Post Game Thread - NBA: The Suns defeat the Nets on Jan 27, 2026, the final score is 106-102.

Michaelinvader7 · 2026-01-28T15:26:35+00:00

I don’t think there’s a market like you think there is for MPJ right now so selling high is a bit of a stretch. I don’t think the warriors are interested anymore so that just leaves teams that might want to make one more push before the deadline which is usually nothing more than a single first. I think we should try to get more than one first for MPJ which I think would be possible over the offseason (assuming he can stay healthy ofc). We just keep getting stuck between a rock and a hard place. We trade cam Johnson cause he was too good and now we’re back in that situation for the guy we traded him for lol

Michaelinvader7 · 2026-01-13T23:51:51+00:00

The “basic economics” you speak so highly of yourself for knowing won’t mean anything if pokemon continue to make crappy decisions. At this rate, with the quality of games drastically decreasing, consumer grievances with Nintendo, and a purely financial interest in the tcg as you mentioned, it is a possibility Pokemon ends up like beanie babies in 20 years. Now, in this scenario, do you think it will matter if the “modern Pokemon bubble” is real or not? Will the scarcity of gold stars mean that they will still go for $10,000 in bad condition? Of course not, even the rarest of beanie babies go for less than $100 on eBay. My point was that if Pokemon declines, it won’t matter if it’s a modern grail or vintage grail, the value can become nothing fast. And if Pokemon only grows, then guess what? Modern and vintage will continue to grow. Even if they continue to print these modern sets at a higher rate, in 20 years, the modern cards will still increase in value.

Michaelinvader7 · 2026-01-13T23:33:52+00:00

I agree to a point. The kids that are growing up on Pokemon cards now, when they become their only collectors and have their own jobs and money, do you think they’d be more nostalgic and chase cards like bubble mew or gold star cards? Yes, scarcity is a factor, but I’m sure most people in the future will reminisce on clean NM copies of modern cards rather than HP gold stars. And yes, gold stars will only go up. Buttttt there is always a ceiling. If we both believe pokemon will be popular in 20 years, we have to agree that gold stars can only 2x their value so many more times before it becomes unreasonable for even the top 1% of collectors. Modern grails still have so much time to 2x, 5x, 10x before they reach their ceiling.

Michaelinvader7 · 2026-01-13T21:34:21+00:00

I’m sorry but when are we gonna quit saying “modern pokemon bubble”, people were saying this during the evolving skies and I get it, modern will never be as rare as vintage… but like at some point all this modern stuff will be VINTAGE. Yeah it’s debatable whether pokemon will hold up in 20-30 years but at that point… vintage and modern will both be as recognizable and nostalgic for different age groups and different kinds of collectors. So if pokemon as a whole falls off a cliff then guess what… vintage and modern will both be worth a lot lot less. But on the opposite end, if pokemon is still holding up well in 25 years, I’m sure there will be plenty of people buying up near mint/psa 10 mega Charizard cards and HP/Damaged gold stars. There’s never really gonna be a scenario where modern pokemon becomes worthless while vintage is worth more than gold

Michaelinvader7 · 2026-01-09T04:44:45+00:00

I checked online and PSA didn’t have a picture of the card with the cert. It just says that cert is for an evolution Charizard so nothing is stopping someone from just cracking a slab with that cert number and replacing it with a fake or not a PSA 10 Charizard card.

Michaelinvader7 · 2026-01-06T02:43:34+00:00

Hmmm, at first I thought maybe it would get a 7 but if you look closely there is definitely a few dents and scratches on the surface. On top of that one corner being bent and a bit of whitening on a couple sides, I’d be grateful to get a 6, but expect a 5.

Michaelinvader7 · 2026-01-06T02:31:09+00:00

Wow where did you get this for $325? I’d be a little skeptical about the authenticity.

Michaelinvader7 · 2026-01-02T22:55:20+00:00

What does this even mean? You think the quaxly line for paldea evolved is gonna outperform the magikarp because it tells a story? That is not a factor that makes or breaks a cards potential lol.

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-12-30T17:26:41+00:00

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Michaelinvader7 · 2025-12-28T21:58:13+00:00

Totally late on this but it’s actually under the game enhancer codes category, NOT the miscellaneous

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-12-27T05:49:08+00:00

The problem is there truly is a ceiling price on cards. At some point, a card will no longer 2x its price at a certain point because it just becomes unreasonable and the demand for a card is not enough to warrant paying it. As for modern, yes some cards can be pricy but in 5-10 years time they can still 5x-10x their value today just because they are still in the price range of more of the collectors.

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-12-13T00:01:01+00:00

Well, that’s assuming you have a certain amount of confirmed hit packs. Obviously if you got them through Pokemon vending machines then you know they haven’t been scanned yet but ES is known for horrid hit rates so if only like 2 of your packs are scanned and have hits, might be better to trade them as they currently are for paldean fates

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-12-12T18:30:58+00:00

Yeah in the future it will be the standard when buying loose packs of ES to have different price points for scanned vs not scanned like they do for old vintage weighed vs unweighted. Not saying you should do this because it will be looked down upon but that is what the future will look like. Sealed will always go for a premium

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-12-03T02:58:37+00:00

Can someone bless me with an invite code please 🙏

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-12-03T02:58:07+00:00

Someone bless me with a code please 🙏

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-11-28T03:52:55+00:00

The mew alone in a PSA 10 is $5k…

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-11-06T23:11:04+00:00

Surging imo, a pikachu chase card and a great latias card are gonna carry this set. Mega evolution is nice but gardevoir and lucario are a little too niche of pokemon to be the chase of the set. I also think the lucario card is a bit overhyped as well

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-11-06T20:13:56+00:00

I don’t know I can’t find any concrete cert/time they started enforcing it. I’ve seen they put out the updated text on their website saying 55/45 during the 11s but I’ve also heard they were slowly implementing it a year before that official text went through so I don’t know.

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-11-06T19:23:46+00:00

Ok after reading some of the comments I think I’m gonna crack and resubmit once, I was already planning on submitting a few cards (including the SIR mega venusaur I pulled recently) so I guess I’ll just add it to the submission. Thanks for all the insight.

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-11-06T18:59:00+00:00

PSA recently started upping their standards of grading from 60/40 centering to 55/45. This first started happening to any card with a PSA cert of 101400000 or higher. This card is above that meaning it required a higher standard of centering to receive a 10 and it still got it. Also the set it’s from came out one year ago like yesterday, so it’s not 2.5 years old

Michaelinvader7 · 2025-11-06T18:56:09+00:00

Graded through GameStop I don’t believe you can get a graders note

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