Special arts but not quite alt arts yet more than full arts EditionPrevious Thread:>>58222315FAQ:https://pastebin.com/MypNBzca
Budew grandmaster set bros......it's over.......only 150 copies worldwide...................
>still buying vintage
>>58232188what's funny is that you can only get this at SEA countries like the Philippines.
Destined Rivals GMfags in shambles too>36 copies worldwideI laugh now, but the day they do this with an illustration rare (see chink mew) I will seethe
>still buying real cards
It's cool to finally have this assembled even if they aren't very rare or expensive or anything
also pokemon center queue is up
Now that the code that scalpers have been using got reported my PokeCenter actually has stock. Mostly shit I don't really want but I never saw ETBs in stock but now there are plenty for everyone.
bros...we are so fucked...
>>58232681Why are they giving all the popular Pokemon massive FUPAs now?
And now I'm caught up with the photo backlog, that is until I take some new ones of more singles, not too many though.
>>58232188>>58232232>caring about stamp slopThank God that's not me lmao.
>>58232681>mega charizard x prominently featuredYup, this set is absolutely getting scalped to hell and back.
>>58232890It's a tiny set even in English and Mega Gengar isn't getting anything beyond a regular ex card, this is gonna be Obsidian Flames 2.0, and that's a good thing
>>58232912oh yeahjust like 151 set that everybody finished master set-ed back thenand that still being reprinted AND scalpedyeahsurefuck off
>still grading cards
>still posting Houndoom
>>58232681he's so fucking fatI guess tpci really is catering to their main audience
I don't understand people who try to sell cards in their personal collection for 20-30% higher than cardmarket, like the fuck
>>58232637>Now that the code that scalpers have been using got reported my PokeCenter actually has stock.That was me. I reported 3 separate vulnerabilities with detailed, repeatable steps. Surprised they got it fixed this quickly.
Been a while since I checked how this is doing. What a pleasant surprise. No, I don't expect it to hold here, but even a drop down to like $15 is massive for me.
>still sleeping on the best pokemon
>>58232854w-what???? you don't.... like the stamps? you... oh god... no.... but they're exclusive, EXCLUSIVE!!! They're stamps! You need to care you NEED TO CARE! You need these! Please buy them, i'm begging you. If you don't care, and say this out loud where other people can hear you, other people might start to question stamps too. Please delete this post. You are causing irreparable damage. Everyone please support your local card shop and go to the vendor tables at shows and buy the stamps. These are truly exclusive one of a kind, and supplies are going fast. Please buy.
>>58233350I wanna complete my prime card collection so bad but ever since the funny houndoom card went up all of the other ones kinda stayed high
>>58233447When i found all of my old cards, one of the first ones I sold were my Primes. Man, what a shit gimmick.
>>58233362>>58232854>>58232232>>58232188I own a STAFF Promo of Gengar from lost originpaid 300 bucks for it. now it's more expensive than Giratina ...a chase card.CopeSeetheDilate
>>58233528>$35
>>58233545>STAFF Promo
>>58233528sell it then nigga lmao. you care so much about value? sell it.
>>58233555To sell you also need a buyer.Nobody will buy that, at least not at the price you think it's "worth".
>>58233561>To sell you also need a buyer.Who says i will EVER SELL IT, you fucking dumb retarded investorcuck
>stamps
>>58233556>sell it then nigga lmao. you care so much about value? sell it.i care about complete grandmaster set not value you absolute clownIm one of few people on this planet who owns a full set of Lost Origin because there are like... three staff gengar promos loland most of them owned by collectors who will never sellnormie investorcucks like you dont even know that such card exists
>>58233574>NOOO YOU SHOULD NOT CARE ABOUT RARE CARD!!! :(>ooooo a new hype charizard card wooooow :D
>>58233564>IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE OMG OMG OMG IT'S WORTH MILLIONS I'M A MILLIONAIRE!!>he says in his shitty smelly apartment that reeks of weed as he watches his 5th re-run of Tuca and Bertie while his fat gf walks in with a plate of pasta drowning in cream cheese, and calls it "gourmet"
>>58233582>hes madtop kekCope
>>58233589>he's poorstay poor
>>58233575>i care about complete grandmaster set not value you absolute clown>not value>>58233528>now it's more expensive>not value>>58233528>now it's more expensive>not value>>58233528>now it's more expensive>not value>>58233528>now it's more expensive
Im not sure if this is a silly question but do people make posters of these cards or do I have to do it myself
>>58233612You'll have to make one yourself!You silly boy!:3
>>58233612im sure you can find some guy on etsy to do it
>still buying modern
>>58233612Maybe if they removed the text from them.
>>58222472>buy from the worse sitelol
>>58233934I love PokeRev! He's the best Poketuber. I follow everything he says.
>>58233934I hate PokeRev! He's the worst Poketuber. I disagree with everything he says.
>>58233953>>58234026IT'S CRAZYIT'S OVER
>leaving store>PokeCenter is literally up like it has stock>walking towards it and notice person hustling off with their bags>light starts going to red right when I walk up to itFucking scalpers I swear
>>58233604btfo'd so hard the faggot ran away
>still jealous i own more rare cards than himfucking newfag investors i swear....
>>58234224>stillYou lost. That one word is the epicenter of a lost argument.
>>58234357>stillll jealousanon...be jealous of people like picrelated. not me - a humble True Collector who eared a card with his sweat and blood...
>>58234381HOOOOLLLLYYY SHITI have this urge to buy from this man!!! I need to buy, holy shit it's THE PRIZZIES!!!!I AM BEGGING YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THAT MAN'S CONTACT I NEED TO BUY, I NEEEEED TO BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!
My lcs took my bulk bin of small value cards ($1-50) + not rare trainers/ex/v/gx (not alt arts) for 1k. That's around 80% value from what I calc'd. I actually got value for those cents to dollar cards that I couldn't get rid off hell yeah. I don't think I would've managed to sell any of those so 20% fee for just trading it all in is acceptable. Time to be a retard and buy UPCs with it instead of buying singles I like keeeeek. But not from that lcs, it's like 2x above msrp. They're no strangers to scalping too. It's just single prices are so high right now that they'll take anything I guess?
>>58234394>80%why does everyone have the 80% autism what is this hyperfixation on this number
>>58234394Oh and I guess the kicker is that a lot of these small value cards used to be worth nothing just 2 years ago. Suddenly promo cards like delta mimikyu are worth something but I never even liked it so cya. NM promo going for what, $25 when it used to be cents? I opened a couple of the celebrations chests back then, they were barely worth a shit lol>>58234399LCS = actual storefront, I can understand them taking my whole bulk buylist at 80%. What I'm surprised at all is that they didn't reject all these stupid ass V and EX cards like ninetails EX worth cents, tyranitar V fusion strikes worth cents, and gxes worth like 1-2 dollars. Everyone's buying up everything right now huh.
>>58234399bro stores have been doing this since forever. you give them whatever the fuck and they give you cash. 80% is high though, usually during not-so-hot periods they'll give you 60% and you're better off just selling on your own.>>58234394it's very surprising, guess you should sell your unwanted higher than common rarity bulk to get rid of shit taking space in your house while investorcucks want everything. depends on your store I guess. like the 1k is whatever but getting rid of all this fat extra bulk without having to simply throw them away in the recycling? that's cool.
>>58234431>80%80 percent of WHAT? Fucking WHAT?
>>58234436of tcgplayer market price bro. most people use that and a combination of last sold on ebay. lazier ones go by tcgplayer.
>>58234431The thing is, recheck your bulk for stuff you thought was valueless. For example:https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/124066/pokemon-xy-evolutions-mew?Language=EnglishYou pulled a lot of these most likely if you opened evolutions in the past. I had bulk shit of these and I just sold like 5 for $12 each. These used to be a dollar or some shit. Example 2:https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/478027/pokemon-crown-zenith-galarian-gallery-mew?page=1&Language=EnglishThis shit used to be $2-5 and I opened like 3 from opening CZ. It's $40 fucking bucks now. If you really like Mew then don't sell but otherwise it's now really easy to just sell it off.
>>58234457>It's $40 fucking bucks now.Oh my bad, $55. These single prices are unrealistic as fuck kek.
>>58234457Hmm suddenly I care about these cards!!! They should be in my bulk storage, I have 'em sorted by type and then rarity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rBmWD-4YSc
I bought a milkbox for waifu and I get a husbando too, dunno what to feel.
>>58234852Ah crap , dunno why it was posted sideways when the file is not like that but you get the point.
>>58234852gay'd
>still posting Gengar
Why does a Pokémon center emblem make a card more valuable? Realized I had a fug with one and one without one was surprised at the price difference.
>>58235101rarer
>>58234852lillie box is super cute. now I want one
>>58235184Yeah but the material her deck box is made is inferior to the material the Iono's deck box was made, it feels more "plastic".
>>58235196that's a shame... still want though. I don't care for Iono
I opened the costco Surging Spark 2 pack and didn't get anything good. Came with 15 packs in total.
>>58233362nah im good lmao
>>58235536NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>58232180any real collector should be asking this simple question>how do i survive in the bearish marketyou have everyone assuring you of non stop profits and buy this and buy that and this is hot. what they say is true, everyone is right in a bullish market. but how happy are you going to be in a bearish market with what you got? there is a simple solution to this, stop listening to dumbasses pumping the market and doing actual reasearch into cards and collectables. there are tons of tools around you that can help you make a decision if a product is actually worth it. you literally need to be thinking for yourself. because a lot of these people who are telling you to buy buy buy, will have NO advice for you during a bearish market. they will scrape you off their shoe like the piece of shit they consider you to be. so take in consideration that theres going to be a point in time when things will go south. that you dont want to be caught with your pants down and the wrong cards in your hands. people that are too afraid to be critical of themselves will not last and not enjoy the long haul of collecting cards.it doesnt matter NOW because NOW everyone has something worth value, it matters later when people start really questioning their buying habits and their collections in the bearish market.
>>58235696>picwtf is this real lmao
>>58234852Did you buy the Lillie plush?
>>58235696so buy vintage or what?
>>58235696>but how happy are you going to be in a bearish market with what you got?Pretty happyBecayse I only buy what I likeIf everything crashed then I would buy the stuff that I think it's too pricey rnAlso you people have been promising a "crash" for 2 years now and it never happens
>>58233362This but unironically
>>582357142 more weeks!
Hmm yes I think I will sit on my mega booster box until the price goes up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
>>582357142 years lol have you started collecting in 2020 or what? worse has happened for pokemon cards in the past decades. what's a few years?
>still buying physical
>>582357262019
>>58235703Best advice is look at set catalogs on pokellector and double check pricing and pop reports. everyone is chasing the new thing that people dont even remember cards that were released 3 years ago that might be worth it. there are some SWSH Black Star Promo's that have gotten stagnant and forgotten about. personally i like the Mewtwo V Union 4 cards. its a bit of a gimmick and you need all 4, but the only way to obtain it was through the promotional boxes. its mewtwo, people love mewtwo. its probably one of the top 20 most collected pokemon. you can get all 4 for like 40 bucks. which if you really think about it you are getting each card for 10 bucks a pop. the pop reports are relativly low, stupid low compared to a modern market. its been on my list for a while. but you are going to NEED all 4. i aint got no crystal ball but i would think that aquiring something like this would fair well in a bearish market knowing everything i know. or i could just be blowing smoke up your ass.
>>58235714people will look to refine their collections. when you are a kid you will get a binder and just fill it full of cards, commons, uncommons, holo's. whatever looks good is good. then as you age you will start only focusing on holo cards and stop putting commons and uncommons in your binders, then there will be another point of refinement, where now just because its a shiny piece of cardboard that not all are created equal, so you will focus on those cards and continue to refine your personal collection, getting better and better. eventually leading up to a point of getting graded slabs. and continue to refine your collection until you just have high quality cards that you care about that fetch high value. i hate all the humble mumbo jumbo, its a bit of a cope, its a bit of a pat on the back. but you should be moving to this process through your life as you collect. there will be a day of refinement. there will be a day where people will change their attitudes on whats good and whats bad and whats really worth collecting and whats all hogwash.
>>58235696Any real collector shouldn't care about bear market and bull market and youtube pumpers, outside of one single factor: can I afford the cards I want/like in this era? Should I wait for it to cool off or will the market continue being retarded forever?Every single one of your rants revolves around reselling your collection for maximum profit, you still don't understand that no one cares about that.>you dont want to be caught with your pants down and the wrong cards in your handsblatant proof that cards are only assets to you, collectors never buy wrong cards, they only want to avoid overpaying, while reselling is reserved for nigger investors such as (You)
>>58235862>durrr you are not a real collector>durrrk keep coping. you will change your taste as time goes on.
i was collecting cards before 2020. how you going to spin a narrative that im only just in it for the money? i have a vastly greater collection than you do. i have played every game in the series. i can name 99% of pokemon. i know the lore. to just write me off as a souless investor has to be the biggest cope.
i have shiny hunted over 300 pokemon. i know stupid obsucre facts about dumb shit like ekans being snake or that muk spelt backwards is kumhow ya gonna cope that im not only interested in the franchise for financial reasoning but actually practice what i preach? i bet you aint even level 25 in pokemon go yet?
ive watched multiple season of the anime. im not a true fan? im just a soulless investor fagnah, you are a souless investor fag, you are not a real fan, you were born yesterday and i was collecting cards as a kid over 26 years ago.how ya gonna act?
Invest this invest that, collectin this collec that...Look what just got dropped /tcc/!
Two beautiful card! Printed by the best printer in the world!
are you even a real pokemon fan?
>>58235922What a steal for $5. Beautiful texture, beautiful print.
>>58235922THE CUTEST SMILE
do you even own a switch 2 in preparation for the relase of the newest upcoming pokemon games. im not saying you have to spend 500 dollars on a console to prove you are a fan. but i did, i plan on playing the new games. you are not a real fan, fug u. times a ticking. legends ZA is being relesed in about 1 month.
>>58235930>>58235931Are these fake?
>>58235896I already have most of the cards I want, and I will not sell them
>>58235934the next gamed will be released on Switch 1 as well, retarded investorcuck
>>58235900When all you mention in your posts is how your cards are chosen solely based on pop report and potential profit, you will always be called a soulless investor. You come off as "you guys are collecting the wrong way reeee". Let people collect what they want, if they want a binder full of bubble mews that they pay 600$ ea and next year they are 200$, let them be.
>>58235978Never seen a SUPERIOR NIPPONESE PRINT up close anon?
Were there any other paldean trainers with the staff/event type promos besides arven? I have a master set and I'm not very good at looking up everything beyond the basics.
bros quickshould i invest into Labubu or Pokemon cards?????
>>58236069Joke, right? Just collect what you like I've got both
>>58236070show me your labubu?(aside from joking im genuinely curious to buy at least 1 labubu box to have it and feel it - i like how it's vinyl + plush like monkey toys from when i was a kid....but i HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO BUY ONE AND NOT GET SCAMMED)
>>58236071don't wanna take pictures but I've got one from have a seat and the secret from big into energyThere's several guides on how not to get scammed and figure out which is real or not There's a few chinese sellers on ebay that do live auctions where you can get one for around 40ish, but you won't get to choose (but most let you trade with others) They're pretty soft. I just wanted a trendy accessory for my backpack.
>>58235862I understand the sentiment you are trying to go for, but it really is an awful take. A real collector absolutely needs to understand market conditions. A real collector should be trying to find the best route to acquiring the cards they want for their collection. When the best time to offload cards they don't want is, when the good times to buy the cards they do, etc. A retard with more money than sense shouldn't care about bear and bull markets.I'll keep saying it til it finally sinks in for you all, the best way to expand your collection is for you to engage in the Pokemon card market. You will greatly expand your ability to grow you collection and acquire pieces you thought were out of reach. As a collector you have innate knowledge of the hobby, there is no good reason not to leverage that knowledge for the benefit of your collection.
>>58236078Are you female
>>58232973151 doesn't have a booster box, so it's actually harder to collect. Prismatic is literally satan because aside from not having booster boxes, the set is one of the largest yet!
>>58236089No
>>58236078>I just wanted a trendy accessory for my backpack.you don't know what is a real backpack trend then
>>58236078>I just wanted a trendy accessory for my backpack....and you think a fucking Labubu dangling on your backpack gonna lift you up socially?
Costco bundle hits
>>58236086nooooooo chud if you're a real collector you keep literally everything!!! meanwhile they'd call the anon who sold his random ass non-rare evolutions/celebrations/cz mews a fake collector for selling cards he doesn't want that spiked in value lmaoooo
>>58235862truth nuke
>>58236412Couldn't fit the whole picture.
Y'know I'd understand real collectors not caring about the market if they only collected cards they cared about but from personal experience playing at locals and going to trade nights, that's not true at all. Collectors and players are just picking up literally everything over the Pokemon craze and they've been playing for longer than I have.And in cases like that, which is a lot more than super fixated /tcc/ autists who never buy stuff they don't want and never fall for hype, they should be following the market to sell off their impulse purchases/pulls. /tcc/ autists are GODS who pull literally every hit they want and never get the hits they don't care as much for I guess...
>>58235934Last one I bought was Ultra Moon pre-owned and I still regret it, every entry after it was even shittier. Call me when the games get:>all the pokemon usable in one game again>a substantial single player post game with a Battle Frontier and other cool shit>a difficulty select >the production values that reflect the IPs status as the best selling one in human historyUntil then get fucked, not paying for slop.
Phantasmal flames Ultra premium collection is selling out at stores for 300 bucks, how can people afford this shiet
>>58236718gains from their investments.
>go to buy a card I was wanting for a while>its getting bought outFUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKAAAAH ALL THE COPIES ON EBAY LOOK LIKE TOTAL FUCKING ASS
>>58236786pumpers found your card... it's over.
>>58236434I'm an example of that, I haven't bought any boxes and not even packs in the last year and a half, only the singles I wanted: I have a clear picture of what I want in my binder and so I spend money just for the cards I know I need, and only within a certain price range.
just started an IG account where I open packs and give away whatever I get. wanted to share for anyone that is interested in free cards. it's also very chill so good for late night viewing. will literally give away anything good I pull, don't even care - new video every day@bestcardpulled
>>58236804I am starting to form into this sort of collector as well. I have looked at mega evo cards and the ones I want in japanese cost around 150 in total. Now I am waiting to see if their prices drop a bit further after the set is released in english
I'm new to this board. Why is everyone so fired up about these cards? Do they come with a free massage or something? Why aren't people downloading scanned copies of these cards from the internet and printing them at home? What's so fucking special?
>>58237051dumb satania poster
>>58237057What the fuck is up with people never justifying the utility of these pieces of paper? What the fuck is the point? Why the fuck is everyone so crazy about these? What the fuck do you even do with them? It's insane.
>>58237051>>58237066You wouldn't get it.
>>58237051>>58237066i have a card that costs $1200
>>58237071I might if you actually tried to explain it.>>58237075Okay? What's the point? Did you spend $1200 on it (dumb) or are you sure someone else will (also dumb)?
>>58237079>Okay? What's the point? Did you spend $1200 on it (dumb) or are you sure someone else will (also dumb)?yesalso yes
>>58237066People like art. More recently people like money.
>still posting Haunter
>>58237090>>58237083So it's a mental illness. Gotcha.
>>58237176How is spirit return useful?
>>58237209I don't know if it's still in standard but there was a card that lets you use a supporter card in your opponents hand as it's ability. i think it was another ghost type as well like ghourgeist or frosslass.Also the gengar from that set does damage based on how many trainer cards are in your opponents hand.All that set it is not good.
>>58237051When it comes to shitty english cards, printing your own probably looks about the same. With Japanese and Chinese, the difference is huge.
>>58237199Something with a certain worth of value is often assessed because others have bought the item and scarcity helps the value go up. I have a poster that is worth $5,000. I have several worth $1,500. They're worth that amount because people have bought them for that price and there's a limited amount. Did I pay that much? LOL no.
