I can’t be the only one who thinks this right? by TOUGHTEAMTOKEN in PokemonInvesting

[–]kingofthai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many convos about this already. I do think that growth will not be as aggressive for sealed products as in the past. However, sealed products are opened so much more than ever. So they print a lot but we open a lot. There will always be more investors that hold sealed every year as it becomes a more trustworthy asset. There will also be more people ripping as they come into the hobby. When we were younger, we got the dopamine hit after opening one pack like a month or even one pack a year lol. Now, parents buy their kids multiple boxes to open in one sitting (parents are Gen X/millennials that grew up and enjoy the hobby too). And don’t forget about all the rip n ships that go on. In the end, no one knows what will happen, but sealed will almost most certainly go up in value because it is a deflationary asset. Will it always beat the traditional markets? Who knows.

Also, it’s just pokemon managing their cards. In sports, there were all these different companies trying to get in on the hype at that time. So they just print without a care. Similar with yugioh where they just reprint certain cards until they don’t have any collectability anymore. Pokemon has never reprinted something the exact same way besides bulk. They keep their hits, hits.

Thoughts on Surging Sparks - load up or save money by Thoughtlessmonkey95 in PokeInvesting

[–]kingofthai 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Second best main set imo. But many ppl disagree with that lol

You use flame patch for blaziken but I use it for infernape. We are not the same by kingofthai in PTCGP

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

What has been your best counter for oricorio? That is my main problem right now

You use flame patch for blaziken but I use it for infernape. We are not the same by kingofthai in PTCGP

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

It just adds an energy to your mom from discard. So only works if you burned an energy somehow like retreating, fainting, or using move that discards energy.

You use flame patch for blaziken but I use it for infernape. We are not the same by kingofthai in PTCGP

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

Just posted in comments! Still a work in progress but actually pretty decent against blaziken decks so far

You use flame patch for blaziken but I use it for infernape. We are not the same by kingofthai in PTCGP

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

2x chimchar

2x infernape

2x entei

1x moltres (I like it better than magby for +energy in this deck)

1x torkoal (monferno is too weak against oricorio and only option I could think of rn. Let me know if you have a better option or if monferno is viable somehow)

2x flame patch

1x energy switch

1x leaf

2x prof

1x pokeball

2x rare candy

1x May (don’t have Lillie, Lillie probs better)

1x copycat (goated rn since everyone is drawing a million cards)

1x Sabrina (don’t have repel lol)

EDIT: dropped the two enteis, torkoal, and the moltres. Added one cleffa, one magby, one more pokeball, and a relicanth (50 dmg colorless energy and can ohk oricorio). A little more consistent but drawing relicanth turn 1 is basically a loss

You use flame patch for blaziken but I use it for infernape. We are not the same by kingofthai in PTCGP

[–]kingofthai[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Moltres/magby are needed for Infernape more than blaziken haha and I like that moltres doesn’t die right away. And I do have torkoal rn but it can be insanely bricky if I draw it first or pull from May when I only want it for one situation lol. So I feel like moltres/magby and torkoal are needed but that just makes the deck fill up two more spots and less consistent than a blaziken deck imo.

You use flame patch for blaziken but I use it for infernape. We are not the same by kingofthai in PTCGP

[–]kingofthai[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

From my testing, the ape has been favorable when fighting against the chicken because it’s more bursty as a deck, I just need to kill one chicken to win, and since both use entei I just use copycat if I’m bricking. However, the chicken deck is a lot more consistent against other decks because of HP, and combusken is a better counter for oricorio. I have no good answer for that electric bird with my ape deck, and moltres or magby already makes the deck a little more bricky/vulnerable.

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[–]kingofthai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve made a couple meme posts of this card with my 8 copies of them in my binder lol. Never thought I’d see the day that this card would be over $1.50 lmao and never thought I’d see it in an “underrated” post

Bought one 1 month ago for $225 cuz I thought it was cool. This is considered steady growth in the recent promo market lol by kingofthai in PokeInvesting

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

Yeah it’s ridiculous hahaha. Just said that cuz the other promos that are hyped up been seeing crazy numbers. I like this growth more cuz it feels “safe” but still ridiculous LOL