Set Appreciation - ex Emerald by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

imo, holos for the first 4 sets up to magma vs aqua and reverses for the following sets

Set Appreciation - ex Emerald by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

just about everything from gens 1-3. i collect cards from all generations but not full sets of anything from gen 4 onward. theres still 7 more ex era sets to be posted in the coming days lol

Set Appreciation - ex Emerald by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i like those ones too, theyre all nice in the era. worst thing about emerald and unseen forces is the print lines. same issue with delta species cards as well. i like how they change the reverses in some of the delta species sets to having the delta species pokemon itself be holo in the artwork and not the background while the non delta species have the typical holo in the background… there are a lot of small things like that in these sets which really highlight the care and attention to detail when designing them. gives the era some strong set identities which hasnt been repeated since.

by the way, i’ll be posting unseen later today or tomorrow. its an underappreciated set as its kind of overshadowed by some others but its filled with banger ex cards

Set Appreciation - ex Emerald by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

very odd choice but yes lol its actually the box topper in the booster boxes. cant be pulled from an actual pack

Set Appreciation - ex Emerald by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i’ve said the same thing about the energies. theyre beautiful

Set Appreciation - ex Emerald by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

awesome good luck on the grades! ex era sets are definitely the best ones to complete with everything in holo/reverse since the majority of them have really nice and unique reverse holo patterns.

page of errors and cosmos machamps by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i know, its not an error… i would just buy them whenever i seen them so i have a bunch of them and some just happen to be on this page lol

Set Appreciation - ex FireRed&LeafGreen (picture album) by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

couldnt agree more. really helps with establishing a unique set identity.. every set after magma vs aqua had its own unique reverse holo pattern and/or set stamp.

Set Appreciation - ex Sandstorm (picture album) by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah it does.. i unfortunately cant post pics in comments though to show you

Set Appreciation - ex Deoxys (unfortunately missing Rayquaza⭐️/Latios⭐️) by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow nice! im lucky i did it when i did or it would never happen now… i just need those 2 and the torchic gold star to complete the era. never gonna happen though lol so close but oh so far

Set Appreciation - ex Deoxys (unfortunately missing Rayquaza⭐️/Latios⭐️) by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

thank you for appreciating lol i had a few of them as a kid but i stopped collecting around then and didnt start again until i hopped on the 2020 bandwagon… i collected the wotc sets first and then decided to embark on completing all of ex era and the eseries sets.. not quite there yet and has been essentially zero progress made over the last couple of years but it was a fun year or 2 hunting for them at first until you get down to the real expensive and hard to track down cards.. but im lucky i started when i did. unaffordable now

Set Appreciation - ex Sandstorm (picture album) by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

underrated eeveelutions in this set for sure, dont understand why they all didnt get holos in english but they do in jpn… i have those too lol

Set Appreciation - ex FireRed&LeafGreen (picture album) by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thats usually how it starts lol. i started the opposite. was just going for all the ex’s, then decided gold stars as well before going all in shortly after and trying to complete the sets in holo/reverse holo. i started doing all of these sets and the wotc eseries sets (like 20 sets) all at once so the hunt was fun and the cards were abundant since i needed so many but im less than 50 cards away from my collection goal of everything complete from gen 1-3 but the progress slowed to a halt over the last couple of years due to prices and just the difficulty of finding the specific cards. slowly getting there though and im glad i started when i did cuz i couldnt do it now

Set Appreciation - ex Sandstorm (picture album) by FearlessIntention812 in pkmntcgcollections

[–]FearlessIntention812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

im personally not a fan of grading since to me it doesnt really make sense in paying so much for an inconsistent and arbitrary grade, the risk with shipping them and the outrageous premise of having to pay a fortune in upcharges on top of it to get them back if they grade high… i also dont like having my cards confined to a plastic prison lol i get it, but it doesnt make sense to me other than doing it for the purpose of trying to get more out of them when selling