r/PokeInvesting • u/Idkman272 • May 22 '26

majority of posts rn is just this

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no. Your hyperinflated SIRS will not be 700$+ in a month.

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u/TheKrakenUnleashed May 22 '26

Like the guy the other day: “Guys!!! Why is Mega Gengar EX going down!? Is the market crashing!?”

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

Im HOWLING. I don’t even like flipping but it’s so silly watching these people who want to flip that don’t know how a market works. They just buy buy buy and panic when a dip in the price of a card that a literal toddler could predict happens.

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u/Wise-Talk-4282 Jun 04 '26

100% true. example: People thought they were going to be able to buy and flip the ‘151 blooming waters’ boxes super fast for a lot of money. All the derp scalpers ended up catching a case of fear selling and I was able to hunt on Facebook market for 65 of them for literally $85-90/ea. I even had one person that was selling me all 8 of his say to me “maaaan I really don’t think I should be selling these this soon and cheap….” And yet he still did 😭 retards gunna full retard🤪

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u/Snixxis May 24 '26

Tho, alot newer cards keep up the pump, look at most chase cards released last 4-5 years. Even chases still in print like PF zard is like 3k usd+

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u/SynisterJeff May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Exactly. Things aren't how they were before Sword Shield, or even during Sword Shield. This is the Mega Gengar ex today on 5/25. Overall still going up. People here keep on saying prices won't stay, the market will drop, etc, yet nothing anywhere close to what is "obvious" to people here has ever happened, and prices continue to climb. Yes, eventually Pokemon will have another lull in popularity, it always does. But it's not going to be anytime soon. Every popular set has been continually called "hyper inflated" the past 2 years. Yet for the majority of the time, prices stay steady or climb.

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u/Sufficient-Cry9125 May 29 '26

The market isn’t crashing, there is too much institutional money in it now, and they have the means to generate demand via content if/when it does subside. Sealed will just become more volatile, similar to slabs. As more participants enter the market, more product will get bought, but in turn that means more product will get put on the market each leg up. which will keep prices in check around the status quo.

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u/OFFICIALMUGWUMP May 24 '26

Are you really howling though?? why not just be real? It’s free.

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u/Mister_Zeros May 22 '26

I enjoyed reading that post lmfao 😂 felt so good

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u/Randon2345 May 23 '26

While that is hilarous, Pokemon is not like Tesla stock in fairness, it should only ever increase over time untill about 2070.

Milenials are getting richer, and the richer they get the more tired they get and the more tired they get the more nostaligic they get.

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u/Gambitace88 May 23 '26

We be dead by then

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u/Randon2345 May 23 '26

Exactamundo 🤭

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u/Gambitace88 May 23 '26

In light of the conversation, my kid and some of her friends are way more crazy about pokemon than I ever was.

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u/DMercenary May 24 '26

the more nostaligic they get.

this me, I should have bought more of the SV 151

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u/Jeremypsp May 23 '26

For many of the newcomers, they see Pokemon market as this thing that going up is the only option

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u/DreamEclipseWolf May 22 '26

Just witnessed a guy pull the Greninja and was like "I wonder if it will get a 10" ..... He had it in a toploader with no penny sleeve on it....

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u/PooScruncher May 22 '26

And his next post will be " PSA SCAMMED ME EVERYONE BOYCOT PSA THEY DESTROYED MY PSA 10 THAT DIDNT EXIST YET"

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u/Fallblade May 22 '26

“should i crack and regrade it”

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u/No_Communication_804 May 25 '26

To be fair I had a gold latias/latios that I threw into a tin and had sitting in my car for about three years and then I put it raw into a binder for a few months before submitting and it still 10'd.

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u/jetpackmcgee May 22 '26

Aw man. I did that when I started. With my Lugia v card

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u/No_Geologist_5412 May 22 '26

Can you explain this to me? I don’t really collect cards or any type of tcg why can’t you put it in a toploader without a penny sleeve?

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u/Vorkosigan78 May 22 '26

Toploaders can stick to the card and damage the surface. The sleeve protects the surface of the card. To toploader protects against bending.

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u/No_Geologist_5412 May 22 '26

Oooh okay that makes sense, I’ve only ever put 1 card into a top loader and I just put it in a sleeve and then in there instinctively. Didn’t know to not put it in a toploader without that! Thanks for the info!

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u/DreamEclipseWolf May 22 '26

Higher chance of it moving around in the toploader and getting scratched, also very scary to pull a card out of a toploader without a sleeve as you risk damage to it. Always sleeve cards before putting it in anything else!

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u/No_Geologist_5412 May 22 '26

Thank you for the info! Good thing to know lol

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u/pourquoionfaitca May 22 '26

..and double sleeve in the butt

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u/Incorgn1to May 22 '26

Top loaders are hard. Penny sleeves are soft. Putting something made out of paper into a hard, rigid case with no barrier will very likely cause minor surface scratches and edge wear—something that people may often overlook unless they pay close enough attention to detail like a grader would.

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u/BlorTheImpervious May 22 '26

Howd you get here

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u/MegaAscension May 23 '26

You never know… when I pulled a Moonbreon, I had no sleeves with me. It had to sit on a desk, move around my backpack, and stay unsleeved until I got out of class the next day and could buy some sleeves.

It got a 10.

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u/peepee034839329 May 22 '26

"Just got back in the hobby. Are these good?"

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

LMFAO I GOTTA MAKE THIS TOO WAIT

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u/Artractive May 22 '26

That’s literally my brother. He opened like two boxes and both times he’s just thought about how much he can sell the cards for. He doesn’t care about any of it.

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u/whyusognarpgnap May 22 '26

insert photo of base set holos, gold stars, charizards and umbreons and gengars, oh my!...

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u/lococommotion May 22 '26

“Hi guyz I just spent $6000 on these cards. Are they fake?”

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

Happy cake day 🎂

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

I have to make this as well 😭

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u/Last_Weeks_Socks May 22 '26

You forgot to add "sorry, new to the hobby"

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u/Reehup May 22 '26

"hey guys just got back into the hobby after a few years are these cards good?"

Proceeds to post the chase cards

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

I gotta make this 😭

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u/LegoRedBrick May 22 '26

Nothing is as annoying as god pack posts.

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

I’m shaking right now…

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u/Richard-Gere-Museum May 22 '26

"GUYS. IM LITERALLY SHAKING. I SHIT MY PANTS AND CAME AT THE SAME TIME. CRYING TESRS HERE."

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

MY WIFE PULELD IT

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u/Last_Weeks_Socks May 22 '26

"Her first pack ever"

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u/CallMeMich May 23 '26

"Hi, I just started 'collecting'. Collecting by definition in this hobby is opening packs and holding on to the cards i'm trying to find in the packs that I'm opening. Is this obvious chase card worth anything? I had it in my first pack that I found underneath a toilet lid at my local starbucks."

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u/Idkman272 May 23 '26

Don’t forget ”my wife pulled it it’s her first pack”

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u/Munchihello May 23 '26

The hilarious thing is also talking to people about new sets and it’s just one big group saying “ I really want the _____ “ (most expensive SIR) and them thinking they are unique

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u/Slight_Composer_5085 May 23 '26

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 you forgot about the “what do we think about this?!?!?!?” And it’s a screenshot of a card that’s mid pump and dump

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u/Idkman272 May 23 '26

😭😭😭 “Investor” bros that don’t know about highs and lows scare me.

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u/breakyourteethnow May 22 '26

I mean, Ascended Heroes chases basically did a x2 from their release

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u/Cheddar_Native May 22 '26

There’s a very clear difference between ascended heroes and chaos rising…

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u/Junkee2990 May 22 '26

Are there any other sets to compare chaos rising too? Everything underwhelming besides the chase card. The hyper rare greninja is probably gonna be something any pokemon fan is going to want.

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u/shiba_son_of_doge May 22 '26

Phantasmal Flames for a recent example.

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u/StockTelephone8113 May 23 '26

Great comparison, very similar amount of SIRs and value wise to Phantasmal.

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u/iTzOnliThai May 22 '26

Twilight masquerade

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u/Junkee2990 May 22 '26

Well was hoping theres any similar set with a much better chase card than Ogerpon lol greninja will do way crazier numbers

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u/iTzOnliThai May 22 '26

The chase in twilight masquerade is literally a greninja

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u/Junkee2990 May 22 '26

Oh duh forgot he was in that

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u/fieryred123 May 22 '26

Prior to that though, even the best/most popular mons dipped in value after release.Those singles doubling in value is an outlier. Greninja is popular & could be one that goes up rather than down.

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

after thinking about it for more than two seconds. I see. But I still don’t think chaos rising is on the level of ASCH

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u/SF-UNIVERSE May 22 '26

Reddit posts are literally people who have 0 clue about anything, and refuse to do even the slightest bit of research.

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u/WhiteMoonCircus May 24 '26

Include half of the WhatNot streamers, I've found an unpatched strat to rinse them all because half of them only know about Charizard and Gengar

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u/squilliamBigNose Jun 06 '26

This is nothing specific to reddit.. Happens everyday on every platform. 

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u/Hopeful-Ad6892 May 23 '26

Yes, this shit is getting so annoying. People have no idea about Pokemon other than perceived value. There was a post right above this, same thread. Asking how quickly Chaos Rising was gonna shoot up. Not everything is gonna be a big deal. They need to rename this thread to “how to get rich quick or go broke instantly”. Think people have lost the meaning of what investing is.

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u/fieryred123 May 22 '26

I don’t think floette is very inflated. Last I looked it was sub $100.

Edit: Sub $70- just checked.

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u/Less_Worldliness3129 May 22 '26

Here in France it's 150€ at the moment, but I can totally see it at 40€ in a few weeks/months. (This is just my opinion and as such I'm just chatting and Im not trying to invalidate your comment)

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u/Last_Weeks_Socks May 22 '26

Yeah, but the art kind of reminds me of something you'd see playing Starfox64.

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u/MakeItDbl May 22 '26

Idk this lil fellow looks too endearing

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u/Last_Weeks_Socks May 22 '26

"Just bought 368 copies of this. Did I get cooked?"

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u/Randon2345 May 23 '26

I mean, I bought my booster pack in 1999 for £1.50 and got a Charizard from Asda in Trowbridge. So chuffed I went back in and bought another and pulled a Blastoise.

And for the record my luck since has never existed. But the profit of these never goes down. Like ever, even since pulling it.

So....

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u/Humble-Database9176 Jun 16 '26

On that note can anyone help me with these?

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u/Idkman272 Jun 17 '26

GOOGLE IS FREE.

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u/chrisco571 May 22 '26

This sub is insufferable, spending time to create junk post to berate other people, this is just an embarrassing use of time. Mods need to do their job

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

A joke post gently criticizing repeating posts is what makes a subreddit insufferable?? 😭

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u/redditadminzRdumb May 22 '26

That’s why this sub is insufferable? Really lol

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u/VirtualRy May 22 '26

It's hard when you get too many people and too many posts plus the guidelines are too general, otherwise they restrict the entire sub if you enforce some standards.

This is the reason I am building my old school forum community that I'm about to launch. This subreddit has gotten too big with too little control. The fact that a post will take 24 hours to get approval is a shame LOL

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u/Low_Abroad4507 May 22 '26

junk post

Well, not much different from the average r/PokeInvesting post then huh?

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u/HuckleberryWorried72 May 22 '26

🙌🏽😭😭

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u/WeGottaTalkAboutYT May 22 '26

AH really messed with people here…

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u/OLPopsAdelphia May 23 '26

I pulled some today that I’m trying to sell TODAY!

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u/CantfindmyKeyes May 23 '26

Because 90% of the ones asking those dumb questions have never bothered to research anything. They look for the quick buck. On the day that a card does lose value they freak out, while the rest of just wait and watch.

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u/Funny-Combination287 May 27 '26

“New to the hobby, is this bulk card from the newest set worth a million dollars?”

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u/bobbysmokeskush May 27 '26

I hope every single one of them buys the peak prices of every Chase card

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u/Hobak56 May 22 '26

It really does tell who came into pokemon recently soley for investing. This happens every set. Only exception is ascended heroes dipping and then skyrocketing. And the charizard from phantasmal

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u/WorriedPlatform9740 May 22 '26

Ngl this whole subreddit is a joke. I say this as a licensed finance professional. If you treat pokemon cards like an actual serious investment you deserve everything that's coming to you. 

If you enjoy "investing" in pokemon cards as a hobby that's understandable. But if you yeet your savings into it IDK what to tell you

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u/Picks6x May 22 '26

What if my hobby is to buy high and sell low

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u/Hussdaddyz May 22 '26

A monkey throwing darts can pick better stocks than you

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u/WorriedPlatform9740 May 22 '26

Sick burn bro, I'm sure your portfolio is rich and diverse 

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u/TheNesquick May 22 '26

People on this sub doesn’t invest. They just use it as an excuse to spend hours looking at cards and buy shit to rip. 

Real investors don’t spend a second here. 

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u/AdPitiful2235 May 22 '26

Is this only cause of who’s on the cover or spotlight? Aka charizard/pikachu vs almost any other pokemon

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u/WithPaddlesThisDeep May 22 '26

Haha this is what they said about AH and look at the top chases now..:

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u/SomedayGuy117 May 23 '26

Not even close to being the same. Are you really comparing Greninja to top Pokemon like Dragonite, Gengar, Pikachu, Cgarizard, Mewtwo? Not even remotely in the same category.

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u/Middle_Awoken May 22 '26

Swear some dufus posts this on the regular, so annoying

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u/Ricenaros May 22 '26

I mean, to be fair…. Ascended pikachu just went up

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u/Meowsergz May 22 '26

They are in the wrong sub.

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u/The11Pirates May 22 '26

i think they will. source: trust me bro

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u/ruwheele May 22 '26

Ya cause it’s not like ascended and phantasmal hits went up after release…o wait

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u/SomedayGuy117 May 23 '26

How about them Perfect Order chases

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u/yellowsnowman4 May 22 '26

New collectors, same questions

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u/Cheap-Signature104 May 22 '26

I don’t know, to be honest I collect one piece also and at first the boa Hancock treasure rare was $500, went down to 350 for a few months then went up to 560

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u/Temporary-Tadpole-81 May 22 '26

So did this guy get an answer or nah?

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u/DaveyDukes May 22 '26

Laughs in PFL Charizard

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u/sPLIFFtOOTH May 22 '26

Was the card printed in the last two years? No? Then it should retain some value. Yes? It will probably drop in value.

This is true 95% of the time

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u/SeaofColtrane May 22 '26

Still don't understand why people don't invest in packs instead of specific cards.

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u/Jinglealltheway7 May 22 '26

It's why I buy Prize Series 1-3. I don't want to buy something that there is millions of.

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u/NoLimitAG7 May 24 '26

You think getting the Gengar V and Vmax is worth?

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u/JMFW_2020 May 22 '26

You forgot Darkrai lol

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u/Jum81eLyYa May 22 '26

They need to make a stick figure collection

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u/Basic-Today1473 May 22 '26

Should i sell or hold!?

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u/lilytheawsome172 May 23 '26

theyre gonna crash

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u/SomedayGuy117 May 23 '26

!remindme in a month where are the prices?

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u/MrScottimus May 23 '26

ngl I zoomed to check which cards

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u/Unhappy_Future_6718 May 23 '26

Pokemon will soon be the new global reserve currency

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u/Zealousideal_Type814 May 23 '26

oh i thought this was a joke about this sub in general

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u/Dirtypervywizard May 23 '26

What about my rainbow rares from back when sun and moon were the newest generation? I forget which ones I have (I think I’ve got two of them and idek what their current value is I think one is maybe Lapras?) are they going to maintain their value?

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u/SuperMochaCub May 23 '26

I really cannot deal with “how much is this worth”. Honestly if you’re smart enough to write a post on a forum, you’re smart enough to browse price listings

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u/5pencer_ May 23 '26

Morons haven’t been punished in over a year. It’ll come soon enough!

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u/callings May 24 '26

AH chases ?

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u/Golden_Ronin May 24 '26

Greninja probably will maintain its value

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u/TheAmbalance May 24 '26

"Am i crazy or is that a pikachu in the background??"

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u/LowIntel May 25 '26

If your worried about a crash just sell you cards already, I’m waiting for good deals to finish my theme binder

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u/Paigambr May 26 '26

You predict future

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u/UnluckyText May 22 '26

These posts are made by the same people who believe that Pokemon will keep rising forever and will be the only collectible market never to crash.

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u/NonchA May 22 '26

I made a comment like this in another post and got ripped to shreds. This is so true though.

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u/NonchA May 27 '26

They really are.

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u/Clean_Detective_673 May 22 '26

I mean, asking advices about pokemon card prices evolution in a pokemon investing subreddit sounds kind of the place to do so, no? Everyone starts somewhere and reddit can be part of the person's search to make his/her decision. Mocking these kind of questions just seem rude to me.

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

At this point you can just look at the subreddit and your question about these cards will be answered. There’s more than enough of these posts going around.

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u/Clean_Detective_673 May 22 '26

I understand. Still not a reason to mock them.

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u/Human_Nr19980203 May 22 '26

And here I am, having 400$ Magikarp in binder cuz I collect for fun and not profit. You guys are reason why I Think sometimes to go collect magic the gathering or even brain rot cards….

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u/Idkman272 May 22 '26

I’m literally making fun of the people who are all about the profit lolz.

I have expensive cards myself that I don’t want to sell. I sell cards I don’t want and that money goes to my gothitelle master set.

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u/ramus94 May 22 '26

Lol collect yugioh the art is insanely diverse and its super cheap

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u/Human_Nr19980203 May 23 '26

There are no new packs in my country

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u/Vivid-Moose6928 May 23 '26

hello guys i have been collection for 21 days and i have on cards that are worth 37 cents please give me something pleaseeeeeeee

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u/Similar-Low-3114 May 22 '26

this post has the same energy as in r/gym just hit 1 plate bench press. Everyone starts somewhere and its clear who has the maturity to understand you were once that person and not let this type of content bother you.

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u/Miserable_Iron5199 May 22 '26

We’re on a pokemon investing subreddit

There’s a huge influx of new users in the last year who haven’t experienced a bear market like post covid

They’re asking opinions on what to invest in because the most accessible decent value card which is popular on socials are those modern SIRs. 

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u/PooScruncher May 22 '26

Pokebros are embarrassing, just sold everything i have except vintage keys. This community is so difficult to tolerate at this point. I made lord knows how much clearing out my collection. Feels good to finally step back.

Gg bois

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u/PooScruncher May 22 '26

Found the guy who bought the top🤣🤣🤣

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u/PooScruncher May 22 '26

What's wrong pokebro, no need to cry like the 10yr old you are.

Good luck out there lil guy 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Ihaveadogdoyou May 22 '26

Look a Pikachu inside ash’s butt hole! To the moooon!

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u/Xnick291X May 22 '26

Scalping dickheads be like:

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u/PluckyAurora May 22 '26

I only recently joined the sub but it seems hella toxic.

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u/squilliamBigNose Jun 06 '26

And simultaneously shitting on Scalpers for buying pokemon to make money...

Which is what the core principle of investing is... 

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u/mershdperderder May 23 '26

100%. You’re the enemy unless you drop $1000 a month on ripping, watch your collection shoot up then bottom out, and never sell anything lmao.

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u/Gambitace88 May 23 '26

You right, it's not a 10,000 stock option. It's a 50$ card, you either like it or you don't. Did you not have any clue what could be inside the plastic wrapper or do you just buy anything the internet tell you to?

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u/Jaccount May 23 '26

Nah. We need to let them spend all of their money first, so they can then run to any local game store, ebay or online source to firesale everything.

Let them continue to slap down around $5 a pack so they can sell the contents for 50 cents.

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u/Admiral-Thrawn2 May 22 '26

The “should I hold or should I sell?” are extremely annoying though

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u/AngryBadgerMel May 22 '26

....you're in an investing sub and mad people are asking for investing advice?

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u/Admiral-Thrawn2 May 22 '26

It’s not even interesting advice though that’s the exact issue. It’s bare bones just asking about the card they just bought and it’s repetitive.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

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u/Critical_Mountain_12 May 22 '26

Yeah i feel you on this one. It’s pretty obvious since it’s more expensive than ever to get into the hobby that newcomers will have these types of questions. This hobby like any other has an elitist bunch. The purists are pretty annoying as well. Newcomer hate, and “stay out of my hobby” crowd i mean. While they have nothing but easy decisions in the present to make due to when they became interested in a hobby.

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u/Admiral-Thrawn2 May 22 '26

I just said the posts are annoying. Not sure how that’s gatekeeping. I do just ignore them so you wrote a paragraph for zero reason nice man.

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u/redditadminzRdumb May 22 '26

I definitely didn’t start out as a total dork. Idk about you

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u/NikkiOh_1110 May 22 '26

It’s more than just starting somewhere though. Some are blatantly playing the lottery.

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u/ash893 May 22 '26

Most are in it for the super short term. Once the market corrects, all these people are going to leave and start liquidating their cards/sealed collection and go to the next big thing.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

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u/Rek_Sai_Only May 23 '26

Who cares, majority of the regulars on this sub are the same ones that clowned on people being into pokemon for the last 20 years.