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Epics Or It Didn't Happen Edition

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>>56065634

FAQ:
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Got one of those old binders and I'm putting WOTC promos and older 1st editions/cards with art I like for some nostalgiafeels
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What are some interesting or strange cards? I don't know what else to get.
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>>56128857
Buy the Magikarp.
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>>56129162
Every Japanese set is getting a big reprint so wait for those because that'll make the price drop. I bought a Japanese copy for £20 right before that was announced, so I'm a little miffed over it.
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Once I finish my team rocket set I will be done collecting. I'll have the first 4 sets from my childhood, with some extras at the end of the binder in the remaining space. 1 binder, that's it.

The idea of collecting endlessly freaks me out. Buying ever cool card I see sinking thousands of dollars into cards every year, ending up with thousands of different cards, for what purpose? To sell eventually? To not sell, to just have money tied up in thousands of Pokemon cards until I die?

What are we doing here?
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>>56128715
I wish they would try something like the original ex template again I like how simple it while still feeling special. I never really liked the way they started popping out of the card all doing the same pose(head and one arm stick out) and rest of the card being covered in elemental nonsense. I liked GX and V cards for moving on from that style and just giving us pokemon full body views of pokemon doing cool poses in an environment. Full arts and secret arts have always been cool though
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>>56128857
check out vending series? a good assortment of stuff there

what are some other examples / descriptions of cards you like?
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>>56130356
I think that would be neat to have. I do like the old Japanese card series. They just seem so different from the English ones.
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>>56130085
I am building my wish list for all the original sets. As for collecting I just focus on singles and what ever the new sets that come out. I limit myself since I'm not going for a perfect collection.
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>>56130244
A lot of old ex cards have an almost threatening aura to them, like they're actually something special. I love it. LVL X kinda tried to emulate it too but it wasn't as good. After that it just didn't stack up.
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thinking about selling my entire collection, would anyone here be interested? gonna buy a new car and finish uni. maybe some day I come back to collecting, but i think id rather sell now when theres still lots of speculators and buy back when theyre all gone. not like I pulled most of them anyways.
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>Go to Walmart
>Find an Alakazam 151 box

Tempted to open, but I could also sell it. Wat do vp
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>>56130523
a lot of gold in japanese-exclusive vintage

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Unnumbered_Promotional_cards_(TCG)/1996-2005
all* the 1996-2001 cards here have the original japanese template ("old back")

(*pryce's lapras is the exception)
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I bought my first base set Charizard yesterday and it's in the mail now. The only base set Charizard I ever had was the fake one some teenager scammed me with when I was a kid

Over 20 years in the making it's finally happening
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>>56131056
very nice
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I've speculated for a long time that in the future this card will go up in value a lot because back when Pokemon hype was kicking off but "alt arts" hadn't become a real thing yet, rainbow Pikachu VMAX was pretty much the ultimate big dick chase card that every kid dreamed of pulling

So, in the future these kids will want to buy this card now that they have money. Also it's fucking impossible to pull

Thoughts?
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>>56131469
I'm so glad were done with rainbow. They looked so corny and got in the way of actually cool looking secret rares
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>>56131689
>the virgin "I can only appreciate the finest artworks!" vs the Chad "I like dat shiny rainbow card"
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>>56131764
Whatever, rainbow was novelty at first but then you realize it's visual soup and they all look they look the same until your eyes adjust to them, they are hard to appreciate in any way except their rarity. They are one YouTube rant away from the value of all of them to be cut in half
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>>56131855
>one pokemon
>multiple items
What is this blasphemy?
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>still buying modern
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>still buying vintage
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>>56128857
Tardvee Sun and Moon promo. Mine's in the mail, I adore it.
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>>56130085
I just love the illustrations, I don't mind having all sorts of different cards. Getting pretty cards on a strict budget is the game for me. And I want to one day collect all cards of my favorite pokemon.
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>https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2024/en/result/primary-selection/

What illustrations would you like to win? From which artist would you like to see official art in the future like we saw happen with teeziro, REND and so on?
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>>56132809
This one by rena nakajima. This artstyle really adds something because it's not been used before. Black and white illustrations should be a rarity but it would work amazingly for some pokemon.
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>>56132809
I still think it's stupid the AI entries were removed.
like go with times AI is not done it will grow bigger and better and will be more involed in everybodys life as the time goes on.

also are you telling me that picrel doesn't look fucking awesome?
who the fuck cares if it was created by AI? it's nice art. I don't give a fuck if it was created by men or machine.
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>>56133134
It's a contest for humans not AI, AI has no place here and I'm glad that slop was disqualified. Also that non-artist broke at least two rules, so he can eat shit as far as I'm concerned.
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>>56133141
>It's a contest for humans not AI
but the art was still created by humans with promts.
you could also say the normal art is also mashine work since the artists used a PC and PS to create the image.
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>>56133134
I like the TCG exclusively for the soul in the artworks, especially the contests and even more so when they‘re made from either children like with the 1997 CoroCoro illustration contest or made from fans. Those artworks acknowledge how fans of every age and level try to bring the Pokémon to life. I really hope for you that you can find a way to have human emotions anon.
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>>56132809
Melmetal by Agi, Charizard by Mauricio Parra
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>>56133302
If you commissioned an artist and gave detailed instructions on what you want would you then go around claiming you were the one who created the final piece? No, in fact there's even a rule in this contest that prohibits submitting someone else's art as your own, same shit applies here, if he didn't draw it himself then he didn't make shit. It's as simple as that.
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>>56133314
>Those artworks acknowledge how fans of every age and level try to bring the Pokémon to life.
and AI doesn't do that because...?
AI is just another tool like PS or water color.
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>>56133334
>AI is just another tool like PS or water color.
The latter two still require the human to draw themselves, so no, it's not the same type of tool in the slightest.
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series e, home
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>>56132809
this one
the new melmetal is also very good
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The 151 set got me into the TCG, ordered my first display yesterday. Bought this Charizard some years ago but didn't take care of it. I understand that there are different versions of this card and some in good condition sell for insane money. Please tell me what I got.
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>>56130538
I think you kinda hit the nail on the head with threatening. They have an intimidating appearance like you should be scared when someone plays them. Lv. X, EX, GX, V and even the new ex cards are just loud or have nice art which isn't bad but if I had to compare it to something to get my point across it's kind of like how smash bros melee and brawl havd these particular aesthetic's while smash 4 and ultimate are smash bros themed smash games
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>>56130576
Don't they still print 151 boxes? I thought was going to be the new evolutions where they'll print it until half way through gen 11 lol. Are they really that rare?
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>>56134664
Those extended e-reader boarders work really well with these ex cards.
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>>56134671
151 came out a year ago. They don't print any set for that long usually.
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>>56134767
I love em.
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>>56134671
Just the Japanese ones.
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>>56133134
GOOD MORNING SIRS
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My local walmart still has tons of those trick or trade boxes are they worth anything?
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>>56130085
being transported to a different time by these souvenirs of the past can be worthwhile. I also think about my relationship to my past and future selves. these are things that I'm getting to fulfill a past dream, or to communicate a current dream forward
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>>56135866
This is the only way to know what shiny Volcanion looks like without hacking or looking online. I wonder why they showed it off this way
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>>56135760
If they were there wouldn't be any at your local walmart.
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>>56130356
this is one of the few vending cards with actually good art and doesn't look like they fucking gave it to a retard and asked them to draw a pokemon
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>>56132650
>posting in the wrong general.
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>>56136209
What board even is that? I'd like to know what flavour of autism houdoomfag has.
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>>56131855
Based deoxys appreciator. I got a couple in the mail recently.
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>>56136326
/vg GDQ speedrun.
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>>56132650
KWAB
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>>56131056
Well guess what, I got some bad news for ya, it's about to happen again 20 yrs later
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>>56133134
They didn't remove all the AI entries.
Just the ones the same dude submitted.
AI isn't against the rules.
In the official rules it says you can only submit 3 entries, any more can result in disqualification.
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>>56136888
This.
Don't believe retard poketubers that just make up fake outrage for views, they're just trying to make money by any means necessary.
Any dimwit can pull up the official rules and search keywords related to ai and see nothing populates.
Why is the hobby plagued by tards that cant think critically or for themselves and realize this shit?
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>>56136141
neat, thats the exact same pose used for the pokedex in the anime
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Those of you who collect cards of a specific pokemon, where do you draw the line? Trying to find old reverses in good condition and Japanese unlimited versions is going to be the death of me.
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Welp that was an incredible waste of money :(
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>>56137471
What's with the antisemitism?

I thought this was a trading card sub.
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>>56137499
you're on a palestinian rocket making forum, what did you expect

>>56137295
the only 6pack worth buying atm is paldean fates
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>>56136888
>They didn't remove all the AI entries.
Which ones did they leave up?
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>>56137295
>middea evolved
lmao
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gang's all here
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>>56138182
nice
time for Ogerpon to smash them all together
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>>56138182
>not putting his toploaders upside down to stop dust
ngmi
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So I have no experience in TGC and no desire to get into it but I got interested in collecting the 151 series and got myself a couple of booster bundles and an UPC. I got some decent stuff but obviously I'm still missing a lot. I have no idea how series work and if I can expect a reprint that will lower the prices down or if I'm fucked and should just start buying singles. Can you give me a quick response guys?
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>>56137011
I think it's cool to have one hard-to-find variation
more than that is more trouble than it's worth

>>56139209
it's hard to say. 151 is a special set so it's not really guaranteed to get large reprints. on the other hand it was very popular, and would certainly sell well if it was printed again. japan got some reprints of their version recently, and many of their cards will be cheaper (especially the non-textured illustration rares e.g. dragonair)
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I should have bought perfect fit sleeves... Why didn't you warn me, /tcc/?
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>>56139209
I would be surprised if they started reprinting it again. You don't need to collect every card in a set, it's up to you if the expensive chase cards are worth the outlay for the satisfaction of owning and having the chance to look at
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>>56139209
Sets don't really get reprinted, depending on your use of the word. They could do another run of printing on 151, putting more stock on shelves. But there comes a time when they stop printing a set period and then it'll never be printed again, usually a few years.

We could still see surplus of 151 start hitting the shelves, but so far they haven't really printed as much of it as other sets. And the market seems to have stabilized on it, so they'd have to print the ever loving shit out of it for the prices to go down significantly.
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>>56136585
Here's another Deoxys promo I got.
This one was a part of the Legendary Present Campaign along with the other gen3 legendaries. Unlike the english SL counterparts that you could pull in Call of Legends packs, these cards were awarded through a lottery system. Only 5000 of each card was printed in Japanese, making them significantly rarer than their english versions.
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>>56139318
Woah didnt know japan used the gold and silver border, looks class. Now that I compare the two, the english version looks like a cheap sticker damn
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>>56139450
Yeah, Japan left the borders identical to the rest of the HGSS sets, with that burnt/old scroll look. When the english cards were made they went with the holo borders. I know some people prefer the holo borders because it's more foiling, and I can understand that.
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>>56139247
Why? cheap penny sleeves work just fine for most things
perfect fits are for tourney players
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>>56139587
>Not using both
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>>56139791
if you dont
perfect fit
ultra pro
penny sleeve
toploader
lucite slab
safe
fort knox
your card, are you really a collector
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>>56139247
Perfect fits are annoying as fuck.
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>>56140510
>moments before death
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why the fuck is a small pack of cards $7???
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>>56141672
because it's gambling
packs are a meme anyway, buy singles
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>>56128857
M Sachiko EX card. good luck getting one in the wild though.
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Fake or not?
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>>56142365
the sealing doesnt look right but hard to know til you open them
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>>56142365
Some color overlap on the back text of the giratina one
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>>56142392
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Also the Giratina one doesnt seem "shiny/metallic when hit by light compared to Gardevoir. I don't know if its because of the paint misalignment (as you can see even the "trading card" text seems blurred on the Giratina) Someone please verify if I need to report the seller
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>>56142426
open it and see if the cards are fake...
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>>56142523
Here, I didn't know it's possible to get q normal card at the end, thought it would always be a holo or reverse but both reverse came before the last card. Also can someone test the code cards?
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>>56142559
if they've both got code cards and reverses it's probably legit
the qr codes work at least
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>>56128715
Every time I scroll past this thread I keep thinking the coin is a big oreo
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>>56142567
Yeah its just kinda weird, I dont think I encountered a normal card at the end before though...
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>>56142594
not sure on the collation honestly, all the sv sets have a plain energy at the end
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>vintage cards crashed
Fucking lol
i tried to warn you people but you have to follow FOMO and be a discord normie right.

Vintage went popular just because of Logan Paul and after trend is over it's over.
Only old normie boomers care about vintage cards because of "muh childhood" but you cant circlejerk them forever

Pokemon card collecting is far more complicated than just "BUY BUY BUY BECAUSE EVEREBODY DOES".
PS:
same shit happened to 150
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>>56143443
how much of it do you think is covid handout collectors liquidating cause they need the money?
if supply is massively up, i suspect that's it
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>>56143443
>Only old normie boomers care about vintage cards because of "muh childhood" but you cant circlejerk them forever
You certainly can, lmfao.
Not to mention, normie boomers are really just millennials. As they get more disillusioned with life and acquire more money as they age (in this economy?) they will R E T V R N to vintage cards.

Just look at how propped up vintage baseball cards are. I don't expect pokemon cards to ever reach their prices, but just look at the trends. People are paying millions for cards of people they've never seen play or know nothing about. At least you can see charizard in contemporary media.
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>>56143594
There's a good chance, lol.

Hey this is great, I have some vintage I still need.
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>>56143443
>"vintage has crashed!"
>it's remained stable for 3 years
>most cards are up 2-5x relative to pre-hype levels
Not sure I see a problem unless you were one of those retards highlighted in [pic related].
Even if you were one of the dopes who bought in the middle of the pandemic hype, it's not as though you've lost your shirt. The dude in the video is doing some retarded sleight of hand when he compares a single ludicrous sale to average sale prices today. In reality, most people were buying this Jolteon for 300-450 bucks, not $1200, and now they're selling them for 250-350. Things are only truly cataclysmic if you're that One Dude who bought a card for double what it was selling for even during the 2020 rush, or if you """invested""" a massive amount of capital in the middle of the hype.
Anyhow, I'm glad I bought all my vintage 1st eds years before the speculators came into the hobby.
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Would you kagemaru himeno? Also what do you think of her art?
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>>56144316
i wish i had a cute japanese gf to build a family with and love forever.....
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>>56144387
Same
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>>56144316
good cute artist
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>>56144316
i would practically any japanese woman
also her vintage art is unreal, some of the most memorable and iconic stuff of the time. shame about her super sleek modern output. feels like she's lost her identity a bit
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>>56144387
>>56144394
>>56144397
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>>56144404
>also her vintage art is unreal, some of the most memorable and iconic stuff of the time.
Yeah, her persian and jigglypuff from Jungle are iconic with those great colours.
Here's a recent Himeno purchase of mine (magnemite). It's still super colourful, though not as saturated as her earlier work.
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>>56144404
There was probably something lost in the transition to digital working becoming the norm
I was just looking through my albums and I found this one, I have absolutely no idea why this art is so tilted, odd layout choice
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>>56144936
I mean the art on the card, not my inability to upload photos correctly
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>>56144316
for me it's kirisaki
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>>56145151
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>>56145151
post her best card
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My new favorite card
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>>56146795
You know it's fake right?
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Mail day. The Persian is absolutely gorgeous.
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>>56146820
its not lmao
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>>56146893
what the fuck is that eevee
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>>56147163
Sun and moon promo Eevee GX, also knows as Tardvee. I love and I want to own it in every language. I have no idea how it was approved. English pic was posted upthread.
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haven't followed the cards in years, what's the deal with 151 and why is it so hyped up?
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>>56147729
KANTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
to both
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well someone got a steal recently
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>>56147729
Kanto anniversary edition + investors think they can make a killing.
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>>56148596
>inb4 seller cancels the sale
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>10
again
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>>56150019
i'll show off my latest tomorrow if the mail doesnt jew me again
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>>56150019
I'm a player that only just started collecting so I don't have much to show. I've just been lurking. Anyway if I need to show something pic related is one of my favorites that I've had for a while. The art is nostalgic and the holo foil looks nice. Nothing too impressive but I really like it. I need to get some of those stands like you anons use to display your cards. Anyway I'll try to start bumping us occasionally.
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>>56148596
It's not a steal, it's what auctions look like when they aren't shilled.
The vast majority of auctions are shilled by a dude using his gf's account or his best friend does it for him.
Card value is inflated 40% by pervasive shilling.
Who the fuck is bidding up an item DAYS before the auction ends, literally no one but a shill bidder and some novice at best.
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>>56151243
what? lmao
check out the solds
20 other listings for £80, one listing as pictured
get your head out your ass

>>56150258
Nice card anon
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>>56150258
It's a nice one, I like the nostalgic cards as well.

>>56150344
I love this one, the artstyle is kawaii as fuck.
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>>56151856
a wonky one I picked up
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>>56152125
>ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED
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>>56150709
I love those cards, gen 4 pokemon with gen 3 card design. Wish we could go back to simpler times....
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Got some returns from PSA. not gonna lie i think they changed their grading standards. to get a 10 you must be completely flawless. i sent in plenty of really good shit with 1 minor flaw and they immediately downgraded it to a 9. meanwhile i double check whats arleady been graded on eBay of the same card. it has a 10 while looking worse than what i just got back.
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>>56151729
The auctions set the perceived standard for the buy it now price
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>>56154702
Standards change all the time, it feels like every couple months people flipflop from it being tough grading to easy grading and back again.
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Good memories of these topps cards. We rarely collected them as kids because we knew they weren't the "real" cards and would always prefer WotC. But I always enjoyed reading the text flavour on the back.
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>>56154702
Just bust open the 9s and resubmit, it's just a gamble, they'll regrade it as a 10 eventually.
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>>56134869
>>56134664
One thing people don't really talk about is the cultural context of 3D in the early 2000s. Everything was becoming 3D, and 2D was becoming kinda "childish". I remember being like 8 and thinking 3D was for big kids, and 2D was for babies. Gaming was trending towards a goth edginess. Think about all those risque magazine ads for games, the PS3 commercials, hell Nintendo got in on it with Twilight Princess and SSBB. The 3D models at the time were kinda grotesque and ugly, along with the sinister shadows and framing they got. Pulling an ex made you feel like you pulled an edgy, dark version of the Pokemon.
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>>56151856
I been told this card is poorly centered to hell. Not worth getting graded
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>>56155622
cool foil textures
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>>56133605
SOVL reader
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>>56155522
Puff, the magic Drampa lived by the sea...
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>>56155622
It's fine, wym
Also PSA don't give a shit about centering
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285950756414
"HP"
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>>56139829
if you
open a pack of cards
and let it hiss
and release the gas inside the card pack
are you really a collector?
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>>56156562
Nice hiss
Alright, let's get these into the bulk drawer
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Mail time, let's see if I can pull anything
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>>56156876
Very decent overall I would say
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>>56156931
Love the Froslass and Munkidori
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>>56156941
Yeah that froslass is really ominous!
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>>56156931
very nice pulls anon. if you had gotten okidogi instead of froslass, you could've gotten the whole trio set.
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>Stellar Miracle is adding 151 alt arts
I will now buy your chandelier head set.
Why did they leave out the Charizard though? I bet it ends up being a promo for an ETB or some shit.
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>>56156931
2nd loyalest post ITT, good showing anon
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>>56158059
we already know the promo for Stellar Crown ETB tho (it's noctowl)
Maybe they're saving it for a box or tin, yea
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>>56158059
oh, wasn't the charmander an ETB promo already? from obsidian flames
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lol rip to those completing master sets of 151
they just keep adding new promos
theres even the new 151 pikachu and eevee promos with a gold stamp on their artworks
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>>56129220
Claim package got lost and you never got the card, get a refund, buy the dip, win at life.
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>>56159188
These jews rly said "use cheap holo layers, no one'll notice the difference" to save on printing KEK!
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>>56159232
Or just suck it up like a normal person instead of being an asshole.
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>>56159188
Nobody cares about the holo
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>>56159252
this is some next level cope
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>>56159188
>he doesn't polish his holos
ngmi
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>>56159232
Heres the trick. You CAN claim a stolen/missing package ONCE and ebay will just refund you. But if you do it again they will be super suspicious and more than likely you will lose the case. This is where you can force a chrageback through your credit card/bank. You get banned after but fuck it lol. This is how I got my 2 most expensive cards(both valued at £500) and no I dont regret lol investards deserve far worse. I am gonna do it again when my new account gets to 100 or so feedback. Just remember ABC(ALWAYS BE CHEATIN')
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>>56159600
Just tank your credit rating bro, totally worth it
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>>56159252
The amount of people that bring the foiling up and complain about it seems to go against your claim.
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>>56158425
Charmander got fucked.
Bulbasaur & Squirtle got the 151 treatment but Charmander got the obsidian flames treatment.
They did the mander dirty.
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>>56159188
if you really were buying for art. you wouldnt be buying pokemon cards. you would be buying something like Fleer Wolvering Ultra.
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>>56129162
Anyone know how to get base set Charizard in good condition for cheap?

(Less than $500)
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>>56160332
???
But I like pokemon creatures? Wtf kind of statement is this?
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>>56128715
what would you value the antichrist chansey card?
also. why does PSA waste digits so much.
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>>56160332
English cucks are reaching peak copium levels
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>>56160562
Theft
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>>56160562
you can get a graded 5 or 6 for $200
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>>56155803
I still wonder why they never capilized on amiibowith pokemon cards
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>>56161939
Likely the cost. With over 1000 creatures, and each of those pokemon likely to have anwhere from 1-10 prints with different art and also factoring different rarities, it doesn't work financially for the company. Also, the price of packs right now is already stupid, can you imagine them going up an extra $2 a pack for amiibo capability? Yea, no thanks. Personally I'm surprised they haven't tried amiibo support and brought back the trading figure game, given the climate of modern pokemon games at large, it would literally print them money.
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>>56161939
they did RFID with animal crossing cards right? but those were credit card style
is printable RFID a thing? if it is, it's a matter of time
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZj4mDpX5f4&ab_channel=GengarousCollectibles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLWeWPYNywo&ab_channel=FOX4Dallas-FortWorth
Give them back Jamal/Pedro.
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>>56162722
>not paying attention to the binder directly in front of him
Dumbass.
>baseball
Don't care.
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>>56129211
Crazy how we got next to none of the Vending promos over here except for a fistfull of random WOTC promos.
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>>56162559
you can just buy 1902837901872637091786 blank rfid chips/cards/tokens etc on amazon and program them yourself, that's how amiibo "piracy" works
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>try to look up pictures of reshiram & zekrom gx cause im trying to buy
>only get outdated actual tcg strategy videos

>try to look up how to make mix in terazard into other meta decks
>literally only get videos about shadowless charizard

why are you guys like this. Anyway, how easy is it to tagteam spot fakes? Are they awful in quality and therefore easy to spot?
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>>56163969
buy gumshoos cards & hold
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>NA
Not my problem
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>>56163969
If SHTF nobody would be in the market for something so illiquid as pokemon cards lmao
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>>56164095
how did the japs know?
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>>56164111
wat do u suggest to protect your pokemon cards
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Love me some Sugimori
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>>56164520
ultra pro 100ct penny sleeves
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>>56164111
kek
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You faggots made me schizophrenic over centring
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>>56165586
that's only an issue with eng cards due to the bad quality control.
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>>56165586
i've seen psa 10s with the most awful centring
if it bothers you, buy a copy that's centred
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>>56164533
Neat
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>>56165586
Skill issue.
Just don't care so much.
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>>56167616
>>56169358
You into Holon lore?
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>>56169651
Yeah, why?
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Mail day
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>>56170256
nice shaymin and cool mousepad
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>>56171374
thanks man, it's a John Avon artwork
As for the shaymin, i should hope so, it wasn't cheap lmao
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>>56169704
I still have no fuckin idea how tjey managed to squeeze all that text onto Ho-oh without messing with the card art, while the Rocket's Mewtwo from Gym Challange neededit's artwork squashed down to fit the attack text.
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>>56159188
English cards look nice on their own but damn, once you see Japanese ones in person it's hard to go back. Too bad I came to this realization as late as I did, but hey at least the SV era is pretty cheap for the most part, so my little replacement project is a little less retarded than it could've been.
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>>56169704
Ho-oh clears lugia. Anyone that says otherwise are weird fetishists attracted to lugia.
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>>56171598
wat do u use to protect your cards with can someone link me a Amazon ca link
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>>56171443
The Ho-oh is just better designed / more compact. There's a shitload of empty space on the Mewtwo.
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>>56169704
>Friend had a first edition lugia
>He gave it and his other pokemon cards to his 6 year old kid as playthings
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>>56172468
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Be free my son
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How often do you all buy generic booster packs as opposed to deliberately buying individual cards?
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>>56173441
there is no deal in the modern market.
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What set should I invest in and why is it Crown Zenith?
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>>56173441
It's fun to open boosters, but it probably makes more sense to buy the ones you want.
I'll probably buy some boosters for my nephews as gifts though, they still appreciate the cards beyond investor meta.
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anons i stopped caring about japanese 151 when i saw RAW MasterBall Gengar going for $400+
it made me pissed off (that i missed my chance) and i stopped following.

now i see it's around $100-200
what the fuck happened??
i might get PSA9 just to get it secure in a case cause it can be found for less than 200.
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>>56174996
They're still printing 151 over there.
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>the terapagos SAR from stellar miracle might be removed from the set and put in a UPC for western release
Fuck
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>>56174996
my nigga, I implore you to remember that you absolutely do not need any of this shit at all
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Like this new artist, especially the Poliwag.
>>56174996
Why would anyone want their Gengar in a Master Ball, how is everyone sleeping on Master Ball Mewtwo?
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>>56175462
Are you serious? What the fuck. I guess I'm the retard for buying English.
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I love GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLDDDDDD
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>>56176634
its in better condition than the other 3 PSA 10s listed on eBay. PSA is straight trippin.
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>>56176634
Silver is better.
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>>56176634
>>56176692
doesnt matter
still a 9 and will never be worth as much as a 10, even a shitty one
anything else is pure cope
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>>56177314
TFW you are a better grader than people that get paid to be one.
COPE.
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>"Here's that near mint card, bro!"
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>>56177706
Unless it says 10 in the corner, it doesn't matter.
Cope.
>b b b but my 9 looks nicer than some 10s!!!
Cope lmfao
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>>56178288
yeah. but you too just wrote a bunch of shit that you too claim is the "truth".
but im just not blind.
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Wish me luck boys
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>>56178719
Good luck, Anon!
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>>56173441
I buy 1 ETB of every set because I think the etb boxes look nice and I can use them as storage. That's as far as I go when it comes to buying packs.



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