The Poképark 🌈🌷

[heady elbow]

Oh rip

It’s got swablu too….

[mellow lagoon]

Other than that i see no point in doin so

[heady elbow]

I get some sentimental cards graded

But very few of them. Very infrequently too

[mellow lagoon]

I have like

3 tbh

Thatd i wanna get graded

[heady elbow]

I usually just buy graded cards when the price difference is negligible from a raw copy

Got a PSA8 shiny swablu from platinum or smth bcs it was like the same price as raw, but had barely any noticeable damage

[mellow lagoon]

stares at the english sir mega dragonite card that is just 800 dollars

[heady elbow]

And a shelmet staff promo that was a 9- only listing with good pictures, and only like 10 bucks more than TCGplayer

[mellow lagoon]

Im abt to drop money on a japanese box for this damn card istg

[hexed copper]

i want to get my original japanese charizard graded

but its such a sought after card im scared it’ll get stolen or something

[heady elbow]

800 is absurd

[mellow lagoon]

LITERALLH

THE JAPANESE ONE IS ON 260

STILL A LOT BUT NOT FUCKIN 800

[heady elbow]

I believe at some conventions and stuff you can drop cards off in person for grading too

[hexed copper]

maybe one day

[heady elbow]

All of the popular grading companies have some issue though. And I’d usually rather put that money into more packs

[tiny snow]

a real shame this is a fear that even exists
i keep up with tcg news just to get the latest updates on grading companies doing some stupid shit like that

[heady elbow]

Like, what’s even the point of grading if there’s such a non-zero chance they’ll damage your cards. And getting upcharged if your card grades better is also crazy. And one of the companies has super fragile slabs, which is a “feature” so people can crack and resubmit them. WHY WOULD I GET A CARD GRADED IF THE CASE IS GONNA BREAK SO EASILY

[mellow lagoon]

OUGH I FOUND A KOREAN BOX OF MEGA DREAM FROM A RELIABLE SELLER

[heady elbow]

I’m gonna make my own grading company

With blackjack and hookers

[mellow lagoon]

i get paid this week

[hexed copper]

can i submit my charizard

[mellow lagoon]

[heady elbow]

Sure- 5 US dollars

[tiny snow]

even before psa started stealing cards they were known to not be that good at giving accurate grades

[hexed copper]

tgNj you

[heady elbow]

And also you’re never getting the card back

[hexed copper]

FUCKKKKKKK

[tiny snow]

that's not the cost that's your grade

[heady elbow]

LOL

[heady elbow]

YEAH TRUE- but big company that makes cards more valuable…. I love money

What even is the point of getting a card graded if the grade isn’t gonna be accurate. At that point, just do authentication. But they have graded fake cards too on rare occasions

[hexed copper]

the only reason i have them is because my uncle gave them to me

so i just have two japanese charizards

[tiny snow]

grade your uncle

[heady elbow]

Which charizard?

[hexed copper]

i dont even know where he got them we live in america

the original pocket monsters one

[heady elbow]

My uncle gave me a base set venusaur holo once

[tiny snow]

accidentally sent in my uncle instead of the card they sealed him in plastic

[hexed copper]

aw man

[mellow lagoon]

If u wanna grade a card go with TAG, they give you an ACTUAL summary if what is wrong with the card and even lay out where each damage might be or inaccurate on the card

[heady elbow]

His grade is 22 euros

[heady elbow]

Their slabs are super fragile, which they say is a selling point. But it really just means the cards aren’t protected

[mellow lagoon]

Theyre not as popular but they're GOOD an dhonest

[mellow lagoon]

Fair but i rather have honesty

[heady elbow]

“Oh you can crack it and resubmit so easily” RESUBMITTING SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE A THING

[mellow lagoon]

I rather not have my damn card possibly stolen by psa

[heady elbow]

Fair- they also charge extra for you to get more information that they already collected

You’ve gotta pay for all of those scans and such. Even though they were already taken for the ai to grade 😭

[mellow lagoon]

still would rather do that than not be told what wrong

If psa has no haters im fuckin dead

But if u dont plan to resell any graded cards go tag, rather not have a chance of my shit being stolen

[tiny snow]

not even a little? come on let them steal it just a little bit please? they might not even steal it outright they might buy it from you at an 8 then bump it up to a 10 come on

[mellow lagoon]

NO

MAKE THEM HUNT FOR THEIR SHIT LIKE THE REST OF US

FUCK PSA. ALL MY HOMIES HATE PSA

[heady elbow]

Crazy that they do that shit

[tiny snow]

they're hunting for suckers that send them their cards

[mellow lagoon]

and i aint one

[heady elbow]

At this point, I’d rather just get a card authenticated. Or just buy a slab myself

[mellow lagoon]

Im gonna fuckin chew on a card then send em it

[heady elbow]

And then a card guard for the slab. And then a slab sleeve. And then a case to protect the card guard. And then another, even bigger card guard, to protect the card guard. And then an even bigger sleeve to protect that

[tiny snow]

if anyone's honestly just looking for a protective plastic case i recommend pro mold's magnetic cases they're nice

[mellow lagoon]

they rlly are

[mellow lagoon]

Dude yknow whats crazier, ppl who sell slabs that have a card guard on it THEN TAKE THE GUARD OFF

LIKE DO I NOT GET THAT TOO??

YOUD THINK YA WOULD

Dont display a slab with a guard if it dont come with it

[heady elbow]

Imagine buying a slab and they crack the slab before giving it to you 😭 “oh the slab isn’t included, just the card itself”

[tiny snow]

psa has always felt like windows to me like the only reason people still stick with them despite all the stunts they pull is just because they've been around for a long time
sunk cost fallacy and all that

[mellow lagoon]

Reminds me i gotta visit a local card shop a friend recommended me

Wonder if i can find any of my chases

[vagrant marlin]

psa be like “we can’t return your card because i took it for m- i mean we lost it”

[sacred hollow]

i have a moonbreon and I'm honestly considering just selling it raw

One sold for 2.7k for just a raw card as recently as yesterday

[mellow lagoon]

If u need the monwy i say do so

But if its a card u rlly like dont

[sacred hollow]

I don't think I care too much about collecting cards anymore at this point so I may as well get a chunk of change out of it instead of having it in a binder that i look at once a year

Just gonna sort out my absolute favorite cards and the cards worth anything, and then I'm gonna do something cool with the fodder cards

[mellow lagoon]

Fair enough honestly

[toxic pilot]

went through flashpoint, nada

will keep looking though because the pokemon flash games were also very near and dear to me.

[toxic pilot]

found it i think lol
https://www.numuki.com/game/gothita-s-portrait-panic/

[rotund bramble]

i graded some of my favorite cards, just out of curiosity and to protect them forever

[sacred warren]

Thankyou

[mellow lagoon]

Two new dragonite for the hoard and somw other goobers

[twin delta]

yesss the mega absol 👏🏼

[reef bane]

If any of you have sableye cards you don’t want you should give them to me.

[twin delta]

this had me genuinely curious if I even had sableye cards so I will report back after looking through my bulk o7

[twin delta]

so from my more modern bulk that is a no lmao

[toxic pilot]

just went through my two binders, nada

will look through bulk in a bit

[mellow lagoon]

I bet u i do, i just gotta go through em all hang on

Didnt get the raticate i was goin for but still got some cuties :3

[mellow lagoon]

Nvm apparently im a smelly liar

:3

[twin delta]

I didn’t know mega lopunny also got a card :O!!

[mellow lagoon]

Shes in Phantasmal Flames ^^

[twin delta]

adding her to my looking for list next time I visit my local card shop 🙂‍↕️

[mellow lagoon]

Ima visit mine when i get paid this week

[foggy plank]

Imo its 90% purely for money and 10% for personal pride

I think that, if its something YOU want to do, do it no one can stop you. However, I also believe pretty strongly that grading is a scam, with the main grading company people would want to grade from (PSA) doing upcharges going based on the card itself (???, Who enabled them to do this i have to know) and people doing the actual grading most definitely doing it based on how they felt that day (considering the several instances of resubmitted cards which, should they have been assessed fairly, would reasonably come back the same grade most of the time, but they nope, people can go from PSA 8s to 9s on a whim)

[cold sky]

if it was purely for money then why do i own 9. I'm not using it as an investment, i like how they look

But

the company that does it it's for money

i just do it for protection

i've never graded something tho

[foggy plank]

What do you mean protection?

Like the casing its in?

[cold sky]

yeah

cause a psa 9 card and a loose card are only like 6 dollarws in price difference (from what I want)

so might as well get the one that's in a case forever

[foggy plank]

Thats smart

And the ID is a nice little add on for the display

[cold sky]

yeah exactly!

don't get me wrong though, i think grading anything that isn't card/art is insane

like coins, stamps, that's all fine

i think that's okay

But NES games, VHS tapes

like

you can use those

those are toys and entertainment

it has negative purpose locked away

you can argue that with a TCG card, becuase oh it's a trading card game

but

we know 90% of the people who buy that shit don't play

[rotund bramble]

all the comic grading bullshit

[cold sky]

so don't kid urself

yeah

exactly

comic grading is awful

[vagrant marlin]

logan paul

[heady elbow]

I kinda want to get some postcards graded at some point

Imagine graded vivi and imput postcards

[twin delta]

was looking through my old bulk to see if there were any sableye there, no dice

I did find spoink tho

loog if you’re out there

also behold my extremely warped shroomish lol

[mellow lagoon]

poor shroomish

[sacred warren]

Something heavy + a top loader should straighten it out enough to be put into a binder just fine

[heady elbow]

Maybe a moisture absorbing packet thingy

[twin delta]

kind of just put it in my binder as is lol thank you guys for the suggestions tho!

[vagrant marlin]

immediately thought of this https://youtube.com/shorts/wiNk8knAOx4?si=NPsXws7oJ_bxpwnQ

[twin delta]

yea that’s loog

[vagrant marlin]

oh 😭

[twin delta]

I didn’t mean literally lol

[vagrant marlin]

oh okay alr then

i wanna do one of these favorite pokemon stuff but poipole only has 3 cards

4 if you count the shiny promo

at least i think it’s a promo

[lyric barn]

i need more of these guys

[mellow lagoon]

GET THIS MAN MORE WEED CATS STAT

[lyric barn]

There's so many kinds of them !

i want to find the little sleeping one

but he is out of stock

[mellow lagoon]

Silly lil guy

[lyric barn]

so silly

just might be my favorite pokemon

[mellow lagoon]

I always see the other big sprigatito at target

[lyric barn]

this one?

[mellow lagoon]

Mhms

[lyric barn]

I love them so much, their heads are so heavy that you have to prop them up, otherwise they flop over

[mellow lagoon]

My target has a mimikyu and a orphan (cubone) left

[lilac kettle]

My favourite evolution line

[clear kindle]

From A Gourami to A Molamola (Sunfish) to A Hawaiian fish.

[twin delta]

bruxish is based on trigger fish!

[meager perch]

grass

[clear kindle]

Thank you ! I forgot .

[twin delta]

np! 🐟

[vagrant marlin]

i really want this specific poipole plush

it looks so stupid

look at him

i’m also seeing the poke plush of it that got discontinued

i like my sitting cutie and all but sometimes it’s easier to care for bigger plushes

like i can’t wrap my arms around the sitting cutie but with this i can

[steel basin]

holy crap

[cold sky]

holy carp

[sacred warren]

Lmao

They accidently made lesbian flag pokemon merch 😭

[sacred warren]

Thinking about replaying za but I don't wanna use any mons I used last time (exept garbodor because that's my favourite)
How does this look?

Idk what I want the last one to be

Honestly kinda feeling aromatese but it's a bit of a pain to get

[heady elbow]

Maractus x silicobra yuri canon

[rotund bramble]

slurpuff....

[rotund bramble]

yay!!!

[sacred warren]

2nd playthrough trainer

[sacred warren]

Man
I really wish finding trainers a much higer rank then you in the za Royal was like actually a thing
They teese it in the very 1st real battle zone in the game by having like lv 18 guy and then just never do it again
At most you see a trainer like 1 rank higer then you with mons lower leveled then yours

Like the idea of actually needing to sneak around trainers that are too strong or risk battling them for way more points is way more interesting

[sacred warren]

Whatever

[toxic pilot]

Finally 😭

I bought this Japanese copy of white like 2.5 years ago for the reason of transferring pokemon from my platinum

God playing through a gen you’ve never played before in a language you don’t know and doesn’t even resemble English is hell lmfao

nvm I need to get a Japanese gen 4 game too so I can do this shit

Pokémon company why are you like this 💀

[cold sky]

because gen 5 and gen 4 are two different generations.... if you transfer to 5 you can't transfer back to 4...

[mellow lagoon]

Gotta get 2 gen 4 copies now :P

[toxic pilot]

No I know, but the gen 5 Japanese transfer ui doesn’t pick up my English platinum 💀

[cold sky]

weird???

is the japanese game bootleg?

[sacred warren]

Team is all fully evolved

[toxic pilot]

Nope. The Japanese game just only recognizes other Japanese games.

[vagrant marlin]

yay yay yippee yay

[heady elbow]

How many poipole did you kill for this

[sacred warren]

Seeing this art as a dark type is cursed

[vagrant marlin]

kill is crazy

you need 10 of the card to get a gold border

i honestly wanna make a binder full of gold border poipole but that would take 300 poipole cards

[heady elbow]

Have you considered collecting them in different languages too?

[vagrant marlin]

i’ve thought about it but that wouldn’t be that easy

would probably be easier with actual cards

instead of virtual

[heady elbow]

Definitely easier online imo- just change your language before opening packs, keep opening packs in a language and you’ll find one sooner or later

Was trying to fill a binder with that one wigglytuff card that everyone hated, have one in every language definitely

[vagrant marlin]

oh i didn’t realize it would be that easy

i still wanna make a real binder full of real poipole

like all 3 of them and maybe reverses and different languages if possible

[vocal merlin]

I really like these

[long sequoia]

that left one is so sweet aww

: O

[twin delta]

ooo the left one’s art is so prettyy!!

[long sequoia]

M
: O
W

[vocal merlin]

OH SALSA NO STOP STOP DONT LOOK ANYMORE

They’re all so cheap…augh

[twin delta]

oh wait alien I have a reverse holo simipour

it’s in my trade binder lol

[vocal merlin]

OOH

[long sequoia]

[vocal merlin]

Show to alien!

[long sequoia]

Awww

[twin delta]

I just remembered bc the reverse holo simisage in the general chat looked familiar

[vocal merlin]

Oh thats so sick

[twin delta]

I don’t have any cool poopers but I have this

[vocal merlin]

I’m wondering if a whole binder dedicated to pooper would be overkill

[vocal merlin]

Hello SIR So cute and politee

[long sequoia]

I don't collect cards but I'd maybe get some of Saya Tsurutas ones since I like the hidden pokeball thing she does

[twin delta]

oh I think I have one of her cards!

[long sequoia]

ooh show

[twin delta]

the jigglypuff!

[long sequoia]

Cute!

[vocal merlin]

ball!

[long sequoia]

spotted!

[vocal merlin]

BALL

🫵

[long sequoia]

Oh I really really really like this oddish

[twin delta]

looks so sad! at least they have fwog

[vocal merlin]

round guy solidarity

[long sequoia]

aww I just saw it as they were chilling, so sad

[twin delta]

both geen

[long sequoia]

I'm looking at some of the older cards, I really like the ones where they were still finding their footing and figuring things out they have a lot of charm even if a lot of them look off

[twin delta]

the weirder the better imo

[long sequoia]

heheh

[twin delta]

I do really like when the pokemon have a little plush

like this

also this wartortle who is so sassy, and for what

[long sequoia]

aww

teddiursa is the perfect choice too

[heady elbow]

I’ve got the shiny paldean wooper

[twin delta]

last one for now, there’s another eevee card that has a hydreigon plushie I want real bad

[vagrant marlin]

man i should get to work on a poipole binder but that involves like buying 50 of each of the cards

[foggy plank]

I dont have a job yet (high school student), so im not making any money and havr just been using birthday money for shows.

I made a painting of a rose using clay and a bunch of people told me I should sell them! So now ive got some commissions and am on course to make about 55 USD, which is gonna do A TON for getting cards, I will be able to adequately fund my obsession with ex cards 💀

[twin delta]

got to rip some chaos rising after all

[tiny snow]

i couldn't tell what that was on the left at first i thought it was some bug
zoom out really far and the bug shall be revealed

[twin delta]

also picked this up since I didn’t pull her from silver tempest when I could

[steel basin]

my shiny starter journey added 7 new babies

[twin delta]

where are the babies

[acoustic beacon]

Oh snap? That crobat is so fire tho

[twin delta]

yea!! :D it was the first pack

[acoustic beacon]

You have a pre release near you or somethin?

[twin delta]

lcs is just straight selling the bundles early I think

I went in there looking for the deino ir (still haven’t found it )

[acoustic beacon]

Oh fair

I should see if my local store is doing anything

[twin delta]

they were holding prereleases earlier but I wasn’t able to attend

[acoustic beacon]

That’s a really early prerelease…

[twin delta]

not really, chaos rising comes out this Friday?

they usually hold prerelease events a week or two ahead of that

[acoustic beacon]

Oh fair

Back in the day (a decade ago… Jiminy cricket) I’d usually find prereleases like at most a night before lmao

[twin delta]

ohhh that’s what you meant, yea im pretty sure they’re later in the day it’s just they were on days I couldn’t attend lol

also bc ik there’s a trubbish fan in here: behold

[glacial wadi]

CROBAT

Only got Zubat and Golbat, I want a Crobat card so bad

[twin delta]

it’s such a good crobat card! that and the one from destined rivals

this one

[glacial wadi]

AHHHH LOVE

A crime pokemon packs have kept this from me

[twin delta]

I just like that they’re doing illustrations for so many pokemon now :)

[acoustic beacon]

I was looking at some of the XY sets recently and there’s like barely any big illustration cards now. I think they realized people really really love them. So I really appreciate just how many we’ve gotten

Now we just need a HEATRAN ONE

This should hopefully be coming up considering his mega

[mellow lagoon]

I love my giant lava blob <3

[acoustic beacon]

Oh yea some of the new chaos rising cards connect

So that’s pretty cool

[mellow lagoon]

Did chaos rising come out already or today? If so i gotta check my walmart maybe

[twin delta]

it comes out on Friday! I just got lucky my local card shop was selling it early lmao

[mellow lagoon]

checks schedule

I WORK NIGHT LETS GO I HAVE A CHANCE

[steel basin]

i dont have any pictures but its 3 squirtle 3 chimchar and a tepig

[vagrant marlin]

i feel like this is the case with every mega evolution sir

the clefairy and mega clefable are like that too

[twin delta]

the new chespin card is also really cute!

[hexed copper]

cuuuute

[mellow lagoon]

YALL I HIT A RESTOCK AT WALMART

[twin delta]

WOOOO

[mellow lagoon]

I got a tin :3

Didnt get the ir raticate from destined rivals buuut still good pulls!!

[twin delta]

ooo that clamperl is gorgeous!!

[vagrant marlin]

i found a website where you can write about your favorite pokemon and see what other people wrote about their favorites

[buoyant oasis]

what is the website??

[tiny snow]

https://favoritepokemon.vercel.app

oh apparently it's down right now

in the mean time i'll entertain you with a fun fact that sableye was ranked higher than umbreon

in number of fans

[vocal merlin]

its a good thing I like both of em

alot

[reef bane]

That’s because he’s the GOAT

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-anime-pokemon-horizons-sableye-yamirami-wink-gif-3953479657097509017

[sacred warren]

I love sableye but fuck man are the pmd sableye annoying

There's like 6 of them in the one fight, orbs don't work and they have no weakness

[tiny snow]

it's really funny how different some pokemon are in mystery dungeon
skitty is THE strongest starter in the first pmd when they're also THE weakest competitive pokemon ignoring cosmog or poor poor sunkern

[sacred warren]

A gen 7 pmd game where you had cosmog as your partner and over time it evolved into one of the box legands would have been really cool honestly

Sad we never got one

[sacred warren]

Like ig buff it's moveset so it can like actual do something and isn't just dead weight the entire game
But like it would still be cool

Like you have your player, the non cosmog partner and then they find cosmog and add it to the team

[tiny snow]

it can send a lillie out of its bag

[lyric barn]

i love skitty and pmd so much

it was really fun to play as skitty

[sacred warren]

Gen 7 pmd roster idea

Shit
I forgot cuebone in the non gen 7s

(Pikachu and cuebone would evolve Into the alolan forms when they evolve eventually)

Also if bounsweet gets in the roster fomantis doesn't and vise versa

[sacred warren]

Fixed

I think ill make one for 8 and 9 too

Also 6 since it didn't really get a proper roster either

Neither did 5

They just gor their starters

And axew in 5

But ig the other patterns do make up for gen 5 so I don't think they really need one

[sacred warren]

Anyways here's the other 2 ( mime jr is in unlikely instead of non gen 8s because I think its chances are way way slimmer then the other ones I put in non gen)

Why did gen 9 introduce 3 mediocre dogs with the exact same body shapes without them even actually being connected in any major way

[reef bane]

Calling Maschiff mid.

[twin delta]

speaking of maschiff, I don’t have any sableye cards but I have one ☝🏼 maschiff card

[vocal merlin]

CHECKING MY BINDER FOR SABLEYE

NONE FOUND

[twin delta]

sableye remains ever elusive 😔

[sacred warren]

I mean mid in like the stats department I quite like all 3

Houndstone is carried by its signature move but all 3 are weirdly bad in the stats department for being gen 9 mons

Mabsostif actually has a higer bst then I thought but its distribution isn't that great
But the other 2 are just weirdly low
Houndstone has last respect to make up for it but dachsbun is just there

Gen 9s power creep was crazy but alot of mons just got left with stuff like this and it's so funny

Still perfectly usable in playthroughs but idk why they needed 3 of them

[sacred warren]

One of the only cards I still have from my old collection is the alt art mega sableye and tyranitar tag team gx

Wish my camera wasn't broken so I could get an actual pic

Best I can get

@reef bane

I wish gx cards didn't have the world's worst border for being able to tell how off center cards are

[hexed copper]

maschiff isn’t mid…. thats my dog man…….. 😞

[sacred warren]

Possible gen 5 and 6 pmd rosters if they weren't awful (the original rosters not the games)

[vagrant marlin]

they got goat in here

[toxic pilot]

Got my Japanese cart for diamond. Gonna see if the mystery gifts are any different from my English platinum, then trade everything over to transfer up to gen 5

[reef bane]

MY SON

[twin delta]

he’s purple for an amazing reason

[reef bane]

Dude this card rocks. It looks like Tyranitar is mad about him eating his big gem lol

I’d have to go through all of my cards to see if I even have a sableye but I don’t think I do

[twin delta]

the last sableye card to be released was last year for phantasmal flame I think

don’t think there’s a new mega card for it yet tho

[reef bane]

Oh I haven’t bought cards in years lol

[twin delta]

majority of sableye cards were years ago 😭

[reef bane]

:(

I’ve got one sableye and some other fun ones ^^

I’m happy I have at least one of two of my favorite mons

[twin delta]

yayy!!

[mellow lagoon]

Walmart still had a bit of stock left but no tins so i got a 2 pack and 4 singles :3

[twin delta]

oh sweet! what sets :O

[mellow lagoon]

This wjat we got :3

Chaos rising only have 3 cards i want so i went with the sets that had more of what i wanted

[twin delta]

ooo nice!! I hope you get what you’re looking for

or if not something that will fund you getting that dragonite 🤧

[mellow lagoon]

Doin a hits stack with journey together so wish me luck

CMOOON NS RESHIRAM

:0

[twin delta]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokeplush-plush-plushie-pokemon-plush-gif-22920362

AWWW

[mellow lagoon]

didnt get the n reshiram ir buuut

[twin delta]

NICE

[mellow lagoon]

Love the furret one a lot

Chat do i check if they have any of the journey together singles left tmrw after my oil change?

[twin delta]

if that is what your heart wants… (and if you’re good on money)

[mellow lagoon]

I have ovee 10k in money saved so..if something bad were to happen i think im ok

[twin delta]

altho n’s reshiram is $12 (at least when I got mine)

[mellow lagoon]

Almost 20 dollars now

[twin delta]

oughhhhh

go forth and get more journey together…

[mellow lagoon]

Jesus

I knew itd be..a bit

But damn

[twin delta]

I hate market manipulationnnnnn

[mellow lagoon]

same

[twin delta]

it will go down

[mellow lagoon]

LMAO

[twin delta]

prices are usually crazy high when a set comes out and then drop

[mellow lagoon]

The dragonite card went down only 30 dollars oml 😭

I NEED IT TO TANK RN

[twin delta]

I think the issue with ascended heroes was that it came out with only the 2 packs initially? or something like that where there was less of it out there but man $800….

[mellow lagoon]

..wonder if i can get my mom to buy me more pokemon packs shes goin to walmart

I felt like a scalper saying that eugh

[twin delta]

you’re not out there buying all the product and pushing little kids out of the way I think you’re good lol

[vagrant marlin]

scalpers wouldn’t buy individual packs

when are stores going to start unsealing the product when you buy it bruh 😭

[twin delta]

some card conventions are straight banning vendors selling sealed product lol

[sacred warren]

You should try and get the stormfront sableye that was so strong when the bw sets released because they changed the 1st turn rule that they had to do an early format rotation to avoid the card fucking destroying worlds

[steel basin]

art ill offer all the sableye i have for charjabug

[toxic pilot]

my Japanese copy of diamond came in today

I was able to finally trade over and transfer from 4-5

Now to move 4 boxes to transfer to bank to home

[reef bane]

I don’t think I have any

[steel basin]

hmmmm

all my favorite pokemon have like 2 shittycards

[sacred warren]

Charjabug actually has alot of cards for a gen 7 middle evo

A couple of them were really good in comp lol

Unbroken bonds charjabug is the one I remember the most being good

[steel basin]

yeah but goomy has nothing luvdisc got nothing i feel like the popplio line has so little

[sacred warren]

But I think radiant charjabug was also used although its after my time of playing comp tcg

[steel basin]

i have every brione card ever

i have 6 radiant charjabug bc i bought them all from my local shops lmao

[reef bane]

I would if it’s cheap for resale. I don’t play but I’d like the cards simply for collecting purposes.

[sacred warren]

It took mime jr almost 15 years to get a new card that wasn't a movie promo (the movie promos were also like 13 years before the most recent mime jr too)

[steel basin]

15 billion more charizard cards

[sacred warren]

Why did they give baby pokemon the worst possible deal with the tcg
Why can't they all just get the baby evolution power/ability and have that be that

[rotund bramble]

what's y'all's favorite baby pokemon

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokémon-bonsly-crying-sobbing-gif-15112335319542084379

[reef bane]

Azrill

[steel basin]

im basic and loev pichu

[rotund bramble]

https://tenor.com/view/yippeechu-pichu-pokemon-yippee-gif-17671889121410547611

[steel basin]

wait i love budew

[sacred warren]

I also like toxel

[sacred warren]

Alot of people forget that ones a baby

[rotund bramble]

i also like happiny

[steel basin]

just hunted shiny cyclizar and it SUCKS

[rotund bramble]

in scarvi?

[steel basin]

yeah

[rotund bramble]

[steel basin]

i dont have za dlc

[sacred warren]

Isn't it like a weird poopy beige colour

[steel basin]

hes beautiful but they keep running over me

[rotund bramble]

hello stinky

[sacred warren]

I remember when cyclizar was 1st revealed and I really wanted the shiny to be black lmao

Pokemon fans designing shinys challenge

[steel basin]

i love funny brown dog

the red cheek turns a lovely blue

[sacred warren]

Although I will stand by the fact that the only pokemon now that I think should have genuinely gotten a black shiny is beheeyem

[rotund bramble]

i got that gross brown dog in me

[sacred warren]

Like
Its wearing a trench coat
Why is the shiny just a slightly different brown

[steel basin]

is beeheeyem after they started choosing shiny colors

[sacred warren]

They were always chosen lol

[rotund bramble]

shiny mega aggron is my favorite shiny

[sacred warren]

The algorithm thing is just a community myth

[steel basin]

whaaat

[sacred warren]

We've known that they were always chosen since the gold space world demo had different shinys then they are now when the sprites and pallet were the same

Most well known example is space word demo claferies shiny is blue but its now just green ears

Maybe some shinys were kinda randomly chosen
But just as many were absolutely picked and changed

Like gyrados was picked
It wasn't a coincidence that it happened to be magikarp colour

Charizard was picked because they literally changed it to black mid gen in artwork

Tyranitars shiny colour is oddly simmilar to the colours of the Tyranitar looking monster sugamori designed for that one magazine colour

Because of the bw beta leak we know that alot of the shiny colours for the gen 5 pokemon are actually just their beta pallets reused as the shiny pallets

[sacred warren]

Idk if I'm allowed to share this since it is a leak but it was also ages ago and it only features unused gen 5 content
I'll spoiler it just incase

But yeah
Hard to say the shinys were completely randomly generated when we now know so many are just reused beta pallets

[steel basin]

hopital

[mellow lagoon]

God could u imagine if some of these designs stayed that way during beta

LOOK AT THE SWORDS OF JUSTICE MAN

[sacred warren]

Tbf
Alot of these sprites are placeholders

[mellow lagoon]

I miss shadow blob arceus

[sacred warren]

I have this I made for some reason when the leak 1st happened

I think I was pissed that melowetta could have ended up being a bug

Also
Idk if it was this leak or from another leak
But we found out that xy used a lady gaga song as like a place holder or a sound font tester for some reason

Iirc it was born this way

Which I think makes it funnier

[reef bane]

I like how the concept art of watchog looks. Good pose and proportioning.

I wish the three monkeys remained more unique to each other too…

[foggy plank]

I went to a card shop? Am I winning or losing

Mostly concerned if this price is bad

[twin delta]

tbh that’s pretty good since retail is $59.99

my lcs is trying to sell theirs for $100+ lol

[mellow lagoon]

Decent compared to what other card shops put it as

[foggy plank]

My hits

[twin delta]

I may have gotten more chaos rising

hits this time

this was the result of 2 booster bundles, 4/5 hits were from 1

[mellow lagoon]

Gourgeist my baby <3

[steel basin]

i failed him... rip

[twin delta]

NOO 💔

[toxic pilot]

I forgot about the worst part of doing large scale pokemon transfers

labeling and organizing across both versions of Pokémon home 💀

I’m gonna have to do this a second time when I reset the WEP network so I can claim mystery gifts on my new diamond cart too 💀

[steel basin]

im so so sad.. the one time i didnt save

pokemon thought they were sooo funny giving the starters all recoil moves

[toxic pilot]

Dunno if it’s possible in gen 9, but I know lucario learns heal pulse in some games

[steel basin]

its ok i reclaimed it

[rotund bramble]

do you see him

[twin delta]

woah melon

[steel basin]

[rotund bramble]

MANAPHY AJAHAHHAHSSHWJANEHKQEHKWKEHWVEYWNVIEI UURHEHDIE

[vagrant marlin]

shoutout kirbplatinum

[steel basin]

crazy shiny hunt moment

[mellow lagoon]

Thats a lotta milk duds

[tropic acorn]

Is this good for a booster box

[rotund bramble]

i think so!! hello cinccino

[tropic acorn]

I fell on my knees when I pulled that

Needed it so bad

Pink girlypop page is going along well

[rotund bramble]

so cute ....

[tropic acorn]

Middle slot is for when I pull this (manifest with me)

My favorite Pokemon card of all time

[rotund bramble]

AAHHHHHHH

jesus christ that price

yuck

[tropic acorn]

Ikr

I’m screwed 😭

[mellow lagoon]

Glances at the mega dragonite sir

[twin delta]

AMPHAROS

[hexed copper]

AWESOME

[sacred warren]

New anime episode showed ribombee acting as a parasite to vespquen
Not exactly what beeflies do but I like that they're actually leaning into it being a beefly considering none if its dex entries mention anything about it being a parasite/parasitoid

(Beeflies are my 2nd favourite group of animals(

I still stand by that ribombee should have kept cutieflys proboscis tho

Honestly a regional cutie fly with an evo based on like a hunch backed beefly that fully leans into being a parasitoid would be cool

I imagine the pg version is like
Ribombee lay their eggs in vespquen and then it just turns into a brood parasite situation
Which isn't what beeflies do the baby's eat the babies in the solitary bees nest they lay their eggs in but pokemon probably wouldn't do that

Even tho beeflies don't go for eusocial bee nests
Pokemon doesn't really have a solitary bee to use so ig it's fine they used vespiquen

Its kinda crazy that there's only like 1 and a half bee pokemon

Vespquen which is named after a bee named after a wasp (not in Japanese tho)
And beedrill which is more wasp then it is bee but ig the dex does mention it makes honey sometimes and idk if gamefreak knew about honey wasps in the 90s

[steel basin]

the card shop ppl made my smoliv into a button ueueu

[hexed copper]

Ram

[mellow lagoon]

HOW THEY DO THAT

I HEARD POKEMON CARDS ARE TOO THICK TO MAKE INTO BUTTONS

[reef bane]

That’s sick. I’m also curious how they did it

[steel basin]

i have no idea actually.. i just looks like they cut it into the shape then did it

it may just be bc its specifically for cards since its the card shops button machine

love my son tho

[sacred warren]

They probably just have a button maker

[sacred warren]

Not really true
They're a bit too thick for those cheap ones but a high quality button maker can do it just fine

I assume they just have one of thoes expensive metal ones

[vagrant marlin]

i’m trying to get one of those machines for my birthday idrc if it’s cheap quality unless it breaks easily

[sacred hollow]

Found my old espurr cards :) 4/12 espurr cards for the collection

[meager perch]

finally found one

[mellow lagoon]

YEAAA

[meager perch]

i saw the espionages in another store but they had weird stains on them

[reef bane]

[vagrant marlin]

my brother won a pokemon card box from an arcade machine and we actually got something

i’d also like to mention they ripped off the side of the box so it can’t be resold

[mellow lagoon]

GOOD

ALL PLACES SHOULD DO THIS

[mellow lagoon]

So jealous of the mega frosslass though

[vagrant marlin]

it was one of those machines where they try and rig it like crazy

but he did it after spending like 30 bucks

[mellow lagoon]

Hes so real for that

[cold sky]

good

[steel basin]

the new set has a new yuka morii and a charjabug???? i need this set

[toxic pilot]

thank you Brock, very cool

[mellow lagoon]

Rubber duckie, you're the one

[toxic pilot]

baby 🥺

[mellow lagoon]

Omg look at him

[sacred warren]

Got bulbasaur flavoured creaeal

[mellow lagoon]

Oh boy another thing ppl can get graded

[twin delta]

they ground up bulbasaur for that cereal

[sacred warren]

Ik you're joking but I do actually plan to keep the box as long as I don't end up damageging it
Another thing to keep on my wall

[mellow lagoon]

Tastes like leafs

[sacred warren]

But I'm not like reseliing cereal

[twin delta]

no I get you, sometimes the packaging itself is too cool to throw away

[mellow lagoon]

I know ur not lol, but i know ppl are gonna genuinely try and scalp this now too like they did the pop tarts..

[sacred warren]

Ignore my hotwheels
I'm playing

[meager perch]

i can’t find the condensed eevee soup i once found

[celest sail]

KOMASAN PFP SPOTTED

[mellow lagoon]

..i might pick one of up if its got some fibre in it

[sacred warren]

Most cereal is pretty high in fiber
Its probably better to just get something cheaper unless you plan to keep the box

[tiny snow]

the classic 90s pokemon cereal is so much cooler come on make it all shiny and glittery come ooooonnn

[meager perch]

oms :3

[celest sail]

YOU KNOW BALL 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[meager perch]

tbh i did set my number plate on my car as his name

if that doesnt show loyalty idk what will

[sacred warren]

One in 4000 chance to get a shiny cereal that's covered in an unhealthy amount of edible glitter

[twin delta]

breaking news: I do in fact have one sableye card

[twin delta]

and the yuka moriis I’ve sorted through so far

[toxic pilot]

Here’s all my yuka morii’s

[twin delta]

hold on lemme get my magnifying glass

AWW THE TORCHIC

[tiny snow]

i would kill to see the dunsparce model in person

[twin delta]

I might have the numel? ik I used to have the delta species ekans

I would need to look through my childhood collection

[toxic pilot]

I have like 3 of the numel haha

I collect the e-reader cards that I find in the wild since I actually have the e-reader

[twin delta]

oh wait I def have more bc I have the light azumarill

oh shit really? :O

[toxic pilot]

Yup! It’s probably either in a misc electronics bin or wherever my copy of ruby is.

[twin delta]

I think the one thing I wish I could’ve gotten when I was a kid was the physical eon ticket 🤧

[toxic pilot]

I think I got my e-reader second hand at a used book store for like 15 bucks around 2015 lol

[twin delta]

[toxic pilot]

I mean the cartridge is on eBay for like 20 bucks

[tiny snow]

im so mad at myself for not buying one years ago
it's too expensive now to justify not just getting a reproduction but i remember when those things were like 50 bucks!!!

[toxic pilot]

Dunno if it’s the English version though

[tiny snow]

have you heard of these https://www.retrodotcards.com/

[toxic pilot]

Oh those are cool

I’ll need to find where my e-reader went first though lol

[tiny snow]

i wish nintendo would do some e reader shit with amiibo
it would be beyond easy to pirate but come onnnnn im sure you can put super mario bros on an nfc

[raw nebula]

been trying to make a list for new terapagos in tcg pocket, i know most probably would argue for babies here but i wanted to try for a maximum energy variance (and baby ramp overlaps with ho-oh so its a no from me) not sure if anyone plays it beyond collecting here but im excited to try it out..... as soon as i get any terapagos lol

theres maybe room for area zero since this is so basic heavy? could delay your terapagos till later for an extra draw, given you can just drop it, x speed into it, and juggler at any point for big damage in the end game

also an argument to be made for kubfu for the colorless generation but i was thinking delcatty better justifies ilima

[tiny snow]

okay here's my deck building advice:
replace all your cards with fossils so you can

[raw nebula]

so true

I actually love doing this rather than conceding esp with ilima

possibly even paradol lady

[toxic pilot]

Do I have enough dice and damage counters?

[hexed copper]

idk man maybe

[twin delta]

I think there should be more

also im yoinking the garchomp coin

[toxic pilot]

Ngl I bought a set of non elite trainer box dice and was designing custom card sleeves because I was gonna get back into the competitive scene

And that’s when the basement dwelling resellers took over 💀

That very same month

[steel basin]

ourghh yuka mori

i picked up the chewtle recently, i think i have most of those other than the sheildon ue

[vagrant marlin]

speaking of the e reader i wonder if the e reader cards being reprinted in the 30th anniversary set will actually work with it

[sacred warren]

They should

Its the exact same code

If you printed the code onto a non pokemon card piece of card it would work

[vagrant marlin]

oh cool

i actually really want the 30th anniversary set but i know i’ll never be able to get it cause of scalpers

[twin delta]

ok last of my yuka morii

[twin delta]

and the asako ito gang

[steel basin]

holy crap azumarill

[reef bane]

Azumarill

[twin delta]

that azumarill is scratched to hell and back but it’s my baby from my childhood

[reef bane]

A well loved card is more priceless than any mint card.

[toxic pilot]

ugh I wanna open packs but there are none for msrp within a 40 mile radius

[twin delta]

true and real 🗣️👏🏼

[twin delta]

I miss when I could find packs at the grocery store 💔

[vagrant marlin]

my local grocery store has a vending machine but the manager is a chud ass loser who camps it and buys the whole thing out each restock to resell on ebay

i think i shared that here before but still

[steel basin]

bruhhh

[tiny snow]

ew

dark soul behavior

[lilac kettle]

I think it's cool that some Pokemon have machine elements to them, even though they're clearly organic. Like Rayquaza resembling a missile, and Garchomp having jet thruster things on its head. Do you guys have other examples of this?

[twin delta]

hydreigon was originally supposed to be a tank but the only remaining aspect of that are the tread markings on its body!

wait I forgor about dragapult LOL

[lilac kettle]

Oh right! Me too

[lilac kettle]

I heard that. That's super neat. I kinda wish they're kept more tank elements for it

Oh right, Cyclizar

[mellow lagoon]

Scolipede will always be the og motorcycle

[lilac kettle]

These guys are jets! I forgot

[sacred hollow]

remoraid and octillery were originally a gun and a tank respectively

i love remoraid

https://tenor.com/view/rémoraid-hydro-canon-pokémon-gif-15021229

[lilac kettle]

I love the beta designs. Wish the official remoraid looked more like a gun lol. Would be funny to see someone wield it like one

[sacred hollow]

I love the majority of the generic fish pokemon so I'm happy with Remoraid as is but I would be ecstatic if they randomly decided to give him a split evo where he evolves into a more gun like fish

[reef bane]

Octillary would look soooo much better if it stayed a tank

[reef bane]

Shiny hunting in Lumentale making me feel like I’m hunting in an older Pokémon game again.

[mellow lagoon]

Lumentale?

[reef bane]

It’s a game that came out recently. It’s a “Pokémon like” made by the same people who made the fan game Pokémon Xenoverse.

[sacred warren]

Is lumentale not that roblox game

Wait no that's lumain legacy

I kinda don't like all the roblox creature collectors because all of them are literally just trying to be pokemon but with micro transactions instead of actually doing anything unique with a turn bases battle format

[sacred warren]

Its why I don't actually have high hopes for that one game everyone was hyping up
Eleon adventures or whatever its called
Like yeah the creature designs are good
But what else? It's the same turn based format as pokemon, they even brought back the gen 6/7 mega evo mechanics
Like it is just pokemon but with different creature designs

Making competition doesn't mean copying the existing games format 1-1

[vagrant marlin]

also that new clash of critters mobile game kinda

i downloaded it and it’s fun but holy microtransactions

and also this like oh my god

[sacred warren]

Its why I don't really like that nexomon game either
Like it's cool for their to be free options
But if you have a phone, you can also emulate the ds games

Also nexomons designs are just kinda not very good

They follow the "just make it bigger" evolution style

And I don't really like that for the most part

Cassette beasts has been my favourite non pokemon creature collector I've played so far

Its has a similar turn based structure while still being unique enough to actually stand on its own

[reef bane]

Try playing Beastieball if you want something unique and that has amazing creature deigns.

[vagrant marlin]

i wanna get around to playing cassette beasts i just haven’t

[reef bane]

Lumentale also has some really great designs but it is turn based as well.

[sacred warren]

I don't hate turn based
I like it
I'm just talking about how the roblox games are literally the exact same turn based mechanics

Like even the moves work the exact same affects and they're just renamed

[reef bane]

Idk what you’re expecting from Roblox games. Look for real games.

[vagrant marlin]

i always liked doodle world when it comes to roblox creature captures

like it does have microtransactions but it’s not that intrusive and you can have fun without them

[mellow lagoon]

Me who absolutely adores loomian legacy..

[sacred warren]

I like doodle world because of skins
But it is the most blatantly literally just pokemon mechanics of the ones out rn

[sacred warren]

Its always funny whenever a card with an art error slips through the cracks because Creatures Inc will respond like "we are going to publicly behead the artist for this mistake" and then the mistake is they accidently drew ancienthagly with 4 head wrinkles instead of 3

[twin delta]

@long sequoia I found more cards with that artist that you like

[long sequoia]

[twin delta]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1153835254499528749/1494099028445757450/1314693172756086944.gif

[mellow lagoon]

GIMME THAT MOUSHOLD

[long sequoia]

I like that cetoddle one, that’s very cute

[mellow lagoon]

GRRRRR

[twin delta]

hehehe

ik I have more maushold/tandemaus somewhere but I have this cosmo holo in my binder rn

[mellow lagoon]

Gimme em all

[twin delta]

you will need to find them in my bulk

[mellow lagoon]

ILL GLADLY RUMMAGE THROUGH BULK

[twin delta]

LOL

yea I literally spent a couple hours today sorting through it

this is just one etb

[steel basin]

crazy pull

[twin delta]

oh it’s a ditto :O

[mellow lagoon]

Gimme gimme

[celest sail]

Yoooo I forgot they have the ditto ones

Are those the ones that you can peel back and you get a ditto card

[twin delta]

yup yup

they have a little ditto in the corner next to the set icon to distinguish them from the regular cards

[celest sail]

Bet they're worth alot more if they aren't peeled off

[twin delta]

maybe? it’s still a common card but they’re neat

[twin delta]

I have 2 other etbs, go nuts!

[mellow lagoon]

HOW CAN I GOT NUTS IF IT AINT IN MY ACTUAL HANDS

[celest sail]

What's an etb

I'm still fairly new to poke tcg

[vagrant marlin]

the urge to peel that off

[steel basin]

neverrr

i bought it for the spinerak

[vagrant marlin]

the ditto was my chase from the go set cause that was such a unique and satisfying concept

[vagrant marlin]

i did get it though

[steel basin]

nother day searching for yuka morii with little luck

i did get three more charjbugs tho

[reef bane]

My favorite card artist is Tomokazu Komiya

[twin delta]

it stands for elite trainer box, they come with 9 packs from whichever set it is, sleeves, dice, and tokens

[celest sail]

Ooooh

[twin delta]

it’s also a handy way to store bulk cards

[celest sail]

I think I've seen one of those at my locals

I don't really have a use for one yet because I don't have that many cards

Literally that one mimikyu alcremie pack and half of a starter I bought because it had mimikyu

[twin delta]

oh wait I forgot it also comes with a promo card inside

you don’t necessarily need one lol it’s just one of the ways to get cards from a specific set

[celest sail]

Ah

That explains why sealed ones cost half a band at both retail and tainted second hand markets

[twin delta]

so there are etbs, booster bundles (which have 6 packs), and booster boxes (which have 36 packs)

[twin delta]

that’s only if the promo card is desirable lol

[steel basin]

i neeed more tins

[twin delta]

other common ways you’ll find cards are checklane blisters, 2 packs, tins, etc there’s a lot

[steel basin]

i love to eat the metal

[twin delta]

I like the tins that come with cute stickers and coin

[toxic pilot]

I love the pogo etb just for those sleeves

best etb sleeve

[twin delta]

oooo I didn’t know it was mewtwo that’s sick

[toxic pilot]

And the mewtwo is silvery :>

[celest sail]

I play like 2 tcgs atm so say if I need an indicator or a token (i.e. Yu-Gi-Oh) I just use one of my MANY DICE

[twin delta]

oh yea for playing I’m pretty sure pokemon also just uses dice LOL

[celest sail]

Cool
I have those in small droves

2 sets and a premium tin count as droves right

Cuz I've shown my dice off before but I don't mind showing em again

[steel basin]

i miss the little paper counters

[toxic pilot]

I think they still make those

I think they’re only in the prebuilt decks though

I think I have plenty of dice from etb’s though

[twin delta]

also I had no idea what you were talking about so I had to look it up, yea some products come with miscellaneous packs too

something else like that are the pokeball tins

these things (not my pic)

[celest sail]

Ye
But atleast I have beeg mimikyu card

[twin delta]

LOL

are you gonna open it or is it just for display

[celest sail]

Already opened it

Like months ago
Old photo

[toxic pilot]

poor baby :(

[foggy plank]

After having something of a bad experience with chaos rising, I spotted a perfect order 3 pack blister for like 17!! (Thats like.. so close to msrp ill take it).
I got these fellas!!

Very very happy, tho ironically I ACTIVELY went hunting for this specific IR at a show a bit back, so im gonna trade him for another IR at the next show I attend!!

[twin delta]

the chikorita promo is so cuteee

[foggy plank]

No frrr, I saw it behind the counter at a sporting goods store and went "ooo pokemon..... is that a chikorita whiffing the flowers 😭♥️??" Theyre so peaceful 🥹

[foggy plank]

This is a bit random but I wanna call attention to my favorite artist in the TCG rn, Haru Akasaka.
I got the chandelier and dhelmise, some of the few regular cards that have made me REAALLY pause and admire the work. Im not sure how to describe the look; mosaic? stained-glass?? topographic??? But it's so so pretty to me, they need to be more known

I looked into more of their cards beyond the ones I know and, damn?? The cof tickles my brain and the zamazenta is breathtaking..
(Also pretty sure they made the archeops that got a stamp smacked on it for the museum)

[twin delta]

oh I think I have a couple of their cards :O would need to look through my bulk again

[twin delta]

oh also my coins + etb dice

[twin delta]

I did in fact have some haru akasaka cards!

[sacred hollow]

my favorite pokemon card artist is tomokazu komiya, i have a whole binder of just his cards, running out of room though, so probably going to have to get a bigger binder for them; here's a few pages with some of my favorites :)

[twin delta]

yess I love the art he does for the cards omg that gulpin :O

[sacred warren]

Why did they make the new coins so big bro
They're so hard to flip now

[sacred hollow]

so blessed that my bf had the delta species vibrava, vibrava is one of my favorite pokemon and that card is so good

[twin delta]

idk I loved the small coins :’)

[sacred warren]

Like ik most people just use dice for coin flips
But like your coins should also be flippable

[twin delta]

looking through my bulk I was able to find an artist that I like called shibuzoh!

[sacred warren]

Did like a kid choke on one or something and they legally had to make them bigger?
Because I feel like if that happened it would be a wide spread story

[twin delta]

also sowsow but I don’t have all of those cards organized lol

[sacred warren]

Trans tail

[sacred hollow]

I loooove that card lol, I think of color picking a trans flag from it whenever i see it

[twin delta]

also for @mellow lagoon

[rotund bramble]

https://tenor.com/view/tandemaus-gif-5536484238788639591

[twin delta]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-maushold-maushold-screaming-pocket-monsters-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-gif-7122285492339037496

oh also primarina illustration rare card in the upcoming abyss eye set

my babyyy

[rotund bramble]

wait... new set already?

[twin delta]

well abyss eye is already out in Japan, but it comes out in English as pitch black in July

[rotund bramble]

oh my god....

[twin delta]

ooo I really like the banette

also alien if you’re out there I found more cards of that artist you like

[toxic pilot]

TIL that dice are allowed to be used as a coin stand-in

[rotund bramble]

hi! are any of you going to naic?

[toxic pilot]

Would’ve been great to know that as a kid who struggled with the coins

[twin delta]

no I wish

[long sequoia]

I can't be stopped

[rotund bramble]

https://tenor.com/view/clampy-itemlabel-spin-swing-itemlabel-clampy-gif-10480160444504462395

teehee i'm going

[twin delta]

lucky bastard…

[twin delta]

[twin delta]

nah but fr I hope you have fun!

[rotund bramble]

i'm so excited

[mellow lagoon]

LOOK AT THEEEM

[toxic pilot]

Picked up one

[long sequoia]

never challange me

[toxic pilot]

Already knew where the ball was but figured I’d post it for ya anyways lol

[vocal merlin]

Hello fellows

I went to many cardshops with my brother and saw these

If I see more cool stuff I’ll send more! Yay

[twin delta]

eating that mew

[mellow lagoon]

Bubble mew

[vocal merlin]

My brother has one! But its not rated 10

[toxic pilot]

Stealing your brother

[twin delta]

im still forever mad that I could’ve gotten a Japanese bubble mew for $40 but I passed it up

[toxic pilot]

They make 3 sizes of coin now ig?

Stacked

Coolest dividers ever though

[twin delta]

that pikachu coin is really cute aww

also is that from the perfect order etb?

[toxic pilot]

Yeah! Found one in person for only like 15 bucks over msrp so I figured, why not

[rotund bramble]

MY BABIES

[twin delta]

ooo nice! hope you get some cool hits

[toxic pilot]

Haha my hits were shit

Had fun though

[twin delta]

naurr 💔

oh well at least there’s coin and dividers

[toxic pilot]

only one sir 💔

Not even a pokeball foil lmfao

[twin delta]

I thought the probopass was an ir?

[rotund bramble]

TYRUNT

[twin delta]

tyrunt

[toxic pilot]

Idk Pokémon card terms these days tbh

[rotund bramble]

https://tenor.com/view/stay-hydrated-tyrantrum-hydrate-tyrunt-pokemon-gif-10408614034268586999

[twin delta]

sir is secret illustration rare lol

so think the mega zygarde ex in that set

[rotund bramble]

is 15 dollars for 3 japanese perfect order packs worth it

[twin delta]

think this guy

[toxic pilot]

Depends on the type of Japanese pack

[twin delta]

absolutely not

[toxic pilot]

I mean no either way

[rotund bramble]

but what if i have a 3 hour layover and want to have a little fun......

[toxic pilot]

But especially not unless they’re the “premium” packs, ie the ones with 10 cards

[twin delta]

then do whatever your heart desires but I don’t know if those packs only have 5 cards or 10

and you’re not guaranteed a holo either with the Japanese packs

[toxic pilot]

Idc about the digital packs so have fun guys

[vagrant marlin]

you mean ir?

there’s no sir here lol

[rotund bramble]

baja blast clefairy

dude wait last vacation i pulled lillies clefairy and now i have another clefairy.....

[twin delta]

[rotund bramble]

there's still one pack, letting my sister open it

[rotund bramble]

update: my sister pulled THIS

what the fuck

[mellow lagoon]

The silky

[twin delta]

goddamn

[rotund bramble]

i don't gaf about prices but damn

[twin delta]

yea that meowth is going for stupid money

[mellow lagoon]

I remember when it peaked at 80 for a little while

Idk when it became 200

[sacred hollow]

moonbreon stocks seem to be lowering right now, just to punish me for not getting supplies to ship mine out for grading, clearly

[twin delta]

I think I’d hold off on grading it personally with all that’s been going on there

[twin delta]

people are pumping it bc it’s a kanto pokemon

[sacred hollow]

I am super out of the loop, what exactly do you mean by that?

[twin delta]

so depending on which grading company you mean, if you mean psa I wouldn’t bc rn the company has been facing a lot of issues lately like damaging cards they get in and I believe rn they have a backlog of a couple million cards so they’re paused rn

[sacred hollow]

oooof yeah my friend recommended beckett instead so i wouldn't have gone with psa anyway but that sounds awful

[twin delta]

so beckett is owned by psa

but yea the situation is not great to say the least LOL

[sacred hollow]

lmfao ok then, perhaps i will list my card on ebay and see how high i can sell it for no grading

[toxic pilot]

Someone found a bootleg plush with homophobia 💖

(Not my photo)

[mellow lagoon]

Dude i want that though

Its actually such a cool plush though

[spark plume]

there was a tcg show near me recently and apparently someone had an actual illustrator pikachu card

never know what you'll see at those things

[twin delta]

30th anniversary set was officially revealed a bit

I Need the hisuian zorua card

look at itttt

[sacred warren]

The pikachu illustrator cards rarity is a little overplayed
Like it's still crazy rare but compared to other cards there's more out there

I think its like just under 40

Compared to other things which have like 10 or less

[spark plume]

illustrator pikachu wishes it was mega sachiko ex

[sacred warren]

That's kinda the problem with equating rarity to the amont of money one guy bought something for

[spark plume]

my rarest card is limited to 60 copies but it's not pokemon so who cares

[sacred warren]

Way way rarer cards just slip under the radar because nobody is paying a million dollars for them because they're not insane and trying to artificially inflate card prices

[spark plume]

someday...

there are 100 copies of this thing but still

[sacred warren]

But whenever you just search "rarest card" the only shit that comes up is most expensive lists

Like there's some error cards like pre release raichu that have like I think under 20 out there?

[spark plume]

the rarest card is actually a cubchoo card that i drew on with a sharpie because its the only one that exists

[sacred warren]

Not to mention all the contents done where the prize cards were given to kids

[spark plume]

this technically exists but there's only one and post has it

[sacred warren]

Iirc same goes for the katy Perry one

And I think Ed sheeran has one

[spark plume]

j balvin actually

[sacred warren]

Damn
Though they did him one after celestial

Idk I don't like his music

[spark plume]

oh wait yeah this one

[mellow lagoon]

OMG

[toxic pilot]

Somehow my target actually had tarts AND cards

[tiny snow]

electric rat flavored

[vagrant marlin]

aura

[vagrant marlin]

wdym the “crystal lugia” is being hyped up and could be one of the most expensive cards of the set??

if those scums steal an e reader card from me i’m going mental