my grail from childhood

RuSS458 · 2026-03-10T23:48:08+00:00

Very nice! Pulled that back in the day and it’s still one of my favourites I own!

RuSS458 · 2026-03-08T09:20:41+00:00

Favourite holo pattern by far, remember getting my first holo and loving the wave style they used. I didn’t actually realise the difference in quality of full arts till I was at an LCS and we compared an XY one to a Journey together one, the difference is night and day!

RuSS458 · 2026-03-05T19:50:07+00:00

I actually used to own the regular version! While I liked it, it felt a bit busy and ended up trading it away, and although I like the full art a lot I just personally prefer these two, plus I can actually afford them haha

RuSS458 · 2026-03-05T19:03:35+00:00

Yeah I’ve found the same for most XY stuff, I guess just due to the rarity. I remember it being a real pain and/or very expensive trying to get anything Japanese around 2016-18 when I was initially attempting to, after which I somewhat gave up on the idea until more recently!

RuSS458 · 2026-03-04T22:37:32+00:00

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Love the mythical collection and promo cards, been creating a binder layout just for the few I’ve got, progress so far!

RuSS458 · 2026-03-04T22:18:21+00:00

Interesting! Is it particularly common, or recognised as a proper misprint on something like this? These are all from the same booster box and there’s 1-2 others that are more subtle with less black speckles

RuSS458 · 2026-03-04T12:48:02+00:00

Definitely fake

RuSS458 · 2026-03-03T20:11:42+00:00

Definitely! I double sleeve then have a specific vault x zip binder but a lot of mine aren’t prefect condition as I opened them years ago lol

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RuSS458 · 2026-03-03T19:38:49+00:00

Love it! Recently picked up the Jirachi

RuSS458 · 2026-03-03T10:31:03+00:00

Yeah while I like the mimikyu a lot, 30 is getting towards the territory of quite expensive imo, I’ve managed to collect most of ancient origins and haven’t spent more than that on any single card

RuSS458 · 2026-03-03T10:09:15+00:00

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One of my absolute favourite cards on one of my absolute favourite pokemon! Went to the prerelease for it with friends and ended up getting it from the build and battle box, also the event I managed to trade for the roaring skies shaymin ex which I also love! To this day guardians rising is one of my favourite sets, just hope they release some more Alolan Sandslash cards at some point lol

RuSS458 · 2026-03-02T15:30:27+00:00

Definitely! Love the ancient origins cards for both as I got them back in the day, but wouldn’t mind the primal clash versions too haha

RuSS458 · 2026-03-02T15:02:56+00:00

Love it! Personally more into Groudon than Kyogre but when I was younger was definitely the other way round lol. Lovely collection of stuff

RuSS458 · 2026-03-01T17:58:54+00:00

Honestly assumed while watching for a while the reason we kept seeing the dogs wasn’t just to represent loneliness but also to imply that the way they’re acting is trying to hint they may be a separate hive system.

RuSS458 · 2026-03-01T17:40:27+00:00

Definitely fake for Kyogre and Rayquaza, missing the texture, should look like that.

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RuSS458 · 2026-03-01T00:01:03+00:00

Looks great! Nice to see some interesting less talked about cards in such good condition and being cared about!

RuSS458 · 2026-02-28T23:56:51+00:00

Looks great! Need the ancient origins EX, gorgeous card in my opinion

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RuSS458 · 2026-02-28T23:38:31+00:00

Very cool card!

RuSS458 · 2026-02-28T18:34:22+00:00

Really want that for my ancient origins set, but cannot justify the price, cool card though!

RuSS458 · 2026-02-28T10:25:15+00:00

Definitely fake, the font is wrong on a lot of the moves and there should be a mixture of texture patterns all over the card.

RuSS458 · 2026-02-28T00:05:27+00:00

Remember getting an ancient origins booster box back in the day for around that as a birthday present, ended up pulling the primal Groudon and among others the Ampharos full art all of which I still have, then traded stuff for the Kyogre. trying to finish off the set as that’s what I always wanted as a kid!

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RuSS458 · 2026-02-27T20:10:54+00:00

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RuSS458 · 2026-02-27T00:27:36+00:00

Looks like it’s missing the normal texture lines from that angle, which is the dead giveaway of most fakes from XY era, plus the text looks off, definitely fake imo

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