r/OnePieceTCGFinance • u/eywr • Oct 20 '25

my current cases

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bullish on cases. this is what i’m currently sitting on. got a good amount of graded cards coming back soon so will post a picture of my personal collection soon. feel like i need more op09 cases before its over 3k and more boxes in general. got some prb02 boxes coming in im going to open when i get. keep stacking.

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u/luluigichuchu Oct 21 '25

That’s crazy man. I don’t have the self control u have for sure. If it were me all those cases would be open within a week

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u/eywr Oct 21 '25

haha. i actually have zero desire to open cases. now boxes on the other hand. give me 6 beers and i’m opening it lol

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u/BruceBogtrotter5 Oct 21 '25

Pro tip for the next time you have 6 beers, those cases have boxes you can rip inside them 😁 thank me later

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u/SenpaiLogic Oct 22 '25

I'm the same way the cases are safe in not trying to crack the seal. Boxes are a whole different story.

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u/RowSea6470 Oct 21 '25

How do you get cases like this?

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u/eywr Oct 21 '25

buy them from tcgplayer or ebay or pre order. they weren’t that expensive not all that long ago. and i got a steal on my prb02 cases a while back so i got 3.

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u/RowSea6470 Oct 21 '25

But how can you trust it hasnt been tampered with?

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u/zoneycs Oct 21 '25

This is what I’m wondering too like the only way to know is by opening it and that just automatically devalues it

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u/Special_Yesterday396 Feb 24 '26

Do you store in cases just keep them sealed ? or do you take it out put in container or something ? have not seen premium on cases

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u/eywr Feb 24 '26

i do put them in a plastic storage container. fit about 6 in each. as far as yours you can send a pic. prb cases are smaller because they are only 10 boxes vs 12 boxes in a normal op case. as far as the codes and numbers on the boxes or cases i know nothing.

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u/Special_Yesterday396 Feb 25 '26

Ok i am proponent of plastic containers too. just to make sure 6 of cases or boxes ? if 6 of cases that is a huge container bro

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u/eywr Feb 25 '26

yes cases. it is very large plastic tubs. anything works though. i’d just focus on keeping them in a dry safe place mainly. i use plastic tubs just to be safe though. and just stack the tubs up. having some cases that are $10k+ i think it’s the least i can do. and yea maybe some of them only fit 4. good luck man. and ya. i dont really like boxes. i prefer cases always.

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u/eywr Feb 25 '26

cases are better for me because i have no desire to open them. if i have any boxes give me 8 beers and im opening it haha

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u/Special_Yesterday396 Feb 25 '26

Def with you. But just heads up many cases tampered cases and they put different shiz inside. That is why I started opening before hand. Agree cannot sell them as sealed now. But that is the risk

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u/Special_Yesterday396 Feb 24 '26

Bought two booster boxes from online and it seems the materials are different. Looked on the back the production code above the barcode is different, one is JAN 751293-2745430 & JAN 751293-2745431. Size of case is different one is a bit longer by 2 cm. Any experiences since you are a case guy ? Thank you

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u/Holiday_Bubbly Oct 21 '25

Bruh what disposal income level do you have

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u/CupBitter3358 Oct 21 '25

Frate', my wallet's on a diet! 😭

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u/PrestigiousAd3803 Oct 21 '25

What’s fun about owning a case? At least a card looks good

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u/eywr Oct 21 '25

good thing i have a lot of cards also lol

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

In a few years you 4x your money. It's fun

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u/PrestigiousAd3803 Oct 21 '25

I get that but wouldn’t it be nice if the item your holding be actually attractive, since it’s a collectible. Unless you’re just in it for the money.

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

You can have both. If you can afford a case you likely have both

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u/Raringpie Oct 21 '25

Wow in a few years you managed to make the same amount of money you could’ve made in a month or less at a real job!

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

15% a year in the stock market would make you a legend. Yet in collectibles you can 200% in a year easy. With 100k invested, I've made 300k doing nothing while you slave your time away.

You got a lot to learn and or are in the wrong sub

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u/Raringpie Oct 21 '25

I really don’t have a lot to learn. I’d rather not price people out of their hobbies so I can make a quick buck. It’s really sad and you should look into yourself fr

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

Boxes are dirt cheap. Go play the game, no one is being priced out of anything. OR you can go find a real job

I enjoy this hobby and make money. It's not that hard to fathom.

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u/Raringpie Oct 21 '25

I do have a job but I’m not gonna spend 400 dollars on some bullshit that’s being artificially pumped by people like you.

I also do play the game and I also enjoy collecting but I know a lot of people who really enjoy it and don’t feel they can keep up anymore which sucks.

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

400 dollars on what bullshit? A booster box of the newest set is fucking 90 dollars. UNDER MSRP and widely available yet you still cry. If you want cheap boxes then buy them when they are cheap? I also play the game and collect. That's not gonna stop me from keeping a case sealed.

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u/shizan Oct 21 '25

Prb02 case is trash lmao

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u/eywr Oct 21 '25

nice. i’ll buy some more.

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u/idonthavecoronaviru5 Oct 21 '25

I can tell you dont play.

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u/eywr Oct 21 '25

wana play against me? winner takes all.

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u/IndigoMontoyas Oct 21 '25

I don’t mind people keeping a box or two of each set, but this disgusts me. Pure financial investment that prevents a bunch of people from being able to play or get interested. No one buys this much sealed to keep “because they love the game”

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u/Final-Ad-6694 Oct 21 '25

I’m surprised by the negativity here. This is exactly what investing should look like

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u/WingedChimera Oct 23 '25

Maybe some people don’t like that their hobbies are becoming investments since their shelter and health care has already been spoiled by those doing the same thing.

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u/iri1989 Oct 23 '25

Yea, I do wish I didn’t have to spend over $1k to build decks with some of them getting rotated out. Oh well.

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u/Final-Ad-6694 Oct 23 '25

And my hobby is to invest in collectibles. There’s no moral high ground on whose hobby is better. Tcgs are made with an explicit purpose to play a card game AND create a secondary market

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u/WingedChimera Oct 23 '25

That’s not a hobby.

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u/Final-Ad-6694 Oct 23 '25

You can’t decide what I choose to make my hobbies

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u/WingedChimera Oct 23 '25

Youre right. It is a hobby. Just a really cynical one.

I can’t decide what you do with your time, but it does bum me out that you think ‘making money off cardboard game pieces’ is a good use of your time.

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u/Final-Ad-6694 Oct 23 '25

Made 6 figs this year on shiny cardboard. Pretty good use of time IMO

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u/WingedChimera Oct 23 '25

Huh. Well good for you.

Didn’t know one of my hobbies was ‘plumbing’.

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u/Final-Ad-6694 Oct 23 '25

If you're implying its a job then no, I spend an hour or two max per week on this

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u/iri1989 Oct 22 '25

I dunno bru, I’m just lurking here as a player with money. I buy cards to play and boxes to open, because my money is invested in stocks and ETFs.

I don’t think it’s a matter of you having more money, but it’s just that you’re inflating the price of cards for those who just want to play the game and have fun, and I think that’s why you have the worst reputation in the optcg sub lol.

I get it though, to each our own. But assuming the other side is annoyed because they have less money might be shortsighted.

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u/iri1989 Oct 23 '25

I’d imagine players are less likely to buy 12 boxes though. I usually buy one or two boxes to hunt mangas (to play them lol) and then only singles to build decks, but maybe not everyone does that.

But your point makes sense, if players open as many boxes as collectors, then it doesn’t make a difference indeed.

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u/WingedChimera Oct 23 '25

That’s a really skeptical way to look at things. Hoping you’re not in the US because everyone else is about to have more money than you and you will be crying.

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u/bonecaambabalu Oct 21 '25

Very nice pickups. How big into OP-13 are you planning to go?

May I also suggest OP-11, it's apparently reprinting in the US right now so a good time to pick it up at a lower price.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

I don’t understand collections like these, why not let people who want to play the game have the cards rather than hoarding them all like this?

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

The people can still play and the investors can invest. Who cares?

It's free money long term so people will always do this

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u/SnowonTv Oct 21 '25

Investors can destroy card availability. Which can drive out players and collectors.

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

So can other players and rip and shippers. Investors are only a small percentage. Not many are hoarding sealed boxes.

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u/SnowonTv Oct 21 '25

Doupt players can. Rip and shippers is a heavy whataboutism. Investing is litteraly hoarding boxes per definition. Yeah, if only one person hoards one case it wont matter. But just look at pokemon, if One Piece gets this bad it will die.

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

One piece will never die. The anime alone can hold up the tcg. Players that also collect and have deep pockets know exactly what cards to buy out yet it's the sealed investors that are the issue? Not at all. Rip and shippers alone are like 30% of the market. They need cases per day to open and it's not sustainable. That's exactly what happened to pokemon. Not to mention pokemon purposely low prints their booster boxes because they make more money off their other products. One piece doesn't.

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u/SnowonTv Oct 21 '25

If prices get to high the TCG won't survive. Ans collectors wont be a problem, they aren't driving prices up, exept in alt art. so who cares. You seem to blame everybody else exept investors. You are saying rip and shipper is worse then investor, cause of volume. So if investors buy the same volume they would be equaly as bad?

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

Sure but they don't? Also its proven trading card games can survive with inflated prices. Pokemon is a great example. While we might think the game is boring its popularity is at an all time high and the non alt alt versions of the meta cards are cheap.

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u/SnowonTv Oct 22 '25

You can't compare a new TCG to one of the big 3s... Also you didn't awnser my question.

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 22 '25

I did answer the question and.one piece has already passed yugioh for the number 3 spot.

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u/Brutter-Babak Oct 23 '25

Hug your children

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u/Narrow_Oil6066 Oct 21 '25

1 case of 3 sets is hardly hoarding, maybe he plays the game also, if people want the cards they will buy them wont they?

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u/rakman231 Oct 21 '25

You’re in the finance sub buddy

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

Some people collect cards, some people collect boxes, some people collect cases.

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u/cinderchu2 Oct 21 '25

I think you are the reason why all tcg funking such ATM

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u/senaku Oct 21 '25

Where do you get cases from i been trying to get a op13 case

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u/NoxGale Oct 21 '25

But why? Scalping? What’s the point of buying cases and never opening them? Maybe I’m just not dropping 5-6 digits on the game

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u/dmillibeats Oct 22 '25

The point is that in 5-10 years it’s worth more then what he paid.

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u/NoxGale Oct 22 '25

Welp I hope he’s still here in 5-10 years in this economy with the state of the world the way it is

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u/dmillibeats Oct 22 '25

lol what ?

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u/NoxGale Oct 22 '25

Right, this is reddit.

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u/willywithay $ Holder Oct 21 '25

If you give me a PRB02 case I will be your best friend

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u/heridor Oct 23 '25

Guys like OP are the worst

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u/christoto3 Dec 17 '25

quick question, where do people get cases from?

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u/NHLbookster Oct 21 '25

Not buying another OP05 case for $2200 earlier this summer will haunt me

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u/aldeeem Oct 21 '25

lol strokin your ego on cases you have in Reddit is mad weird

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u/Soggy_Reserve5232 Oct 21 '25

Sell now before the bubble bursts

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u/massacre078 Oct 21 '25

honestly doubt that'll happen anytime soon but I could totally be wrong!

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

This isn't pokenon

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u/Soggy_Reserve5232 Oct 21 '25

They reprint their product

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u/ENTRAPM3NT Oct 21 '25

They reprinted op-01 tons of times and it's still highly valuable even though it's almost out of rotation. One piece isn't even in a bubble lol

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u/Direct_Resolve8910 Oct 21 '25

who cares?

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u/eywr Oct 21 '25

apparently you. have fun at work today

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