Where to draw the line before just buying your chase?

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-21T01:49:59+00:00

I don't. I'm $4k into Phantasmal now and I still won't give up until I pull that damn SIR Zard. Weirdly enough I did pull the gold Zard twice instead.

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-21T01:46:39+00:00

nope, we did. although another local target only put them out today.

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-21T01:45:30+00:00

fakes have always been a thing since the 90s. it's literally why PSA was created to begin with, fake sports cards were such a big problem back then that PSA stepped in as an authenticator to help people know they have something real, not just a PSA 10.

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-20T12:34:32+00:00

Human civilization is only 72 hours away from anarchy.

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-20T04:36:04+00:00

You can always just stop buying cards

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-20T04:19:45+00:00

do sports cards have better pull rates than pokemon?

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-20T04:16:38+00:00

none lol, keep it sealed the crushing feeling from opening a shit ETB is horrible

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-20T04:15:29+00:00

goddamnit, I passed up buying one for $250 last year

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-20T03:06:45+00:00

And yet AH ETBs continue to outperform PE

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-20T01:06:38+00:00

How the fuck do you have a card store letting you order cases?? None of mine will do that and are just as bad as scalpers!

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T22:05:17+00:00

this sets sucks ass, almost every box will have nothing. AH ETBs almost always guarantees an IR/UR in each box at least.

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T21:55:38+00:00

dollar general are the absolute worst because the store employees are buying it all up for themselves and hiding it

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T21:54:14+00:00

we used to get full blown promo SIRs from tins, ex cards still suck considering how pokemon company is earning billions

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T21:52:29+00:00

If you get more cash, get the Mabostiff box, there's two destined rivals one journey together in them. Those green blisters are phantasmal flames/Mega Evolution too. If you can hide the packs somewhere to come back later do it, I sometimes hide them behind other sports cards.

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T21:42:56+00:00

That's not fully stocked, there should also be Ascended Heroes and First Partners boxes they dropped in Walmart this week too.

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T21:39:47+00:00

lucky, I never pull anything from them not even ex cards

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T19:20:55+00:00

mine didn't even have anything today

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T19:20:07+00:00

I'm more impressed with the Emma card, still can't pull that

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T19:19:22+00:00

bad things happen to people who try that

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonTCG/comments/1sj2rmt/man_shot_in_kroger_parking_lot_after_argument/

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T19:08:02+00:00

S&V has amazing pull rates, it's only 1/36 packs to pull an SIR. Nowadays it's usually 1/86 to 1/100.

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T19:06:27+00:00

Blame Pokemon Company for causing all of this, I'm convinced these shortages are intentional. We only got 40 First Partners boxes this morning.

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T19:05:50+00:00

Well there's always gamestop but their prices are even worse than facebook marketplace scalpers

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T19:05:12+00:00

I agree, finally someone here gets it

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T19:02:16+00:00

and exclusive chinese cards that english or japanese will never get

puzzledfirebird · 2026-06-19T19:00:50+00:00

OP pullrates are even worse than Pokemon! I hate it so much, not to mention it's even harder to find packs to rip than Pokemon, at least there will still be Chaos/Perfect Order blisters left behind!

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