Undone Seal EditionPrevious Thread: >>57024829FAQ: https://pastebin.com/MypNBzca
>still grading cards
>still not just buying whatever makes you happy
>>57041583Funny because I opened a ST Booster box last night and this is what I got. Sorry for stealing your pulls.
>still buying physical
Passed up on buying the carmine when it was $100 months ago. Finally bit the bullet at $65 and I really hope it never goes below $60. I will probably take a break after this since I spent like $200 on cards in the last week.
REMINDER: 30 YEAR OLD CHINKS HAVE BEEN HARRASING AND STALKING NAOKI SAITO FOR YEARS IN ORDER TO GET HIS AUTOGRAPH AND RESELL IT OVERSEAS! THIS CAUSED HIM TO STOP SIGNING AND SO CHINKS ALSO STARTED TO MAKE FORGERIES OF HIS AUTOGRAPHS AND SKETCHES. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcC27wSNIv0
>>57042476>>57042071Gross
I like the xurkitree
>>57042511id rather have rainbow slop spam over chink shit spam any day
super glad they scrapped the rainbow cards, they all looked the same and were overall just boring
>>57042625the main reason the west didnt like them is because the texture game is weak as fuck
42 packs of Crown Zenith. so many dupes. anyone wanna trade?
>>57031819>What do you guys do with your leftover tins?I have 3 generation's worth of old and new generic USB cables that came with random devices in a large galarian moltres tin, and also power bricks/banks in the zapdos one
>>57042650radzard and lumineon are hot rn for playing before rotation, while the rowan will always be, so you're better off selling to a player or lgsmight want to hold onto a zard for invoosting if you don't already have one though
think i should get these or is this set gonna be super fotm and not be worth it price wise
>>57042658meant for >>57042647
>>57042658dont care about the game right now. I just want cards i like. I wonder if I could trade at a LGS
>>57042693k then trade to a player or lgs, they're bound to have cards that you like that are not for playing
Do you guys think they'll ever do something like the Ditto from the Pokémon GO set again? I thought that was really fun.
>>57042722I hope they do, it's nice to have full size stickers of even just a few cards
>>57042722the gimmick was so divisive so no I don't think so.
Wait, can non-textured SAR cards be as valuable as the textured (V, EX, etc) ones?
>>57042735SARs are all textured. ARs don't have texture. Value is a factor of supply and demand, not just supply (aka rarity). So yes, plenty of ARs have become more expensive than SARs. The top hits of PAL, SC, and PAR are all ARs rather than SARs.
Hypothetically, where is the best place to buy some 151 boxes?
hypothetically, walmart.
>>57042661Give it a few weeks you will get it for $40 maybe even $35 a box. Single prices are already tanking HARD, umbreon went from $300 to $150 in 1 day.
>>57041987Beautiful card one day it will be mine
>>57043222It's not even that expensive. Are you poor?
>still buying vintage
Getting back into Pokemon cards because I like the illustration rares, what sealed product available now have the highest EV? The boys at work are super into cracking packs and I don't wanna be pissing away money
>>57042051
>>57043469Buying singles is obviously more cost effective but if ypu have to open sealed Crown zenith is the goat
Get in here, were conspiring against the greater good.
>>57043236I spent too much this year on cards so I’m taking a little break. Also, jp version is twice the price.
Kinda regretting my prismatic evo preorders ngl this set is actually kinda trashI guess I can still easily sell it for msrp when it releases at least there's that
>>57043570>Also, jp version is twice the price.Get the S-Chinese version then, it just came out.
>>57042661It'll go down over time like Shiny Treasure ex did, don't fucking FOMO, pretty sure it was said somewhere that they're printing way more of this set than they did with Shiny Treasure ex as well.
>>57043634>this set is actually kinda trashWhy?
How do you organize your binder(s)? By set? By gen/pokedex number? By rarity type? By market price? By personal preference? Randomly because you can't be bothered moving 200 cards by 1 spot when you find a new card that should be on the first page?
>>57043754That's a decent price desu, I'd get a box. But yeah like other anons say it'll drop to normal prices, these SV boxes always do
>>57043792Toploader binder, yeah I reorganise them very infrequently, I'm in the process of it right now because like a retard I've been sleeving my cards in perfect fits before putting them in toploaders rather than using penny sleevesRight now I organise my 'hit' cards (only stuff I've pulled, don't really buy singles because I'm a gambling cuck) by generation, from my Base Set stuff up to SV. Within gens I organise them by set release order
>>57043798> because like a retard I've been sleeving my cards in perfect fits before putting them in toploaders rather than using penny sleevesIs this a new thing to be schizophrenic about
>>57043809Yeah
>>57043792In release order, just easier that way.
>>57043798>spoilerWhat's wrong with perfect fit + toploader?
>>57043837Not him but I'm assuming he doesn't like that they're harder to fish out of the toploader due to there being less sleeve to grab on to.
>>57043798>>57043832I'm torn, I'm a hardcore genwunner not because of gen wars, but because I haven't played anything past crystal until I picked up from Arceus and SV, so my main references are gen 1, 2, a bit of gen 3, and gen 9.I'm building a Japanese trainer gallery + AR + SAR + promo-AR binder (I'm the anon who posted the package in the last thread), and my idea is a first section dedicated to gen1, leaving temporary open spots for those without any AR released yet.And then a second section dedicated to art rares I like from other generations, probably in Pokedex order but without empty spaces or it would be a nightmare.But then I think some cards from the same artist should be in the same page and I tilt.
>>57043839YeahThat and some of my cards have gotten weirdly bent in them, I think there's a weather component to that too but I noticed my cards in penny sleeves were fine.
>>57043866Collect what you want. this is my reverse holo evolutions collections, i am missing only Charizard i believe.
>>57043815Alright I'll bite, why?
>>57043798perfect sleeves are a perfect way to ruin a card. just get normal sleeves
>Gamefucks STILL havent made a Haunter Card like thisLike excuse me but what the fuck?
>>57043903How?
So Ultra Ball League Stamp Mew just surpassed Professor Stamp Voltorb.The two most expensive cards of Scarlet & Violet are from 151
>>57043899They're good for one-touch cases to be fair butMuch easier to scratch the holofoil when sliding cards in/out They put too much pressure on the sides of the card in some cases, can lead to whitening They have a tendency to warp cards, you won't get creases but it's a strange kind of warping from the corners (should have taken photos)And in general just a better idea to put cards in penny sleeves if you'll ever consider grading/if they're not going to be used in playLike I'm never going to play with my BW EX cards, it makes no sense for them to be in perfect fitsDon't take what I say as gospel but I've just decided to reconsider how I protect my cards personally, based on observations + what I've heard online
>>57044027Didn't pass Voltorbs peak though.
>>57043736Sorry but weeb me doesn’t like to collect anything that isn’t jp, thanks for the suggestion though
>>57042734if you didnt like this gimmick you hate fun
>>57042681I hate this generation of foil with the lines so much it’s crazy
>>57044351>gimmick>fun
>Too broke to buy boosters all the timeI should have never got into opening packs
>>57041979Great art. How come we don't have package artwork like this anymore?
>>57044030But penny sleeves don't fit on magnetic cases...
>still buying modern
>>57044454I love them, feels like the games when you go into an encounter or trainer battle with horizontal linesXY and onwards very lazy with holofoil patterns but GX's had that wavy foil texture going on
>>57044752I literally said that in the first line, perfect fits are good for that purpose alone (plus actual playing)
>>57044791>but GX's had that wavy foil texture going onSo did the regular holo rares, I like those, makes me think of sea waves, which fits Alola.
>>57044695So shiny and pretty…
>>57043792I have one set of binders so far for a pokedex [1 card of each mon in dex order, not picky about where they come from]I plan on getting another binder for acively collecting favourite mons and full arts. Not sure if I want a 3x3 or a 2x2 for that one since most of my faves aren't shillmons and are gen 5+ so they don't have many cards yet. But when I get that figured out it'll probably be galleries for certain mons and then the whatever section in the back.
What are the top 10 biggest flop sets?
>>57042017I would if they werent so FUCKING EXPENSIVE
>>57045148I't probably [your favorite set] because of [your favorite pokemon][your favorite art], truly the worst card in the franchise.
> would like my cards to have a big ugly stamp covering the artwork and here's $1000 extra
>>57045148>1. The Glory of Team Rocket>2. Prismatic Evolution>3. Surging Sparks>4. Stellar Crown>5. Shrouded Fable>6. Twilight Masquerade>7. Temporal Forces>8. Paldean Fates>9. Paradox Rift>10. Obsidian FlamesIn that order.
>>57045330>no steam siege
What would you say the oldest set that qualifies as modern is? What about the newest set that qualifies as vintage?
>>57042105Grats, is that graded price or raw?
>>57045448Anything from neo onwards is modernslop
>>57042024Damn what the hell. I feel cheated on my box. I want the alt art lugia so bad
>>57045505>came out 20 years ago>modernbased retard
>>57045148Top 3 are Steam Siege, Crimson Invasion and pretty much any SwSh set until Vivid Voltage (probably Rebel Clash)You can decide the other 7
>>57045448everything swsh base set on is modern, everything before bw base set is vintage
>>57045448in order to not feel old I say WOTC era is vintage, EX series - Call of Legends is mid era, and SM-SV is modern. With SWSH and SV being ultra modern. Realistically without making new words to protect myself from feeling old, I do have to admit XY cannot be considered modern. Sad.
>>57045713In my opinion up until Legendary Treasures is what I consider the cutoff for 'vintage' at this point, in that you won't find a single booster pack for Legendary Treasures or any earlier set for less than 50 bucks unless it's in a different language. There are still XY sets that are very affordable like Steam Siege and Breakpoint (overprinted), so while they're all 8 years old at the least they're still pretty modern-feeling to me. I know my argument could be rejected with the fact that most SM packs are now very expensive but the fact that you can still get affordable stuff like Crimson Invasion or base SM validates my belief in my eyes.
Does anyone have any experience with ordering on Mercari with buyee? Are the shipping costs expensive for one card?
>>57045730Bought a ton of early SV stuff from Buyee, specifically MercariJapanese sellers were very trustworthy, to save on shipping I'd buy booster boxes of 30 packs but without the box. That's a lot of faith to put in a seller but I never got fucked over.Shipping is very expensive for individual items, bulk ordering is the way to go. Once your order is like 100 bucks or higher then it makes more sense to use Buyee.
Jesus, why are Surging Sparks prices so high?
>>57045760Market manipulation, aka mug hoype, muh puhkachoooooo, it'll get reprinted, don't fall for the FOMO
>>57045736Thank you for your knowledge anon. Prices are much more reasonable here than on eBay, seems like I’ll have to think a bit longer if I really want to buy that secret Dialga.
>>57045729I think that's a good way to look at it
I need to spend a grand total of 920$ to get the cards I want*. What do?* + another 3500$ for the cards I secretly want but I can't afford
>be at LGS>talking about the eevee set >"yeah it honestly kinda sucks, most of the full arts aren't even good, and it will be overprinted like zenith">oh ok so did you preorder anything?>"yeah 5 ETBs and 7 tins"
>>57045148Darkness Ablaze>carried by the charizard>said charizard got mogged by a rainbow version and a shiny version immediately after>is now a literally 10 dollar card>you can buy the entire set for less than its own booster boxlook at this dude lol. People scalped for this garbage. if it came out today it'd be 50 cent bulk
>>57046005I will say that even XY is getting pricier these days too. I was looking at Primal Clash BBs last year around 500$ and now they're closer to 1000$ if not beyond that point. Even Steam Siege BBs used to be pretty reasonable, like not even that much more than the RRP of some modern sets, and now even that is getting up there. Almost makes me regret ripping those packs but I did get the secret rare and a few cool full arts so my box was surprisingly good for Steam Siege. XY will soon become 'vintage' based on my shitty method of discerning vintage from modern.>>57046005Will it financially fuck you over if you spend that 920? If not, just go for it, if it's vintage stuff it will only get more expensive. >+ another 3500Oof, what are you even buying at that point? But the same applies. If you have that kind of disposable money, go for it. Just make sure you're not getting cucked by shitty pricesanon
>>57046048V and Vmax cards are so damn ugly. If not for amazing rares, radiants, trainer galleries and alt arts towards the latter half of the SwSh block, this whole generation would have been remembered as a pile of defecation.
>>57046052The 3500 are just some meme grail cards such as vore Gengar, dark Lugia, the Eevee heroes stuff, that Charizard vs Venusaur JP-only promo, and other cards for which I can't justify the price at all.I can easily afford the 900$, still a lot of money for cards. I'll spend them over the course of the year, hoping prices don't keep rising.
>find a tin at Walgreens>two Lost Origin and a Silver Tempest>no hitsDunno what I was expecting.
are the tins at walgreens even worth getting? and some of the packs they sell? like i saw they were selling the tcg lightning set and the pawmot coin booster packs.
>>57046206Honestly, I got a few hits from the Walgreens tins, but mine had nothing today but a lone Dragonite tin with no hits. They surprisingly aren't resealed, so if you're in the mood for some Gen 8 packs, you might luck out if you go to one.
>>57046179>>57046206the other day i bought a few packs at walgreens and the lady working there called me retardedmake of that what you will
>>57046219What packs were they?
>>57046241surging
are the lightning set things random packs? can you see what packs are in there or are they usually trash
Do they even make cards with good art anymore or is it all retarded looking terraslop?
>>57046469151 is the only set without terraslop, and people wonder why it's popular.
>>57046019Special sets typically aren't over printed, so comparing it to a regular set like crown Zenith is subtarded. I personally have zero interest in the set, but I can absolutely see how it's gonna be massively popular and hard to acquire.
>>57046469Have you tried looking? At all?
>>57046584How was Crown Zenith not a special set? Packs from both can only be obtained from the same type of sealed product, none of which includes booster boxes.
>>57046579me in the water
>>57046584get a load of this retard
>>57046584>>57046724>YOU'RE DEFFINITLY GOING TO MISS OUT BIG TIME. BETTER BUY IT BEFORE IT TRIPLES IN VALUE
>>57046797those words do not belong in my mouth.
>>57046797I hate Eevee because it seems like everyone on VP wants to fuck them so their in the sicko pile of the fandom and I can't even look at them anymore.
>>57047427I buy MANLY cards so i can show how big of a MAN i am, so thats why i dont buy Eevee cards. because Eevee is for GAYsha's.
https://files.catbox.moe/ji85mn.mp4broke this lil buddy out of a slab today because I purchased it from a card store all sorts of messed up and badly scratched. first time cracking a slab and it went well, gladion is free!
>>57046275she was right
>>57046469tera is just these last three sets (scr, ssp, primsatic evos). From next year we're into Owner's Pokemon and I imagine they will scrap the concept slowly, just like the paradox ex cards (which were way cooler than this shit).
>>57047427I chase gen1 cards so I can skip overpriced umbreons and espeons, but yeah eeveefuckers have ruined the market, same as waifufaggots who make useless pokegirl trainer cards reach 2000$.
Does anyone have any images where theres pokemon cards next to to guns ammo and gold etc? Had some gangster images on my old hard drive
>>57048318It's annoying, I want to collect some of the ex series which is already fairly expensive, but the Delta Species eeveelutions are significantly more than most other cards of the same rarity. I get that pricing is a mix of rarity and popularity but it's still a piss take.
Crispin!
>>57046019Whales gonna whale.
>>57048822The BB SARs are so lame, all they had to do is pull 4 more Kierans with the character gazing at you lovingly and they'd been set for the next 10000 years
>>57048822Is that a boy or a girl?
>>57048942he is a 2024 kid so he is a transexual cisgendered MAP
>>57048592
Someone mentioned mercari for good deals but I can't find anything good. I even got a buyee coupon for them.
>>57049466it's good if you buy a ton of shitfor example the other day I got a beedrill SAR for 8 euros, compared to the 20 minimum on cardmarket, if I buy it alone and account for import tax + proxy fees + shipping I obviously lose money but it's different if I'm already ordering something else from japan
little boys are so hot
so bought these at my local shop for 7 dollars eachquestion iscan these be mapped? am i getting scammed?also they didnt' have any 151 packs but had some stellar crown and stufflast question isshould i open it? if it's mapped i might get fucked
>>57050923you bought them before answering these questions? are you dumb? anyway no, they're fine. Only JP packs can be fucked with that much right now. The best scammers can do on english is rip until they get a hit and then assume there is no more hits, which is just making a judgement based on statistics rather than anything like "one SAR per box" or whatever. The only thing possible to screw you over actually 100% right now is CRT scanning which is really fucking expensive so lol people aren't doing it on anything besides first edition base set boxes
>>57050956i bought it and then a minute later as i'm signing my name another person came in trying to buy it. so if i didn't buy it now i'll be out of luck.anyways they were also selling some boxes and tins. there was a white one too. is there any boxes or tins worth buying right now or do u think it's all sold out also i guess it's safe to open..?
>>57045439Mate, look at his list again. It's just reverse chronological order.
Calling it now, Journey Together will be top 3 set of this era. Can't wait bros, that Lillie full art will be mine!
>>57050969Yes you can open your packs. Also tins and collection boxes are such crapshoots that unless you don't care at all what is in a box I wouldn't buy any of those without research beforehand.
>lillie's clefairyle sigh.... 2000$ in japanese
>>57050923>7 dollars each>am i getting scammed?Yes, that's well over market price
>>57049325>no pepe card
thoughts on pokerev?
>>57051108thats 10 cents over market price you dumb nigger
>>57050923the only time you could map english packs was during the grand Sun and Moon fiasco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiHUlrMtFa4&t=63 it hasn't happened ever sincethat said, surging sparks doesn't have the best pull rates so you might just not pull anything regardless
>>57051176Pure slop, I don't watch him.
>>57050977sorry im retarded
Another batch in the mail!
>>57051176Copypasted soiface millionaire youtuber #3846, I saw some videos and he just unboxes and unpacks like a machine gun, skipping any card under $100 and only showing emotion for the tenth umbreon in a row, and then ending the video like and subscribe without even recapping what he pulled. Pure consoom slop.At least that other faggot deep pocket monster breaks the flow of his copypasted videos with some memes.And the "can I finish this binder challenge with my infinite money and infinite tradeable cards" videos are hilarious.
>>57051182I'm converting from Bongcoin and assuming that anon is from the US. $7 comes to £5.49 whereas standard high street price here is about £4.29 ($5.47) or £4 from most game stores. I was assuming that, even with the exchange rates, the US price wouldn't be far off the UK price.
>>57051304I like that you like what I likebeautiful anon
>>57051353market price is $6.90, check tcgplayer.
>>57051304Very nice, still need to pick up that Drowzee AR myself.
>>57050989I've stopped spending on cards for the last 3 months, saving in preparation for this set. I hope it doesn't come to that but I'll be ready this time at least.
>>57051353>£4.29I still remember the days when packs were £2.99 (back during like DP to BW) and you could get tins for £9.99. Fucking hell anon I refuse to pay over £3.30 per pack, it sucks though because it means I either have to look for deals or always stay several sets behind if I want to rip (which I do)
>>57051364please redpill me on these V alt art cardsI only ever pulled 2, Calyrex and then Sneasler. The Sneasler is cool granted, but I hate everything about Pokemon-V - the gay little V in the top corner, the shitty black borders, they're even gayer than teraslop cards in my opinion. Does the texture salvage these cards?
>>57051503Vstar are better but there are some regular Vs with great art and texture
>>57051503I just love the illustrations, the trainer gallery ones in particular are pure soul.
>>57051176>>57051195>>57051330So wrong about the Rev. Yes, he does make all kinds of different videos for different audiences, so some of them are not so interesting. There is only so much content you can make opening Pokemon packs. But go watch some of his long form live streams, this guy legit loves Pokemon cards, has great knowledge of the sets and is just generally a really nice and entertaining guy to watch.
>>57051500When I was younger I used to collect them, I think from about ex Deoxys to Platinum, and they were £2.50 at this one shop I found. The problem is I only got £2.50 a week so I couldn't open many packs, plus when Diamond and Pearl were coming out I was saving most of that money to buy the game.Now I've got back into collecting, everything's way more expensive - the old sets I'm nostalgic for are horrific - and my disposable income is limited by having a child. I just want to spend money on my silly cartoon animals, that's not much to ask.
>>57051622I hope he sees this bro
I just bought this, japanese version and new, for 17 dollars, do you think I overpaid?
>>57050989do we know what the lillie full art looks like? and when will they start taking preorders. i just want my waifu cards
>The set’s card sleeve and deck box will feature Iono. Releasing alongside the set will also be a “Collection File N” and “Collection File Lillie.”Wait what? Iono is getting a new sleeves and box or is the same of her milkbox? Also "collection file lillie" will be the end of me, I NEED WAIFUCARDS!
>>57051748No, but we do know that the set will have a Lillie's Clefairy ex, so most likely there'll be an SAR of it.
ima dedicate collecting pokemon cards especially waifu card setswhere do i start? should i buy a binder and sort all my cards by the card # and try to collect the whole set? or do i just aim for waifu trainer cards and the pokemon they use? also i tried to google like meet ups to go meet with other collectors who i can trade random cards i'm missing in collection but doesn't seem to be many near me. or is there a specific phrase i should be searching for.and lastly do you sleeve all the normal cards too if you are collecting the whole set?
>>57051873Milkboxes that comes with a promo waifucard as they are the easier to get.
>>57051687I know the feeling fellow Britanon, I was in a similar position to you back during those days too. I collected from ex Legend Maker up to Plasma Storm but back then I also only got a couple of quid a week too, so I'd either buy one pack every once in a while or beg my parents to get me a tin from Waterstones (I wonder if they still sell Pokemon) when we'd go out as a family.When I went to uni I used my student loan to buy a bunch of DP and BW packs back in 2016 and that stuff was ridiculously cheap. The same packs are absolutely dire, like 100 quid for weighed DP packs and almost as much for most BW sets. Sucks that these packs will likely just sit and collect dust forever rather than being ripped, what a fucking shame.
>>57051898can you give me an example of these promo boxes?also how do you go about keeping up and getting promo cards in the states anyways? do you have to participate in tournaments in stuff related to the game?
>>57051873do yourself a favour and don't go to a pokemon swap meetup. If not to avoid the cringe investor types who probably can't name a single gen 3-7 Pokemon, then at least to save yourself from the risk of some autist stealing shit from your binder.
>>57051937Ignore the cringe as fuck ugly guy, these are all the milkboxes release so far and 4 are of waifus with full arts of them that only come in these boxes which is true for most of promos, they only come in special collection boxes. On the note, I can't believe Professor Juniper got a box for herself, she is not super popular, hell, I would say she is rather obscure.
>>57051993>Professor JuniperSomeone at TPCi has taste
finally got that twm etb, plus a surging sparks 3-pack and a single paldea evolved boosterI think it went pretty well
>>57052132>I think it went pretty wellYou can't be serious
>>57050977Except 151
>>57052146I don't actually care about chase cards mind you, and I also play, so yeah it could have been worse
>>57051738Yep you can easily find it for 10$. Not as bad as overpaying a 100$ card
>>57051993>any important npc in shitnova>obscure
>>57051304really like that ninetails card
>New releases are yet more teraslops and waifubaitNice, I can catch up on older sets while I wait for my bank account to be depleted by the Rocket set.
alright, that does it, NOW I am done buying more cards for my binderIm done. NO MORE
>>57052301What happened, anon?
>>57052355Ive spent too much money on my collection and I dont even have friends or other collectors to show it too
>>57052301See you on the next ebay checkout this weekend anon
>>57052362How much did you spend? I'm in the same situation maybe we can show each other our....binders.......
>>57052362You bought everything you saw or just stuff you really wanted? I only focus in that.
>>57046288One of the best cards ever printed tbqh no cap
>>57052423the stuff I wanted
>>57052439Whoa, then you have much larger scope than mine, mine is waifucards I can get without doing packs gacha or very specific pokemons that I also can get without packs gacha.
Oh, this sucks.
>>57052753Forgot image.
what are some decent ressources to know which cards dropped the most in value week to week or something like that?
I might go to a LGS that has below ETBs in stock potentially. any worth getting?>Sun/Moon>Brilliant Stars>Fusion Strike>Battle Styles>Crimson Invasion>shining fates>Vivid Voltagenot a sealed box investorfag, just want some cool SARs
>>57052362that's what i'm scared of if i begin collectingpeople will say just collect for yourself but it's kind of lonely just collecting cards solo
>>57052957Go all in on SM base for Riri-chan
Do I cave here and buy a couple Surging Sparks BB at 209 each anons? My favorite poketuber says prices will only go up from here.
>>57053072no, fucking dogshit rates. Save yourself the paint. bought two BBs one night and got dog ass (except SAR Durant and Jasmine)
>>57051304Good tasteWE GETTING PAID NIGGAS WE OUT HERE NIGGAS
traded in a bunch of my dupes from >>57042647got $17 and used it towards one of the SARs from the set that I wanted (still cost $40)
>>57053091>always liked milotic in ruby>man thats nice art>$150+
Zamn
>>57042661it's sold out..i hesitated and it got all bought
>>57053181I bought some from there but regretted it because I didn't realize they charge tax until it was too late. Note to self to not buy shit while laying in bed half asleep
>>57053202i mean how else would we get it if we're from the states
>>57053090I caved. Lesson learned, always preorder boxes.
>>57053220I also pre-ordered a bunch from grandads at a lower proce ($54, no tax but $14 shipping for 25 boxes). I am a bit disgusted with myself because the price is ridiculous. Booster boxes cost the same as any other set in Japan but all us resellers unanimously decided to pricegauge it. It would be cheaper to get it from the jap pokemon center and use some service to get it to you, but I tried zenmarket and buyee and neither were able to do it because of the purchase limit. Once it comes back in stock, if you're the first person to put in an order through zenmarket or buyee, you can probably get it.
resist the FOMO
you resist the packs that are fotm but then they go out of print and you can't get them anymore. how does that help me in collecting when they'll go up in price. like just got into this and want to collect waifu cards but i ain't gonna find ultra prism packs anywhere now
>>57053269buy singles, no waifu card should be over $100 right now
>>57053273don't tell that to me
I bought a fake of my waifu, and I saved hundreds
>>57053269we don't need any more fucking waifu cardboard chasers, buy crypto instead nerd.r8 my latest addition to my harem bros.
>>57053290so fucking lewd, her ankle and bare fucking feet. Every inch of her screams SEX. probably just woke up from a 10-man orgy.
>>57053290>EnglishYikes
The last lost origin build and battle stadium
>>57053370Pretty bad. Look at that line through the pidgeot
>>57053276Being a Lilliebro is bittersweet. At least I'm not a jap.
>>57053269Evolving skies got printed for 2 years you're a retarded sheep
>>57051176I hate his thumbnails and the fact that they're everywhere. I would never want to watch any of this videos thanks to that.
>>57046179>swshit era setsi dont know what you were expecting either
>told myself I would stop buying cards at least for the month of December>just spent 90$ on a piece of Japanese cardboard
japanese are eating the slop
>>57054711They're so fucking boring
>>57054711I'll probably pick up the Lacey one day I guessThat Amarys is fucking embarassing
>>57054711>Lacey is Gen 9's best girl but both her SARs are shitty and boringSAD
>>57052390literally me loldestroying my savings but at least it kinda keeps my depression at bayPokemon is one of the few things that brings me joy
>>57053090>>5705307218-pack half BBs are objectively better. Put together they're cheaper than a BB and will have better pull rates overall, on average you can get at least 1-4 more URs
>>57053163choose white manspend hours trying to find a feebas spot in RSor pay the toll for the shiny cardboard>>57053232what the fuck is wrong with you? For that money you literally could have bought a Spanish HGSS booster box and gotten way cooler pulls
>>57054711Lacey needed huge Wicke sized knockers and much lewder SARs to make itWon't be remembered past this Friday
>>57055136Lacey is sex as is but yes, she should have showed more skin for the SAR
>>57041979>$15Should i bros?
>>57055241>japaneseyou know the answer already.
>>57055267Yes
>>57055270guess again.
>>57053163Japanese version is way cheaper.
>>57053269Nigger, the set JUST CAME OUT. What the fuck do you mean go out of print? They'll print this shit for at least another year from now.
>>57053269anon none of this stuff is ever underprinted besides old e-series sets back in the day, supply gets lower over time while demand usually falls as new product comes out, but now Pokemon is a bull market so investors drive up prices for old sets with little demand (but people willing to shell out $$$ for nostalgia) versus what used to be the case, where old stuff maybe got marginally pricier. It's on you for starting collecting now, but if it's Ultra Prism Lillie you want then just fork out the cash for her brokie kek.
>>57041979Pretty lame set but it was on sale. Let's open her up
>>57055861Forgot pic
>>57055881>>57055861Hell yeah, been ripping SM recently too, are you the guy who opened up SM in earlier threads?idk if the Whitney SR is in this or Super Burst Impact but I hope you get a waifu and a cool Prism Star
>>57055241Cool card but I wouldn't do it because of the condition of the card.
>>57055902That's likely me. I wasn't expecting much but still pretty mid. The golf girl is the waifu if the set
>>57056016Ah damn anon, the Virizion artwork is cool if nothing elseI pulled that FA Zera back in the day from Lost Thunder, regret selling it even though I'm not the biggest fan of its design. Have you ordered any other SM stuff?I got Fairy Rise and Dark Order for steals during Black Friday so when they arrive I will post pulls here too.
>>57056026I've bought several sets that I've opened 1 box and stored the other away. I have an ultra sun coming that I do plan to open, likely today.
New mail!
>>57051582>that hisuian zoroarkjesus christ thats a nice one. I just got back into collecting and I have my work cut out for me between cards like this and lost origins giratina.
Also opening these
Cute frame
What are the odds of a 151 re-release in stores?
>>57056265not only lol but also lmao %
>>57056295I figured.
Man the Irida box was a bust but adaman just gave me Pic. Pretty kino, now I just have Giratina left.
What is the moonbreon appeal besides eeveefagging? There's much better looking illustrations and the composition feels unbalanced.
>all the hypebeasts already lost interest for the eevee set the second Journey together got announcedOh now I get it, this is why they made it so scarce, that was teir only way to make it sell kek. Hope retards like>>57053269 enjoy their 150$ ETBs
Why hasn't your favorite manga artist drawn a Pokemon card yet, Anon?
>>57056311it's not even the best umbreon of its own set.
>>57056357I hope this isn't true. I don't want Eeveeniggers to jew up a set i actually want to collect.
>>57056381I wish Hagi did that arceus-dialga-palkia-giratina combo
>>57056357Proof that eevee furries are just a loud minority and pokegirl cunny chasers are the vast majority of pokemon fanbase.
>>57053181and now they go up by 13 dollars and still out of stockholy fuck i can't believe i was sitting staring at this shiti regret not going for it
>>57054711im very grateful that kierans card wasnt put in this style. best boy won.
>>57056420Nah, there's a ton of eeveelution cards that always skyrocket in price but there's a very few waifu cards that actually gain traction. Then again, the Trainers never really had anything until recently so maybe it was a a missed market by Pokemon.
>>57056265It's getting a new box set in February
>>57056768Really?Thats exciting actually.Recently took interest in collecting the cards again, mostly because of 151.Was looking about a month or two ago in stores when I learned about them, but was having difficulty finding them. Used to collect as a kid, and had multiple complete sets (Mostly original series up through the Legendary Collection series) just kind of stopped as I got older, so was hoping to get a chance on this set mostly for nostalgia, then maybe branch into some others. Considered picking some packs up online, but most are going for double MSRP, which makes sense I suppose.Additionally, while browsing random stores for the occasional pack while shopping for Christmas stuff, I've noticed that nearly all pokemon cards are always sold out. I knew the cards had a resurgence about 7 or so years ago, and then another bump early on in COVID, but didn't realize that it was still so popular. Makes me wonder if its adults like me or if kids are still really into them, or both.
>>57053175Such a great style but why the stock action figure posing? It could've been so much better
i hope there is at least one dopamine rush in here!
>>57055130>Spanishokay Eduardo, thanks for the "tip".
>>57056921get niggered
using the price of JP eevees to mean anything btw is kind of dumb when we literally just have them being pulled gaurunteed in JP. You can map a whole case to find the god pack which has all the eeveelutions lmao.
>>57056921Build and Battle Chads rise up!
are these "waifu" cards?
>>57056929>he doesn't like Prime cards and Legends wise up gringo
>>57056520anon this shit is going to be overprinted to hell and back, if you check back in january you'll easily find it
>>57057022yes, no, yes, yes(x2)no, yes, yes
>>57057022>>57057094>tfw your pokewaifu has no cards.
>>57057100which one
>>57057100Who’s your Waifu?
>>57056921i am never spending a cent on Lost Origin again. just like Evolving Skies and Surging Sparks, has kiked out shit rated and ive only ever gotten trash from it
>>57057113>>57057116Hilda.
>>57057125I hope you didn't expend much
>>57057140$178. so yeah, kinda hurts. im just gonna buy the fucking Giratina so I never have to worry about touching LO ever again
>>57057146How does that add up to 178?
>>57057146touche, i'm about to go pick up a box at my own target.
>>57057153Chil Reign was $6/pk, LO box was $50
>>57057177>$50 for 4 packs of LOWhat the hell? You can still get LO for like 5-6 dollars a pack online
Bros...
Pray for me
>>57057127Yet Rosa got two, its fucking bullshit. Come to think of it Kris and Lyra are the only other two female protags without a card, right?
>>57057204no don't do eet!!!
>>57057206depends on if you count trainer galleries
>>57057204>>57057192I could never expend money on pre swsh cards with so little full art cards. I can never go back
Another 200$ spent today
>>57057239why
>>57056799Kids are hooked by youtubers opening packs on stream and getting """"mistery"""" boxes from their friend sellers who give the streamers some great pulls in order to bait kids into thinking pull rates are actually high.Adults are split between genuine collectors, coomer degenerates, and investors/scalpers.
>>57057127Damn I never realized she never got a card. I like how confronting her sprite looks in battles. I hope your wish will come true when the inevitable gen 5 remakes get a card set.
>>57057247for the genuine consoom/collectors ITT, do you collect anything else or just TCG?
>>57057246God wills it
>>57057022Yes except for the DEI aproved freak on the down left position.
Waifubros, we lost today.
>>57057256What did you buy?
>>57057255I "collect" physical games.Kind of dumb I guess, but I like the way the look on my shelf, and its fun to have a rare game.I do play them though. I'm not some fag who pays 3k for Earthbound and then locks it in a closet.>>57057253I'm nervous about B&W getting a remake. I'm hoping Gamefreak shapes up more before they go for it.
>>57057255I collect anything I like, be it cards or figures or plushies or doodads or whatever. Living near the chinatown equivalent in my city has not helped in the least.I like the Pokemon model kits since they're not at intensive as something like a regular gunpla and they have a lot of cool and weird mons for them. Found one that was the Hydreigon line the other day, just gotta figure out where to put it when i feel like putting it together.
>>57057255I used to collect handheld/'retro' gaming stuff (mostly consoles + JRPGs) but a few years ago now I reached a point of completion in my mind. I don't really buy anything anymore unless it's a rare new game I'm interested in like DQ3 Remake.Now my only consoom hobby in TCG.
>>57057272Brehs...At least they didn't hit you withtwo Leafeons like my box though. Sucks about the FA though, very happy with my Pokemon Fan Club from it (but not a waifu RIP)
>>5705727710 promos from s-p, sm-p and sv-p, plus these 3 little faggots
>>57057302I never understood gaming collectors who only buy sealed games to never open or play, there is surely some complex or compulsion that stems from childhood experiences but I regularly spend thousands on Pokemon so I have no right to judge kekIt feels like buying sealed Pokemon stuff to me. If I'm buying some old Pokemon packs, you know I will go against better judgement and open the packs up. These things are meant to be enjoyed, I wonder how fucked someone must have to be to hoard a bunch of sealed Pokemon products and somehow derive pleasure from that versus having a collection of cards that you pulled that you genuinely like
>>57057381There's just a depressing strain of person who cares more about the prestige or the potential money to be made than having any interest in the subject itself, and clickbaity unboxings and people having to find hobbies during covid didn't help.Its like how you can respect someone with a room full of anime coom figures significantly more than someone with a room full of funko pops.
>>57056799Save yourself the scam and just buy singles, or this when it releases for a bunch of the bulk.
>>57057247How many youtubers actually do this though?I know people like Logan Paul used to, but thats what I was referring to with the COVID surge. Does he still?I know critikal does, but he actually collects all kinds of cards as far as I know, and I would wonder how much of an influence just he would actually have. I can't think of any other youtubers that still do Pokemon cards, that are big names.>>57057406>funko popsMan I hate these soulless things.
>>57057408>singlesI thought about it, but I enjoy the fun of opening a pack desu.I am going to buy some of those boxes when they release now that I know about them though.
>>57057272Oof, ripping packs will always fuck you over in the end but if there's one set I would chance on at least it would be that one.
>>57057437Those Japanese SM booster boxes were pretty good, you could pretty much complete the main set with one box and you were guaranteed 5-6 URs out of the 30 packs + a bunch of cool looking holos with holo borders, which really made those SM holos pop back in the daySets are just larger now even excluding secrets and such
New>>57057473>>57057473
Are they going to print more SV 151? When I Google it all I see are guys that obviously invested heavily posting FUD. I would think they would but now these dudes are in my head about it. Pokemon is basically a shitcoin at this point so I have no idea what to think.
