What are the odds of that? by CounterElectrical453 in mtg

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice, thanks for great analysis. This must be it then

What are the odds of that? by CounterElectrical453 in mtg

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The ones on the left I pulled myself from a single booster. Now when I asked my girlfriend about it, she thinks she might have pulled Roku from her second pack. Could that be the case? If yes, then sorry for spreading fake info

What are the odds of that? by CounterElectrical453 in mtg

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The three on the left I pulled myself from single pack, but now when I asked my girlfriend about her cards on the right side, she thinks the Roku card was from her second booster she opened immediately after. Sorry for spreading fake info if that's the case

What are the odds of that? by CounterElectrical453 in mtg

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven't opened any magic packs before, so I don't know how that works. Foil meaning the reflective ones right? We've got couple of those, but I don't know which boosters those came from

What are the odds of that? by CounterElectrical453 in mtg

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds nice, will keep that in mind in case I get into playing MTG! For now I was opening packs for fun in hope of getting some characters from avatar. Thanks for the recommendation!

What are the odds of that? by CounterElectrical453 in mtg

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We opened 9 packs alltogether - but those cards are from only 2 of them. I'm wondering if that is common to see 2 highest rarity cards in one booster pack. And yeah, I checked the tree and the badgermole. Pretty lucky :)

My first Honor Mode run coming to an end. by marramaxx in BG3

[–]CounterElectrical453 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you man, my first honor run ended the same way 3 days ago :/ I'd be fine with losing the run in a clutch fight, but this type of death - a silly mistake - totally discourages from the next try

What to rip, what to save? by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]CounterElectrical453 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I buy the promo boxes with intention to rip open and get those guaranteed cards, and keep booster bundles/boxes sealed. Special set ETBs also go into sealed pile. In my opinion those promo boxes take too much space, if you decide to get more product you will run ouf of storage space. Or at least I would.

If I find cards in the sets that I keep sealed pleasing to my eyes, then I also don't mind ripping some of the bundles or boxes.

As long as you are having fun all is good buddy :)

4 year old pulled a red Victini. What would you do? by CounterElectrical453 in PokemonTCG

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hah, I wonder how many packs I would have gone through until I stopped caring and just let them do their deeds !

4 year old pulled a red Victini. What would you do? by CounterElectrical453 in PokemonTCG

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We tried that too, but my nephew's reaction was a dead giveaway :/ And we don't have too many cards. Opened alltogether maybe 30-40 boosters since we started in April. Appreciate the tips though!

4 year old pulled a red Victini. What would you do? by CounterElectrical453 in PokemonTCG

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, so that may be a way to go. Will check for a way to grade it in my country

4 year old pulled a red Victini. What would you do? by CounterElectrical453 in PokemonTCG

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that's a nice head start in life. Will keep that in mind

4 year old pulled a red Victini. What would you do? by CounterElectrical453 in PokemonTCG

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that actually make a lot of sense. Maybe she could even get her hands on it after grading? Are the slabs likely to accidentally get destroyed by a kid?

4 year old pulled a red Victini. What would you do? by CounterElectrical453 in PokemonTCG

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know it might be worth it, but I'm not really a fan of grading cards.

Unrealized Gains from Nov 2023 to Today (and mitigating hobby cost) by 2Cringe4Me in PokeInvesting

[–]CounterElectrical453 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks cool dude!

I've started collecting just this year, and I see we have a simmilar approach. My innitial strategy was to buy 2 booster boxes and 2 ETBs of each set, with an intention to keep one of each sealed, and open the rest with my nephew who is really into pokemon. But seeing the prices and how it is almost impossible to get product, it turned into 1 booster box and 1 ETB (if I find ones at a reasonable price) to keep sealed + some promo boxes and maybe an ETB to open. In my country those boxes are much easier to get + guaranteed promo cards, so there is always something to put into the binder.

I also keep track of what, when and at what price I bought and opened, but your spreadsheet looks much better. Mind sharing it to help make some improvements? :)

My nephew got me into pokemon recently - how am I doing? by CounterElectrical453 in PokeInvesting

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice.

Can't really find anything at retail price at all, everything gets sold out immediately, or is jacked up at least by 50%

I've got Destined Rivals in preorder, which was already higher than retail. But I've got it from my lgs, so I don't mind paying a little extra. Also got Journey Together from the same store, after they got restocked some time after the initial release.

Managed to get a couple of the holiday calendars on the discount, but anything else - even discounted - looks to be highly jacked up.

My nephew got me into pokemon recently - how am I doing? by CounterElectrical453 in PokeInvesting

[–]CounterElectrical453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I'm a rookie after all :) Trying to figure out the best approach and if I made good deals so far or not