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>>58001209

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>40+ messages from lowballers for DR Mewtwo
Fuck it, I'm just going to keep it forever, assholes.

finna go to japan to scalp some burgers

>>58014256
You're obviously attention seeking anon, if you wanted to sell it you would put up an ebay listing, turn off offers and just wait. Alternatively do an actual auction and it certainly won't be lowballed. Keeping it up on a shitty grifter platform and complaining you get messaged by shitty grifters is just weird

>>58014279
eBay takes a pretty massive cut, it's like 20%

Card shops really only do trades now, huh? They don't seem interested in buying at all

>>58014256
>I buy at 80% and sell at 125% btw not really selling atm just checking what's being offered, no lowballs I know what I have
In 2 weeks people will realize that paying more than 50$ for a chase in a set that will be reprinted for 2 years is retarded

>>58014327
However reprints are labeled as such so that just makes the originals even more expensive.

I bet I couldn't even give away all my energies for free. No one wants them, they're like landfill

>>58014286
it's more like 15% and thats the cost of selling something, 40% loss to a card shop, 20-30% loss to a vendor, infinite time loss to facebook grifters, 15% to ebay/tcgplayer/another digital service you do yourself

Oy vey!

>still buying modern

>>58014396
What's wrong with these sellers?

>>58014396
>>58014410
Fuck and I was just about to part with mine for like $250 lol

>>58014428
Bids are hitting $400+

Opened two etbs of black. Kinda shit and one was better than other

>>58014703
Keeping my two tins sealed since I picked my favorites on the tins as these pullrates suck.

Do you think we'll eventually get a shiny "Mega Fates" set? A lot of Kalos Pokemon don't have shiny cards and of course it'll be another excuse to print a super rare Charizard.

>open WF ETB
>wanted the hilda full art
>didn't even get a common hilda
I'm pretty fucking mad.

>Still posting Psyduck

>unova set
*snores*

>>58014720
Shiny slop is guaranteed in this hellhole of a game today.

>>58014827
Beyond kino card, too bad they couldn't fit Ghastly in there

I'm glad most of my favorite Pokemon don't have like $700 fullarts so I can actually collect them

Post sealed

>>58015071
I think the part at the bottom is Gastly. If only they had placed it higher so we could see more of it.

>>58014720
Oh hell yes I'd love that! More than anything I'd want my favorite Pokemon line, the Delphox line, as shiny cards.

In fact I love that idea so much that it makes me angry that they probably won't do it.

>>58014827
Recently started a Komiya binder and this one is probably going to be the most painful one to collect.

>>58015235
>Y2K Gyarados card

>>58015160
to where

>still grading cards

Only thing I hate about buying from Japan sellers is the slow shipping from there... otherwise everything else is cool.

:)

>>58014364
anons here pretend to know about selling but they've probably never actually sold anything kek

>>58015287
I like that Japan eBay sellers always throw in something extra like a cute note or another card. Pretty sure all Japanese eBay sellers do that with anything they sell

I'm sick of this faggots art already

>>58015387
They think Americans will like the le trippy frog fullart

>still buying Engl*sh

TAG kinda fucking sucks. Their website is shit

>>58015160
>He thinks there are actually any cards in that box

>>58015520
They're not bad. Nicer to look at than PSA, where some ginger neckbeard graded this an 8 and I know because the cuck left his ball hair on the grade reveal picture.

>>58015745
STFU dumb idiot everyone knows PEENUSAYE is the bester at card grading

>>58015387
>guaranteed replies

>>58015847
Unironically will never grade with them again

>>58015880
lmao wtf

>>58015518
the indog Misty x Lorelei also did the same thing lol >>58011806

>still buying vintage

>still posting shoe

>Still something something i dont know

>>58016312
That's actually a cool holo effect, how many cards have this?

>>58016325
Sets between EX team rocket returns and EX power keepers at least. Don't know about newer sets since i stopped collecting when D/P came out

I'm unironically going to grade some cards

>>58016402
which service are you using?

>>58016404
TAG

>>58016410
>not grading with PEENUSAYE
NGMI!

>>58016410
I think grading is really gay but tag is probably the best option right now

Do they only put in chase cards for like a month and then pull them from the set? Seems like it.

>>58016420
At least they tell you why a card is given its grade

>>58016410
>TAG
Oh nonononono hahahahahaha.
Enjoy AI graded cards, in slabs you can open with one hand that have no value.

>>58016462
>they
*AI

>>58016484
>>58016492
>LE AI IS LE BAD
>BECOZ IT JUST IZ OK?!?!?
PSA literally doesnt look at the cards they grade and also add in pubes for some reason.

>>58016527
Because AI is stupid, and so are you for trusting it.
I'd still trust a human to evaluate a card, even if they make mistakes, simply because I know I can evaluate a card just fine.
Meanwhile I have no idea what kind of code they used fo the AI and neither do you.

>>58016527
I know what you're saying but TAG's AI still isn't consistent enough to give a reliable grade, maybe in due time it will though

>>58016449
I pulled the Iron Crown alt art from a Temporal Forces booster 2 weeks back. I doubt it.

Anyone pull anything nice or what you were after from Black Bolt/White Flare?
Got one of each ETB and would've been disappointed with the pulls if not for getting 2 of the IRs I'm after.

>>58016705
based cards poster

>>58016705
Other ETB + two tins
Not sure if I am below odds for what I got, was expecting more IRs.

>>58016705
Don't have a photo right now but from a Black Bolt binder collection and Poster Collection I got
>Holo Grass, Fighting, Metal and Water energy
>Fraxure, Elgyem, Darmantian and Swadloon Poke Ball reverses
>Samurott and Drilbur Master Ball reverses
>Fennel and Genesect ex FAs
>Munnna, Tynamo and Minccino IRs
I had a lot of fun opening them, hopefully I'll find a White Flare ETB since that has more Pokemon I like

>>58016325
>>58016365
Reverse holofoils from EX Hidden Legends and throughout the rest of the EX era had a different pattern for roughly every set. The small energy symbol pattern is seen in EX FireRed & LeafGreen and EX Team Rocket Returns.

Pokemon Mega Evolution cards have been leaked

>still buying physical

>>58015160
looks ugly af but sure why not

>>58016821
I just realized I have a 3-pack blister there without any cover kek I'm gonna wrap that one up in a bag too

>>58016798
ugly, busy, overcrowded, overloaded bullshit visual diarrhea art
i absolutely despise what the mega ex have done to card artwork

I got something to show you

Sorry, wrong pic.

>>58016548
>>58016542
I don't understand this argument. It doesn't need to be perfect to switch to it now.
As it stands, human grading is significantly more prone to errors than even contemporary AI. There's no reason not to switch right now.

>>58016892
>As it stands, human grading is significantly more prone to errors than even contemporary AI
Good joke.
Either way, I simply don't value cards that aren't graded by humans.

>>58016705
I'd take a picture but there isnt one single clean surface in my house

card show pickups today

>>58016993
Houndoom supremacy is spreading.
We will singlehandedly make the dog Pokemon cards rise in value.

:)

>>58016920
lmfao
he thinks humans that are subject to having their boss yell at them, their lunch tasting badly, or having a fight at home will make fewer mistakes than modern ai.
nice bait

>Still posting dog type Pokemon

>>58017027
>

>>58016798
I like that they're trying again with the full art pokemon cards, they actually look kinda cool again.

>>58016920
I too enjoy my slabs with a side dish of pubes >>58015880

I hope you guys are collecting the community-approved hot chase cards, and not some contrarian obscure snowflake set that has no resell value...right?

>>58016993
That's a cool Charizard, never seen that one before

>>58017043
>>58017073
I will never take AI graded cards seriously.

Two etbs. I thought the Pokeball holos were lame but they look so smooth and glossy compared to the other holo types. I don't care much for the Pokeball pattern but otherwise it's a really cool effect.. Too bad the effect is completely lost when you sleeve it.
>tfw didn't pull Hilda card to display
>only got one N trainer

>>58016821
Nice

Some tins coming tomorrow...

>>58017205
No different than cards graded by a cuck on minumum wage. The only difference is one is more acceptable due to popularity, despite knowing greasy redneck hands violated your order just to get a sub-10 cause his wife yelled at him earlier that day

>>58017079
oh my science... is that MOONBREON??? time to buy the dip!!!

>>58018054
why is victini there twice

>>58018060
You can get victini in each set and they have different tags

>>58018054
reshiram is like 250 not 400 lmao

>>58018064
>You can get victini in each set and they have different tags
Of course there is lmao. Gotta cuck em all

>>58018127
>>58018064
Masterset sisters... not like this...

>>58018054
Gonna wait for the Hilda card to drop even further in price compared to the Japanese version. Good thing people outside of Japan are not into supporter cards.

>>58014248 (OP)
Pika borgar...

>>58015439
Well it's working on me and I don't even like Seismitoad

>>58018213
Based Hilda collector chad

>>58018222
Hypnotoad Card

NUUUUKANTOOOO

Will Team Rocket MewTwo drop in price?

>>58014248 (OP)
Thats a cute as fuck pikachu.
>>58015518
>>58015951
I don't understand why they do this.
Navels are not that bad. Seriously.

>>58014248 (OP)
You need to buy a happy meal to get this?
Humiliation ritual

>>58016705
>>58016725
I haven't opened mine yet because they are both Pokemon Center ETBs.
I normally would just open it, but I was surprised I could actually get pokemon center ones, so debating on flipping them and buying either singles I want or normal/cheaper ETBs. Not sure.
Did get a single tin though.
Got a pokeball Litwick. Otherwise, rather disappointed. But its only 2 packs so no big deal.
I like how the static holofoil looks a lot though.
>was expecting more IRs.
It does seem a little low, but maybe its not quite Crown Zenith levels of pull rates.
>>58018054
I knew my Hilda would be pricey.
I guess at least shes not N levels of pricey though. Hoping she drops a little bit.

>>58018558
Drive-thru
Pretend you are on the phone and ordering for a kid if you are so self concious.

Got my new erika today

>>58018054
>The three worst looking cards are the most expensive.
What a surprise.

>>58018567
Hilda will definitely be cheaper next month. Her JP version used to cost $110 before going down to $80.

I get that why Iono used to be more expensive, but it's kind insane that Dendra out of all the characters in SV used to go for around $200+ at one point in Japan.

This is from 3 ETBs + 1 binder collection. Also got 4 more binder collections, but they only gave me 3 more low-tier IRs and a FA Hilda.

Wasn't particularly excited about my pulls at the time because I assumed Victini was a mid pull. Had no idea how much it was going for and I ended up selling for it 350 the next day. Probably could have gotten more, but it did have a small ding right out of the pack and I cannot imagine the current price will last, so I'm happy. It's an amusing novelty, but investors are truly retarded for spending hundreds on a stock art but red just because it's "rare". Especially when you can get it from both sets lmao.

>>58016725
To me it feels like the average is about 1 IR in every 4-6 packs. Definitely better than the latest sets, but not as good as I hoped for sets with over 150 illustrations between them.

Fucking trainer cards, I swear. I like the Pokemon in Pokemon not the fucking loli cards

Everyone sucks TAG's dick these days but the fuckers don't even give tracking numbers, really?

>>58017685
Wait, you think a card being graded by AI means no human is going to touch your card? How retarded are you exactly?

>>58018798
TAG is loved by all the losers that have never graded a single card.

>Gradelets in the chat having a melty
I lole everytiem

>>58018770
waifutax

>took a break because I don't care about gen5
>new seat already in August
I'm tired bros

>>58018859
what chat are you talking about

>>58019183
Just ignore the resident schizo

couple of cheapo pickups today

>Check nearby stores
>All i could find were a bunch of poster boxes and 2 tins
I hate how i have to order everything online these days

>>58019261
I wish I could find anything. It was way easier for me to buy cards during the lockdowns compared to the past couple of months and now.

>>58019261
I can't even buy stuff online in the uk, every scalper cunt buys out the stores in an hour

>>58019354
Really? from what I hear the UK's market is much better than everyone else's

>>58019354
stores with no online ordering are always better

>>58019359
in person it's a bit better but 0 hope online

How can a singular $1000 card printed this year be worth an entire set of 151 base/fossil/jungle? This makes no sense to me, the whole thing feels off

>>58018158
Mastering this set require over 800 cards, that shit was already a fools errand. Personally I'm only planning to get one of each unique card and that's it, don't give a fuck about reverse holos or both Victinis just because they have a different set number on them.

>>58018054
Clown hobby.

>>58019504
Yea Im starting to offload because its just fucked. I have a bunch of random graded that went up 80 to 110 % in value from mid 2024 to now. In what universe does that make sense? Everything about the market violates any understanding and common sense

>>58019504
There were no super rare cards for quite a while in pokemon, holos were the best thing you could get and they were like 1/3 packs which is more common than modern day IRs in the best case. You could complete a full master set of base set in like 1-2 booster boxes. And don't get it twisted, there are like over a million base set holo charizards in the world as opposed to like 100k prismatic umbreons

Maybe if energies had cool artwork like mana cards in MTG they wouldn't be so utterly worthless.

>>58019543
the ones that have cool artwork i.e. ones from HGSS are worth a considerable premium

>150 s/irs
>didn't even bother boosting the pull rates like in zenith
this set is so dogshit lmfao

>>58019504
>>58019522
Because there are millions of new people that want new cardboard, what is hard to understand?

>>58019758
They definitely boosted the pullrates. Just not as much as they should have.

Seems like they only pack chase cards in new sets for like a month then just stop

>>58018054
>one of my favorite pokemon is now a chase because it's meta
I hate this.

>>58020027
It's just another Pikachu clone

>>58019504
>open 1x base/fossil/jungle booster box
>instant master set
>open 20x booster boxes sm/swsh/sv
>maybe you'll pull the chase but probably not
Geee I don't know why is the card everyone wants so expensive?!?!?!?!!? REEEEEEEEEE

So Ethan canonically caught Ho Oh?

>>58020080
>Lyra's Lugia
>Kris's Suicune

>>58020075
>>58019537
>1-2 boxes
Is this true? It felt like you got lots of repeats in the original boxes and a complete set was not guaranteed

>>58020102
Mathematically it works.
Base set there are 15 holofoil cards you can pull from the packs.
There are 36 packs.
Holofoil pull rate is 1/3
Meaning you have 12 packs with a holo.
After 2 booster boxes you should have all the holos.

>>58020112
Do the holos never repeat in a 36 pack box is this a proven fact? cool if so

>>58020112
>>58020173
I mean it's true of some other boxes I've opened, the MLP & Lord Of The Rings & Star Wars boxes I've opened never had duplicate holos. They were all more like 1/6 boosters had a holo

>>58020102
Yes, Fossil and Jungle especially are absolutely tiny sets.

>Still posting the better Umbreon

>>58020262
>Eeveelutions
Jolteon best boy, the rest can fuck off

Just scalped 10 Black bolt boxes today bros. Feels good getting easy money from manchildren

>>58020283
Super based inb4 seething

>>58020283
Wait what? There's a new set already? DR like just came out

>>58020283
Scalping and selling are two differen things.

>>58020283
BASED. I was anti scalping for years but fuck it im taking these retards money idgaf. Regret not doing this sooner

>60 already
So no hopes to get it for below 20?

>>58020317
Lmao you missed out

>>58020327
Bro...

>>58020317
Thats keldeos best card ever released. Its not going down anytime soon.

>>58019504
>>58019522
This bubble is giving modern and mid era cards covid level gains. But not much seems to be going for more than 5 figs like how vintage 1ed did during covid, tons of shit is now high 4 figs so its much more accessible for the masses so more casual collectors are able to take out massive profits. I am selling anything I have that has moon'd it WILL retrace in price, they always do and we have seen it during the covid and japanese trainer bubbles.

>>58020374
>LE BUBBLE IS LE BURSTING
T W O
W E E K S

Think I will say fuck it and just buy the jumbo card instead. I don't know why nobody likes jumbos

>>58020374
I wanna sell my unbroken bonds blister, they like $50 at the moment got it for like $5 at Woolworths.
Not worth the trip to the post office tho, might just include it as an extra in higher cost listing

>>58020506
Head crab Jambalaya

>>58020514
you would need to sell something super high end to include something like that for free... is that you aus anon? the one with a tub of vintage boostie boxes?

I like these cards.

:)

>>58020542
are you a girl/qt trans?

>>58020546
worry about your Epstein List hiding president bro and don't be rude. Pokemon has nothing to do with "girl only cards" lol such a low iq "muh tr00n card" nonsense is so pathetic.

>>58020506
being big highlights the fact it's worthless flimsy piece of shiny card

>>58020506
Jumbo cards are pretty neat. Especially Illustrations. It's the same pretty card but you can admire the art even more.

>>58020385
do you really think the price of fucking collectible toy cards is just going to moon infinitely?

>>58020542
I'm not a fan of these Pokemon called "Steel Iron" or "Valiant Ballsack" they have now

>>58020565
Xe was just showing some interest, no need to flip out at xer

>>58020568
No. I don't know what's going to happen, nobody does and anyone who pretends to is a faggot.

>>58020542
Scream Tail is funny. I still don't really like paradox pokemon though.

>>58020565
there is no epstein list retard, it was all made up by democrats.

>>58020683
wow people really low in iq like yourself actually collect pokemon cards. how embarrassing lmao...... cant even begin to imagine being someone like you. imagine actually believing in what you just said. lol, lmao even.

>>58020683
kys boomer retard

>>58020683
>Durrrr no Epstein list durrrrrrr they weren't best friends for years durrrrrrrr multiple little girls didn't accuse them of doing weird ped0 stuff durrr Democrats made it up durrrrr

>>58020683
>there is no epstein list
Well yeah, not anymore that is.

>>58020571
They're just a one generation gimmick like ultra beasts were.

>>58020690
>>58020694
>>58020706
>>58020734
lol same old same old, believing democrat LIES why dont you guys talk about russiagate??? NO ONE hacked our elections and changed votes ANYWHERE, but okay nice cope about made up epstein bullshit. even if it were true i dont think trump is a pedo, he probably only fucked adult prostitutes' and I dont care about what he does in the bedroom. you lost, simple as.

>>58020775
i cant possibly imagine licking the boots of an israeli asset this hard. this kind of groveling its subhuman. trump would sell your entire bloodline just so a jew can suck the blood off of a newborn baby

>>58020775
>admits to not caring if the current president of the United States of America is a pedo.

Bet you ignore the Epstein and Maxwell mossad ties too, but "muh russiagate" is more important. lol, lmao even. the complete embarrassing state of maga brainwashed hicks. its YOU people who are coping right now lmao. you got played by trump and fell for it again. everyone knows he fu*ks kids with Epstein.

>>58020788
>>58020791
its all fake bullshit, trump is passing HISTORIC bills right now. the big beautiful bill will cut the deficit and hes giving us no tax on tips and overtime. this LITERALLY only fucks over israel and shareholders in their companies by letting us keep our share of money that we EARNED. AND hes getting rid of illegals so more jobs for WHITE americans, less wait times at emergency rooms, less gun and car deaths, and decrease in traffic, DEI and woke shit is finally fucking gone too. dont care if trump fucked a prostitute or some shit hes saving the USA, and if you dont like it then get the fuck out of my country, we'll thrive without you niggers

>>58020822
Does anyone know what kind of mental disability this is called?

Like stockholm syndrome but for worshiping jewish puppets

>>58020822
Hahahahaha this boomer is for real & not trolling lmaoooooooooo

>>58020683
>>58020775
>>58020822

Terrible damage control jidf. Do better mossad this is too obvious.

>>58020683
>>58020775
>>58020822

You got fooled by tRump. A ped0 with strong Epstein ties for over a decade. You're dumb.
MAGA fell for it AGAIN.

>Burgers wake up
>Thread IQ plummets as the topic is derailed

I opened my two PC ETBs.
My White one was fantastic. I pulled the Master Ball Parat and Watchog back to back. Then I got three amazing full arts. I really wanted the Jellicent and Frillish ones. What are the odds of getting all that in a single ETB? I honestly don't think I could have had a better one unless you replaced Ducklet with a full art Bouffalant (which is one of my favorite Gen. 5 Pokemon) (although I really like Ducklet and the art is wonderful).
And then my luck ran out when I opened my Black ETB. I did want the full art of N and I think Solosis is really cute. I was a bit of a let down with it. I got less pulls for sure- unless this is actually a normal pull ratio and the White was just stupid lucky? Either way, I hope that means someone else's Black ETB was packed and had more pulls than normal. But again, N and Solosis are fantastic imo so I really can't complain at all.
Overall I was really really happy with what I got.

>>58020934
Stop trying to deflate the Epstein cover up.
You lost the narrative jidg/mossad/hasbara.

>>58020944
Very based!

:)

>>58020934
It's a propaganda bot replying to itself

remember: the left called the pedo cult a "far right conspiracy theory" until the very moment they found an angle to make it about Trump, now they're pushing the reality inversion shit really hard.

>>58020978
Terrible damage control mossad, hasbara, and jidf. Do better, because this is too obvious. Even Trump's biggest supporters have called out the obvious Epstein List coverup. Everyone knows it's not a left or right thing since it's about Elites on both sides and some not even from the USA too. We know and the pathetic lying won't change anything. AIPAC has been exposed and so has the Mossad agents blackmailing our politicians in the USA and shills that are okay with it are exposed too. Tucker even called out Israel as the key to the cover up at the most recent Turning Point event. Stop with the muh democrat cover up nonsense it's over. Tick tock Moshe.

>>58020944
>Frillish and Jellicent and Solosis AND N
Nice pulls........ I wish that was me....

Epstein List Promo is hard

Trump's best friend was a ped0 pimp

Do I buy the Japanese version and keep it on display or do I buy the English version and put it in my deck? I wish I had more money so I could have 5 copies of her.

Damn janny went ham

>>58021122
Get Japanese always. Why would you want to buy a foreign copy? Just bring the translation with you when you play.

>$1000 graded at 10
I see a white spec on the back of one... Hopefully TAG is kind to me

>>58021140
Still have no idea why this card is expensive as it is, kind of feels like the 151 charizard

>>58021146
I assume because it's hard to pull but I somehow pulled 2 so I don't know how rare it actually is. I'm convinced they only stuff fancy cards in sets early to drum up hype then stop packing them to raise prices.

>>58021126
Not all events allow for mixed languages. Also the japanese ones are infinitely harder to sell/trade if you get tired of them

>>58021158
No point in going to events, cheaters rise to the top there. You can use any cards you want at locals if they arent dbags, which they usually arent.(its only ever really one or two hyper autists at specific stores that get mad after losing with their $1000 deck and threatens to report the store to tpc/konami/wotc/bandai/etc for allowing proxies or different language cards)

>>58020374
The market is fueled by investor sellers and deep pocket card shops.
The values of cards are no longer determined by what a collector is willing to pay, its what a vendor will pay for a bunch of inventory.

>>58021156
>nostalgia
>special set

>>58021122
English will be $50 in a month.

>>58021286
I wish. Even the regular trainer version is 3 bucks. She isn't going to go down.

>Picked up White Flare ETB in a vending machine tonight
>Tempted to open
>Tempted to flip and and buy the singles I want.
Kind of annoying that these things are worth sso much money these days. Makes it hard to resist the urge to just flip it and buy singles instead of opening for fun.
>>58021298
She will probably drop some. I don't know about 50, but still.
But shes actually good as far as people who actually play the game go, right?
I don't play anything beyond the occasional TCG pocket game.

>>58021146
Its definitely got some nostalgia power behind it.
It is cool on its own too.

>>58021298
>>58021322
I definitely expect her to go down. I actually just traded for one valued at 50 because the other guy also expected her to go down and just wanted to move her. I'd think that the entire sets are going to go down drastically when the initial hype wears off and there aren't quite as many people buying as scalpers/investors anticipate. The fact that the set is split in two makes it easier for people to focus on the chase cards they want, plus each set only has 7 SIRs which makes each one significantly easier to pull, much like Journey Together. The english market as also made it pretty clear that they don't care TOO much about waifus, with cards like Bianca, Erika, and Lisia all being relatively low valued. And most of all, I think she's just overshadowed by the "true chase cards" of the set. People are going to see her as a bust when they're really after the ugly Victini and Reshiram. And even among the SIRs she's still below Reshiram and Hydreigon.
>But shes actually good as far as people who actually play the game go, right?
She's solid. I think she'll definitely see play, but there's not a TON of buzz about her right now. She's not going to be a staple for the majority of decks, but she'll probably see some specialized play in a few of the strongest decks. I don't think she'll get quite enough widespread use for there to be a significant effect on the high-end value. Even Iono finally dropped down below $60 and she's easily among the best and most widely used supporters this gen.

>>58021386
>The english market as also made it pretty clear that they don't care TOO much about waifus
Thank god.
Poor taste.

>>58020568
yes
given how batshit the market is, TPCI has seen and taken notice
if consumers are willing to spend marked up prices for their cardboard, why wouldn't they want in on that?
TPCI will raise prices(they already started doing this btw), and as msrp goes up, so will market price
this feedback loop will continue infinitely in cycles

>>58021493
>>58020568
Pokemon rarely crashed, but does plateau for a while sometimes before rising again.
That said, nothing is guaranteed. But you are crazy if you think the set after Scarlet/Violet is going to remain the same MSRP after all this. They are definitely raising prices.

>>58021526
If they raise prices I'm only buying singles for the rest of my life. I probably should be doing that in the first place.

>>58021532
I don't think its going to be an insane price hike. But I'd bet money they are going to go up.

>>58021551
only reason to rip yourself at this point is if you plan on grading cards

>>58021532
>If
Nigga they already did with Black Bolt and White Flare.

>>58020102
Yes. I completed Fossil simply by buying packs as a kid. I only lacked one holo and bought it.

>>58020173
They do repeat, something like 1/4 can be doubles. But then you can trade.

>>58020283
Based reseller.

>>58019504
>>58020374
>>58021241
I don't understand how demand for the latest set is so stupidly high
Pic related is harder to find in near mint condition than the newest chase card, it's also 1/10 the price yet nobody cares about it
Hell, you can buy the single most expensive Black & White era card from over 10 years ago for cheaper than the new special rarity cards
I just don't get it. Frankly, as a vintage collector I feel defeated. It's like I'm an old man clinging onto my DS lite while kids are having a blast with the Switch 2.

>>58021813
Because your Victini is not featured in a youtube video where some old dude makes a :0 face while pulling it, with a ka-ching sound and a big green number with the $ sign

>playing physical
How old are you grandpa?

>playing

>>58014256
>>58014248 (OP)
How valuable would you grade aldith's Seviper?

>>58016798
>Name embossed in gold
That's a nice touch
The last time we had gold names was all the way back in the ex era and only for the reverses of holo rares

>>58017062
Anything to make full arts more enticing is welcome

>>58021813
Sets that are out of print cant be leveraged hyped and manipulated.
A reliable and ready supply is key to inflating market prices.
New shiny thing.
Advertising.
Youtubers.
Etc.

Everytime you see a YouTuber do a video talking prices, even if they sound apologetic and empathetic they are actively appealing to stonk dawging and investor bros.
They will almost always have a vested interest to hype and increase values because they run a shop.
These guys like dannyphantump, rattle, pokene, shinyvert, etc there whole livilihood is extracting as much monetary value out of pokemon fans as possible.
If it was for the "community" and love of the "hobby" theyd demonitize all their shit, but they dont theres always an ebay store or affiliate links.
So next time you see big green arrows and red arrows in a thumb nail talking about the market, know these guys do not have the best interest of the hobby at heart. Remember YOU DONT MAKE MONEY WITH A HOBBY, ITS SOMETHING YOU SPEND MONEY ON. For YouTubers its a business, its not for fun or games, its to extract as much money from you as possible.

>>58022146
I actively seek out gameplay videos of Pokémon TCG and some Japanese unboxing, yet half of my Youtube recommandations are still some small channels that only talk about prices and investing
I'm sure these channels would all die if the algorithm wasn't pushing them so hard
>YOU DONT MAKE MONEY WITH A HOBBY, ITS SOMETHING YOU SPEND MONEY ON.
I've been enjoying a different form of collecting much more by keeping that in mind
My rule of thumb is now
>I'll probably lose about 50% if I ever decide to resell this item, but that's a price I'm willing to pay to enjoy myself

>>58021813
Because the current market is entirely built upon speculator and investors buying out the supply and then selling between each other and the occasional desperate whales.

kek at all the schizos ITT

I get that your poor and can't afford cards rn but move on about it jeez

>>58022535
We've got actual LGS owners on record saying that they allocations for hyped up sets was cut
Meanwhile random streamers and youtubers get dozens of cases from God knows where
Call me schizo if you want, but you're the one turning a blind eye to all the shady stuff going on

You now remember that one interview where the people that work on the TCG admitted that they often design cards for their favorite mons.

>>58024219
New troon bait dropped. Sweet.

>Steam Siege was considered a dogshit set
>Couldn't sell even below MSRP
>The most sought after card was Volcanion ex solely because of players
>Collectors didn't care for pic related being in the set
Here we are now 9 years later and you'll bet your ass that people are gonna hype the hell out of Mega Evolutions and products will sell well over MSRP because this new Gardevoir will be the latest "chase" card

>>58024571
That mega gardevoir was also good tbf. Overall the set was overhated but had shit print quality

>>58024571
I think the new one does look pretty neat to be fair, and I don't even like Gardevoir.

>>58024219
why would they not

>>58025587
Because it results in pokemon like gardevoir having 3 different SIR meanwhile other fairly popular mons like Flygon and Luxray don't even have a regular IR yet

>>58025654
Forcing an artist to make artwork of a subject they are indifferent on is just going to produce something subpar. Better to get 3 good pieces of the same subject than 3 meh pieces of different subjects.

>>58025853
This isn't about the artists. It's about the people who design the cards as a game
They're the ones making a bunch of Gardevoir and then commissioning artists to keep drawing the same mons
I'm sure Meganium would have more than two ultra rares if artists were the ones deciding who to draw

Where in Europe do I even buy English Pokemon card products like ETBs anymore?
The last 3 releases I haven't been able to get anything at all other than on the secondary market. Everything is always sold out or picked up by bots in 30 seconds.

>>58026027
>Where in Europe do I even buy English Pokemon card products like ETBs anymore?
On a website!

>>58026027
Find a discord channel that will ping you when shit releases. I've also had reasonable luck with amazon invites

>>58026144
Can you confirm whether you've ever gotten an Amazon invite multiple days after applying for one? Or was it always within a few hours tops?

>>58026164
I got DR etb invite quite a few days after applying I'm pretty sure

>>58020944
Man, what the fuck, am I the only one that only got one IR from each PC ETB? That's bullshit.

>>58024219
Absolutely gorgeous, nice that all of its previous stages are featured here too.

>One of the Pokemon the new rivals they revealed is using is a Staryu
>That means Mega Starmie is real

>>58024219
I can't wait for the mega shiny.

>pull rates for BW suck ass
Fucking DAMN IT
Its so fucking hard to get product and when you do you just get fucking NOTHING
I'M FUCKING DONE

>>58026963
Another gambler switches to buying singles.

>>58027024
I'm not buying singles either.

SOVLFUL vs soulless

>>58027057
Become a vintage enjoyer
You'd be surprised how dirt cheap you can find some singles
You also get the same thrill from opening packs when you find a good deal on a card you like
If Modern is what you truly love then check out Chinese stuff, tho they're lagging behind in set releases by a big margin

>>58021532
>>58021551
The mega evolution booster box is $161 on pokecenter, how much did booster boxes used to cost?
inb4
>no dude there's a box topper it NEED to be more expensive

>>58027320
They raised prices with SV block. Used to be $145 for a long time.

>>58021551
They can't sell more product since they're already struggling to keep up with demand even after buying the damn printing factories
Only way to keep profits up is increasing the price, doubly so since people have shown time and time again that they're willing to pay over MSRP
Didn't Gamestop even announce that they'll now surcharge PTCG products by 20%?

>>58027459
>keep profits up
I hate this meme.

>>58027517
small indie shareholders please understand

>>58027517
TPC doesn't have an even bigger company breathing down their neck to increase profits every single year like Magic does, that's why we don't have collabs or serialized cards (yet)
Still, unless the economy goes to shit they've got plenty of reasons to increase MSRP
Maybe just improve reverse holos or add another rare slot to compensate for the price increase

>>58027168
Vintage prices went up too much, I have a spreadsheet from like a year ago and prices now vs then are doubled if not tripled or quadrupled.

I'm just going back to MTG, which I can at least play without feeling like a pedo.
Not much interest in it as a collector, maybe I'll get into record collecting? IDK.

>>58027590
No, price increase + lower quality cards is the way.

>>58027619
>Kanto Wizards era hasn't moved much
>Ex-era keeps appreciating in value at a slow and steady pace
>DP era is stagnating as always
>BW era is on a very slow increase
It's only later XY and later SM era cards that have gone up like crazy recently
I dunno about Johto wizards era tho, always felt like those were too pricey so I don't even bother trying

Another soon to be 10k$ pikachu to add to my never-ever wishlist.

>>58027590
Funny thing is WotC have been greedy since the beginning without Hasbro. I remember watching a video on what they did with the Pokemon license. There was a QA from the 90s in the video and was asked why Pokemon packs cost more than MTG packs despite having fewer cards in it. WotC claimed it was because of licensing cost but one of the artists who worked with them back then said they just wanted more money.

Is that a.....KANTOOO EVOLUTION LINE!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!

>>58027828
151 trio looks better

>>58027800
>Shortprinting rares all the way back in the earliest days of Magic
>Reprinting cards so early that it nearly killed the game
>Rotation on top of powercreep (Pokemon is guilty of that too)
>Introducing the Mythic rarity
(6 year gap without fuckery that's often considered the silver age of Magic)
>Modern masters with massive MSRP because of secondary market prices of reprints included
After that it's all kind of blur and they're doing worse than all this combined in a single year
We should count our blessings that the worst thing we can realistically expect for Pokémon is another modest price increase

>>58027165
>XY era
>soulful
Good joke, Anon.

>>58024219
This will surely be the 500-1000$ chase on release, followed closely by the Lucario. I hope the other ex get overshadowed because I really want Venusaur and Kangaskhan.

>>58027828
Why didn't they reveal the Ralts and Kirlia full arts?

>>58028073
They've already done that for SV base set
Both those are also featured in MGardy's art

>>58028073
No Kanto, no :0 face, no ka-ching, no buy

>>58028088
>They've already done that for SV base set
So was Riolu.

>>58020080
Don't post Ethan, trying not to buy any cards this month

>>58028094
what people don't understand is that the actual fans who play the games make up such a small percentage of people buying the products. the true money makers are people like Leonhart who are kept from offing themselves by nostalgia and their wives' boyfriends' allowance. that's why any gen 1 slop gets eaten up and those man-children are catered to. it's marketing 101

>>58028275
It was like that at one point. Remember how nuts people went for Evolutions, and then for actual Wizards cards?
Now it's more like 80% of people spending money are doing it with the intent to resell the cards for a profit (be it flipping or "investing") while only 20% do it as a hobby

>>58020525
I am aussie but not the person u think
I have no sealed pokemon product just that single booster

Got 3x of these from some random eBayer a few years ago, they were all tightly jammed into a single sleeve. Two were scratched as fuck but one was interesting flawless looking

Sent it in, came back Gem Mint! Sold a $2 card for $50 kind of wish I'd kept it

>>58028453
>wait a year
>price tanks
Cool. I love her design.

which toploaders arent blue

>>58028635
the red ones

Was hoping for a Lillie's Determination SAR reveal. 0/10 Presents, would not watch again.

>>58028532
Yeah Yugi still has some very nice looking artwork, can see why it still exists

>>58028034
it should be 10 bux so i can afford it

>>58027165
>5ban slop vs 5ban slop with japanese text

Would it be a dick move to tell the guy I'm selling a big chunk of my collection to that the deal is off unless he accepts to pay with cold hard cash?
We've agreed to the deal weeks ago and I'm giving him a big discount over market prices on stuff that's easy to sell such as:
>Moonbreon
>Cosmic Eclipse boxes
>Some of the cheaper gold stars
I'm starting to feel like an idiot for offering him such low prices in the first place, but now I believe that the least he could do when he's gonna rake me over the coals is to at least hand me a fat stack of bills rather than wire me the money and cause a headache with taxes and stuff

>>58029266
If it's a random buyer maybe also do it at a bank or something.

Finally.... from Japan. After five weeks

>>58029025
What about the 5ban slop with english text?

>>58029299
Anon...
Why are you buying cards so close to their release?
I'm sure they've all fell in price by 20% at least by now

>>58029362

cheaper than this?

>>58029299
Did they throw in anything extra? They usually do

>>58029465

No :(

>>58029266
Tax evasion is a criminal offense.
Dont get into the hobby if you cant afford to pay small taxes.
Or better yet, dont live in a cucked state.
Anyway 80% of your bills will be counterfeit if you ask for cash.

>>58027828
>Ivysaur evolves in Mega Venusaur
Stupid set

>>58029621
That's fine, statistically 80% of the cards I'm selling him are fake too

I genuinely don't know how I'm supposed to organize this new set. Do I just do commons and holos up front, then art cards, then the poke and master??? I doubt I'll master set it.

>>58029443
Those are pretty fair prices, I guess actual Japanese sellers still don't overprice the hell out of their inventory on release like the people who import Japanese products do these days
They're not 20% cheaper (yet), looks like you could have saved maybe $10 from the entire order if you waited until now

>>58029465
When I was buying beat up older cards I always got extras, sometimes even really nice stuff like JP exclusive promos or cards related to the ones in my order
When I was buying high-in-demand recent releases cards I rarely if ever got extras, though I still received thoughtful touches like a thank you note or a pikachu origami

>>58029690
the mind boggles

>>58029690
>I doubt I'll master set it.
Good. For what that'd cost, you could master set 3 or 4 different actual Black & White era sets
However that'd require time, dedication, some knowledge and a bit of skill so I guess most collectors will just go the easy route and master set the new stuff instead

>>58029584
Aww that's not polite for Japanese eBayers to not toss in at least a cute note or a sticker

>still posting Psyduck

>>58029740
My Japan sellers gave me nothing for free either. Why do you push this weird narrative that all of them do freebies?

>>58029690
I'm just planning to go 9 card binder with 3 mons per page
>Reverse holo/normal holo, pokeball holo, Illustration rare
Not bothering with master balls

>>58029760
Because they usually do

>>58029760
NTA but when I agree with him
If you didn't have the same experience it's probably because you're only buying from sellers who do such a high volume that they don't bother
Go order some card that barely sells one copy a month like pic related, I'm sure you'll receive an extra

>>58029770
I don't think this is true at all or I'm just unlucky.

>>58029800
I have 5 cards and two booster boxes coming from Japan. Let's see out of 6 sellers how many free things I get.


:)

>>58029810
Cute Mew and nice foiling

>>58029810
>I have 5 cards and two booster boxes coming from Japan
If that's Glory of Team Rocket or Black & White cards/boxes I'll bet against you receiving free stuff

>>58029826
It's never like some big thing, they'll just put in at least a little something usually. My last Jap order was the sleeping Raichu and they threw in some card no one would care about. I didn't even recognize what Pokemon it was and it's probably worthless but they just do at least something usually.

>>58029846
It's actually 4 booster boxes. Mega set and Black & White set.

>>58029851
Hopefully I get something!


:)

>>58029851
>It's never like some big thing, they'll just put in at least a little something
I got pic related one time, it was cheap at the time but it's $70 now
Getting the evolution chain of the delta species Gardevoir ex I ordered wasn't much of an extra pricewise but it felt real nice

Probably more likely to get little freebies from Japan orders when the cards aren't modern/the current new thing. Always gotten little free things like fancy erasers when ordering other merch or vintage cards.

Bought more bw mini tins

Where can I buy just white flare packs?

>>58030087
>>58030127
Both your posts made me angry, I disapprove of how you're spending your money
I hope you're at least having fun opening packs and that you legitimately like the pokemon from those sets

New

>>58030303
>>58030303

>>58030175
I do. I was one of the few people that actually like the soft reboot feel of Gen5. i still hate vanilluxe though.

>>58028808
Personally the way YGO cards look to me always looks strange.
I don't know if it looks "dated" or "cheap" to me. I can't really tell, but something I just don't care for I guess.
Glad people still enjoy it though.

>>58026027
go to your local card shop or wait outside stores on release day

>>58030526
>>58026027
I never thought about one of the US benefits of being so big and having some remote stores making it "sometimes" easier to get stuff.

>>58030175
I'm probably going to get that victini box when it's available even though I kinda hate those big cards

Update my gf was sent to jail for breaking into my place and stealing my stuff including Pokémon cards. Now that the dust has settled should I rebuy what was lost? What do?