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[Anonymous No.51023856]

I’m interested in buying the dip on Pokémon and possibly YuGiOh. Have they bottomed out yet? Are PSA 10’s of vintage common cards like pic related worth accumulating? Or are they not scarce enough? What’s the best thing to accumulate in the $100-300 price range in your opinion?

[Anonymous No.51023862]

Wrong board >>>/toy/

[Anonymous No.51023878]

>>51023862
These are a popular investment, dummy

[Anonymous No.51023886]

how are the pokemon trading cards even played? I never figured this out.

[Anonymous No.51023904]

>>51023886
No one even plays. They just collect

[Anonymous No.51023922]

>>51023856
desu ive been buying up modern alt arts, psa 10 is the way to go for sure for vintage.

also started buying metazoo cards, the holo's are nice

[Anonymous No.51023973]

>>51023862

You post this in every tcg thread gtfo fgt.

>>51023856

Dead CCGs are cewl

[Anonymous No.51024009]

>>51023922
>metazoo

I thought that was just a meme..Are those actually gonna be worth something in the future, senpai??

[Anonymous No.51024010]

>>51023973
Because they’re toys you fucking man child let children enjoy them.

[Anonymous No.51024058]

>>51024010

They have also gone up in price by 1000x. And they are also 1 quarter of a century old. Are you going to call for the ban of selling antique marbles next?

You take a bold opinion that is nonsense.

[Anonymous No.51024140]

I still have my pokemon and yugioh cards from when I was kid. I dont think they see any play now a days but maybe collectiing.

Do people still buy these?

[Anonymous No.51024156]

Stage 1. purchase shittoken. Stage 2. waste everything. Stage 3. Cry a river on 4chan. do not be such an asshole. Use Yopi Network!

>Backed up by gold the yopi.network sustains very strong currency
>Micropayment services
>No team coins
>90 days lock = 66% APY

[Anonymous No.51024408]

>>51024009
>>51023922
Reminder that when fake Pokemon cards were selling for such high prices, THAT was your top signal. This will take years, maybe even decades, to sort itself out. Collectibles are a derivative of the stock market and it took ten years of low rates to make them moon. It's literally over for at least a decade.

[Anonymous No.51024560]

>>51024408
This sounds right to me, I feel like it took multiple factors to allow collectibles to go up so much like they di

[Anonymous No.51024704]

>>51024009
right not tcg is in a bear market, since its cheap why not buy a bag have a nice collection it scratches the collectors itch and if it goes up thatll be a plus

[Anonymous No.51024738]

>>51024408
>>51024560
>>51024704
Blah blah blah. You fags said the same shit about baseball cards in the 80’s. I’m loading up my Pokémon bags.

[Anonymous No.51024810]

>>51024408
>>51024704
Which metazoo products should i accumulate? Sealed booster boxes? Or psa graded singles?

[Anonymous No.51024951]

Card grading is a scam... they will not give 10 always even if it qualifies because they dont want to dilute the market

[Anonymous No.51025040]

>>51024951
Not true. I've personally submitted cards that got 10s.

[Anonymous No.51025110]

>>51024810
mothman is the equivalent to charizard, collect only cryptid nation 1st edition, all the other sets are 1st edition and booster boxes are around 70 bucks. if you you buy graded singles try to get kickstarter or sample graded cards, or promos

[Anonymous No.51025135]

I am from Japan, and own a lot of rare cards from Fushigidane to Mew (even the promo card from the movie Lugia with the ancient mew).
if someone is interested, I am looking to sell it. They are not rated, but they where in card loader anti UV, so they look almost new, its been more than 20 years...

[Anonymous No.51025165]

>>51023862
Art will replace the gross worthless mark used as money

[Anonymous No.51025224]

You’re a retard if you don’t buy the shit that’s cheap as shit for what it is worth to you. USD getting buried by pokemon lol!

[Anonymous No.51025237]

>>51023886
There’s a game..?

[Anonymous No.51025323]

https://www.sorcerytcg.com/

Only new project that matters. Gonna pull a flesh and blood with each booster box going for $5000

[Anonymous No.51025418]

shit i have a 500+ of Duel Masters cards to go through. All would be in bad condition though probably, could it still be worth my time?

[Anonymous No.51025479]

>>51025135
I wish I lived in Japan so I could buy cheap Japanese cards. It's so hard to find a lot of them over here and Japanese webshops don't ship internationally or accept paypal

[Anonymous No.51025533]

>>51025323
Why is this better than metazoo?

[Anonymous No.51025542]

For Magic the Gathering this is the number one product to stock up on and hoard right now. Double Masters 2022 Collector Booster boxes. Make sure you’re getting the box with four packs as they look very similar to the box with one pack. They just dipped under $300 but this set will always be sought after because it’s jam-packed with good cards.

[Anonymous No.51025623]

>>51025323
Though I’d like to agree with you, they haven’t hashed out some of the fundamentals and it’s hard to see which direction the game will go. The design and mechanics are nice though.

[Anonymous No.51025632]

>>51024140
1st editions yeah. My friend likes Gastly so a 9 1st edition Gastly is an easy gift

[Anonymous No.51025668]

I made more money in cards than I ever did in crypto. Sold a Mike Trout rookie card for like 15k.

[Anonymous No.51025684]

>>51023856
No, you want to collect chase cards that are scarce, yet have high demand for nostalgia reasons. For those reasons the sets/cards I would recommend to buy are

Base Set 1st edition (only holo rares, not the common pikachu in your pic rel)
Neo Revelation/Neo Destiny (only the "Shining" cards in these sets)
Expedition, Aquapolis, Skyridge (the "Crystal" chase cards are worth a lot here)
Gold star pokemon cards from Ex Deoxys, Ex Delta Species, Ex Power Keepers, Ex Crystal Guardians, Ex Legend Maker, Ex Holon Phantoms, Ex Dragon Frontiers.Gold stars have retained their value VERY well in this recent dip

maybe you can dabble with some modern alt arts but who knows

[Anonymous No.51025697]

>>51025533
Kickstarter reached $5m in record time. Art is all done by big names. The hype is real.

[Anonymous No.51025706]

>>51025110
What’s a decent price for a first edition mothman full holo? I can’t afford the kickstarter edition. I see the non-KS are going for like $300-500 nowadays. Is this “the dip”? Do you really see these going up a lot in the future? There are over 600 PSA 10s in existence. Is it considered scarce?

[Anonymous No.51025723]

>>51025542
dig the art style on the packaging, too bad the cards are just MTG shite.

[Anonymous No.51025753]

>>51025684
The 1999 1st edition holos are already all so expensive tho. Even the common Pikachu in the OP goes for $150-200 nowadays. As an oldfag who was only ever into base, jungle, and fossil, I only want to collect the really vintage stuff. Any recommendations for specific cards that won’t break the bank?

[Anonymous No.51025761]

>PSA bitches
LMAO EVERYTIME.

Beckett are the only ones whose grade matters. They've only given a 10 to a charizard maybe 5 times to date whereas PSA put out a 10 charizard every week.

[Anonymous No.51025938]

>>51025753
Yeah definitely. I would still say there are tons of options. But you would probably want to venture out of Gen 1 though.

I would recommend Rare Holos from Neo Destiny/Expedition/Aquapolis/Skyridge. Also EXs from the EX Era.

The Ereader era (Expedition/Aquapolis/Skyridge) is generally thought of the best era of pokemon cards.

Here are some examples. Top row is neo destiny holos, bottom is aquapolis holos

[Anonymous No.51025977]

>>51025938
Thank you, fren

Do you dabble in any sealed product?

[Anonymous No.51026019]

>>51025706
1st edition kickstarter mothman holo was going for around 10-15k before the dip i think now you can scalp on on ebay or discord for around 3500-4000$ (still a bit steep).

going price for 1st edition psa 10 is about as you said for the dip if you can snipe one for 300-400 go for it, you could also get the raw mint single for a cheap price (~$225). If you think in terms of pokemon - theres the 2nd edition cryptid nation set where you can get a 2nd edition full holo mothman raw for about $20. If the singles are too expensive buy booster boxes and hold over time. booster boxes have like 20+ hits. Promo mothmans might be a good

ultimiately yeah there are a lot of psa 10 mothmans/1st ed cards, which is why i kinda recommend getting kickstarter variants, its anyones guess where this could go, but so far the tcg is going strong and looks like itll be around for a while.

Youre better off buying booster boxes or pinclub/revive promo boxes which are limited prints (~50-300 prints) and grading yourself and could go up in value later. join the discord to get a feel for the market and what the rare cards are

[Anonymous No.51026028]

>>51025938
legendary collection reverse holos have also been sought after recently.

[Anonymous No.51026051]

I play YGO

Bought Tearlaments Field spells for 68 (four copies) and they're 100+ rn

[Anonymous No.51026103]

>>51026028
yeah thats a good one too

>>51025977
anytime. I am guessing you are referring to new sealed product because old stuff is super expensive? Not personally, though its probably a low risk investment getting a ETB or booster box of some of the most popular sets recently. I think Evolving skies and Brilliant Stars are the best Gen 8 sets worth collecting.

[Anonymous No.51026105]

>>51024140
>>Do people still buy these?
Yes, especially rare cards in mint condition from original sets. If you didn't keep them in sleeves or a book they're not worth much.

[Anonymous No.51026248]

>>51023862
It's in >>>/tg/ you stupid mongrel

[Anonymous No.51026268]

>>51023856
My mother in law has binders full of 20-30yr old pokemon rares. Any collector interested could grab the whole lot(or just some) for a discount from market price. I guess i should just help her list them online but that shit is gonna take way more time than i have

[Anonymous No.51026342]

I have a decent collection. Almost a full shadowless base set and all of jungle and fossil. Going to complete my first edition shining cards, crystal cards and maybe get all of neo destiny in first edition.

[Anonymous No.51026659]

>>51025761

For a collectible to be in demand it has to feel attainable. PSA cards have the right blend of prestige and attainability to have peak cultural relevance.

>>51025938

>The Ereader era (Expedition/Aquapolis/Skyridge) is generally thought of the best era of pokemon cards.

It was, and I am glad the collectors market realizes it. Wizards was doing the best they could to try and kill the game and they were the last 3 wizards sets.

Those sets saved the game, and at the time only players were buying cards. It's why we have supporters and split rarity levels. (Cheap non-foil cards for play, shiny cards to collect).

The game itself is worth getting into. Nintendo supports it well and is the one major game company that's fine with making "Tons of money" instead of "all the money possible as fast as possible". You can buy into T1 decks for $100 in paper and less than $20 online. A good reputation in the TCG/Trading communities will help you secure deals as well as cash out without disgusting fees and scam risk.

[Anonymous No.51026726]

I have all the sets complete starting from base to neo discovery, i wanted to complete em all the way to expedition. Howbeit, i am grateful to have nabbed the original sets. The gym leader sets were some of my absolute favorite cards as a kid.

[Anonymous No.51026795]

OP here. I had my heart set on hoarding the Jungle 1st Edition common Pikachu #60 1999 card showing in the photo. I was 7 years old when they come out, and they’re nostalgic as fuck for me. I know they are common as fuck, with over 2000 PSA 10s in existence. And the current $100+ price is certainly remarkable. How do you truly assess the value? Or where do you draw the line?

Also, can anyone comment on the profitability of buying ungraded cards and attempting to get PSA 10. As an investor is it better to just trade the Graded cards directly ?

[Anonymous No.51026843]

>>51024010
Children are too busy slutting around on tiktok to enjoy 24 year old trading cards you fucking smoothbrain

[Anonymous No.51027475]

>>51025237
>>51023904
they're called "trading cards", and not "playing cards", for a reason

[Anonymous No.51027522]

>>51023856
should I sell this
prices have dropped a lot recently, right?
idk

[Anonymous No.51027574]

>>51023973
I tried to collect the illuminati cards for a while but could never finish. B+ game also

[Anonymous No.51027876]

>>51027522
prices have dropped a lot recently, I wouldnt sell now. how much would you sell it for if you were to sell?

[Anonymous No.51028245]

I feel bad for the poors and zoomers. They were born too late to have that slick 1st edition badge and on top if it ugly AF cards after Team Rocket.

[Anonymous No.51028350]

1st Edition and Iconic Yu-Gi-Oh cards are the next TCG bubble. Every now and then when I’m really high and can’t sleep I’ll prowl eBay I’m the early morning hours and see if I can snipe any cheapies

[Anonymous No.51028852]

>>51025418
Holy shit I never thought I'd see someone else mentioned DM, I gotta dig that shit up I had some cool cards

[Anonymous No.51028949]

>>51023856
The thing about Pokemon cards as an investment is that they have a definite expiration date. As soon as the franchise dies off and young people don't care about it anymore (which is inevitable) all your cards go to zero. They become curious relics of a bygone cultural fad, like hoola-hoops or yo-yos. But they don't even have historical value because there are literally billions of them.

[Anonymous No.51029030]

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[Anonymous No.51029586]

>>51028949
Children even now love Pokémon. It’s the most popular franchise in the world. Hula hoops and yo-yos never had anywhere near the traction and fan base that Pokémon has.