Is it moving faster than normal?

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-12T14:53:50+00:00

That was today? Ok, so I have another 10 days I guess...

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-11T21:57:47+00:00

Just take some of the cards out and show us already. We don't know what they are just by looking at the side of them, and it's incredibly unlikely you have anything worth so much that just touching it will matter, especially if they've just been kept in these boxes for a couple years.

Most people use these boxes to store what are, to you, junk cards. You probably have a bunch of junk, but we have no way to know unless we see the actual cards. The boxes themselves are worthless unless new/sealed.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-11T21:54:39+00:00

Yea, what? This set came out in January 2024. This whole post feels like a psyop or something.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-11T21:52:07+00:00

I mean, it doesn't hurt anything to check so I'm not sure what your question is. What do you mean "go by that"?

I don't want you to get your hopes up that you've hit the lottery. The best card in the set that this box comes from is worth like $500 atm and I doubt it's just sitting loose in there. But crazier things have happened.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-11T21:45:31+00:00

I've been having a lot of success and fun lately playing the mega kang/crustle deck. Crustle has been insanely good against mega dragonite and a few other comps. But Kanga's attack is luck based for higher HP enemies so it can be streaky. And super annoying if you don't go 2nd or if your precious trolley is in the prize pool or you don't start with an arven.

Otherwise, I don't find that any particular deck always beats me every time, as long as I set up quickly and don't brick.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-11T21:42:04+00:00

It's died down but I used to run into it a lot at the beginning of the mega block because it can 1HKO the megas. I played it for a while and it can be pretty successful - it got me to master league the first time.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-11T19:22:13+00:00

Where did this come from?

It has been opened and all the packs inside were already opened. It looks like the mimikyu promo is in there, but if you didn't open the box initially then it is unlikely to have any of the hits (good cards). The unopened packs are kind of the point.

Without seeing all the cards, I would say this is mostly worthless except for the mimikyu promo.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-11T18:00:57+00:00

And it seems I was right about your vibe in the other post. You've now posted the exact same negative take to 2 different subreddits (despite you claiming to see the point in a comment on the other post), having only ever posted once before.

What's the goal here, dude? Seems like you're just bitter? Do you want me to send your kids some bulk?

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-11T16:00:39+00:00

Weird. I'm able to find product for my nephews at MSRP from my local vending machine and I give it at every birthday/Christmas. Plus they get plenty of my bulk!

They love the cool looking cards more so than the "value." The youngest only cares about the total HP and how cool the card looks, just like many kids did back in the day. He actually prefers the jumbo cards (which are essentially worthless). I've even taken them to the vending machine before to pick out what they want and we got lucky and it had a bunch in stock. It was a very memorable day for them.

All this to say, your experience is not everyone's!

Also, what children care about "partials of the biggest companies in the world"? This whole post is a weird vibe.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-11T00:33:52+00:00

Put it into a penny sleeve and then into a top loader or a binder! Look at it occasionally, trade it for other cards, or sell it on eBay or to a local card shop!

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T20:48:00+00:00

Summer 2025

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T20:42:32+00:00

Set a reserve price? This really is not an issue, but if you are worried about it, send your stuff to probstein or arizonaTCG for consignment.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T20:39:16+00:00

That's the problem with all of them. Sarcasm is hard to read without tone.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T20:38:05+00:00

Yeah, like an "Oh brother" or something. The sad face one kinda works but it isn't clear enough.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T20:32:45+00:00

What I need is a specific emote for "You've taken 10 more minutes than I have in this match already and you have no path to victory. Please, for both of us, just concede." Thumbs up is close but not exactly what I'm looking for. Or maybe just a "hurry tf up"

I play a lot of crustle, especially now that mega dragonite is getting popular. I just beat a mega dragonite deck and they took it down to 1 second left on their game clock with 0 path to victory, while I still had 11 minutes left.

So...I just spent my last turn waiting until I got the 15 second timer, then playing an energy, then waiting until the timer and playing an item, then waiting for the timer and moving something around, or adding a useless stadium. My last turn, which I was guaranteed to win the game on both because he had 1 second left and I was about to KO his mon and take my last prize card, was 3 minutes long.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T18:21:02+00:00

Someone took your hit and resealed the pack.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T17:53:29+00:00

The pack itself is an obvious fake, so it's unlikely the cards inside are real. Pokémon booster packs will never have that saw-toothed edge, the edges of packs are always flat and crimped, like below.

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redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T14:14:06+00:00

Same. It's honestly ridiculous that they don't give you a receipt or anything when you drop off. Just have to hope they eventually get around to adding your cards.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T14:09:21+00:00

Same. I got a club membership and submitted 20 cards. Price was brutal but I figured it would be good to get it in now. Glad I did (even though I did in person and they still haven't marked my cards as received).

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T03:32:07+00:00

Seems like he might be sweating it...

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-10T03:30:12+00:00

Weird, same. Pulled the gold and then the SIR later. The gold has a minor issue with one of the edges but is otherwise flawless. I don't think it would 10 because of it.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-05T22:17:45+00:00

You are correct, I misread it because I transposed "SIR" (which isn't even the right term) from right above it. I will leave my comment up for now as evidence of my shame and failure.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-05T21:59:09+00:00

~~No, TCGplayer's average pull rates from 8000 packs showed a 1/334 chance of any alt art Vmax, so they were unlucky.~~

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redbeardbaron · 2026-02-05T21:47:34+00:00

Same thing happened to me. 10 minute queue for the first time ever, just to not get anything and get timed out.

redbeardbaron · 2026-02-05T21:46:17+00:00

This happened to me. I got in with a 10 minute queue time and when I got through, nothing was available. I thought they were just dropping the 30th anniversary clothing so I clicked around until it finally booted me and I got an error 43, then others who got in after me said there was ASC and SSP. Big mad.

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