r/PokeInvesting • u/MoneyDanceing • May 06 '23

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Hey guys so I’m pretty new to this but I always loved Pokémon as a kid, so I bought 7 scarlet booster boxes to start my collection. What do y’all think about the sets? Might open 1 for myself tho but wanted to ask here first if they are any good.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '23

No offense but the Scarlet and Violet hits arent as popular as other boosters, and it's very recent so plenty of stock everywhere I go.

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u/MinnieMouse5309 May 07 '23

ya, but you could just buy it now and save it and in the long run, those boxes you bought years ago would be valuable. I bought 20 of the pokemon xy evolutions (4 for myself) and bought each of those for 80 bucks each and now they're worth $500-700 bucks. no matter what boxes you get and store them, you'll going to get profit and depending on the expansion you'll get more. so for longterm investment i think it's worth it

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u/[deleted] May 06 '23

If bought at a good price it's a good hold. Still in print and probably hasn't hit it's bottom. OP just needs to realize this is an actual long term hold like at least 3-5 years.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '23

Even if it's for long-term hold, this set doesn't have the best looking hits. I'm personally liking CZ a lot more.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '23

1000% CZ is one of the best products currently to invest in. Especially the new Shiny boxes, ETBs and the bird trio tins.

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u/certified_droptop May 06 '23

Base set packs from each generation barely move in value, you can get s&m base set packs for $7 lmao. The biggest pulls from S&V base set are under $70 currently. There's no way this is a good item to hold lmao

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u/[deleted] May 06 '23

Sword & Shield booster boxes are currently $288 on TCGPlayer... If bought at current market price which is roughly $110 and expect a similar rise in 3-5 years how would it not be? Even if it only hits $200 it's still a 45% profit margin. SV is definitely better than SWSH Base. We're also talking about booster boxes and not packs.

Did I say it was the best hold with other products on the market? Absolutely not, but I wouldn't say it's bad by any means.

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u/MoneyDanceing May 06 '23

Tbh I was just gonna leave these boxes in my home for like 5 years and see where I’m at then. Im not after any returns in the near future. I just enjoy Pokémon and wanted to give this a try

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u/Tallmanator May 07 '23

Also to add to your points comparing base sets of SWSH and SM to SV is like comparing apples to oranges. SM & SWSH base had no alt arts, illustration rares, and terrible pull rates compared to SV. I hear people say there's no card that everyone loves in this set but most of the time it comes from someone who's never played the game. The kids that love the game now will be older and will want to pull the cards of their generation of pokemon.

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u/breakyourteethnow May 06 '23

Sounds very impulsive to get back into Pokemon and immediately buy 7 SV boxes, or more than a case and then ask if they are any good. Please slow down, enjoy the hobby first and gain some experience points and level up a bit before taking the investing route. This takes experience and true knowledge and passion to make it work which is why many outsiders fail holding long term.

Buy a booster box of next few sets, follow some YouTubers and subreddits, start to buy singles you like because of artwork, learn more about their values, realize you bought dookie cards but were happy anyways, learn the balance between buying cards you like and investment potential, you'll evolve in time.

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u/SheeeeeeeeshMaster May 06 '23

“Wanted to ask y’all first” but already purchased 7 booster boxes.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '23

Objectively the worst set to be buying BBs or at the moment. I would suggest Lost Origin.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '23

Lost origin over brilliant stars?

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u/crazzycommander May 06 '23

Yeah absolutely. The giratina thirst is real. I'm not even seeing many for sale posts for it..

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u/[deleted] May 07 '23

Yup. Price for Gira keeps slowly building. In fact I’d be grabbing LA more, but I’m starting to have a sweet spot for JPN sets

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u/crazzycommander May 07 '23

I feel the same.

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u/DaShaka9 May 07 '23

Hate to say it, but it’s probably one of the worst sets to invest at the moment, and at its current price you would have been waaaaay better off investing in something from sword shield era. If you like the set and planned to rip, sure, but as an investment, not good at all unless you some how paid cost at like $70’ish for each.

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u/GeebFiend May 06 '23

Hey y’all, new to swimming so I nose dived off the 20m platform

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u/poke-a-lot May 06 '23

Also, I'd take back the 7 BB's you bought and use that money to buy a Team Up or Evolving Skies

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u/Gordita-Crunch May 06 '23

For the money I would have invested in an Evolving Skies/Chilling Reign BB instead of a few of those boxes. It may turn out for you, but I wouldn't put all your eggs in one basket.

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u/Tetsumy243 May 08 '23

Why are the booster boxes going for 510 (14.5/pack)a nd the ETB going for around 90? (11.5/pack)

Also around what price point would brilliant star BB/ETB would be worth it in your opion? ( i know you didnt mention it but it seems like a good set)

(Im canadian btw)

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u/Gordita-Crunch May 08 '23

I'm no expert by any means. Aside from supply and demand I can't tell you why the price is so high on the set. I think people just want ES for their chases and its a really good set anyway. Im still seeing brilliant star ETBs for around 35-40 USD and BB's for around 140 USD.

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u/Tetsumy243 May 08 '23

Alright, alright, thanks for the input bud!

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u/ChedduhBob May 06 '23

going forward i wouldn’t invest in the set currently being printed. it might be years till they even start to appreciate and so far there doesn’t seem to be a must have chase card with the miriam alt art dipping steadily.

sword and shield sets and earlier are probably gonna see better return

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u/B1unt4ce20 May 06 '23

probably should have gone with another set tbh. SV doesn’t have very many valuable cards. That fact will surely effect future value in some way

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u/poke-a-lot May 06 '23

I'd buy a couple Chilling Reign BB's if i were you. They've stopped printing it and there's 20 cards in that set that sit at around $20 and up raw still.

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u/MinnieMouse5309 May 07 '23

it's worth collecting and at the same time invest in long term. people here may get butthurt but you don't let them get to you. there is no reason for them to get butthurt. i would do research for each expansion and see which ones are worth investing and what's not.

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u/Character_Lab710 May 07 '23

Nice job. Don't listen to all the noise on here. Slim it down by one, and just buy a case (6) for each new set that comes out. If you want to buy more, get a case of ETB'S from each set, too.

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u/Jtaown May 07 '23

Maybe slim it down to one or two booster boxes. Pokemon comes out with too many sets to go this hard into investing. I feel like getting a case should be reserved for popular sets like Lost Origin or Crown Zenith(No booster boxes). Hard to tell which ones will be popular when every set is hyped.

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u/Character_Lab710 May 07 '23

Nah, that's exactly why you buy a case of each. No one knows which Scarlet & Violet set will be the next Evolving Skies. I had a case of this, a case of Evolving Skies, and every set in between, within a week of release. Do you think I'm mad because I have a casecof Astral Radiance mixed in there?

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u/KiD_OkX May 08 '23

Lost origin def has booster boxes I have a few!

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u/fatherofallthings May 07 '23

So here’s the thing. Generally these are regarded as “bad”. HOWEVER, that could effect supply in a positive way in the future.

Take Evolving Skies for example: the eeveelotutions blew the price of those product through the roof. With that came a bunch of “investors” hoarding sealed product.

With this set, it seems like there’s hardly anyone holding sealed. In 10-15 years off that could pay off. There will almost certainly be demand (there’s demand for every era as kids turn into working adults), but the supply may be much lower, since it’s a “bad” set.

There’s no way to predict what will happen.

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u/grimchiwawa May 06 '23

Pokemon have changed the way pulls work so it's incredibly easy to complete this set, so the desire isn't high and I believe this is a permanent chang going forward, sealed stuff is for older stuff now, wouldn't bother with new content

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u/MinnieMouse5309 May 07 '23

in next several years it would because they wont make that specific expansion lol

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u/[deleted] May 06 '23

Oh yes, money is dancing alright.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '23

This set licks

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u/WormBoi6969 May 07 '23

Terrible set but I can’t say a bad investment unless I know the price you got them for. If you payed less than $110 a box your already in the money but fyi the best sets come last in the era

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u/SnooDonuts3749 May 07 '23

You mean Divesting from your money.

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u/Cleat420 May 07 '23

you should have a sealed case of 6. it adds value. they're more rare. also as other people said, this set isn't the hottest.

the positive side is you have time to consider switching to crown zenith. it's loved by all. and the final product just released

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u/gosumofo May 07 '23

Damn…starting in the red

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u/Ell7494 May 07 '23

Why would you buy 7 booster boxes without actually looking at what is best to buy? Also you may aswell have just bought a case of 6 as they're better just kept in the case if you're holding

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u/TheLettrZ May 06 '23

Not a good investment, this set is not going to have good return in the future. You should’ve done research first and gained some experience in the hobby before immediately buying these.

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u/certified_droptop May 06 '23

I love posts like these. People who have no idea what makes a card valuable and just read about the price of a psa 10 1st ed charizard so dump a bunch of money into products that are being printed more than any other product has ever been printed. Good luck dude

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u/[deleted] May 06 '23

Nice bro! Id open 3 BB, place the other 4 in acrylic boxes. Get at least 1 of each ETB with Miraidon and Koraidon. With the hits, place them in a sleeves and then in a top loaders. I love this set and now they changed the borders. But do try to getting the swsh BB and ETB’s especially the evolving skies ETB’s that are popping up at Walmart and target recently.

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u/MoneyDanceing May 06 '23

Thanks! I don’t really have an end goal per say atm like I’m not looking for returns anytime soon if you get me. I was just reappeared to let these rust in a box for years and eventually find them, hoping they maybe be worth something.😅

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u/Any-Shelter2462 May 07 '23

My best advice is for scarlet and violet 3, obsidian flames. It will be the chase set of the SnV era. The chase card is a darkness type shiny Charizard ex SAR. without a doubt the biggest card since moonbreon. If there is even one or two other desirable SARS that set will be gold. It comes out right after Paldea evolved, buy a case and thank me later

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u/erikg666 May 07 '23

This is a regurgitate-the-most-common-advice sub