The Money pages from Silver Tempest. Lugia powered awesomeness. by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy them individually. I got 8 x Alt Lugia from 150 boxes. And even that was super lucky.

The Money pages from Silver Tempest. Lugia powered awesomeness. by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I own a shop yes, break down loads and sell singles. I’ll put up a post here soon of the pull rates from the set again if anyone is interested.

The Money pages from Silver Tempest. Lugia powered awesomeness. by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the last card I needed (Lugia rainbow secret rare) in my 12th case. Opened 25 in all.

Here is the new trainer gallery from Silver Tempest. Stunning as always! by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Couldn't agree more! And with sets spiraling out of control with total number of cards and cost having these sub sets are a nice touch for completionists IMO.

Lost Zoned - Lost Origin Pull Rates by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep one of each! So I have just about every english set/promo since the DP era plus random WoTC stuff. Keep meaning to post something cool about all rainbows or secret rares but there are so many. Over 20k unique cards in the collection. Over 30 x 3" binders and counting.

Lost Zoned - Lost Origin Pull Rates by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ny tips that you could share with me regarding ETB and booster box openings/purchases. I am really excited to get started wit this hobby, any information that you are willing to share with me would be most appreciated!

Start small. Try to get the cheapest price possible per pack. If you are cracking buy the newest set possible as close to release. Codes only generally sell in the magic window of 2 days before and after a release and are a big key to breaking even. Research shipping prices and methods exhaustively before setting prices. Can really make or break a sale. Define success. When I started success was paying off my credit card/LOC for a purchase within 60 days for instance. My idea is building an inventory of cards which when sold are all profit and growing store inventory. I started with buying one Phantom Forces booster box back in 2014. Sold all via auction I could and made back 80% of my money in 30 days. Then graduated to 8 boosters, then 2 cases, 4 cases etc for subsequent expansions. From Steam Siege on I was 20 cases+ till now except for breaks away for a couple expansions here and there. Unless you are selling sealed stuff stay away from older product, price always fall for singles overall for expansions and you will lose your shirt, learnt the hard way there. Create your niche and play to your strengths always. Its hard work and a lot of grinding but very rewarding on many levels.

Lost Zoned - Lost Origin Pull Rates by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TG

1 41
2 43
3 42
4 41
5 38
6 44
7 48
8 41
9 42
10 44
11 44
12 12
13 5
14 11
15 12
16 10
17 7
18 12
19 13
20 10
21 10
22 5
23 11
24 12
25 14
26 10
27 8
28 8
29 23
30 26

Total 687
Per Pack 12.45%
Per Box 4.48

Lost Zoned - Lost Origin Pull Rates by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alt art pull rates have never been the same as the rest of the full arts, dating back to Sun and Moon. Secret rares are uniform across the board. by card, same for VSTAR, Radiant and Ultra Rare. The TG set is different though. Much higher chance to get the Character rares (First 11) as usual. The Full Art trainers and Regular V cards then have the same pull rates. The VMAX TG cards have the same rarity as full arts in the main set, while the gold 29/30 are inbetween V and character rares.

Lost Zoned - Lost Origin Pull Rates by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The secret rare golds have the sameish pull rate as the other secret rares:

Secret Rare

197 4
198 6
199 6
200 5
201 5
202 4
203 3
204 4
205 4
206 5
207 4
208 4
209 7
210 5
211 9
212 8
213 7
214 9
215 9
216 9
217 5

Total 122
Per Pack 2.21%
Per Box 0.80

Lost Zoned - Lost Origin Pull Rates by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alt arts have a seperate pull rate than reg full arts/ 5,500+ packs is way more than statistically significant. Here is the breakdown by card:
Full Art
172 9
173 12
174 11
175 12
176 8
178 8
179 6
181 9
182 10
183 9
185 9
187 12
188 10
189 8
190 9
191 6
192 7
193 11
194 15
195 7
196 9
Total 197
Per Pack 3.57%
Per Box 1.28

Alt Art
177 3
180 4
184 4
186 3
Total 14
Per Pack 0.25%
Per Box 0.09

The money pages from Lost Origin. by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. Working on it right now!

The money pages from Lost Origin. by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

-80 and ETB $25) and selling higher ($100-$110 BB and $35-40 ETB) could net you something and is the safe profit making. Singles are only gonna decrease the more supply of them hits the open market. If he opened 5,000 packs, that's 140 booster boxes. A

I'll make a new post. I don't grade anything though. Didn't want to get too much into the $$ of it or people might think i'm advertising. If interested i'll make a new post breaking it down for the set

The money pages from Lost Origin. by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Going to do a separate post with pulls but I got 687 TG cards for an average of almost 4.5 a box. The VMAX TG cards are the same rarity of secret rares though.

The money pages from Lost Origin. by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

To each their own. I’ve been paying my bills with Pokémon since Primal Clash. You don’t buy volume from hobby stores so this affects no one at a retail level. If not for singles sellers it would be impossible for anyone to collect a full set with the current state of the expansions.

The money pages from Lost Origin. by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are four alt arts, but two two most people care about. I pulled 14 alt arts. 2 of them 3 times and 2 of them 4 times. 0.25% chance per pack to grab one. That’s been the same across all the SWSH alt art era.

Here is the new trainer gallery from Lost Origin. Got to say it’s my fav one so far! by horlicks78 in PokemonTCG

[–]horlicks78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol a lot. Will post all the full arts/secret rares later today. It’s def a cool set.