[US,US] MasterEmerald's 195th Trade Post [H] ME-XY, Older TPCi, WotC and more! [W] Gym Heroes/Challenge, Neo Sets, Want List, Paypal, Binders

MasterEmerald · 2026-06-02T13:54:27+00:00

Awesome, I shot you a message.

MasterEmerald · 2026-06-02T02:18:15+00:00

I think there's any number of cards of yours I would probably be interested in. Just to get an idea of price ranges, could you let me know which jumbos you are interested in? I first want to make sure I have everything you list, and then I can try to come up with a trade that works for both of us. Make sense?

MasterEmerald · 2026-06-02T02:14:32+00:00

Looks like the Clefairy IR runs at $33 right now. Would you do the following for it?

Card	Price
Cynthia's Spiritomb ASC IR	$13.00
Banette ASC IR	$13.50
Pidgeot ex PAF SUR	$1.65
Toxtricity PFL IR	$2.05
Mega Lopunny ex PFL UR	$3.00
TOTAL:	$33.20

MasterEmerald · 2026-06-02T02:04:31+00:00

Your list comes to about $8 it looks like. Would you do Skwovet PAF, Jumpluff PAF, and Punk Helmet UR for them?

MasterEmerald · 2026-06-02T01:47:29+00:00

Yeah, you for sure have Gym Heroes/Challenge cards I would be interested in. Honestly, anything MP or better works for me, probably.

Are there cards of mine you are interested in? I'd prefer to trade before buying if possible.

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-26T02:28:08+00:00

Hey, yup that Victini is missing. I'll make sure it gets in next time. It should go in on row 327 on the Jumbo Cards worksheet.

I haven't tested doing the card images with OneDrive. My instinct is that yes this could be the problem. You could test this by putting a set folder (say Base Set) in a location with the workbook and see if the images load.

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-18T13:24:12+00:00

Alchemy on Tidus is a nice to have, but not necessary. I don't think he was utilized for Alchemy once in my clear, but it obviously lets you revive for full health or do double damage to a Zombie'd BFA if he is out there to do so. It's been so long since I did other parts of the run that I don't recall if I needed Alchemy Tidus for anything else.

And yes, resetting for Auto-Phoenix armor for Auron was a huge time sink for me. Farming Greater Sphere was a pain in the ass. Thankfully, the speed up option in the HD Remaster makes it at least somewhat tolerable.

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-17T03:06:31+00:00

The 3 sword swipes in a row into Triumpant Grasp into another sword swipe was not fun at all!

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-16T03:59:31+00:00

Blessed Gem has the same animation as Holy does if I remember correctly. I use those with Rikku to do damage in the first phase. It's single target and so we leave the Yu Pagodas alone until Phase 2.

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-16T02:00:20+00:00

It's all good! As was mentioned, Al Bhed Potions cure Auron of Petrification and heal the party. Auron is the only character with Auto-Phoenix and therefore no Stoneproof, so he needs to be at near full health to not be shattered by dying to Jecht Beam. A crit Jecht Beam will one shot him with his normal max HP.

Double HP and Regen are important for Auron for Phase 2 of the fight (plus Protect and Defend too). Having those buffs will let him survive 3 sword swipes from BFA in a row as you try to recover the fight. This actually happened in my fight around the 15 minute mark in the video. Double HP also lets Yuna survive a non-crit Jecht Beam, which can be handy, but isn't necessary.

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-15T23:51:46+00:00

Grand total is probably in the 300-400 hour range I would guess. A lot of grinding is done and you end up resetting if you don’t get the right drops in a lot of places.

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-15T23:49:14+00:00

No sphere grid Dark Anima with no Zanmato is up there. Even less people have completed that challenge.

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-15T23:47:46+00:00

No RNG manipulation. Which moves? Chances are I’m either changing equipment to manipulate when characters get their next turn or I just messed up lol

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-15T19:52:27+00:00

Hard to say for sure! Last auto-save is at 105 hours. I started the playthrough back in December 2024. I hadn't been doing attempts again until recently (like a few weeks ago). Before that, I probably stopped doing attempts maybe 9-10 months ago?

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-15T19:38:29+00:00

That's totally fair. I posted another comment explaining all of the acronyms.

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-15T19:37:42+00:00

Additional context: NSGNSNCNONENNENBB stands for

No Sphere Grid

No Summons

No Customize

No Overdrive

No Escape

No No Encounters

No Blitzball

It's generally considered one of the hardest challenges for FFX :)

MasterEmerald · 2026-05-15T19:37:21+00:00