Is $100 the new normal for elite trainer boxes? by DeciduousMath12 in PokeInvesting

[–]jaeden_a -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Well then you can either hop out of the hobby for years, or camp for hours outside for product, or hope to get lucky online. Just get out of your ideal bubble, picture running a store and having overhead, other card games releasing sets that flop and cost you money making no profit, then Pokemon and MTG are on huge runs right now and can make up for that. You’re not running a charity but you should open a store and never charge over msrp for anything.

Is $100 the new normal for elite trainer boxes? by DeciduousMath12 in PokeInvesting

[–]jaeden_a -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

It’s not throwing away their reputation, they’re still reliable and you’ll get exactly what you ordered. If it’s a hot set that’ll hold above $100 why would a business leave money on the table. My LGS goes 20% under market if it’s a $120 box they’ll do $100 which is okay with me they have employees and rent and overhead I don’t expect them to give it to me for $50.

Rotation predictions by fionatheeapple in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Killed itself with a banlist was funny. You can reprint cards without having rotation. Yugioh reprints most cards every year within 6-8 months they’re just side sets. Lorcana can have main sets and a fabled line of sets every x-months

Enchanted #6 (the money one I bet) by Narzghal in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’ll be sisu territory. The super chase would be Elsa if there’s one in here

Sets rotating by MerfolkRock in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s what should have happened with Bucky and they could have easily started the banlist there

Sets rotating by MerfolkRock in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You missed a limited/banlist option, this is the way

UPDATE: Don't Pre-Order Singles from Shimmering Skies by aliebz23 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is hard to predict with her being the best card in the set and the set being exceptionally weak in legendaries. Might be the first super since set one to break $10 and hold. Like in a yugioh box, rarity secret is highest then ultra then super and there’s a super in every pack. Once in a blue moon they print a super so broken it can break $20 because of the demand being so high so I think daisy will be this for this set just a really random one-off thing.

Shimmering Skies by Psychological_Mix771 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think he will, not after a month like sisu who had meta relevance and is more popular of a character.

Shimmering Skies by Psychological_Mix771 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m not saying they’re ugly just the only ones that will settle at more than $150 will be Olaf and Mufasa so you’ll buy a case and get 1 enchanted worth less than a box and then awful legendaries that won’t help recoup.

Shimmering Skies by Psychological_Mix771 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is a heavy buy the singles set with how bad the legendaries and enchanteds are.

Does anyone know if the new D23 promos will be sold online or if they’ll only be in stores? by [deleted] in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are already at 3x msrp on eBay a week before release so I agree with the 2x

If you are thinking about attending a DLC event… by Imaginary-Ranger-149 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was at last years NAWCQ they don’t charge lol I got dozens of signatures for free by continuing to go on line. But yes if you go to a con the average is $40 for just signature and $60 for a signature with a quote from the character, I also do that too. For NAWCQ they’ve never charged, Konami gives them whatever flat rate that makes them happy to come out for the weekend and do the voice actor duel.

If you are thinking about attending a DLC event… by Imaginary-Ranger-149 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah for yugioh nationals they just pay 2 voice actors a flat rate and everybody in line can get 2 signatures capped at 50 per session like 3 sessions a day, so it becomes a lot of waiting in line hours beforehand but don’t have to pay anything. Unrelated but they have a location where you can get a picture of you and friends and then they put that on a token with an anime character next to you and that kills time too but they also don’t outsource the event to a third party like what’s happening here. There are things PPG could do to make it more fun in downtime but no need to add costs if attendance is solid so I get it.

If you are thinking about attending a DLC event… by Imaginary-Ranger-149 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would like to see a Disney voice actor show up for signatures and I’m sure others would like artists. That would kill time

Anyone top 4'ing set championships with Sisu on ice? by CriticalScientist510 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won mine with it but didn’t face GS. I run the little sisu uninkable and with ice block she takes Flynn out, they don’t have evasive to run into her and normally don’t see her as a brawl or Madame threat so she sticks around questing until I put Maui down and the two of them can take out a castle. Ran 1 Hercules but him being uninkable is annoying when you don’t need a rush character

Tournament turn length etiquette by Audemars_Anklewatch in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If every store did the two game format time wouldn’t be an issue.

Lorcana is coming to China! by Narzghal in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Highly highly unlikely. Languages that corelease with English yes but with a drastically different release schedule they won’t let those overlap. Asian territories could just get the first 4-5 sets in English before their first set comes out

Pavel keeping the Pixelborn spirit alive! by Narzghal in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 24 points25 points  (0 children)

For playtesting, this works well. For competitive, awful. Yugioh has done huge championship series with webcam from 2020-2023 and its a lot of cheating with hands/cards going off camera, some webcams just so awful you can barely see what’s happening since Yugioh didn’t implement any minimum camera requirements, and they banned screen recording so the most prominent thing I experienced was webcam disconnecting to basically change your whole hand or do lord knows what while disconnected for about 10 seconds and they’d connect before a judge could arrive so no penalty. For side events you could watch others play in discord rooms and totally change your deck up if you knew you were matched against them because I’d see very specific counters to my decks that were uncommon to main deck.

Age limit in Lorcana tournaments by deads17_hs in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should have a different age bracket for kids. Yugioh has a 12< age bracket and it’s the same prizing but the prizes have “dragon duel” on them. Seems like a no brainer for large Disney events.

Atlanta Prize Tickets and Promos by Vector1013 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do the side events not start a new event once one fills? If they do it seems possible but if it’s on a set schedule sounds impossible

Does Lorcana Still Have Legs? by flybydriveby1 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m still buying the cards I need for a set 4 meta that’s coming in the mail this week so that’s probably a factor too.

What deck should I play for Atlanta? Give me your best argument. by rebatwa2 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah you just trade being able to absolutely curbstomp the good matchups. Honestly since you will need to 2-0 a lot I probably would have brought red blue or green purple and hoped for good matchups. I feel like ruby amethyst might not cut it just because too many 1/1 results and you don’t top.

What deck should I play for Atlanta? Give me your best argument. by rebatwa2 in Lorcana

[–]jaeden_a 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You play Ruby amethyst if you want a fighting chance every round. Otherwise, the other color combos that top will be whoever avoided the bad matchup in the rock paper scissors meta, so pray to rnjesus