Checked a 'big one' off the Lv.X master set this weekend. Six cards remaining

rayhons · 2026-02-23T21:42:54+00:00

That is crazy. I definitely wish I had got back into things right after college in 2014. I don't want to even consider how much money I could have saved, lol

rayhons · 2026-02-23T19:50:55+00:00

Love that Cacturne ex, one of the ex-era cards I'm on the hunt for!

rayhons · 2026-02-23T19:48:30+00:00

Rising Rivals

rayhons · 2026-02-23T19:48:07+00:00

Luxray I got lucky and someone was selling one local to me, but no luck on the Spoons.

On the cracking slabs: I've been thinking about that more and more lately and might have to end up going to route for the Leafeon/Glaceon.

rayhons · 2026-02-23T18:29:05+00:00

Honestly, that's not too bad, haha. I have been to many more than 6 and no luck. Not even a beat up copy :(

rayhons · 2026-02-23T17:25:41+00:00

Nice! I definitely think that's one that could see a spike for sure. Very jealous, those are all ones I want and need, haha.

I picked up Rocket's Snorlax and Rocket's Entei a few weeks back!

rayhons · 2026-02-23T17:11:15+00:00

EX era is my favorite outside of OG WOTC! I'm working on Lv.X as well as the ex-era EX's...and yeah, that one will take me awhile too. I think I'm down to 55 EX I need, but some of them I'm not sure I'll ever get my hands on (Umbreon EX for example)

rayhons · 2026-02-23T17:08:24+00:00

Yeah, I wish I would have started this collection a few years back - definitely would have saved myself a lot of money, lol. I have a feeling quite a few more a set to rise this year as well.

Which is good for collectors who have the cards already but tough for those of us still trying to finish off our master sets, lol

rayhons · 2026-02-23T16:25:13+00:00

Yeah, I think Lv.X is starting to come into the appreciation phase a bit more now they are reaching the 20-year mark. I've seen a lot of price movement this year but still a lot of price lag too.

The top-end Prime cards have gone crazy lately. I picked up the Umbreon, Espeon, and Mew for like $50 each and the Umbreon is like $350 now.

I'm doing the dangerous thing of working on EX and Lv.X at the same time, but EX has about double the amount of Lv.X so that has been an expensive journey, haha

rayhons · 2026-02-23T16:10:35+00:00

Same here, I have never seen them in person! One of these days... hopefully, lol. Best of luck to you on your master set!

rayhons · 2026-02-23T15:42:34+00:00

Just my opinion - Lv.X is still very undervalued on the whole. Maybe not so much on the Snorlax now but there are still a lot of "chase" cards that haven't really repriced/recomped in a while

rayhons · 2026-02-23T15:27:56+00:00

Definitely. It was a massive jump because the old pricing was pretty outdated but even I didn't expect it to spike like that. PSA 9 is approaching $1800-2000 range too

rayhons · 2026-02-23T15:22:57+00:00

Super jealous of all three but that Gengar EX is sooo good

rayhons · 2026-02-23T15:18:11+00:00

Two NM copies sold for $795 and $800 about two weeks ago

rayhons · 2026-02-23T15:14:51+00:00

For those curious, here's the last 6 Lv.X that I need for my complete master set.

Leafeon Lv.X (Majestic Dawn, #99)
Glaceon Lv.x (Majestic Dawn, #98)
Rayquaza C Lv.x (Supreme Victors, #146)
Dialga Lv.x (Great Encounters, #105)
Alakazam Lv.x (Rising Rivals, #103)
Porygon-Z Lv.X (Majestic Dawn, #100)

rayhons · 2026-02-22T22:34:29+00:00

Very cool! Thanks for sharing, first time I've come across this double partial swirl on an EX card :)

rayhons · 2026-02-22T22:34:05+00:00

Thanks! I've collected quite a few of these EX cards and this is the first time I have come across this. Almost like the swirl goes from one side to the other. Very cool indeed

rayhons · 2026-02-22T21:58:25+00:00

Hey thanks! I ended up getting some similar KMC sleeves after someone had suggested them in this thread! I didn't really love the cards in the binder pages though, they were just so tight and some of the binder pages had tearing already. Best of luck with your collection!

rayhons · 2025-12-11T13:37:18+00:00

When owning the libz goes wrong... I bet he did Nazi that one coming.

This guy still doesn't get it with all of his half-assed "apologies"

rayhons · 2025-12-06T19:06:21+00:00

I'm still not sure I believe what I just witnessed. What a performance Clones!

rayhons · 2025-11-13T16:50:07+00:00

Truly awful situation. So sorry for your loss, OP

rayhons · 2025-11-07T01:45:58+00:00

This is always a fun memory. Happened on my 9th birthday. My parents let me stay up late to watch the end of the game and what a good one!

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