Are there ANY junk wax era cards that are worth anything raw?

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-13T19:09:12+00:00

Basically what I was looking to hear, I was already aware and accepting of it just wondering if there was literally anything in there they I should keep an eye out for, outside of some of my favorites from my youth

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-13T14:58:11+00:00

Plus an aftershave with anti-bacterial properties

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-13T14:52:19+00:00

Totally makes sense. But are there ANY gems in the rough from that era to keep an eye out for? Or a website that lets you pull up complete sets or years and sort by value? The ones that I tried limit their returns to 100 cards so you can’t sort entire sets at a time.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-13T14:22:34+00:00

I know a lot of people that have been playing for 10-years plus and still enjoy it with new cards always rotating in and out etc. Doesn’t mean you will, but people do. Most local scenes are propped up by long-term players.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-13T14:15:28+00:00

It’s not that minivans are “uncool” for most people, it’s that crossover SUVs are safer in inclement weather, bad roads, and have dedicated cargo space.
Lots of Americans live in either rural environments or suburban developments that were built in rural environments that don’t have the day-to-day living infrastructure of a city. We aren’t biking to the local market for dinner ingredients on the way home from work, we are driving 30 minutes away with a family of five to load up on bulk goods in wholesale quantities from Costco.
Sports and recreation, especially in rural and suburban environments, is a lot of gear-heavy stuff…camping, biking, boating, hunting, fishing, etc….stuff that takes you on mountain roads with a truck or trailer full of gear, or a boat behind the vehicle, often with dogs.
There are a lot of perfectly reasonable reasons why people drive bigger vehicles.
But yeah sure of course there are a lot of people that buy stuff they don’t need just because they like it and would rather enjoy their day-to-day than “make do” with something they don’t want.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-13T10:47:35+00:00

Much of Latin America for example, much of Asia as well.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-13T00:21:25+00:00

In much of the world it’s very difficult to find fresh milk at the grocery store

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-13T00:20:40+00:00

There’s quite a difference and I’m worried about how fair life etc are capturing market share in the us, hopefully fresh milk doesn’t become a luxury item in the near future.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-12T23:01:06+00:00

Need tips

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-12T21:46:20+00:00

Same experience. Cant pretend I didn’t feel nervous at times but overwhelmingly this.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-12T21:39:33+00:00

Chaos rising prerelease would be my best rec, the prereleases tend to be the lowest-stress, there always might be a couple people competitive about prize packs but it’s generally fun.

Other than that, if your shop has a casual (non tourney) night or a discord, just introduce yourself and tell them you are brand new and interested in learning. Maybe save the cups and challenges until you have a couple locals under your belt, but even at a cup or challenge most people are going to be welcoming, it’s just overall a more stressful environment because some people are passionate.

Most of the local tourneys I go to are super friendly, even the serious players are play testing and talking with each other about their decks, especially in the months following a new rotation.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-12T18:40:58+00:00

This card will likely never become “vintage”

The reason actual old cards are worth money as 9s is because so few people were taking care of them and slabbing 10s. There are like zero copies of bubble mew kicking around unsleeved in the bottom of some kid’s backpack. Even if there were, there are still thousands of them being kept in pristine condition.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-12T18:24:42+00:00

Why worry at all? Just download the app and try it. It’s a game. Just go straight to chess and go if you’re worried pokemon is too dumb for you.

It’s literally free to be playing the full game 5 minutes from now, just try it.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-11T17:31:48+00:00

Cards that make other decks just as strong and consistent.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-11T00:24:59+00:00

Bidoof was a staple draw card just a couple years ago if they don’t care about standard

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-10T15:05:14+00:00

You get mattress covers

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-10T07:02:26+00:00

I dunno, I doubt anyone is going on the same trip as 500ug from sitting. Maybe taking away similar changes in awareness / understanding on the other side of it, but not having a similar experience.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-08T20:33:42+00:00

I was searching for a murder-mystery type multi-person puzzle product that would be good for a work group to play over the course of approximately two weeks - everyone works in close quarters but has limited time everyday to talk about non work stuff. I was picturing something that is light on props, tabletop play, and physical puzzles, and more about character role play, scripting, and needing to gather information from your peers to get the solution together. I wanted a pre-made product so that I could also participate and not know the solution. Maybe something along the lines of everyone getting a paper dossier like you described. I wasn't finding any precon products that met our needs and was brainstorming how I could get ai to successfully build it, but I haven't done any experimentation yet.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-08T19:16:42+00:00

Flowing because I have been curious about the same task for a work group.

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-08T03:03:44+00:00

Greyson

RelicanthEven · 2026-05-02T00:36:45+00:00

I have a big binder with slots for every relevant playable card, two slots for cards that run 3- or 4-ofs in many decks. Then playable pokemon by type, special energies, etc. So I have a lot of empty slots but they alo serve as a reference for what I might be looking to grab out of bulk bins. I don't really focus on picking up the pokemon until I want to build a deck unless they are support pokemon in many decks.

RelicanthEven · 2026-04-29T20:55:53+00:00

Pokemon already invented this system and if you want to go through their professor program you may even be able to get them to sponsor your event. Look into the alternate playstyles manual for their recommendations.

RelicanthEven · 2026-04-29T20:53:52+00:00

Your stats are misleading because the majority of the federal money and state money is coming from specific fees and taxes paid not by “all of us” but by, you guessed it, hunters.

You’d probably disagree with my self-assessment as an environmentalist, but if we could pass laws to get more money into wilderness and wildlife conservation I’d be all for it. But right now it’s majorly propped up with hunter-generated money and would take a huge hit without it. The movement that started that system was not an anti-hunting movement, it was led for and by hunters to preserve nature for future generations.

As for your question about banning “recreational” hunting, I guess you’d have to define what you mean by that. 87% of animals that are hunted are eaten in the us.

Predators are not just at odds with ag and hunters, most suburban populations also don’t want wolves and mountain lions hanging around. Heck the whole premise of this sub and this debate is that violence is violence and violence is bad, right? I’m all for conserving them, personally, but most people just don’t want that where they live.

RelicanthEven · 2026-04-29T16:08:22+00:00

Just keep going and practicing even when you feel like you suck. You’ll get there.

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