articles

- [How to Get Cards and Why Platinum Is Special](https://marketmatador.io/articles/how-to-get-cards-and-platinum): Every legal way to acquire stock cards in Market Matador—and why Platinum packs cannot be bought. Platinum cards are earned only through rare challenges.
- [What Is Market Matador?](https://marketmatador.io/articles/what-is-market-matador): Market Matador is an educational stock market collectible card game for ages 9–18. Learn how packs, cash, tiers, and the leaderboard work.
- [How Card Packs Work](https://marketmatador.io/articles/how-card-packs-work): Market Matador uses a pack-only primary economy. Learn starter packs, paid Bronze–Gold boosters, and why standard cards are not sold individually.
- [Dividend Drop Explained](https://marketmatador.io/articles/dividend-drop-explained): Claim a free daily pack during the Dividend Drop window: 9:30–10:00 AM Eastern Time on U.S. market-open days.
- [Player Tiers and the Leaderboard](https://marketmatador.io/articles/player-tiers-and-leaderboard): Understand Beginner through Matador badges, portfolio targets, streaks, and how total assets power the Market Matador leaderboard.
- [Stock Market Basics for Young Players](https://marketmatador.io/articles/stock-market-basics-for-young-players): A plain-language primer on stocks, prices, and portfolios—written for Market Matador players aged 9–18 and the adults who play with them.

## Key facts

- Audience: Ages 9–18
- Genre: Educational stock-market collectible card game
- Economy: Pack-only primary acquisition for standard stock cards; shop sells Bronze / Silver / Gold only; players sell cards for cash to buy more packs
- Platinum: Not sold as packs; individual Platinum cards earned through rare challenges / missions
- Tiers: Beginner → Retail Trader → Day Trader → Whale → Matador
- Market hours: US equity hours (Eastern Time)

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://marketmatador.io/sitemap.xml)
- [Robots](https://marketmatador.io/robots.txt)