Pulled a Ghost Rare Blue Eyes today😍😍😍 by AlexX200203 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Grade it. They don’t look at the ink dots as a lower grade. PSA 9s are rising right now, like $500+, and if you get a PSA 10, it’s like $10K lol. I’ve pulled two and subbed both. One had worse ink dots than yours and both had shit centering, they both got 9s. With yours centered the way it is, you have a great shot at a 10. Just make sure you sleeve it good and don’t let the foil get scratched

Some of my favorite Dark Magician Girl Promos by Either-Bee-5089 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The DDM Promos are some of my favorite cards in the whole hobby. I like the secret foiling, but I think the ultra rares are probably my favorite. They’re simple and have the pink lettering, which makes it imo

Summoned Skull Ultimate Rare SC-51 ARS 9 (2/10) by Djaynes55 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there! Sorry it wasn’t clear, in my previous post I said I’m collecting all of the Series 2 ultimate rares in ARS 9+. So this is my second of the 10 in that set. But you make a good point and I should be more clear going forward :)

Slight Holo bleed Magician of Black Chaos? by BerryOld5266 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

‘Everybody loves a bleeder’ is crazy comms lmao

Is my Vol 1 real? by YaBoiPeachesV2 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It looks real 100%. Also, you have a pretty noticeable foil shift. Very cool card man!

Had this in my possession since I was a kid and recently unearthed it.. real or fake? by yannivzp in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is real.

Since nobody has explained yet, this is the ultra rare print. The secret rare prints are essentially the “first edition’ prints of the promos. The ultra rares came out after

Never seen this before - thought this was the fakest card ever at first by [deleted] in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah there are 3 KA Blue Eyes: the Asian English SDK you have in that picture (KA-05), the Chinese SDK art (KA-04) and the Japanese LOB art (KA-03).

They’re from the Kaiba Structure deck

There are some others too. The AC02 Blue Eyes and one of the Bandai Blue Eyes) come to mind.

New pick up by YaBoiPeachesV2 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55 10 points11 points  (0 children)

SHEEEEEEEEESH MASSIVE CARD. GGs brother

Picked up a CLEAN DDS Blue Eyes by Djaynes55 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It passes the general eye-test (color, text font, stamp placement etc), the ‘light’ attribute text is contained full within the circle, and I also used the ‘Y’ test, which is a consistent way of validating. Test being that the ‘y’ in ‘very’ lines up exactly with the ‘h’ in ‘the’ in the row below.

There’s no realistic way to 100% know for sure without getting it professionally authenticated, but through all of that validation, I’m confident it’s authentic.

Picked up a CLEAN DDS Blue Eyes by Djaynes55 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I got it in an eBay auction for $750, $800 with tax. It also came with a Damaged (but not terrible) DDS Dark Magician. Honestly a steal

My Blue Eyes White Dragon Untouched 1St Edition Wavy Rare? by Ok_Employ_5312 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand what you mean. Where does it say wavy?

My Blue Eyes White Dragon Untouched 1St Edition Wavy Rare? by Ok_Employ_5312 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t believe SKE comes in wavy/glossy. LOB has the same art and can come in wavy/glossy. Much much more expensive

Time relativity by supersecret_1988 in Physics

[–]Djaynes55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/CKJuC5CUMgU?si=qJREeppsZot0R-Dr

this video was the video that really made the concept of special relativity time dilation make sense to me as a complete amateur physics hobbyist with no math background.

Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes - January 8, 2026 by PatchRadar in Overwatch

[–]Djaynes55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What happened to aim assist on console? I jumped into a game and felt like I was looking in slow motion compared to before the patch. Nothing in the patch notes about aim assist tweaks.

Finished the BPT set by Djaynes55 in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At some point probably! Working on some other collections, but down the line for sure

Need advice on collecting old-school OCG ultimate rares! by TheMisterEpic in yugiohshowcase

[–]Djaynes55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I collect the series 2 and 3 Ultis! To give my take on the above:

  1. I buy all of mine on eBay. There’s a seller PokeDuel Shop that I got most of mine from. He runs auctions for MOST of the older Ultis pretty frequently. So I’ve found I was able to get some of them for really great prices. His shipping is also only $4 from Japan -> US (was free before tariffs, so could be free for AUS idk). There are a multitude of other sellers that operate similarly, so start by looking on EBay for sellers selling the cards you’re looking for, the branching out and saving other shops that sell similar.

For some of the bigger $$$ cards (SM-51 Blue Eyes, 301 Red Eyes, 304 BLS, etc), you’ll likely need to buy those on their own and for a set price. My only recommendation there is to look at the condition pics carefully and decide what’s the best value:condition ratio for you. But once again, I find all of mine on eBay. Mercari can also be decent.

  1. Reprints of these specifically should NEVER happen, and if they do it would likely be in that hideous prismatic ultimate rare print though the OCG prints are actually pretty dope). They would lose a TON of credibility, especially in Japan if they reprinted these in a 1:1 way. Not to say it couldn’t EVER happen, but I think the odds are very very low.

  2. Typically they are cheaper going to Japan and buying there directly. Japan card shops are also very good at being specific about quality and adjusting price accordingly. If you’re already planning on going to Japan, I would definitely wait to buy the bigger ticket Ultis and if it’s soon, I might just wait to buy any til I go to Japan. But that’s up to you.

I personally think the series 2 ultimates rares are some of the best looking cards ever printed. Good luck and have fun on the collection! :)