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Surely they wouldn't dare end the Mega Evolution era without printing a card for every Mega.
>>59477934>This tin actually exists
>>59477973Pulled this sticker today, from a ye olde sticker pack.
>>59477976Holy sticker
>>59477976What are you going to put it on?
>still grading cards
>>59477982Might slap it in my misc binder, or keep it unpeeled. Pulled this as well which is cool.I bought my first pack last month, and pulled a pidgeotto, I was quite chuffed, but I had also bought the same sticker by itself a week earlier.
>investors are melting down because of a printer that can print an almost perfect copy of a pokemon card, even down to the texturei'd even say let them overproduce the fake cards just to fuck with this market.
>>59477994Ma'am, that is a one of a kind signed card.
>>59477998Doesn't this also negatively impact normal players and collectors? If anything it only helps people who scalp sealed products.
>>59477998won't only cards that were graded before that printer existed be worth something then
>>59478090it creates distrust in the secondary market, so the only way to get genuine cards is through official channels.
>>59477998How do I buy from people who have that printer?
Anons as you must know by now... trading cards is a baseline human experience.
>>59478180Not him but, what if we're already buying the cards unknowingly?
I feel like using generative fill to expand half-arts just cause. But I don't have photoshop. Is photopea a good alternative? Or any downloadable photo editors?
>>59478145really tho? for me if it's cheap its cheap, i don't really care about it being "official"
Newly acquired, Love me some heavily played with cards
>>59478199Photoshop is quite good, but the gen fill can be a bit iffy. I have PS, what do you want doing? I could try and do it for you (with gen fill, not skill).
Are these waifu cards? (non lewd).Got a load in the crappy bundle, and loads of energy cards.
>>59478321Landfill cards.
>>59478327Ok, thanks.*keeps the lady one*
>>59478321their ultra rare versions would be
>>59477973Based vending collectorA shame about the diarrheawater Nishida illustration, however
>>59478352I realised I had a few pounds (English money), so bought some more cards.193/196 lost origin holopokemon centre lady 68/83And a badarse Abra from 1996 Nippon version base set expansion.
>>59478271>unlimited>heavily played>starter deck rareWhy, anon?
>>59478294Ive tried cropping or selecting for non-rectangular art, but couldn't get it down exactly
>>59478411Its cheaper I assume
>>59477762>>59477780Good god, there are people getting into the hobby NOW?? >>59477772>scalp as much product as you can affordRepulsive advice, anon.
>>59478419I don't get why you need ti overcomplicate things when collecting, just use a site like "pokecollector" that shows all cards and sets, go through them and select what you like, buy single and that's it
>>59478419>Good god, there are people getting into the hobby NOW??There's a sucker born every minute.
>>59478415I only know PS, and to select an area there's a few ways, there's a pen icon (looks like a fountain pen tip) where you can click points and then select weirdly shaped areas.
Got two SRs I'm not particularly fond of from the Perfect Order box, but these two are the highlight for me.
>>59478448Shit is full on larp mode. I want Green poster back.
>>59478435>vintage up 300% in the last half year>modern product unavailable at MSRP>half of those interested in the “hobby” reduce it to exchange valueJust seems like an ugly time to join in. I’d wait and just pray people stop treating these collectibles as an “alternative investment” or a “side hustle.” Or at least wait until The Market cools.
>>59478411 Cheaper and has character
>>59478454>Or at least wait until The Market cools.That's right now.
>>59478419Yep, sorry I didn't get into it at the start. Guess I'm a lesser person and it doesn't matter to me.>>59478454Feels like I have no choice desu.
>>59478454>vintage up 300% in the last half yearreally? or is it just charizard?
>>59478519I don’t know if it’s every card, but every holo 1st ed I’ve checked is roughly 3x more expensive than it was from, like, 2023 to early 2026. And that seems true for raw and the higher grades (8, 9, 10). I put off buying so many cards because it appeared “the market” had stabilized after the ludicrous Covid-era hype, and now all the cool shit I want is (even more) inaccessible. >>59478467Sorry anon. I don’t think you’re a lesser person. I just think it’s unfortunate you’ve entered the hobby at such an ugly time. It’s obviously not your fault, though, and I hope for all our sakes, we can get back to something resembling normalcy before too long.
>>59478465There’s been a tiny “retrace,” but do you suppose we’ll be reapproaching 2025 prices? Or will we just see a slight discount from the absurd new highs from a few weeks ago? As much as I’d like to see it, I doubt things will cool even to the already high prices of 2023-2025. But I don’t know. I have no idea what’s driving this recent spike
>>59478540I was going to post and apologise, I was just being pissy, sorry. I get it's annoying with the price of things, scalpers, shady vendors. I wish I had started at the beginning, I was almost an adult so no excuse (I was heavily into drugs so that's really my excuse). I do vaguely remember the OG stuff from the late 90's early 2000's, I just had my priorities messed up.I also hate to say this, but it's a cashcow for some people, I don't see it dying down, and is there the potential the 30th stuff just adds more hype?I was into collecting things when younger (mainly stamps) so this is as fun. Would have been great to pull some of these instead of buying, but it is what it is. I'm buying packs of the original series stickers here and there, will be cool to pull something I'm looking for. An ETB would be good but need to ave up for that. A 30th ETB would be good, but not sure what vendors and ebay bastards would sell it at.I am proper loving it, and honestly not in it for anything other than cool cards (obviously getting something valuable would be cool, but I couldn't buy it outright, it would need to be a pulled thing, which then would be cool af, so mission accomplished).
>>59478454>Or at least wait until The Market coolsit wont
>>59478566We just had 3 sets all with booster box prices under $200. It's as down as it's going to be right now.
I know I'm only saying what you guys already know, but there is some proper cool artwork in this komiya collection.I have 23 left to put in sleeves, then decide which order they go in.This is going to take hours of staring at my cards, OH NO, heehee.Already said oh woah at 3 cards.
Binder updated, news cards are in their sleeves.
>>59478624>box prices under 200Is that good? I’m not gay, and so I have no frame of reference for modern prices.
>>59478720
>>59478720>>59478639>>59478630Based Komiyafriend.
>>59478734>>59478733Don’t forget the VS sets
>>59478448the Mega EX are so much better than normal EX
>>59478734He's got a really good style. Popped him in the main binder. Might have to buy some duplicates, as I want them for my pidgey and evolutions collection, but then would be good to have them in a komiya collection if I try and get the full collection.
>>59478192At cardshows I always haggled because the prices are almost always above market price. I thought that was the point. Haggling with vendors. If people just say no straight up I just walk to the next counter. Idk not hard
>>59478882I have a full set from Vending to, I don’t know, 2024 or something. Missing just one ultra expensive, niche chase card, unfortunately, though it doesn’t fit in a binder anyhow
>>59478943I have the pidgey one, but it's in the oidgey section. Evee collab in there just to fill that gap. It's the only proper collab I have, the rest of the stuff is fanart. Also, is hitmonchan BPD jynx?
Looking good, things may change, I have a cool pidgey card for the top row, and also would like another pidgeotto or pidgeot promo card, as both that I have now are meiji.
>>59479024Just remembered I have a pidgeot NO 2 playing card on the way. Oh yeah.
>>59478976>40HP>2 colorless energy for a worse Switch>1 colorless energy retreat cost
>>59479100I don't play the game anon, just collecting the cards, sorry.
>buy ebay auction item>win at below market price>seller cancelsNo one has any fucking honor in this hobby anymore I hate buying cardsEbay needs to permaban all sellers who cancel because "item is damaged or out of stock"
>>59479119Did you report them?
>>59479125It just happened so yeah I will right now
Hi is there a buy sell trade thread here? Imma tourist but have some sealed stuff to sell
>>59477998arent you the guy who claims that 90% of your cards are fake?
Statistically, 90% of your collection is fake but you will never know
Mailday. Not a slabfag but got this on auctions.
>>59479610Even if 95% of my cards were obtained a decade+ ago?
>>59479888Post your shame elsewhere, please
>>59479888Based Nebby enjoyer.
>>59479901Behead those who insult Nebby
>>59479888You dont need to justify your purchases to the bitter poorfag losers itt
>>59479923Cosmog and its line are fine, but the off-topic goonb8 is cringe. Well, at least this one appears to be of-age
>>59479923I think the issue is that you're posting worthless chink cardboard.
>>59479997Picked this up on a whim a few years back. Japanese exclusive holos are a fun card genre
>>59479983Those aren't chinese.
Anyone ever happened to these generic asian foids who just randomly stopped uploading content?
>>59479888i pair my anime girl cards with my pokemon cards like a weirdo too.
>he doesn't pair his Pokemon cards with his horse cards
>>59480133>rapidash knockoff
>>59477994kek
>>59480271Oh this was an actual thing? I always just assumed it was some weird shitpost.
>>59480283I mean, it is that too.
>>59480271PSA is such a garbage company. How do people still take them seriously and why are they still in business?
Basic copy pasted foids when it comes to which artist to start collecting:
>>5948031699% of women when asked what cards they're collecting will say "cute ones"
>>59479024Needs more birds.
>>59480316damn foids got good taste
>>59480283>>59480287lurk moar
>>59480308>How do people still take them seriously and why are they still in business?Herd mentality
>>59480408qrd?
>>59480422ask chatgpt if you can't read
>>59480423i can read it you retard im asking for a qrd not a schizophrenic reddit post with no proof of anything
>>59480423But how does he read this if he can't read
>>59480438lurk more
Seeing something sniped from my TCG Player cart is always spooky. No matter how obscure or unvaluable you think a card may be, there's always someone else out there ready to scoop it up.
>>59480414I thought they were baseding out because she was bending the fuck out of it
In one of the previous threads some anon mentioned boughteding Misty cards for his Misty collection, so I panicked for a possible buyout and I boughteded 3 Misty cards immediately.
>>59480702>buyoutmisty cards have always been popular
>>59480308That's how it works, the quality of the service doesn't matter, what matters is its popularity, and that's decided by the ones at the top
>>59480308Boomers only used PSA/Beckett, if they moved on to TAG or ARS they would severely devalue their slabs.PSA Pokemon is just small fry compared to PSA baseball and NBA cards.
>>59480414>Her first instinct is to bend the card in halfGod i fucking hate kids>Old classmate gave his old cards to his kids to play with>Tell him old cards are worth quite a lot these days>Neo set Lugia had literal bite marks on it
>still buying physical
>>59480770A powercut can wipe out your collection.A forgotten password could make your collection disappear
>>59480753Not him but, they're kids. What did he expect? That's on the adult, can't blame a child for being a child, kek.
>>59480813I mean i was the same age as them when the first sets started coming out and i didn't bite my cardsBut yeah he wasn't aware they were actually worth something so sucks to be him
>>59480414that kid a retard90s and early 00s kid didn't bend their cards like thatthat card went from mint to hp in a second
>>59480880I suppose as well it's different if it is something you genuinely care about, you'd want to be more careful. Bet it does suck, but some lessons in life are hard ones to learn.
Give me the news... is it good / bad price to pay? It's hatterene v btw
>>59480906Sorry, forgot to reply to you, any on ebay?
>>59480922Never even thought to look there but I've found out it was £20 back in 2020 and there's a chance to pull shiny charizard v and some other wanted chase cards in the 4 packs that come with it... still feels like i paid about £20-30 too much though
>>59480414>That still at the endDios mio...
>>59480926>still feels like i paid about £20-30 too much thoughI think that's how it is now, especially on these bigger sites (had a quick look on ebay and seems to be around £90 for the same box, so maybe not too bad). I'm new (I'm guessing you're the other Brit newfag to this?) so don't really know what things were like years ago, but like with anything, more interest = moar profits. Could they be cheaper at events?, but then there's the cost of getting to/getting in/staying near these events. I take it you bought them, hope you pull something cool.
>>59480969im the 2 week bro, you're the 2 month bro? o/
>>59480983Yep. Have you bought a good binder yet for your cards? I had a cheap plastic one at first, but have the crappy bundle stuff in that, all others (and 1 or 2 of the crappy bundle) I put in a small 2x2 (4 cards per page) binder I bought (vaultX), but then bought a bigger binder at a card show 4x3 (12 cards per page) that I have some stuff in now (pidgey and evolutions, komiya collection, and some fanart stuff). Would like to get a good binder where I could have bigger pockets to put things in, or to make the pages customisable, as seen there's some cooler bigger stuff (cards) that would need 2 pockets. I'd need to look into that stuff, it's just things I've seen on pokemon card vendor stuff.
>>59480906never pay more than the cardmarket price
>>59481009Normal binders are mid, should have gone for toploader binders for your personal collection
>>59481009Yeah once my shit cards arrived i put them in a draw but even when they're stacked up they are all slippery on top of eachother so i chatgpt'd a binder and it reccomended me vaultx so i have the same one as you... i got it in red. Though those 150 shit cards quickly filled that thing half full so i got another one coming tomorrow, it's forest green! I also ordered some sleeves, 1000 for £14 on amazon.>>59481009>Would like to get a good binder where I could have bigger pockets to put things inI thought this too but i don't know how deep i'll get yet. >and some fanart stuff)what?Also customizing for sure sounds cool, i've seen some videos on youtube like vendor povs or whatever where people come and show their binders that are customed, i think people just use regular binders and put in pieces of paper or whatever and do it all themsleves, it's for sure not something you specifically buy.Sounds like you have a good collection in just two months already, are you looking forward to 30th + delta reign??I still have yet to buy a pitch black booster yet, hoping to get some this week when i do my weekly food shop.
>>59481073They are cool, and maybe be good to get something I could put a toploader or 2 in (got a heavily played kellogs pidgey index evolution card, and have it between 2 bits of plastic I cut off a toploader in my binder).>>59481079My misc binder is black ( think it was the exact amount I had in my bank account, so just thought FATE), but my bigger one has laser etching on it, pikachu tied up and meowth, big R (guessing team rocket), then a meowth hot air balloon with some figures holding on a trailing rope. Bought that at the show, but might look into getting a custom pidgey one for the main stuff.I'd like to get the chance to pull some cards from the 30th stuff, it's good when it's pulled rather than paid for. Not really looked at the delta stuff, it has got some cool cards, so if I get the chance a pack or 10 of those would be good to try and pull something cool.There's cards fans make themselves, some are called display art and do look like proper cards, but then there are some obviously fan made stuff. Got a couple cool cards from a lass on ebay, cartoonish looking with a holo effect (pidgey and meowth), a cool squirtle samurai, got a metal card, 1 made by a japanese fan (mega hawlucha EX).There's a shop in my town I need to check out, and ask them about 30th and delta stuff, and see what packs they have. but I'll have to wait till govt pittance day, to buy anything else (or maybe not, as if money goes into my bank I think "I bet there's at least 1 card I could buy with that amount"
>>59481143sounds sickpost some pics of the custom binder and cards sometime hey?also i found this guy, RandolphPokemon on youtube, he is brit but sadly he has collabed with ksi and those guys, so seems to be some kind of normie, he has a really cool video in japan though so you should watch that... pic rel my last purchase from card cargo... not using this site again, think i got the wool pulled over my eyes a bit here, or no?
>>59481154The binder is getting a bit not scuffed but not fresh if you know what I mean, I'm now thinking I need something to keep my binders in, and can but those cheap waterproof and fireproof storage boxes, so might get one of them.I'll check out that video, I've just been watching some american guys (normie af but I like bearddad and his energy).I really don't know about prices, not sure what sites are good for UK prices, but can see on american sites and kind of work it out. Just looking at the first card in your haul, and ebay prices are similar, just depends on P+P I'd say. Ignore the activate windows text, it came free with the PC so can't activate it or do much, but they were also charging £60 for what I have on here. Must have been a trainee testing the PC before it got shipped out? Dunno but I didn't have to mess about getting an OS so woohoo.
Are theses the double card things that people have?Sorry for annoying newfag questions.
>>59481196No.
>>59481186>bearddad and his energyeasily the goat, only been in the hobby 2 weeks and that guy is awesome, you know he's like 36 or 38 or something? maybe it was 32 i don't remember now>>59481196this is brand new stadium art(?) or whatever from the upcoming english delta reign set, it's called storm emeralda in japanese
>>59481231coop made him big but he seems much more genuine than coop who larps as liking whatever is currently hyped and valuable.
>>59481154again, always check card market.you paid well above market price for all of the ones I checked. even when only displaying UK based sellers.
>>59481199They could be, those cards would look cool together, and would look great in a double pocket, without a break in between them.>>59481231Yes I was looking at the delta stuff and saw them. Some cool stuff in there, I like this Emcee's hype. Looks cool.
>>59481285yeah i didnt know about cardmarket when i bought those... how bad is it?
>>59481295not too bad. better to learn the lesson spending 40% extra on a £2 card than a £200 card.
>>59481154Here's the binder, and managed to find a box it and my misc binder fit in. There's also a box underneath the binders, so i can put toploaders and my stuff I've saved (some seller info, several things from Japan I saved, like paperwork and stamps).
>>59481351Nice binder, official Pokemon Center stuff?
>>59481351holy shit lol anon this is a kids game!
>>59481362No, something a guy had done himself. Saw a stall with a load of binders, and wanted a cool one anyway.>>59481381No that's just scratches and stuff. No hot gluing round here. I do have a couple of cards with boobs visible but they aren't pokemon related, and are in the misc binder.
Will everyone think I am cool if I buy one of theseI am otherwise cardless
>>59481433This is the opposite of cool. It's HOT.
Naoki Saito has betrayed us...
>>59481433Buy a fan club Magikarp, then Everyone will respect you and think you’re cool. Pic very much not my own
latest pickupalso do I open this ascended heroes ETB ive been sat on or sell it to some retard?
>>59481561Based. Modernfriends stay losing
>>59481561opening an ascended Heroes ETB is a wonderful way to turn $200 into $0.50
>>59481561Those mugshot cards look ever worse in real life
>>59481587why? are etbs trash in getting chase cards?
>>59481754Opening any product is, in expectation, equivalent to burning money.
>>59481754>>59481804I got my personal chase card from a Chaos Rising ETB
I stopped collecting after 151, I got dem Venusaurs, Blastoises and Charizards from ETBs and UPCs.I remember going to Target and grabbing 2 booster boxes and ripping them all up, I have an entire page of SIR Charizards.Looks like I got out fairly easily, I can't imagine collecting now. I only see Perfect Order and Chaos Rising in Walmart and 2 of my local hobby stores.
Do you think I could sell this for 150-200 dollars? The back is scratched from just being in my childhood bedroom for year. Front is all good.
>>59481895Only browns like kyurem so probably not as they are generally poor
>>59481895
>>59481904I like kyurem and im not brown (im just Serbian)>>59481907Yeesh
>>59480806so? it's free
>>59481909What will the Bosnians say if I ask them if you are brown? Hmmm?
>>59481914OK, that changes things.
>>59482077Great card. Porygon is literally the best pokemon and vending is literally the best series
>>59481904They don't even know what Kyurem is, only Charisaard
>still buying modern
>>59481561I opened one and my best card was an Art Rare Mawile, I paid $180 for it and got $5 back
>>59482082The text is weirdly ununiform but it adds to the charm of Porygon being a weird fucked up abomination.
>>59477998But can it realistically print Base-Fossil holo?
Glad I looked through the cards before bed, as found this in the misc binder, it clearly belongs in the komiya collection. Decided as well I'll trade some of my stuff, got meowths I'm not bothered about, and can get rid of 6 komiya cards as I have cards with different finishes, and I'm not overly bothered about that, I'd just like 1 each of what he's done.
Is learning how to restore cards worth it so I can buy cheaper conditions and just fix them up good enough to not look like total shit in my binder
Sorry, 4 komiya cards to trade/sell.
>>59482317restored cards are a sorta scam and people that can tell will never buy themit's okay to clean them with a cloth and remove dirt/grime spots, but as soon as you add a chemical product on a card it's considered altered
Woah there's a trainer card with a character called lass. In my county in England we call a female a lass. Nice. That's getting ordered as soon as I get some monies in the bank. Probably have to buy from overseas so get a cool stamp hopefully.
>>59482394In Japanese its called Miniskirt.
>>59482396Ah the girl was called miniskirt. The item is called minisuka and or minisakato. Interesting stuff. Now I must sleep.
>>59482396That is way too sexual.
>>59481495ironically, Naoki Saito started his career drawing illustrations for Duel Masters, the TCG that was heavily inspired from MTG. this is, just him going back to his roots.
>>59482394>he doesn’t own two dozen Lass >he doesn’t have the experience of pulling two dozen Lass while trying to get Charizard
>>59482370Like I said, I’m not trying to resell them, I want to complete my Gym sets and save money while doing it. If I can buy one with a crease for cheap and learn how to make it look a little better for a binder, that’s what I’m trying to do
>>59482566well in that case go for it, there's plenty of people that show how to do it properly
Selling any card in my collection without a swirl. Level X's are the exemption since you can barely see the holo on some of them.
>>59482588based fart collector
>>59482588that's weird
>>59482588He’s swirless
>>59482419Neat. Time to look at old Naoki Saito stuff.
>>59482588Little early birdy gave my anus Curley whirly and asked me if I needed a rideAsked me if I needed a rideWell he was blinded by the light, revved up like a duce, another runner in the night
>>59482782It's weirder to waste your money on non swirl copies. >>59482789You fucking wish.
>>59482394>in England we call a female a lass.1. Everyone already knows that. You're not unique or interesting for sharing some forbidden knowledge. What next, you're going to tell us lad means boy?2. Lass is a word that means something and any English country has that word you stupid fucking retard. Why the fuck else would LASS be the name of that trainer in the USA too?
>>59482809I thought her name was just Lass.
>>59482809Hey man, be nice to the Pidgey guy. He's.....special.
>>59482809Bit mean, I'm just sharing something that resonated with me.
>>59482809Sod it, 2 things. 1, I did say my county, as not all of my country says lass as much as my county.3, you meant to say English speaking country, you cant say any English country, as there is only 1 English country, England.
I'm buying these, wearing them to work, wearing them to card shows, wearing them at funerals, wearing them in my sleep and will be buried wearing them. :)
>>59483147Sell signal
>>59483147They are pretty sweet anon, not going to lie.
>>59483147Thumbnail looked like a croagunk
>>59482824It’s pretty clear it’s a Trainer Class, anon
>>59483297Not him but, nice.
Sex with Armarouge
>>59481495Dragalia....
>>59483446This is a Pokemon tcg general, not Digimon.
>>59483547That's a Mega Man character, not a Digimon.
>>59483038Kill yourself.
>>59483675Go wash your stripey programmer socks, faggot.
I was expecting another card, and saw this. Shiny pikachu oh boy somebody sent me a super rare expensive card by mistake. Nope. I was expecting the kogas pidgey messenger card in Japanese, that was going to be page 2 completed (till reorganising cards at a later date). Am I miffed. Cherry on the cake? Sulky anon doesn't like me. I might get the card for free, no returns accepted, I put in a complaint, get mobey back. Profit? I won't swear, but some C has got my F'ing card.
Sorry for going on, but it's /tcc/ so as collectors I think it is appropriate to post this.I also feel bad as I have somebody's card as well, it could be somebody that was searchging for this for a while, saving up or what have you. I bet they're absolutely heart broken getting a pidgey card, I hope they grow to love it. I'll use their card to start a pikachu collection of my own, put it as number 1 in the collection.
>>59483769I love you, pidgeyanon.Don’t worry too much about the surfing pikachu, it’s like a $2 card
>>59483800Thanks anon, love you as well (no homo), The card I ordered wasn't expensive, so like an anon said to the other British new collector the other day, better to happen when it's not an expensive card.What are you collecting, any main mon or set?, and what's your favourite page in your binder/section in the fireproof waterproof safety bunker?
mail day
>>59483147I think less of you if your favorite pokemon is gengar even moreso than pikachu
>>59483859>are you collecting any mon or set?I really only collect vintage. My two favourites are Porygon and Slowpoke, and I believe I’ve got a full collection of all their WotC-era cards. I’d love to complete the Vending and Neo series, but with prices the way they are, it’s been very slow going. I’ve got pretty well all the cheaper cards I want, so now I really just pick up a small handful of big-ticket items a year.Here are some slowies
>>59483860Replace Hau with Cosmog and the card would be 500 dollars more valuable
>>59483890Very cool cards, I like that light slowbro, but that dark is breddy sweet as well. Do you also like komiya? >and I believe I’ve got a full collection of all their WotC-era cards. Sweet.
>>59483890Just looking at your slab, that's breddy cool. I like the art, but also 2k? or 2kish? Nice. I can't even see myself owning a card worth 100+ desu.Looking at PSA sales for that card, and it's jumping all over, same card (set number and rev holo), yet can be different by hundreds, and not much time in between sales. Mad as they are all mint 9s, so what's the difference really? Could this beckets grading thing be better, as it says the /10 for each criteria centering/edges/corners/can't remember the other, sorry.
>>59483890>>59484230>>59484234OMG le heckin vintage
>>59483968>do you also like KomiyaLove ‘im>>59484240I got all my graded cards ages ago. These slowpokes, I think, actually dipped in value for a period after I bought them. They were never all that popular or valuable, so I’m quite surprised to see the prices they fetch today.
>>59484272This but unironically
>>59484311last card show i went to early this year i saw a booth with sealed and unsealed base set to delta species theme deckstoo bad he's overpriced and won't budge
>>59484230Cool unown pages, anon
>>59484370this page will get you stabbed in public
>>59484380What do you mean there?
>>59483860I really want to have sex with Mallow, Lana, and Lillie.
>>59483688what the fuck does that even mean lmao
>>59484443So much has happened since then anon, I'm past it.
>>59484443It’s some sort of trans or femboy meme. No idea how it started
What the fuck, how is Masaki Gengar worth 20k in PSA 9 now? When I last checked (in like late 2024) it was selling for $1500This market makes no fucking sense, and also I’m butthurt my Masaki Omastar didn’t also 15x
>>59484370>>59484311>>59484234>>59484230>>59483890How does one collect vintage in 2026? Is it too late for me?
>>59484468We like to pretend we are special here, but for each one of us saying vending is the coolest set, there have already been 1000 normies and redditors spamming the set everywhere as some sort of slept on hidden japanese gem, awakening the speculation machine since at least last year.
>>59484493I collected 99% of my individual cards well before 2019 (and thereby well before the current insanity in the market), so I’m not sure. Like I said earlier, I’m just very choosy now. It’s not like in 2016 when you could buy up a complete set of minty 1st edition holos for a few hundred bucks. I’d probably stress focus. Pick a handful of cards you really like and be slow and deliberate in your acquisition of them. Don’t get distracted with smaller, more accessible purchases (and for god’s sake don’t rip packs or whatever).>>59484496I thought we were already past this. I can’t believe people are finding out about these huge Japanese promos five or more years after the COVID boom
>>59484524>>59484496Oh and also, cute vending starters, anon. I’ve always loved that Bulbasaur in particular
>>59484493nah you're too lateregardless if you're a boomer who grew up with wotc or a zoomzoom who just wants to collect old cardseven wotc bulk are expensive and hyperinflatedby the time investorchuds and scalpers leave the hobby, all of those boomer wotc cards will remain expensive and even more expensive as time goes byit's going to be similar with boomer magic cards and baseball cards, there will be a merry band of 40+ to 60~ millennial and gen x collectors pumping the prices and/or refusing to sell their collections until they fade away and it'll end up in random garage salesif you really want wotc cards your best bet is base set 2 or legendary edition since nobody collects thosebase set, jungle, fossil, gym heroes, gym challenge, team rocket, neo genesis, neo destiny, those promo cards like >>59484370 you're going to fight boomers for every cardeven southern islands, expedition, aquapolis and skyridge
>>59484603Yeah, even from just last year, prices are up 300-400%I miss when I could buy someone’s old collection for $80-120.But…>legendary edition since nobody collects thoseand>even southern islands, expedition, aquapolis and skyridgeMade me laugh, since these are the most sought after…don’t get me started on RH LC
>>59484655well there's no point collecting wotc then
>>59484684modern doesn't matter
>>59483860Based ChinaGOD
>>59483147they ugly but wearing what makes you happy is the way to go honestly
>>59483147Gen 10 needs to just introduce a shoe Pokemon and then sell it as an official shoe.
>>59484496I'm so glad I bought most of my japanese cards before normies were interested in jap cards and jewtubers pushed the japanese cards market.
>>59483957What's funny is that you could remove the ugly Chink language and the card would actually be worth a thousand more.
>paying a thousand more for words you can't readthe retard tax is still going strong.
>>59484684To be fair, if you’re in it for money, buy anything you can and it’ll go up in price. Promos I wanted but didn’t need that were steady around $8-9 for years bumped up to $30-40 in the past 6-7 months. What were you looking to buy?
Vintage promo cards (Corocoro, Trainers Magazine, anything with the labeling at the bottom) are the play that normies still dont know about and are still fairly cheap.
>>59484684>>59484655>>59484603You can always say this, anon. >Collected since 1999"wow, cards are super expensive now in 2010, not worth it to buy wotc when I could get them for cents.">Collected since 2010"Wow, ever since Pokemon GO, card prices have gone insane. No point in collecting now when I was able to get wotc cards for a couple bux.">Collecting since 2017"Wow, Logan Paul and COVID really shot prices of cards up in 2021, talk about crazy. No point in collecting when I was able to get my wotc holos for under $100">Collecting since 2022"Wow, prices in 2026 are crazy ever since investors have began treating cards like an asset class. No point in buying wotc anymore because just a few years ago I was able to buy an unlimited holo charizard for a couple hundred.">Collecting since 2027...
What hurts more:>Expensive card becoming more expensive>Inexpensive bulk now becoming expensiveSome chase cards grow from $500 to $2000, but some common cards climb from $5 to $80.
>>59484900My eyes have been opened. BUY NOOOOOOWWWWW
So I should be set for life with these, right?
non holos are worthless dogshit.
>>59484881Is this true? All the Japanese promos I’m aware of have ballooned. >>59484921Absolutely. Man, I should’ve bought that Magneton. Love the colour palette. >>59484930Is this true?
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>>59484938>Is this true?many are saying it>>59484942Me appreciating a beautiful swirl.
>>59484962A swirl is good, but I like a nice, cohesive pattern all together. Not a great example, since there is in fact a swirl on the one foot, but I bought this slowpoke specifically because I liked the star between its eyes. It gives the impression of a sort of third eye, which I thought was funny.
>>59484930They used to sell that exact Pichu in a 10 grade for like $30 AUDWonder what it's valued at today
>>59484938I guess it depends on what you consider cheap. Misty's Staryu and Tentacool, Brock's Onyx and Mankey are still under $20, which I'd says is cheap. Surge's Jolteon, Electabuzz and Giovanni's Nidoking are reasonable too. It's Erika's Dratini that has surged. Wooper and Cleffa are starting to see some increases now too. I think, for what they are, the unnumbered promos are still slept on...if you can find them.Really wish I could get some of the How I Became a Pokemon Card promos but that ship is long gone.
I preferred when sets went in order of Holo, Rare, Uncommon, Common instead of the modern way of sets being type and pokedex number
>>59485069I preferred when it was just holo, rare, uncommon, and common.
>>59485073full arts were a mistake
just hit a charizard box off walmartthis queue aint shiiiii
>>59484900I'm a WOTC boomerI quit after the Gen 2 era, returned briefly around Delta Species then quit 'forever' until 151 showed upI remember buying so much 151 ETBs and UPCs for MSRP shekels that I master set the entire thing and got multiple SIR Charizards, I'm glad to have quit again after that since prices have skyrocketed far beyondEven collected 25th anniversary and Crown Zenith back back then as well, nowadays I doubt I could buy 30th anniversary without preorders
>>59485052>How I Became a Pokemon Card promos6-7 years ago, these cards sealed were sold for $25.Let's be honest, trying to collect these cards for cheap now is like people missing BTC sitting for two years at $300. I wish for a bear market for Pokemon cards.
>>59485173I coom to this page>missing Prerelease Garydos
>>59485173mirin that blasty swirl
>>59485183I still need a holo Charizard too.
>>59485187Pulled it as a kid, same with the Dragonite.
>>59485199>>59485191>>59485185>>59485180>>59485173pretty sick collection ngl
>>59485215Thank you.
>>59485224My Cool Porygon promo is still factory sealed.
Desu having a binder of these back in the early 2000s would get you all the pussy and cunny in school.You're the school gigachad until after 2003.
>>59485225>>59485224>>59485199>>59485195>>59485191>>59485185>>59485180>>59485173Holy shit bro put that shit in a toploader binder, protect your PC/investment
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>>59485228They're fine in the binder. All sleeved.
>>59484938>Absolutely. Man, I should’ve bought that Magneton. Love the colour palette.Yeah, I love the artwork of these. I need the Caterpie and Abra, those are among my favourites.
>>59485228Top Loader binders are disgusting and antithetical to a proper collection. You want the best of both worlds and get none.
>>59485239Wtf? That Mr Mime came out in English?
>>59485170>I wish for a bear market for Pokemon cards.I do too but I don't think its going to realistically happen. I think people are desperate for an alternative store of value that isn't boomer rocks and stocks, which are all controlled by jews. You can't just instantly sell out of cards like you can with BTC and vintage collectors are just holding for the most part. Jews haven't completely dominated the market yet since they don't understand the concept of the only thing driving this market: sentimentality and nostalgia.
The Pokemon Company could crash the investment market instantly if they wanted to.
>>59485291they won't though. never will.
I'm addicted to swirls and have a bunch of cheap modern cards with cutoff swirls. I've seen people use acetate or something to remove parts of the card for the swirl to be visible. Do i do it?
>>59485315Thinking of doing this to the borders of cheap $1 promos. Thoughts?
>>59485319I think you should seek help.
>>59485319how do you do this? There's no way that swirl was under there perfectly
>>59485319I can't imagine doing that to a no rarity symbol vintage.
>>59485315If it was me, I wouldn't do it.
>>59485250>Top Loader binders are disgusting and antithetical to a proper collection.Skill issue
>>59485319Whyd you turn Mew into Minos Prime?
>>59485291a lot of the market and the grading shit is dumb.i'd rather have the slowbro than the darkrai from the latest set, even though it's worth a fraction. It has dopey slowbro and I like it. It goes with my psyduck.
>>59485291>crash the investment marketInvestorchuds are rich that they can buy as many product the Pokemon Company prints out.Going full scorched earth Yugioh route will just nuke scalpers whom not all are investorchuds. The only way to nuke investorchuds out of the planet is to overprint all of the chase cards like they're common cards.Like if you buy any booster pack you'll get a guaranteed random chase card and an AR. Overprinting will only affect current line and future product lineups so investorchuds will just gravitate towards older cards aka shitting up WOTC up to Sun/Moon ones.
had to buy-fag these singles, now i can put all the pokemon around them that they used to use like ekins and wheezing and meowth... what other notable ones do they use these days? i will put the trainer cards in the center of the binder and their team around them!
>>59485703buying singles is much cheaper and more accessible than buying entire boxes, especially if you're only chasing specific cardsi think the pokemon company nuked rates after 151paldean fates was the first modern set that had super ultra rare chases, meanwhile 151 shat out charizards and gold mews every few booster packs and you're guaranteed one with a booster box
>>59485722yeah i've been reading alot about this "guranteed" holo stuff, it's kind of crazy, back in the day they did not have that, when you said rates, i guess you meant rare pull rates?as for 151, is it called 151 because it has the original 151 pokemon in it? if so i should like to buy some of those cards sometime, or maybe a pack to rip myself should be cool, but it seems for a long time all anyone would talk about is this 151 set, nowadays atleast people talk about the current box more, i think 151 did alot of damage everywhere, not just to the market, thats my 2-weeks-in-this-hobby take on it atleast.
>>59485703>these daysAnon, I…
>>59485725Packs for 151 are in the 20+ range, now — singles are again your best bet.
>>59485269Part of that weird TCG Classic Collection. It was a weird choice, but honestly a cool one.
>>5948572525th anniversary and 151 brought all the boomers back, just read the top of this thread and others and see how many boomers were brought back into collecting/playing
I did go to tesco and asda last night but they didn't sell anything... have to go to some hobby shop or somewhere to find cards near me, it's hopeless, if not for online stores now i probably wouldn't start collecting at all, the only downside to buying online is needing to be in to get the delivery or sign for them, luckily i've been in to open the door but i wonder what people do when they deliver only between the hours of 9 and 12 and people are at work...?>>59485727yeah?>>59485730a single pack of 10 cards is £20? what does it normally cost? >>59485735I didn't hear about the 25th at all, but i've heard about the 30th, mostly because alot of big franchises are also having their 25ths/30ths this year, for example sonic, megaman, uhh thats about it off the top of my head, but i'm happy because the 30th seems like no better time than now to get into the hobby, right? surely there wasn't a better time besides the 25th recently to get into it?
>>5948574120th was their first anniversary set with evolutions and generationsit was so successful they made 25th anniversary and now 30th anniversary
>>59485694>Going full scorched earth Yugioh routeQRD on this?
>>59485807Yugioh hates scalpers so they print their cards to kingdom come. Their "chase" cards come from winning tournaments.They're also mostly a players community and they have beaten up scalpers unlike Pokemonfags and WanPissfags.
>>59485809>they have beaten up scalpersyou mean the guys that make the yugioh cards physically put hands on scalpers? or fans of the cards physically beat up scalpers at stores or something? sorry for being so literal but if you don't explain it i won't understand
>>59485812Yes.
>>59485694Reprint Tagteam cards and gold stars and make the hits common, no stamps, fully original, market crashes overnight ez
>>59485813bad ass fuck them frauds!! based yu-gi-oh i heard logan paul was trying to get in on it aswell!
>>59485809Dont bullshit like the recent 1/100 full arts, Quarter Century rares, and the upcoming Manga Rares arent Konami trying to get a piece of the scalp/invooster pie, albeit extremely late as usual.
Anons I have one friend on discord i talk to about pokemon recently and I showed him my jessie and james card and he said something about a "proxy" card and then he sent this image, he's offline now so I can't ask him or I would... wtf does he mean by that? pic rel... I heard about fan-cards, but what is a "proxy card" ? I guess it's something people use on the board when they are missing one from their deck or something?
>>59485831Jessie is NOT a fat fucking slob. She’s Skinny!
>item SRThey're making fun of me. At least I also got this cool Zarude.
Anyone have this super secret rare?
>>59485831they should make cards like this officially
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