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Hey dudes
I has been done.
He is summoned.
>still buying vintage
>still grading cards
>>58708268>>58708320Worst poster
>>58708320newfag but I don't understand the point of grading cards. Is it a reseller thing or something?
>>58708351Basically yes
Guys I don't speak Japanese - what Pokemon is this?
>>58708383Samurai frog
>>58708362lol I was scared getting into this hobby because I expected the graded cards to be what everything wants. If they're just for resellers then I don't give a flying fuck about them.
>>58708351It's a scam to steal money from gullible cattle redditors. You don't even need to follow the story since the beginning, just read the latest news about PSA buying back a ton of their own slabs graded 9 just to regrade them as 10 and resell for 10x the price.
Too many sets come out a year
Is it possible to fit black and white in the same binder if I don't need to display reverse holos side by side? I guess I'm not sure the math works out meaningfully
>>58708351tl;dr version someone sent a persian card with cockglasses in to get graded and psa completely failed to spot the penispectacles, grading the card, then deactivating the cert later as everyone was laughing at them
>>58708407>>58708451well you've saved me from buying psa psyduck/slowpoke cards, you have my thanks
>>58708445I mean how big is your binder? they make some that go up to 1000
>>58708457Buy them raw in jap or chink for the nicer texture, single sleeve them in pennys, and make a nice binder. Plastic slabs are for cucks.
>>58708479I kind of want english so I can read my cards. It seems doable. The psyduck/slowpoke rainbow card costs $60 which seems like the most expensive their cards get. I can make a nice binder for maybe $200
>>58708249>>58708254This is very cute
I'm gonna buy up all the Psyduck You can call me the Psyduck Pseud
>>58708664you dirty mother fucker
>still buying physical
>>58708664>>58708510The best ones are moonrunes tho
>>58708685>there's a scream version of psyduckplease tell me it's not super expensive
>>58708689The price is directly below the image
>>58708704I don't understand european currency or their muslim ways
>>58708713490€ is around $15
OHNONONO MODERNBROS WHAT'S HAPPENING??!?!!?!??
Don’t post charts newfags
>>58708757That's still way too much.>tfw bought a JP version last year for like £50
>>58708802>Cool PorygonThat's every Porygon though.
>>58708221Fuck he's cute
>>58708757astroturfed garbage card.
>>58708757the bubble... has burst...
Uhh why is the line going down? everyone told me it would only go UP.
>market is crashingso this is good news for actual collectors who want these cards, right?
>>58709165Yes, the first hand scalpers (those that wait in line outside gamestop etc.) will begin to sell off their cards to recoup any money they can get, second hand scalpers (those that overpaid first hand scalpers for product to invest in) will commit suicide and their wives and children will sell off their cards.
Is the market actually crashing or is it just memesI hope people lose lots of money and I can buy stuff I want now
>>58708757So are we going to pretend $500+ isn't still way too much for a modern card?
>>58708802>>58709154go back
>>58708757this card genuinely looks like shit it shouldn't have been a cent over 20 dollars
owari da pokefags. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8NUVIYWs0
>>58709427nah. its charming and sovlfull
>>58709427err just say you're poor, chud
>still buying modern
>>58708428i completely agree. they need to reduce the sets and print more stock of the existing ones. the fomo cycle is exhausting
>>58709271not crashing, just correcting after being pumped.
what Pokémon card item do you have the most nostalgia for
>>58708451kek never gets old
Is this a good investment?
>>58708757this card honestly doesn't look good
I had a horrible experience at a card show today because I saw someone pull the SIR Zard from a Phantasmal Flames ETB. The worst part it I almost bought that ETB too but it was $90 and I thought it was better buying other singles instead.Holy fuck all I could feel while watching the whole thing unfold was just pure, bitter, RAW envy and hate. Like nothing else I have ever felt in my entire life, it was so overwhelming I just quit the show right then and there and drove back home. Can't believe how badly I fucked up not getting that card.
>>58709962You'll get over it. growing up I knew a kid who pulled the chase card multiple times, multiple sets in a row.
>>58709975Yeah this hobby really makes me believe luck is a real thing. I know people who have way better luck than me yet spend less ripping packs, one guy I know pulled the fucking gold zard too out of a Walmart single pack.
>>58709962sucked in. Don’t forget to chase your perceived losses!
>>58709962does the zards neck look bent to anyone else? not a fan of this chase card
>>58708757>drops around $100Fucking bullshit. Imagine panicing over this. This card will never be affordable again and I hate it because I genuinely like this card but kept putting off buying it even though it was like lower than $100 some years ago. Not even the JP one is cheap
>>58710054>Fucking bullshit. Imagine panicing over this.kek this they think the market is crashinglol lmao even
>>58709845The coins that used to come with the pre constructed decks
pitbros…
>>58709962Had a similar experience as a kid wit hthe original zard card>Friend and me go to the local bookstore to buy a pack each>I buy a pack with a zarid art on it and he gets a blastoise pack>Comment outside the store how i've never opened a blastoise pack and he has never opened a zard pack so agree to swap>He pulls the charizard from the pack i gave to him while i get fuck all from his>Never ended up pulling the charizard myself and still feel a sting of bitterness when the memory enters my mind
i think this is the coolest deoxys card
>>58710477wrong. I forgot to buy this while it was sub $100. Never gonna get it now
>>58710482cool but not 1000 usd cool
>>58710498They’ve just released lenticular cards for the first time since. I hope they do a few good ones but don’t overdo it.
Got recommended the new DPM video on youtube. Honestly think its pretty gross how he and people like him are promoting kids spending hundreds to thousands of theirs and their parents money on cards and dedicating their life to being a hype beast. The west has fallen.
>youtubers living rent free in /tcc/'s mindsfunniest shit
>>58710532In his challenges he just buys whatever he needs with his infinite money. $250 for $100 worth of semi-vintage common Gengar cards? What a bargain!
>>58710545geeks will do anything but post their cards
Anon who’s planning on collecting psyduck cards. I found my old cards from way back then and really wanted to get back into it.
>>58710666forgot about I have some newer packs. I used to buy a pack or 2 from walgreens every 2 weeks
>>58710670Blows my mind how often you hear stories about people buying packs and just........... forgetting about them......... sometimes for years. It's always le epic hot post on reddit where someone's like gee whizz I forgot I bought 100 first edition charizards and put them under my bed lol I'm so forgetfulLIKEBROTHERyou just bought fun dopamine packet from the storeif I did that I would only think about opening the dopamine packetit's insane that people "forget" like how burnt out is the consumerism sector of your striatum that you forget IMMEDIATELY AFTER BUYING
>>58710666>>58710670Some of my newer cards.
>>58710680I think you're right. I have several boxes/products I bought on impulse since last year. Now I can oficially say I'm done with this shit, my luck changed so badly I haven't opened anything good since October. Over 40 packs with literally nothing (not even a fucking IR) so I'm out. I never bought for reselling so I don't feel guilty about scalping, but now that luck left me for good it's time to abandon ship.
Mail day :)
>>58710731just open japanese or korean booster boxes, you're guaranteed at least 3 IRs + 1 UR per box. the new mega dream is particularly nice because you're also guaranteed one new Mega Rare card that has english words and there's a chance of a god pack.
>>58710780Numel Rotom and Gengar the only good cards in this entire image fyi
>>58709962https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemoncards/comments/1pgz5ai/i_saw_someone_pull_the_sir_zard_at_a_card_show/Nigger faggot
>>58710781nah they're all awesome although I really want the zekrom particularly. this is going to be the promo for the english ETB set though so no need to have to pull it.
>>58708757A sign of people liquidating their inventories and taking lower than market to help their exit.Reminds me of the show I went to, guy had a table full of overpriced cards, literally no one bought from him.He can pretend all day like he has tons of valuables and merchandise, but his ability to liquidate is non-existent.He cant even make a sale.
>>58708254omg that bubbly Corphish card is ADORBS
>>58710809yeah I saw a bunch of all the top tier chases like the prismatic umbreon and paldea mews yet no one wanted to buy them because the vendors were asking market price for it and wouldn't budge on price>>58710784yes that's my post, asshats in reddit are even less supportive than 4chan of all places>>58710223damn that sucks, I never could pull the zard either back in the 90s but at least back then cards were easier to find. I bought the zard from another kid instead and still have it to this day even though it's beat to shit.
>>58710784yeah some local retard here reposts shit from reddit all the time lmao
>>58708428True, I got in at the start of this year and already got bored of how often I have to look at new cards. Mostly collecting vintage now cause I cba
website maintenance in 15 mins, im gonna miss you faggots.
>>58710964Smell ya later LOOSERS hahahahahahahahahahah
I RABBU RABBU RABBU RABBU RIRRRRRRRRIIIIEEEEEEE
>>58711007>PMEX playmatbased lilypedo
>>58711007king shit
>>58708236>that wall color>painted over screw Are you from latin america?
I finally got around to sorting into binders some of my vintage series. I had like 600-700 bulk cards per set and the set I have the most cards of is Jungle, all other sets sit at around 20% completion. How the fuck is this possible? Were a couple of cards per series printed in the millions compared to the rest? I have like 40-50 copies of a single card per set.
>>58711007Recreating the 100 Lillies in the SM data files with the TCG?
>>58711083Australia mate
You guys are sleeping over buying low grade psa or other graded cards for your binder needs. A near mint ungraded shining magicarp is around 500-600€, meanwhile I bought a psa 4 which looks way better than their """near mint""", cracked it open and put it in my binder.
>>58711372I will buy a psa 1, crack the case then sneeze burp & fart on it whilst coughing. It will go in my binder and still I'll get that sense of completion
>>58711490psa 1s are pricier than a psa 5 somehow
>>58711096do you have any Kabutos?
>>58711534You get people that collect PSA1 for memes. Basically, your sweetspot for cards in decent condition is PSA 4-7
>>58711372Wait, PSA 4 is better than most NM? How fucking hard is it to get a PSA 10?
>>58711562yeah, around 20 or so, first edition even. >>58711587It depends, if it's a new card just released then it's piss easy... I've had cards wil literal whitening get back as a 10 in the past (my neo genesis feraligatr for example). After a while they start making them into psa 9 to keep the population down. Once you get a PSA9 they will ask to buy it from you instead of shipping it and then they will change it to a PSA 10 and sell it themselves. Absolutely nothing sus here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDWIZAUJzY)Grading has always been a scam and it deserves to die as a practice.
>those three Dawn cards in Phantasmal FlamesGod I want her.
i take it the other TCG threads are for Live and Pocket?https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/12/my-staff-have-had-customers-threatening-to-rip-their-heads-off-retailers-and-collectors-tell-of-pokemon-tcg-woes
tell me gentlemen, how does one go about investing in pokemon cards
>>58711625buy Kabutos
>>58711625>investing in hobby products aimed at kidskill yourself
>>58710780Would be nice if Japanese sets weren't getting scalped as well, hell, even S-Chinese isn't affordable anymore either, singles for those sky rocketed in price after normalfags and invooster niggers started swarming there after they started getting exclusives (S)ARs. I'm so fucking tired, man.
these scalpers are lowlife losers who can't make a living on affordability so instead they leech off to pokemon cards meant for kids and collector's who enjoy the art for money and greed.
also logan paul is a piece of shit for attributing this years ago all because of youtube and wrestling.
>>58711746"meant for kids" is such a cop out. It's OK to say that they're douchebags regardless.
>>58711625>Pick a common from fossil, jungle, or base> Go to TCGplayer and buy out every single near mint first edition listing >Then buy out the near mint non-first edition listings >Take all your extra money and go on eBay and buy as many graded PSA tens as you can find >Congrats you now effectively have bought out the entire supply of that Pokemon card and you can raise the price as you see fit >There will never be any reprintsThis is exactly what KabutoKing is doing
>>58711625Go to /r/Pokeinvesting and buy every card and sealed box you see mentioned in the first 100 threads. Keep everything in a basement for 20 years and voila, you are a billionaire!
>favorite mon is CradilyShould I be worried? Are retarded speculators hoing to go after every fossilmon?
>>58712024buy em all up while you still can
>>58711617One for Pocket, and one for people that actually, lmao, play the TCG in person or on Live. lmao
>>58712024No one will try to buy out a card that isn't:>151>by a famous artist>features a 151 card in the artworkalso that legend maker Cradily looks sick I might buy a copy
>>58711625The current meta is to buy and hold sealed.Get the Pokemon Center ETBs on release, these have some of the best ROI out of any product on the market at the moment. Then booster boxes. Booster boxes will always go up in value and are a safe invesetment, but aren't as rare as PC ETBs, so you won't see as much in terms of percentage ROI.It's best to buy into sets with popular Pokemon like Charizard, Pikachu, Eeveelutions.Next best thing is to buy raw/PSA9 chase cards, and regrade them for a PSA10.Then HODL as you watch your portfolio increase. I only got into investing since 2022 and I've already made more than $90k in profit after investing around $30k. It's free money at this point. Anyone who doesn' tinvest doesn't really care about the hobby.
>>58712076Fuck off you biz newfag cunt. You don’t have any non-monetary appreciation of anything. Go back.
>>58712104Most investors have been into Pokemon for longer than you zoomzooms have lived, hence having the capital to invest in the first place. The goal of any collectible hobby is to make money over time
>>58712119>investing since 2022nice short term tiktok memory you slug. I can’t wait for your ai algorithms to flag your gay spending to the IRS
>>58712128Yes, investing full time since 2022. I've been into Pokemon since the original games back in 98 and collected the cards then as a kid. Now people know their worth it's time to make money
Don't get fooled bros, this guy is actually replying to himself
>>58712141Sadly, I think it's a butthurt zoomer who is upset about investors who keep interest and demand high in hobbies like this. They don't understand that investors drive the hype and that's why people are doing insane things for product
>>58712153>muh hype>muh productyou have less worth in this thread than the ritual poster, you don’t even post your cards. Go make an investors thread.
>>58712182>Go make an investors thread.Its right here >>58708221. Collecting is investing.
My favorite page of my shaymin masterset binder. I cant believe that gold card now costs like $200. I picked mine up for $30 years ago when i started the binder. Should've gotten more when i could
>>58712204You can't change the past. The next best time to invest is now and you should add the JTG Shaymin to that page IMO
>>58712215I have it, I just have the binder set up so that the older cards are first in chronological order. Waiting for it to get an SIR which I feel could be soon, I'm surprised it didn't get an alt art during swsh
>>58712199sick no cards fag>>58712204nice page
>>58711587There's functionally no difference between a psa4 and a psa9 because the people in charge of grading are clowns. Only psa10 get given a tiny amount of scrutiny
>>58711625Don't.
>>58711372I bought a CGC 9.5 for under raw market price lmao.
Why aren't we discussing the huge PSA scam that got exposed?https://youtu.be/QNCoDpdujW0?si=atyzhJqNBSt3kux8
>>58712965Most people here aren't gradefags so we don't care. I grade occasionally but I'm not a PSA fanboy so I could hardly care either
>>58712979>most people here aren't gradefags>also, I grade cardsthis isn't reddit
>>58712979Someone sent 30 cards to PSA all returned as 9. The person sold some back to PSA and they miraculously become 10s. I don't care about grading nor do I pursue it, but think about the fact PSA is sticking itself into the tcg as the TOP grading company. They are ripping off people. Rumors were spreading about their shady business practices and now it's confirmed they are Mega Kike EX.
>>58712989Yeah I'm not buying the company excuses. Imagine if this person didn't have a decently large following and didn't make a fuss online. PSA prob would've just took the cards and hide it under the rug. They've been shady for the longest time but they'll still remain the most used grading company simply because "muhhh collection value". People don't want another company overtaking it in fear of their own collection tanking.
>>58712981I'm not grading to resell at least, I just want my favs and my waifus in pristine condition
>>58712965Anyone with a working frontal lobe knew grading was always a scam
Could anyone here help me out? I don't really collect anymore but I did when i was younger and have a bunch of my old cards still.What's the best way to go about seeing if I have anything worthwhile, and if so the most hassle-free way of finding a buyer and selling them?
>>58712965>>58712989The fact that a grader is offering to buy cards at all is a massive red flag. That's beyond a simple conflict of interest and straight into corruption territory.
>>58713053post them here, plenty of sales have happened between anons. just make sure to fill out the email field when you post
>>58713053Lay them all out face up and take a big zoomed out picture of the sprawl. I’ll circle ones of interest for you.
>>58708407>MFW i been schizo postin headcannon in these /tcc threads that keeps coming true. we must go DERPER.
>>58708510>I kind of want english so I can read my cardsUnless you actually play the TCG, I personally think this is a really weird dealbreaker for collecting english cards only. I personally collect cards for the art and I will only buy certain cards in JP for the nicer texture like SARs or Trainer cards for example. English cards are typically worth more but I don't think that's worth paying nearly 3x the price for cards that often has worst texture/print
>>58713121For new cards it’s true. I still love japanese cards but the wotc era ones aremore susceptible to bleed/less sturdy card stock.
>>58713108Here are the holo ones. I have a ton of non-holo ones as well (pretty much from the same set ranges as these), too many to sprawl out and capture, but no idea if older commons have much value.>>58713094idk if I want to sell them for sure yet, I'm still nostalgic for them. For now I just want to see what I have and get an idea what people typically use for buying/selling. Then I have to see what the PC parts market is doing in the next couple months and decide whether I need money if I decide to build.
>>58713177Ah yeah they are way too damaged to be worth anything, with the exception of your holo charizard(s)? Even in damaged condition those zards are worth a few hundred each. The rest of your cards are unfortunately only worth like $5-$20 a pop, so I'd recommend not selling them as you wont get too much money for them but you will lose a ton of sentimentality and memories when you sell them. And its just not worth it, trust me. Dont make the same mistake I did.
>>58713177I'll give you tree fiddy for the lot!
>>58713177>Then I have to see what the PC parts market is doing in the next couple months and decide whether I need money if I decide to build.You couldn't afford 1 ram stick with all that. The charizard is worth $200ish. The rest of the stuff not really a lot, maybe another $100 in that condition.
>>58713272>>58713236>>58713193ripI'll probably just hang onto them then, thanks lads
>>58712199>Collecting is investing.nope, filthy kike
>>58713056>corruptionthe word you're looking for is conflict of interests
>>58713400You can just post that image somewhere advertising the Charizards but selling as a bundle and get a few hundred bucks. Which is nice to have if you don't care about your collection. The market is inflated rn you may as well cash out.
>>58711784you can still buy pokemon cards from the store even after the Logan Paul shit (what he did was inflate Vintage's prices), but scalping went full retard at modern ever since Surging Sparks or that Felt Hat pikachu shit.
>>58713177You should just sleeve them all up and put them in a nice folder for appreciating. Good memories there.
I just bought a Chinese Misty's Starmie V because it's the only language that doesn't cover both her bellybutton and feet (even JP failed me on the feet)
>>58714085Unfathomably based
Despite the fact that almost every single Pokemon product are hard to find or expensive as shit or both. Most EN waifu cards are relatively cheap since people outside of Japan are not autistic when it comes to female trainer cards.
>>58714275Its also because the english print and texture of the cards are terrible. It's not a problem for en pokemon cards because people know the pokemon so they'll always be more popular. But casuals hate pulling trainer cards, unless its someone popular so trainers need that extra quality from jp print to really stand out
Any London white ass cracker ass honkeys ever been to one of the card shows? Is it worth it? I imagine travelling an hour just to be surrounded by sweaty freaks in a mall all wearing plushies and shit stinking of boiled ass isn't fun and all the stalls will be more expensive than simply buying off cardmarket so I don't really see the point - except for the joy of seeing the cards in person, I guess.
>>58714313They are worth it my opinion when trying to find a specific card you like. And you can negotiate for a lower price since sellers are more than happy to sell most cards below market price since most cards drop in value quick.
>>58714275The only reason EN trainers are cheap is because 90% of the current fake hype has the only objective of bragging on Reddit and YouTube about your collection, BUT if your collection is focused on a pokegirl the reddit army will flag you as a pedophile forever.Japs on the other hand don't give a fuck, so they'll gladly display their ¥99999999 Lillie collection and comment on her tummy and armpits.
>>58714309I'm probably the boomer version of a millennial but I can't stand that kind of holo, it reminds me of those old fake Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Old vintage holofoils are just better imho.
>>58714783While I agree that cosmo holo is leagues better than modern holo which is just flat aluminum foil, textured SAR and equivalent cards add a great layer of depth to the artwork, IF the texture actually follows the artwork (hence the west vs east texture war).
>>58714971It's probably just my nostalgia acting out. And me never seeing one IRL . My most modern card is probably from the Ecard series. One day I'll start my SI/SAR collection and I'll actually see them properly.One think I remember from reverse holo is how quickly they bent outside of a binder. Is it the same for modern textured full holos?
>>58715008>SI/SARYou don't even need to get there. I managed to get jp Giratina and Leafeon Vstar (commons) and the textures are leagues beyond the en versionsI'm not home to show them but maybe later
>>58715008These are so beautiful and I regret missing this era so much
looking to get back into pokemon cards againwhat is a good set to keep sealed?
>>58715008Yes, keep the humidity in your binder/room in check because all holo cards from rares up to SAR warp like crazy if you leave them in the open.I keep my cards in penny sleeves in the binder, in a drawer with a couple of silica packs. This is more than enough to keep them flat and dry.
>>58713121I get it from a consistency point of view, it's nice to have linguistic consistency for a set.Bur when collectoniggers say thing like "I like to be able to read the text", it's like, nigga, you don't even play the TCG, Umbreon ex's attack (despite being dog shit) may as well be in fucking Egyptian hieroglyphics for all the relevance it has to you
>>58715093kill yourself
>>58715093Why do you want to get into pokemon "cards" if you only care about sealed? Just buy an opened box on ebay for $1, stuff it with trash, close it, wrap it in plastic and pretend it's sealed :)
>>58715093Prismatic, Phantasmal Flames, 151, Paldean Fates
>>58715118because sealed looks cool,
>>58715129>
>>58715129unironically gay as fuck
>>58715108I collect japanese but I understand people who want to collect in their own language to read the moves in the context of the pictured pokemon and it's artwork, it's a bit of "lore" about the pokemon, like the Pokedex entry.On the other hand, if they "collect" English just because it has higher market value and long term appreciation, you can rightfully call them niggers.
>this is how people unironically collect cards
>>58715129it's weird thinking these started during the Plasma Sets
>>58715129I will say I respect actual sealed collectors (not investors) who follow a theme such as all ETBs or similar, to build a display like that, although I would only do it in parallel to collecting also the cards. It's weird to collect only the boxes and completely ignore what's inside.
>>58715108>>58715145I get the consistency and I get the language autism too. But many times I would see someone claim they collect for the art and stuff but lament that a certain one is too expensive when its cheaper in a different language. If people want to collect/invest or only care for value, they should just admit it outright instead trying to sugarcoat
>>58715158You could build the same display out of opened ETBs. People who say that they collect sealed because of aesthetics are liars. They collect sealed because sealed is an investment.
>>58715190That's what I do. I keep my opened ETBs and UPCs as a background for my pokemon area (I have a tv stand/desk sort of thing where I do card things)
Post sealed collections.
>>58715022I was eyeing the SI/SAR due to the cool full art on some of them. I just saw that the JP ones sometimes have the texturing that is consonant to the art of the card, that probably looks a lot better than just a flat holofoil. Does the texturing obscure the art?>>58715058They were really nice. My personal favourite are the Gym series and Neo Genesis. Base series is kino as well outside of a few stinkers. >>58715101I now double sleeve cards and keep low humidity in the house for my guns already so I hope that will be enough.
>>58715468I have this video to show the comparison for SIRs but I'm not home yet for the common cards
>>58708383Satoshi Gekkouga EX
>>58715481the jap one looks almost like a stained glass window. Never saw that pokemon tho.
>>58715515Based Houndoom Poster! I’m buying that card right now. Thank you for sharing.
>>58715533That's a Houndour, dumbass
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>>58715129You know if you open the packs you can keep the box right? Saying they "look cool" is such a weird cope
>>58715533It's a really great Houndour. The best holo from Neo Discovery IMHO and the best Hondour card. Smeargle and Umbreon come very close.
>>58715551Thanks for the correction, but don’t gotta be rude.>>58715559>>58715581Kino
>>58715515>Never saw that pokemon tho.If you haven't played any modern stuff at least check out a gameplay or story of the Kitakami DLC, you'll fall in love with ponpon :3
uhhh what should I get?
>>58715468Hate to say this because as much as I love ken sugimori art, the cards with his art on them are extremely low effort because they literally just took the stock art that he drew for the game and slapped it on a card with a ambient background
>>58715581This smeargle is kino
>>58715795It's not really an issue with me as my favourite cards are the ones like those, where you can see the full pokemon from the front as if it were a pokedex entry. Here for example the cyndaquil on the right is better imho than the one on the left. There are exceptions tho, Erika's Ivysaur is KINO.
>>58715692I was tempted to play Scarlet/Violet but I never came around to buy it. I played the games up until Pokemon HGSS, then stopped till Sword and Shield and stopped again after Arceus. I fucking hate that nintendo games never go on sale
https://www.ebay.com/itm/127541058850>trust me bro, there are ES boxes inside! But don't open it or it'll lose value! ;^)
>>58715881>I fucking hate that nintendo games never go on saleAllow me to lead you to one of my favorite generals >>>/vg/548129449
>>58715793Italian brainrot for your sealed collection
>>58715008Those 2 doggos are around 1k usd, why not sell?
>>58715958Damn thanks.
>>58716025Imagine a day where a PSA 10 Ballerina Cappuccina is worth more than a PSA 10 Zard.
These threads are usually ass but the subreddit is literally just posting themselves holding a Charizard saying retarded shit like first pack last pack thousandth pack in my car pack I found after work revenge on my coworker my husbands boyfriend let me borrow it etc. it's so fucking dull. Is there ANYWHERE to read more about vintage cards and discover weird ones or learn about some of the niche history or artists or literally anything INTERESTING to do with the tcg because I find it personally gratifying as a hobby but all the social/community shit is fucking embarrassing. I kinda just want some deep lore history shit. Weird card spotlights. I don't know what I'm asking for cause it probably doesn't exist.
>>58716298discord
>>58716330discord is the worst of all. I don’t give a fuck about your (((content creator))) drama
>>58715571Sealcucks only say that as cope and to pretend that they're not investors.There's no discernable difference between and opened or sealed box besides a thin layer of shrink wrap, and nobody is getting themselves off to how tightly a box is shrink wrapped, especially from eyeshot distance.
>>58716061>not bombardiro crocodilo
>>58716298That's because most people in this hobby do not give a fuck about that.They don't care about the history of the TCG, they don't care about cards and the story behind them. All they care about is the price charts on apps like tcgplayer and collectr.
>>58712238>>58715581Best itt
Is there any point in buying slabs of my favourite cards if I don't care about resale value?
>>58716687Preservation and authenticity, I guess. It people weren't constantly regrading cards hoping for PSA10s, we'd see a lot more 4-7s on the market which would make perfect additions to collections But as it stands, people want 10s, or they'll crack slabs and sell raw because the possibility of a 10 is value unto itself to gradeapes
>>58716298Okay what do you wanna talk about? You didn't need to have a mental breakdown...
>>58716298Lmao wat a reddit postStart by going back there
>>58715581That's one of my favorite cards! My LHS got one in a few months ago and it even has a small swirl, I was so happy to find it there. There's someone in town that used to compete in tournaments and turns in their prize winnings from back in the day whenever they need cash, apparently.
>card collection wasn't gate kept well enough>now the hobby is filled with fucktards who pay 3x as much for a card if some anonymous corrupt idiot said he thinks the card is a 10 instead of a 9.5 and people don't use their own eyes to judge the condition of cards
seel
>>58715581
>>58718013kek
>>58716298so what happens once they open a pack or booster and they don't get the card they wanted? wasted hundreds of dollars? jokes on them.
>>58715528oh god i hate the fact the TCG is gonna do a 30th anniversary collection like they did a decade back only this time it's going to be much worse.
FUCK SAM'S CLUB
Explain the difference in pricing for pic related please and which one I should buy. Thank you.
>>58719106Forgot to mention I was going to buy the one on the right for more packs to open. Might just buy both because I'm addicted to ripping.
>>58719106How about you use your brain you fucking idiot
>>58719127Don't be rude I wasn't saying I don't understand what each one comes with. I'll just buy both and pic related too. I buy singles, but like to rip. I'll post the results once everything arrives.
With all the doom and gloom of prices dropping, stuff staying in stores longer, etc. is this upcoming year going to be more optimistic for buying cards?
>>58719504lol. lmao
>>58719562Several cards I was holding out from buying on due to their prices are now down by a significant amount (some 75% cheaper) after a couple months. And I'm seeing card packs in stores again more frequently. It seems pretty optimistic for me so far.
>>58719504It's been a year since the scalping and despite the fact that the Pokemon Company claimed that they have printed more cards in the past 5 years. I don't think so. Ever since Destined Rivals it's very hard to find packs at all for me. I have a feeling that the distributors and some retailers are intentionally "holding" products for themselves. I saw a toy store just selling the box, dice, and energy cards of an ETB without any packs. Not a sealed ETB, just the fucking parts of it. I'm curious if sets like Surging Sparks-Mega Evolution are going to crash hard in the next 5 years.
>>58719106>>58719229I bought a bunch of stuff to rip. :)
is waifushit a good investment or do they move on to the next waifu? not sure if I should get lillie or another zard
>>58720812>investmentkill yourself
>>58719773Pokemon are printing more cards than ever. And like you said, distributors, not Pokémon are holding back. And don't forget all the people sitting on hundreds of boxes at a time.They are only printing 5-10x more cards than they were 15+ years ago. How many more packs do you think people are buying now compared to 2000? Kids back then bought a pack a week if they were allowed. Nowadays, people like this are the norm, and that's what, 450 packs from ETBs alone? Guy probably has a bunch of booster boxes, bundles, etc. as well. The average consumption has gone up by >100x. Buying a case of booster boxes now is the same as buying a few packs back then. So even if they are printing more than ever, there is less availability because people are consuming more than ever
>>58720971Or this
>>58720977When someone can buy dozens, if not hundreds of ETBs at a time, ETBs that realistically are expected to be one per person, you have a huge demand > supply issue.Pokémon was more accessible in the past, so printing 1-2 billion cards per year was viable because nobody was buying thousands of dollars of cards, from every single product release. You had kids buying a pack with their allowance and maybe getting something as a gift. The average kid during Pokémania probably didn't open more than a few dozen packs per set if we're being honestNow, they're printing ~10-12 billion, which is at record levels, but it doesn't mean anything when people are buying at a rate where they'd need to print 100 billion cards per year to maybe scratch the itch.
>>58720971They need to limit purchases to a single booster box or EBT etc per person, per month. Require ID for the purchase to keep track of them.
>>58721046>The average kid during Pokémania probably didn't open more than a few dozen packs per set if we're being honestI had to drive around for hours to find a Phantasmal Flames booster box in stock to give as a Christmas present for my niece.
>>58720876>buying 12 year old girl pictures because you like it
>>58721117>imblying
>>58721110And this is a really good example, tbf. How many kids were getting booster boxes as gifts back in 98, 99, 00? Not many, if any at all. It's not uncommon now for millennials to make bigger purchases for the next generation than they got to make up for what they feel as missing out over their childhood.You are also a good uncle trying to do this for your niece. RESTECP.
>>58721234A booster box on Christmas wasn't that uncommon if your main interest was pokemons, but usually kids asked for video games or other stuff etc. Back in the day parents used to buy booster boxes and give kids a single booster every once in a while as a reward for good grades etc.
Neo Destiny was kinda a stinker of a set compared to the rest.
They better make a Mega Golurk card this thing is fkn MEGA BASADO
>>58721295Maybe if you were from a rich or well-off family. Boomers simply did not spend as much money on their kids as millennials do now. That and Pokémon was widely seen as a passing fad by most boomers, as the 90s was a train of monoculture fads rather than consistent established franchises like we have now.I'm saying this as someone that got a $10 week allowance and could buy multiple packs per week or even save up to buy singles from hobby stores. Booster boxes were around $100-120 from what I rememmber and I knew very few people IRL or on forums like pokebeach, serebii, pokemasters, pokemon abode, and bulbagarden's forums and all their associated IRC channels, who ever talked about getting anything as expensive as that for a gift.Like, I was heavily involved in the online community.
>>58721183>She's looking at a dog with that smileYou just know.
>le oldfag holos>le oldfag pokemon>charizard chase card>icecreamso back>>58708254bottom left is sovl
>>58721451Porn irremediably burned your brain.
>He doesn't know
>>58720812>profiting off waifutards lack of impulse controlthis is the way
>>58720812Get both. Lillie and Charizard are solid investments with pretty decent ROI. Medium term, Lillie cards are probably better in terms of ROI, but they have a lower ceiling than Charizard.
There's so much cool shit coming out of ZA and the fucking tcg just keeps reprinting Charizard/Gengar. Fuck this gay company. Gimme Zygarde dog SIR.Gimme mega golurk SIR.Gimme any mega not in the stupid throwback KAPOW comicbook shit.
>>58716493I like the history of the game and the cards and the story behind them :(
>>58722098>Zygardeew
>>58716708I don't understand this. Realistically if you regrade an eight or a nine is it ever going to come out as a 10?
What's a cool series to put in the remaining 80 spaces in my binder? Base set Wizard of the coast promo?
Yo bros, time to scan my cards through my cheese grater for maximum savings just before preparing my taxes
wrong fred , soz
>>58722783Me when I laminate my cards to keep them extra protected
>>58722519Happens all the time. Especially when people get 8s.
>>58722098Is ZA even recognized by the TCG as an "era"? What era are we in right now?
>>58723274"Mega" is our current block. Perfect Order just got announced for March as well, which is a Mega Zygarde set
>>58723283Fairly new - where's the best place to learn about those announcements (and are there leaks, rumours, etc?). Yet another criticism of these awful threads is that this has never been mentioned nor discussed afaik. Some guy posts three houndooms and a persian wearing cock goggles and then the rest is noise.
Mail day! I finally own every full art card of my wife.
>>58723313Beautiful card anon congrats
>>58723313garbage
>>58723310Pokebeach is the best place for TCG newsIt's funny how I used to remember them being a second tier website site back in the 00s, but they've found their niche as the main TCG website and are doing better than ever because of it
>>58723159So.... Is that viable? Buying 8 and 9 and cracking them to send in for regrade
>>58715008>>58715022>>58715468>>58715481I misplaced the giratina vstar but I also have a leafeon vstar to compare against a jp one. But I couldn't compress the video enough without fucking up the quality so here it is insteadhttps://files.catbox.moe/6cfz7m.webm
>>58723614Engrishfaggus in shambrus
>>58723575Yes
where do you guys find cards priced fairly?on ebay every card even in shit conditions is super expensiveon cardmarket most sellers dont put the photo of the card , also italians label anything 2 classifications above the real thing ( card completely folded= good"
>>58723614Thanks for the comparison, I still prefer the old swirl holo patterns but at least I'm conviced about japanese supremacy in regards of textured holos.
>>58723813>on cardmarket most sellers dont put the photo of the cardIt's a pain in the ass but I usually ask them for photos before placing an order. Or I just ask them if their grading is in line with Cardmarket rules (they never are). My best trick is to search GD and LP cards as every once in a while you'll find someone who both posted a picture and did grade them correctly. >also italians label anything 2 classifications above the real thingMake it 3 or 4 grades above the real thing. Here the concept of something used or in poor condition being fairly priced is completely foreign as we have hordes or manchildren who think that X card must be valuable cause it's old. Even outside of Pokemon cards you'll see people asking 2x the current prices for broken/heavily used consoles etc.
>>58723975thanks,i will try to ask for some pictures. do they really expect people too blind buy?>>58723975i wasnt hallucinating then.this guy had some cool cards but it seems sketchy as fuck. they are probably all destroyedhttps://www.cardmarket.com/en/Pokemon/Users/yezarb
>>58724026>literally destroyed card>still asks more than otherslel. Yeah, avoid buying from people with 0 sales without at least asking for pictures first and ensuring how they will ship them.>do they really expect people too blind buy?Usually common cards are less risky to buy blind and some people have tens of thousands of cards for sale, so a picture for every card becomes impossible unless you do that >>58722783People who write "DM for pics" are just fucking lazy, you're not trying to sell an house where saying the price on the phone can be risky, it's a fucking pokemon card.
>>58724070>People who write "DM for pics"I meant people who add that to expensive cards
>>58724070That's front EX back LP
he even had this rare mew :(
>>58724070>you're not trying to sell an house where saying the price on the phone can be riskyWhy?
but muh low pop PSA 1 slop!!
>>58720812>is waifushit a good investmentnot really, the cards hold their value for the most part but they don't have explosive growth like zardshit.
>>58720812it's entirely dependent on the popularity of the waifu. so far only Nanjamo was a hit. meanwhile you can easily find Geeta and Nemona for cheap.
>>58719645>>58719504they're moving on scalping One Piece cards instead.
>>58724668>>58719645It's Christmas, some people are panic selling so that they can pay for presents because they aren't financially literate enough to have savings and investments elsewhere besides Pokémon cards.I imagine they'll be back with a vengrance come new year. Until we start seeing products regularly on shelves for RRP, we're still in this era of investor led dogshit.
>>58723274Mega Evolutions is the "ZA set">>58720812Most female trainer cards are pretty cheap with some exceptions. JP trainer cards are more expensive since Japan are autistic when it comes to their waifus. But only some of them are expensive like Lillie, Iono, Dendra (for some reason) and etc. Don't expect them to be retardedly expensive in the future like a Charizard card.
>>58720812if you want to invest just buy vintage low pop psa 10 reverses/holos. dont waste money on modern.
>>58708428it didn't feel that bad when you could find cards. I used to open a decent amount of packs upon set release. 1 Booster Box, 2 triple blisters, 2 single blisters. Then I'd just pick up the affordable singles that I was missing. That was enough for me to get a feel for the set and get ready for the next set. But now it's like> New set comes out> Can't find anything online or instores > Maybe get lucky online or instores and get scalpers sloppy seconds (a couple of single blisters, maybe a collection box or two)> ...> New set comes out, rinse and repeat
What packs do I buy as someone that is collecting again and haven't since like the early 00s. I just want to keep something over time I can look back at. My old cards are not in great shape
>>58720812>is waifushit a good investmentInsane sentence newfag, you're quickly going to learn that investing into waifushit is pointless and you're better off just collecting the waifu that you personally care about. If they go up, nice if but they dont or tank, then you won't be fucked either way. Ever since the waifu collapse some years ago they've never recovered and I dont think they ever will
>>58722098Why does TPC hate ZA?
>>58716298Hi there fellow card lore bro. Just chillin' here until another lore thread or general drops. Might as well make yourself at home and talk about it here. It would break up the monotony of Houndoom and prices.>>58716493Investorfags begone.
>>58722098Because theyre popular and they sell, not much you can do about. They have to shill popular things, I cannot begin to tell you how many people ive seen breaking their ass for the zard card or salivating or the gengar card in dream lmao. Zygarde will at leasr be featured in the next set and casuals dont give a fuck and are disappointed that it wasn't the assumed mega ray set so at least you'll likely be able to get those products easier and cheaper
>>58725759Sets are so bloated now it’s impossible to pull what you want. Just buy singles
>>58725759Normies really like Prismatic Evolutions, Destined Rivals, and Mega Evolutions. Problem with those sets are that they are snatched up really fast and scalped to the high heavens. We're talking bots used online to take all the product in a snap of a finger and people sitting outside stores hours before they even open to get these sets. So to save yourself the headache, I'd just go and purchase whatever you can find at MSRP in stores. And for online, I'd follow a twitter account that tells you when stuff drops. I recommend stuff like pic rel. It should be slightly easier to find and has a variety of packs. If you don't really want any surprises, you can look at what cards come in each set online. I use poke llector . com (No spaces) to see whats in a set and check off what I have.
>>58725967I just ordered one of those. I love lenticular stuff
>>58720812Let's just say I spend over $300 to get my Serena card back when Incandescent Arcana was a relatively new set. I'll leave it at that if you think waifu cards are a good investment.
Any card bought within 3 months of release is a bad call
>>58722098Genwun millennials are still THE biggest group of fans, who spend the most money. Who are TPCI going to pander to? GenZs who nobody gives a fuck about, or millennials who make basedfaces over Charizard, Pikachu, Genger, and the rest of KANTOOOOOOOOOOOOOO while spending $2000 per month on sealed and graded?
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