There's no way these guys are making any money with $5.50/gallon gas. I remember meeting a guy saying he cleared out every Costco in the metro and then was getting in his truck to drive three hours to the next Costcos. I thought the money in this was opening them to find a rare card but these guys are actually just flipping $30 sets for $50, constantly.
>>738247903millenials still acting like manchildren i see
>>738248018This is his livelihood. He doesn't even know the names of Pokemon just the prices
When the sneaker market crashed, these faggots all went brokeThe same will probably happen with pokemon cards
>Bald>Sunglasses>Shorts
it's pretty pathetic. apparently only those ETB's are worth a shit. These faggots are camping out all day to flip booster packs/bundles for like a $2 profit.
>>738248018fpwp are you living in a cave? it's a scalper you moron.
>>738248217The only reason scalpers have a market is millennial man children, retard.
>>738248197Again, the value is card pulls and monetizing it. These people are just wasting gas and being assholes to people in Kroger for basically nothing
These niggas are beyond sad, but even worse are those who enable them.As a matter of fact, no, I don’t thing [novelty thing] badly enough to pay double for it from some douchebag.That said, it does require not merely a lack of shame, but a certain level of pride to be a pokemon card scalper. Just about one of the few ubiquitous ways to be a social pariah. It can’t be worth the effort, let alone the stigma.Do kids even play pokemon cards anymore, or is it all just scalpers milking basedboy collectors?Also this is not vidya.
>>738247903>just flipping $30 sets for $50, constantly.is there a market for this? Who the fuck is going to buy a pokemon card twice the official price? If there are no official goods left, I just don't purchase the product at all.
>>738248272>millennial man childrenYou’re insinuating that the ones buying the end product are nostalgia collectors or actual enjoyers of the card game’s mechanics. That’s not the case, dipshit. Scalpers are buying up packs by the truckload, then selling them to compulsive gamblers who are trying to flip any rare ones for their own profit. Nobody involved is collecting this shit because of “manchild” tendencies.
>>738248272yes because there are no pokemon fans born after 1996
>>738247903Am I meant to know what that is?
>>738248401>Who the fuck is going to buy a pokemon card twice the official price?Literally everyone and they have been for years now.
>>738248383The market is probably mostly scalpers scalping each other and a couple of whales with little no to self control
>>738248401For them it's market control. If ordinary people can't get the products, they can make the prices whatever they want, MSRP be damned. This will 100% once those ordinary people say "fuck this" and move on from the hobby, killing these fatasses income.
>>738248418>then selling them to compulsive gamblers who are trying to flip any rare ones for their own profitOk, so who are buying these "rare ones"?
Why don't the people who care about Pokemon cards just refuse to buy Pokemon cards for a year? They could make like a big gay social event out of it.I'm saying this as someone who doesn't give a fuck about cards
>>738248428They do not have money and are less interested in collecting physical goods than millennial man children.
>>738248441Pokemon vending machine which sells cards and merch
>>738248272Actually no, these guys are selling to families in my experience
>>738248401people with excess money and nothing else they can do with it
>>738247903Were packs at the registers getting stolen?
zoomtroon chomping out lmao
>>738248418>Implying the compulsive gamblers aren't millennial manchildren
>>738248091gotta wear shorts if your buying pokemon anon, it's the law
>>738248272I don't know any millenials doing this. Only zoomers. Millenials stopped caring about anything Pokemon that came after DS because it's all shit.
>>738248479Because they have gambling addictions.
>>738247903Nintendo is to blame for this. They have the resources to just flood the market with cards but they refuse to do so. They like and want this.
>>738248479>these are low self-control indiviudals, such a thing would be filled with Judas’s>would likely harm corporate/official retailers more (not that fucking over corps is bad, but they will simply make less since demand drops, if not sabotage such an event)
>>738248506Out of all things in the world, pokemon cards are the most worthless trash imaginable.
>>738248508Fights would start over packs and police would need to be called. This is like putting vending machines in cages in ghetto areas.
>>738248479I don't think you understand the card buying mindsetOr the Pokemon mindset.Probably a good thing, count your blessings.
>>738248546Millenials are somewhere between 33 and 40, but they do still care about some of this crap.In fact, probably millenials using the Internet in the 2010s hijacked zoomers and their culture. Maybe that's why they hate each other so much.
>>738248479The people that care are also scalpers or gamblers, just jealous. The people who play the card game are playing with the cards worth pennies or digitally
>>738248581>t. owns vtuber and ishowspeed merch
>>738248564Tbf its a smart business move, >don't over produce
>>738248532They're comfy and easy to wear
>>738248441It's a scalpchad buying out all the pokemon cards in the store before moving on to the next store
>>738248508Yes. You'd be surprised how little the cashiers care about the card section.t. Watched with my own two eyes as a few niglets started opening yugioh and MTG packs right behind a cashier and walking away with the cards with nothing happening to them.
>>738248615Emerald was my childhood. I think I know a bit about Pokemon.
>>738247903what am i looking at
>>738248645I know many several people who stopped giving a shit about pokemon TCG because they can't get product. I too stopped caring after retards went crazy over 151 and haven't brought any packs since then. This is a horrible business strategy.
>>738248623>zoomer culturetrooning out and worshiping niggers isnt a culture lil zoomie
>>738248725Some grown ass man drives hours to a store to clear out a pokemon vending machine and others cannot use it
>>738248383>Do kids even play pokemon cards anymore, or is it all just scalpers milking basedboy collectors?They never did, more than any other card game pokémon was the one people collected without playing, but they didn't collect as faggily as the shitshow we have today
>>738248684Would you throw away your job and get jumped in the parking lot for some yugiohs?
>>738248079>sneaker marketthe what?
>>738248401Dude check your email, you just bought 5 WATA-graded cards from Heritage Auctions last night
>>738248630Anon quit trying to defend buying pokemon cards it's embarrassing. You're almost as bad as an NFTard
>>738248479Well as you see in the image, the kids and their parents wouldn't even know there was meant to be a boycot
>American economy is so shit everyone is trying to get-rich-quick with childrens toys turned into literal gambling schemes
>>738248764I'm not arguing that they should have stopped them. I'm just saying cards are still being stolen even if they are by the registers.
>>738248684>NOO WHY DON'T THE MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS CARE FOR THE MULTIBILLION CORPORATION?
>>738248803stop trying to defend streamerslop merch frfr no cap
>>738248861You act like this is a strictly american issue.
>>738248872Retard.
>>738248623>>7382487354chan is literally the only place that I see act like this, and I have to wonder if it’s because USA traffic is objectively in the minority these days
>>738248564It's not Nintendo; it's The Pokemon Company. And they have actually been making moves to significantly increase production. In 2022 they bought the company that manufactures the cards and are building a whole new facility in Carolina.
>>738247903$60 things that are still getting restocks are going for $180 online.
Nobody even plays Pokemon TCG IRL. It's all Magic & Yugioh. Pokemon TCG is only relevant for the digital gacha.
>>738248894It's strictly a third world issue
>>738248697Pfft. Playing a Pokemon game twenty years ago makes you a quaternary at best.Buying affiliated product is where it's at.
>>738248771sneakers used to be scalped heavily, then teenagers grew out of it and these retards were left with huge inventories and no buyersmany killed themselves
>>738248915found the nigger worshiping troonzoomer
>>738248894And that it doesn't sometimes work.
>>738248401>Who the fuck is going to buy a pokemon card twice the official price? People who believe they can sell it for triple the price at some point
>>738248929Just spit out whatever ‘superior’ european country youre in already and how ‘we dont do that here’.We all know you’re dying to.
>>738248891Nigger I guarantee basically no one on /v/ least of all me has fucking ishowspeed merch. That's my point, it's such an insane accusation all it does is reveal what a gigantic loser you yourself are
>>738248894Sneakers, Labubus, NeeDoh, what else am I missing?
>>738248734what about buying singles from your local game store? unless you're talking about cracking packs (gambling) or wanting max rarity (retardation)
>>738248861Yeah lol, interest rates are going to have to come up soon and this shit will fix itself
>>738248992nice chimp out, guess I struck a nerve lmfao
Is there a good reason why a card game has been rolling along for decades and suddenly now it's a problem finding packs or is it just parasites looking for new areas to extract money from people from with scalping?
>>738248493>>738248674Truly dystopian.
>he didnt take his retirement funds and invest them in pokemon cards
>>738248953Yeah man
>>738247903When you break down how long some of these guys are waiting in line, they’re making like $4/hr to wait in line just to resell that shit Not really what I’d wanna spend my days off doing
>>738248947>TeenagersBrother the market is still dominated by soillenials same as the tcg space.
>>738249004Singles are still king. My general rule of thumb is; if the single costs less than a pack, buy the single, if the single is retard rare and costs less than an etb, buy the single, if it at all costs more than an etb, it was never meant to be.
Only parents with young children should complain about this. If you’re adult and concerned about the supply of Pokemon card kys because you’re also part of the problem.
>>738249000Beanie Babies
>>738248947I knew a guy who did that. Most obnoxious person to be around. The trunk of his car was full of boxes of shoes and the dude would try selling them to every person in the room
>>738248861And mystery meat arabs like pic related are dominating the space same as the sneaker market. It's in their DNA
>>738248989Yikes. Someone's slightly mad.
>>738249000Do beanie babies count? I feel like people were buying those on the expectation of turning a profit years later, not get rich quick
Pokemon cards look gay ngl. At least Duel Monster cards look cool.
>>738249059retarded troonerzoomer
>>738249059>even back then United States was only 47% of the site’s demographics, i.e. an actual minorityHoly shit dude, I guarantee you that it’s now only 30% or less of the site’s remaining traffic and rest has gotten plugged in by third-world browns
>>738249109>>738249161Beanie babies are 30 years old at this point, I was thinking more within the last 5 years.
>>738249108i don't care about pokemon but i hate all scalpers for ruining hobbies for a quick buck. i'd make scalping punishable by death, products and tickets should go to people that want them. not people that want to profit off them.
>>738249170that looks like shit
>>738249170I don't have my magnifying glass, which One Piece card is this?
>>738249207Fidget spinners
>>738247903>I thought the money in this was opening them to find a rare card but these guys are actually just flipping $30 sets for $50, constantly.I dunno where they're selling this, but if it's on eBay, selling $30 for $50 is barely even worth it after fees, and I doubt it's worth it at all when it comes time to pay taxes.
>>738248478>Ok, so who are buying these "rare ones"?Literally the same people who think shelves after shelves of unboxed toys is a vault of treasure.>>738248526They are and they aren't. There are plenty that collect because they are mentally 12 years old but there are way more people who have seen trends like the cabbage patch kids pass them by.None of them realize that the reason why collectibles are a thing isn't because they're meant to be collected, but because most people throw them away, creating scarcity with added artificial demand.
>>738247903>>738248091Gods care not for the whining of insects
>>738249231Every Pokemon card is a gay animal. Yugioh has hot women, fiends, warriors, and more
>>738249280Some people will do anything for money, even if they’re barely making anyI’m pretty sure if you say these guys down, showed what they made vs how long they waited in line, they still wouldn’t figure out how worthless what they’re doing is
>>738248947>many killed themselves
>>738249250Like 3 months after fidget spinners went out of fashion I saw a middle eastern guy in the middle of town with his very bored looking daughter trying to sell hundreds of them across a table. Still think about that guy from time to time and why he made such a poor life decision.
>>738247903The Pokémon card machine at a grocery store by me has a “Loitering is a crime” message on it. This shit is fucking lunacy.
>>738248383The card game is really popular and for the most part in a good place. The one good thing about all the scalper niggers is that meta cards are dirt cheap and you get a great deck for like $50 max.
>>738249359Well, I'm spending $8000 in gambling, but I could earn $1,000,000 someday. It's worth it.No risk, no reward.
>>738249170Those overframes are better and I've never been a fan of the way it looks like cards have glitter slapped all over them
>>738249332lmao this looks like shit, yugibrowns embarrassing themselves yet again
>>738249024Scalping boom due to ease of botting followed by pokemon card blowup thanks to its mobile game making it a new scalping target further amplified by a weak economy and job market leading to those of comparatively lesser means seeking alternative income sources with highly volatile return. See also:bitcoin
>>738249108you are an idiot holy shit
>>738249447You’re never going to get 1000% profit for a box of Pokemon cards, especially if you’re flipping it on the same day
>>738249170>>738249456 (me)I forgot to attach my favorite one
>>738249024The are scalping cabals that coordinate to inflate prices. It's happening to retro games too.
>>738249472You can't read. The point is every Pokemon card is the same gay animal but even gayer than the last. Yugioh has meta gameplay so diverse that Pokemon is a gay furry game by comparison.
>>738249485>highly volatile returnSitting in line for 6 hours just to make $20 profit isn’t very volatile
>>738247903So can one of you nerds give some context? I don't understand what the man in the image is doing.
>>738249472Retard
>>738249596>MUH GOONING TO CARDBOARDbrown confirmed
>>738249614>>738249661Why are you retards here if you can't read cards or don't care
>>738249625Brown
>>738249682nigga I have no idea what the fuck that machine is or what he's doing with it, the only thing I recognize in that image is the fire extinguisher
>>738249705>>738249625Brown Retard (You)
>>738249726You don't know what Pokemon is? You cant read the thread? Retarded Brown Jit.
I play Pokemon but only using proxies where all the Pokemon have huge tits.
>>738249682>>738249730calm down pablo
>>738249410Eh probably not in the hole too bad like a grand probably. My gf did the same stuff when those comically oversized phone charms were popular in the early/mid 10's
>>738249661>he doesn't know about THAT japanese misty card that everyone gooned to
>>738248443this is retarded and unsustainable. the market will disappear overnight and most will be left holding the bags of tacky cardboard
>>738248684>You'd be surprised how little the cashiers care about the card section.Why would they? It's not their product or money getting ripped apart and thrown on the ground.Also unless you're security or have special training, you are not allowed to do anything about shoplifters. Even if he did decide his boss' trading card income was worth potentially getting hurt over, he would have been fired shortly afterwards. The most cashiers are allowed to do is call security and then fuck off and let them deal with it.
>>738249661Don't you have a "which 10 year old has the best ass" thread to be in?
>>738247903Who's buying the scalped cards anyway? Does anyone actually play the game? Is it all just to chase the sexy trainer lady/girl featured?
>>738249661>>738249839Lmfao
yugipablo absolutely SEETHING lmao
>>738249839>Who's buying the scalped cards anyway?Retarded Nintendo fans. Which is to say all Nintendo fans.
I still have all my old Pokemon Cards from when I was a kid in the 90show would I go about selling them?
>>738249901Nice AI post, SAAR. Take out the fucking AI dashes next time.
>>738249805As long as Pokémon sustains hype, the green line will keep going up Pokémon would have to become unpopular in order for people to stop buying cards
>>738249170curled foiling, wall of text and impossible to see art. love it!
>>738249993If you sell them at a card store or card show, you’d be lucky to get 60% of their value. Piece mealing it on eBay will take forever. If it’s just shitty commons and uncommons, you might be able to find a buy on Zuckbook Marketplace
>>738249756you can't trick me I know gardevoir has a huge horse cock too
>>738250116I didn't say she didn't.
>>738249756Is there a single straight zoomer?
>>738250114So between ebay and a card store which would be better?
>>738248383One of the hallmarks of cluster B people (narcissists, psychopaths, borderlines, etc) is a lack of shame, empathy, and self awareness. They simply dont care about looking like pathetic dorky social pariahs. They just want that money.
>>738248771Americans pay top dollar for shoes with a nigger logo innit
>>738250176eBay more money but slower, card store less money but faster and easier.
>>738249993It depends on their condition and what you have.
>>738250176List the holos on eBay and take the bulk to a local for store credit
>>738250176You’d sell them much faster at a card store, but you’ll get a lot less eBay will get more money in the long run, but you’ll have to wait for buyersI’d probably take the lump sum if I were you
>>738250038it will die with a whimper sooner than later because they pander to soilennials instead of to the new generation. just like LEGO and their moronic plastic display pieces
>>738248091>sunglasses and shorts means it's probably warm weather>perennially indoors neckbeard says this is not ok
>>738248478These faggots.
>>738250298If he's too lazy to at least pick out the holos and rares he deserves to get raped and gaped at le heckin wholesome mom and pop
>>738250334>more
>>738250315Zoomers and Gen Alpha like Pokémon too, you fucking retard.It’s one of the most popular IP’s in the world, and that isn’t changing anytime soon. Scarlet and Violet were dogshit and still sold faster than any of the mainline games
>>738250348>hates local businesesScalper faggot detected.
>>738250387Are you a retarded faggot or just taking lessons?
>>738250114suddenly my local game store charging a 20% fee on purchases seems much better
Why is it always nintendo products that get scalped?
>>738250315t-two more weeks!!
I only like Pokemon for the girls.
>>738250379Estrogen guzzling normalfaggot scum like that made buying retro games impossible starting in the early 2010's. Once these cocksucker vultures showed up and turned it into a business it was over. Thankfully with the modern state of emulation and decomps the physical media of the past is effectively worthless, unless your'e one of those aforementioned "people"
>>738250471because cult of nintendo is a very real thing
>>738250471A combination of Nintendo intentionally under producing to drive hype and Nintendo fans being the most insane corporate bootlickers ever.
>>738250471You wanna make your kids happy, right?Anyway if the companies really cared about customer satisfaction they could place limits on how many packs a credit card could buy from one of these vending machines. But money is money whether its from scalpers or genuine customers.
It's sad that many of the kids who want Pokemon cards aspire to be scalpers themselves
>>738250645You tell them "Pokemon is gay, grow up" and take them camping at the lake
>>738250224>>738250254>>738250256>>738250298How much would I realistically be getting for stuff? Is there a good resource for checking beyond just viewing "Sold" listinngs on ebay for differennt cards?
>>738250710shut up you dumb nigger kill yourself already larper
>>738247903Pokemon cards have vending machines now?
>>738250382no they don't lmao. nupokemon are lame and gay>>738250473keep buying the cardboard I guess
>>738250738
>>738250732Looking up through an app or website of recent sales will give you the best data on what the cards are currently going for. The issue is going to be whether your cards are in the same condition. Don't expect your cards to sell as much as a graded mint condition card. Also be honest if you list on ebay. Otherwise some "investor" is going to request a refund when they get your card.
>>738250710Is this what you wish your dad did instead of going out for a pack of newports?
Pokemon is for nerdy faggots. I tried getting into the games and the card game itself, even the cartoon. All fucking sucked dick.
>>738248428I'm a fanish again but just for the sexy kids, the pkmn designs have been trash since gen5 and still are but the girls got sexy again in gen7
>>738250773They did, until scalpers caused stores to unplug them.
>>738250875Fuck off pedo.
>>738250842keep getting raped on a mongolian twitter screencap reposting website
>>738248272No, they buy this shit here, then take them to card shops and sell them for a profit, the card shops then increase the prices even more and sell them to families looking for cards for their kids.
>>738250869>fantasizing about sucking dick out of nowhere grim
I like pokemon. My favorite is Magnemite
>>738250732I don't know dude your ratatas and geodudes aren't worth the cardboard they're printed on but yes all the holos should be easy enough to apples to apples compare with recently sold
>You can buy this thing and then retards online will instantly buy it off you for 3x the price>But you shouldn't do it because other manchildren really wanted that thing, okay
I've always wondered something: why are stores against scalping if they still get cash from obsessed people?
>>738251137Seriously nigger stop AI posting.
>>738248428Born in 1997. I already own all of the games and have no desire to start the TCG primarily because of scalpers. Fuck that. I genuinely find it as a waste of money which is worse than a waste of time.
>>738251184Because they rather sell to someone that is going to purchase other things aka their customers and not some guy who stands around all day waiting for a restock.The optics are also bad.
>>738248272>>738247903Isn't it actually bad for companies that scalpers exist? They can't sell their own product to proper customers which means they end up losing their whole customer base because their products are being hoarded by selected few.
*wins*
>>738251184Because it destroys your long term customer base. The person who would come and buy something every week now disappears, and once the fad is over the scalper moves on to something else. It is bad business in the long term.
>>738251287Product is sold out and no one actually plays the card game.
>>738249170>look cool>leftist meme descriptionsModem yougayhoe is a joke
>>738249056You wouldn't made money of those cards. Only the selected (((approved))) cards by those pulling the grift would be "worth" anything. It's not the Pikachu from year 1995 is worth 1000 dollars. It's their Pikachu from year 1995 is worth that much. Unless you're the one exploiting the market you wouldn't get shit
>>738251327you keep saying no one plays like it's suddenly going to be true
>>738249323isn't that the tranny lover?
>>738251410Unopened boxes are worth money and the latest charizard ex is going to be worth a few hundred. Each set now has a super rare card. If it is a popular set or pokemon, it is worth money.
>>738248474>once those ordinary people say "fuck this" and move on from the hobbybut they aren't ordinary people, they're pokemon fans
>>738249024The stuff people care about/are scalping are the full arts. Pokemon didn't even do full arts until Gen 5 and they were pretty ass for several years after thatIt's only been since around the switch era that Pokemon started making good full arts that people want
>>738251184If you're a random shopper and you see fat unemployed 30 year old men fighting over toys in the kid's section regularly when you're trying to grocery shop you're most likely going to find another place to shop at if you have other options. It's bad for business since the stock is finite and it creates a huge scene.
Sucker. All the kids have moved onto Labubus. Pokemon is dead. I spend my days scalping Labubus on ebay now.
>>738250645>they could place limits on how many packs a credit card could buy from one of these vending machinesI garunfucking tee you the scalpers would go crying to the courts, in a sane world the scalpers would get told to fuck off, but we don't live in a sane world
>>738249170>cant see shitAt least post an overframe anon
Youd think stores would be smart and just start adding a progressive surcharge for bulk purchases on their cards as a way to dissuade these faggots.
>>738251625>Gen 5well shit, that late?that makes sense then why I felt like I never saw any full art cards when I was a kid. they didn't exist.
>>738250379Whoa. I van make money selling old Nintendos? I found this one in a box of stufd I got at a garage sale. Any idea what game it and how much it goes for?
>>738249661yeah who would do that lol!
>>738251069>The first pack of Pokemon cards I ever opened as a child had a holo Charizard in it>This basically solidified me as the coolest kid in my class for a year straight>Still have the card too, perfect condition in one of those baseball card protectorsI still have no idea how this happened, I still think about it almost three decades later. I'm convinced this used up my entire life's worth of luck because I've never gotten something as lucky as that since.
>>738251798That's a dangerous and possibly illegal practice. Limiting how much someone can buy is much simpler. Some stores also remove the shinkwrap from the boxes at the time of purchase so they can't be used for resale.
>>738251782>gets censoredsorry yugisisters
>>738250379
>>738251413as if there are people playing pokemon tcg LOL
>>738251782He meant the text. It's funny how the lack of reading comprehention is one of the two things that gatekept the wokies from Yu-Gi-Oh.
>>738251867How is it illegal? Stores give discounts for bulk purchases why cant they give surcharges due to scarcity?
>>738250645The vending machines have timed release. The fights break out because people are standing around waiting for the timers to run and fight each other when some one has the nerve to try and use their machine.
>>738251902>it's real in my mind!l m a o
Peak commodity fetishism. Marx warned us about this.
I see at stores like TJ Maxx a bunch of these repackaged decks of old cards.
>>738251989These are 100% a scam. Just repacked opened cards with nothing of value in them.
>>738251989
>>738250215you're muslim m8
>>738251986>horrible sickly skin, gelatinous arm, and jungle pithairMore and more reasons we need to go back to stoning laws already
>>738251908>reading comprehension >game is played entirely by nigs and spicsreally makes you think
>>738250732I think Pokemon has actual price apps you can just checkI just use TCG Player as they have a price tracker
Just print more cards. Is that easy.Keep blaming scalpers for a problem that could be easily solved if Pokemon Company actually wanted to solve it.
>/tg/, /biz/ and /vp/ collideif only it was a car collision instead of whatever the fuck this is
>>738251184One guy buying all the pizzas in the pizza shop isn't fair and bad for the pizzaconomy
>>738251982>projectionLOL!
>>738248018Every generation has manchildren. The tard-haired filler word zoomer and slutty zoomette are the cucks and bitch feminists of yesterday. Get used to seeing your own generation stay the same as they grow older and older. Skibidi Toilet Gen Alpha. Now that's something that can give one suicidal ideation.
I wonder, if some of these people started getting iced for being subhuman scalpoids, do you think it would cause a desirable chilling effect and scare other scalpoids away from this kind of stuff?Purely hypothetical.
>>738252103They do, but it takes time to make and distribute them. And that same unemployed scalper will be waiting for when more packs are on the shelves
>>738252263Would the chilling effect drive up the card price? If not, I shouldn't waste the capital.
>>738251809Yeah and keep in mind in Gen 5 the full arts looked like this>literally just the generic 3D render on a cardIt took several years until Pokemon really started leaning into full arts.
>>738252091How bad the american education system is, yes.
>>738252306If Nintendo wanted they could easily make more than enough to fulfill all demand and then some on the initial release. But they don't because they want to keep driving hype through scarcity.
>>738248418You had to quote two words from a one sentence post, just to remind yourself of what to respond to. You're mind numbingly stupid.
>>738249318>LiterallySo you. You are one of the fat loser manchildren wasting his money. Congratulations, superfag.
>>738252381They have limited factories. If they wanted to make more factories, they could, but it would still take a long time before it’s functional.
>>738252103It would be for Yu-Gi-Oh where the game is treated as a game, in fact Konami has gone into very aggresive reprint rampages jusy to personaly screw over the scalpers. But Pokémon TCG, despite the name is not a card game. It's a novelty product and a brand, and printing until everybody can get what they want is something that would kill that hype. In fact, is what killed the sneaker market.
>>738252449>he thinks Nintendo makes the cards themselvesOh so you really don't understand how any of this works. lol.
>>738252449Nintendo is worth trillions, man. Fuck off.
No clue what that machine is or what this threads about
>>738252525Thanks for joining us bro!
>>738248272>scalpers are a millennial thingLolLmao
>>738252545Thanks buddy good morning
>>738252508First off, they aren’t. Secondly, I don’t even collect Pokémon. The reason I know this is because I used to play competitive magic and people were talking about the scalper problem with Pokémon even back thenEver since 2021, they’ve been printing much more than before to help keep up with demand. If they wanted to make more printing factories, they absolutely can, but it takes many years to produce a factoryI’m not the guy to complain to, I’m just giving you simple facts
>>738251745Labubu is already dead tooThe actual big play that Logan Paul and his cronies are building is rare manga
If the situation is that bad it should soften any stigma that exists against just fucken printing the cards you want to use
>>738249753Anon there aren't many people who would expect to see pokemon in a vending machine, even if they recognize the pokeball on top. I didn't even know what I was looking at till I remembered subhumans are allowed to live alongside the people in the US.
>>738252103>the cards WILL trickle downHumanity just doesnt learn do they. Look up the cantillion effect.
>>738248091Baldness is workable. It's one of those "looks fine if the rest of you looks fine" traits. Especially if you go for a beard.
>>738253008You’re wearing a ballcap right now…aren’t you?
>>738248401The market is scalpers selling to each other until an eceleb eventually buys the pack to open it on camera
>>738252486I mean, both of those are both categories I would say, though Pokemon cards as novelty or decor is more chíc. Houndstone is one of my favorite 9th gen Pokemon, and when I found a random 3 pack of cards somewhere and pulled a holo one I was very happy. It sits on my bookslef as a decoration. I guess it's not too different from kids who'd put baseball cards on the spokes of their tires, right?
>>738248861I used to be pretty libertine about this kind of thing about 5 years ago but I now want all casinos bulldozed, sports betting banned, and the lottery abolished, I hate gambling so much now.
>>738252764>I'm just gargling their ballsOki dokey
>>738253076No, but to your credit beanies and knit watchcaps have become more common in my life the last 2 years. Still, would you rather be bald or short? Would you rather be bald or have a downs syndrome-like face? At least wigs and pieces look reasonable compared to platform shoes, but again the bearded lumber secular type man look is still in at least in the Americas.
>>738249839Things relevant in the current meta do have some value that won't always last, since sets in Standard are on a rotation with old ones eliminated after 2-3 years, and the Pokémon TCG has always been the cheapest of the big three to actually play. Full art versions of cards is where the money is, but it's never been this crazy until the Switch games.
>>738250869Pokemon was made for 8 year olds
>>738253161I understand how you feel. Sports betting doesn't seem like a problem from a liberty standpoint but as a matter of taste I am not just annoyed but disgusted by the commercials for them having been dumped all over since they became legal in my state. Same thing with slot machines in gas stations. I support rights and freedoms more than I want to impose my taste on the world, but it looks and feels so trashy now.
>>738247903I don't get it, what is he doing?
OH MY GADH SOMEONE IS ENJOYING A HOBBY THIS IS INSANEEEEEEEEEEE
>>738253161It's a flushed toilet spiral race to the bottom. You're not making "new customers" with gambling like you do with a business that produces. You're either preying on children or raping your existant base like some mlm predator
>>738253174I’m not. You’re incapable of having a good faith discussion about the problem because you have the naivety of a child to not understand how production works
>>738248018>MillennialCunt looks like he's in his 40s
>>738250379>Go to thrift/used electronics store over a decade ago>Bunch of old shit for just a few bucks, including games, sometimes consoles and peripherals too>media that was seen as "obsolete" since it was replaced by something new was considered cheap and worthless stock to get rid of>retro """"""""influencers"""""""" start getting popular on youtube>They treat everything "old" as some kind of epic retro find that they can flip for thousands of dollars, even if it's mass produced garbage that isn't rare at all>Stores now use these videos as reference for how to set their prices>A shitty old sports video game from two gens ago that used to be $2 is now $35These channels literally made the world worse for everyone.
>>738253430>My hobby is spending my free time at Costco and Target in a lawn chair until they restock Pokémon before anyone else gets a chance so I can flip it on eBay for $30
>>738253552Its not mine but I dont care if its yoursWhy do you give a single shit
>>738253430if your hobby is buying up all stock of a children's card game and keeping it in wrappers in hopes some sucker will pay above sticker for it or opening gacha and hoping it won't all be $0,02 cardboard it's time for some introspection lmao
>>738253552That's the hustle life, babee
>>738253420Vending machines are on a sekrit timer. They only release a few things once each timer is up. It is supposed to stop scalpers from buying everything at once. Instead, scalpers will stand in front of the machine all day and fight anyone who tries to use it.
>>738253595Cuz the people doing it are scum of the earth. I don’t collect Pokémon, but I can obviously spot a piece of shit. These people have no fucking job most of the time, and only end up making like $3/hr when they sell this shit anyways
>>738247903My best friend from high school became one of these scalping fags during the Covid memedemic. He started with botting PS5s and sneakers, and now does Pokemon cards. When his wife left him a few months ago, he told me the divorce came out of nowhere.
>>738253719There are way worse shit people do every day Im not going to fucking take a photo of some guy scalping cardboard like the west has fallen, fuck off.
>>738251287It's actually way worse than that and we're lucky nobody has caught on yet. The existence of scalpers being able to do this means that any company being scalped isn't selling their product high enough. If any company/retail store sees a scalper come back a second time, they should immediately start raising the prices on their products because that scalper just saw profit. That means people are buying at inflated prices. There is no need for the seller to engage in the middle-man of the scalper that inserts himself into there.If anyone ever figured this out, our prices would start getting capital FUCKED big time. These people are not being shamed hard enough, and consoomers enabling them are literally going to eventually make everything worse for everyone because they cannot look at anything more than a $2 price hike and say "no".
Nintendo doesn't make extra money from scalpers, so why do they cater to them with their printing schedule? Wouldn't they make way more money if tomorrow they announce they're reprinting billions of ultra super rare charizards or whatever? The price of scalper cards goes in the toilet and all the actual kids who want cards are able to buy them. Isn't that win/win for everyone?
>>738247903are you only now realizing that you are in a simulation
>>738248091Whats wrong with shorts, its fucking hot.Can I not wear shorts anymore either, do zoomies find it cringe or something
>>738253736>When his wife left him a few months ago, he told me the divorce came out of nowhere.
>>738253552Diamond hands!
>>738253772>Murder and rape are bad so I don’t care about anythingWow, so edgy
>>738253712Wouldn't it be more profitable it for a grown man like himself to just work extra instead of doing this shit?
>>738253161I feel the same way about all the small businesses that failed because of Covid and Amazon getting replaced with vape shops.
>>738253867You think those type of things are the only worse things than scalping cardboard? damn ok sorry you couldnt get your holo pikachu or whatever the fuck when you were 15
>>738253712>scalpers will stand in front of the machine all day and fight anyone who tries to use it.I wonder if there's a market for bodyguards or security to get hired just to push these fat losers away from the machines so other people can use them. Hell, you'd probably get enough money from youtube ad revenue just doing it for free and uploading the videos.
>>738253736Because scalpers are loser scum of the earth and always have been
>>738248091That's peak male capability, thoughnestly.
>>738247903I didn't read the thread but can someone spoonfeed me what I'm looking at here? I'm a NEET and rarely leave my house during the day. Thanks.
>>738251902there are millions of players actually believe it or not
>>738253990>I didn't read the threadIt's about everyone in this thread gangbanging your mom.
>>738253932You’re not impressing anyone with your pseudo intellectual faux-stoicism if all you want basically say is>I don’t care Close the fucking thread, then.
Didn't some gigajew wigger shot a kid in the face to steal her album full of rare cards last week in Commiefornia, or something like that?
>>738253939>Scalper bad>Independent tranny owned LGS who gives you $50 for two crates of cards, and resells the good ones for $50 each, good! That's the entire thread in a nutshell
>>738254058No I wont ignore a non videogame thread in the videogame board I will use it to funpost at my leisure
>>738248091It's 80 degrees bro why the fuck would I not wear shorts
>>738253897If you have no employable skills and can make about $100 off one etb box, maybe not?
So do their buyers actually do anything with the pokemon cards, like play the game? Or is it all just speculative holding?
>>738253772See, I agree all of this is pedantic, but the fat guy is equally if not the most pedantic one here, and his actions are putting off others. If we are going to state these things I'd want to owness of "stop being silly" to fall on the man. >>738253937>>738253712This reminds me of those dudes who will setup powered fans and hog a DDR machine at an arcade for hours. Like at that point, get a manager. If the store allows for this kind of coonery when there are specific measures put in place to prevent said coonery to begin with, we've entered the "I don't want to give them my business" stage.
NIGGERMON GOTTA NIGGER EM ALL
You dont get it, that guy is the next Rudy.
>>738254094part and parcel
>>738253226as a manlet in his thirties who still has his hair, I don't think I'd trade it for height. I'd look fucking terrible bald
>>738254228Which is why stores have started to remove the vending machines and Pokémon Company has confirmed they are phasing them out.
>>738253787>Wouldn't they make way more money if tomorrow they announce they're reprinting billions of ultra super rare charizards or whatever?no because nobody's playing that tripe. they know full well it only sells because of people treating it as investment. it's a bubble
>>738254118there are tcg videogames, you must now take your phone posting to a a gacha gooner thread
>>738248272the truthnuke that made millennial manchildren have a melty
>>738248474it won't die unless pokemon dies as you can see with ygo being worthless
>>738248091doesn't look bald. just shaved you retarded faggot
>>738254168After the tax and shipping and handling and the time it takes to print labels and package your garbage I literally don't see how buying a box at $140 and "flipping it" for $180 is a good use of anyone's time.
>>738248272Reductionist take. They are part of the equation but not the entirety. There are actual children wanting to buy and play this game for its advertised purpose. Parents are victims of scalpers perhaps the hardest- a collector will see a bad deal and pass on it, but if Timmy wanted some Pokemon cards for his birthday are you unwilling to pay twice or trice as much to make his birthday good?
>>738247903Taking pictures of people on the street is for faggots and women
>>738248478zoomer faggots obsessed with jake paul and fake nostalgia for shit they never experienced
Are you actually able to cash out tho? It's not hard to post a 10k ebay posting for a piece of cardboard but the price only matters if it's actually sold you know?And no the latest logan paul scam does not count.
>>738254662They buy them at $60 and flip at $180.
>>738248091At least he isn't wearing a backpack
>>738254705>There are actual children wanting to buy and play this game for its advertised purpose.Pokemon? Lol, no, nobody plays this fucking game.
>>738254706Is true unless the behavior is actually intentional and shame worthy. A lack of guilt or shame is how we end up with such a low class society because we defer all social responsibility to police.
>>738254732It is if you are a drug salesman and you "selling" a Pokémon card online (to yourself) so you have 10k legit income instead of dirty cash you can't use.
>>738253835the entire world except autismos and giggling normalfags do, in fact
>>738248091Americans, even the white ones, unironically dress like this IRL and see nothing wrong with it. Grown men wearing sunglasses and beanies indoors, going to the grocery store in fucking pajamas, walking around with graphic t shirts with cartoon characters on them and flip flops on. It’s a total collapse of decency
>>738254706You just lack focus
>>738254214Go to the Pokemo TCG general in /vp/ nobody plays that game. It's all stonks and killing children.
>>738248630>vtuber and ishowspeed merchwhat is even that?
>>738254705>if Timmy wanted some Pokemon cards for his birthday are you unwilling to pay twice or trice as much to make his birthday good?Well I wouldn't buy heavily scalped specific cards, and buying him a gachabox containing gachapacks is 1000x more likely to end up with him crying instead because he no get cards he wanted. Literal lose-lose.
>>738249332Da fuk am i even looking at
>>738254840>>738254706Its my right as an American to record and film in public. The only major exceptions to the public expectation of privacy are AI surveillance cameras being used to circumvent our 4th Amendment rights to profile, stalk, and spy on us so police don't need warrants to make claims and take actions.
>>738253506Millenials were born between 80 and 96 so yes he probably is in his 40s. Very observant
>>738248684>try to stop them>lose job>get sued by employer and by niggs>go to jail yeah, no shit
>>738254732If you have a graded psa 10 card that goes for $10k, you can probably find some "investor" who would buy it.
>>738254994Children may be smarter than adults and corpos give them credit for but cmon man, you and I both know how retarded toys can get and kids will still scream and beg hand over fist for them.
>>738254214it's a tulip market but with actual cucks who collect the cards because they are basically disney adults but for pokemonno one plays the game, the gameplay is actually dogshit and there is an official online simulator for it anyways where you can get packs for pennies since they have those QR codes inside real packs that people sell for like 10-25 cents each.
>>738247903There are certain methods that let you tell if a pack has something potentially valuable or not too. They have been better with it lately and made it harder, but methods still exist to do it.A lot of scalpers will resell packs that don't raise the flags for a potential valuable pack since normies don't know you can do this, and will crack open the packs that have the good stuff in them to sell as individual cards.It's the reason you should never buy scalper packs.
>>738253161yep
>>738249332Sure but because of that YGO has no identity which is actually a detriment to most people.See how much universes beyond is damaging magic
>>738247903And yet he has a family, has sex often while xitter troon masturbates every night.
>>738249596>he thinks ppl play the poke tcg
>>738247903>store sells product so people can buy it >customer goes to store and buys productExplain to me why this is le bad?
>>738255105>no one plays the gamemillions play the game, why do you keep saying this, its not going to become true
>family of 4 behind himThere's no way anybody under 25 is actually participating in that 'hobby'
I have like 7 holos worth a total of maybe $250 and then 100 trash cards from when I was a kid. Maybe I'll dump it off at some card store
>>738247903I don't do tcgs, but i guess i have become a dirty scalper too, but only if i find something way under price gaymin related at a thrift store or flea market while im out looking for shit for myself. I sell at two small shows every year and it kinda became a hobby, but i still always sell under the lowest ebay price since thats how i buy.
>>738255149>See how much universes beyond is damaging magicIs it? Yeah true players hate them but they are not the main market.Isn't MTG so profitable it holds up the whole of HASBRO by itself?
>>738255224>millions play the gamelolhow the fuck did you get the "millions" number? the fucking phone game?
>>738248684What are you gonna do against people who are protected by law enforcement?
Got muh charizard and other holos from the pre gen 2 sets when i was a kid and thats as far as i care about collecting.(Though i would like all the eReader cards that unlocked games)
>>738247903Apparently its a good amount of money if you know how to do it and what to get.
>>738248684you aren't suppose to stop them, there are cameras everywhere, places just wait until they steal over 500 dollars or something worth of merchandise so they can charge them with a felony
>>738254706That's not a street, retard
>>738255105>Disney adultsFunny you say thathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-P9rKpVO94Trying and failing to find the video of the crazy shoppers who fill up entire baskets of shit the moment the doors open and the store policy signs that had to be put up to impede these scalpers for these Disney outlet stores. I know they had to implement loitering time limits because scalpers would just camp inside the store and start biddings on resales before they have even checked out and sit on the merchandise.
>>738255661the ones scalping aren't the "disney adults" in my post, they are the one who are paying the scalpers, they are the cucks in the sentence>but with actual cucks who collect the cards because they are basically disney adults but for pokemon
>>738255451C-C-CHARIZARD F-FROM K-K-KKAAAANNTTOOOOOOOOOOO???!???!!?!!??!?!!!!!!?!!?!!!?!?!!!????!!?!?!!?!!!?
>>738255070It's one thing for a kid to ask for whatever retarded shit is being shilled at school at one specific time like spinners, finger skateboards or the latest roblox meme merch, and another thing entirely a piece of cardboard that far eclipses those other toys in price and only has worth as a toy in the context of owning dozens or hundreds other pieces of cardboard, many of those jusr as retardedly expensive as the one he wants at this very moment to just look at at best or get it stolen at school for worse.
>>738255754AAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE I WILL LITERALLY SUCK A DOG'S DICK FOR THAT THAT ONE J-J-JUST LET ME HOLD IT FOR A SECOND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
>>738255780Is it? If it's retarded, it's retarded. Either we respect that someone else can enjoy something and find any of these desires childish but valid or we see it all as myopic sheeple habits influenced likely by the cliques and social pressure of kids needing the hottest new thing to fit in or just are convinced that a ball of goo truly is the hottest shit around.
>>738255462The people buying packs and immediately flipping them are getting like $40 in profit after wasting an entire day in front of the stores
what's this pokemon atm
>>738253161>visit horse racetracks to place penny bets>most of them now have gambling areas where you can watch boomers bleep and bloop their life savings away>depending on the area, you'll have people blowing their paycheques hoping to get rick quickI think gambling is a natural part of becoming invested in something because you want to become good enough to analyze it & predict outcomes. That being said, if the desire for wealth overtakes the desire for the game, then nothing good ever comes of it.>>738253907>progressives rage that Walmart and such were declared essential business, absorbing trillions from the public during the pandemic>refuse to admit lockdowns were a mistake; fall for the latest psy-ops anywayAccording to my government, 50% of all restaurants went bankrupt.
dayum this looks like a real video game thread
a coomer gacha thread does for this
>>738253506Anon...
>>738255975>If it's retarded, it's retardedOne is 10-20 bucks retarded but at least serves as a toy by itself, and the other is 200 bucks and does not serve as a toy by itself. It's that easy.
>>738255149>YGO has no identity How many people can recognize The Blue Eyes White Dragon compared to whatever is supposed to be MTG most popular dragon?
>>738256056It's a slot machine. You insert your credit card and get a random set of mostly worthless cards, with one jackpot per machine.
>>738256152everything past gx and definitely 5ds has absolutely no identity
>>738256152What even is MTG's most popular card? Tim? The bird? I don't think it's the moxes.
>>738256152>he thinks people don't recognize Jace or Yawgmoth's WillMtG cards have actual designs instead of >loli doing cute poseor>robot dragonman doing angry pose
>>738256291black lotus and spongebob
>>738256291Black Lotus. Nowadays it's more like social status card since it's labeled as Reserve List card.
>>738251989Literally no point in buying these repackaged boosters unless they're sold for dirt cheap lol. I appreciate the effort when it's done by some kids on a flea market to make a quick buck, not so much when it's adults attempting to scam others. Just directly buy the cards you want or buy a proper booster/pack you're sure wasn't already opened
>>738256337>>738256386Which is very weird because I feel like 100 times more people speak about Blue Eyes or Pot of Greed or even Dark Magician than Black Lotus. I'd put Black Lotus on the same pedestal as the Egyptian Gods. But maybe MTG players aren't as always online as yu-gi-oh and have kids instead.
>>738248479Most of the people who scalp resell to other scalpers looking to resell and use trade websites. People who are genuinely interested in the game aren't paying $40,000 for a box.
>>738256152People like EDH way more than playing YGO
>>738256291From a player perspective, probably whatever is the most popular card in Modern and Commander at any specific time. From a collector's pov? Probably some useless but rare reserve card since noone is selling a true black lotus.From a well known even among non-players pov? Probably some Universe's Beyond meme card or the Power 9.
>>738248091It's the 56%er special
>>738256386Shivan dragon and serra angel used to be icons too.
>>738254051Yeah this, it's really just all innuendos. We were like 50 at her place yesterday, it was crazy.
>>738256291The question you should be asking is if your favorite IP has done a crossover set. That’s how they get people to play Magic now
>>738256152>MTG's most popular dragonShivan? The Ur-dragon? Maybe Skittles?
>>738256476mtg really has no identity, the cards are boring as hell, modern yugioh is too but still better than mtg
>>738256476YGO has more appeal in Canada and in the 3rd world It’s not that popular in America compared to the rest of the world
>>738251410>grab limited boxes>throw them on website>they get resold 500 times without being opened>repeatThis market isn't opening packs and selling single cards on ebay. It's at the point where scalpers are now entirely reliant on selling to other scalpers through auction and trade sites.
>>738256075>According to my government, 50% of all restaurants went bankrupt.all by design
>>738256152Fuck dragons
>>738253782They could do that selectively with camera on the machines that recognizes faces in the last day/week/monthAnd if it's too much, no sale.But they'll bypass that with just having others do it for them.
>>738247903>be Digigawd>walk into any tcg store and just buy the damn thing without sweaty 40 year old men fist fighting one another over your hobby
>>738256151Except if you have all the pieces of cardboard you need, the level of play engagement far outstrips any fidget toy.
I confess I bought a few extra Sonic MTG cards to sell but turns out nobody wants them. I'm an idiot lol.
>>738256787>I play a dead game that no one cares aboutCongrats I guess?
>>738256606MtG is more popular than ever thanks to Commander. It’s basically a board game with endless crossovers that you and 3 friends put together Personally, I hate EDH, but I don’t deny that wotc has found success doing this.YGO is only meant to played digitally
>>738256850Those cards are made for some of the worst people who have ever played card games that think it’d be cool if their favorite character from their favorite IP went on a fanfiction adventure
>guy comes into the store saying he wants lego>I unlock the case>he starts scanning the blind boxes so he can see what figures are inside>finds the one he wants, of course it's the most expensive one>okay, good for you chiefOn one hand blind bags are cancer on the other fuck people who cheat so I'm conflicted.
>>738256865It might be popular but vast majority of people he cards just aren't appealing to me, and now it has spider-man and sonic shitting it up
>>738256291Black Lotus. And that is the most damming thing about how little cultural impact MTG had.>>738256264>Labrys >Sera>The Magistus >The Evil Twins >The Singer Dragons especially Stardust >The Dragonmaids>Ash Blossom And No JoyAnd that's not even talking about the memes like >But you still take the damage>Card games on bikes >It's Morbing time!
>>738256850The strategy is to hold the bag for few years and these small cards or sealed Secret Lair envelope are easy to keep safe compared to larger booster boxes.
>>738255380>true players hate them but they are not the main marketeven casual players are tired of them>Isn't MTG so profitable it holds up the whole of HASBRO by itself?they keep fucking up products quality and they generally don't playtest until it's too late so they have to ban cards or release a statement of how a card should work.
>>738247903im tired of resellers in general. ive started to get more aggro with the absolute faggots at the thrift stores who just walk around with ebay on their phone. i cant stand the fucking entitlement. If you grab something that theyre looking at they all act like you just stole from them. it doesnt matter if they were going to make a profit on it or not. The fact that a single penny could have slipped through their grasp gets them tilted. I would personally drown every single one of them if it were not for the laws of the land
>>738256838And noone has all the pieces of cardboard making it a moot point.
>>738256989If someone wants to play kitchen top card games with their friends, they’re gonna choose the slow pace commander games over YGO every time YGO really isn’t cool outside of the anime. The actual card game sucks.
>>738257009those are all soulless shit besides maybe the dragons
>>738257009>person who likes ygo mentions a bunch of cards that no one outside of ygo knowsthat's pretty funny.there are exactly 2 ygo cards that have cultural relevance. blue eyes white dragon and pot of greed. that's it.
>>738256985Fuck loot boxes.There is no reason why they have to be sold this way
>>738255105As far as car games go it's not so bad. You can't just combo your opponent to dead turn 1 like Yu-Gi-Oh, there's a healthy bottleneck
>>738247903i just don't care is allscalping is a natural outcome of capitalism
>>738257067>I would personally drown every single one of themYou wouldn't do shit, pussy. You're an eternally cucked soiboy tilting at windmills on fucking 4chan.
>>738257062>even casual players are tired of themBut investors aren't. I will believe it when a set actually flops and not even the godawful TMNT one did.>they keep fucking up products quality and they generally don't playtest until it's too late so they have to ban cards or release a statement of how a card should work.I don't see the relationship with what I said.
>>738256976Been playing since the mid 90s, and thats me. WotC is going to shit up the lore regardless and yeah it is stupid fun having a card game with sonic and cloud strife in it as monsters. I guess its just too bad they had to slap that over Magic, but oh well, it has a good system that works.
>>738249000at least sneakers have had a long rich history of collecting and scalping.all this newer shit comes and goes in waves and a hell lot more embarassing.
>>738257081Good thing im not talking about playing the game and just the art and recognizability, nobody knows mtg shit unless it has some other recognizable franchise slapped on it
>>738256291It's this thing. This is THE card that gets bought up at every debate and talk about MTG. And would you look at that, it presents the perfect picture of both the game and the "people" who still play it.
>>738257212>at least the fad I like is good, those other fads are badkek
>>738256985doesn't that defeat the purpose of loot boxes? not that I'm against people buying what they like
>>738256016My sisters boyfriend does it, he buys specific stuff and sells it like a year later for 400 dollar profit, which isn't bad for a side hustle.
>>738257193spiderman did below expectations and Marvel Superheroes will do the same
>>738257167>t. asshurt loser who will throw a hissy fit if someone grabs something before him
>>738257301Yeah obviously. Which is fair, right? Loot boxes fucking suck dick.But like the point is that it's random. So like a kid isn't gonna get that one because some 40 year old man downloaded an app. But also good because fuck loot boxes? I don't know, man. I don't know.
>>738247903I love how the s oycuck took pics to bitch to his s oyfriends online instead of confronting the guy>>738251827not much desu, shit game
>>738257408>just confront the guyretard
>>738257067I will buy to resell, but only if i am getting atleast double my price on it. Not bothering flipping 5 dollar stuff for 10.
>>738247903I don't even understand what this is a photo of.
>>738257090>there are exactly 2 ygo cards that have cultural relevance.I can prove you wrong with just one image.
>>738251827Imagine being so weak-willed that you bought fucking battletoads because of a memeand 15 years later you're actually expecting that putrid garbage waste of plastic to be worth something. el oh fucking el.
>>738257214>I don’t play it, I just collect itYGO is the worst one to collect out of the big 3. Most of the art is just waifu shit, moe shit, or Big Dragon, and there’s no resale value in most of it. Just collect Pokémon instead, dipshit
>>738247903>pic>think of muh chillunFuck off. Those are products for anyone to buy. Those kids would have forgotten about whatever cards they got by next week.
>>738253835grown men should not expose their legs, it's childish. you're not a zookeeper.
>>738257462Legitimately have 0 idea what anything in that image is. And if the crossroads meme came from YGO I had absolutely 0 idea until this exact moment.
>>738257360Mostly because of Marvel fucking everything up at the last moment because they suddenly remembered they had a huge conflict of interests.
>>738257448fantastic. kill yourself.
>>738257476I don't collect it either dumbass nigger, still looks better than mtg slop
>>738257475Thats the famicom version which can fetch about 70 dollars, so depending on what he paid for it, its not a bad bit of profit.
>>738257571It objectively doesn’t, but feel free to keep doubling down on your shit taste
>>738256151You say that but go look up the price of an average Lego set today. You'll be lucky getting our of a big toy purchase under 200$. My parents bought me a GameCube on launch Christmas 2002ish at that price.
>>738257530Are your legs so feminine that you fear strangers seeing them? No leg hair? The true scots spit on you for your weakness.
>>738257581Yeah okay. I'm sure those hundreds of $100+ listings are all moving product, kek
>>738257442>t. noodle-armed little bitch
>>7382574485 times 2 is 10, anon
>>738254962>shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops are indecentNigga, don't be ridiculous. All of that is fine. True indecency is shit like yoga pants, midriffs, tattoos, piercings, bikini thongs, etc.
>>738257360Much as I dislike Marvel and bad UB sets in general, Marvel Superheroes has more resources and commitment for potential success, long as distributors believe hype that WotC shoves down their throats. Stores which will buy stock from distributors will be the suckers holding the bag unless stores are rejecting new MtG product thanks to recent blunders among active playerbase like TMNT and Spider-man. >no last second changes like with spider-man set>commander precon decks>jumpstart for clueless noobs
>>738257614It objectively does, enjoy your generic modern d&d fantasy slop, slopnic and reddit bob cards lmfao
My son wanted to get into pokemon, but because we could never find anything for retail price, I bought him a couple of packs of magic. He is happy so far and wants to build a poverty deck.
>>738257561Pretty soon!
>>738257652whatever you need to cope, little boy go chase a hoop with a stick
>>738257668you won't do shit, fat spic
>>738248989He won’t. Thirdies never say where they’re from because they know their shithole is objectively inferior from America. That or they’re just afraid of outing themselves as brown.
>>738256864Thanks. I really like playing it with my friends and many cards look really cool.
>>738257540Because you talking out of your ass, yes.
>>738257752Be quiet, ESL.
>>738257694>I don’t play or collect, but I think my opinion matters more You are a retard with shit taste and have admitted to not knowing what you’re talking about
>>738257695>build a poverty deck.Make him build a death and taxes deck for maximum irony.
>>738257773I can't even attempt to name a single thing in that image. Sorry about that relevance.
>>738257663Looking at sold listings, people have bought it for 70 and above.
>cryptoniggers and scalping niggers>it's mostly wiggersExplain this
>>738257751>amerilard>calling anyone a fat spiccute
>>738257669Yeah but its still not worth my time to maybe make 5 dollars.
>>738257695>wants to build a poverty deckI think you mean Pauper deck?
>>738257090Exodia says hi!
>>738257867That shit hasn’t been viable since before covid
>>738257971okay 3 then
>>738257645>big toy purchaseThe entire conversation is about little toys that are shilled at school. You think Timmy wants that SSSSSSSSSRRRRSSSR Mega Charizard Z Ex foil to flex on plebs at his local LGS store on a weekend?
>>738254962God forbid meatbags choose comfort over whatever dumb shit you are trying to shill.
>>738253595That’s his hobby. Why do YOU give a shit?
>>738248947Fucking based. It's nice to hear about parasites removing themselves from the rest of us.
>>738254962And which eastern european shithole do you hail from, friend? Post your favorite tracksuit.
>>738257986I said for irony not for winrate.
>>738257695good for him. Maybe I might get into MtG now that it's impossible to get pokemon cards at my walmart.
>>738257961Yeah, that's it.
>>738248861Scalping is a western thing in general but it's insane how centralized it is in the US.Thanks fucking god I spent the last decade learning japanese, I can buy anything I want at 1/10 or even 1/20 the prices here. Bulkbuying old JP games is amazing.
>>738257728Enjoy being a hot, grumpy retard with flabby legs.
>>738257861mtg cards are boring ass ugly trash, people care more about a stock image of redditbob than any actual mtg card kek
>>738257773I actually engage with ygo content and i have no context for that image.
>>738257932thinner than you muhammad
There’s a reason why Logan Paul’s big collector schemes all involve cheap pieces of cardboard crap. Without any actual play value backing them up these things may as well be apes. This is the death of speculation. The actual value and use case for a thing is less valuable than a retard telling you what it’s worth
>>738258121Too bad importing from japan is a nightmare. Thanks to customs, anything can be torn apart and legally stolen from you by homeland security.
>>738258156MtG always had the objectively best art, every TCG player acknowledged that. Modern magic can go straight into the trash though. Dont bother replyng, im not that anon you were arguing with
Didn't Pokemon cards die down for a few years after that boom in like 2019/2020 or whatever? What happened to kick it off again?
>>738258156People don’t care about dragon with boobs, Loli, or spiky robots as much as you seem to think
>>738253506https://www.youtube.com/watch/_vQmllyP1kY
>>738257804You have no power over me, turd worlder. Remember to thank the American troops stationed in your country for fucking your sister
>>738258006Dramatic Crossroads too.>>738258195It's a meme the tick tock generation loves to use. The teamplate is the art for a Yu-Gi-Oh trap card.
>>738258010>You think Timmy wants that SSSSSSSSSRRRRSSSR Mega Charizard Z Ex foil to flex on plebs at his local LGS store on a weekend?Yes. Remember the super rare labubus just last year?
>>738258285It got so abandoned it became dirt cheap which attracted scalpers and their assigned influencers to show their nostalgia cards.
>local game stores starting to enforce opening box seal at counter if buying at msrp>if buying sealed, product will be sold at the speculative market priceI'm all for this so that everyone gets their share fairly.
>>738258275>MtG always had the objectively best art, every TCG player acknowledged thatSo good nobody even remembers it.
>>738258068See >>738257752
>>738258210>thinnerI bet you are, scrawny fuck
>>738258393sounds like a you issue
>>738257752I always love when nationalists come to 4chan and never say what country they’re from
>>738258390Actual best way to do it.
>>738258275TCG players don't know shit, they see some generic fantasy slop and always think it's the greatest shit their obese eyes have ever seen. Some of the art is fine, but it's just unrecognizable genric fantasy slop with real no character. Enjoy getting gaped by crossovers that are actually recognizable though lmao
>>738258006Exodia alone is 5 cards.>>738258285Logan Paul and some celebrities like Post Malone and Katy Perry moved in and made it "the next new thing" than and the lockdowns made it very, very big once more.
>>738258390Me dumb. How does this help?
>>738258290false
>Children baiting because they haven't seen cards that were made before they were born
>>738258578100% true, my third world friend
>>738258363I still don't understand what that even was ngl.
>>738258448>scrawnythat's what normal human weight looks like, fatty
>>738258614you could have just said this is your favorite card>>738257219
>>738254794People play the game, but nobody who plays is buying sealed packs to open when they can just go online and buy a full deck for $60.
>>738258602mtg has always had ugly ass generic art
reminder the only people who care about scalping are people who wanted to scalp the product themselves and are angry they got in too late. yes that includes kids, who are protoscalpers. nobody gives a fuck about the Pokemon TCG to actually play it, they just want to collect the cards. every little kid dreams of a holo charizard not so he can use it in a match, but because he wants to show it off at the schoolyard and maybe trade it for some other kid's lunch which bmhe believes is more valuable than the card. this same reality applys to the scalping of literally all nonperishable goods. sneakers, comics, stamps, whatever. (you) only want them because you want to make money off some sucker too, you're a scalper too.
>>738258819Literal third worlder mentality. Go away SAAR.
>>738248428CorrectIf you're still a fan after everything tendo gf and pkmn company did and does currently then you're a big moron
>>738258819You know people can like things and not think eternally on profit right?
>>738258618Me either, and that doesn't matter to the children's pop culture based solely around consumerism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyhs3TnwRvg
>>738257062This would have been the funniest card of all time (if you could play it as written).
>>738258951cope. you only care about it because you want to scalp it too.>>738259053so then print up a copy off the internet. it's dirt cheap and easy to do, and any casual league of TCG will generally allow it as long as you can prove it's not a custom card.>b-but it's...not..the samewhy isn't it?>n-nintendo didn't make it... it's not... worth... anything....precisely.
>>738249024Covid made "nerd" hobbies acceptable among normalfags and Logan Paul made everybody think their bent to shit Base Set cards are worth thousands.Pokemon started printing a lot more rarities of cards too. Before your basic Charizard was the big hitter, but now that Charizard has two or three alternate versions per set with better art.
>>738258819fucking retards with no theory of mind. i want people to enjoy their hobby without having leeches come in and drive up the price for literally everybody else. They do nothing but make hobbies actively worse and contribute nothing. when i was turd world poor the thrift store was a godsend for me to get things that i needed to get bye and now shirts are like 7-8$ a piece, ive seen coats for $30/40 and all of the actual nice stuff gets thrown onto the goodwill auction site so retards can bid on it until its 5 bucks off of msrp. my lgs sells generic dogshit crts for 200$ that i know he paid fucking nothing for. scalpers and resellers deserve nothing but scorn and shame.
>>738259113What was wrong with it? Doesn't look that good or unique at a glance but I know green gets dogshit spot removal by design.
>>738259239>if you can't make profit just stealYup, indian for sure. And a low caste one at that.
>>738258268>They destroyed one of the 50 copies of Tsukihime trials edition for no reason at allTotal customs death
>>738257683Unfortunately, the Marvel stuff in MtG is all nu-Marvel so there is no market for it. The upcoming Avengers set is going to be more of the same. Spider-Man didn't even sell to scalpers / investors / bag holders because it was so bad. The Hobbit and Avengers (and Star Trek...) are all set to do the same. All of the universes beyond sets have been the most shallow "memes only" tier versions of the IPs in question. Final Fantasy only sold like gangbusters because they accidentally tripped into a market which laps up collector items (take a look at all of the random shit you can buy on the SE store sometime), and the hilarious part is that Hasbro/WotC don't even understand why FF sold well, they just think its UB stuff in general that is the winning ticket.
>>738247903why don't pussy ass americans just beat guys like this up and take their shit?
>>738259317>printing a repro off the internet is theftretard alert
>>738259239Timmy wants to dab on his friend during recess anon, not play with causal neckbeards. Your printed cardboard card will most likely get him bullied.
>>738259445that's my point. make no mistake, I am not defending scalping; quite the opposite. what I am saying is EVERYONE is a scalper to some degree. I am sick of people being in denial about it. you aren't "different" because you want to stuff the card in your sock drawer for 20 years before you sell it.
>>738258563Any box that does not have the seal has the potential to be tampered with. A player who is actually going to use the cards won't care as they are going to open it anyway, the only people who care about still sealed product are scalpers / speculators / "investors".
>finally got out of crippling college debt during covid>getting some extra money for luxury expending>everything I liked when 4-5x in prices during that timeframe
>>738259304In most cases it would read: "2G - destroy target creature" which is absolutely something that green does not get. As written, you can pick anything for the first target, so you can pick your opponent's creature...to do damage to an opponent's creature (even its self).
>>738259712Oh. Yeah missed that.
>>738259617Piracy is the way for me, but normalfags are doing their damn best to try to ruin that too.
>>738259712So is beast within still one of the best ones
Popping in to say FUCK the paul brothers. Their shit with pokemon has indirectly cause other card games to increase in price. MTG, YGO, One piece, Gundam, riftbound, and lorcana should not be as expensive as they are
>>738258285It always goes back to paid influencers. The retro game collection bs started off with dipshits like metaljesusrocks.
>>738259617>wanted to buy a crt last month>they're more expensive than STORE NEW lcd TVs around here
>>738258557>Exodia alone is 5 cards.that is a shocking level of desperation.
>>738260020Considering the amount of times they are parodied it counts. Subway Furry.
>>738259923Do card like that still count as the original so to speak? Or can you have 4 Dwight's weapon stash and 4 steelshapers gift in your deck? What if I use an effect that makes me name a card, does it affect both?
>>738260272>Do card like that still count as the original so to speak?Obviously yes. what the fuck kind of question is that?Oh wait, it's MTG, of course obvious shit needs to be completely clarified or some autist will abuse the fuck out of it.
>>738260272the card name will be whatever is in the tiny box underneath."Dwight's weapon stash" might as well be flavor text.
>>738248674>yeah bro i'll buy all of these cards to sell them for a high price at the risk that people won't buy them
>>738258698>If you don’t like Generic robot waifu dragon #88, you’re a fag You’re an actual retard and think like a child.Yubel is way more prevalent than that card has ever been, you disingenuous 3rd world faggot
>>738260490So it really is just a reddit alter, I got back into the game during scars of mirrodin and quit a while after but it really only got worse overtime. What a shame
>>738259281This shit had been accepted among normies long before Logan ever got into the hobby The MCU did a lot to break down barriers between “weird nerds” and normies.
>>738260674There's a card named yubel? And you're trying to convince me that I should know what it is?Are you joking?
>>738260817Nigger, why are you talking about comparing YGO to Magic when you obviously don’t know a fucking thing about either?
>>738260369>obvious shit needs to be completely clarifiedWell yes, the comprehensive rules would be longer than every religious text in existence put together if it worked on an everything is forbidden unless explicitly allowed and not everything is allowed unelss explicitly forbidden.
>>738260909I don't know anything bout YGO because it is irrelevant. That is the point.
>>738260369>Such rageA magic card tapped your mother?
>>738261117People convinced judges that you can cascade into a card with a lower value and then play the opposite side with a higher value. You can't give them an inch.
>>738260567Yeah, exactly. The market is so fucked for cards that this works.
>>738257681Found the baldie pajama wearer
>>738261185To be fair, you could, and they only updated the rules because Timmy was getting his shit blown out at Modern before they changed itI played GDS when those style of decks were popping off and never struggled against them.
>>738261185Don't ever search what a Lawyer job's is anon.
>>738261306>To be fair, you couldWhich is, say it with me, retarded as fuck.>>738261323It's a childrens game.
>>738261363It wasn’t. It was an easy to deal with gimmick.
>>738261431I don't see how it could be interpreted in any way except cheating. I don't understand how a human being capable of thought allowed it to be so.
>>738261363It's also a competitive game with a rulebook that works on an Allowed if Not Explicitly Forbidden framework and had 25000 cards to tardwrangle by the time this meme interaction came into being.
>>738261508>cast for this cost>okay, I cast it for this lower cost but play the other side that i didn't pay for>well, i guess i have to allow this because i'm fucking retarded
>>738261562The rules at the time did not explicitly forbid it.
>>738261503Cuz they’re on the same card and you get to choose which half when you cast it for freeThat’s how it worked until like 2020
>>738261619>this costs too much to do that>so? it's not forbidden.
>>738261663Correct. It not being forbidden is enough to make the play legal.
The smell alone would be enough to make me never want the job but goddamn I would go apeshit if I had to deal with you fuckers in real life.
>>738261802Sorry you are not allowed to make up the rules as you go.
>>738261562>>738261619Cascade says you can cast it if it's lower cost, this is some yiddish loophole lawyering
>>738261906The rules at the time said the card's CMC was the front's CMC, and cascade locked the casting cost at that, and then you chose the mode. There is no loophole, it's just the standard casting sequence.
>>738262035>was the front's CMCWhich side is the front?The one you want to be?
>>738262105The front is clearly marked on every dual face card with a dedicated symbol defined by the Comprehensive Rules.
So how do the dual card work then? You cast them and decide which side you want to enter play? Why do both sides have mana costs? Only side cards i'm familiar with are the apocalypse ones and morph.
