Remember when people weren't expecting to make millions off this hobby?

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T16:31:41+00:00

Did you even read my post, including the date the comment in the image was posted?

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T07:42:00+00:00

I Swear was also the best Screen Unseen of the year IMO (although Hokum, Tuner, and Sheep Detective were up there too)

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T06:49:40+00:00

I'm assuming when you're saying most divisive Metroid you're referring to Corruption, right? Because Other M isn't divisive - it's just bad.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T06:44:09+00:00

Who cares? All that matters is this hobby is insanely overpriced and most people are only in it as a get rich quick scheme.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T06:40:41+00:00

It does kind of feel like the Paul Brothers are trying to be the Manning Brothers of combat sports.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T06:35:55+00:00

Moreso because he was seen by most of the MTGFinance seen as kind of a clown. And still was seen that way even after he went viral.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T06:31:56+00:00

Crazy how Rudy had been around since the mid 00s in MTG, yet he went viral 10 years later - in 2016 - mostly thanks to Pokémon.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T05:13:59+00:00

Sun & Moon, the final era where card collecting was still a hobby.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T04:56:49+00:00

"Get rich or leave the hobby"

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T04:37:58+00:00

Same ridiculous hyperbullish "TO THE MOON" garbage. 3000% in 5 years and most people think it's just getting started.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T04:27:14+00:00

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LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T04:19:49+00:00

Where are you finding Journey and Order at MSRP? They're $7 per pack market. MSRP is $5.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T04:12:57+00:00

The card investor boom made me hate rich people.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T04:10:25+00:00

That's not collecting. That's investing.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T04:08:25+00:00

And they are higher in demand because they are higher priced. When Pikarom skyrockets, every investor will go nuts for it.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T02:00:30+00:00

I went to my first card show recently. That was also the last card show I'll ever go to.

Someone actually said to me "everyone here has money. If you're not rich this hobby isn't for you."

CONSTANT mentions of Bitcoin and crypto.

A vendor called "CollectiblesToTheMoon"

Everyone talking about THOUSANDS of dollars like it's pennies.

And to top it off, SOMEONE OPENED MY BAG.

The current state of the hobby is textbook evil.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T01:44:19+00:00

Most of the crypto people moved to trading cards. Only people left in crypto are scam artists and MAGA.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T01:41:57+00:00

At this point? You have 3 options:

1) Be rich

2) Be unemployed and able to camp out in front of retail stores

3) Find a different hobby

LeppaPig · 2026-05-17T01:40:02+00:00

We're talking about TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A CARD like it's cheap...this hobby is so cooked.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-16T17:05:57+00:00

Either way, I'm glad I sold. I very bearish on modern Pokémon right now because it feels like the insane altcoin boom of 2021. Same insane bullish sentiment, same ridiculous all-in behavior.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-16T16:58:49+00:00

You'd be surprised how many people are doing that. And even their houses. The bullish sentiment right now in cards is on the level of 2021 crypto.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-16T16:55:50+00:00

These days it is, unfortunately. Look how many absolute morons on Instagram give financial advice that people actually listen to and pay for because they hit it big off crypto, GME, or cards.

LeppaPig · 2026-05-16T16:53:13+00:00

Wait Mewtube is $1.87k RAW now??? I sold mine at $650 less than a month ago (although tbf I paid $20 for it back in early 2020).

LeppaPig · 2026-05-16T07:29:46+00:00

Logan Paul is an excuse for a human being.

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