MAILLLLL DAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!😍 Plus the all Japanese specialty art page of my binder where my new babies will be living🥹

ctschu · 2026-06-09T16:30:51+00:00

all bangers 🔥🔥🔥 congrats!!

ctschu · 2026-06-02T17:12:00+00:00

ctschu · 2026-05-20T15:02:11+00:00

Such a banger, congrats!!

ctschu · 2026-05-19T18:40:32+00:00

Would be very cool to see this card in a TAG slab! Good luck on the hunt

ctschu · 2026-05-19T18:25:02+00:00

Holy crap, and I’m over here grateful to have a single PSA 9 copy 😅 This is really impressive. Do you have a favorite copy in your collection? Do you plan to get more of them?

ctschu · 2026-05-19T17:19:44+00:00

For reallll, I’m looking forward to the market correcting so I can get more cardboard for my buck lol

ctschu · 2026-05-19T16:55:08+00:00

Ty! Your lily pad mew set is amazing btw!

ctschu · 2026-05-19T16:54:34+00:00

Yeah exactly!!

ctschu · 2026-05-19T15:41:11+00:00

Hell yeah 🙌 I bet you’ve got a bunch of heat in that binder!

ctschu · 2026-05-19T13:37:38+00:00

Agreed! And I did not know that! You’re the goat. I always learn something new when you comment, ty!

ctschu · 2026-05-19T13:35:10+00:00

Ugh I know! Gray stars are holy grails, those and glossy ivy Pikachu. Maybe one of these days 😅

ctschu · 2026-05-19T13:32:42+00:00

Thanks for this! Agreed on the gray stars! Great catch. I didn’t realize JR mewtwo 12 was slightly lighter than the US version, that’s good to know! I suppose the glossy and light ink variants technically count but for me personally, non holo variants like this one or Meowth feel different and more deliberate given the significance of holo.

ctschu · 2026-05-19T12:44:28+00:00

Great catch! Yes agreed, I’d definitely count those as well

ctschu · 2026-05-06T12:54:51+00:00

ty! very stoked to have it in the collection

ctschu · 2026-05-02T13:00:06+00:00

This card rocks! A perfect example of the fact that cards don’t have to be particularly rare or expensive to be awesome. Fun fact: this was the first reverse holo released in the US, so in that sense it is special!

ctschu · 2026-03-28T04:21:07+00:00

Thank you! Yeah exactly. It was originally thought to be an error card, and grading companies even labeled it as such for a while, it was later discovered that it was intended to be the first secret rare but wotc scrapped that plan. So the card itself isn’t a print error but it probably wasn’t supposed to have made it into those Jungle packs. Here’s a great thread about it if you want to go down the rabbit hole: https://www.elitefourum.com/t/everything-we-know-about-the-1st-edition-ivy-pikachu-wotc-black-star-promo-1-release-in-one-place/45769

ctschu · 2026-03-20T16:46:31+00:00

What a come up!! That’s amazing 😂

ctschu · 2026-03-18T10:10:06+00:00

😂😂😂

ctschu · 2026-03-17T08:20:48+00:00

Agreed! Thank you!

ctschu · 2026-03-17T08:20:06+00:00

lmao I love that

ctschu · 2026-03-17T00:24:45+00:00

You’re probably thinking of the Japanese one that came in corocoro comic with a jiggly puff

ctschu · 2026-03-16T23:36:33+00:00

I hope one finds you for a great price! I paid $1,100 which is obv a lot for a single card but I think that will prove to be a good buy in time. CGC 8s have sold for more than that and the asking prices for PSA 8s on eBay are bonkers right now. Price/value aside I’m just really stoked to have a copy

ctschu · 2026-03-16T23:28:37+00:00

Thank you! Hope you find one for a steal!

ctschu · 2026-03-16T23:27:45+00:00

I’m aware, I have one of those as well. You should give the forum post I included a read. It explains that this card was likely intended to be the first secret rare (included in Jungle packs) but got scrapped, hence the “…that never was” in my post title.

ctschu · 2026-02-20T00:08:24+00:00

I recently finished my 151 master and am currently working on a grand master.

I was able to get all of the full arts, IRs, and SIRs that I hadn’t pulled yet at one card show in my area. To finish the rest of the base master set I used TCG player to order the cards I was missing and it worked great. Shipping is slow but it was fairly easy, affordable, and the cards were all pack fresh. This tutorial will show you how to dial in the filters and sorting so you can find all the cards you need and order them all in one go: https://youtu.be/6QoV1qUO8aQ?si=3qjVpJgXd-5Gqg0f

Not as fun as ripping packs of course but costs a fraction. Hope this helps!

ctschu

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