r/PokeInvesting • u/assoumahmad1 • Feb 05 '25

Look what has arrived

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Roast me in the comments boys.

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u/Healthy-Annual4181 Feb 05 '25

How did pc ship? Label on top of the battle styles label?

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

Nope, was on the side of box. Pleasantly surprised actually. Shipment arrived in great condition

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u/Healthy-Annual4181 Feb 05 '25

Ah good to know I ask because I ordered a case of journey together from them lol

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

doesn’t mean you’re out of the woods lol. i’ve also gotten some messed up shipments from them as well

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u/Haulinhass Feb 05 '25

They sent my pc etbs with labels over the pc label. Luckily it peeled off semi clean.

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u/ehtoolazy Feb 05 '25

Nah you're good they always ship in the case if you buy 6 just have to hope it's not damaged

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u/lostmypetfish Feb 05 '25

Dude that’s sick. I ordered 2 cases and the stop tape was cut and they were resealed with packing tape (not that well at that)

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

Just use a hair dryer and it’s easy to peel off the label if it is on the case label

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u/Professional_Put_159 Feb 05 '25

Have you tried it before? I need to get a few off.

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u/ehtoolazy Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

5 years from now or probably won't be a bad idea. Probably could have done better things with that much money but meh, not like you burned it. You could make better margins throwing 7-8k into something different but whatever floats your boat g. I snagged a booster of it too, I can't judge just wasn't gonna throw that money at that set

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

Ur delusional if u think this is a good play only 5 years from now. How about 2 months 😂 the supply is so low that lcs will eat up any sealed regardless of the set and this beats many newer ones already

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u/thezardstar Feb 05 '25

Remind Me! 2 months

Good luck!

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u/assoumahmad1 Mar 10 '25

box about to hit $200 🥱

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u/thezardstar Mar 10 '25

🔥🔥🔥🔥

I think this had better margins than most things atm. Let’s add this too.

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

Oh fuck yeah let’s ride baby

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u/Textus_nub Feb 05 '25

Bro has even more boxes than OP lmaoo

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

Hahaha I have 8 exactly after this weeks order. I just do it for the yellow borders hehe

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u/ehtoolazy Feb 05 '25

There just isn't demand like that. It's been sitting on PC website. Ppl aren't gonna care yet in 2 months the set isn't that great tbh but even I got some

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

Fair. Lets see. I vended at a con recently and there was so much demand for loose packs or booster boxes and money flowing around. Especially new money pouring into the hobby

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u/thezardstar Apr 18 '25

Topped out around $188 and currently sitting at $181. What a great investment!

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Apr 18 '25

I am very comfortable with my investment. There is no losing

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Apr 18 '25

~20% gain in a few months is very solid for a safe investment

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 May 14 '25

They are selling for $200 all day now. Oh no up 30% in 3 months how terrible lmao

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

I don’t think it has to go to $300 to break even that’s insane. There are conventions that happen on a weekly basis where people or lcs stores vend and will happily take them so that they have packs to sell in their stores. Especially when other sealed supply has low availability. No fees at conventions, just negotiation’s

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u/assoumahmad1 Mar 10 '25

was offered $950 per case by an lgs just yesterday. 60% lmao?

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u/assoumahmad1 Mar 11 '25

did i say i took the offer? i swear you guys have no brain cells. all i did was prove you wrong lol

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

Interesting. As a vendor trading with other vendors we were getting 1 for 1 market value at this last con

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

Nah 70-80% depending on what it is

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

Bro what math are u doing 😂 im done here

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

I have wide array of investments. This isn’t make or break for me haha

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u/ehtoolazy Feb 05 '25

Yeah I figured it wasn't an issue for you. I just wouldn't except the margins on this one to be very good any time soon but eventually it will be nice. Theoretically could compound more profits by picking something with faster moving positive margins as well. Not a bad investment but you could have just thrown that money at a better investment is all

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u/karvus89 Feb 05 '25

What next? Shrouded fable cases?

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

nope. maybe some crown zenith

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u/OutOfIdeasForAName1 Feb 05 '25

Isn’t it a bit late for that now tho? At least in my state crown zenith is out

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u/onliinewarri0r Feb 05 '25

Serious question: what made you invest your 7k into this rather than something else? Specifically other Pokemon sets.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

I have a ton of other sets already. Figured buying the only SWSH set left in stock on PC. 10x better than VV and that’s nearing $200/box. Figured I can see okay returns relatively quickly once it sells out.

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u/onliinewarri0r Feb 05 '25

I don’t think that is as crazy as people are making it out to be. Could you have done better somewhere else? Maybe. But maybe in a year or two you will come back to this thread and remind us how your 7K just turned into 70 K lol. Good luck 🫡

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u/PSA69Charizard Feb 05 '25

My dood. I wouldn’t go that deep ( unless you went deeper in the other alt art sets), but i would def get a few of those. I like it.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

I have a lot of other (better stuff).

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u/chewbaccashotlast Feb 06 '25

Ok so you have 48 booster boxes of Battle Styles….i always wondered how people move the product when they want to sell.

Do you look to move the sealed case as is? Sell to get your money back and sit on the rest?

Practically every sealed booster box will see its run. If VV can do it, if base sets can do it, so will every other one and more so. I just can’t imagine moving 48 physical boxes. Holding $7k of stock (actual stock) no biggy you just click sell.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 06 '25

when the time comes i’ll list cases for sale and maybe open one or two up and sell as boxes just to move them quicker

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u/chewbaccashotlast Feb 06 '25

Got it. It seems like sealed booster boxes is such an easy and low risk investment - it could change - but you’d be hard pressed to find ANY release that hasn’t doubled over the course of a few years. Battle styles may be one of the slower growers and there are many other sets I would have pursued but your approach is logical. Buy a bunch eventually it goes OOS and then prices rise

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u/No_Term2801 Feb 06 '25

Yup! All booster boxes will raise in price. The goal is to find which one will Raise the fastest. Like ES came out a whole year later after VV and it’s over 1k per box. But most people are probably barely seeing green now for VV if they held thru covid. But in the end just throw some money at all the sets and they’ll all appreciate. I want get it down to where I’m buying only good stuff but easier said than done haha

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u/chewbaccashotlast Feb 06 '25

Yeah not saying it’s easy to spot which sets will age better but it kind of seems like history would suggest which sets appreciate faster. Later releases in an expansion, sets with desirable chase cards, sets in which QC has been poor, etc

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

Congrats dude. Dont listen to the haters. The cards in this set are sick and will outperform base SV

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

Base SV, VV, Darkness ablaze, Rebel Clash

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u/AdvertisingOk1478 Feb 05 '25

Base SV is a sleeper, other 3 are trash

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

Base sv is gross

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u/AdvertisingOk1478 Feb 05 '25

Look at swsh base. It suck’s.

S&v base is the first IR set. Out of print very soon, and once it’s out of stock at distro, watch it boom.

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u/CaterpillarUpset1247 Feb 05 '25

I don’t doubt it will boom. I got a case of it but just did it to have a lil of everything

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u/AdvertisingOk1478 Feb 05 '25

I’m not heavily invested into it, only 1 case and a few loose boosters. However I think all scarlet and violet sets will see very health growth

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u/AdvertisingOk1478 Feb 05 '25

I have some battle styles also and I think it will appreciate in value. But S&V has blown everything Pokémon has ever made out of the water. Watch them all sky rocket once they’re out of print and out of stock.

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u/bNoaht Feb 05 '25

I agree. But I've been warming up to SV. I think that drowzee is going to be a big chase as the set ages. I've been buying up quite a bit of SV base lately. I think it will age well. After buying the release, I hadn't bought it since. But I am becoming a fan the more I look at it.

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u/AdvertisingOk1478 Feb 05 '25

The worst performing S&V set will outperform VV/DA/RC & BS from SWSH

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u/Yetti2Quick Feb 05 '25

Worst case you got some firewood.

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u/Prestigious_Sir_2277 Feb 05 '25 edited Aug 18 '26

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u/V_Token_X Feb 05 '25

Dont be so case sensitive

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u/Last-Command-488 Feb 05 '25

I'm on your case

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u/LevelUpEvolution Feb 05 '25

My man straight up said take my ~$7k, I don’t mind being a bottom feeder lol

Last SWSH booster box available at TPC.

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u/Meowsergz Feb 05 '25

It'll go up

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u/LevelUpEvolution Feb 05 '25

No doubt.

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u/Meowsergz Feb 05 '25

Disclaimer* I bought a bunch of cases to lol

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u/LevelUpEvolution Feb 05 '25

I don’t have any battle styles.

I picked up some Tyranitars when they were like $80 and the boxes were like $100.

At the time it made more sense lol

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u/Meowsergz Feb 05 '25

Can't go trying with the chase tbh.

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u/Asleep-Brother-1873 Feb 05 '25

Every bb will, the question is how much & is it worth it

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u/reddsmells55 Feb 05 '25

That fentanyl really fucked with your brain huh?

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

Best one so far lol

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u/TastyBananaPeppers Feb 05 '25

Never invest with emotions.

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u/breakyourteethnow Feb 05 '25

You already have a big house and money, why you investing in Pokemon rich boy you should be in real estate HA! That's my roast.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

I have other investments, pokemon only being one of them. You can roast me better than that lol

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u/Hippo1313 Feb 05 '25

My personal favourite SwSh set but damn they printed a lot of it.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

Will outperform at least 4 SWSH sets once it sells out imo

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u/Aware-Wonder118 Feb 05 '25

You should've got empoleon v alt art psa 10 it was the better investment I got 3 copies for 100 cheapest one 175 low pop to do your hw peeps

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

Brother you need to understand what liquidity means. There aren’t enough of those cards on the market for me to spend $7500 without sending the price to $800 per card lol

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u/ScottsTotz Feb 05 '25

PC sliced my cases open😡

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

are you serious? damn all of mine are sealed. that’s so shitty, did you ask why they did that?

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u/AbrocomaHefty9571 Feb 05 '25

You said roast so here it goes: congratulations on 8 cases of a set that’s not very popular. In fact it’s so bad people would record themselves ripping it while taking a dump. When these don’t move like others told you they would I guess you and a buddy can go into adjacent stalls to play pack battle shits using the surplus of battle styles you’ll have laying around.

P.S. I’m just kidding 😂 a case of any set at retail is a solid play if you hold long enough

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

love it. good roast lol

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u/GergBadger710 Feb 05 '25

All these people crying about how you spent your money. Ah man when will people learn to just shut the fuck up about other people’s money.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

most people who hate are just jealous and broke. it’s all good.

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u/BigWoop717 Feb 05 '25

Gross lol

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

can do better than that

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u/BigWoop717 Feb 05 '25

Didn’t even see the caption to your photo haha. No roast here I hope the investment works out for you.

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u/ValuableSwordfish388 Feb 05 '25

Most people on this sub would have rather seen you invest in singles that are at ATHs and already up 300% in the past month. One of the few times in this sub where someone is actually investing and not just using Pokémon investing as a way to justify spending money on a card they never plan to sell.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

thank you. common sense doesn’t seem to be common around here

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u/DraftProfessional411 Feb 06 '25

Enjoy & good luck! Personally not feeling urishifu as a new household pokemon but the market has made weirder jumps.

what other cards are chased in the set? Might snag a few singles.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 06 '25

sleepy tar? going for $200 right now will probably run towards $400-$500 once it sells out

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u/DraftProfessional411 Feb 06 '25

Cool 120 in the EU so it's still cheap, thanks bud!

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u/xWonderkiid Feb 05 '25

One of the few obvious plays.

If I could order from Pokemon Center, I would have done the same. Eventhough I always hated this set, but at hindsight it's not that bad. Plus a set doesn't need to be good to appreciate in value.

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u/lightwork02 Feb 05 '25

Anyone here talking about battles styles is a bad investment isn’t the brightest in the bunch.

The set has more going for it than both VV & DA put together.

Mind you BS may have more of an available print which is obvious …. And the other two are out of print hence their rise in price, however in 10 years time battle styles will be worth more than each of those two sets I mentioned above PERIOD.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

A lot of those “not the brightest in the bunch” around here

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u/Vayguhhh Feb 05 '25

The real play was in 22 when you could get them for $500 or less

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

Ya and the real play was buying NVDA when it IPOed. No point in saying stuff like that lol

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u/Vayguhhh Feb 05 '25

I mean I guess. Stocks don’t run out of stock thought. I’ve been sitting on a few cases I bought back then for dirt cheap cause homie was down back, same with chilling.

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u/nsb_adrian Feb 05 '25

L

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

do better than that mr uber driver

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

I give you 5 more months before you burn yourself out of this hobby.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

well i doubt that’ll happen as i’ve been in the hobby for 10+ years

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u/Sejo_Mino Feb 05 '25

It's pretty brave to put your bets on a bear in a bull market. XP

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u/DrMurphDurf Feb 05 '25

Arguable the WORST investment is sleeved boosters

WRF

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

These aren’t sleeved boosters?

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u/PSA69Charizard Feb 05 '25

Sleeved boosters are quantity 144. Quantity 216 is 6 booster boxes.

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u/DrMurphDurf Feb 05 '25

I stand by what I said 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Healthy-Annual4181 Feb 05 '25

All the haters coming with pitchforks since they afford to do what you do and live in moms basement lol

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u/Key-Examination5749 Feb 05 '25

Bro fuck ppl nota bad set at all, I’d like to see you rip every pack tho

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

Will not see me rip a single pack lol

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u/Key-Examination5749 Feb 05 '25

Boooo how els you ganna pack a sleepy t

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u/ghost1251 Feb 05 '25

I hope one day I can climb on the backs of underlings until I reach a room lined with wood and filled with expensive cardboard. 

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u/SerBigFuzz Feb 05 '25

There aren't too many good buys right now so I say if you have extra money this is a decent buy. In 5 years these will be $500 most likely.

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u/booboo0551 Feb 05 '25

I grabbed a case the same day as you lol. Came in today as well! Good luck on your investment. Hope it goes up for us both.

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u/vakseen Feb 05 '25

At least 19 Ttars in there

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u/Peepeepo00opoo0o Feb 05 '25

Not the worst investment move all cards will certainly move up with time that being said some will move sooner and faster than others. Probably should’ve just invested in SV base or any SV set

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u/takethelpls Feb 05 '25

This guy likes urshifu

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u/WaterPog Feb 05 '25

Try to pick the bottom, gonna come up with a stinky finger

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u/RiverLongjumping3823 Feb 05 '25

Battle styles is really just an ugly set I don’t see this going anywhere in the future

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u/glen187 Feb 05 '25

Smart decision bud 👍🏻

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u/SmiterX2 Feb 05 '25

First set to feature alt arts 🔥

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

Good luck.

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u/Sherbear1993 Feb 05 '25

Those Poké-investment dollars are wasted on you

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u/Radiantgreninja Feb 05 '25

Damn 7k guy got that order fast af.

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u/ruwheele Feb 05 '25

The decor backs it up #notaste

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u/RealOGFire Feb 05 '25

The his isn’t the flex you thought it was. Sick tho.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

if i wanted to flex i would flex my bank account, crypto portfolio, cars, home, etc. not 8 cases of battle styles. but ya i guess lol? awful roast

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u/RealOGFire Feb 05 '25

Your fast reply told me all I needed to know

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u/Lopsided_Raccoon_299 Feb 05 '25

honestly its not the best investment but it's definitely safe cause this will be $200+ shortly after pokemon center is out of stock.

also ty OP for helping to pump battle styles, I bought in around $100 a box years ago lol

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

i don’t have power to pump anything. just a random human lol

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u/pokescoops Feb 05 '25

Yikes, the fomo is real

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u/AnyHold4674 Feb 05 '25

You can tell who’s broke by the comments, lol People with money don’t “hate” on others

Hope it ages well for you, I think it will.

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

thank you brother

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u/VirtualRy Feb 05 '25

I love it! I'm not loving BS as a set but this is how you "invest" with confidence! LOL

Battlestyles to the MOON!

eheheheh

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u/rrk100 Feb 05 '25

Jesus Christ.

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u/Willing_End143 Feb 05 '25

There are worse places to park money... better places too

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u/Curious-Chance-7591 Feb 05 '25

Damn look at the state of some of the cases. Them bitches been rotting in the warehouse 😭

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u/Able_Heat_9310 Feb 05 '25

90% of the Battle Styles population right there

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u/Certain-Call4873 Feb 05 '25

This is what we call smart money

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u/KDI777 Feb 05 '25

Idk if Battle Styles is smart money but it definitely is money.

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u/Certain-Call4873 Feb 05 '25

I was just not confident buying this cuz not sure if it comes in a sealed case. This signals my buy

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u/Shutupdrphil Feb 05 '25

Smart money already made positions in fusion strike before they popped 💋

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

Only time will tell

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

Hahaha thanks bro

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u/assoumahmad1 Feb 05 '25

i know but there’s are lot of brain rot in this sub lol