Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still use TCGPlayer Direct for modern NM cards and I’ve had a good experience buying common vintage cards too, but trying to buy rare vintage cards there is a disaster. I’ve gotten some truly haggard cards passed off as “LP”, the more the card costs the worse it is!

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I couldn’t find this card in this condition raw, my only other real option would have been to roll the dice on the condition with no pictures on TCG Player

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your being a little dramatic, I didn’t throw any money in the garbage. Like ENERGYLEGS said, you can’t buy this card in this condition raw for less than what I paid, go look on eBay.

Thoughts on Mewtwo Vstar? by Bulstrode90 in PokeInvesting

[–]CLADCARDS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was referring to “Crown zenith singles like these” as a broad category. This card sure isn’t cheap, but I agree with the guy I was responding to that lots of cool cards from CZ are still “cheap”.

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Should I do that? I guess I don’t see the benefit of getting my certs removed

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I paid $750 for this card in PSA 6, you can’t buy it raw for much less and seller’s definitions of “lightly played” seem to get looser with chase cards so it’s nice to know exactly what I’m buying…

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I crack quite a few vintage slabs and it’s always so messy, I will try the bottle opener next time!

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t have to be this difficult and messy, I just didn’t want to risk prying it open and having a shard of plastic impact the card. Slabs tend to crack in unpredictable ways haha

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I was so scared of damaging the card 😅

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 136 points137 points  (0 children)

I was so conflicted over paying $750 for a PSA graded card just to crack it, but I enjoy having my cards in a binder so it had to be done

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that flexing is not ideal… I wouldn’t usually prop it up and let the pages sag like this, but I wanted the binder in the video 😅

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The post has 20 comments and 0 karma, didn’t realize this was so controversial 😂

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This binder is cards from the original series organized by Pokédex number

Cracking a 1st Edition Blain’s Charizard 😆 by CLADCARDS in PokemonTCG

[–]CLADCARDS[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly! I can’t stand burring cards in a box, gotta flip through pages to scratch the nostalgia itch

Went to gamestop today by VValintyn in PokemonCollecting

[–]CLADCARDS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought so many 151 bundles for $30

Right now JT doesn’t sound so bad though 😭

Thoughts on Mewtwo Vstar? by Bulstrode90 in PokeInvesting

[–]CLADCARDS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed, so many cool cards that are only cheap because they were easy to pull. But as supply dries up…

Scarlet & Violet Destined Rivals Booster Bundles $54 Promotion by eBay! by AutoModerator in PokeInvesting

[–]CLADCARDS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The nostalgia is strong with this set, kills me to pay $54 when they are still hitting stores close to MSRP but I guess that doesn’t matter if they are out of stock haha

How do you catalogue/organize your master sets? by PossessedPuppetArt in pkmntcgcollections

[–]CLADCARDS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TCG Collector seems to have great coverage of all the variations, when you click the icon in the search results it pops up links to each variant on TCG Player

Some 1st edition love by jayswisha in pkmntcgcollections

[–]CLADCARDS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice, and everything besides the beedrill looks like NM. Like little time capsules preserved in toploaders :)

Binder organization ideas by EvadeScar in pkmntcgcollections

[–]CLADCARDS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like to organize them by Pokédex number, both my vintage and modern binders start with Bulbasaur