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>>59477934

FAQ:
https://pastebin.com/MypNBzca
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My dream card
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>>59486158
>englishslop
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>>59486182
I just want the cool illustration, text could be in Abkhaz for all I care.
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>still grading cards
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What do we think of /ourguy/ opossumbud's Palworld lineup?
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>>59486158
I've been buying multiples of them because they are so cheap.
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>>59486158
It is a very gorgeous card, personally my favorite card so far from the Mega block. Although I do miss when the SAR Trainer cards had them interacting with Pokemon in some way. That card would be perfect if some Cutiefly were chilling in the back/foreground.
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>still buying physical
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Mail day! Tummy and collarbone for my enjoyment
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is this pricing delusional
i thought this error was somewhat common for chaos rising
it's a shame because i really like the meowstic from this set it'd be a cool card to own
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>>59486285
Where do you buy?
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>>59486132
The weak point is interesting, considering the yellow and green circles are clearly Lighting and Grass…wonder why it has a weak point to Colorless?
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>>59486398
>buying shitprints
I literally throw these away, I know I could sell them but I don’t want some retard out there to think he bought some cool misprint card just because gamefreak is retarded and can’t figure out how to print ink on paper right like they did 500 years ago without electricity
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>>59486432
Taking a retards money is the god given right of all intelligent men.
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>>59486432
agree gamefreak is absolutely lazy and couldn't care less about their fans
but with how many cards they print things like this are bound to happen, it should definitely be much less common though
i just think some of the errors look pretty cool especially on a psychic type because it suits the theme
this card in particular would look nice with my meowstic (male) master set i'm working on
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used to buy JP because "omg texture good", now I realise its way too bright when out in the sun (i put it in my wallet id)
Now I convert back to KR/English, its a little less bright but way manageable
pic related i guess
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>>59486473
more bright more better
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>>59486427
Considering fire is also there, it may be that the grey is ground and not colorless. You could see it either as two separate lines, with a presumed strong point being unlabeled, or that weak point is simply off center and the proof of concept had weakness and resistance jumbled up in the same area.
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>>59486279
Who the fuck cares? What is wrong with you this is the card collecting general.
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>>59486472
>>59486432
gamefreak has nothing to do with the card game. that's why it's such a success.
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>>59486473
We know. The shittier Foil and texture can't capture the light as well.
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>>59486473
Good choice, I also dipped into jap cards and realized how shit they are, they’re centering is also abysmal in a way that’s actually noticeable if you’re not autistic, not like normal “off centered” cards
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>>59486473
This is the copest post in the history of /tcc/
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>>59486503
True, but Water types aren’t weak to Ground (or Normal for that matter) — so it doesn’t make sense for ANYTHING to be in between Grass and Lightning.
It’s probably that the proof just didn’t take much into consideration compared to what a more polished version would’ve had.
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Why did the previous thread go so fast? I want my comfy slow general back ....
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Heard y’all n*ggas like Imakuni
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>>59486755
Unless it's just jumbled together and the order isn't relevant.
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Guys I'm watching this video and he just opened some back that only has 3 cards in it, and the cards are always the generation's starters, what are they? He said they were $25 for a pack or something? Never mentions the name, but cards look pretty nice from an art standpoint.
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>>59486931
They made a special starter booster box thing, 2 normal packs and one of those. It's like $30 and this is the second set of them they've made
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>>59486432
"Misprints are cool" is a wild opinion to be salty about
>I'd sell it but someone might enjoy it
>Don't these retards know gamefreak is LITERALLY shitting in their mouths?
>Can't let that happen, I'll just throw it away
>>59486398
250 is delusional, even 100 would be pushing it
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>>59486398
That's a LOW price for a misprint card.
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>>59486398
>>59487016
Is this even a misprint? Dude probably just left it in the sun for a few weeks
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Is the new play keeping cards out in the sun for a few weeks then claiming they're misprints?
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>>59486931
That's the First Partners Illustration Collection nigga how new are you to this hobby, sneakerhead
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>>59487045
NTA but I got into these children's toys last month. Had a funny moment with a shop clerk where she got me to join the customer club and I was like, the registration doesn't have my birth year so she said put in whatever.
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>>59487056
>I got into these children's toys last month
Excuse me, sir? These are investments.
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>>59487100
Like crypto?
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>>59487104
Unironically? Yes
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>>59486931
>that pic
Huh, 3 grookey
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Just bought Bagon 104/168 from celestial storm (set not important), as it was the pokemon I picked on my first ever pokemon game, which I played tonight, cobblemon.
First pokemon I did battle with and caught, PIDGEY (woohoo), then caught a purrloin, a mincinno. Got a Cincinno card free from Nippon as well the other day. Universe trying to tell me something?. Also, after reading about cincinno I need to get a shiny stone in the game to evolve mincinno?
Proper happy.
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>>59487172
>dragon tamer
>started in cobblemon
Holy based... there may yet be hope...
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>post cards
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>>59486757
30th is near...boomers are back and so are scalpers and investors

It'll go faster
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>Shipping Label Created July 17th
>USPS in possession of item August 6th
No way this dude just had my cards chilling on his desk for two weeks, right? It must have just got stuck to the inside of the mailbox or something.
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>>59487214
I need to do some work, apparently needs and adamant or jolly nature, my guy his impish, but can make some mints or something to change the nature. Need to look into it tomorrow.
>>59487257
Hopefully getting some delivered tomorrow.
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>>59487293
>statsfag
Fitting for a tamer but still disappointing. It's not too late though, whoever tried to make it "apparent" to you what you "need," it's not too late to tell them to suck a lemon.
Impish Bagon/Shelgon/Salamence is SOVLful as fuck.
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>still buying modern
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Yolo, I'm satisfied with how they came out even though I fucked up on the Ralts.
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>>59487332
Those poor cards...
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>>59487334
>dude they will be worth $100 in the future
don't care, I'm gonna buy another copy with a swirl on the card eventually.
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>>59487336
Its not about the value, you're irreparably damaging the soul of those cards and they dont deserve that.
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>>59487332
Holy swirls
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>>59487307
I was just thinking it's kind of bad to change his nature, plus it's about getting him to his dream of flying. That's what drew me to him, his dream. We'll get him there.
I wasn't asking a person about it, I was on chatGPT, it also said drop purrloin, but I don't know enough about it or any of them to make a decision, but I will keep bagon as is, and let nature do it's course.
Also decided (apart form pidgey and the cincinno cards) I'll just buy cards for my team as they evolve.
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I want to sell my vintage collection as heavy played with some light play, but don't want to deal with grade-obsessed retards messaging me to take close up pics with no intention of buying
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>>59487307
Natures are a dumb mechanic, especially when half of them are completely useless, but criticizing him for wanting optimal natures is just as cringe as being a meta only fag. Natures are a huge part of how well a Pokemon performs.
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>>59487361
Post your vintage collection here instead of getting lowballed in card conventions, your LGS, Ebay or Whatnot.
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>>59487257
I just got these in, some i bought damaged so i could still have them without paying too much. Im satisfied with it!
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>>59487397
NOOO YOU HAVE TO BUY NEAR MINT SHIT EVEN THOUGH IT'S 100X MORE EXPENSIVE
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>>59487397
LP is where it's at
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>>59487361
>heavy played with some light play
easy 30% of value
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>>59487404
>>59487401
>buying someone’s old, used-up cards
Unironically worse than being cucked
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>>59487397
>welder
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>>59487419
Buying near mint and mint is the same

If you didn't pull the cards yourself, you're getting keked
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>>59487404
yeah that welder is LP because it has 2 little white dots on the back edges.
>>59487401
Pikachu was 3 bucks damaged though!
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>>59486473
Don't put korean on the same level as english, korean is literal consumer epson printer quality.
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It sucks having a collection you know is worthless
Thinking I should just donate this to clear up space
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Komiya + Shiny mailday
Kicking myself for not buying this drowzee when it first released. Feel like this used to be a couple bucks
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>>59487404
LP is fine it if means a couple nicks on the back. But it’s right out if there’s any holofoil scratching
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>>59487438
Boomers are going to have a field day with those WOTC bulks

Unless they're damaged/have severe whitening you can easily sell these to a WOTC collector
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>>59487442
A field day with what? Some Japanese cards that might be worth $10 instead of 50 cents?
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>>59487439
>3 energy 30 damage
What the fuck are they even doing at this point, this game feels like it was made by fucking aliens, we have super mega evos hitting for 360 damage and shit like this, just let it do fucking 50-60 damage for 3 whole fucking energy, what the fuck is this “gentle slap” shit?

This essentially functions to make pretty cards useless as game pieces so they’re more like collectors items.
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>>59487445
WOTC boomers collect all kinds of WOTC cards as long as they're not damaged

Not everyone is an investor or grade autist
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>>59487449
I think I'll pull a boomer and keep this one for myself, its a cool card, probably put it in my wallet as a good luck charm
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>>59487438
price doesnt matter as long as you like them bro
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>>59487397
99% of the time a card I ordered as "damaged" just looks like a regular card to me. It's basically free money.
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>>59487445
Cool slot machine, anon. I’ve got to get that and the Caado Flip Game to go with my Fan Club Porygon
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>>59487435
>2 little white dots on the back edges.
What? That's still good enough to be-
>modern slop
Nevermind. Might as well be damaged.
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>>59487447
You may as well be speaking Greek. I haven’t actually played the game since Haymaker was relevant
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>>59487445
That Umbreon is worth hundreds.
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>>59487438
Is it worthless? I’d wager that reverse holo e-series Gengar is worth at least a few hundred bucks. Plus it’s illustrated by Baba, making it GOATed by definition.
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>>59487467
Honestly yeah, the japanese stores really nitpick the details. I wish it was easier to order from abroad again.
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>>59487447
I think if you've pretty much already lost if you still have an unevolved Drowzee by the time it has 3 energy.
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>>59487471
lol so true
Still, a deal’s a deal. I certainly wouldn’t want to pay full price for modern
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>>59487438
How did you hear about binder sheets but not about sleeving your cards?
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>>59487488
Ask 7 year old me that started collecting in 2000 and just kept getting more binder sheets and didnt learn anything about "standard storage practice"
I havent bought cards in years
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>>59487345
Nothing soulful about overprinted modern slop. Doing this gave me a Southern Islands feel.
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>>59487458
I'd give you 3.50 and nothing more

I have to shelf it, find a customer and wait for X amount of months
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>>59487491
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Some days I'm just buying random bullshit.
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>>59487541
>>59487397
where do you buy these?
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>>59487543
Not them but I found the platform "Cardtrader" to be interesting and diverse with card selections. You can get foreign cards for quite cheap (and condition is high, you can get "Poor" cards that look relatively clean)
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>>59487543
>>59487555
Since I forgot to add, unfortunately it doesn't seem to be as popular as other online marketplaces like CardMarket, TCGplayer, etc. And not much sellers (depending on the card)
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>>59487543
TCG Player
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Naoki Saito double betrayed us...
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>>59487570
Holy tummy
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>>59487533
Fuck off, Lapras. I know what I have.
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>>59487484
That’s sorta my point, but also, a huge missed opportunity to do something actually good instead of 30 damage, some people like to not evolve their Pokémon, why not just let it have a normal kinda good attack for 3 energy, this is the case for thousands of cards.
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Are god packs real?
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>>59485291
Just reprint old sets exactly as they were except just remove the Wizards copyright for the Wizards era of cards and add the current year for legal purposes.

For a more realistic solution that will still never happen reduce the amount of cards in a set, go back to having like 0-4 secret cards, and unfuck pull rates
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I like the internal texture these old reverse holos have. My favorite are the rainbow-ish ones from e-Reader
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I've recently started preferring and appreciating half-arts (& reverse holos) more than full-art cards now
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>>59487719
BASED
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>>59487700
I wish they'd go back to these, I can't stand what they have now.
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>>59487744
Have English reverse holos more or less stagnated since, what, XY?
I remember when I was last buying new cards in 2023, each new Japanese set had some funky new reverse holos pattern (and they all seemed quite glossy as well)
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Bought a box with a sleeve pack and found putting them on to be oddly therapeutic.
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>>59487894
I wish I had those banned cards.
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>jp cards are usually cheaper than eng cards
>look for zinnia's resolve
>jp is more than 3x the price than eng
Is there any reason why?
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>>59487899
My favorite part of getting new cards is sleeving them and putting them in the binder.
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>>59487957
The caveat is that waifu cards are always worth more in Japanese. The west does not care for them.
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>>59487970
Look anon you don't need to lie about something so easily disprovable.
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How do you guys deal with parents or other family members that say things like 'childish' or 'don't buy anymore' when they don't even understand the hobby to begin with?

Please share your personal experiences here, i'd like to estimate just how bad i've got it with my father who thinks this hobby is not good despite me bringing up the 1600's tulip bulb craze or that one card baby ruth or something that people go crazy for that came in a cigarette box years ago...

If i spent money on alcohol every week he would say nothing, but because it's pokemon cards it's a problem...

You guys share some stories and i'll post my own experience in return.
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>>59488028
It's a pretty fucked up hobby. It's just gambling disguised into cardboard. Buying singles is different of course.
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>>59488033
I agree on the gambling aspect, I am buying singles and getting lots of deliveries, he doesn't complain about that, i think it's the volume, yet if i were to waste money on single packs, 2-pack blisters, 12/18 pack booster boxes, tins, balls, etb's, promos, the list goes on... I'd have a volume so big, then what would they say? As it stands I have maybe 250 cards. Were I buying all that, easily 300+ cards, and barely any I actually want or like.
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Love this Milotic card.
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>>59487888
SNAP!
Or SN!, as it's only half of your image.
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>>59487957
Dragon Majesty Zinnia is soo much better, as you can see her glorious fangs.
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>>59488091
That is a pretty nice card and it could have been a lot better if they could have been assed to simply shift+down 2 or 3 times so the text isnt floating with all that empty space on the bottom.
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>>59487894
>>59487893
>>59487892
>>59487891
>>59487889
>>59487888
>>59487887
>>59487885
how much in total and where did you buy these?
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Hello guys, mr 2-week anon here!
I got some deliveries today from the singles I bought, sorry my photos aren't as good as the poster anon is replying to above me, I am severely retarded.
Since I live in Britain I've decided my first themed binder will be a Galaran one! I got the calyrex/mounted calyrex cards and some legendaries first of all!
I'm very happy with these cards!
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>>59487891
>>59487892
>>59487893
>>59487894
Finally someone posting real cards
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>>59488208
Nice haul, and good amount of cards. Fun to pop them in the binder, then stare at them, reorganise, stare some more, swap a couple, stare some more, think about what could go with them, reorganise again, stare at them, sleep, wake up, think about the cards repeat cycle.
Sorry, crap joke.
Is that do not remove sticker making it so you can't open take the card out to look at it?
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I feel vendors silently judging me whenever I buy waifu cards, especially if the seller is a woman (real one not troon).
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>>59488223
Yeah it came like that from the seller. You know, buying singles, it's crazy how some people package them, atleast in the UK.

Some of my best deliveries have been the most basic, cardboard, sellotape to hold card down, and envelope...

Some of my worst, Comes in a letter envelope, no tracking, 50 pieces of sellotape on every single edge, cover, slit, fold, straight line of the letter, letter is also bent in half so it's the size of the pokemon card inside, card inside is strapped between two pieces of spare cardboard, thats sellotaped too, top-loader has a sticker on it, and sellotape across the top, sleeve inside top loader also has a sticker on it. Thus trying to open and take out the card from all the stuff it's wrapped up in and sellotaped to risks causing damage to the card itself... So a card can easily go from near-mint to poor if i open it badly, hasn't happened yet but i'm not pleased with some of these deliveries, obviously it's a huge huge huge huge variation in how people will pack stuff, but a site like CardMarket should do a packaging instruction guide at the very least I feel...

One of the packages that ShadowRider Calyrex VMax in it came in a cardboard box that was really nice, but then they put some stickers, a very small plastic duck, and a stick of strawberry maoam (lol) inside, I mean people are just weird and random and funny and cute...

Some packages look like a girl sent it, some packages are just hopeless, and some are super professional and awesome, but if i'm honest i just like the ones that come in an envelope and are very easy to open with minimal sellotape or printed out labels covering envelope folds and shit.

Do you also get funny experiences with singles being delivered sometimes?

Do you have a favorite Galaran pokemon?
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Wtf lol I've been out of the loop since cockbig-19 and only now saw that my fugs are worth hundreds, while Cynthia's one worth four figs (got it graded along with some others around the time Evolutions was released)
What's the story with fug value? I remember the gold star one was insanely expensive but didn't think the others were high-tier. Probably should have graded the others back then.

Also some bonus legendaries (Entei has some scuffs on the sides and corners, particularly from the back, but Deoxys is cool as always)
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>>59488287
Most have been ok, but had 1 with sellotape over the top of the toploader, all sticky at the top, pain in the arse to get out.
Had some good ones from a seller in Nippon, they'd put the card between thicker cardboard, put tape on that, but also took the time to fold over the ends of the tape on one side so it was easy to peel.
Had some with stickers in, a few with an extra card in. That package with the duck sounds wholesome af, that's a nice touch. I bought 2 cards, that came with Japanese cards in them, and 1 is an evolution of a pokemon I caught on a game last night.

I forgot to say, an anon on here suggested to me to use 2x zoom on the phone and take from a bit of distance away. That has helped my images be less crappy looking.
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:^)
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>>59488287
Sorry, forgot to say about the Galaran?, I don't know anything about them, but will look into it, cheers.
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>>59488287
Looking into it, and steel meowth is cool (guessing steel from British steel), Weezing is cool (industrial looking with the chimneys harking back to our victorian times), Articuno looks like the liver bird, or even tottenham hotspur logo, Moltres looks cool, so does slowking, and sirfetch'd. And just seen slowpoke and slowbro (was talking with an anon about his collection of those the other day).
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Post a swirl if you are so great.
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>>59487760
Aren't the JP reverse holos more or less solid in color?
XY, SM reverse have interesting patterns and such, but I guess from SWSH onwards they started becoming less intricate and more dull(?)
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>>59488287
I'm forgetting loads of stuff today, do you have a favourite of the Galarians? I'd guess the bird ones? Articuno, Moltrea and Zapidos. Are they all evolutions of the same mon?
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>>59488456
>Articuno, Moltrea and Zapidos. Are they all evolutions of the same mon?
Bro....
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>>59488314
>, but had 1 with sellotape over the top of the toploader, all sticky at the top, pain in the arse to get out.
Exactly this, multiple times!
>Had some good ones from a seller in Nippon, they'd put the card between thicker cardboard, put tape on that, but also took the time to fold over the ends of the tape on one side so it was easy to peel.
Had this but no easy-peel.

I think alot of sellers are not buyers, they must have no idea how sellotape etc effects actually opening the thing.

>>59488405
Steel meowth is alolan, galaran meowth is basically a viking lol

Slowpoke/bro are definitely cool variants imo! Would like to get those cards some day.

My favorite is our regions legendary protectors, Zacian and Zamazenta, mostly Zacian because he is obviously inspired by Sif the Great Wolf from Dark Souls!

For specific galaran form, probably the wheezing yeah, he looks so funny with that gas acting as a moustache and the top-hat lol

All the regions pokemon of Galar are cool though! Definitely the three birds aswell! It's so nice to see older 'mon like Zap,Molt,and Arc... updated a bit for a more modern audience or maybe cooler design! I really love the purple and black on the galar arcituno for sure!
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>>59488426
At least when I was opening packs, they’d have a new reverse holo pattern every set. Maybe these novel patterns were only relegated to special sets like shining v or crown tempest though.
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>>59488223
Sometimes I go with some periods of purging/selling/giving away cards, buying again, etc. I wish I just finalized my collection
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>>59487541
That should be your signal to get your shit together anon.
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>>59487888
>>59487891
>>59487892
>>59487893
>>59487894
Vending, GB promos, Japanese exclusive holos, hungry snorlax, banned cards?
Yeah, I’m thinkin’ he’s based
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>>59488028
Just show him your collectr total. Ask him what things of his have made 13 thousand dollars in the past 6 months.
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>>59488508
You only 'make' $ if you sell
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>>59488028
>How do you guys deal with parents or other family members that say things like 'childish' or 'don't buy anymore'
by not living with my parents
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>>59488172
Well, I bought most of them in the past 5 years, when the prices were significantly lower.
Consider they're NM, and the japanese NM/Mint
>Sabrina's Gengar 30€
>The Legendary Collection I believe 45€ Meowth and 30 Primeape
>The Black Star Promos 40€ Anciente Mew (sealed), 40€ Dragonite and 40€ Cool Porygon saeled (I regret not keeping it sealed both), Psyduck insane like 10-15€
>Dark Charizard 90€, Dragonite and Mew 40 and 60€, Moltres 35€, GB Dragonite sealed 160€ including the Gameboy game, Politoed 25€, Hungry Snorlax + the Starmie above both 60€ from the same seller, Misty's Politoed 40€, the banned cards like 80€ from Japan the first four and Koga Nazi 60€
>Mos of the other jap "common" holos in the 10-15-20€ range
And as said they're all basically Mint no scratches or whitening on the back. Honestly I couldn't afford most of these cards right now.
I bought them on eBay, cardmarket and especially Vinted (I'm from Europe).
>>59488210
>>59488501
Thanks Anon, there's more.
This set with Cool Porygon and Hungry Snorlax sealed for 180€
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>>59488545
And some sealed Southern Island too.
35€ for the Ledyba set and 45€ for Togepi
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>>59488551
These were quite affordable so I bought two copies of Togepi from that seller on eBay to have an extra postcard and recently sold the unsealed set with the cards for 170€.
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>>59488545
>>59488551
>>59488555
Unbelievably based. I wish I had the foresight to buy Way More Shit (especially sealed Japanese promos). The Hungry Snorlax/Cool Porygon folder thing was always relatively inexpensive, so I just kept putting off buying it. Same with unpeeled Vending sheets — I remember when you could buy them for like $30, and I just never did it.
Hindsight and all that. I’m glad for the things I did buy, at least.
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Another day, another completed page
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>>59488598
Based, I wish 1eds aren't expensive
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>>59488208
My first binder was Galar themed too
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>>59488601
I got 98% of my 1st eds ages ago (when most were like $3). A few years back, I also lucked out and found a shop with some sort of very janky inventory software. It was pricing, like, the 1st edition starters and pikachu and even rares at just a few bucks apiece. That guy really helped me fill out my binder.
Anyway, I got sick of looking at this incomplete spread, so I finally bought the 1st ed Onix for about $25.
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No one's going to post swirls? I supposed that means I win.
Heh, 2ez
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>>59488589
That's a really nice Porygon.
I regret as well not buying unpeeled sheets, vending or, you know, Cleffa for example.
I had it at 25€ in my wishing list for so long. I always though "ok, i'll buy it next month etc."
All these CoroCoro cards were a no-brainer.
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>>59488419
>>59488627
Anon look at the cards I posted above, for example this:
>>59487892
Dark Dugtrio and Hungry Snorlax have swirls and I guess 60% at least of thoe jap cards have swilrs but are not visible in the pictures.
Japanese cards with swilrs are quite common.
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>>59488483
Best to just google stupid questions?
>>59488485
I was hoping some cards would come today, but they have not. Bit nervous as 1 was meant to be here yesterday/today.
Need to look into themmore (all sets really) some are cool, and I wouldn't mind seeing what there is about.
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>>59488624
>$20+ for 1st ed Pidgey
JUST
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>>59488668
maybe go back to R*ddit and ask your questions there newfriend
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>>59488748
I don't use reddit, but I do get your point.
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>>59488695
Given the current market, I’m astonished 1st ed base commons aren’t all $100
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>>59488884
The popular commons are priced that and more, Charmander is like $200+

It gets worse if they're 1st ed Shadowless

Looks like WOTC collectors are fucked permanently now
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>>59488899
All 1st ed Base cards are shadowless unless they’re off-brand (e.g. not-English). Machamp need not apply
Pic not particularly related
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Porygon, my beloved
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swirlposting
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>>59489061
Mew Swirl ft. Stars and Big Orb
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>>59489061
Are reverse swirls cheating?
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>>59489061
A Zoomer swirl
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Worm swirl
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>>59489061
Tailswirl
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>>59489200
Wormtastic!
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>>59489061
Storm swirl
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>>59489207
>>59489209
This guy sure likes swirls, heh heh..
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>>59486896
This person seems like part of the reason Pokemon is weird and ugly and fucked up looking
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>>59487523
Swirlfags are sick in the head.
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>>59488171
kek you're right. I didn't even notice the empty space before, but there's so much.
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>>59489227
Waifuswirl
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>>59489227
Husbando swirl??
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>>59489227
Scream swirl
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>>59489227
This is where I’d put my swirl… IF I HAD ONE
(How can a card that’s practically all holo have not one swirl?)
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>>59489227
Barely perceptible bisected swirl
(Swirl on either side of the card art border)
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>>59489222
>weird and ugly and fucked up looking
I would say “charming” or “primitivist.”
He has some more conventional illustrations. And he also did Base Set Porygon (and my personal grail, Fan Club Porygon)
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>>59489254
Having this card and the other Tyranitar back then gets you all the pussy
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>>59489387
I remember pulling it from a pack in my friends backyard. He don’t give up any pussy, but I was pleased with the Tyranitar. God only knows where that card is now, but I’m quite pleased to have picked up a decent copy several years back.
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What do we think of the Michi method?
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>>59489638
I could see it for filling in empty spaces. That's all.
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>>59489227
Haha imagine if PSA had a grading for Fart Swirl
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>>59489200
lol your Wobbuffet has worms.
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>>59489638
Gay shit for literal women
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>>59489638
The what method? seems useless
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>>59489648
>>59489691
I was gonna give it a try, but maybe not...

>>59489711
It's stuff like this. I think it looks neat, but that might only be because I don't have a lot of cards yet.
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>>59489737
You should do whatever you like but it still doesnt dismiss that only women do this.
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>>59489740
But a guy was the one who started it.
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>>59489742
Make up was invented by a guy too.
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>>59489638
I think it looks cool but I have zero creativity so I'd probably just slap an energy card in an empty slot and call it a day.
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>>59487894
That Rocket Snorlax looks dead. RIP
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>>59489752
He's just very drunk
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>>59489638
i've been using it for a while now with screenshots of pokemon games to commemorate my teams. It's like scrapbooking!
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>>59489752
>>59489755
This nigga looks really wasted, almost overdosed.
This cards should be unironically included to the banned cards.
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>>59489778
Cute! Can I see more?
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>>59489778
It actually being your own screenshots does make it a lot cooler.
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I went to a Gamestop the other day to get a new charger for my Switch and holy fuck, the whole thing is practically just Pokemon and Magic now. Also a whole wall of Funkos.
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>>59489871
>Also a whole wall of Funkos.
It's been like that for a decade now. The place just keeps getting worse and worse.
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>>59489814
TY! this is my sv dlc page
>>59489825
Yeah it feels alot more personal, hope you try it out sometime too.
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Don’t care about Base Set 2, only handful of LC (mostly stuff like holo Dark Persian and holo Dark Vaporeon, ones that were holo for the first time), and don’t feel like investing my house’s worth into e-series. Got complete Base, Jungle, Fossil, Rocket, Southern Islands, Genesis, Discovery, and Revelation. Missing 6 cards for Destiny, but a crazy amount for the Gym sets and 15-20 black star promos. How fucked am I? I do have plenty of duplicates of Base especially, and some near complete Trainer Galleries I’m hoping to trade/sell for the missing cards.
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Saw this guy again and he didn't realize the card tanked to shit. He wanted $170 for it but I didn't want to go over $150 for fear of it dropping more.
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>>59489638
performative male garbage, also >>59489691
>>59489227
Swirls are the coolest thing you can collect.
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>>59489920
ill bet that lillie ends up worth more over time.
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>lilliefags
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>>59489920
ill bet that rosa ends up worth more over time.
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>>59489802
I-is he gonna be okay?
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Did I get fucked buying this for $50? I would call it MP at worst and lowest listed HP is $70
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>>59489917
>how fucked am I
You’re a lot less fucked than someone without a near-complete WotC collection.
Destiny is disproportionately expensive, especially if you’re missing the shining cards. But the black star promos are mostly pretty affordable — the two major exceptions being Pokemon Center and Lucky Stadium (I’ve basically resigned myself to lacking Lucky Stadium forevermore).
Don’t worry about Gym, they’re the worst WotC sets anyway.
Though if you have all these in unlimited, you’re extremely fucked, as you’ll have to do it all over again in 1st ed for the Real Experience.
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>>59489927
I’m so sick of seeing the words “gawr gura”
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$80 just for someone to look at a card.
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Imagine paying more than $3 for a card to put in a book and look at it a few times a year at most.
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>>59490046
Just glad to have seen it
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>>59490135
I don’t have to imagine it.
Also why would you post something so controversial yet so brave in the trading card collectors thread
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>>59489917
The fact that you have a complete Gen 1-2 collection means you're already far ahead compared to other WOTC collectors/boomers.
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This card turns 1 year old next month.
Do I try to buy it now at the price it's at, assuming it'll be a higher price next month, or do I wait until the birthday date, or even longer, and hope it gets even more diluted market so that the price may drop???

It's a pretty expensive single for an ungraded card.

https://www.pricecharting.com/game/pokemon-mega-evolution/mega-gardevoir-ex-178
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>>59490135
I look at my cards at least once a week
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Woohoo, haul day.
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>>59490475
Free cards from Nippon. Oh yeah. Need to find out what they are now.
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>>59490475
Final 2, pidgey is a kids bandai from 1998, cool af.
Need to reorder the kogas messenger pidgey (Nippon). That's (for now) pages 1 and 2 sorted in the binder.
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>>59490046
they aint even looking most of the time lmao. i have a PSA9 with a huge dent on the back
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>>59490483
Think Abra is the oldest card I have, 1996. NIce.
Now that's fucken cool.
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>>59489960
Jesus fuck. Lucky Stadium was just like $500 a few years ago. I hate the boom.
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Bought these for super cheap just a couple years ago. The VS sets are underrated.
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>>59490624
>it’s 2010, i want to buy Lucky Stadium but its too expensive
>it’s 2016, i want to buy Lucky Stadium but its too expensive
>it’s 2021, i want to buy Lucky Stadium but its too expensive
>it’s 2026, i want to buy Lucky Stadium but its too expensive

I really should’ve bought a decade ago
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>>59490703
>>59490624
Oh fuck, it’s genuinely selling for like 2000 American funbux now. I hate this awful hobby
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tfw no swirls
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>>59490761
how much for that jap tyranitar?
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I’m a professional photographer and contemplating selling off a ton of old lenses I don’t use anymore to pay for cards.
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>>59490803
Do it
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>>59490803
I can pay you to make good photos of my binder cards to post on 4chan
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>>59490199
Buy now



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