Pokemon TCG

[dawn vale]

Completely reorganized now

[random light]

Ayy that looks great!

Love the quadruple pikachu card haha.

You're happier with how it's sorted?

[dawn vale]

After that are holos sorted by type and reverse holos

I'll need a bigger binder...

But yes! Very happy with it!

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

Also

[fresh adder]

the binder i got is 100 bucks

but it holds 500 cards

[dawn vale]

Pics 👀

[fresh adder]

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/XIAOLUO500-Card-Pocket-Binder-Pro-9-Trading-Cards-Album-Side-Load-Sleeves-XIAOLUO-MTG-Yugioh-TCG-Folder-Sports-Holder-Black-Black/PRD0WH3Q01Q4SGH

this is the binder i have

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1020167380472713247/1029167336479019098/20220803_225001.mp4

[pale marsh]

I'M GOING TO GO HAM WITH THESE UPCOMING NEW PACKS

LOOOOKKKKKKKKK
I NEEDDDDDDDDDDDDS

AAHHHHHHH

[astral shoal]

My luck would just be terrible

[pale marsh]

Where does one find money to get these packksss

[astral shoal]

I wish I knew sister, life is kicking my ass in the financial department right now

[pale marsh]

That's a hard mood right there... Especially during this terrible inflation we're all going through...

[fresh adder]

gas went up 8 cents the other night for me

[dawn vale]

Gas in my area jumped almost 30 cents over night. Was below 3$, then jumped to like $3.33

[fresh adder]

is like 1.85 now here

tho im canadian

[astral shoal]

It’s $6 over here

[dawn vale]

?afk afk

[nocturne bramble]

@dawn vale I set your AFK: afk

[astral shoal]

Oh shit, I have access again

@dawn vale @random light it’s not much since I have been broke/sad but let me find ones I haven’t posted yet

[nocturne bramble]

R҉a҉e҉|҉M҉e҉g҉a҉ ҉G҉e҉n҉g҉a҉r҉ is AFK: afk - 5 hours ago

[astral shoal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/985004960712392706/1026289641252466738/IMG_6713.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/985004960712392706/1026289640879181834/IMG_6711.jpg

[dawn vale]

Nice cards 😮

?afk

[nocturne bramble]

@dawn vale I set your AFK: AFK

[random light]

Love the art on that gengar. 👀

[astral shoal]

I love how it looks high

[random light]

Zonked out of his gourd.

[astral shoal]

Not like I care, but how long is that GameStop three for two promo?

@dawn vale @random light

[nocturne bramble]

R҉a҉e҉|҉M҉e҉g҉a҉ ҉G҉e҉n҉g҉a҉r҉ is AFK: AFK - 7 hours ago

[frosty walrus]

It ends today

[astral shoal]

Hmmm

[astral shoal]

@frosty walrus i’m bad with money, and I hate myself

[dawn vale]

I hate myself too

I got two of those gengy bois

[astral shoal]

[astral shoal]

Can’t wait to pull a basic V if I’m lucky

[dawn vale]

Have you pulled anything?

[astral shoal]

Oh, haven’t opened it yet. About to in about an hour.

[dawn vale]

Oooo okay!

If I can find my new debit card that should be in the mail, I might go out and get cards >.>

[dawn vale]

@frosty walrus @astral shoal @random light @fresh adder Tell me I shouldn't go and get more cards >_>

[random light]

Blow your children's college fund on cards.

[dawn vale]

Don't tempt me

[random light]

It's an investment.

[dawn vale]

You're not wrong...

Ill just need to wait till Thursday/Wednesday when I get some money (or when my new card comes in 👀)

[fresh adder]

u dont have the money for this

[dawn vale]

But I can make money appear for it!

[astral shoal]

I would tell you, but that would make me a hypocrite

[dawn vale]

We should go get more cards together 😄

Also, fun Japanese phrase 🙂 Watashi wo Anata no futomomo de hasande kudasai.

[astral shoal]

It probably means something beautiful

[dawn vale]

It does 🙂

[astral shoal]

Somebody hide ropes from me

I don’t count holos

[dawn vale]

Oof

https://tenor.com/view/hug-day-gif-23819253

@astral shoal

[astral shoal]

HOW ARE WE GOING TO BREAK FREE FROM THIS SHIT?!!!!

[dawn vale]

[astral shoal]

The company doesn’t care about us

[dawn vale]

Kinda sad I have that emote..

[dawn vale]

They just want our money

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

I wonder if there is a support beam that is strong enough to support me

[astral shoal]

It’s just hard, breaking free from the hobby, whether it’s competitive, or just simply collecting

I feel bad still doing it at my age, combining with the fact that it’s so hard to get money back in the long run

Somebody explained the science/logic behind it, there are too many cards per set, and too many rare cards that are unappealing. So by the time you finally pull a rare card, 90% of the time you don’t want it.

Like I prefer spiritomb, way over parasect

[dawn vale]

And that is true. Honestly I do it for the gambling aspect and I get to have some pretty cards to look at. Maybe one day I can give it to my kids and they can sell it off for a decent price

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

Honest the shiny aspect of it is really appealing to my goblin brain

[astral shoal]

I just hopped back into the hobby to relive childhood enjoyment. But then, after learning about how better the more rarer cards are. It made me forget about the common cards, which obviously I used to have appreciation for when I was a kid. Which kind of ruins, the hobby, a little bit more to be honest.

Back then, we would just be happy to get the cards

[dawn vale]

It's why I have my big binder of commons ^^ I still get to see the amazing artwork that goes into the cards

[astral shoal]

I mean, don’t get me wrong. I enjoy my national dex binder, but since I literally have every Pokémon. I’m only interested in the rare stuff now.

[dawn vale]

Makes sense

[dawn vale]

?afk

[nocturne bramble]

@dawn vale I set your AFK: AFK

[astral shoal]

Hot take, holos shouldn’t exist anymore

[dawn vale]

So just the special cards instead?

[astral shoal]

Vs and above. With Scarlet and Violet, EX and above.

[dawn vale]

Hmmm

hot take, def something to think about

[astral shoal]

Listen, I know you gotta pay homage and have a little bit of nostalgia. But it’s been 20+ years, nobody wants to pay $5 per pack. See a hit code card and pull a 10 cent holo.

Maybe if they went with the anniversary set style and have every pack contain at least a holo but still

[dawn vale]

At least a holo in every pack

[astral shoal]

Also, anybody with the TCGO, please give me a couple Zoroark Vs, or a couple of Samurott V stars

[astral shoal]

Like celebrations or the Pokémon go set

I will also accept lost origin codes and astral radiance ones

[dawn vale]

(me over here who put in like 50 codes in the other day >_>)

[astral shoal]

Pls help

[dawn vale]

I might go get some more cards since my CC came in ^^;; (tho its more like a debit card that helps with credit)

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

I really shouldnt

but

I am a kid with adult money xD

@random light @frosty walrus stop me from getting more cards

[frosty walrus]

Oh no

Don’t do it the pulls are never that good

[dawn vale]

But what if I buy singles 👀

[frosty walrus]

Oh true

Better option

[dawn vale]

and possibly a couple packs

[dawn vale]

Bet

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

Maybe Ill send you a couple codes 👀

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

https://tenor.com/view/bill-wurtz-bad-thing-just-did-a-bad-thing-bad-thing-gif-13874640

The main pickupa

@random light @frosty walrus @astral shoal

[random light]

👀

[dawn vale]

Then picked up a bunch of cards from the base set that I was missing

[random light]

Nice, which ones are you missing now?

[dawn vale]

Alot lol but I have quite abit now

I'll have to organize and see

[random light]

Also nice nails. 💚

[dawn vale]

Thanks ❤️

I need to do my other hand when I get home

[random light]

Same colour or different?

[astral shoal]

MEGANIUM!!!!!!!!!!

[random light]

megchamp

[dawn vale]

Literally one of my all time favorite starters

Just found the same ||prostitute|| in the same parking lot as the last time I got cards...

[astral shoal]

[random light]

"Do you accept pokemon cards?"

[dawn vale]

Only reason why I know she is... ||signs of drug use, wearing very revealing clothes, always smoking something, and seems very out of it||

[dawn vale]

She ain't worth no pokemon cards

They didn't have lost origins but they did have some brilliant stars and Astral radiance

[astral shoal]

CODES!!!!!

https://tenor.com/view/ree-reeeee-duck-gif-15312912

[dawn vale]

I'll send them once I get home ^^

I still have my Zeraora vmax box to open but I'll do that at home

[astral shoal]

[frosty walrus]

Oooo nice!!

[dawn vale]

That was the only good card I pulled

Pulled my fucking 4th radiant Gardevoir

The only other "good" cards I pulled

[random light]

Mono radiant gardevoir deck.

[dawn vale]

Like how the fuck have a pulled FOUR

[astral shoal]

How many packs?

[dawn vale]

9

10 actually

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

I still have your codes btw

[astral shoal]

[random light]

Wish me luck. 👀

I'll take it.

[dawn vale]

Bruh, I got 9 more LO packs and pulled nothing 😭😭😭

[random light]

rippp :(

Not even a holo?

[dawn vale]

Got a couple holos but nothing like super rare

Got a vstar and a pokemon trainer card, but both together worth maybe a dollar

[astral shoal]

[astral shoal]

What was the trainer?

Also, can I please have the lost origin codes?

[dawn vale]

Yes

[dawn vale]

Benette

My repackaged packs that I ordered on ebay came in!

Idk wtf I was expecting but I'm not doing that again.

[astral shoal]

Oh the trainer gallery, I call them character rares

[astral shoal]

Wait, you mean you knew they were repackage/resealed, and you bought them still?

[dawn vale]

They were cheap and wanted to try them out. Idk wtf I was expecting but it was horrible.

[astral shoal]

Good thing, they were cheap, but yeah. I fell for them a couple of years ago at target one time. The way they don’t get sued is by tennically throwing in a really cheap/terrible holo. So they don’t technically lie about the “hollow foil“ being guaranteed. And I’m assuming for one of the vintage/classic cards, they gave one that was a basic or only worth $.10?

[dawn vale]

There was 0 vintage 😂

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

yeah it was horrible, and I thought they were going to be in, you know packs but resealed... they were just in envelopes taped

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

So

Little pissed

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

One of the cards even came in with the edges damaged.

Okay I did get ONE vintage card. Super Energy Removal

Horrible. Would no recommend

[astral shoal]

https://tenor.com/view/taking-notes-bj-novak-the-office-gif-10700649

[dawn vale]

Guess I gotta write their name in the death note

[astral shoal]

Don’t forget the people that work for the actual Pokémon company

I hate all these scammers and fake fans assisting to ruin the Hobby

[dawn vale]

Yeah it's upsetting. Just gonna buy my packs and singles. Not gonna fuck with ebay shit

[astral shoal]

I wish I could just do singles, honestly due to me being a dumbass. I’m not even sure if I’m financially stable enough to get silver tempest packs next month

[dawn vale]

Yeah.. if it wasn't for the fact that I have money set to the side for that specifically (started saving up a month ago)

[astral shoal]

That was a big brain move

I already know the pull rates are going to be mid

[dawn vale]

I am just wanting to be hopeful... I really want the Lugia card

[astral shoal]

Which one?

[dawn vale]

The one that was leaked from the ST set

[astral shoal]

No, I mean which specific one

The alt, the regular, V, the full art, the gold

Also, even though I said it 1 million times, I’ll still continue to bitch, bring back shiny gold Pokémon cards

[dawn vale]

Yes. (honestly I want them all)

[astral shoal]

After pulling a radiant, I’m not going to lie. They’re pretty cool cards but the gold shiny were just so much better.

[dawn vale]

I want the gold shiny back

[astral shoal]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Even though I play competitive, I still feel like they weren’t worth the sacrifice. I guess it’s cool to have a back up in case if you don’t get a hit code card. But you could’ve just put the gold shiny in that specific place.

[dawn vale]

I just like looking at them 🙂

shiny cardboard makes monke brain happy

[astral shoal]

At first, I was just doing it for nostalgia then it got me hooked like it was crack. Opening and hoping for something good after seeing Youtubers pull it. Or trying to get it a rare card after seeing someone get it in a few packs. Only to be disappointed that you wasted money on non-rare cardboard.

[dawn vale]

yeah... I feel that

[jovial ember]

should I buy a silver tempest or lost origins ETB?

can't decide

NVM. Decided on silver tempest

😎

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

Por que no los dos?

[fresh adder]

I hope to someday get lost origin etb for the giratina pin to match dialga and palkia pins

[jovial ember]

Im guessing that says why not both, and you’re right

[dawn vale]

yes

[jovial ember]

Yeah I really want the pin, I have so many pokémon pin from many 20th anniversaries, so it would be a good addition

[jovial ember]

I’ll probably end up getting both

Do you think the giritina lost origins box will still be available in a month or two?

[fresh adder]

Well it's the pokemon center etb

Sooooo

Mabye?

[dawn vale]

Quite possible

[jovial ember]

Is there a difference from ETBs you can get from walmart vs pokemon centre?

[dawn vale]

PC usually gives you a pin as well with the ETB

and they look slightly different

[jovial ember]

Ah ok.

Also, I ALMOST scored the Charizard UPC. Added to my cart and put in my card, but it was sold out :(

But will the Arceus VSTAR upc be worth it?

[dawn vale]

I tried getting it butt I was broke when it got announced... so I missed my chance

I did it guys, I preordered two ETBs

[random light]

Nice, thanks for getting me one, too.

[dawn vale]

Sure! Just come to my house to pick it up

[jovial ember]

If I have a sealed box of the premium flareon collection, it would be fine for the cards for them to stay in the box, right?

It sounds stupid I know

but It wouldnt be better in a sleeve and hard case, right?

[random light]

As long as it's sealed, it should be fine. Arguably the cards would be safer sleeved and cased, but lots of people just keep the sealed product for collection purposes.

[dawn vale]

Imagine getting 10 packs and getting 0 hits

Not even a holo...

[astral shoal]

WHAT SET?!!!!

[frosty walrus]

bruh ):

[dawn vale]

I got the Pikachu tag team box. Came with 10 boosters. NONE OF THEM HAD A FUCKING THING

Then I decided to get 6 more packs. AND GOT FUCKING NOTHING

ugh

[astral shoal]

I wasn’t the only one

[dawn vale]

[random light]

The only solution is to get more.

[astral shoal]

Nah

We should burn down the Pokémon company

[astral shoal]

LET'S GOOOO!!!!!!!

[frosty walrus]

Were you worried about your dark vs mew matchup?

[astral shoal]

Eh, 50/50. The mew deck sets up pretty quickly.

I just like beating that deck

[frosty walrus]

Fair LOL

It’s also nice to get a tech to work how you want it to

[astral shoal]

[astral shoal]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonTCG/comments/y5mxr7/last_silver_tempest_alt_revealed/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

@random light @dawn vale @frosty walrus @jagged plume @sleek patio

They sold, they honestly fucking sold on the last alt art

[dawn vale]

Hopefully I can pull at least one alt art in my two etbs

[astral shoal]

It better be the Lugia one

Knowing my luck and the cards in the set. I think I’m just going to get one ETB.

[random light]

Really hope they carry on the trend with the alt arts though. Some of them are gorgeous.

[sleek patio]

ooo that looks nice

[astral shoal]

We can only hope that they stay like character rares

Well, at least me and Wooks got the competitive to look forward to next year

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-shirley-temple-giggle-laugh-lmao-gif-22086540

[dawn vale]

No cap it better be the lugia one

[astral shoal]

Also, even though it’s not that active, can we make this a whole channel again?

[dawn vale]

ask Aer

or Caustic

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

You can also post it to suggestions. But I could ask for you

[astral shoal]

Please do

[fresh adder]

Palkia vstar and dialga vstar still aren't avaliable at the gamestops near me

I want those pins

Also

I can't find astral radiance single packs anywere

Only 3 pack blisters

[jagged plume]

Skuntank

[nocturne bramble]

FlameJam's #1 Hater is AFK: One Piece is still goated and Zoro is so hot. Also Robin is mommy! - 3 hours ago

[jagged plume]

Really

[astral shoal]

[astral shoal]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonTCG/comments/yd1tod/i_pulled_all_of_these_cards_in_a_single_booster/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Why is the mf complaining?

[dawn vale]

Fuck that person

[jagged plume]

nahhhh what the actual fuck

why complain

those are some of the rarest pulls in the set

[astral shoal]

The problem is, that he’s wondering why he didn’t get any basic holos. That’s a good thing, especially with modern pull rates.

[dawn vale]

Like... dont be bitchin about the lack of holos, I didnt even get holos in like 20 boosters. heck I only got reverse holos and that was it

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

It was painful..

Also @astral shoal I made the suggestion, go vote lol

[astral shoal]

[jagged plume]

I hate pulling holos

Fr

Seeing that black border only to pull a shitty, useless little card that's a tad shiny

[jagged plume]

@astral shoal

[nocturne bramble]

FlameJam's #1 Hater is AFK: smoliv don’t got taste - 4 hours ago

[astral shoal]

[astral shoal]

[astral shoal]

Should I fucking just run a milotic, I’m tired of Marnie cards

[dawn vale]

or when you get the vstar card just to pull a fucking non holo...

[astral shoal]

I’m telling you, Holos should not be counted as rares anymore

Maybe they shouldn’t even exist anymore, they technically just take up a slot that could’ve been used for a cooler type of card

Replace all the holos that are going to be in Silver Tempest with an alt art for my boy Ho-oh

Fucking Arceus!!!!

[random light]

6 lost origin packs, 1 holo darkrai.

[astral shoal]

Not a single character rare or radiant

[dawn vale]

This hurts me too

[white remnant]

i ask on behalf of a friend - any card packs here particularly worthwhile?

[random light]

Will probably have the best luck with the yugioh box.

Really depends what your friend is looking for though. If it's a specific card, it's way more efficient to just buy it. Otherwise look for something that had the most packs for the cost.

[white remnant]

i don't think they were looking on anything beyond 'best thing to get', since they were trying to find a gift for a friend

[random light]

And even though my luck sucks, there are some good cards in lost origin.

[white remnant]

i think they said they got the green and blue boxes though

so i'm gonna hope for them that it ends up having worked out

[random light]

May they have mad pulls with whatever they chose. 🙏

[dawn vale]

Yeah getting the LO packs or and single packs would be fine. I've had terrible luck in the boxes

[astral shoal]

@random light you’re not alone brother, I decided to buy pack today for shits and giggles, got a hit code card just to get a holo glastier

I don’t know why I’m such a dumbass

[dawn vale]

[astral shoal]

Like I know, we all do the same mistake and then commit it again, but this is ridiculous. Why do they think holos are still as important as alt arts or character rares?!

this is not 2005 or below

WERE ABOUT TO HIT 2023!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ffs

@burnt void why did you downvote the TCG channel suggestion?

https://tenor.com/view/death-stare-black-snake-moan-samuel-l-jackson-shocked-wide-eye-gif-14648637

[burnt void]

Same reason kam did

[astral shoal]

[astral shoal]

I finessed this mf, almost felt bad too

[frosty walrus]

Why did kam downvote it

Does he even use this channel

Or care about TCG in the slightest

[dawn vale]

I dont even think Kam has set foot in this chat

[astral shoal]

His reason apparently was that “even if the thread becomes a full channel again, it’s just going to remain inactive and return to a thread two weeks later”.

I know we’re not the most active channel, but I’m just tired of accidentally hitting the top and scrolling all the way back to the beginning of the thread. And sometimes the thread closing and me having to find a way to reopen it.

[frosty walrus]

Interesting reason

[dawn vale]

If he doesn't even use it then why does it even matter to them

[frosty walrus]

Exactly LOL

[dawn vale]

Like, it honestly should only matter to the people who ACTUALLY use it. Which is a small number of us sure, but hell pokemon go has its own channel and nuzlocke. and im pretty sure they are less active

[frosty walrus]

They’re really the only two downvotes LOL

[dawn vale]

Exactly lol

[frosty walrus]

Which is fine if you’re like involved in the chat

But I’ve never once seen kam here

[dawn vale]

Exactly

There are a few of us who are the most active here

[frosty walrus]

Yeah

I get why it’s a thread or forum or whatever

Would be easier if it wasn’t tho

[dawn vale]

Granted its like... 4 of us but hell we are more active than Nuzlocke

[frosty walrus]

Lmaoo

Not gonna make a stink about it either way

[astral shoal]

We tried friends

[dawn vale]

Naw, but I will talk to Aer and Caustic about it

[astral shoal]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonTCG/comments/yekttu/current_holo_situation/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Also, feel free to vote if you have time

[dawn vale]

Just did

[astral shoal]

[astral shoal]

I smiled before the final kill

[dawn vale]

Niceu!

I have that deoxys card irl

[astral shoal]

Only reason why I have it was because I needed it for my national dex binder

[dawn vale]

Ooo okay

[astral shoal]

I know. Me and my friend had a big celebration.

I’ll DM you a pic

[dawn vale]

Nice!

[astral shoal]

Judging from all the results and feedback, I personally feel like the best way to go would be return to the old, holo pattern, while making them not count as hits. But that’s just my opinion on the way they can tackle it in the future(they probably won’t though)

@dawn vale @random light @sleek patio @fresh adder

[fresh adder]

i dont understand

[astral shoal]

My fault, which one of the options would you agree on how they should handle holos?

[fresh adder]

i dont understand the context

[astral shoal]

OK let me break it down and sorry for the long explanation

After me and many others on here, got upset and had it with seeing hit code cards in packs and then getting basic ass holos. I decided to make a poll.

The options are, should the Pokémon company, stop producing holos in sets completely

have them not count as hit code cards(the code cards with the black border)

or just keep it the same way as it is. Holos still being produced, and still counting as rare pulls.

I was asking for your opinion on it

[fresh adder]

i still have no idea what this is in context

[astral shoal]

[fresh adder]

like i dont understand the context at all

did they change something about holos

[astral shoal]

I won’t tag you the next time

[astral shoal]

Oh, no. This was just like a random suggestion/discussion on what would be a better way to handle holos in sets.

[fresh adder]

dont do anything?

they arent a problem at all

[astral shoal]

I’m just saying, it sucks seeing a hit code card and then getting a regular holo

[dawn vale]

I say keep the holos but don't count them as hits.

[astral shoal]

And give them the old holo pattern as well

[brave owl]

What are hits

And what wrong with holos

They are cards but shiny

[astral shoal]

Black border code card=hit

White border code card=not hit

[brave owl]

Black border?

Code card?

Been a while since i bought any pokemon card
I just stuck to yugioh or magic

[brave owl]

Oh

That for online shit

Never cared about that for any tcg game

[astral shoal]

If you see this, it means you got a rare card

I just feel like these should only be used for V or higher though

Holos were cool in the past but that was V,Vmax’s,Full Arts,Character rares,Rainbow Rares,Gold,full arts and alt arts

[dawn vale]

I didn't realize the black boarder means you got a hit

GUYS

I GOT THE JOB AT GAMESTOP

[random light]

So you can buy even more cards now?

[dawn vale]

Sadly yes

Bye bye pay checks

[random light]

Nice, congrats!

[dawn vale]

Thank you ❤️

That also means I get insider knowledge >:)

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

Now I can get all the cards

[brave owl]

Do you get the play new game early too?

[dawn vale]

Nah

[dawn vale]

I did a bad thing... @astral shoal @random light @frosty walrus

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

Play mat

[astral shoal]

[frosty walrus]

Not a bad thing

I would also do this if I could find one LOL

[dawn vale]

The only notable card pulls

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

No big hits. Again.

[random light]

Still, love that Celebi.

[jagged plume]

Planning on making a mistake soon

Potentially 12 packs of astral

This could either go down really fucking well

Or really fucking bad

No in-between

[dawn vale]

https://tenor.com/view/maytheodds-beeverinyourfavor-effie-gif-5114734

[dawn vale]

It's pretty cool ngl

[astral shoal]

Finally..........

I FINALLY WON MY FIRST TOURNAMENT!!!!!!!!!!

@dawn vale @jagged plume @random light @frosty walrus @sleek patio

https://tenor.com/view/lets-go-the-rock-rock-go-rock-lets-go-lg-gif-18455293

https://tenor.com/view/dark-dark-side-night-black-darkness-gif-14413360

October 29, 2022. Never forget it baby, LETS GOOOO!!!!!

I knew it was a good sign that this card wasn’t added to my bulk

[dawn vale]

https://tenor.com/view/lets-fucking-go-malik-wright-the-game-lets-go-lets-get-started-gif-24227553

[astral shoal]

https://tenor.com/view/hyped-happy-yessirr-yes-sir-lets-go-gif-17289987

I’ve been waiting for this moment for ages

[jagged plume]

Niiiice gg man

[frosty walrus]

Omg congrats tamun!!!

[astral shoal]

[random light]

First of many.

[astral shoal]

[frosty walrus]

My charizard ultra premium collection got lost, it’s already out of stock so no replacing it. Like I said I struggled to get one and ended up with nothing while some people have literally FIVE

Because it’s necessary to have five for reasons besides scalping

[astral shoal]

I’m sorry to hear that

[jagged plume]

Are you able to get a refund on it?

[frosty walrus]

I can get a refund then what

I still don’t have the cards and I’d have to pay double to get one now

Sold out everywhere

I bought it because I wanted to get the box

Not so I could be out $100 until I get the refund

[brave owl]

I found some old ass cards

[frosty walrus]

Ooo fun

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

Sorry to hear that... When I bought mine I had to pay like 15 dollars over MSRP.

[dawn vale]

show us what you found 👀

[brave owl]

a bunch of shitty card

Those are the only fancy card i have

[astral shoal]

[brave owl]

Here a code, dunno if it still work was in the box

tell me if it did work

@dawn vale @astral shoal

[astral shoal]

[brave owl]

use the code!!

tell me what you get

[dawn vale]

if you wanna use it @astral shoal go ahead

[brave owl]

its a very old code lol

there gen 5 pokemon on it

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

If you dont, I will 👀

[astral shoal]

I will

[astral shoal]

It didn’t work

https://tenor.com/view/cry-crying-spider-man-peter-parker-tobey-maguire-gif-17446116

[brave owl]

Aw

[jagged plume]

lmao RIP fairy type

[cold pecan]

sadly the centering on the charizard is off, but im happy on the pull

[frosty walrus]

Nice!

[astral shoal]

[jagged plume]

Gah daym

[dawn vale]

Centering isnt horrible, could still potentially get a grade 10

https://rarecandy.com/rare-finds?utm_source=discord&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=upc1031

@astral shoal @frosty walrus @random light

[random light]

That's a lot of money.

[astral shoal]

That’s like 2 booster boxes

[jagged plume]

That's like a while Lego set

[brave owl]

Those are some old ass card booster

Damn

Any magic one

[dawn vale]

I think so

[jagged plume]

I wanna buy more cards but ion got the money for that atm

[brave owl]

TCG need alot of self control

Opening card pack is interesting

Im waiting for the next magic set on November 18

I want to make a deck using a transformer

[jagged plume]

I fucking know right

I went to the shops during my lunch break today and was like "fuck food I wanna buy cards"

Thankfully they had none

[dawn vale]

I start my job at GS so I might pick up cards today 👀

[jagged plume]

Gs?

Oh game stop

[dawn vale]

Yeee

Ill see what we have in stock, then Ill pick some up before I leave today

[random light]

Let us know if you come across any secret insider info. 👀

[dawn vale]

Any info I can share, I will give lol

[brave owl]

Gamestop dont really have alot of magic card

But thankfully i found out there a card shop at like 5 or 10 minutes walk from home

[dawn vale]

Guuuuuys I'm about to head in for my first day ❤️

[brave owl]

Nice

Ship me some nice magic card with your discount

[jagged plume]

You get a discount too right?

[dawn vale]

Yep! Sadly they do not have and singles in right now but they do have the eeveelution box that comes out here in thr next couple weeks. I'll be able to hold onto one for me 🙂

[jagged plume]

I've been tryna get a job at GAME (our version of game stop)

To no prevail

[brave owl]

rip

[jagged plume]

https://youtu.be/qW5hAQaqlms

The pull rates are genuinelu looking to be some of the best in recent years

Like holy shit this dude pulling back to back to back v stars and full arts

[frosty walrus]

They have been terrible for me

At prereleases

[astral shoal]

Oh shit, I forgot about pre-release

[jagged plume]

Wtf is a pre release thing

[astral shoal]

[jagged plume]

Is it like a big gathering sort of thing or just stores selling them early?

[astral shoal]

It’s when certain card shops sell the packs 2 weeks early

[jagged plume]

Yeah defo not something that happens where I am

[astral shoal]

Also, that was either a 5 to 10% chance of getting a god box, somebody SOMEHOW rigged the booster box for him. Or the pull rates are actually good this time around.

I’m going with the first option

Though there is one way to test it

@frosty walrus

Take one for the team and buy a booster box

[jagged plume]

I wanna have hope and go with the second option

[astral shoal]

You mean the third?

[jagged plume]

No don't make woo do it, she lost a ton on that fucking charizard

[jagged plume]

Yeah third sorry

I'm struggling to read

I'll buy a box if I have enough money at the end of November

Very slim chance of that happening tho

Cause I've only done about 4/5 shifts which for me is about 200

[astral shoal]

I envy your optimism

[jagged plume]

And there might be a bonus for the year idk

[astral shoal]

Lost origin has fucked me and so many others on here

[jagged plume]

Fuck lost origin

[astral shoal]

Except Ash, legacy and Wren

[jagged plume]

Astral radiance is still my number 1

Oh yeah I might have a £13 an hour job soon

£16 on Sundays

So say I average 3 shifts a week, that's about £1200 a month

Which is fucking insane for me

[astral shoal]

Same

For ironic reasons

[jagged plume]

Except for the fact I've pulled two alt arts

Both being liligant

[dawn vale]

Me, not able to get any prereleases in my area

[brave owl]

rip

i dont think i can either

[dawn vale]

However i can check out games and play them for free

Currently checked out Kirby Forgotten Land 🙂

[dawn vale]

Bought a tin and got nothing

[brave owl]

oof

how many packs/card are in those?

[dawn vale]

5 or 6

was 5

2 ES 2 LO then one more that I dont remember @brave owl

[brave owl]

ES? LO?

[dawn vale]

Evolving Skies, Lost Origin

[brave owl]

Oh

[dawn vale]

I got a hit on one of the ES, but it was an eeveelution (none that are worth wile)

[brave owl]

I feel like pokemon tcg is less interesting when it come to opening card pack
In magic im alway happy to get a 4th copy of a good card or even 1 very good card

Sometime you just HOPE for that 4th common to finish your deck

[frosty walrus]

Do you play Pokémon TCG?

[jagged plume]

I wanna play tcg online but for some reason it doesn't let me

I've tried redownloading it but it just gives me the same error everytime

[brave owl]

I dont

I found a bunch of obscure tcg

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

?av @astral shoal

[nocturne bramble]

Tamun#4263

Avatar

[dawn vale]

Nice

I play online just for fun.

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

Speaking of

I got a STACK of tcg codes

[fresh adder]

Dialga and palkia v star are at the gamestops near me now

Will share pulls if I get any

Looking for the flashy giratina card

[dawn vale]

ayo finally

[dawn vale]

Same

[fresh adder]

It's weird tho

Each gamestop only has 1 of the vstars

One near best buy has palkia

And the one in the mall has dialga

[dawn vale]

oof

[brave owl]

Online is fine but its too centered around the meta i prefer playing physical with friends and family

Its the same for all online tcg

The only online i enjoyed was heartstone but since they change how you can get free pack i havent played since

[fresh adder]

From the astral radiance packs

Drum roll please

[dawn vale]

Ayo

[fresh adder]

Rainbow rare fantina

[dawn vale]

Nice

The gold one is p sweet too

[fresh adder]

Yea

I can not afford palkia vstar box or hisuian zoruark vstar box as I do not have a job

[dawn vale]

Big oof

[fresh adder]

@sleek patio

u busy?

[dawn vale]

https://tenor.com/view/what-are-those-gif-23546871

[jagged plume]

They really need to redo their packaging

As fun as the packs are, there's so much fucking plastic

Like you buy idk a £30 box

You have:
The packaging
The inner plastic to hold everything in place
All 6 packs

[dawn vale]

facts

[random light]

Give us Pokemon card ATMs. Hit a button and it just shits out X number of cards, no packaging, no fuss.

[jagged plume]

They already struggle to stop people from stealing cards

I've noticed that the cards in the shop I go to moved to behind the counter, they used to be in the main Pokémon section

[brave owl]

^ this

For any tcg there a bunch of people stealing them

[dawn vale]

https://youtu.be/yze8-Qh9rsk

@astral shoal @brave owl @random light @frosty walrus looks like the pull rates are better

[brave owl]

Interesting

[dawn vale]

Hopefully it wasn't just because he's a youtuber. But we will see in 8 days

[jagged plume]

damn I dont get ping

Jkjk

[jagged plume]

I swear every poketuber has been getting the most insane odds

[astral shoal]

It probably was

[dawn vale]

I'm trying to remember everyone to tag

[jagged plume]

Almost all the ones I've seen have filled a fucking alt Lugia

If I don't pull an alt Lugia in one pack I'm gonna sue

[dawn vale]

I'm getting two etbs. So let's see

[jagged plume]

Oh yeah I'm very very likely to get a job soon, £13 an hour

[dawn vale]

Ayo! Nice

[jagged plume]

If I work 3 shifts a week (mh hope)

That's gonna be roughly £300 a week

:)

[dawn vale]

Not bad

[jagged plume]

AND

It's only a Christmas temp

[dawn vale]

What will you be doing?

[jagged plume]

So it should be like 2 months maybe longer if I stay working for them

[jagged plume]

Sorting parcels to make sure they go to the right place

Literally it

[dawn vale]

Not bad tbh

[jagged plume]

It's good pay

My other job is like £5 an hour on 0 hour contract

Which is now closed until April

[dawn vale]

Oof

[jagged plume]

So Im praying to every god I get enrolled

Imagine what I could do with £2400 after 2 months

So... Many... Cards...

[dawn vale]

alot

MY NUGGIES ARE DONE

[jagged plume]

LESS GOO

Nuggie time

[dawn vale]

I fucking LOVE nuggies

Like why are they so perfect

[jagged plume]

Nuggies are the bets thing since sliced bread

[dawn vale]

And sliced bread was the best thing since Betty White (may she rest in power)

[frosty walrus]

Mine have still been absolutely terrible with silver tempest

[dawn vale]

You got some????

[frosty walrus]

Yeah from prereleases

I’ve bought 5 boxes (35 packs)

[jagged plume]

5 boxes???

oh right

[dawn vale]

Oof. I want to get me a couple of those booster boxes

[fresh adder]

are you busy @dawn vale

[dawn vale]

With kiddos. What's up?

[fresh adder]

did u claim shiny eternatus genesect volcanion and marshadow?

on sword and shield

[dawn vale]

I have

[fresh adder]

oh darn never mind then

[nocturne bramble]

R҉a҉e҉|҉M҉e҉g҉a҉ ҉G҉e҉n҉g҉a҉r҉ is AFK: Ill be back. maybe - 2 minutes ago

[dawn vale]

@frosty walrus @astral shoal @fresh adder @jagged plume yall know any apps I can use for a webcam to link to my computer to scan qr codes?

[random light]

Looked into droidcam?

[dawn vale]

how does it work?

[fresh adder]

i have no idea

[astral shoal]

I’m not sure, I use a laptop

[random light]

"DroidCam turns your Android device into a webcam. The app works with a PC client that connects the computer with your phone."

Admittedly I've never tried it but it seems to be well thought of.

[dawn vale]

Holy shit I figured it out

it is making claiming all my cards so much easier

Im not having to fight it like my other camera

[random light]

ayy nice

What did you end up using?

[dawn vale]

droidcam lol

in less than 5 minutes I was able to claim over 60 packs

this made my life so much easier

[random light]

📈

[brave owl]

cards?

4k cards

[astral shoal]

Here’s what you need to do

First of all, don’t be a dumbass like me, and pay attention to the address 100%

Or just find a reliable card shop near your area

Second of all, trade in all of that. And get a card you really want for like 60 to 70% off.

[dawn vale]

all basic cards?

[brave owl]

Common and uncommon but still very good to have, those are magic card

[dawn vale]

noice

wow... even evo skies online fucks me like a french wh***

[brave owl]

Rip

[dawn vale]

sigh i really hope these new card packs actually deliver

UGH why do I get the secret rare Hisuian Typhlosion online but not IRL

AND A SECRET RARE CHOY RIGHT AFTER

[brave owl]

Choy?

[dawn vale]

From PLA

[brave owl]

[brave owl]

Who tf is that guy

I don’t remember him

[dawn vale]

He was the shop keeper

[brave owl]

Oh

[dawn vale]

had you running back and forth between the old guy because he wouldnt give him goods

[brave owl]

The place i never go

[dawn vale]

fair enough

why are my pulls better online...

[astral shoal]

Because life isn’t fair

[dawn vale]

AND I GOT AREZU SECRET RARE

FUCk

I just want these cards irl

[brave owl]

Card shop!!

[dawn vale]

do people buy the online version of cards for cash

[brave owl]

All you need is find one and have the money to buy those cards specifically

Dunno

[dawn vale]

More so I am broke AF right now

[random light]

Apparently. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/325202941419

[dawn vale]

ayo I got the pikachu trainer card online now 😄

[brave owl]

I spent way too much on card this week that i would like to admit

[random light]

What did you get? 👀

[brave owl]

Me?

[random light]

yeah

[dawn vale]

... within the last month I have spent more money than I want to admit as well

[brave owl]

I bought a bunch of magic card

[dawn vale]

Maybe I will sell the cards online so I can make money.. SO I CAN GET MORE CARDS 😄

[brave owl]

I knew tcg was bad for me, and i still went for it

[dawn vale]

its an addiction tbh

[brave owl]

It is

But i get to make a fun deck and play against my family

[dawn vale]

Tru

[brave owl]

It would help if i had a better paying job too

[dawn vale]

same..

[brave owl]

All i need is the self control to only buy a booster a week

[astral shoal]

The company just needs to make better pull rates to help us out

[dawn vale]

Yeah I cant do that

RIGHT

[random light]

*booster box a week

[brave owl]

Wouldnt help me, i would still buy more pack just for more

[brave owl]

[astral shoal]

Hell nah

Seriously though, me and my friends were laughing over a Leonhart stream

[brave owl]

Wait

Magic got some booster box of like 3 booster inside

Cheating the system

[dawn vale]

which one and why

[astral shoal]

His latest silver tempest one because mother trucker was getting hit after his, what would usually be a case, he got legendary pulls, out of 2 booster boxes

[dawn vale]

Ahh the one I sent earlier

[astral shoal]

That’s how pull rates should be

[astral shoal]

What did you pull?

Also

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[dawn vale]

Waifu material page @astral shoal

[astral shoal]

You know me so well, hold on

I should really buy Arezu and Nessa soon

[sleek patio]

Damn my b, you still want some help?

Sheesh those are nice

[dawn vale]

I need Cynthia so bad

[sleek patio]

That Skyla tho

[astral shoal]

👍

[dawn vale]

Which one 👀

[astral shoal]

I think that Cynthia dropped to $8

[dawn vale]

Fucking worth

[astral shoal]

I think I’m just going to get the rest of the waifus around Christmas

[sleek patio]

Both

[astral shoal]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-skyla-helmet-gif-20488479

God bless Pokémon B2W2

kind of glad we didn’t get a timeskip for sword and shield honestly

[dawn vale]

https://tenor.com/view/skyla-pokemon-confetti-gif-20488478

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-cynthia-gif-23418404

[astral shoal]

https://tenor.com/view/skyla-pokemon-pose-gif-20488481

[sleek patio]

Lol

Damn I don't even think I have a Skyla card

[astral shoal]

I need Arezu

[dawn vale]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-professor-ivy-gif-22968864

She did things to me as a kid

[sleek patio]

There's some really nice trainer cards, surprised some of them are so cheap

[dawn vale]

Right?!

WHY CANT I FIND A PROFESSOR JUNIPER GIF

https://tenor.com/view/arezu-arezu-pokemon-arezu-pokemon-legends-arceus-gif-23257142

[astral shoal]

SAME!!!!!!

[astral shoal]

Only the super popular characters are expensive for full art trainer cards, plus it also depends on their playability in the competitive

Combining with their rarity, I’m probably misremembering but I think there’s a Japanese Lillie card that’s $300

[dawn vale]

Sorry, I really only want adult trainer cards

[astral shoal]

[astral shoal]

Finally, a cultured, and non-sus Pokémon fan

[nocturne bramble]

R҉a҉e҉|҉M҉e҉g҉a҉ ҉G҉e҉n҉g҉a҉r҉ is AFK: bed - an hour ago

[astral shoal]

[fresh adder]

u play online right? @dawn vale

[nocturne bramble]

R҉a҉e҉|҉M҉e҉g҉a҉ ҉G҉e҉n҉g҉a҉r҉ is AFK: bed - 2 hours ago

[frosty walrus]

Oh hell no

[astral shoal]

Oh shit

I’m sorry

[dawn vale]

hell no to what

[dawn vale]

Love the pfp today 😉

[dawn vale]

I do, not alot but I do

[dawn vale]

Listen. When I was a KID, yes I had a crush on the characters that were closer to my age. But now that I am an ADULT, I no longer feel that way towards those characters. I now love the moms 🤤

[astral shoal]

YYYYEEEESSSSS

Someone that gets it, I’ll admit. It took me longer to get to the right mindset, but I finally did, I wish so many other Pokemon fans would, but they are a lost cause.

[astral shoal]

Just so I don’t over crowd you with replies, I’ll combine two messages in one. First of all, thank you for the comment on my profile picture. Second of all, I think she was referring to me posting that Cynthia card early. I forgot she doesn’t like spoilers of card artworks. But I couldn’t resist.

[ionic coyote]

Gave +1 Rep to @dawn vale

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

OOF, fair enough 😦

and youre welcome!

[dawn vale]

yeah.. I wish more people understood this too

[astral shoal]

[jagged plume]

Damn what about me?

[astral shoal]

You too

[jagged plume]

Oh I'm buying as much of the new set until I get that Cynthia card

[astral shoal]

Way better than the current Cynthia’s ambition

[dawn vale]

u rite

[astral shoal]

[brave owl]

Not pokemon tcg but worth to read the effects its funny

[dawn vale]

omg its a real card, thats funny

[brave owl]

There more!!!

I found 5 derpy cards

[astral shoal]

at least I got a gold shiny

They fucked me over by not giving me 2 lost origin packs, so I had to file a complaint

[random light]

Love the art on those Charizards.

[astral shoal]

I feel like mine are a little off centered

[random light]

Yeah not surprising, I've heard they really shit the bed on centring quality control this time around.
Still look nice though.

[astral shoal]

They honestly did fuck up with quality control for this. They really forgot to put two packs in my box. Hopefully they honor the complaint, and I swear on my life this time. It’s not my fault.

[random light]

Yeah rip. :(
Hope they don't just give you a 10% off coupon or something.

[astral shoal]

@random light @frosty walrus what does this mean?

[frosty walrus]

What part

[astral shoal]

The bottom, I already showed them the code card for the Charizard’s and the receipt

[frosty walrus]

It says if u haven’t already

Show the box

I would

[astral shoal]

I deleted it because my dumbass didn’t read

[frosty walrus]

I’d send them all together too just in case like all the photos in one email

[astral shoal]

Do you think they’ll be mad that I opened the other packs that came with it?

[frosty walrus]

No

I don’t

It’s your product you paid for

You just didn’t get everything because of their mistake

[astral shoal]

[jagged plume]

I could never buy those expensive boxes

£100 for £64 worth of packs

I don't care about charizard cards either lmao

Might as well just buy a full booster box for the extra 16 packs

[brave owl]

More booster > fancy card

Unless that fancy card is 100% needed for your deck its not worth it

[astral shoal]

I just got it because it’s technically 3 alts guaranteed

I didn’t even get a full art from my brilliant stars booster before

[brave owl]

Oo

Well if you go collector way

Then its different

I dont buy booster pack hoping for rare stuff i buy hoping for what i need

[astral shoal]

[dawn vale]

I get the big stuff for alt art 🙂

I am more of a collector

?afk spending time away (gotta stop by from time to time for my TCG folks)

[nocturne bramble]

@dawn vale I set your AFK: spending time away (gotta stop by from time to time for my TCG folks)

[brave owl]

Alt art and full art are nice

I alway like having some fancy card in my deck

[astral shoal]

To be honest, I do both. But I do competitive digitally, since it’s cheaper and easier. Minus Internet connection bullshit

[random light]

delayed indefinitely
:(

[astral shoal]

What about this recent one?

[random light]

Sounds like you're going to have to play the waiting game. Hope they actually do respond at some point.

[astral shoal]

[brave owl]

Fancy

[astral shoal]

[pastel rock]

btw!!

since there's gonna be a regional in stuttgart germany in early december

are any of you guys going?

i'll be competing and i was wondering if maybe i'll be seeing some of you 👀

[dawn vale]

I dont got money to go to Germany

[pastel rock]

god i feel that

i'm lucky i live in a country right next to it

so we'll just be driving

[brave owl]

I dont even have money to go see my best friend who live 5 ish hour south of me

[random light]

Imagine spending money on travelling when you can buy more shiny cardboard.

[brave owl]

I would rather spend quality time with my best friend over buying cards

[dawn vale]

Wish I could do both tbh

[jagged plume]

I wish I could even do either

My entire friend group are couples and I'm just over here.... Buying pokemon cards

[brave owl]

Lol

I could say the same

[dawn vale]

@jagged plume @brave owl @frosty walrus @astral shoal

[nocturne bramble]

Champ 🏆 is AFK: can you imagine going to sleep then not waking up the next day? I wonder how it feels like. || Might test it out one of these days.|| - 21 hours ago

[dawn vale]

(Not mine) but holy hell

@afk

?afk

[nocturne bramble]

@dawn vale I set your AFK: AFK

[random light]

Ayo that's sick, love the miscuts. Never had one before. :(

[frosty walrus]

HOLY SHIT I WOULD TRADE SO MUXH FOR THAT

[nocturne bramble]

Rae | Reptile Specialist is AFK: AFK - an hour ago

[frosty walrus]

You saw my boxes of codes I’ve never had a miscut

[jagged plume]

Oh wow

[nocturne bramble]

Rae | Reptile Specialist is AFK: AFK - 2 hours ago

[dawn vale]

It's pretty fucking rate and it looks dope af

@frosty walrus I'm currently playing splatoon 3 😮

[brave owl]

Its funny how those are alway expensive as fuck

[nocturne bramble]

Rae | Reptile Specialist is AFK: AFK - 3 hours ago

[astral shoal]

Not bad for 8 packs

Childhood me has been honored

[brave owl]

jirachi shiny

nice

[burnt epoch]

Hi

[astral shoal]

I’m just glad to pull my favorite radiant

[brave owl]

should ping mai

flex that jirachi

[astral shoal]

@pale marsh

[astral shoal]

Silver Tempest > Lost Origins

[dawn vale]

I hope to buy some cards tomorrow

?afk

[nocturne bramble]

@dawn vale I set your AFK: AFK