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Anonymous No.57987058 >>57987069
/tcc/ - Trading Card Collector's General
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Anonymous No.57987068 >>57987088 >>57987096 >>57987272 >>57987580 >>57987589 >>57987913 >>57988217 >>57988454 >>57988568 >>57988890 >>57993152 >>57995654
https://vocaroo.com/1kv1J2xGdBZj


I was posting in the thread when out the corner of my eye I saw a shitpost reply to me
He said β€œI never seen a poorfag hate slabs so much, you wanna maybe send to PSA?”
Raw cards are from the past; should be graded to the last and anything below a 10 should be trashed.
I said β€œMan fuck no that’s gay, stop destroying my hobby.”
He started to type and this is what he said:
β€œOh this ain’t no thread for a rawfag. Your whole collection is fake.
You got counterfeits, you got micro dents, just grade them all for your own sake.
Oh no you can’t topload, you can’t binder though you know, I wish you could.
Oh no this ain’t no place for a rawfag. Until this whole thread dies for good.”
Anonymous No.57987069 >>57995659
>>57987058 (OP)
AYYY YO YO YO BUY MY CARDBOARD!
ITS NOT WORTHLESS OVERPRINTED MODERN SLOPPA!
IT AINT!
BUY IT!!
Anonymous No.57987080 >>57987916
youtubers, influencers and e-whores ruined this tcg. mods ruined this general.
Anonymous No.57987088
>>57987068
Fucking BASED??? Rawnigs WINNING??
Anonymous No.57987092 >>57987956
>still grading cards
Anonymous No.57987096
>>57987068
Every bone in my body… is making me…. kneel….
Anonymous No.57987181 >>57987207 >>57987273 >>57987301 >>57987312 >>57987349 >>57987367 >>57987406
Mega Evolution pre-orders are opening today on PokΓ©mon Centre
Anonymous No.57987207
>>57987181
Fucking fantastic. I'm going to miss it.
Anonymous No.57987238 >>57987278 >>57987284 >>57988912
Ok, this is actually pretty cool...but getting it will be a nightmare.
Anonymous No.57987272
>>57987068
FUCK slabfags
Anonymous No.57987273
>>57987181
Yeah, I'm 100% getting my wife's ETB, no matter how hard resellers up price. Those sleeves will look fantastic for my gardy deck.
Anonymous No.57987278
>>57987238
>Worst Eeveelutions
Skip. It should've been the og 3.
Anonymous No.57987284 >>57987288
>>57987238
When does it release
Anonymous No.57987288
>>57987284
September
Anonymous No.57987293 >>57987416 >>57988018
I remember sports cards in 2023 were being scalped but I don't know how long it lasted. We're roughly 10 months in with this scalping situation.
Anonymous No.57987301 >>57987319
>>57987181
>preorders go up every time i dont have money to spend what i want on it
come the fuck on man
Anonymous No.57987302
Reminder that TPC making more cards won't stop scalping because the fucking distributors themselves hold back stock so they can scalper it themselves.
Anonymous No.57987312 >>57987342
>>57987181
Did this already sell out?
Anonymous No.57987319
>>57987301
You pay on release, not on preorder
Anonymous No.57987342
>>57987312
It hasnt gone up yet. Im sure everyone will start bitching when it does go up. I know i will
Anonymous No.57987344
Anonymous No.57987349 >>57987358
>>57987181
I had a feeling they'd do two versions, finally Gardevoir gets to be featured on a ETB.
Anonymous No.57987358 >>57987374
>>57987349
Looks like it's two sides rather than two different products
Anonymous No.57987367 >>57987701
>>57987181
That's kinda cool.
Anonymous No.57987374 >>57987392 >>57987919 >>57988002 >>57988024 >>57989071
>>57987358
According to PokeBeach there's two different ETB promos, which at least to me makes it sound like two versions. Seems there's no Ralts AR in the set if they're the Alakazam one.
Anonymous No.57987392
>>57987374
Why no ralts or kirlia? Motherfuckers jewing me out of my money.
Anonymous No.57987406
>>57987181
More dogshit. You can buy it all.
Anonymous No.57987416 >>57987425
>>57987293
The scalping didn't really start until what, november?
Anonymous No.57987425
>>57987416
Maybe earlier. I wasnt able to get an iono milkbox when preorders went up.
Anonymous No.57987450 >>57987470 >>57987491
i bet i won't be able to get hold of any bbwf
Anonymous No.57987470
>>57987450
Probably not. I still havent seen pe or jt on shelves.
Anonymous No.57987491 >>57987506
>>57987450
Not really missing out then
It's a shitty set with maybe 5 or 6 cool cards combined between both in them
Anonymous No.57987506 >>57988934
>>57987491
SV post paldean fates/evolved has been really shitty overall. Why would anyone care about modern sets with only 3 cool cards?
Anonymous No.57987576 >>57987587
Ive been f5ing pc and usually its up by now but its still not up.
Anonymous No.57987578
Do they ship to Mexico? I don't want to pay scalperfags around here.
Anonymous No.57987580
>>57987068
Ah sweet luis a new schizo poster
Anonymous No.57987587 >>57987590
>>57987576
You just on the new releases tcg page?
Anonymous No.57987589
>>57987068
Based Shyamin poster
Anonymous No.57987590
>>57987587
Yeah. I dont have a direct link to the garde etb.
Anonymous No.57987701
>>57987367
Less slop than most full arts, but still slop. Illustration rares should be the standard alternates going forward.
Anonymous No.57987783 >>57987817
Mmmmmmail day!!!
esto es el fin mewdos, found it at a really low price
Anonymous No.57987817
>>57987783
>mewtwoy
Anonymous No.57987833
I hope everyone hates BBWF so I can have more to myself
Anonymous No.57987837 >>57987871 >>57991051
what's the cutest card in all of SV?
Anonymous No.57987850
>still buying physical
Anonymous No.57987871 >>57987910
>>57987837
For me it's this one
Anonymous No.57987910
>>57987871
very cute, just the thought of coming home and seeing that riolu trashed the place working out is funny.
Anonymous No.57987913
>>57987068
kuh kuh kino
Anonymous No.57987916 >>57987935
>>57987080
that Spidops is sick and that Regirock. I'll always love those full arts with the funky backgrounds. My favorite is this Chilling Reign Blaziken I pulled years ago
Anonymous No.57987919
>>57987374
maybe they didn't want to give you one of the two pre evos?
Anonymous No.57987927 >>57987935 >>57987940 >>57987961 >>57988024 >>57989071
I normally shit on english texture vs jp, but credit is due here, XY secrets are amazing.
Anonymous No.57987935 >>57988039
>>57987916
>>57987927
2D > 3D
The CG render Pokemon cards have always looked like shit, and always will look like shit
Never post these again
Anonymous No.57987940
>>57987927
i got the red mewtwo one :)
Anonymous No.57987956
>>57987092
>still sitting on the sidelines as others enjoy the psa vault, its features, and the money gained from monetizing their favorite childhood games\memories
oof
Anonymous No.57987961
>>57987927
>CG render
Arita is good at 3D though, you can't compare him to 5ban and planeta
Also post 2D cards I like them too
Anonymous No.57988002 >>57988024
>>57987374
Fuck yeah another Alakazam, and if it's a promo niggers will stab each other over the PC stamped one while I buy the cheaper unstamped version.
Anonymous No.57988009 >>57988228
>still buying modern
Anonymous No.57988016
>>57986694
The only "bootleg" card I would get is a Japanese version of a card instead of a 1st Edition WOTC card.
Some 1st editions are crazy expensive, so I'm okay with a Japanese version for now.

1st edition > Japanese > unlimited english
Anonymous No.57988018
>>57987293
>We're roughly 10 months in with this scalping situation.
Crazy how it's been nearly 10 months and all tpci has to say for themselves is "we are printing more". Like that's cool man. The scalpers will just buy up the extra stuff you printed. I feel like I've been seeing a lot more of those cardboard hanger singles (which people will just take entire rows of) and boxes. I haven't really seen an uptick in ETB's, triple blisters, or booster bundles.

At this point the only way to salvage this situation is to either
> print so much product that it tanks prices of singles. This will get rid of all the money obsessed investorbros
I remember like 2 or 3 years ago where retail stores had so much product they wanted to get rid of that they were even running deals and those ETB's, tins, and boxes would sit on shelves for days, sometimes weeks. It needs to get to that point again, but I doubt they'll do this one.

> Made to order higher end items like ETB's, premium collection's, and all special set items
Make use of the pokemon center website by doing a made to order business model through a set period of time so people who don't have time to idle in front of stores or in website queue lines have a chance. This seems like the best option. It stops fomo from customers since they'll be guaranteed to get it and since they are guaranteed, they won't buy from scalpers. It also gets around the bot problem since at this point, let's be honest, they aren't going to beat the bots. Every step they take to counter them is wasted effort since botfriends just figure out a way to get around them. So instead of trying to counter the bots, just heavily deter people from using them.

but who am i kidding. As long as they're making money, tpci doesn't care
Anonymous No.57988024 >>57988058
>>57988002
>>57987927
>>57987374
Fuck yeah. Alakazam has really grown on me in recent years. Part of it has just come from realizing I have a bunch of Alakazam cards in my collection and then developing a sense of appreciation from that.
He's now a top favourite of mine.
Anonymous No.57988039 >>57988072 >>57988076
>>57987935
2d is greater than 3d. I won't argue that, but I also like 3d when it's done right like in that Blaziken card. I only dislike when they spam it. For example the megas in XY era or a lot of the promos for boxes. It's kinda crazy to me how expensive those XY era megas are when the artwork for most of them are 3d

btw, hating on all 3d cards is a low iq take. Like I said, there are right ways to do it and wrong ways
Anonymous No.57988046
pika spread update
Anonymous No.57988058
>>57988024
I like the child rapist alakazam
Anonymous No.57988072 >>57988700
>>57988039
>3d when it's done right
>For example the megas in XY era
Anonymous No.57988076 >>57988111
>>57988039
>XY era
maybe if it came out in 2005 or something, but the xy era 3d looks do damn bad for being released in the 2010's
You're letting the fact that the cards are shiny and textured distract you from how bad and cheap the renders themselves look
Ugly renders, boring positions, not dynamic at all, no interesting scenes, overall just shtity card art
Anonymous No.57988105 >>57988123
>still caring about the condition of your cards
Anonymous No.57988111
>>57988076
NTA but the point was that not all the XY 3D cards are bad.
The Arita alakazam a few posts above is actually drawn, you can see the details on the moustache and the shadows on the body and face.
Anonymous No.57988116
>
Anonymous No.57988123
>>57988105
>still caring about physical cards
I can look at them for free on my pc and phone whenever I want, now who's the retard?
Anonymous No.57988204 >>57988224 >>57988235 >>57989157
Is it the most overrated set in all of pokemon? Absolutely no reason for multiple cards to be over $100
Anonymous No.57988217
>>57987068
Finally. A good fucking poster
Anonymous No.57988224
>>57988204
yeah, all the tag team sets are. Only newfags and investors would say otherwise
Anonymous No.57988228
>>57988009
>still being this BASEDO
Anonymous No.57988235
>>57988204
>He mad that he MISSED OUT when the set was SLEPT ON and now that it's TO THE MOON he lost the BIG BUCKS
Anonymous No.57988303 >>57991970
I pray that scalpers would pass on the Mega Evolution base set, so i can at least get an ETB or packs in this shithole called Australia.
Anonymous No.57988310 >>57988371 >>57988405
I've been refreshing the pokemon center etb page all day. I think it's safe to say preorders wont open today.
Anonymous No.57988371
>>57988310
ANON ANON
CHECK AGAIN IT IS UP
BE QUICK IT'S GETTING DEPLETED RIGHT NOW
Anonymous No.57988405 >>57988953
>>57988310
dude just follow someone one of those pokemon stock twitter accounts and turn notifications on, or join one of those discords that tell you the second something drops. Refreshing all day due to rumors is a surefire way to 1.burn yourself out of this hobby 10x faster and 2. waste time.
Anonymous No.57988433
Anyone else get charged for the Black and White Pokemon Center ETBs? I got my card charged this afternoon so that is a good sign. I was worried they'd start canceling preorders soon.
Anonymous No.57988454
>>57987068
Based
Anonymous No.57988549
Getting back into Pokemon made me realize what tiny handed manlets you guys are.
First time I opened cards as an adult I thought I had bought some weird knock offs because of how small they were compared to how they look in rip videos.
But no you guys are just HANDLETS.
Anonymous No.57988568
>>57987068
Winrar
Anonymous No.57988606 >>57988614 >>57989422
Mail day
Anonymous No.57988614
>>57988606
Nice coin. Always thought they looked better than the plastic ones, even though they fly sideways when they're flipped.
Anonymous No.57988700 >>57988875
>>57988072
i was implying that xy era megas are done wrong. Sorry maybe I wasn't clear enough. To me, they just got too much shit going on. It's tacky, loud, lame and now that i think about it, they kind of look fake. Like unofficial artwork.
Anonymous No.57988875
>>57988700
spot on. and I still love XY Megas just because nothing else has been better.
Anonymous No.57988890
>>57987068
First post best post
Anonymous No.57988912
>>57987238
it's going to be scalped so heavily because of tourists and fomo tards.
Anonymous No.57988934
>>57987506
retards getting into the hobby and aren't smart enough to just buy singles.
Anonymous No.57988953
>>57988405
>join those discords
nah, I'm not a pedophile or a tranny.
Anonymous No.57989028
Should I get it graded?
Anonymous No.57989034
>still posting shoe
Anonymous No.57989050 >>57989065
How did the situation get so bad? In 2023 i remember finding stuff in store. Even with 151. Now everytime i stop by a store everything has been picked clean. Wtf happened?
Anonymous No.57989065 >>57989107
>>57989050
>Surging Sparks and Prismatic Evolutions hype
>TCG Pocket reigniting TCG hype
>Investorfags and scalpers being opportunistic vultures
>Distributors possibly holding back supply
All of this basically created the perfect shit storm.
Anonymous No.57989071
>>57987374
>>57987927
Based Alakazam appreciators.
Anonymous No.57989107 >>57989136
>>57989065
it doesn't help that pocket brought in retards with fomo.
Anonymous No.57989136 >>57989140
>>57989107
it does help if you want to sell
Anonymous No.57989140 >>57989187
>>57989136
They only want SV stuff usually, a lot of them turn their noses up to anything that's prior to CZ.
Anonymous No.57989157 >>57989175 >>57989182 >>57989208 >>57989289
>>57988204
>Is it the most overrated set in all of pokemon
XY Evolutions/Celebrations/151/Prismatic Evolutions are infinitely more overrated and infinitely shittier
Anonymous No.57989175
>>57989157
Paldean fates was also shit, but halfwits eat that shit up.
Anonymous No.57989182
>>57989157
>XY Evolutions/Celebrations/151/Prismatic Evolutions are infinitely more overrated and infinitely shittier
Sounds like someone who MISSED OUT
Anonymous No.57989187 >>57989205 >>57989221
>>57989140
why is this? Fomo? If these guys are only buying the newer packs they don't have much interest in anything but hype.
Seems like we should be in for a price drop when they inevitably lose interest but its been more than 2 more weeks
Anonymous No.57989205
>>57989187
that seems to be it, they pick whatever is currently being stocked at retailers because they don't know about anything else.
Anonymous No.57989208
>>57989157
The only ones I'll give you are evolutions and 151
Anonymous No.57989221
>>57989187
accessibility, plain and simple. it's easier to buy currently in print packs than spend hundreds on packs of vintage. they're gambling addicts, so they don't want to buy singles.
Anonymous No.57989289 >>57989522
>>57989157
Speaking of overrated
Everyone always says Steam Siege or Go is the worst set ever but honestly it's overhated
Base set 2, Emerging Powers, Flashfire, Primal Clash, Burning Shadows, Crimson Invasion, Rebel Clash, Darkness Ablaze, Champions Path and Scarlet & Violet Base are worse sets imo
Anonymous No.57989361 >>57989378 >>57989532
>Team Rocket themed DR comes out
>English Team Rocket VA's are now all dead
Fug
Anonymous No.57989378
>>57989361
>1999 was 45 years ago
Anonymous No.57989422
>>57988606
>PokΓ©mon Game Tip Collector Cards were PokΓ©mon cards distributed in packages of Lactalis cheese products in Canada in September 1998, launching along with the release of PokΓ©mon Red and Blue in Canada.

I had to look it up. Neat.
Anonymous No.57989522 >>57989561
>>57989289
Nobody likes the Pokemon Go set products. The ETBs is one of the "shelfwarmers" that no one wants.
Anonymous No.57989532 >>57989558
>>57989361
>English Team Rocket VA's are now all dead
HUH?!
Anonymous No.57989558 >>57989571
>>57989532
James just died from Lung cancer. All 3 are dead now. The English VA's that is.
Anonymous No.57989561 >>57989679 >>57989683
>>57989522
exactly, overhated
Pokemon Go is a sleeper set
The radiants are sick, the v's and vstars are sick, the only real weakness is the trainer rainbow rares
Anonymous No.57989571
>>57989558
>Lung cancer
I guess he blasted off one too many times
Anonymous No.57989679
>>57989561
I don't think hated is the right term. More like neglected.
Anonymous No.57989683
>>57989561
That art is ass and even if it was good the logo ruins everything
I'm not buying your bags
Anonymous No.57989787 >>57989853 >>57994080
How unlucky do you think I will be this time? Pulled a Moltres, Shaymin and Greedent last time @19 packs
Anonymous No.57989853
>>57989787
That's already much luckier than me
Anonymous No.57989924 >>57990437 >>57990446
I love these cards

:)
Anonymous No.57990051 >>57990096
>Acerola's Mischief
Damn brat...
Anonymous No.57990096 >>57990100
>>57990051
Translation?
Anonymous No.57990100
>>57990096
Wait, nevermind.
Anonymous No.57990102
>Mega Evolution set
>Lillie's Determination and Acerola's Mischief are in the set
Alola girls sure are popular, huh.
Anonymous No.57990437
>>57989924
Based cards poster
Anonymous No.57990446 >>57990489
>>57989924
>mimikyu
>gengar
>venasaur
>umbreon
groomer detected
Anonymous No.57990489
>>57990446
Stop projecting nocardz
Anonymous No.57990502 >>57990578 >>57991795
What shitty youtube eceleb is responsible for vintage prices doubling AGAIN?
Anonymous No.57990578
>>57990502
IT WAS ME AUSTIN
Anonymous No.57990665
>Bought the team rocket case so have both JP and EN cards from destined rivals
I should do a comparison between some of the duplicate EX and IR cards i got
Anonymous No.57990719
>they don't have a true master set of pogo
Anonymous No.57990768 >>57991259 >>57991536
I'll never be able to complete a 151 master set :(
Anonymous No.57991051
>>57987837
and it's not close
Anonymous No.57991094 >>57991108
Retard here, why are the black bolt etbs going for so much more than white flare etbs?
Anonymous No.57991108
>>57991094
Better exclusives
Anonymous No.57991259 >>57991563 >>57991888
>>57990768
Theres like maybe 10 people with the reverse cosmos foil professor voltorb. And even fewer with all three in pic related.
Anonymous No.57991536
>>57990768
>151
Anonymous No.57991563 >>57991943
>>57991259
why do people consider these cards a part of the master set? I thought a master set was just cards you can pull from packs and associated promos if you are extra
Anonymous No.57991580
Anonymous No.57991685 >>57991702 >>57992382
I just bought this. Did I do good? Once they arrive what do?
Anonymous No.57991702 >>57991714
>>57991685
How much did you pay for?
Anonymous No.57991714 >>57991803
>>57991702
$169 with free shipping
Anonymous No.57991772
>call local card shop seeing what they'd offer for my Team Rocket's Mewtwo
>they say they can't afford it
Absolutely grim.
Anonymous No.57991795
>>57990502
no, but seriously, +100% in one month is a wilder ride than buttcoin
Anonymous No.57991803 >>57991824
>>57991714
You got ripped off.
Anonymous No.57991824
>>57991803
eBay has a few sellers for the same price, but do show me better priced ones anon. I'm not stressing over it though.
Anonymous No.57991831
Which way, zoomer?
Anonymous No.57991864 >>57991892 >>57991895
>opening Paldean Fates boosters
>full art Nemona
>get excited that I can trade it to a waifufag for something good
>realize it’s worthless
Why? Is she unpopular?
Anonymous No.57991888 >>57991894
>>57991259
>look, these have stamps!
Not in the master set.
Anonymous No.57991892
>>57991864
The ball is covering his breast which is a 90% reduction
Anonymous No.57991894
>>57991888
Not with that attitude
Anonymous No.57991895 >>57991945
>>57991864
>EN full art trainer
>Valuable
Lol. Non-SIR full art cards are always pretty cheap most of the time in the SV era. Besides, she's not exactly a strong card at all and her art is okay at best.
Anonymous No.57991943 >>57992007
>>57991563
It has the Mew set symbol from the set and is a variation of an existing card in the set.
Master is a high rank.
What youre describing is a full set or complete set.
Only very few ever complete a master set, some even argue it should contain all languages as well.
Anonymous No.57991945 >>57992046
>>57991895
>Non-SIR full art cards are always pretty cheap most of the time in the SV era
I hate that you’re right. I also pulled that full art Pawmi worth a whole entire dollar. It’s a beautiful card, too.
Anonymous No.57991970
>>57988303
they won't. Mega Gardy SIR would fetch a lot of money and they'll be looking for that.
Anonymous No.57992007 >>57992289
>>57991943
what would you consider to be a grandmaster set in that case?
Anonymous No.57992024 >>57992176 >>57992375
>still no SAR Breloom
>no SAR Metagross
>no SAR Incineroar
>no SAR Dhelmise
>no SAR Aegislash
>no SAR Scizor
>no SAR Yveltal

im talking about SARs btw, not non-textured IRs
Anonymous No.57992046
>>57991945
I want cute cards to remain at $1 so I can buy them cheaply
Anonymous No.57992176
>>57992024
Indian rares only apply to trainer cards sirs.
Anonymous No.57992289
>>57992007
Some random goal post people make up to pretend they have a master set.
Anonymous No.57992375
>>57992024
they didn't tell you?
Anonymous No.57992382 >>57992455 >>57992536
>>57991685
Same seller has pic rel available too. Thinking I should buy it. What do?

:)
Anonymous No.57992455 >>57993330
>>57992382
>no shrink wrap
Anonymous No.57992536 >>57992657 >>57993330
>>57992382
>no shrink wrap
Don't do this for japanese sets
JP boxes can be mapped because they have guaranteed hits, and since they're like $40 over there, the just buy a bunch of them, rip a bunch until you get the chase cards, then stuff the remaining unopened boosters into boxes and act like it's untouched

Same with loose jp packs, you never know if it was from a searched booster box or not so don't buy them
Anonymous No.57992657 >>57992915 >>57992965
>>57992536
Seriously? The Japanese sets still do this? The last time I've heard a mapped booster box was SM base set.
Anonymous No.57992915
>>57992657
They're not actually mapped, but a specific amount of hits is guaranteed.
Anonymous No.57992965
>>57992657
I open a lot of japanese box and often I was left with 5 or more pack once I got my guaranteed box hit.
These guys are even more hardcore as they would just stop with the SR+ and won't even bother with the rest of the hits.

Not quite a while ago you can get 100 loose japanese pack with just $50.
Anonymous No.57992966 >>57993243
Oh hey, didn't see you there.
Anonymous No.57993094 >>57993131 >>57995258
Man was looking through SM full art supporters and they sure used to have a lot of more boobs back then. Now FA supporters have practically 0. Zinnia and Lisia are some direct comparisons. Hope we can go back to the golden age some day.
Anonymous No.57993131
>>57993094
women are intimidated by female sexuality and characteristics considered 'desirable' by men.
But because of logical fallacy all the guys still need 8 pack abs.
Anonymous No.57993152 >>57993435
>>57987068
Would you sing something I made, song man?
Anonymous No.57993164 >>57993169
Spanish franchise, spanish board, spanish general
Anonymous No.57993169
>>57993164
Which pokΓ©mon would be Don Eladios favourite?
Anonymous No.57993243 >>57993791
>>57992966
Oh hi!
Anonymous No.57993316 >>57994566
Finally finished this page of my binder yesterday, what do ya reckon?
Anonymous No.57993330 >>57993590 >>57994857
>>57992455
>>57992536
Appreciate your support anons. I figured no shrink wrap was strange. They claim the stores make them do this and I’ve seen it happen at card shops here in America too. I’m glad I stuck to buying only sealed boxes.
Anonymous No.57993337 >>57993447
As a kid I heard that these cards were peel-able stickers. Glad I never peeled this.
Anonymous No.57993435
>>57993152
Idk maybe
Anonymous No.57993447
>>57993337
Some fakes were
Anonymous No.57993590 >>57993606 >>57993623 >>57994564
>>57993330
>They claim the stores make them do this
Why would a store make them remove shrink wrap? Think logically about that. It’s obviously bs.
Anonymous No.57993606
>>57993590
Deterrent for investorfags apparently.
Anonymous No.57993618
It's kind of ridiculous that tcgplayer doesnt require sellers to have pictures of their cards for things above like $5
Anonymous No.57993623 >>57994664
>>57993590
fuck resellers, scalperfags and logic
Anonymous No.57993791 >>57994050 >>57994254 >>58000301
>>57993243
Hello!
Anonymous No.57994050
>>57993791
Sopa de macaco language...
Anonymous No.57994080 >>57994149
>>57989787
those contain a single booster each right? why don't they do it like the japanese and put the hole on the pack itself
Anonymous No.57994149
>>57994080
Please, think of the sealed collectors...
Anonymous No.57994254
>>57993791
Nihao!
Anonymous No.57994564 >>57994664
>>57993590
Because they don't want people buying from them to one up them and make a profit DUH.
>It’s obviously bs.
Sweet summer child.
Anonymous No.57994566 >>57998510
>>57993316
>Erikas venusaur instead of Dark Venusaur
>No Blaine's Charizard
>Not no rarity symbol base set
Idk its almost well thought out, good try.
Anonymous No.57994657 >>57994862 >>57995407 >>57995631
Rate this page from my gfs binder.
Anonymous No.57994664 >>57994685 >>57995576
>>57993623
>>57994564
>this business is petty enough to hurt their own sales to β€œown” the scalpers
holy retard
Anonymous No.57994685
>>57994664
Everyone is pissing and shitting themselves to get hold of packs right now so it wouldn't mean anything in terms of sales
It'd still be extremely retarded to buy unsealed from reseller where they said this happened
Anonymous No.57994857
>>57993330
SOME stores in japan do this yes, however unless you're buying directly from the store itself, they could be lying and have searched the box themselves
If you want to gamble with a potential searched box, then go ahead and get it, otherwise play it safe
Anonymous No.57994862
>>57994657
6/10
Shitty pokemon to pick but respectable for the dedication
Anonymous No.57994990 >>57994995
I just ran into someone selling pic related as a bundle for 50.79 dollars, it's a good deal?
Anonymous No.57994995 >>57995000
>>57994990
yes they have evolving skies buy every single one you can
Anonymous No.57995000
>>57994995
>They have evolving skies.
Not all of them, I saw a vid of the mystic rips guys opening a sylveon tin, he said he was hoping he bought "correct one" but there wasn't evolving skies.
Anonymous No.57995258
>>57993094
I was tempted to buy this card but the other Zinnia is way cheaper and looks just as good.
Anonymous No.57995261
I love these cards too

:)
Anonymous No.57995407
>>57994657
You just know
Anonymous No.57995576 >>57995596
>>57994664
>you are a retard if you describe what you see
The only retard here is you.
Anonymous No.57995596 >>57995602
>>57995576
at my lgs they do msrp for opening the shrink but charge like 3x-5x msrp for sealed
so fucking based
Anonymous No.57995602 >>57995617 >>57996631
>>57995596
I'm sure they will have lots of loyal customers in the long term, especially in the periods with no hype.
Anonymous No.57995617 >>57995624
>>57995602
Scalpers aren't loyal customers retard-kun.
Anonymous No.57995624 >>57996043
>>57995617
>only scalpers want to buy sealed product
I've got news for you, imbecile.
Anonymous No.57995631
>>57994657
does she hide the knotted dildos when you're over or she dgaf?
Anonymous No.57995654 >>57996451
>>57987068

Anyone who gives psa shekels, is a stupid fucking nigger fr fr

Thnx
Anonymous No.57995659
>>57987069

>Eyyh yooo, buy my worthless ugly as fuck old 'vintage' yellow border bags, drawn by talentless hacks

Kys
Anonymous No.57995678 >>57995951 >>57996036 >>57996367
I was keeping an eye on the chinese captain pikachu when it was at 80$ thinking that it would go down a bit as more chinese cards flooded the market, and also the new eeveelution gem set would shift attention away from gem pack 1, but it still fucking DOUBLED in price in the last 2 months.
I hate this subhuman hobby
Anonymous No.57995945
>still buying vintage
Anonymous No.57995951 >>57996856
>>57995678
MAKE SANGO CARDS YOU FUCKS!
Anonymous No.57996036
>>57995678
We live in hell
Anonymous No.57996043 >>57996048
>>57995624
scalpers and investors are the same, stop pretending otherwise
>muh hecking sealed collectionerino!!!
kill yourself
Anonymous No.57996048 >>57996150
>>57996043
I like sealed stuff, keep seething, troon.
Anonymous No.57996150 >>57996162
>>57996048
"""Sealed collectors""" have it easier than anyone else, assuming they do it in good faith. Just skip the last 2-3 sets and be patient and sooner or later during the fucking 3 YEARS of reprint window you'll have the chance to grab one box at MSRP, because you need just 1 (one, uno) fucking box to complete your """sealed collection""" for that set.
If you chase vintage boxes or meme boxes such as evolving skies you already lost the train, but it's not the case here because we are talking about shops ripping the seal from recent boxes to combat scalpers.
If you cry about this situation you are either a redditor with terminal FOMO who needs the new shiny box within a week from release, or a scalper who wants as many boxes as possible to flip within two months, or an investorbro who wants as many boxes as possible to flip within five years.
Anonymous No.57996162 >>57996353
>>57996150
>you need
Do you guys have no self awareness at all?
You don't need any of this shit. All of this stuff is superflous. No one wants one charizard, it's one and then another and another and another.
So yeah, you "need" all of it.
Anonymous No.57996353 >>57996389
>>57996162
Your schizo response makes no sense.
Sealed collector = you either collect boxes or packs = to complete a set you need just 1 piece, compared to card collectors who need multiple cards.
Do I need to spell it clearer?
Anonymous No.57996367
>>57995678
I only got the Sprigatito card because of Liko thighs. I don't care what happens to faggot cards.
Anonymous No.57996389 >>57996516
>>57996353
It makes no sense because your intellect is limited. Let me spell it out for you.
Either you collect shit or you don't. If you do then you don't collect "one", you collect everything you can.
Anonymous No.57996451
>>57995654
(You) are welcome.
Anonymous No.57996516 >>57997071
>>57996389
Follow my sentence:
If you want to collect a certain set as a sealed collector, you only need to get a single box and/or pack of that particular set. It's not a hard English sentence. If...then...
Has nothing to do with your babbling about needing to collect everything(?).
Anonymous No.57996517 >>57996524
>Bought pic related ages ago for like $1 and thought it was gorgeous
>It's now over $20
There is 0 hype around this card, people are picking it up just because it's beautiful
This restored a bit of my faith in this hobby, genuine collectors are still out there
Anonymous No.57996524 >>57996899
>>57996517
Is that.....a COSMO HOLO GIRATINA?!?!?!???!? HOLY SHIT INVESTORBROS WE GOTTA PUMP LV.xx CARDS AFTER WE ARE FINISHED MILKING GOLD STARS
Anonymous No.57996581 >>57996592 >>57996637 >>57996681 >>57997072
For the actual collectors here, does anyone know of an app or a google doc setup or something that you use to track your cards?

Specifically my autism is demanding something i can edit/check off on my phone and my computer relatively at a glance if i'm out at shops/cons/whatever. A while back I remember someone posted a google doc checklist they'd made with vulpix cards but I don't know if google sheets got shittier or if i'm just stupid and don't know to use a computer cause I can't figure out how to fit images and formatting in cells.

Something kinda like this but online? I feel like collectr or whatever those tracking sites are are a bit too much since a lot of them have broken images or track every reverse holo variant and whatnot, just ends up being too much to sift through
Anonymous No.57996592 >>57996687
>>57996581
Check out PokΓ©cardex
I've met multiple French collectors who track their entire collections with it
Their website has an English version, dunno about their app
Anonymous No.57996631 >>57997104
>>57995602
Pokemon products are designed to be opened
You realize that right?
Just because you aren't scalping doesn't mean you deserve any sympathy for your niche bullshit
Anonymous No.57996637 >>57996687 >>57997072
>>57996581
Do you just need to track your cards as a list? I use collectr and it works fine, you can create a portfolio and only add the exact card variants that you have, i.e. you search for Sigilyph 081 and you get the list of surging sparks variants and you select the regular or the reverse, add to portfolio, and it will only add that one variant.

If you need an app that also sorts your cards in a virtual binder pages layout then I'm also looking for one.
Anonymous No.57996681
>>57996581
TCG Collector is decent and you can just ignore the holo-specific stuff (it limits to two variants on the free version per-card anyway)
Anonymous No.57996687
>>57996592
Oh this is exactly what I was looking for, cheers
Still got a few broken images/listings but I can live with that
The app seems fine

>>57996637
I'm one of those visual autists so really all I needed was "here's all the cards of a mon and I can just click on the ones I have at a glance" like speak n spell tier simple
I have to reorganize my binders anyway since I can't plan for shit so I'm fine with just a list, good luck on that one
Anonymous No.57996703 >>57996813 >>57996830 >>57996847
Should I be happy if I was looking for the SIR Latias EX and instead I got this one?
Anonymous No.57996813
>>57996703
>wanted a gay normie card
you got what you deserved
Anonymous No.57996830
>>57996703
Its Egawa kino, so yes.
Anonymous No.57996847
>>57996703
>tera
>stellar tera
Not even Egawa can salvage it, but at least it's not the worst of its kind in that set.
Anonymous No.57996856
>>57995951
>sango
>when we could get a new shitstorm with Spinel's Umbreon
Anonymous No.57996899
>>57996524
FOMObros... let's double the price of this card...
Anonymous No.57996907 >>57997077 >>57997089 >>57997223 >>57997310
Now that SV era is officially over, post your favorite art from this era.
Anonymous No.57997071
>>57996516
>you can only collect the way I want you to collect
Anonymous No.57997072
>>57996581
>>57996637
Speaking of collectr lists, is there a way to export your portfolio as a list and print it?
Can someone add HD Cosmos foil Abra, Electabuzz, Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur to collectr, as well as the 2024 worlds championship deck singles.
Anonymous No.57997077 >>57997215
>>57996907
The colors on this cards are so fucking nice
not my image btw
Anonymous No.57997089 >>57997109
>>57996907
SV ended???
Anonymous No.57997104 >>57997180
>>57996631
>people have no will of their own
Anonymous No.57997109 >>57997117 >>57997131
>>57997089
instead of the SV era, we are moving into the M era starting at M1L and M1S for mega symphonia and mega brave
Anonymous No.57997117
>>57997109
Mega Stunning and Mega Brave.
Anonymous No.57997131 >>57997134
>>57997109
M1LK when
Anonymous No.57997134
>>57997131
when mega paLKia comes out
Anonymous No.57997180 >>57997216
>>57997104
you say that as if you wouldn't sperg out if someone bought a bunch of product and lit it on fire or just cut them all with scissors
Anonymous No.57997215
>>57997077
Ethan's Pokemon got some good art
Anonymous No.57997216
>>57997180
At the end of the day it's just cardboard.
Anonymous No.57997223
>>57996907
I love this card
Anonymous No.57997286 >>57997287
>people crying about sealedchads
>actually opening product
Retards
Anonymous No.57997287 >>57997291 >>57997293
>>57997286
Opening packs is fun though. Not sure what to do with all the junk cards I pull though
Anonymous No.57997291
>>57997287
>gambling your investments
You get what you deserve I suppose
Anonymous No.57997293 >>57997297
>>57997287
I stopped opening packs once I realized I never pull anything good
Bad luck just like the lottery
Same thing every time, just shitty pulls
Anonymous No.57997297 >>57997306
>>57997293
I pulled Mewtwo so if I sold it that makes up for all the garbage packs financially
Anonymous No.57997306 >>57997329
>>57997297
>$350 card
>makes up for all the garbage packs financially
So either you have great luck or you haven't opened many packs
You're only in the negative about 3 booster boxes worth of packs?
Anonymous No.57997310 >>57999361
>>57996907
Best waifu card of the era. Perrin SIR is dogshit.
Anonymous No.57997329
>>57997306
Probably about 50 packs the past 3 months or so
Anonymous No.57997339 >>57997360 >>57997374 >>57997388
They just not printing 151 anymore? It's never stocked
Anonymous No.57997360
>>57997339
No, why would they be? Set is almost 2 years old.
Anonymous No.57997374
>>57997339
It just had like a massive reprinting, blooming waters was everywhere (albeit poached to heck by scalpers and collectors during this time) so you wouldnt really see it on shelves unless you were in the throws of the rat race. Last week people said they saw zapdos boxes on walmart shelves.
Anonymous No.57997388
>>57997339
There was such a massive reprinting during late spring early summer that all conventions/ shows basically only had 151 singles at booths and most sellers wouldnt accept them for trade in anticipation of the singles collapse/ drop.
All the singles are waaay down from their peak as a result. This set was EVERYWHERE in 2023.
I dont know what peoples issue is with this set, its like they only wanted it after they saw other people playing with it. Like a kid seeing another kid with a ball.
Anonymous No.57997442 >>57997448 >>57997479 >>58000301
Prize Pack Series 7 announced.
God speed pikachu, eevee, and umbreon collectors.
Anonymous No.57997448
>>57997442
Stamps are fucking gay.
Anonymous No.57997479 >>57997508 >>57997526
>>57997442
I HATE "PROMOS" THAT ARE JUST FUCKING STAMPS!
Anonymous No.57997508 >>57997591
>>57997479
They aren't promos.
Anonymous No.57997526 >>57997591
>>57997479
To be fair they arent exactly "promos" theyre more of a local league or prize pack variant. Sometimes they also add cosmos foiling with the stamp. Like they did with Dodrio.
Anonymous No.57997591 >>57997868
>>57997508
>>57997526
Maybe but stamps are what now they use for "promo" boxes, last week the revealed like 6 new boxes with Giant cards, all them reprints woth only a stamp added.
Anonymous No.57997668
God bros i love stamps and am trans btw
Anonymous No.57997804 >>57998465
got in the mail this week
Anonymous No.57997868
>>57997591
Yeah definitely getting lazy with box promos.
Whatever as long as scalpers keep buying and opening these ill be be able to buy the stamped cards for a $1 without opening the packs of sets Ive already completed.
Anonymous No.57998028 >>57998324 >>57998463
Is this the cheapest trainer SAR on the market?
Anonymous No.57998324
>>57998028
no, look for male trainer SARs
Anonymous No.57998463
>>57998028
Without checking, i will guess the black steel trainer in terrafes is way cheaper.
Anonymous No.57998465
>>57997804
Why those
Anonymous No.57998510
>>57994566
I'm seeing there's no dark venusaur in Team Rocket set? probably won't bother
Anonymous No.57998512 >>57998516 >>57998611 >>57998644
1st edition dark magician girl (Magicians Force) Only $45,000 in a Gem 10
Anonymous No.57998516
>>57998512
You can buy 4 PSA 10 JP Lillie cards with that money.
Anonymous No.57998611
>>57998512
Probably not real. 1st ed LOB blue eyes, the most expensive and sought after card in the hobby (basically base set zard) is only 8-10k
Anonymous No.57998644 >>57998651 >>57998788 >>57998979 >>57999282 >>57999378 >>58000660
>>57998512
The best part about Yugioh is they reprint their cards. Who cares about le first edition slop.
Anonymous No.57998651
>>57998644
IMO pokemon company should follow suit, just reprint entire runs of card sets all the time
I don't care about investing or getting rich off cards, I just want fucking mint condition ex era cards in my collection
Anonymous No.57998788 >>57999629
>>57998644
People get nostalgic about the correct holo-print effect
Anonymous No.57998979 >>57998990
>>57998644
I wish tpc would do more stuff like this but the only reason konami does is because people only care about gen 1 yugioh
Anonymous No.57998990 >>57999349
>>57998979
Konami does it because all those cards are still legal for standard play. There's no reason for Pokemon to do it since the cards are unplayable.
Anonymous No.57999282 >>57999629
>>57998644
collectors
Anonymous No.57999349 >>57999483
>>57998990
what are you talking about?
japan does limited run collector shit all the time
what about rocket briefcase? classic bundle? or the special pc boxes?
Anonymous No.57999361
>>57997310
I had high hopes for Hilda to dethrone it, but sadly, it failed
Anonymous No.57999378 >>58000236
>>57998644
What a goofy looking motherfucker. YGO art is ass.
Anonymous No.57999483 >>58000040
>>57999349
All printed while the cards were legal to play.
Anonymous No.57999629
>>57998788
>>57999282
Collectors can still be autistic about the first editions: an actual base set zard is way more valuable than a base set 2 or a 25th anni reprint, for good reason, but many people only want a cosmo holo zard in their binder without spending thousands.
For example, If TPC releases an evolving skies reprint with a "2" logo in a corner, a LOT of people (including myself) will settle for the Moonbreon reprint, while troo collectors will still chase the og cards.
Scalpers will scalp regardless, but reprinting the hugest memest set will break the investorfag market because no one knows who will be reprinted next. Prismatic? Gold stars? Lillie's cunt?
Anonymous No.57999735 >>57999766
New arrivals
Anonymous No.57999766 >>57999821
>>57999735
2 of these are not like the others
Anonymous No.57999821
>>57999766
Resh and Zek?
Anonymous No.58000040
>>57999483
be for real man no one is playing those cards
Anonymous No.58000236 >>58000242
>>57999378
SDK blue eyes runs laps around base set charizard.
Anonymous No.58000242 >>58000674
>>58000236
BWHAHAHAHAHAHA
Anonymous No.58000295
wotc garbage mogged.
Anonymous No.58000301
>>57997442
time to get all these EVs to place next to these >>57993791
Sage No.58000660
>>57998644
Nostalgia in card form
Anonymous No.58000674
>>58000242
base set charizard has one horn, lmfao
Anonymous No.58000763
My cards from Japan finally arrived in the US today. Almost there, friends. Most excited ive ever been to get an order
Anonymous No.58000792 >>58000852 >>58000871 >>58000892
Why are they asking so much on eBay for this card when I can get it from TCGplayer for less?
Anonymous No.58000852
>>58000792
either because of the way tcgplayer fees work or ebay sellers are just greedier
Anonymous No.58000871 >>58000903
>>58000792
no one nose
Anonymous No.58000892 >>58000903
>>58000792
tcgplayer listings include the jp and damaged skewing the lower end prices
Anonymous No.58000903 >>58000929
>>58000871
makes sense they gotta fund their genocide
>>58000892
can you say that again coherently saar?
Anonymous No.58000929
>>58000903
Rocket's Mewtwo is a SIR not a SAR
Anonymous No.58001037
I just remembered bbwf comes out on friday. I can't wait to not pull a hilda card that i've been waiting 15 years for.
Anonymous No.58001176 >>58001208
Mcdonalds promos in Japan
Anonymous No.58001202
>Family hitting hard times
>Decide to manually enter my cards into a site to see prices
>Charizard 450 dollars
>I had an even more expensive card
>Houndoom 515 dollars
I'm too afraid to even take these out of the binder.
Anonymous No.58001208
>>58001176
Fuck that's cute pikachu.
Anonymous No.58001210
New

>>58001209
>>58001209