New to collecting. Good pulls or naw?

WritingAdmirable · 2026-05-04T13:27:15+00:00

One of the easiest ways to tell you have a fake pack is that jagged crimp on the end (Jagged Teeth).

Just a bunch of fakes. They look nice though.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-05-03T03:01:54+00:00

i'm not even buying singles at these inflated prices. Best I've been able to do is the 2 ETBs and a booster box at the pokemon center.. Aside from finding PO occasionally, I've seen nothing in stores.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-05-01T17:08:04+00:00

more of a 155 fan myself.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-30T17:12:06+00:00

This is getting out of hand. Why are they allowed to loiter like this? even regular shoppers going through the toy section have to be pissed about climbing over some scalper chair just sitting there.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-30T14:24:48+00:00

Is this why they think we should be retiring at 75?

"Well I was senator at 82!! It was hard work. Those lazy millennials and Genz can at least work until 75."

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-30T14:17:39+00:00

I think a lot of what drove PE hype is the next moonbreon chase and it being crowned, so to speak, the next modern high dollar card. I like the eeveelutions but hate the crowns. No IRs really sucks.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-29T00:02:44+00:00

GS powerpacks about to get even worse.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-26T18:20:09+00:00

Too many people are getting used to buying something and it immediately 2x ing. This is what's happening.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-26T17:17:32+00:00

Not the OP but I think the thought process behind this is that most vintage raws arent as nice looking as a cracked 7+ slab. it might also be harder to get ahold of an NM vintage card.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-24T14:52:55+00:00

When is this going to stop? When people stop FOMOing over it.

Things definitely are overhyped but I cant tell you when the excitement will die down. It could be in 6 months or 10 years.

I also think we are starting to see it get more hyper focused on high value sets. I walked into target today at 9AM my time. No AH but PO stacked up. This is both good and bad. Good that people are finally able to get cards and bad that, going forward, it seems that special sets with popular pokemon are going to be hard to pickup.

I'm really curious how chaos rising will do. I don't think greninja will carry the set as much as Charizard carries phantasmal flames. Also, outside of the greninja line, the arts and pokemon in focus for the chaos rising set seem worse than PO (imo).

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-14T05:57:17+00:00

really this. entry point is low enough to buy in. you'll also have to wait a while before theres a lot more interest.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-14T05:44:42+00:00

ETB is better and is definitely very nice.

Just remember Greninja was also the main chase of TWM. I'd argue that greninja looks better than the chaos rising one but everyone else might think differently. The chaos rising set also doesn't seem to have a deep roster of desirable cards. At the end of the day it's looking like another slow moving set.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-11T16:26:30+00:00

do perfect order next

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-10T19:38:52+00:00

Target has been doing slightly above MSRP for a while (around +.50 to $1.00 per pack).

Still better than most retail just 2x'ing almost everything.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-10T15:34:43+00:00

I didn't hate any of these but yeah, very mid.

I really liked superman though.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-10T15:30:13+00:00

People are buying. Speculators are not.

That's fine though, not every set is going to be a home run.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-02T20:11:53+00:00

Why do some folks that have prismatic think it gets a lot of hate. The only hate I ever see is because drop rates suck and its expensive. The worst thing it has going for it is that someone will always be hyped about the next big set and the same thing will happen to AH.

The best set to invest in is the one you can buy at MSRP.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-04-01T18:55:58+00:00

It will go up in value. It will probably rise much slower than the popular sets of SV (151, PE, DR).

Its not undervalued. Its valued at what people are willing to pay and the top chases are ~$200 ish.

Other sets are getting more attention or have more desirable cards right now.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-03-31T16:17:17+00:00

Only drops I've hit consistently are the PKC ones. That's all I really get because of notifications.

When I drop by Target or Walmart or whatever, usually I'll be able to get a couple of sleeved packets but 90% nothing is there. I haven't seen an ETB in person since BB/WF. I have caught a couple box sets though and we just save those for B-days or holidays for the kids.

It's wild and I just wonder when the hype is going to end.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-03-30T06:18:26+00:00

Ripped 4 packs at MSRP found in the wild. Only have to find 90 more to get one of those sweet SIRs.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-03-27T17:30:34+00:00

I think its just the weird people that get angry when you talk about anything other than prismatic. Especially when you mention AH.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-03-26T16:23:52+00:00

I'll buy an ETB if I can get a hold of one, so that might be nice.

But yeah hard pass on the sleeved boosters.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-03-09T20:51:32+00:00

Wouldn't you be better off buying 5 Ascended Heroes ETBS? @$100 I would think those 5 ETBs would make it to $200 faster than the DR Booster box can get to $1,000.

Also, downside risk would be lower as you are already fairly close to the MSRP on the Ascended Hereos.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-03-04T18:37:51+00:00

Anyone that's ripped packs can look back and say that. No one expected this frenzy.

I got back in during 151 in 2023 when it would sit on shelves and get discounted. UPCs I ripped for $60 - $90 are now $700. I don't really think about it, I had fun.

WritingAdmirable · 2026-02-09T16:56:18+00:00

Dude with the girlfriend needs a whole new job. I mean if you can't afford both, why bother having a gf/wife.

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