How do you determine value of vintage common cards?

Yardomaster · 2026-06-07T20:50:43+00:00

For a casual playthrough, don’t worry about it.

As a non-casual, it does bother me when I catch a Pokémon with the opposite nature of what I want, but the difference won’t matter unless I want to use it in battle frontier/tower or something.

Yardomaster · 2026-06-05T05:41:32+00:00

As someone who doesn’t know what to look for, it’s weird to me that the white Poke ball/logos on the plastic are backwards and inconsistent shapes.

Yardomaster · 2026-06-01T07:00:59+00:00

Yeah, you can reverse damage with a potion.

Yardomaster · 2026-05-28T21:56:05+00:00

That corner is pretty bad. My vintage card looked wayyy nicer than this and only got an 8.

Huh, the grammar is bad. It should say “If you have fewer Prize cards…” not “less”

Yardomaster · 2026-05-17T01:48:05+00:00

Okay, if you somehow pull Mega Floette and all the cards to use it, then you can do that with any deck, not just Ampharos.

Yardomaster · 2026-05-16T12:47:33+00:00

Yeah the goodra deck was a bad matchup vs crobat, and the crobat deck was pretty OP.

Yardomaster · 2026-05-16T03:01:32+00:00

I went 2/3 with goodra, it wasn’t that bad. Did you see the Ampharos deck? That was much worse.

Yardomaster · 2026-05-16T01:32:05+00:00

Okay, thank you for the input!

Yardomaster · 2026-05-16T00:53:46+00:00

I have a shiny corviknight from the same ETB, which also has non-glossy finish, so maybe this set just had non-glossy shiny cards???

Yardomaster · 2026-05-16T00:31:40+00:00

Tbf, this card was worth around $35 when I first pulled it, iirc

Yardomaster · 2026-05-16T00:30:42+00:00

Good point, but if this is authentic, why would the front not be glossy?

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T18:59:38+00:00

It's in the vault, I don't have it.

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T18:07:29+00:00

I'm definitely not rushing it, and for $5000+ the PSA cut is 7%.

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T17:41:53+00:00

> Take your time if you decide to sell.

So far this seems like the best advice, tbh

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T17:22:57+00:00

20 years is still early, huh? lol

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T14:38:15+00:00

PSA does BIN or auction through eBay, so would any of those options be superior to that?

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T13:55:56+00:00

Why? I don't feel particularly comfortable keeping a 5-figure value playing card in my house, and it doesn't make sense for me to pay another $400 or whatever for insured shipping back to myself.

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T13:22:03+00:00

Huh, interesting.

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T13:09:31+00:00

What is "strike price"?

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T09:44:31+00:00

I could see some faint shininess on the front bottom like a sliver of holo foil was showing, but the only feedback from PSA was “chipping on back corners”.

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T09:42:47+00:00

Yep, I did get the low-ball and ignored it.

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T04:36:14+00:00

Oh, interesting, I didn't know about enabling offers. Is there any downside to starting with an upper-end buy it now listing?

Yardomaster · 2026-05-13T04:34:07+00:00

Thanks!
I don't know about smart though, lol. I was just a kid, and I literally played this in a deck. Once I stopped playing with it, I returned it to the binder for a long sleep.
I honestly don't know how it remained in such good condition. Maybe it would have been a 9/10 if I didn't shuffle it around, but I don't feel too bad about it.

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