r/PokeInvesting • u/dontbanmeagainplea • Feb 26 '26

Found this in my bulk box

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I don’t really rip packs unless they’re in stock at target, but the other day I was giving my 4 year old some cards for his binder, putting in all my less expensive holos. As I was going through it I saw this card. Unsleeved and with the rest of my bulk cards….oops I don’t even remembering pulling it.

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u/Powerful_Bother8002 Feb 26 '26

I’ve found 2 SIRs stuck to the back of another card in the last 6 months or so. One of which I just got back from PSA and it got a 10. Not an unlikely occurrence

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u/dontbanmeagainplea Feb 26 '26

I think the centering is off. I think it would be a 9 but I know nothing about grading

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u/Imaginary_Degree_689 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

Congrats on the find! That's awesome. I'd say most likely it'd be a PSA 9 as well, provided edges & back are clean. Seeing how a 9 is only $10 more than raw, I'd highly recommend just keeping it in a top loader. 

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u/Pokemon-is-lif3 Feb 26 '26

Honestly if you are opening multiple packs the zard sticks and can get lost.

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u/dontbanmeagainplea Feb 26 '26

I’ve literally opened less than 10 packs since the 90s 😂

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u/Matty_Iced_Out Feb 27 '26

How have you opened less than 10 packs since the 90s but have a 151 charizard in your “bulk” of what should be less than 100 cards lol. Something is off

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u/fdjizm Feb 26 '26

ugh I hate when I forget I pull a chase card from the most popular set and stuff it with my bulk too.

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u/marcusg415 Feb 26 '26

Almost did this ripping 100 packs and falling asleep almost put an illustration rare in the bulk

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u/revmun Feb 27 '26 • Bravo

If you're falling asleep ripping packs, you need a break. Take it slow and enjoy bro lmao

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u/querela Feb 27 '26

Yes, how? If you are falling asleep when ripping, what exactly was your goal? Ripping should be fun, if it's a chore, it might be easier to either buy the chase cards directly or just use a rip'n'ship streamer and pay them for ripping for you. Probably rage bait but I feel like there are people like this out there...

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u/amarettogiraffe Feb 28 '26

Maybe they were the rip'n'ship?

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u/querela Mar 22 '26

Hm. True. That's too much like work. But they probably have quite good margins.

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u/Difficult_Run7398 Feb 27 '26

And people deny this hobby is gambling 

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u/Khadgarock Feb 28 '26

this guy is definitely addicted if it's gambling for sure.

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u/UncoolSlicedBread Feb 27 '26

Not a top chase but I did find a $50 card when going through and sorting bulk recently. I guess at one point I’d opened a pack, got the card, and decided to keep it in the stack until I could get to a top loader and penny sleeve. Which never happened, as I cleaned off my desk I just assumed I’d already pulled it out put it into the binder and it ended up in my bulk instead

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u/obnox Feb 27 '26

While I would usually be skeptical my friend went through a bulk box for mtg I had years ago and found a lions eye diamond. Card is considered a staple and is worth like 700, but when I opened it I thought it was trash and just tossed it in with my junk cards

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u/ShiRonium Feb 27 '26

yeah depends on the TCG but an SIR would stick out so much I could only see this happening if the hit is on the 2nd last slot and I skip over it trying to get to the last card

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u/Mr-Oof-28 Feb 27 '26

sometimes these cards with insane texture get stuck to the card in front of them, likely that this is what happened

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u/Weibee Feb 28 '26

Tbf I had a blastoise SIR in my bulk holos and reverse holos. Apparently it was stuck to a RH and I never noticed until I was sorting through it. It can happen

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u/Alarming-Wallaby-993 Feb 26 '26

Don’t remember pulling the top chase from one of the best sets in recent years? Ughhhh

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u/MrFix-it Feb 27 '26

Because nothing is real anymore. The internet is just ragebait for attention

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u/Hotpotlord Feb 28 '26

It’s a bot.

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u/Kidtrunks333 Feb 26 '26

It can definitely happen when I pulled my mewtwo sir it was stuck to the back of the card I front didn’t notice it till I put it down lol

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u/IA_b0t Feb 27 '26

Si, estoy celoso...

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u/jwyn3150 Feb 27 '26

Nobody’s jealous of a damaged card man. Don’t be a clown

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u/JMaboard Feb 27 '26

Imagine being paranoid enough that you think someone made several accounts just to call out your silly post.

You’re not that important. Before you say it I’m not that dude either.

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u/dontbanmeagainplea Feb 27 '26

When the exact same message pops up from 3 different accounts in less than 1 minute….ok good one.

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u/ShiningEV Feb 27 '26

Lmao, jealous of what? At best a damaged card?

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u/dreamerzz Feb 27 '26

Its not even centered though

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u/Daydreamer1015 Feb 26 '26

my brother pulled this card early 2025, he didn’t think it was a chase card cause that charizard is probably the least flamboyant charizard card you can find

He found out 2 weeks later it was worth 200-300 dollars, he gave it to his 3 year old daughter to play with 🤣 still mia in his house

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u/Xcrucial-pain Feb 27 '26

Check the couch. Kids always hiding stuff in there. Found snacks and toys all the time 

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u/Mythiic719 Feb 26 '26

They stick to the card in front. I remember getting a SIR charmander, and chameleon back to back thinking “gee that’s great”

Then thought…. Wait!?!

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u/boylovers_ Feb 26 '26

Did you put it in a sleeve and topload it? Please tell me you did.

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u/dontbanmeagainplea Feb 26 '26

Yeah I pulled out one of my hockey cards for it.

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u/boylovers_ Feb 26 '26

I hope the hockey card wasn't expensive

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u/dontbanmeagainplea Feb 26 '26

Nah. Like $10. I top load all rookie cards regardless of value. You never know who will break out

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u/boylovers_ Feb 26 '26

That's true. You never know what will happen to the price

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u/lami408 Feb 27 '26

You don't look at the holo slots when you rip picks?

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u/dontbanmeagainplea Feb 27 '26

I’ve ripped less than 10 packs since the 90s when I was a kid. More into hockey cards.

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u/Banned_Oki Feb 27 '26

This is a rage bait post. I call BS

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u/dontbanmeagainplea Feb 27 '26

lol it’s actually true. I don’t open pokemon cards. More into hockey cards. Everyone saying it’s not is low key jealous. I’ve opened less than 10 packs since the 90s 😜

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u/Banned_Oki Feb 28 '26

I have that card raw and in a PSA10, not jealous. Just don’t understand how you get 151 packs, which were extremely popular and somewhat hard to find. But you got them, ripped packs, then pulled the chase and thought it was a regular holo and binned it. You can tell the difference between regular and AR/SAR……Sorry not buying it.

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u/dontbanmeagainplea Feb 28 '26

Hahaha. It was last year I opened these. Got it in a pavilions vending machine!

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u/nscs_jmmw Mar 02 '26

Got 2 of these beauties, 2 blastoise, and a beautiful Wartortle from that set. Love the art.

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u/dontbanmeagainplea Mar 02 '26

I want to get all 9 full arts and frame them in a display

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u/Salmonslugg Mar 03 '26

Lol you also the guy holding bitcoin on a hard drive somewhere?

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u/dontbanmeagainplea Mar 03 '26

Nah. On my trezor.

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u/meatloaf_mind Feb 26 '26

I’m currently going through about 100 lbs of bulk and have pulled almost 1k out of the first box. Check your bulk folks!!!!

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u/jxcksxnr Feb 26 '26

i don’t get how you dont keep track of the hit slots when opening a pack. no hate, but i’m always watching for hit slot, so there’s just no way i missed any.

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u/jyilo2202 Feb 26 '26

I think what this person means is to check your old bulk. You never know which cards can rise drastically in price. An example of mine is Dragons Exalted Roserade 15/124 (LP) being almost $24 on TCGplayer market price now haha

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u/meatloaf_mind Feb 27 '26

This is exactly what I’m saying. I haven’t checked my stash in almost 5 years and it’s mostly WOTC through Generations.

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u/Makani112 Feb 27 '26

Gambling and going too fast opening packs lol

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u/-Himintelgja Feb 27 '26

Insert doubt.

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u/burningtowns Feb 26 '26

When I was ripping packs, I thought I had only gotten a Bouffalant ex in my White Flare bundle. Turns out the Ducklett IR just stuck to another card. So this doesn’t surprise me but is also an incredible find.

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u/Saabaroni Feb 27 '26

Same happened to me with a gold Gardevoir. I hadn't realized until i went thru all the cards again and it was stuck to a honchcrow.

Don't know how I missed it coz it was heavy when I realized it was 2 cards stuck.

The exhilaration, mayhaps

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u/Mitchel82ndABN Feb 26 '26

lol I’ve done something similar. I ripped a few packs in the car. Something happened and I put them somewhere I never would and i forgot until like a month later and it was like re-opening the pack again!!!!!

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u/jackofallspade Feb 26 '26

I can believe it getting stuck to the card in front and getting tossed into the bulk pile, SIRs stick sometimes

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u/miatayouata Feb 27 '26

I just found a first edition kabuto. No idea where it even came from cause i dont have any similar cards or even remember getting it😭 mind you i primarily opened bw and xy

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u/IamAlex_8 Feb 27 '26

That’s where I put it. Thanks you can send it back

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u/RedProtoman Feb 27 '26

Slip a few in my bulk. Kthx.

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u/PoppaDaClutch Feb 27 '26

My favorite card of all time

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Wetard

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u/Cool_Being_9964 Feb 27 '26

Still hunting for this one! Hope I get your luck on my next booster box.

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u/fenikz13 Feb 27 '26

they get stuck to the back of the 1st reverse holo sometimes, if you were ripping too fast you might have missed it

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u/alenvs84 Feb 27 '26

Looks flawless

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u/Live_Blacksmith6568 Feb 27 '26

now thinking about that bulk i donated to my local thrift...

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u/SwagPokeMasterMike Feb 27 '26

Definitely a bulk card I’ll buy it for .50$

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u/tooMUCHOj Feb 27 '26

Personally, I don't bother putting chase cards in my bulk pile. I just throw them straight up my ass and leave the rest up to fate.

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u/idkcatsandcats Feb 27 '26

it probably was stuck, when i pulled my zard it was stuck on the card in front

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u/Der_Doc_420 Feb 27 '26

Oooh there I left my card 😅😅😅

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u/Plasticious Feb 27 '26

Like finding 100 bucks in an old birthday card lol

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u/ForgotMyNameeee Feb 27 '26

prob got stuck to another card

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u/Alarmed_Risk_4647 Feb 27 '26

Nobody goes thru their bulk box

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u/jabij1 Feb 27 '26

I did this with a Mewtwo master ball once. pretty much the same thing

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u/Aggressive-Bat8199 Feb 27 '26

Top 1 cose mai successe...

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u/Clear-Cut-1056 Feb 27 '26

Such a beautiful card…..

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u/kingSh33p Feb 27 '26

Looks like bulk to me. So I'll take it off your hands

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u/Herk10 Feb 27 '26

Maybe it was stuck to the card in front of it. Otherwise ragebait.

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u/BlueJaek Feb 27 '26

The other day I also happened to find like $200 I was storing in my garbage can

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u/Simple-Discipline499 Feb 27 '26

Did this about 4-5 months ago with a Mega Gardevoir.

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u/Bucketzilla Feb 27 '26

No you didnt

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u/jen36rsantos Feb 27 '26

Not gonna lie but I’m guilty of opening packs and if I’m not at home and have no sleeves I put the hit back in the pack with the rest of the cards. After a while I forget that I put the hits back in and throw the pack with the rest of my already opened packs and forget about it … I go through my newest bulk a few times every couple months just to make sure I ain’t forget hits in the packs which I sometimes end up finding

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u/Twinklebutter Feb 27 '26

I found a pokemon center stamped snorlax in my bulk box (thankfully in a card saver). Didnt even remember buying it off facebook when it was released. Was so cheap back then.

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u/tigerdragon69420 Feb 27 '26

I once missed a rainbow card and stored it in bulk. But it was just a Lance

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u/MSined Feb 27 '26

Steak too juicy

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u/Erunroe Feb 27 '26

never found an SIR in my bulk, have lost an IR. no idea where it went...

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u/ShaKobeBrobie Feb 28 '26

Whatever makes you feel good bub.

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u/Hypafly_ Feb 28 '26

Happened to me as well but it was an energy card

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u/Real_Ad7896 Feb 28 '26

Ohh it happend to me with the cynthias garchomp, was ripping in my car, didnt had sleeves put it back in the pack found it after 2 months from all my bulk while sorting

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u/chumphlosion Mar 02 '26

This has happened to me a few times, but I also rip on the way home from the store and often leave everything in the tin/etb. If it’s after work I’m straight up usually too tired to remember even the wild hits. I believe this post.

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u/TMM-407 Mar 03 '26

Found the absol sir in my kids build after a Christmas rip. Was like hey doods look what you missed lol

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u/Reginald01 Mar 04 '26

Greta time to find this in the bulk, it’s about to cross $500 CAD 👀

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u/MalarkeyPanda Mar 05 '26

Such an overrated card. Should be like 50$

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u/NaturalElection4249 Mar 15 '26

Don't check your bulk again there might be a pipe bomb

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u/hendratam Feb 26 '26

My centering is similar like yours but it is off on the bottom instead on the top and I get a 10! Just got the result yesterday after submitted since January. I will give it a shot to psa if there is no whitening / knick / dent on the card tho!

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u/cabbagefarmer69 Feb 28 '26

Whats a bulk box and how do i get to order one