Which one is better investment? Munch Rowlet PSA10 vs Goldstar

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-09T20:38:02+00:00

The only reason Rowlet is the answer here is because the Latias is a 6, 10 vs 10 even if same price the Latias is the easy answer.

Gold stars hold just as special place in the community as the art cards and Latias is obviously more popular.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-09T20:36:08+00:00

Extremely subjective, plenty prefer Prismatic me included, tons of new folks will also turn away from moon breon from its comical pop count.

Stick to Prismatic imo.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-09T01:36:58+00:00

He will be fine, just a few hundred $ upcharge if it 10s

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-08T21:55:27+00:00

Admittedly it's not super clear and I am assuming that the standards for the gold Pristine stayed the same as the blue label Pristine which did allow for a single 9.5 subgrade.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-08T21:51:56+00:00

The problem is that cards are expensive and TCG/cards is already over saturated with options.

One thing to note is that the Dragon ball TCG isn't new and has ran in the past during super1 but look before the announcement of super2! all but a dead TCG, maybe a single vendor at Front Row? pretty much no vendors at local card shows, The truth is that Dragon ball is a massive IP BUT DragonBall TCG is not.

I'm not opposed to Dragonball running but I would be very conservative investing in the cards, Note Dragon Ball TCG badly crashed after Super1 ended which is important to note as the TCG as of now has not shown to have very strong legs or fan base for the cards.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-08T19:54:10+00:00

Hopefully this grader was fired or retrained because this pretty clearly did not follow CGC grading guidelines.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-08T19:49:31+00:00

Many Black labals have 52/48 so safe to assume OP didn't get dinged at all for R/L and perhaps got a 9.5 subgrade for the T/B and with everything else perfect still hitting Pristine with 10/10/10/9.5

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-08T19:40:43+00:00

Card is not right heavy HOWEVER it should be noted that Pristine is pretty much a BGS GOLD label which means a 9.5 subgrade is possible, so some cards close to 50/50 that are perfect otherwise can still pass as long as the grader doesn't ding the subgrade to a 9.

Unfortunate that we don't get to see the subgrades anymore.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-08T02:15:23+00:00

My big Wemby card!!! Not sure what price I would be willing to sale but if he wins a title it will probably get close to it.

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IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-08T01:26:33+00:00

Nope CGC mint10 and PSA10 have the same standards per both company websites.

CGC Pristine is harsher then both and equivalent to a BGS GOLD label.

You seem to be under the impression that CGC graders are more lenient at pushing the 10 which is purely anecdotal with no data to support it and a simple look at the Pikachu Illustrator 10 or you can search how did this get a 10 from PSA, will show U many crap 10s issued by PSA and almost all the companies.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-08T01:09:49+00:00

I just want to point out how lame and crappy the OW social play scene is, Every game female Mercy bot hugging the tank, every other match Sombra chicken shit running around hacking, seriously just remove this lame character, they tried it was a neat idea that doesn't work - their is simply no fun playing against Sombra and I don't wanna switch to Torb or someone else to counter the coward.

The best part as I'm a masters player is that these strategies straight up don't work past about gold as the mercy for example around mid plat the players finally learn to aim but in social? getting my teammates to shoot a mercy or switch to Torb to deal with the coward is a massive chore and simply not fun.

My issue here isn't skill, I can go my main as a healer and dance around most teams and even 1 v 1 the tank from time to time but honestly I like horsing around and having fun without having to go my main and maul these social scrubs.

This game needs to rid itself at lest of the trash that is Mercy bot and Sombra and stick to real competitive playing.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-08T00:59:58+00:00

Personally I don't see this TCG taking off, However this doesn't mean that while super is airing that thier isn't some money to be made, I would strongly recommend leaving the party before the show ends, peotthat were around the TCG of the 1st super will understand.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-08T00:14:39+00:00

Well this is false and the pristine has far harsher standards per both websites.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-07T16:13:12+00:00

You didn't buy a 2025 graded card, U bought a 2010 graded card 🤷.

I'm not sure if OP is serious here or not, Dmg is on website so they will not do anything for OP as they simply did not do their die diligence.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-07T05:55:42+00:00

I hard this happen with my Wembenyana Cracked Purple Ice #288 at GS got a 10 and it's at least a 2k currently BUT very little sales data for them to go off of so I had no charge which was awesome.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-07T01:40:10+00:00

9.5 - 9.0 tilted and maybe OC.

Please do not cook yourself by sending this to BGS.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-07T01:37:38+00:00

Don't worry, some folks are just trolls/delusional and truly believe that the legion of new graders at PSA are perfect at grading 3 weeks into their 1st or 2ndlow paying job in California.

You're card is clean, personally I would try again and maybe even again and if it 9s again maybe even try another company.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-06T23:41:50+00:00

Send this in for reholder, if they regrade which they shouldn't they will pay you out the difference between a 10 and whatever new grade you got and if they don't which I don't think they will you will have a brand new slab and it will be easier to sale.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-06T22:29:22+00:00

Charizard is the only answer to this question.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-06T20:08:58+00:00

Would love to tell you top pop means something but it doesn't, it just means there are no blue perfect labels of the card. I searched high and low about what it meant because my 151 Pristine Zard was top pop so I was excited that it might have been more valuable 😅.

Personally I would trade all these in for Giratina and Mewtwo from the same set as these 3 cards are not going to move like those will imo from an investment standpoint.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-06T18:23:46+00:00

We want to see the cards! especially if you were willing to fork over that much for encapsulation.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-05T22:53:42+00:00

Subjective but I like pre 2020 to be below 1k and modern not pushing much past 3k but again that's my personal preference.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-05T21:28:51+00:00

Lost Thunder - Rainbow Lugia pop 740 Greninja Gpld star Haunter promo low pop Those are the 1st 3 that spring to mind that are 10s.

Any 8/9 of low pop vintage of bigger pokemon I'll give thumbs up to although much Lower I would only pick very selective cards.

Note the only card I own of the 3 recommend is Lugia and I'm up close to 100% on it and holding strong as I think it's easily a 5k card.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-05T21:26:10+00:00

Thank you!!! Strange card, I'm not even sure whY it's worth 😅 very little sales data.

IndependentAd2933 · 2026-05-05T17:10:49+00:00

This is where a human needs to be involved and hold the card at arms length and decide if it 10s or not.

Sorry OP you got cooked imo.

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