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does it count as a master set if less than 80% of your cards weren’t pulls?
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>>57024857Hope this one and the Bloodmoon Ursaluna won't be too expensive
>>57025029are these two the only non-hat rares?
>>57025060No, there's also the Paradox mons (which I might also pick up) and the Gholdengo Ex (which I will fucking not)
>>57025029I don't expect any non eevee cards to be actually expensive desu besides the palafin
>>57025174I hope the palafin SAR won't be too expensive, I'd love to get it
>>57025174>>57025185There's no full art pokemon to clog up the guaranteed secret rare pull at least in Japanese boxes, so I doubt ANY of them will be that crazy value wise. I don't see this being Eevee Heroes 2.0 at all to be desu.
>>57024829I've been ripping old BW-SM stuff and pulled a gold UR card from Alter Genesis (SM12) today. It's not particularly valuable since it's just the island trial amulet but I was wondering what the pull rates for these gold URs was in SM era booster boxes? Were they one in a case or something?
>>57025190There are 30+ SARs in the set and unlike Zenith it doesn't look like pull rates are being particularly buffed, so if you want a specific one your pulls are going to be very pitiful. The desirables from the set are going to be very expensive, though I agree it isn't as good as eevee heroes so maybe with time they could get less expensive as people get post nut clarity and sell their bags to buy rocket set pokemon next year.
So do I even bother opening the rest of this box now?
>>57025415>JP versionYou lucky bastard, you may as well since that card makes you back whatever you spent.Definitely consider grading it, JP waifu cards go for exorbitant prices. It's the combination of better card quality + JP collectors being crazy about waifus if you can sell to themOr just keep it, you're insanely lucky
>>57025190Like >>57025260 said there are 30+ SARs and we don't know if there's the possibility of getting more than 1 in a box outside of the two types of god packs, which guarantee you 9 SARs of the Eevee line at most. So bearing that in mind you'd be looking at 22+ boxes of this set minimum, in a very ideal world, to get every SAR. The main draw to this set will be certain Pokemon as master ball mirror rares/reverses. I also think people are extremely sick of the big tera crowns so this set using that as part of its marketing doesn't help sell it. Also, most of the trainer cards look like ass. and the paradox SARs are worse versions of the ones from Paradox Rift (Cyber Judge/Wild Force).
>>57025482I'm phoneposting so I had to wait 15 minutes, in which time I opened the rest of the box. Nothing great of course, but this Iono is definitely the best card I've ever pulled, and probably ever will pull.Is GameStop trustworthy for PSA? I'm extremely nervous about giving my cards up to anyone.
>>57025495one guy lost a black lotus through gamestop a few weeks ago IDK where that has gone though
>>57025520tried to look into that story and its completely disappeared from the guys socials. probably was a publicity stunt.
>>57025520I've stopped going there years ago because of their "open a game, slap a fucking sticker on it, and still sell it as New" practice, so I'm apprehensive about trusting them with potentially $400.
>still buying sealed
>>57025491>and we don't know if there's the possibility of getting more than 1 in a box outside of the two types of god packsAccording to Pokebeach it is still possible to get two SRs. Honestly, has there been a Japanese set where it was impossible to get two SRs before?
>mfw cheapest near mint option of the card I want is a PSA9... would it be stupid to buy it just to crack open the slab since I want the card in my binder
>>57025722Depends on how much it is, what card?
>>57025702People unironically spending 3x for this gay set. You can have whatever cards you want in your collection, but if you are a man, why are you going to have gay pokemon cards? like seriously pick a more manly TCG.
I usually don't obsess with youtube but anons - watch this video: https://youtu.be/toLO6KPZuoMIt reminds me of 2020 when a lot of bearded baseball cap wearing boomers entered the hooby.And they had no idea what pokemon is and talking shit like "UH...POKEMON IS A FUN GAME TO COLLECT...UH...IT'S GOING POPULAR...I REMEMBER MY SON GOT A FIRE CAT ONCE".haha it's so cute to watch them to say stuff like that.It's another boomer that got memed into this hobby.PS:I personally don't see any good s/v sets still. Sword and Shield was so cool mostly because it had solid legendary/popular pokemon like Giratina or Lugia or time/space mons.Now ti's all about stupid gimmick that makes cards unreadable (seriously what the fuck - sometimes its difficult to see what pokemon is this. Like for example picrelated - WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? A bunch of ovals + green slime?) or some questionable legends like maskmons...
>>57025730venusaur from 151 in japanese, like 50 bucksi have bulbasaur and ivy in japanese as well
>>57025751>poopsidian flames
>>57025740Yet you're here, curious...
>>57025772I just opened a random set and surely i got a "SLOP gimmick" card. Such cards are all over s/v.I'd rather take the 3d v-cards from sw/sh any day of the week
>>57025751>talks shit about poser invvosters in the first half of the post>goes full poser himself in the second half of the same postlel, you can't make this shit up.
>>57025801You have a shit taste, anon. And you are mad.Dont worry eeviee set comes out soon - gotta pay up!
>>57025783I realistically come to /vp to discuss the video games and the TCG. the pedo shit threads I ignore. in fact i remember when it use to be a lot more fun here where people do tier lists and other things. too bad they favor pedo shit over shitposting here.
>>57025820Lmao what a loser. I come here for the TCG threads, cunny threads, hebe threads, and showderp.
>still buying modern
>still buying vintage
>>57025957>loserall my collection does is go up in value. unlike yours.
first time opening a booster box, how'd I do?
>>57025993>yes i'm a loser B-BUT MONEY!!!pathetic loser lmao
>>57026025>Middea Evolved
>>57026025>gets the memekarp and the waifunah mate its shit
>>57026025nah it's shit give all those cards to me
>>57026056define "loser" and "losing" for me. keep in mind you are posting in a /tcc thread.
>>57026025Value wise you couldn't have done better, probably.
>>57025772>not "Obshittyan Flames"Come on, step it up.
>>57026025>>57025415Ionobros
>>57026133oh neatnever grading, never selling btw, it's all going in the binder for my master set>>57026057it's affordable to rip packs, and I actually enjoy most of the art rares unlike Middling Sparks, where I only really like the Milotic and Ceruledge personally. Why the hell people are crazy about asschu is beyond me
got Grusha from an ETB pack toothey look super cute together
>>57026277I have a box of Snow Hazard or whatever, so let's see if I pull fagboy too.
>>57026281good luck anon, he's wife material for sure
>>57026296The only bussy for me is Kieran.
>>57025957based
>still buying physical
>>57026277isn't Grusha a man? Men aren't cute
>>57026389bussy is bussy
>>57025712SRs, yeah that's been possible for a while. SARs, yeah that's never happened before.
I keep thinking about jeets whenever someone posts SAR or SIR...
>>57026534Same here, bugs me everytime.
>>57026534Please do the needful...
DO NOT REDEEM THE EVOLVING SKIES SIR!!!!
So this is the power of Target packaging
>>57026591i just got them too like that lmao. I think they set aside boxes for these ETB orders under the impression everyone would get 3 of each 4 but most of us were struggling to get 3 of 1.
>>57026598This issue literally the box they come in from the factory, and they just took 7 out lol. I actually managed to order enough ST ETBs to fill a whole box, but they're shipping them all separately since they were different orders. That's sucks since I could have had a sealed case.
>>57026591Wagies simply are not paid enough to care about your pogayman cards!
>>57026591its the holiday season. they are probably out of normal size boxes and filler paper.
>>57026654oh thats the size of box for a sealed case i understand now. so like 3 of each set except for 1 in AR wouldve gotten it actually filled i guess.wack.
>>57026675Not only that but target got these from Walmart apparently
>>57026713interesting
Anon here who bought the Sylveon tin from eBay. I knew it wouldn't have Evolving Skies, but it thankfully wasn't Paldea either. Two Brilliant Stars, a Chilling Reign, and a Fusion Strike. How did I do?
>>57026866Loli toes.
Opening just one of the ETBs for now.>>57026866Pretty cunny
>>57026904Total bust. 2nd time I've pulled this fat fuck. I hate him
>>57026938Oh, I got an ETB of this set today and my pulls were Unown V (not the cool alt art), full art Zeraora V, and that Smeargle.
>>57026866cunny and onion fairy. pretty great if you ask me.
So If somebody sold a card way under market on ebay what are the odds I get scammed? They already created a label and only have 3 negative reviews out of 100.
>>57027153I just yoinked that one from you, sorry, you shouldn't have shared :\
>>57027154I already bought it anon. They seemed really desperate to sell it which has me paranoid. Basically like $50 under market.
>>57027193I think it's normal to be wary, but also consider that some people also really want to move inventoryHope everything turns out ok for you fren
>>57027193I was kidding, I don't buy train*rs
>bought my first packs after playing pocket>Get nothing>"Wow this is bullshit I don't like physical cards">A few days later>"I want to buy some packs"
Does the pokemon center ever have sales?
>still grading cards
>>57027507not sales per se but some months ago they had a bunch of bundles of old product at reduced prices combined, mind you some included non-tcg stuff
>Greninja ex going down in priceTime to sell sell sell
Buildandbattlechads, time to show the boosterboxcels who is really in charge
>>57028056You're not getting shit
>>57028071Ban male cards
>>57028357whoever packaged those booster packs was a massive faggot lmao
>>57028357You sure showed boosterboxcels.... Jk, sucks that they gay'd you
>>57028357lmao you're gay now gayboy
>>57028357Grusha doesn't count
>>57028357Saguaro is one of the best s/v cards.
>>57024845This sentence gave me an aneurysm.
>>57025740>why are you going to have gay pokemon cardsBro, collecting any of this childish shit is gay af. What do you collect that you think is less gay? MTG? That's even gayer.I love pokemon cards because they're nostalgic. I don't really care if it's gay lol
>>57025702I got the PC ETB on sale for $200 on eBay rn, hoping some rube buys it and I get my PC ETB plus 70 bucks for free. Maybe I'll sell them both and just profit a bunch for basically no work lol. Scalping rules. Bought a bunch of black Friday shit to scalp too, let the retards rip packs while I put the profit into singles and lots from Facebook boomers/antique shops that don't know what they have. Ez hobby when you're not a sucker
>still grading
just sold a 200$ ETB to some dumbfuck, hope he enjoys it collecting dust for a decade this set isn't even out yet lmao
What are your collection goals for 2025? I’m thinking of getting the XY trainer full arts.
>>57028937I'm getting the tyranitar from battle styles if they don't release a decent full art in the sets next year (the paldea evolved one sucks ass)
>still scalping
>>570289371. Complete/expand more of my faves mons sets2. Buy more cute or goofy cards3. More Expedition/Aquapolis/Skyridge4. Figure out how to organize my binders properly
>>57025001I love delta species
>>57028848>9.5 on all individual scores>10 overall scoreAt least psa doesn't pretend when it pulls a number out of its ass.
My Empoleon V tin should be coming in soon. I saw an opening on YouTube, and these can apparently have THREE Evolving Skies packs? They're nearly 20 bucks each now, and I paid 50 for the tin. As I own absolutely no ES cards at all, I should just rip them all open, right?
>>57029192>I should just rip them all open, right?No, it has one of the worst pull rate to value ratioSell your ES packs and reroll
>>57028937>make more money>buy more BW-SM era sealed and rip it>build a cool Owner's Pokemon collection from the new sets
>>57029192Just flip the tin itself or the boostersRipping with that set is a miserable experience, I've seen people opening multiple boxes of evolving skies only to get 4 regular Vs. For 60 bucks you can buy a Leafeon V from the same set which is a much better use of your money.
>pull Iono in Clay Burst>open Snow Hazard box>it's actually dogshitOkay, cool.
>>57028657I should have said if more than 20% of your cards were not pulls. Oh well. . . Don't hate the player, hate the game, love
>Only surging sparks ETB I can see in leafland is $82
>>57029726Lucky to even find any to be fair
>>57029726Just wait until the investorbros sell their bags and move their pump target to buy prismatic next month. You'll see a completely ((((natural)))) crash for surging sparks
pull rates seem to be pretty standard for terastal festival in japanese, no crown zenith/vstar universe treatment
>year 2023>autumn-winter>most of cards are down>didn't buy any "big" cards>2024 now>they all upWell at least i managed to get Giratina V and Lugia V when those sets were released.I guess i will give up on getting big hits of Sw/Sh and focus on current era.Surging sparks has Latios and Latias that i really want. And i will be having fun chasing masterball cards from that eeviee set.Anyobody else feels like that? Did you manage to get expensive Sw/Sh cards when you had a chance?PS:>Tfw people post photos like thisWhat kind of job you need to have to afford shit like this?
>>57030472>What kind of job you need to have to afford shit like this?9-5 big industry/infrastructure jobs like pm, dev, dr, eng, etcor a co of a profitable company
>>57030472I only got back into collecting shortly before ES and I made sure to grab up all the SwSh alt arts as quickly as I could knowing that it was only a matter of time before they went up. So I'm all covered there. What I did miss was the SM Team-Ups. I had a bunch on my wishlist when I started and they were all really reasonably affordable, but I put them aside to focus on SwSh. I wish I had grabbed some of them, but at the same time I think it might be for the best. It kinda sucks to only have a few of a card type in a collection. If I only had a handful I would feel compelled to get more to have at least a moderate collection of them and that would either make me spend more money or make me feel more stressed about missing out on them. At least now I can just shrug it off as an era I missed and will never have.
>>57030522>9-5 big industry/infrastructure jobs like pm, dev, dr, eng, etc>or a co of a profitable companyPokemon Cards collecting ladies and gents...i feel exaustedI used to like pokemon cards because they brough joy and feeling of freedom and childhood.Now it's just another modern day slop where you have to work hard hard hard buy buy buy pay pay pay.>>57030538Oh yeah i forgot that i really wanted that <3 shaped Latios and Latias team up (?) card that was around $700 even back then.This why i want to pull them from Surging Sparks.Actually i didnt' open any of S.S. boosters yet. I'm calculating the money spending stuff.Something tells me just to wait 1 year when Latias card will fall in price.But...we are literally during our next boom like in 2020.What if the starting point of Latias card will be around $300 not current price...Such stuff kinda happened to giratina V.I remember it was $200 and i thought that was expensive. But giratina flew up and never returned to $200 even when the price was "down".
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>>57030561I mean... you kinda only "need" one moonbreon and that's it
>>57030596I would be eating good whole month if i will spend that amount of food.
>>57030568Do you think footfags will make the single for this card skyrocket in price?
>>57030568what does janine smell like
>>57031160old wooden dojos
>>57030655nah the foot is not exposed
>>57031160Weezing gas
>>57031191
>>57031282What does that mouth do
>>57031314dangerous things
>>57031175What is that?
>>57031402a man hauling a pallet of cases of costco-exclusive collection boxes, each with collector tins inside
>>57030561>>57030472If the person who posted this stack of Moonbreons is working a 9-5 job, either it's a very senior position or they're severely mentally retarded. Imagine blowing your life savings on more than one copy of a card, you're better off for not having everything but at least appreciating what you do have. >>57030561I wish all the balding bespeckled investors would simultaneously keel over and fucking die, I hate seeing these cunts act like they care even slightly about this stuff.
>>57031161Why is Fates Collide considered a bad set? It has a great list of cards.
>still buying english
>>57031282I just realized there are Wailmers on this artNow I need this card for my Wailmer set I guess
Oh nono no English amigos, our cuts?
>>57031161This card is based
>>57031161Back when fullarts had soul
>>57031647Unless you look very closely, you can't even tell that English cards have texture by touching them.
What do you guys do with your leftover tins? I've started collecting the type themed stacking ones for sorting purposes + they do look pretty nice stacked together on my shelf but those and the regular tins are all awkwardly shaped so they don't seem to actually hold much. I managed to stuff a few packs of sleeves in a few of them at least.Do people make inserts for them or anything like that?
>>57031647right looks better
>>57031819>insertsyeh check thingiverse if you have a printer or etsy if you don't
>>57028964$200 for an ETB is past the realm of fees killing scalpers profit though, there is actually a real margin there. Also please understand most scalpers are too brown for a real job.
>>57031819>What do you guys do with your leftover tins?I use them for keeping supplies like sleeves and toploaders, and I use a Yu-Gi-Oh tin to keep my code cards, in case I someday want to play the TCG online
how big of a money sink is this shityou ever have those thoughts that you could tell your retarded 7 year old self to be a better collector and actually treat the cards with care and not sell them and treat them like garbage or play them can't even bring myself to even try to begin collecting this shit since it's been going on for over 25 years
>all jp eeveelutions (except umbreon) are below 100$were people scared?
>>57032419gay hats scare interest away
>>57032392It mostly depends on what your goals and target mons are.Pokemon like Pikachu, Charizard, Umbreon, Gengar are all popular and thus more expensive but if you're going for random favorites as singles it isn't too bad.I find the sets from like 2001-2004 to be the hardest to find.
>>57032587>Gengar Im the other guy and i'm a fan of Gengar and let me talk - i need to left this weight off my shoulders.GENGAR DIDN'T GET ANY LOVE yet.1) We have literally 1 gengar card that is "hard to get". It's this and it's that sw/sh gimmick variant. And it looks stupid because of that mouth vore-thing.2) The second card is that s/v one and it's not a gengar card.It's a trainer card with (AGAIN) half of gengar visible and even it is bieng blocked by a bunch of text because gengar is on the bottom of a card.3) Lost Origin gengar. Again - it has lots of trainers and gengar looks stupid (he looks like he's on something heavy).Other gengars are just random holo bulk + s/v/ EX card.Surprisingly Gengar NEVER did a proper chase card during both - Sw/Sh and S/V era.
>>57032802Gengar has great cards, just stop looking at hyper-modern. XY-SM treated him great.
>>57032815>XY-SM treated him great.I got them when they came out. Nobody cares about those old things.(and technically tag team again is not a gengar card it's gengar and pikachu clone card).This is fucking makes me upset as fuck.Pokemon TCG pocket has a proper gengar card.Imagine if we got THIS one as a physical card - just cool artwork with Gengar and none of other bullshit
>>57032851we will get a TCG pocket expansion in physical, just might have to wait 6 years like with pokemon go. hopefully this time around though they planned to put the cards into the physical game regardless of it the game did well because unlike pogo it makes sense aside from a cross-marketing a popular thing perspective. if they did properly plan maybe it's within a year or two.
>>57032864In other words - i don't understand when people mention Gengar as a pokemon close to charizard or pikachu...>BUY GENGAR CARDSLike....which ones?There is only 1 - the sw/sh mega-gengar one. Gengar never got an actual gengar chase card in over 9000 years.
I'm relatively new to collecting. Is Prismatic Evolution going to be impossible to find on release? Or is everyone just freaking out and FOMO? Also any chance that the Pokemon center ETB comes back in stock on Pokemon Center or are those usually just gone once out of stock?
>>57032875Gengar often takes the slot of secondary chase cards, but I guess I'll give you that it's last time being the actual main chase before FS was Triumphant lmao.
>>57032907PC ETBs are gone once out of stock unless they lied. they've came back before but very uncommonly. Also, people are fomoing, it will be very available throughout the year, but be to your store when doors open cause the fomo will incite scalping.
I saw Surging Sparks was available in a store so I bought a pack.Did I luckshit this? Seems to be pretty highly priced. or maybe just because the set is new
>>57033032that card is from stellar crown my guy
>>57033032This is Stellar Crown.
>>57033032Surging Scarcs bros...
>>57033038>>57033048>>57033037Oh my bad I bought a surging sparks as well and opened them together. I assumed the high price online meant it was in the new set feel free to grab the online codesSo why this little nigga like $45?
>>57033107Cause it's very cute art of a gen 1 starter who also happens to be part of a matching set and it's somewhat difficult to pull. Most recent sets have one or two IRs up in that price range.
Dead thread dead franchise dead hobby
>japanese umbreon sitting unsold at less than 350>investorbros preordered it for 600$holy lmao.....well at least they didn't pay 200$ for an etb
>>57034022MOONBREON TO THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON
>>57033999>nocards
>>57034022People who call this the next evolving skies are seriously delusional. The set has twice the SIR as evolving skies and like 25 of them are complete trash, the japanese eeve cards are struggling to sell for 100 (on release day mind you) and the rest is selling for like 10-25 which is hilarious considering how people were trying to scalp this set for double msrp. This is more like Fusion Strike in being an incredibly mid set carried by 1-2 cards and investor hype (until they move on to grift the next set).
>>57034174It's weird to me that anyone would be trying to call out the next Evolving Skies when these faggots have already artificially forced Surging Sparks far and beyond the what the value of Evolving Skies was at a similar point.
Price check on Kenshiro Palafin?
BUY BUY BUY
>>57034340>>57034174Round up investors and gas themMake everyone who buys a Pokemon product do a quiz to confirm they at least have some knowledge of the franchise before they buy up boxes of cards meant for children and autistic adults
>>57034421ranges looks like 30-40 USD on Ebay at a quick glance
This guy on cardmarket is desperate to sell me a card he does not have, such is the power of Prismatic Skies
>>57034644don't be like that goyim just buy my flareon ex for 190 bucks, it's gonna moon trust me, also, if you think about it, it's less than an etb
so what's the difference between this terra stars festival japan just released and the upcoming prismatic evolutions coming out? is it even worth ordering a box of the japanese cards now
>>57034753Like, for investing? English does not have booster boxes for special sets like this one so at best you have ETBs. Which are getting scalped at twice the market value. If you can find any at MSRP, by all means, you can get some and try to flip it to retards...if you're into that.If you're just collecting buy singles or if you feel like gambling japanese boxes which have at least 1 SIR guaranteed. English boxes are simply not worth opening with the current shit pull rates
so why?
i'm honestly curious why the japanese versions are worth more than the english ones by almost 10x. is there something i should be aware about when i want to go waifu collecting? should i be collecting japanese versions?
>>57034841they just really like lillie, think of it like the zard equivalent
>>57034832>#397When you get to these values, it's obvious money laundering.
>>57034841The japs just have good taste is all. I feel like it is a similar thing to Charizard or Umbreon, fan favorite thing get more attention so those on the periphery focus on that as well, creating a positive feedback loop.
>>57034022Told you fags to not FOMO, it'll only go down, this set's SARs are piss easy to get and you can bet your ass they'll overprint the ever living shit out of this set like they did with Shiny Treasure ex.
The holo effect on this card is so pretty. Like the last rays of sunlight peeking through the forest canopy.
>>57034022Umbreon master balls are going crazy rn, they'll probably be worth more than the SIRs lol
>>57034454i think at least a third of investors would still make it through since there is a cohort of autistic adults who realized they can get out of thier parents basement with this but yeah you'd get rid of the old men who dont know what the fuck a bewear is or something idk i just picked a random slightly less-modern pokemon.
>>57034832trophy listing / bagholder unwilling to not make money. card is realistically 25-50K. This guy either bought in at 40K and is mad that its potentially lower right now because waifu crash, or he is just showing off his waifu to the world. We will never know which so who knows if it is cringe as hell or based as fuck.
Stuff is here
>>57034841The Japanese cards are higher quality, most people don't care or know but high value collectors have higher demands.
>>57034832They know it wont sell but it will generate hype and increase the value of their other copies. People don't know how ebay works so they think things are worth however much the highest item for sale is listed for.
Why don't they make Dragonite cards anymore?
>>57034841Japanese cards are much higher quality in every way, so the real question is why isn't this the case for all cards? The answer is the audience for the card. People truly love Lilie and those people care about quality while westoids just want to invooost and are in it for the fad, hence Charizard and umbreons are more expensive in english. The average westoid cares more about the number on the slab than the actual quality of the card.
I bought some AR singles which came in great condition BUT slightly warped as in picrel.Does putting them in a binder straighten them in the long run? Do I put them under a weight first? I don't want to buy toploaders for each card, they are not that valuable.
>>57035492huh, you're right we've had no dragonite chase during SV. Maybe Rocket's Dragonite incoming?
>>57034858>big titslillie is a flat loli goddess though
Is latias ex really worth that much? It just started printing
>>57035511>Does putting them in a binder straighten them in the long run?a little>Do I put them under a weight first?nahif your cards are in a god quality binder that keeps them pressed it will help them straighten out a bit. Others will disagree but I don't think foil cards will ever be fully straight. I don't think it matters either, cards are stored in sleeves and/or binders.
>>57035460So what was inside that dragon dildo container?
>>57035588I missed out on the entire SS era so making up for that. Already got the jap side down, just english left. One store messed up and there should be a second Brilliant stars build and battle box. Pokemoncenter packaging is enough to make a grown man cry
>>57035541just wait next year when all the slopvestors move to the next product, they're gonna need to sell their latias to afford those 200$ etbs
>>57035045>still buying vintage
>>57035649And some singles
turns out the eevee ex art had a random fruit cake in the background because it was illustrated by a chef lol
>>57035088They probably will, Master Ball reverse holos aren't guaranteed not even in God Packs
>>57035511wherever you store it, chuck in one of those silica gel packets, it'll help prevent further warping by regulating humidity.
>>57035579>Others will disagree but I don't think foil cards will ever be fully straight.It depends. Copying my last post. >>56988481>>57035511 FYIwarping is caused by temperature and humidity, it is not a problem nor a permanent thing. It's like in a bimetallic strip if you know those.When a material composed of layers of different materials is exposed to a changing humidity or temp, each layer expands or contracts at a different rate, and this causes the overall material to curve. This can be reversed simply by changing the temp or humidity again (cool, dry place), or as anon said >>56988448 just press em in a toploader or between a bunch of energies
>>57035876>>57035922Is closing the binder enough to prevent humidity spikes or should I shove a silica gel packet into the binder?
>>57034022>>57034174 Just wait, there's going to be a major buyout and push for this card's price.This has been done for all of SV and started during the late SwSh era. This card will hit $1000 in three years.
>>57035981As long as it only affects this shit set and surging sparks. SURELY they wouldn't do the same for 4 sets in a row, right?
>>57035930>silica gel packet into the bindernot into, but one in the general area where you keep everything is alrightnot sure about the humidity spikes though in the binder, I don't think so though as I've seen some of mine curled inside their pocketI use 3 ring top-loading pages
>>57036010its happening with every set until this bull market ends, which could be like a year and a half.
>Every store around me has nothing but those expensive ass charizard box things and temporal forces boostersAre there any less-scalped local stores that sell pokemon? My dollar stores/walgreens are hit or miss
>>57036480who decides when it ends
what is a reasonable price for a 151 jp booster box (in-person)? $100?
>>57036505send me those temporal packs nigga
>>5703667180, in person or online.
>won a booster box at the stuttgart regionals last weekend>its stellar crown instead of surging sparks for some reason>decide to rip it, pull the squirtle art rareAll things considered, could've been worse
>>57036648the market does retard.
>>57037159You're just going in circlesA "bull market" doesn't pop up and disappear randomly there's always a reason
>>57037262you didn't ask why the market decides things. you asked who decides it. which is a retarded question. so i gave you a retarded answer.
>ungraded umbreon going for $300Please tell me that its going to drop, I mean it just came out yesterday.
>>57034174>rest is selling for like 10-25Well that's good. I'm interested in around 6 of the available cards, so if I can get them all for less than a few booster boxes I'll be happy.
Some crazy pulls from a TM and SC ETB.
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>>57037468These two are wild. They made me break even on the cost of the two ETB's alone, and they're the first I opened too. Feeling blessed right now desu.
>>57037483Nice pulls fren, love the Squirtle and the Applin
>>57037483Very based good pulls
>>57037726>>57037901Thanks frens, I've got one more each of Masq, Crown, and Forces ETB's, so I'll most likely never get these odds again. It's pretty cool man. I've got a 151 ETB and 151 UPC Box as well that I'm hodling.
>>57037974Opened 4 build and battle stadiums (12 packs each). First row is the first box, then 2nd, then 4th. The 3rd box was a complete dud and it's the 2 Vs in the top right. The card you can't see at all is aggron. B&Bbros how we feelin?
>>57037974Didn't mean to reply to you
>watch jewtube pokepulls>Every time they're a giant annoying faggot beardo manchild with backwards baseball cap>Crack packs at lightning speed, skip through all commons and holo rares. Just looking for chase>No appreciation for art or soul of cards, just rapid fire rip and consoom for chasesSo fucking gay bro. Are there any channels that aren't for ADHD investorbros? I can't keep watching this shit but I like to see what's in each set and what others are pulling.Pic unrelated but pure soul. Probably my next single purchase since ripping packs doesn't usually go well and seems like a bad way to go (though I do enjoy ripping and getting kino commons and uncommons that i would otherwise not get)
>>57038606There's a youtuber in Italy, Dario Moccia, that goes after the best art rares and has a lot of knowledge about the different illustrators, depending on the artist he will talk 2 minutes about a single common and skip all the fullart pastel/3D ex slop.But he's Italian so you have to autogenerate English subs
SV era art rares feel way cheaper than the older equivalent CHR and Vstar, they have no texture and unless the lightning is perfect the colors appear washed out due to the glossy finish.
>my eBay Empoleon V tin still isn't in transit and it's been nearly three daysDid my stupid ass get scammed, or am I just being paranoid?
>>57038805don't worry it was battle styles anyway, they saved you the trouble of opening and finding nothing
lol
Buy English, Support American, Shame Scalpers, Boycott TCPi.
Why are Korean and Chinese cards so cheap?Is this legit? https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/listing/95Q0pfsYte41/pokemon-swsh07-evolving-skies-evolving-skies-booster-box$99, but the English version averages around $900. What the heck?
>>57038969>buy english>censor bellies>censor toes
>>57038989they bought English in America.
>>57038989no investorfags in those marketsI have a chinese espeon from their EVS the quality is pretty good
>>57039011That's so crazy. Are English pokemon cards a bubble? $99 vs $900+ is insane.
>>57039014A certain kind of (((people))) picked up this hobby during covid season
>>57039052This is really interesting. I haven't looked into these cards since gen 1. What were things like before covid? I missed everything from base set 2 up until now.
>>57039052Overprinting for MTG basically bankrupted Hasbro. What makes you think it wont happen to Pokemon, or at least the American side of the company?The only reason why modern has not failed is because people are trying so hard to keep the ridiculous prices high in hopes no one questions anythingOverprinted, Over Graded, Way too much product is not a good thing for a TCG.
Is there a Pokemon card drawn by Pokemoa? I know he's one of Pokemon staff...
>>57037989Some nice stuff in hereI'm considering some stadiums myself, might pull the trigger once/if the mail delivery gets unfucked here in Leafland
>>57037303>I mean it just came out yesterday.Pre-release and just released prices are always the highest due to low quantity of singles.
>>57038606okJLUV might be up your ally, doesn't rush trough openings and takes the time to talk about the illustrators of a lot of cards. He might be a massive sperg on Twatter or whatever (I don't follow him there) but his YouTube videos are pretty damn good.
>>57038805My Jasmine's Gaze SAR still hasn't arrived after nearly two weeks, gonna request a refund today.
>>57038989Less desired, hopefully that lasts for the Chinese ones personally.
>>57024829I can not find the card online, but how much would a support card from cynthia in complete gold go for?
>>57039431
>still not just buying whatever makes you happy
A package!
Let's start with some kantoooo CHR with a couple of regional variants, shall we?
>>57024829Have they ever done an FA of Lenora?Also, I collect Nessa cards; how many FAs of Nessa/other cool cards of her have there been?
And let's not forget the eeveelutions of course.
Some other older sets kantooooo AR + I like the aurora holo on that horse.
And the absolute best SARs of this set, insane texture too.
But I'm not done, SV starts now, with "I'm too poor for final evos SARs"
Forgot, apparently too poor for a pidgeot too.
Other random SV ARs I like for their art.
And to close this package, my favorites in this first SV batch.Many more SV ARs to come in the next weeks, and the "I'm too poor for final evos" saga will continue with 151.
2 random gifts from the shop owner!
>>57039431>>57039439Are you asking hypothetically or about this fake bullshit you just posted?
>>57039431>>57039439Probably as much as this one
>>57039552>I'm too poor for final evos" saga will continue with 151.To be fair, they aren't THAT expensive in japanese, you could have easily afforded a venusaur by cutting these 3 >>57039483
>>57038805Update, it's finally in transit! Just a few more days until a hitless tin.
>>57039727But those 3 are the best looking ones of their set, maybe cutting the 'zard here >>57039478 and some of the cheaper ones, but that's not my goal, I'll get the 151 SAR eventually.Right now I spent a lot of money to build the foundations of my binder, going for quantity over rarity since I have a lot to catch up. Once I have most of the AR I want, I'll save money for a couple of SAR once in a while, as I wait for new sets.
>>57038804>SV era art rares feel way cheaper than the older equivalent CHR and VstarThey're not equivalent though
>>57040042They're a direct equivalent to the trainer gallery and galarian gallery cards, but definitely not VStars, not sure what the fuck he's smoking there.
>>57040079yeah I just realized what CHR are with this >>57039469 and those are identical indeed, but not SRs or SIRs, he trippin
I spent 20 dollars to order singles of Pecharunt ex and the Janine feet card. Did I use too much?
>>57040200No
>>57040200>paying release date pricesNigger, why?
The only cards I want in this new set are the SAR palafin, ursaluna, gholdengo and the paradoxes.Anything with a gem crown on its head must DIE
>>57040259I WANT cards and I want them NOW
>>57040200Will probably be cheaper but if you like them whatever
>>57039699love him
I bought a box of Victory Star Guide, which is my first one out these sub sets that the S-Chinese version tends to do. Also got a Lisia full art, which looks fantastic in-person.
>>57041051SM full art cards are beautiful, opened up JP Ultra Sun recently and got the Pokemon Fan Club. Not the waifu I was hoping for but still hits so different to the regular SR full art trainers you got nowadays. I feel like SAR waifu cards compare but they're so damn hard to pull.
>>57041051Here's the hits, nothing that great to be honest but I will say this, when it comes to modern full art pokemon that Rotom doesn't look half bad, though the elaborate texturing does most of the heavy lifting.>>57041058I still love the regular full art trainers, was actually hoping for that Gardenia full art from this set even but yeah, there's just something about the XY and SM era ones that I really love.
>>57041071Now for the star of the show, the S-Chinese exclusive Articuno illustrated by Akira Egawa. Was getting a bit worried about not getting it but luckily managed to within the last three or so packs.
>>57041085Got some additions/upgrades to my kawayoo and Ralts line collections as well.
>>57041088And lastly got quite a few holo rares, more than usual.
>>57041088>>57041093>clean energy symbol reverse holo>reverse holo fssI'm in love
>>57041071I have that radiant Charjabug in english and JP, now I guess I need it in S-chinese too
>>57041201you also have the prize pack variant?
dust settled yada yadahow are the terastars packworth trying to hunt boxes down for?
>>57041346Still waiting for my two boxes to arrive, bro, I'll let the tread know next week.
Opened a silver tempest box and the whole thing was pretty much a flop other than a V max Lugia
>>57041531pic rel
I may get a PC TWM ETB tonight, will keep you posted
>>57041583>no chase card>slopgtfo
>>57041315>prize pack variantOh snap, didn't know this existedI'm adding it to my list, thanks fren
is this a fucking SCAM?
>>57041346Every eevee except umbreon goes for less than a box if thats what you're asking
>>57041822two sealed cases for 2400 is pretty much where american market for the item is. thats 40 boxes at $60 a box. In japan from pokemon center they cost 5500 yen + shipping, which is currently $36USD. shipping from japan costs about 20 dollars. thats a total of $56 dollars to get a box. market price for an item that will arrive quicker to you because the 2week long shipping time already occured being only 7% above what it'd cost to import yourself is not really remotely a scam.
She's a gold digger
>>57041954i'd pay that much but I expect to be allowed to eat her cunny
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