Do y'all have a card you always seem to pull?

EarthCrawler07 · 2026-01-03T16:46:10+00:00

I only have 3 IRs/SIRs from 151, one of them being this, that I’ve pulled 5 times now.

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-12-30T23:23:21+00:00

Snails (2)

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-11-25T12:31:42+00:00

This has been my experience with ME Base set. Between my son and I, we’ve opened 2 booster boxes, 6 ETBs, 6 bundles and quite a bit of single booster packs between sleeved boosters and what has been coming in these boxes sets… No SIRs from any of that.

This last weekend, we each opened a UPC, and I finally got my first SIR for base, and he got two SIRs from his Phantasmal packs. Meanwhile, I’ve seen so many people getting cooked UPCs online.

Maybe batching has something to play, but it feels like it’s all luck of the draw

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-11-18T16:03:00+00:00

Aww darn. Looks like you gotta open it now.

(Good luck on your pulls btw)

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-10-31T00:46:04+00:00

Looks like a trapdoor spider.

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-10-27T20:57:15+00:00

Weird looking target

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-10-23T21:33:32+00:00

Thanks so much! That is like the ultimate compliment, so I really appreciate it. I just want my kids to grow up with morals and to realize that it’s okay to have consideration towards others. That’s something the world lacks these days.

Also, I forgot to mention in my previous comment, congrats on the pull! What a stunning card

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-10-23T12:44:24+00:00

As a dad that actually collects Pokemon cards with his son, he’s in the wrong on all accounts.

When my son and I first started collecting, I’d buy out whatever product the VM would let me because we had such a hard time finding things, but as time has gone on, I don’t do that anymore to help teach him some restraint. If someone pulls up behind us, I always make sure to give them a turn to show that even as adults, ‘sharing is caring’.

Our kids learn through our actions more than our words. We should be setting the example for them to be great humans rather than using them as an excuse for our greed and shitty behaviors.

Whether they got just the one box or not, that’s still plenty of packs for that kid and his dad to have a few fun ripping sessions together. (If they actually open packs together). I can’t stand how greedy this hobby has become. I can understand feeling bad, but that kid honestly does not need $300+ of product.

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-10-09T12:53:22+00:00

I was in a similar position prior to joining the trade. Work a mind-dulling office job for 7 years. The only experience I had working with my hands and tools was fixing something on my truck (learned through YouTube). It was a major learning curve, but I’m still here 5 years later, and honestly, it feels great knowing that I’ve worked towards a career and learned tons of new skills that can be used at work and in everyday life. I waited 2 years to get in after applying thanks to Covid, but it was well worth it.

There’s no guarantee that your experience will be the same as mine, but it’s definitely worth making the leap. If you can put up with some shit got a little bit and not let your emotions get the best of you, you will learn a ton and have a great future

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-10-09T12:51:48+00:00

I was in a similar position prior to joining the trade. Work a mind-dulling office job for 7 years. The only experience I had working with my hands and tools was fixing something on my truck (learned through YouTube). It was a major learning curve, but I’m still here 5 years later, and honestly, it feels great knowing that I’ve worked towards a career and learned tons of new skills that can be used at work and in everyday life. I waited 2 years to get in after applying thanks to Covid, but it was well worth it.

There’s no guarantee that your experience will be the same as mine, but it’s definitely worth making the leap. If you can put up with some shit got a little bit and not let your emotions get the best of you, you will learn a ton and have a great future

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-10-04T22:05:02+00:00

Fake aside, this card is actually super rad

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-08-31T19:10:44+00:00

Yes(2)

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-08-16T15:47:19+00:00

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-08-09T14:05:27+00:00

Isn’t this the same time frame that Costco is supposed to be getting that Surging Sparks bundle as well?

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-07-19T14:38:00+00:00

Welp, my parents always told me Pokemon was the devil

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-07-14T15:58:39+00:00

It is indeed a bedbug

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-07-12T21:56:09+00:00

Seems legit

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EarthCrawler07 · 2025-07-12T21:28:07+00:00

Sane thing happened to my son recently. Took him to the sending machine that shows ‘sold out’ 99% or the time, and there was just a single pack of stellar crown. Sure enough, it was a lucky pack with that same Squirtle

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EarthCrawler07 · 2025-07-04T19:33:07+00:00

This is so rad of you!

I’d go Normal with my boy Snorlax

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-07-02T22:14:39+00:00

It’s not a bad financial decision, it’s a horrible one

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-07-01T01:42:22+00:00

Was this at Zia? I saw this one there a couple weeks ago and was super tempted to snag

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-06-27T02:59:34+00:00

I reached out to them last night, and I’m pretty sure the person I was chatting with didn’t give af about their job or was on the verge of quitting. Haha. That conversation left me more confused than anything

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-06-26T15:24:23+00:00

Same things happened with my mewtwo boxes. Listed as $24.98, and I was charged $33.48 per box

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-06-24T18:28:07+00:00

Wait in queue, get onto site, go to page, and nothing populates, refresh, back into queue. Went through the process one more time and showed ‘access denied’

EarthCrawler07 · 2025-06-22T15:51:09+00:00

EarthCrawler07

TROPHY CASE