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>still buying vintage

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>still buying western

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>still buying cardboard

>>56917670
Why do they ruin the art by putting words on it?

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>still D.R.E.

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>still stealing pic-a-nic baskets

>>56917856
If you’re going to steal my joke at least give it a (you) when I posted it

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Okay...now what guys?

>still buying physical

anyone here know how to buy from pokemon center Japan to the US?

>>56918184
get a proxy service

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Mail day

>>56917670
I like ripping packs and JP sucks for that.

>>56918380
Why?

>>56918384
One hit per box and illustration rares count as a hit.

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>>56918463
that's literally not true
you get 1 SR 1 ace spec 4 exs and 3 IR all guaranteed per box
as opposed to 0 hits guaranteed for western boxes

>>56917253
Delta Ttar is so cool, I really wanted that card as a kid but sadly I never pulled it
It’s pretty expensive nowadays but maybe one day I’ll get it

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>>56918243
>mistys fat tiddy sideboob
the usa art is actually more soulful
but i would imagine eventually the market could spike for such a card
i have around 20 of them
try to target the ones without "rarity" symbol

>>56918558
>thinking of getting one of every non-promo T-tar card the last few weeks but not really look into it
>near mint of delta ex is 150+
Haha never mind.

>>56918495
Oh huh that was what I was told. Did they change it or did I get bamboozled by a confident retard?
Honestly might buy a couple of JP boxes then, they're more ETB priced anyway aren't they?

>>56918752
yeah, most of your expense is either going to be shipping (if you buy directly from japan) or markup (if you buy from a local seller)

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>cover half the card in text
what were they THINKING???

>>56919148
we need another overpowered mewtwo card.

>>56919148
This. They should be art only

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>be excited for "fullart" of pokemon
>it's 99% background

>>56919248
got yer terms wrong kiddo

daily reminder that pikachu costs nine hundred and ninety nine us dollars

>>56919248
this style of art is full of soul
makes it feel expansive
look at the SIR iron hands art

>go to Walmart after a long time
>pokemon card sections look like they've been raided. Toy section only has jirachi boxes and the general card section only has ursaluna and combines powers boxes
Who is still buying up singles for every set in stores when they're cheaper online?

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>>56919248
you seem to have posted the wrong picture friendo

>>56918752
You can get SV era boxes for about $50 per set, which is close to MSRP for an ETB. You get 150 cards in a JP box. You technically get about as many in an EN ETB, but that number includes the Energy cards.

>>56919741
$30-$40 is more like it if you know where to look. Unless the set is brand new, then it may be a couple bucks more.

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>still grading cards

>>56919248
>>56919714
These are cool though. It looks like art you'd see in a field journey. Always liked the safari aspect of Pokémon.

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Going to Japan next month for 2 weeks and will be going to Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Sapporo and Kyoto Pokemon Centers. What should I look at TCG wise?

>>56917702
What did he mean by this?

>>56917740
How else will people know the name of the pokemon and its traits related to the trading card game?

>>56918380
No. Why do you like ripping packs? It's cheaper to just buy every card in the set than to rip packs to get space wasting cards you're better off shredding than holding on to.

>>56920449
A wife

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>>56920547
Bro why is everyone trying to curse me with the burden of a partner. Friends, Coworkers, Family, random fucking people telling me im going to find my partner over there. Don't put that shit on me.

>>56920449
event cards. they have some kind of deal where you spend X amount of cash you get an exclusive card that can only be obtained in the pokemon center.

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>>56920557
Are they region specific or shared among all the stores?

>>56920553
Based as fuck, personally I value my own autonomy far more than having a girlfriend or wife

when are they going to restock prismatic evolutions on pc?

>>56919714
trying to get the joke of this card but I guess there is no punchline on top of coming from a talentless artist

>>56920884
>>56920421

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>>56919714
>poopsidian flames

>>56920917
im not going to tell you exactly what to buy. but know your price range, do a litttle research on what is actually popular (not ever set is for one reason or another). im hesitant myself to buy pokemon product because i think about how much sealed stuff is out there that i feel long run will just drop in price due to the abundance thats out there. maybe a indicator on what you should be looking for and aware of.

>>56920917
pick favorite pokemons
buy IR/SIR of favorite pokemons
if you just want to collect (not resell ever), buy japanese, it's cheaper and better quality

>>56917670
SUPERIOR NIPPON FOIRU FOLDED 1000 TIMES!

>>56917702
>That hand
Holy shit how fucking old are you you cryptkeeper ass motherfucker.
Stop posting on 4chan already you fucking 80 year old boomer.

>>56920507
They're metal

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My LGS said that tpci is likely short printing the fuck out of the eevee set, they're barely sending anything for preorders, even less than surging sparks. It's so tiresome. I'm probably going to skip it altogether desu, not worth it dealing with the scalping niggers. I just hope none of my favorite pokemon get a SIR in it

>>56920528
Its not hard to understand, people like gambling.

>>56920983
I just pulled that Larvishart out of the Obshitian Flames booster that was in my Iono Collection
I'm thinking of putting it alone in the middle of its own page in a binder

>>56921723
maybe you can smear poo in the other compartments on the page... don't forget to sleeve it :-D

>>56921723
Put it in a page surrounded by garbodor and trubbish

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>>56921794
I think it'd be appropriate to surround it with picrel

Can I just walk into my local store and get cash for some low-value cards (around $15 on TCGtrader)? I can't be bothered to sell them myself but I don't want them either.

>>56922039
Honestly it really depends on the store, the ones around here either don't buy bulk or buy it at an extreme discount.
It probably really depends if your store deals in singles in the first place.

>>56922039
Mine will buy them at 30% less than market value

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I can't wait for more Rirrie cards, bros.

>>56922039
Usually less for cash than if you choose store credit.

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man, those were the days

>>56922582
i sometimes regret not collecting cards back in 2010. i had money to spend and i could have been doing it back then.

>>56921006
>>56921090
I've decided to go for a Pokedex for now, are there any gen-specific boxes?

>>56922971
go to pokellector. its an online catalog of all the sets. look up 151. its a set alot of people are buying.
in fact i should have told you that at first.

>>56921194
Well yeah, they did it with evolving skies as well
no nice things for anyone

>Surging Sparks booster boxes going for $20+ extra online
>check local shops, sold out mostly everywhere
>find one place they're in stock
>want $220 for it
l m a o

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I miss when full arts were good.

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>>56923062
What went wrong with swordshield

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curbstompin mankey

>>56918380
how on earth does jp suck for pulling when you get less chaff and more packs?
you are utterly deranged

>>56922288
I hope you get AIDS you fucking faggot

I can never find jap packs worth the shipping cost thoughever. I want to test the meme and see if they are better.

>>56923193
Rude post
>>56921100
Also rude post

>>56923216
just buy a box it's like £35

Anyone know where I can get toploaders for the oversized cards?

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>>56917702
wtf I have the same hand. I almost bought a metal card of Giovanni's Scheme, but it had a tiny chip in it

>>56917904
now you buy lugia ex

>>56923191
Not him, but for me it's literally harder to rip open JP packs in a way that keeps the package mostly whole, compared to EN where I can peel it open at the top like a bag of chips.

>>56923524
Yeah they are tougher, I usually just use scissors

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there is no reason for pokemon cards to be so expensive when japanese are so cheap. If you buy western you are letting them scam you

>>56923627
>western packs have shitty holo odds even during WoTC era
>japan gets holo every single pack
>theme decks give nothing useful whatsoever
>japan gets misty tiddy art and cute boxes\art

even china\korea get better promos and shit than usa
its fucking over

Anyone here ever gotten 3 SRs or higher in a jap box?

>>56923068
>lazy backgrounds
>shit texturing
>shit pokemon renders
>V sucks ass
>more common than BWXY era full arts so not as special
EX full arts and trainer full arts back then were so cool looking.

>>56923697
I've had 2 but never 3

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>>56923746
>modern cards are fucking hideous
yes

>>56923761
Yeah 2 is maybe 20-25% of boxes.

>>56923627
Retard investors ruin it.
Genuinely don't understand how they can't see how fucking artificial the value is. Sealed cases of old shit is worth a fortune because nobody thought to keep it, meanwhile there are basements and storage units FULL of unopened modern shit.

INVEST IN REAL ACTUAL STOCKS OR PRECIOUS METAL AND STOP RUINING EVERY FUCKING HOBBY

>>56923790
>muh game pieces
>they MUST sell to at a LOSS!!!
sounds like you are looking for someone else to blame for your retarded life choices
tcg player has sealed booster boxes all day pick your poison

>I SIMBLY CANNOT PAY $20 above what i perceive the value to be!!!
then you are retarded

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>>56923790
I already did
diversification my nig

Childrens cards are replacing the fine art meme, its like buying renaissance paintings with less price manipulation bullshit. Literally the best physical investment next to precious metals. Absurd priced paintings are too hard to value, just because the artist had one famous piece someone will sell you a canvas of shit for thousands. Meanwhile there are countless zards on the market easy to measure and always ready to trade.
Plus they ship cheaper too.

I hate investors because every time a new set comes out it's always
"Holy shit to the moon 300 dollar chase sold out everywhere!!"
Followed by
"Oh god oh fuck the bubble is bursting oh god I'm ruined"
And then
"BACK TO THE MOON BABY BUY BUY BUY THE TCG IS SAVED"
I'm doing a lot of paraphrasing but I think you get the idea.

>>56923627
I don't mind buying smaller english sealed bundles when they got a promo I like and want (like the Kingdra/Greninja Shrouded Fable ones) and aren't too pricey, but buying English booster boxes seems insane

>>56923987
If you find the price talk annoying it makes sense I guess.
I feel like >>56923817
is right though, most "investor hate" is just retards hunting for a boogeyman.
>"houses are too expensive because there are too many rentalfags and investorfags buying them!"
As if the homogenous blob called investors came in and conspired to keep them from getting a Lillie card.

most investor hate seems outbranched from scalper hate when the two are kind of completely opposite. Scalpers are why you can't find the set on day 1, investors are why you can find the set in 10 years. Yes it is going to cost more, supply and demand. Demand will find a place to stay steady while supply while constantly be decreasing.

>>56924209
Love that card

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I've been opening so many packs lately that I've started using a dedicated garbage bag to hold all my Pokemon wrappers and discarded boxes. I am a true collector

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Where tf can I buy a Japanese booster box?

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>>56924355
uhmm maybe check buyee.jp, or I would guess TCG player has them

>>56924366
Okay I'm actually an idiot I'll get them off of TCGPlayer

>>56924355
I'll help you out since you posted Iris. Grandadscards.shop has the lowest prices I've seen for a domestic seller. Also no taxes but a small shipping fee. Incandescent arcana is the only set that you can find lower in other stores. Pokejpn is also good and no taxes nor shipping if you buy enough.

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>>56924355
God I wish we had sexier/cuter Iris cards. All her cards are pretty dull. Anyone ever bought fake cards for waifus or whatever? A custom one with that image could be nice.

>>56924221
also logan paul was a fucking INFLUENCER more than anything. Like "casual gamer" is thrown around, some simply use "investor" as a boogeyman term for buyers they dislike.

>>56924854
this is a very troubling thumbnail

>>56924796
>they put dr manhattan's spunk on a card

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>>56917253
>Japanese version of the Extra Battle Day Lillie goes for an exorbitant amount
>the much cheaper Traditional Chinese version from the Dreams Come True B set is STILL way too retarded of a price
Welp, guess I'll have to get it the old fashioned way by gamblemaxxing, already ordered three sealed boxes of that set, should arrive in like a week. Supposedly the pull rate for full art trainers is 1/6 boxes so my odds aren't the worst here.

>inb4 I pull the Guzma full art
Wouldn't be mad about that if I didn't already get it as a single at an earlier point.

>>56924960
I don't really condone gambling, but still, good luck fren

>>56924995
is there ANY set worth opening?

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>>56918589
kawayoo is really good and creating a cool composition within the standard illustration borders.
Not something that all illustrators can do.
Also, I love their style.

>>56925000
Moneywise? Not at all, unless you have psychic powers to look inside and see a rare.

>>56925000
Any set with decent EV for which packs aren't too expensive I suppose
>>56925312
Cute AND panoramic

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>missed out on all the Prismatic preorders

>Terapagos and Friends is Jumbo-only
Fucking why?

>>56925475
Feels like people jumped on all of it faster than usual, then again maybe everyone is expecting it to be the next Evolving Skies because Eevees.

>>56925608
I'm hoping a normal sized one arrives in January with the Eevvee set.

I want to rip open like 100 packs in one sitting just to have done it.

>>56925361
fite me irl

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>>56925689
I wouldn't because I feel like I need to upload every card I pull into online database and it takes me forever. Most I've done is about 40

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>>56925766
Holy shit bros. Deal of the century

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>see booster pack in the store
>get influenced by the new pokemon tcg app and buy one for the first time in years
>pulled this and a full art arbok
nice, I'm now back in.

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>>56925959
Are they allergic to making good full arts now

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>>56926012
It's definitely an ugly card, I'm more happy that I can sell it for 25AUD which is 4x as much as I paid for the booster pack itself.

I'm keeping the Arbok though.

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Are there any cards with Molly?

>>56926459
Nope.

>>56926459
No. The promo cards for Movie 3 are the best you're going to get.

>>56925361
I still haven't bought all prism cards. They were released shortly after I got into the game, planning on buying them all someday.

>>56917670
>can't read the cards he owns

Retard

>>56917904

Why do these gook morons this anyone wants a to look up a pokemon's arsehole

>>56923762

Your ugly, boring old shit will be worthless soon, boomer

>>56926724
>he doesn't have N3 minimum
出来ない

>>56925007
Second favourite artist after Egawa. Third is probably kantaro or Teeziro. Or good 'ol Arita.

>>56925475
>>56925618

Goyim are retarded fucking lemmings.

>>56925007
>"their style"

Are you that boomer on YouTube, 'saturninebear'?

Is the artist male or female, faggot?

>>56926756

あなたは男色な肛門舐めっ子です

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Why are the japs letting faggots ruin pokemon?

>>56926805

And yet stupid fucks will lap that goyslop up, because jewtube told them to

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>>56926812
Men dont buy faggot cards. women do. thats why pikachu is 600 dollars. nobody is buying or cares about trannyzard.

>>56926818
Lmao yes the ever present female tcg streamers

>>56926818
>pikachu's arsehole pointing straight at the viewer

Faggots (/furries) is exactly who's buying that card

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>>56926827

>>56925618
My LGS had preorders opened for just 2 days and with the caveat of 1 ETB max. He's literally losing money for this because the resident whale would have bought 20 etbs minimum. TPCI is likely just shortprinting the set.

>>56923512
Not an official metal card

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>>56923987

>>56924221
They're both commodifying a children's game.

Any one here has ever bought chinese packs?
Wondering if it's better to buy the smaller packs or the jumbo packs

>>56924995
Thanks, bro, hopefully it works out. If not then it is what it is, I know the risk.

>>56925000
GOAT zenith

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>>56923817
>>56924200
Gee I wonder who could be behind this post

>>56926782
>Is the artist male or female, faggot?
He probably just doesn't know, I don't either. kawayoo isn't exactly a real name, you know?

>>56926782
'their' is a perfectly good pronoun for either gender you ESL fuckwit

30 seconds of research and you would find the artist is Kawaguchi Yoohei a guy
no it's far better to be wrong and ignorant here

>>56926724
>he doesn't know the names of the character just from the design alone
fake fan
>Verification not required.

>>56927410
I especially like this card due to the rule of texture not being allowed on a 'mons eyes, so it has lots of texture-less patches

>>56927410
I dunno why this card is so highly vaunted, sure it's a unique art style but its a bit mid

>>56927412
Dog shit pull rates driving prices up maybe?

>>56927412
It's a nice, fun card with good composition, it gives out some slight Ancient Mew vibes, but most importantly. it doesn't have the FUCKING GAY CRYSTALS

>>56927412
there's nothing else to pull in stellar crown, poopy set that's only salvaged by the 2 kantoooooo starters they put in

>>56927411
I noticed this, did they ever state why? It makes cards look good but still

>>56927461
Oh man I hope they improve the odds soon because if the next set has 30+ Special illustration Rares like I'm seeing and the rate stays at one in sixty-five packs (or whatever it is) then my wallet is FUCKED

>>56927832
I'm sorry. Either skip it or buy singles.

>>56927825
It works as a way to tell apart fake from real cards as fake textured cards cover the entire art. I don't know if they intended this or not though

>>56927837
I do buy singles and my wallet is fucked because prices will probably be high for them with current pull rates.
Add to that it's a special set so you don't have booster boxes... oi vey

>>56927470
Praying the gen 10 gimmick isn't as fucking obnoxious as the gay hats

>>56927865
>megas
>giga(ntamax)s
>teras
we're looking at a petamorphosis or some shit

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>>56917253
Thoughts on the newly revealed SAR's from Terastal Festival ex? Comments on PokeBeach are claiming this set won't have regular ARs at all, not sure where they're getting that from but assuming that's true what the fuck are they giving us in their place? Shiny Treasure ex had the baby shiny Pokemon for guaranteed hits in the reverse holo slot.

https://www.pokebeach.com/2024/11/beautiful-new-secret-rare-cards-revealed-from-terastal-festival-ex

>>56927909
>guaranteed hits
nope
>no regular ARs
been there already before trainer galleries exsted
>thoughts
my other friends card will enjoy having more friends

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>>56926782
I couldn't tell from the name and thought 'their' was fine since I didn't know.
basically this>>56927329
>>56927401
>Kawaguchi Yoohei
Yeah, I like his work. Having him come back to do the art for Hydreigon C as a reference to his work for Garchomp C was such a nice detail.
The Celebrations set has some of my favorite cards in it. It's a good anniversary set. (Even if I'm not a huge fan of the huge Pikachu stamp.)

>>56927819
this just makes me want to see if we can get more stamps on it. Like, if it gets reprinted in a Swsh, and the prerelease is in October, so they include it in the Halloween packs, so it gets the three strike stamps, the prerelease stamp, the halloween pikachu stamp, and THEN a pro uses it in a winning dick, and they sign it and they move the pikachu stamp to the upper left, so that the champion signature can be on the lower right when they sell their championship deck.

>>56927909
they look like complete ass, the terapagos is particularly embarrassing
>won't have regular ARs at all
There are at least 3 ARs (the meowth, wooper and eevee) but they are correct that going by set number there won't be much more than that
>what the fuck are they giving us in their place?
32 SIR so that it's impossible to pull the eeveelutions, enjoy ;)

>>56928011
*SV, not Swsh. Although, we're approaching new Legends Sets, probably.

>>56927909
i MIGHT pick up the Ursaluna depending on the price it goes for
Otherwise, what a tragic start for 2025

>>56928011
you forgot the 30th pika stamp when it reprints in 2 years

Why are gay people ruining pokemon?

alright I've learned my lesson. After almost a year of abstaining from ripping packs I ordered 82 Surging Sparks and pulled exactly zero SIRs or even any trainers I wanted. Should've known better.

>>56928325
Loose packs? Wouldn't a booster box been better in terms of odds?

>>56928334
two booster boxes and one ETB (so 81 packs actually). First box was hilariously awful, probably the worst I've ever opened. Second one at least had some alright normal illustration rares like Mesprit and Skarmory.

>>56928325
He buying the packs that were probably left overs of the seller that already filtered through them.

>>56924960
keep us updated, and I hope you got the right box, she is only in set B

>>56928416
I will and don't worry, I got the right one.

>>56920601
Just got back from Japan for 2 weeks and absolutely aped out on cards, there should be some scraps for you but none of the pokemon centers are having promos rn, lol they give out a QR code for the new pocket shit app and that’s it. SKYTREE has an exclusive pikachu on the tower that I saw just about everyone buy and watched them restock the shelf twice

>>56928419
ganbare riri-fan

>>56928325
Did you buy from a small time or big seller with high reputation?

>>56928424
>they give out a QR code for the new pocket shit app and that’s it
why can't we have nice things
this timeline is fucking gay

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>>56928325
evolving skies moment

>>56928429
I honestly think I just got unlucky, it's a pretty decently sized seller here in europe which I used to buy a lot from and had some decent hits in the past. But at least it put me back on the way of buying singles for now.

>>56927404
But you'll never know Vaporeon is actually named Showers, runelet.

>>56928578
Surging sparks has the same pull rates as stellar crown, but a lot more IR and SR so it's much more likely you're pulling garbage.

>>56926724
>I buy the highest rarity shiniest cards for the text
any other copes?

>>56928888
so?

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5th ETB. Let's go eiribros

>>56928419
Do you have a link to it? Im not knowledgeable about Chinese cards.

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Well. Not even a GX

>>56929016
rip anon, a-at least opening SM era cards is a cool experience haha...

How many Lana cards are there? Do they ever do cards for anime characters like Koharu?

>>56929145
take the rope

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>>56929126
I had a second ETB I wasn't planning to open but after that horrific experience, I gave in. It's something I guess.

>>56929161
I'm not a depressed fag like you sadly.

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>>56929145
>How many Lana cards are there?
Coincidentally I took a photo of every full art appearance of her today. As for normal cards there's:
>Lana
>Mallow and Lana (with a Japanese exclusive alt art promo)
>Lana's Aid/Assistance

>Do they ever do cards for anime characters like Koharu?
Besides Jessie and James who at least appeared in some of the mainline video games, not really, unless its some special promo, don't expect anything fancy like full art cards for anime only characters.

>>56929622
yellow border

>I learned my lesson about ripping
No you haven't. You TEMPORARILY learned your lesson.
It could be months. It could be years. But the urge to RIP will come back.

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>>56929962
he's just a bad collector. Real collectors open packs and get the cards they want

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my booster box of Paldea Evolved finally came in the mail. Time to open it and get closer to finishing my master set. Currently sitting at 67.7% regular and 59.6% special. Will update after I open them all

Gamestop has a pretty good deal on PE ETBs right now

>>56929622
How much would it cost to get these as singles? Id love that Wishiwashi and solo Lana cards.

>>56930340
why don't you go onto your card platform of choice and find out?

>>56929622
>JP Lana's Aid is the same price as the EN version
waifu premium is real dang

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>>56930217
Huh?

>>56930729
i assume he meant paldea evolved
prism isn't getting an ETB

>>56930758
oh whoops it is my mistake

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now sitting at 72% regular, 69.7% special

>>56931035
Did you buy it recently? How much and open it.

>>56931035
I don’t doubt that’s real, but did you do your due diligence and make sure it is?

>>56931124
2020 for $600 dollareedoos and no I have a master set.

>>56927401
Actually, they prefer as they/them according to the pronoun wiki

Jesus christ I was about to buy a nice graded card from someome and I came across a post on their page and they fucking use kurts card care on ALL their cards. Stay safe out there, no grading company can catch that shit

>>56931691
enlighten me on why I should care

>>56931691
share who it was?

>>56931691
i understood some of those words

Is Paradise Dragona a good set? I’m thinking of getting a jp display but I don’t know if spending around 50 dollars is worth it.

>>56932151
in my opinion, it's shit
only card I like from the set is Skarmory

>>56931698
It's dumb and fraudulent to use snake oil cleaning agents on the cards before submission or without disclosing because it could fuck them up sooner or later making them no longer original even if it's not currently visible.

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So now the dust has settled. When the illegals get deported and either sell or abandon their goods, how strong do you think the modern market will be? There has to be like 10k men just like him sitting on so much shit.

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>>56932489
holy lmao I can still buy shining fates below msrp... hope he enjoys sitting on that crap for another decade

>>56932549
IKR. I fomo bought and lost a couple hundred after everything bottomed out and gonna have to wait god knows how long for it to creep back up to what I originally paid for it. I usually never lose money on my purchases. But Covid and lockdowns made me believe.

>>56932647
It's yet another overhyped zard set... never trust those.

>>56932151
I bought it and pulled the $130 Lisia's Appeal, so make of that what you will. If you want pretty pictures, go for it. If you want to flip any cards... other sets have more expensive cards.

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>>56932549
It's not that great of a set yeah, but I like some of the cute commons and uncommons

What would you think if pokemon introduced lenticular super rares? (the ones where you tilt the card and the image changes)

>>56933416
personally I think they would feel cheap, but I can see them somewhere between SIRs and golds in terms of popularity and maybe under both in price

>>56933416
I wouldn't mind them as the occasional novelty promo, but not as a baseline thing

>>56933416
>pull an amazing SIR
>tilt the card
>it has a gay jewel hat on it
would be funny
depends on the gimmick I guess, a Kyogre SIR that turns Primal would be pretty cool

>>56933478
honestly now that you mention this this would be fucking sick
same for megas

>>56933478
>>56933494
ok what if we get them only as jumbo promos?

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>>56933416
Kino but I doubt it's possible? Too thick or other shit ruining their legality, like the metal cards, promo only.

>>56933578
if any card printer could make it work it would be tpc
they have the money, after all, and even their textured foils are leagues above Magic

>>56931035
Fuck this set, never pulled anything good from it.

>>56928325
>open booster box until you get a SAR
>put the rest into the reject pile
>repeat and sell off the crap pile

>>56933978
but western boxes have no guaranteed SAR pull

>>56934039
you can't tell him that the boogeyman isn't real how will he be paranoid of everyone then?

>>56934039
oh i know, someone run the EVs though, im sure it might be worth it for some sets

>>56933463
Yeah I'd prefer it over oversized cards.

Low pull rates fucking suck the only people who benefit are investorfags, hope they improve them in 2025.

>>56935158
>great pull rates in SV up til mid block
>(((someone))) complains
>start short printing blocks
>people seethe
>mass print new slop block (z-a) and it's bought out
it's really pissing easy to see what's going on

Did Mega Pinsir not get a card or am I retarded?

>>56935158
every set since they lowered pull rates has been ass anyway. Here's to hope they pull a Crown Zenith (my beloved) for the rocket set.

>>56935307
>https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pinsir_(TCG)
you're not retarded

>>56935387
Man that's so weird.
Well if Megas return in Z-A hopefully he'll finally get one.

>>56935321
I like the art rares from Twilight Masquerade.

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Old cards have become so expensive… I hate myself for not buying Gold Stars instead of opening boosters during the XY era. Now they’re unobtainable.

>>56917253
Don't understand why there's no resistance in pokemon tcg. Just makes the game too narrow.

>>56935743
In the app I mean linear.

>>56935746
pocket and live are two different versions of the game, live being the main one and pocket a simplified one. In the real game there are resistances indeed

>>56935743
>>56934555

>>56929166
Nice tiddies. S/M was the best for tiddy cards. Absolutely neutered these days.

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So you think they'll ever print a Johto set like they did for 151? I want to see the Unown come back, I love these guys so much

>>56936588
>GS25
>mons in dex order
>Unown Gallery (UG00/26)
>illustration art of mon+corresponding Unown letter
>starter and legendary exs blablabla (pls gib ho-oh)
>Unown ex (E and X featured in illustration rare)
>Ability - Exoneration
>You can use this Ability only if you have exactly 2 Prize cards remaining. During your turn, if Unown ex is in the Active spot, switch in 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokemon ex to the Active spot. Attacks done by your Pokemon ex do 100 more damage to your opponent's Active pokemon ex. You can't use more than 1 Exoneration Ability in a game.

>>56936588
They got a sick SIR in silver tempest

>>56936836
>no interrobang
Sad, but realistic.

>want the full art Pikachu ex from Surging Sparks
>450 dollars

WHY

>>56933765
Except this and every thread shitting on their printing QC.

Trying to get some ETB in the black friday sales. Every fucking listing on Amazon has people claiming these are resealed boxes. I can't tell if its because they just got no pulls at all from them or if its legit.

>>56939268
If they show no evidence of it being released, they're just seething about getting no pulls.

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>still buying modern

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>still buying engl*sh

>>56938257
TPCi buying all available ones so that people buy more products

Will there be another print run for Surging Sparks? Can't find a booster box or ETB anywhere.

>>56940202
no, they are not printing more surging sparks, nobody is going to have any cards for 2 full months

Went 4-0 at league yesterday when someone heard I had a IR Milotic ex. This Jew whips out his binder and offers me a stellar crown bulbasaur and the ETB charmander for it. That’s $55 of value for my $85 card. When I saw no he mumbles something about Milotic dropping in value rapidly. The nerve.

>>56940289
The milotic is dropping he is kinda right on that, it was 150$ two weeks ago. Not to say you should have taken the deal it was still a ripoff... I'd have considered it for a bulbasaur + squirtle from stellar crown.

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>>56940309

Yea I’m not buying that narrative when SS is in high demand and relatively low supply, at least in terms of Pokémon.

>>56940328
if you think this shortage is lasting for a main set right before christmas season, I have really bad news for you

>>56940331
Seems like a whole lot of speculation.

>want a lot of the cards from Surging Sparks
>thinking on selling my PE secret Iono, SF secret Cassiopeia, and a few random full arts I don't want for a booster box

Do you guys think this is worth doing, or nah? SS is probably the most interested I've been in a set in a while.

>>56940372
western waifu cards are a meme, sell them and buy the singles you want from surging sparks
do not buy a booster box to pull them because the pull rates are miserable

>>56940399
I want the Pikachu so damn bad, but 400+ is ridiculous.

>>56940410
pay up goyim

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>bought a ton of Silver Tempest cards
>spent just around 30
>almost done with master set because just random cheaper cards left
Im so happy normies no longer care about lost origin or silver tempest.

Im so happy they will be spending money on those dogshit pikachu and eevies while im enjoying this hobby

>>56940462
erm what about the lugia tho

>>56940466
>erm what about the lugia tho
>>56940462
>almost done with master set because just random cheaper cards left
>>56940462
>random cheaper cards left
do you have a brainrot from watching too much PokeRev?

>>56940474
But you implied that those cards are getting cheaper because normies don't care about them anymore, which would obviously apply to expensive cards and not 5 cents commons, implying that the high value cards from silver tempest are getting cheaper, and the only card in that set that's actually worth anything is the Lugia, which hasn't dropped in price.

>>56940462
Dangerously based anon

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>>56940486
dude...stop

>>56940486
You're right, it's a pedantic argument though. I'd have liked him to have posted his Lugia, however.

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>S-Chinese finally get the Gengar VMAX alt art recently
>it was distributed in a Halloween raffle and they only printed 2000 copies of it
I'm never getting this stupid card for a reasonable (relatively speaking) price, am I?

does anyone have more info about the target 20$ ETB sale? I keep calling targets in my area and they aren't giving me information. I don't want to walk into a store that doesn't have it. I will then be late to the next one lol.

>>56923062
Saw videos of people opening packs with these old full arts. The fucking texturing is insane. Why is it so tame nowadays, man?

>>56939402
ngl I'm pretty tempted to just collect jp cards since I have no intention of playing the tcg

I have one box each of Crimson Haze, Shiny Treasures, and Super Electric Breaker on the way. What am I in for? These will be my third through fifth ever JP boxes. My first one was Paradise Dragona where I pulled Lisia's Appeal as I posted earlier. My second was Stellar Miracle where I merely pulled the Dachsbun SAR. I'm afraid that first box burned all my luck.

>>56939402
Does the eng card just completely lack those textures?

>>56940191
I see ETBs online for less than MSRB

>>56940879
Sinistcha SR, Durant SR, Clodsire SR

>>56940372
Personally, I'd trade them for the cards you want
I really don't like trading/selling singles for sealed, and also the pull rates for Surging Sparks are ass

>>56940372
>PE
>SF
Never understood why people come up with their own abbreviations. Don't really mind, but even the cards themselves say PAL and SFA.

>>56940926
>I see ETBs online for less than MSRB
Where?

>>56941079
Post an 11/10 card and I'll tell you

>20 dollar SwSh ETBs at Target for Black Friday
>moneyfags will buy them out online
>local cardshop owner scalperfag who always buys out anything good at the local Target will get them all from the local Target
:(

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>>56926012
i think the normal one looks way better than that ugly fuck

what's the name of the next set coming out with 2 pokemon from different gens on the box? any info on that?

>>56941322
It's in person only

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Is it truly a "master set" if you don't have everu language print of each card?

New

>>56941689
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Anyone know where I can find posters of the original pokemon art like pic related? Or would I have to print these on poster stock myself?