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>>562138041st for Digikino, get mogged Pokechuds
>still buying modern
>year 2024>still no way for me to store my hardback top loaders in a three ring binder with all the normal cards in the set
>>56213884Good thing everything is labelled, I wouldn't have deciphered this comic without them!
https://sys.4chan.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pokebeach.com%2F2024%2F07%2Fbattle-partners-set-to-release-in-japan-in-january-return-of-owners-pokemon
>>56213881https://www.amazon.com/TURKRA-Topload-Binder-Standard-Holders/dp/B09DJQH2BHis the first result on google for "top loader 3 ring binder".What exactly is your issue?
Once I complete team rocket I'll be done collecting, which will be bittersweet but I can't just keep blowing money on silly stuff endlessly
>>56213998You’ve got a long way to go. Not one of those is first edition. Could’ve saved yourself the money and skipped the unlimited — save yourself the upgrade fee.
>>56213998Average binder collector
>>56214027nah I'm not worried about it, although the non holos in my team rocket set actually are 1st ed just because they were barely more expensive than unlimited so I was like what the heck. Base set through fossil is all unlimited also. Unlimited is pretty much all I had as a kid so it's more nostalgic for me anyway, which I came to discover is all I really care about
>>56214136yes
>>56214252Behold my E3 Pikachu I got from my own copy of Nintendo Power as a kid. One day some faggot stole it from me but by some miracle I found out so I stole it back
>>56214282theres no reason to lie here anon.
>>56214297I'm not lying, fuck that kid. My E3 Pikachu was my prized possession because I knew almost no one else had oneAnyways here's my Machamp that I kept sealed for 25 years and counting
>>56214297I even still have the issue :)
>>56214282Do I have an e3 pikachu?
>>56214342That’s a fun bit of ephemera, anon!
>>56213804man i really want those sleeves and History Gate card
>>56214215How can you tell what edition cards are? I have a load of older cards but they're back at my dad's house so I can't post a picture for reference I'm afraid.
the economics of modern sets are insane. the rarest most desirable cards in base set have a 2% pull rate, the cost of completing the set would have been about two booster displays. these newest set include a bunch of holos but the rarest cards have a pull rate of around 1/850. just completing one of the many sets they release every year is out of reach for children
>>56214689theres a stamp bottom left of the art up until neo destiny
Just ordered a bundle off PC to get the Eevee and Pikachu promos.Never got something like this before what do you guys think about them?Think they’ll be worth anything or just a couple cool cards for my binder?
>>56214887sucks to be them thenAs an adult with an income, rare shinies are great
>>56215367it makes sense considering how many investors there are now, i just hope it stays fun for kids. without their future nostalgia the investment scheme falls flat too.
>>56215605Idgaf about invooooosting, I just like collecting cool cardsif they hold their value great, if not, I paid what I was willing for the cards I have
>>56214342>>56214282I don't really care for Pikachu all that much, but E3 Pikachu is one of my favorite cards because it's a reminder of how absolutely fantastic being a Nintendo fan and having a subscription to Nintendo Power was in the 90s.
Looks like trainer gallery cards are coming back, about time:https://www.pokebeach.com/2024/07/battle-partners-set-to-release-in-japan-in-january-return-of-owners-pokemon
>>56215605>i just hope it stays fun for kids. without their future nostalgia the investment scheme falls flat too.Shouldn't be a problem, it may even be stronger. For current boomers Pokemon cards are "that thing I did as a kid." For the kids now Pokemon cards will be "that thing I did as a kid with my mom or dad also"
>>56216132oh, I always mix up the E3 and Poketour Pikachu, then i get excited thinking i've got some rare, expensive card in the E3 promo.
>>56213884>2021>latest fadkelly be slipping
>>56216366these comics are about as funny as glandular fever
damn how does Zeraora always get the best art?
>>56216161Sounds like full blown Owner's Pokémon to be honest.
>>56213804what happened to 1997?
>>56216639It is but you just know the ARs and SARs are gonna feature the trainer as well.
>>56216717Oh yeah 100 percent, TCPI likes money.
>>56213804Seems a bit fuckin retarded that half this "deck" consisted of Energies, also Blend Energy (P, R, G, D) seems like a wierd choice for 2012 when they could have featured a Dragon Type Pokémon like, just spitballing here, the Shiny Rayquaza from BW Dragon Blast. Also XY being represented by a generic Electric Energy is absolutely fucking Abysmal when Xerneas and Yveltal EX were right there, they could have even used the Full Art version of Xerneas to differentiate it from the Celebrations version.
>>56216543>Digimon Digital Monsters>Digimon are the Champions
>>56214887When did this obsession over completing sets begin?Who the fuck cares about that? I surely didn't when I was a kid. I just wanted the cards I thought were cool.Who says you have to complete a set or that it's something you're supposed to do? It sounds very entitled of you to assume such. Yeah, it's harder to complete a set, get over it.
>>56217070when I was a kid I'm pretty sure I was basically trying to complete the pokedex, but really since I had no money I was just trying to get any card I could get my hands on and depended entirely on my mom's willingness to buy me packs
People are dumping all this money into all these flashy special arts of dumb pokemon they don't even really likeThe market will retvrn to tradition in time mark my words. Short Teal Mask Ogerpon, short Sinistcha, long PIkachu, long Charmander
>>56217070Only ever felt the urge to complete the set with 151 but still own not even a single SAR. Picrel will be the only MB Holo in my collection.You really have to fight the autism sometimes. When you notice you‘re about to buy cards you don’t even care about just to complete some kind of a pattern you created in your head take some deep breaths.
>>56217209>dude I gotta spend $50 on this gotta have itget yourself together man
>>56217215>>56217209ogerpon is a wildly popular mon and the teal mask is the form you find it inof course the first SIR of it, ever, is expensive
>>56217224>ogerpon is a wildly popular mon
>>56214563Fake
>>56217224Ogerpon is NOT wildly popular. Its just fucking meta rn in the tcg.
>>56217224Yeah but the card is ugly
>>56216890Ironically that illustrator worked on the Digimon TCG before this.
>>56217252the promo from the ETB looks loads better
>>56217438The swirls on both are so neat. Mini-whirlpool in the water or a shiny sprout, which do you prefer?
>>56217329I just realised Zeraora looks a lot like Pulsemon(?) too.
>>56216429silence, cretin
Are these poygeman cards worth anything?
How about this one?
>>56217834Beautiful card anon, just noticed the doduo and hitmonchan. And I think those are pika ears?
>>56217070When did the obsession with completion begin in the Catch ‘Em All franchise? It’s always been there, and we might think the set numbers on the cards themselves incentivize a completionist approach. I always liked full sets as a kid, and I do now, too. Thank god I don’t collect modern, though. Those 200-300 card sets seem like a fucking nightmare to collect.
>>56218032There’s a whole set of Komiya Machop cards. The Machoke is carrying a bunch of pokemon over a river or some such if I recall.
>>56216161>trainer gallery cardswack
>>56218340Not just trainer gallery, Trainer’s Pokemon (Lance’s Charizard, Brock’s Cocks, N’s Word)
>>56218596>N’s WordNow I really want to see a N's Unown card. Damn you.
>>56218495these old Komiya cards are GOATed with the sauce
My LCS has the Carmine SAR. Please convince me not to buy it. How long until It's a $60 card??
>>56218819Buy it in 2 years
>>56218876I probably won't be buying cards in 2 years. I don't plan on ever selling the Carmine but there's no way it doesn't drop soon right?
>>56214252>>56214256>>56214282>>56214311>unlimited LP holos>no shadowless>only gen 1another casual collector who thinks his cheap little binder is impressive
>>56219232I enjoyed looking through it, anon :)
>>56219232>no cards
>>56219232Alright, who put a penny in discount Kaiba over here?
>>56217477Maybe the left one. Selling one of them at some point since i really don't need 2
I kinda wanna collect every Egawa card
>>56213884
>>56213998>Once I complete team rocket I'll be done collecting, which will be bittersweet but I can't just keep blowing money on silly stuff endlesslyI just need to buy Rotom and Aerodactyl for my Lost Origin binder (and some reverse holos) and i will be done with it.LO Silver tempest and Crown Zenith is all i cared about
>>56217209>The market will retvrn to tradition in time mark my words.i remember such words during the middle of Sword and Shield.just TWOO WEEKS
>>56217070>When did this obsession over completing sets begin?>Who the fuck cares about that?i doSoon i will own an ACTUALLY complete master set of Lost Origin.i own cards nobody knows about.>who caresPeople who like cards?It's about what you like. Not about what "people care" you post 2020 logan paul craze normie.
>>56218703>N’s Unknown & Unknown & Unknown Tag Team Ex>Abillity: NIG…
>>56220118v-union card
>>56220035Promos are part of various promos sets. A McDonald’s reprint or whatever isn’t part of the Lost Origin “master set” or whathaveyou
>>56220035>Agonizing over all that crap in the imageCouldn't be me
I don't usually buy cards or boxes, but every once in awhile I get the craving. Assuming I'm stopping at target later today, is there any specific product I should look out for?
>>56220155>Promos are part of various promos sets. A McDonald’s reprint or whatever isn’t part of the Lost Origin “master set” or whathaveyou>source-my assWhy are you saying this bullshit? You clearly dont know anything about master sets nor you care. >complete setA complete set according that booklet they insert in ETB cases>master seta set uncluding literally ALL cards that have the set-icon at the corner.>>56220214>owning a master set>Couldn't be mecope
>>56220437autism>>56220429if you just want cool pulls try and get something with crown zenith in
>>56220460>autism lol im better than youSaid faggot that spends money on kids animal cardboard.You are an autist because you setting this bullshit and being unaware of how juvenile your hobby is
>>56220437>He'd rather have an ulcer rather than just enjoying his cardsYou do you i guess
What lol>collect pokemon cards>don't understand why people finish master setsWhat the fuck is this normie shit
>>56220474I'm neither of the anons in that conversation. I didn't say I was better than that guy, I just think having a meltdown over others' definitions of a master set is complete autismIdgaf what he wants to collect or not. You do you
>>56220476>rather than just enjoying his cardsthat's exactly why i complete my master set?are you retarded
>>56220480>meltdownI just told what master set is, autismo
>normie poorfags seething of anons being able to finish sets they likelmao
>>56220487binders should be fun, not a way to wave your dick aroundstop being obnoxious
>>56220494Based.
>>56220437>You clearly dont know anything about master sets nor you care.You're right, I don't care. But I know a few things about "master sets." I know "master set" is a meme classification, for instance.. Where we run into disputes as to which set a card should belong in (i.e. is PokeTour Pikachu part of Base set or part of some misc. stamped promo set?), I'm always defaulting to the means by which these cards are distributed. If it doesn't come out of a Base Set pack, it's not part of Base Set -- it's a promo, so it goes with the other promos.And you can appeal to nothing to legitimize your Turbo-Autism over and above my regular autism.
>>56220487imagine having this degree of autism and smugness over a lost origin binderimagine buying the $500 Denny's stamped blipbug promo instead of spending that money on something not ugly and retarded
>>56220035the gengar pre-release card is like 45 bucks gem mintand there's a colress staff/champion card for sale at my local card shoppe right now for 96 canadian funbux unless i'm missing somethign here, i hope to god you didn't buy these cards for hundreds of dollars when you first made this retarded meme
>>56216543No matter how much I stare at that card, I can't make sense of the image. It just looks like Zeraora's head and an absolute mess of limbs. Which are his arms and which are the legs? Why is there a foot sticking out on the left side of the image that is seemingly attached to nothing? I feel like I am having a stroke
>>56220437>a set uncluding literally ALL cards that have the set-icon at the corner.So the Lost Origin Pre-Release Gengar isn't part of the """master set""" then?
>>56220802yeah it took me a while to get my head around it
Master set completion is genuinely soulless npc behavior. Imagine not just buying the cards you actually like.
>>56220833lol the master set autist can't even get his own definition straight
>>56220947I don't even know why you would bother, reverse holos look worse than non-holos do these dayswho cares you collected 5 editions of jobmon common #725?
https://www.pokebeach.com/2024/07/top-100-entries-selected-for-2024s-pokemon-tcg-illustration-contestDown to the top 100
>>56220437Every single pre-release promo after Black and White Next Destinies (except for XY Base and XY Evolutions) is a black star promo, so do THEY count towards a master set?
>>56219636this illustration has to be nishidas worstwtf is that body position?
>>56220035You're just proving that anon's point though. You sound fucking entitled and out of touch if you don't realize you're in the minority.
>>56220478completing master sets and getting this worked up over them is the most normie shit around. it sounds like something on the reddit front page for updoots
>>56220487>he thinks it's about money when it only costs a few hundred bucks to master a set>he thinks a few hundred dollars is expensivelmfao anon, stop outing yourself as poor
>>56220802>>56220844honestly, kinda based.This may mean a return to older illustration styles that took liberty with pokemon poses. This is a good sign.
>>56221532>nishidas worstand that's truly saying something given her atrocious output
>>56220487i have multiple discreet cards worth more than your entire retarded """master set,""" and i'm far from the richest of richfriends who posts here
>>56221611epic larp
>>56221705lost origin's worth, what, like 600 bucks realistically?
most cringe general on 4chan
>>56221866you clearly haven't been to, say, the lego general
>>56221892You mean League of Legends or the Lego general in /toy/?
>>56221925Like the building blocks
>>56221116dude, i'm in love with all of those great absol and feraligatr pics they chose. it's a damn shame they're going to be ignored for more pikavee slop.
>Omanyte waves hello
I collected 251 using various cards from various sets. Why on earth would you give two shits if somethings from the same set unless it was E reader or first edition
>>56216429I dunno, as far as leftist humor in the post-drumph era goes they're pretty top tier. They necessarily contain a certain level of subtlety since they have to pretend to be conservative to make the joke, rather than just bludgeoning you over the head with the Correct Opinion. He occasionally does something funny. Mostly it's just "I recognize the thing!" though. Your crying liberties, obvious self-inserts, "HEH HEH HEH!"s.
>>56223266>obvious self-insertsalways great
>>56222752Hello Omanyte :)
Screwed over by PSA editionOpened some Ultra Wolverine because all I hear from you guys is that alt art determins the price. meanwhile you can get high quality art cards for a reasonable price.
>>56219232>Claim to be a fan & collector>Reject and shame the notion of collecting anything that isn't super expensive. People who collect bulk cards are considerably more based then people just collecting chase cards. You'll never get to experience opening a pack and putting all the cards into a binder because you deem them unfit.
>>56220021I hate this O face basedjak mind virus that's taken over almost every YouTube thumbnail.
>>56222290I agree that something else than Pikachu or Charizard would be great but look how adorable that nmanma Pikachu is.
