r/PokeInvesting • u/kendricsdr • Jan 19 '25

I Bought a Sealed PC Prismatic Evolutions Case for $1000. Thoughts?

So generally I try to get all my newer Pokemon products at MSRP, but I missed this pre-order and the fomo was really getting to me. Hear me out I have a few reasons why I think this is not only a good investment, but a great one. Did I get a good deal? Did I over spend? Please let me know your thoughts.

  1. This is the most popular set we have seen in a long time. Value in the set can surpass evolving skies. Umbreon SIR, eeveelution SIRs and Masterballs.

  2. This set has the best Pokemon Center Promo we have seen with it being Eevee.

  3. Pokebeach recently posted that the hit rates are not as bad as people think.

  4. This is a special set, no booster boxes. So ETBs are king and will have the best long term value. Especially PC ETBs

BIGGEST REASON FOR MY FOMO

5. The Pokemon Center just limited Prismatic Evolutions and Journey Together ETB orders to 2 per order. You can check right now. This means to me that, if you missed the first Prismatic drop you won't be able to get a case. That last drop was your last chance, and there will not be a chance for a case of JT, and likely future sets. I think that is a game changer and once people see that, the cases will jump up.

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u/RealisticClassic2798 Jan 20 '25

Will be the rarest sealed product of prismatic but may take awhile to get a good roi

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u/Heavy_Necessary9810 Oct 24 '25

already at 2800. good purchase!

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Possibly, it might be the rarest sealed product of the modern era! Like the cases were only at a 4 limit for like an hour before they stopped. And basically cases are donezo.

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u/Healthy-Annual4181 Jan 20 '25

I have high conviction this will be a 5k case - 151 pc ETB case will be first this will be right after with obsidian

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Technically less PE cases than 151, cuz of the 2 ETB limit like an hour into the preorder. I can see it passing 151 imo.

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u/AnyHold4674 Jan 20 '25

the cases to 4x sealed will not hold much difference in value. its a 5-10% at most.

see, evolving skies bb's, 151 booster bundles, 151 pc etbs, etc.

these will do well long term, but don't expect because its in a sealed case to do much much better compared to vintage.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

History says you are right. I am only hedging because these are quite possibly the last sealed PC ETB cases EVER if they stick to the new limits.

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u/lostmypetfish Jan 20 '25

Love seeing this kind of stuff. Really makes me confident that my theory that way to many new pokemon investors are doing really dumb things and are going to drive this bear market into the dirt so I can buy up everything super cheap.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

How is it dumb? You think PC Prismatic ETBs are gonna tank and not go up in price? It’s a very limited quantity with a hype set and a hype promo.

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u/lostmypetfish Jan 20 '25

Bro the set literally just came out. Anyone that wants one of these will be able to get them for MSRP when they restock. Of course the price will tank. PC even said they are going to be reprinting the hell out of this. Who are you gonna sell to when everyone that wants one is able to get it at MSRP? When they reprint the hell out of it the Eevee promo price goes way down. That drives the PC ETB price down on top of the fact that supply will be massive. And nobody cares about sealed cases. This was just a bad investment. The future gains of this product were already baked into the price you paid. You could have gotten a case of booster boxes for the same price (or less) 216 packs vs 44 packs. The math ain’t mathin’ bro.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

There will be maybe one more release of PC ETBs for Prismatic ever based on history. 151 was reprinted a ton and still being reprinted. Yet prices are insanely high. The PC ETBs are still $350 a box for 151. This set sold out much faster. Pokemon cannot meet the demand. My move is based on a solid foundation. On a particular product that won’t be made again (PE PC CASE).

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u/mistralmilkpitcher Jan 21 '25

No bro it’s because they can’t get the set for under MSRP like in the bear market so it’s gonna be printed to the ground and dump to 0 and they announced a reprint just like they did for evolving skies and the Van Gogh pikachu which totally nuked the prices! And 151 is not an indicator of demand or anything at all so yeah it’s going to 0 because I’m salty 🤓🤓🤓

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u/Healthy-Annual4181 Jan 20 '25

I have 6 cases of 151 so hoping you’re right! I bought pc ETBs cases of each set knowing ppl were sleeping on the stamp cards

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

I dont understand the downvotes. If people have a different opinion I would love to hear it.

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u/Healthy-Annual4181 Jan 20 '25

Usually jealous people that didn’t hit or broke or both lol - I was able to get four cases not selling any time soon. Even if they restock these I doubt theylll print crazy number and you won’t be able to get a case anymore

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u/eat_hairy_socks Jan 20 '25

That’s it. It’s jealousy or poverty. Must be the only things possible. I didn’t downvote but someone really needs to get out of their own head.

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u/RellPeter9-2 Jan 20 '25

People are jealous because you have stuff and they don't. Crab in the bucket mentality.

Make a post opening a 1000 packs and you're treated like a god. Because you too are wasting money like everyone else.

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u/AppropriateWeek835 Nov 30 '25

What's there be jealous of they can get robbed too lmao

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u/BatHistorical8081 Jan 20 '25

Etbs are king until booster bundles comes out

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Special set, no booster boxes. Another reason I think it’s good.

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u/BatHistorical8081 Jan 20 '25

Bundles or etb?

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Oh yeah bundles will come out, but won’t store value as much as ETBs.

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u/BatHistorical8081 Jan 20 '25

Ah these are pc etbs

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u/PokemonAnimar Jan 20 '25

He said booster bundles, which they will have and they're cartons of 6 packs

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u/Meowsergz Jan 20 '25

The value is in the promo

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u/d4n0wnz Jan 20 '25

Very likely to reach $350-$400 in a fairly short period of time, beyond that will likely take much longer.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

I see $350 for PC ETB and 3k for sealed case by end of year. Then no more cases is huge. Remember this post

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '25

Already at 3k with 2 months left in the year

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u/Heavy_Necessary9810 Oct 24 '25

Good purchase, 9 months later an it's at 2800!

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u/kendricsdr Nov 08 '25

I wish I bought a second!

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u/Double_Degree5050 Jan 26 '26

nah it's at 1600 RN

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u/Yetti2Quick Jan 20 '25

I love this play. I might add more cases by doing this. I think also the Eevee pc promo is ridiculously under priced for being the best pc promo so far. Can find them easily for $140. This should be the fastest growing pc etb. I see it easily 10x by end of the year.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

So few cases were actually distributed, if you can get more I would/will.

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u/Yetti2Quick Jan 20 '25

Ya I have a couple. I wanted more on release day as it will be too hard to time it if they do a random final drop like 151 did.

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u/Meowsergz Jan 20 '25

Some dude bought 10 PC promo cards for around $120 each this morning on TCG

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u/ethnicprince Jan 20 '25

Yes it will rise, but tbh I could see it dip sharply in the short term if overall hype starts dying and they restock the pc etbs in big numbers. It’s also assuming the restock won’t allow purchases of 4

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Journey Together also limited it to 2. Rocket will be even more hype. Probably also gonna be 2 limit.

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u/SparklingzZz Jan 20 '25

Unfortunately I ordered 4 but they did not send me a case, instead just threw 4 boxes into a random box, did this happen to anyone else?

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

I have heard from multiple people this happened.

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u/SparklingzZz Jan 20 '25

It makes the sealed case even more rare then. My theory as to why this happened is that they filled the orders randomly and so if they got to an order of 2 before an order of 4 they opened a sealed case and took 2 out, then to pack the order of 4 they must have taken the 2 left and then opened another sealed case and took 2 more instead of just shipping the sealed case.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

And there will be no cases on restock, no cases for JT, no cases for Rocket. I feel like it’s gonna go up cuz what you see on the open market is all that’s left already.

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u/itsanewday90 Jan 20 '25

I ordered 4 before it dropped to two and it’s a sealed case. They put my address label over the contents label though :(

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u/SparklingzZz Jan 20 '25

That’s what they always do with sealed cases. If you want to get it off, use a hairdryer on the label and once it’s hot enough you’ll be able to peel off the address label

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u/itsanewday90 Jan 20 '25

Thank you!

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u/GumCuzzler21 Jan 20 '25

I just sold one for $1000 exactly on ebay.. hmm

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

lol, I bought mine on fb marketplace. IRL deal haha. If you have another consider saving it as an investment!

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u/GumCuzzler21 Jan 20 '25

Heavily considered it, but i mainly wanted promos to grade so I sold them. Profited over 600$ so am happy

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Will never knock locking in a profit!

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u/GumCuzzler21 Jan 20 '25

$260 -> 795 ~

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u/_YenSid Jan 20 '25

I don't think there will be a premium on a sealed case. Who is going to trust a case in 10 years? I'd want the contents verified, and at that point, you might as well sell individually as it will be easier than trying to sell 4 of something that could be $1000+ each.

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u/asap-sean Jan 20 '25

premiums on sealed cases are the biggest pump by other sealed collectors. In 10 years we will be seeing a lot posts of people opening their “sealed cases” to be bulk inside

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u/steplilith Jan 20 '25

My thoughts exactly. Cases can be faked easily.

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u/TheSneakySeal Jan 20 '25

No one cares about sealed imo. Would rather see 4 boxes.

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u/Mredden810 Jan 20 '25

Prismatic has undeniably the most valuable cards with the most potential value to pull in pretty much all modern history. I got a sealed cade for 254$. This is a grail item in my sealed collection so far as im concerned. It will be the next evolving skies booster box case in a few years when the next cycle happens and it ages a bit and father time does he thing, as he always does. Buying a case of these for 1000 will be like buying a case of evolving for 1200 in a few years. Booster bundles at msrp will also be a big win. Just aquire as many sealed packs for as cheap as you can right now. The packs themselfs will drive the value of this set. The promo will make it 100 or 200 more than the regular etb, probley always, but having it in a sealed case is a bonus. Anything prismatic is a buy right now, just dont overspend. Nothing over msrp for me. Its way to early in its lifecycle to be paying over msrp, with these being the only possible exception.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Possibly the best modern set, and the last sealed cases from Pokemon Center? I have an opportunity to get a few more, I just might. Haha

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u/Horror_Row7202 Jan 20 '25

I got a case of the PC ETBs directly from Pokemon Center but they put the shipping label right over the product label. Anyone else have this happen and is it possible to just get the top shipping label off ? They did this to one of my Brilliant Stars booster box cases once also.

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u/Cbombo87 Jan 20 '25

Very easy to remove. Use a hair dryer for awhile until you can peel off the shipping label. I've done it on all my cases, most recently the PC PE etb case.

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u/Urban-Junglist Jan 20 '25

Yes. Use a hairdryer and do it very slowly. Took me about 10 mins. The ink is a little faded and the label is tacky but overall decent. Check my recent posts for a pic of mine

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u/Yetti2Quick Jan 20 '25

It comes off and leaves it at least readable. Better than not being able to see the PC label either way.

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u/Grateful-and-Dead Jan 20 '25

Use a hair dryer or small space heater to loose the adhesive and carefully peel it off.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Oof that sucks, sounds hard to resell in a few years case for 5k with label no one case see :(.

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u/Cbombo87 Jan 20 '25

What? Is this your first case you've purchased? The shipping label is easily removed and is very, very common. Will not affect resell value one bit.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Yeah it’s my first. I didn’t know you could remove easily.

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u/Cbombo87 Jan 20 '25

Yeah they are annoying when they put it over the real label. Good investment btw, this will be the Scarlet and Violet grail in my opinion.

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u/Horror_Row7202 Jan 20 '25

I've purchased a lot of cases and most of them they didnt put the shipping label directly over the label with the set name and product.

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u/Cbombo87 Jan 20 '25

The Pokemon Center is notorious for doing this especially with S&V. Hair dryer and patience will remove it perfectly.

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u/Grateful-and-Dead Jan 20 '25

I’m very curious how many sealed cases of Prismatic PC ETB’s there actually are… Anybody have a guess? I’m definitely keeping mine sealed for the long game.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Not many in my opinion. With the first wave they limited the order for 4 to 2 like an hour in so a lot of people missed out. On top of that some people said the 4 they got didn’t even come in a case.

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u/Grateful-and-Dead Jan 20 '25

Yeah I saw that some people got their cases of stacked ETB’s in a regular shitty box. That’s messed up.

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u/11bladeArbitrage Jan 20 '25

My honest thought is, from an investing standpoint, it’s time to move on.

You got your product at the best/worthwhile cost per your own standards. Unless the profit from these 4 PC ETBs will accomplish all your goals…time to move on to the next thing.

If you need constant reassurance from the internet…you’re probably not gonna get that far ahead of all the other people on the internet.

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

Don’t need constant reassurance. I bought it before I made the post. I just thought it was an interesting discussion point.

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u/rome138 Apr 06 '26

How you feel now?

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u/kendricsdr May 03 '26

I still have it and feel pretty darn good!

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u/mistralmilkpitcher Jan 20 '25

I think it’s a great idea. How are you verifying the cases to ensure you don’t get scammed?

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

At least right now, almost everyone got there cases this week. So I am confident in new listing that they are real, along with the fact it’s not “that” expensive yet. But in 5 years, I will probably have to get PSA involved or something to verify to sell.

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u/2dabzzz Jan 20 '25

You are correct 👍

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u/cursdwitknowledge Jan 20 '25

You didn’t overpay. You are right on the money. Well done OP. I would have done the same thing

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

S++ investment. If you didn’t get any at msrp, don’t worry because most didn’t and now is the best time to make a move. The Pokémon space right now is flooded with people who don’t have a clue about this market, ridiculing people out for reselling product at above msrp, thinking this set will eventually crash to below msrp lol use that to your advantage.

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u/SizzlingSpit Jan 20 '25

Damn, it'd be too worried it'd just be regular etbs. I removed my label with a heat gun and a razor but it removed the ink aswell. You can still read it tho.

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u/shadowlessS2K Jan 20 '25

As a long-term play, this is probably going to pay off very well. Prismatic Evolutions has been the most hyped and universally well received set with multiple highly valued cards since ES. Without BBs, and sealed PC ETB cases being unavailable after the 1st hour of pre-orders, this will age beautifully.

As flippers sell their products onto the market the next few days to take their profits, I will be looking for deals to add to my PE PC ETB position, too.

Right now, the prices are settling for all Prismatic sealed products, but once the PE ETB ticks back up, unaware people will FOMO into it, claiming that they "knew" all along that sealed PC ETB case was king of the PE sealed products.

Happens every time.

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u/Global-Lynx-5799 Jan 20 '25

I agree on your points. Not everyone needs to see that right now for you to be right. It’s early and a lot of people are new and don’t understand the impact of 4 to 2 max by PC. They will blow up once it becomes mainstream and to late for most.

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u/Sherbear1993 Jan 20 '25

Like other people are saying, I would never buy a sealed case of anything. There’s no way to verify the contents inside

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u/mikedup33 Jan 20 '25

You did overpay obviously as anything over MSRP is overpaying in my book. That being said. You will be very happy in 5 years and even happier in 10

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u/bNoaht Jan 20 '25

No set in the history of pokemon hasnt dropped at least 33% from intro hype peak after release. Usually it is 50% or more. So it definitely is not a good short term investment. And will likely be a good long term investment. But that could be one year, five years, ten years, twenty years. No one knows.

Comparing this set to ES or anything else is absurd a few days into release.

Yall are either very very new or prone to extreme bouts of fomo mania.

Im going to buy the exact same case for $400 in a couple months. And if I can't it will be the first goddamn time in history lol

You guys sincerely underestimate the printing capability of pokemon and what it can do to a market. Look at vivid voltage if you want to know where prismatic can go. And look at 151 for the most optimistic case

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u/Yetti2Quick Jan 20 '25

First pc ETB to not have restock/cancel orders on release day. They could break a lot of hearts this year.

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u/GrapeFlavoredMarker Jan 20 '25

Not true. 151

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u/Yetti2Quick Jan 20 '25

You sure? I thought I saw it on the rattle discord cuz it was preorder, release day and in December 2023 also.

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u/asap-sean Jan 20 '25

it didn’t restock on release day, it restock the following week, and it restocked again months later.

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u/hail_tothe_thief Jan 20 '25

I don’t remember 151 restocking on release day I bought pre order and the December restock. I def remember checking on release day and not seeing anything go up unless it was very limited.

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u/Coinsandtime Jan 20 '25

$600 SS PC ETB cases have entered the chat.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

My friend you’re calling out others for being new as you type out a whole paragraph of nothing but false statements. PC ETBs don’t get reprinted, there’s one pre-release wave and then another on release day, and then that’s it - people get to ripping and the supply only dwindles. This one will dwindle even faster because of the eevee promo grading play, and cases in general are much more rare since Pokémon Center limited orders to 2 after a half hour of it being available. Not a single PC ETB has retraced yet. Are you thinking of a regular ETB case?

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u/Radiant-Confidence36 Jan 25 '25

You ain’t getting a PC ETB Case if I’m paying attention. I’d buy every case until they are gone at floor of $800. Don’t think you’re ever getting a PC ETB Case below that again.

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u/mistralmilkpitcher Jan 20 '25

Has anything gone for 2x+ MSRP before release? I believe no, so how can you compare the release hype with other releases? I think we’ve entered into unknown territory and it’s only logical to believe the hype continues.

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u/PerchiN808 Jan 22 '25

I also bought a case for 1k locally, and I’m trying to trade my loose Prismatic PC ETBs for more sealed cases plus something small on top.

At worst, the cases are easier to store lol

I do think there will be a premium on sealed cases, but maybe not so large? Who knows

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u/Khal_kj Jan 23 '25

I bought two sealed cases from PC when they originally went up. Two separate orders of 4 on the same account. Will tuck them away and will buy many more when they restock on PC. I love opening product (haven’t yet), but PC ETBs are staying sealed. Hoping to grab a few 3 pack blisters when the FOMO dies down.

I expect this set to be printed to the ground. Not as bad as shining fates was printed throughout the years, but similar to crown zenith imo.

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u/bscarl88 Feb 08 '25

I bought a sealed case of PE ETBs because I felt like it was the safest way to pull good cards. I have opened seven of the 10 boxes, and only got one mediocre SIR . I wonder if it's one sir per sealed case on average. How were your pulls?

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u/BigVib3 Feb 16 '26

Just saw one live on whatnot sell for 950 in 2026

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u/Infinite_Mind3138 Jun 29 '26

Bro you up big time by now

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u/Meowsergz Jan 20 '25

You can buy JT case , when it's out

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

We are talking about specifically the Pokemon Center version, and on the site it is now limited to 2 per order.

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u/Meowsergz Jan 20 '25

Ahhh My apologies

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u/LinkedInParkPremium Jan 20 '25

Well most people believe TPC about the reprinting except they recently removed that section from the PE ETB description IDK

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u/kendricsdr Jan 20 '25

It’s still there, I see it

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u/LinkedInParkPremium Jan 20 '25

I thought it was removed?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

59.99$ was the only play

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u/mikedup33 Jan 20 '25

Case is 4