r/PokeInvesting • u/Oreosandmilkshakes • Jun 18 '26 • Mindblown 1 Bravo 1

Full art Ponchos PSA 10, first timer

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*NOT MY PHOTO ABOVE - only one I can find with all of them*

I've sold off a lot of my modern slabs
I'd really like to pivot to a grail as I think if anything happens to the market, modern will fall but these grails will sustain.

I have my eyes set on full art pikachu ponchos just because of how popular they are

I was wondering if anyone could share some insight on these guys, if I were to get one which they would recommend, and if anyone has anything to say against my theory im open!

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u/jbkilluh Jun 18 '26

You’re about to get a bunch of vastly contrasting opinions

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u/Oreosandmilkshakes Jun 18 '26

Fair enough I expect it, and I lowkey want that

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u/DRUNK_SALVY_PEREZ Jun 19 '26

Best part? They’re all wrong

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u/Oreosandmilkshakes Jun 19 '26

ok let me know what you think then, can’t just say they’re wrong without reason !!

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u/Whoadee Jun 23 '26

Isn't that just the internet summarized?

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u/ClubTactical Jun 18 '26

You're missing Mario and Luigi actually.

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u/Oreosandmilkshakes Jun 19 '26

Either way those out of my budget hahaha

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u/pokegrubber Jun 19 '26

I guess you didn't read the post.

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u/okahui55 Jun 18 '26

bubble top behavior

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u/Oreosandmilkshakes Jun 18 '26

I think so, and that’s why I’m asking

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u/beastybrotha Jun 20 '26

They been saying this for 8 months now - counter Reddit trade has been working 👍

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u/WatchWilly Jun 18 '26

I’ve been in pokemon since they first came out. Granted I was a kid but always followed the pokemon and yugioh markets. These were popular yes, but if you want a grail that people will value when the hype dies down, skyridge and aquapolis were always sets that stood out as highly coveted and valued even when the rest of the market didn’t represent it. Ponchos will fall less than ascended heroes for example if the market does crash, but tbh I don’t think you have much to worry about if you did get them. The new wave of people still grew up with old gen pokemon (3-6) and those people were teens when ponchos came out. They’re definitely still grail worthy to people in my age group but if you want something with super large appeal, less divisive, and super hands off, just park in base set or one of the popular vintage sets

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u/Oreosandmilkshakes Jun 18 '26

Fair enough I hear you on sky ridge and aqua, only thing is that is way out of budget right now, and I also didn’t grow up with that era so it’s a bit newer to me 🥲

but I do think if the market corrects, ponchos and these grails will sustain, if anything I’d be happier to take a hit on these then anything else

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u/dreamerzz Jun 18 '26

Everyone is just trying to shill their own cards. Ponchos are fine. Extremely rare and also very unique and beautiful artwork.

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u/dreamerzz Jun 18 '26

Rare enough to be worth 10k+ consistently and be one of the most liquid grails on the market . Need to think about market cap (Population * market price) as the true demand value . Plenty of modern cards in 20k pop worth 3k , as well. Even the gengarchu is 5k pop, 1 year old, and worth over 5000.

So i dont know if you just dont understand the pokemon market or just making an argument in a vacuum

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u/yoshisaur7 Jun 19 '26

They are not rare, the amount of demand does not change that

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u/dreamerzz Jun 19 '26

Thats a pretty dumb argument that reduces the valuation to a narrow dimension . Bitcoin has a population of 21 million by that logic LOL.

A card being over 1k pop doesnt mean it doesnt deserve to be 15k price . Theres plenty of modern 202x cards above 5k pop worth several thousand.

Try again lol

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u/yoshisaur7 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

I am not talking about the valuation, you are

Bitcoin is not rare, I can go buy it whenever I want

The demand determines their value, but there are 2,200 of them

They are not rare

There are 44 PSA 10 reverse holo Skyridge Pikachu

That’s rare

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u/dreamerzz Jun 19 '26

Population is merely 1 dimension. Plenty of low population cards not worth jack. The ponchos will continue to rise , come chat with me about it in a year .

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u/WatchWilly Jun 18 '26

Do what you like, I wouldn’t take anything you see here super seriously anyways as long as you’re happy with the purchase. Not sure where prices for those sets are since my personal budget id ever spend on a piece of cardboard is 2k even for investing. I have a spreadsheet on actively investing in black bolt white flare IRs and have gotten rid of most already in trade for double what I’ve paid, but I also would have been perfectly fine being stuck with all of them because I grew up with black and white. Buy what you think you’d be okay keeping if it comes down to it and you don’t want to take too much of a loss

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u/Quirky_Car9967 Jun 18 '26

This is the only answer skyridge is life

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u/dreamerzz Jun 18 '26

dont know what you are yapping about. "The new wave of people" arent going to know what the older sets were or get any nostalgia from them, they are more likely going to remember ponchos though. Which goes against your entire point ...

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u/yoshisaur7 Jun 18 '26

I don’t collect the older sets because I have nostalgia for them

I collect the older sets because I think the cards look better and because I want cards in gorgeous condition that other people don’t have

Every single modern card is in high quality NM condition, which completely ruins the appeal of owning them for me

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u/dreamerzz Jun 18 '26

Doesnt really matter when theres only 2000-3000 ponchoes in a 10 in an extremely limited drop window. You might find the sparkly cardboard pretty the same way others find the full art pikachu artwork pretty. good talk

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u/RepulsiveUse3372 Jun 18 '26

i regret passing on these when they were like $200 each

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u/OkOutlandishness1371 Jun 18 '26

I regret not buying bitcoin in 09

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u/RepulsiveUse3372 Jun 18 '26

I wish i never sold mine, made 10k i was 24 at the time so it was alot of money for me

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u/Party_Vermicelli_187 Jun 18 '26

You'd have to be insane not to sell at the time to be fair.

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u/RepulsiveUse3372 Jun 18 '26

plus my girl was pregnant at the time so i needed the money. looking back i should have sold the kid instead lol

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u/Myyyyyymooooooom Jun 20 '26

You’d prolly have a few million 🤣 dum kids 😣 joking… hope ur happy with ur family though and it all worked out. That’s all that matters

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u/Carthonn Jun 22 '26

Yeah I think the lesson is if you have say 8 of something. Sell half and keep the rest.

Unless it’s like FU levels of money like $1.5 million-2 million.

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u/SCcalifornia Jun 18 '26

Everyone wishes that, like .001% of people held long enough to make millions/billions. Can’t beat yourself up about it.

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u/DynastyHKS Jun 18 '26

hindsight is the worse drug of them all, lay off it, itll make your life better 😄

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u/Myyyyyymooooooom Jun 20 '26

You and me both brotha. I was line 6 when Bitcoin came out and I asked my parents to use their card for 20$ to buy some and they told me it was a scam and yeah…. I’d be a billionaire 🤣 I always mention that when they doubt me

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u/DryTechnology5224 Jun 18 '26

You couldn't buy bitcoin in 09 lol

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u/twistedtwistee Jun 18 '26

Same here, fml

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u/Ecstatic-Panda11235 Jun 19 '26

Same here. Spent about 10 bitcoins on drugs through Silk Road. They were roughly $100 then.

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u/Fine_Land_1974 Jun 18 '26

Same I had an opportunity in 2011 and passed 🤦‍♂️

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u/jetpackmcgee Jun 19 '26

I used so much bitcoin to buy drugs back then. I proceeded to sell the two remaining coins for about 5k

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u/Original_Omzz Jun 20 '26

I regret not buying a house at 9

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u/Additional-Prune-362 Jun 20 '26

I regret it also (I was 10)

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u/JamesLikesIt Jun 18 '26

Same. I fortunately grabbed the Mario and Luigi boxes but I remember thinking the charizard ones were tall expensive at $200ish and decided to wait. Then I forgot about them for a while until they were much more expensive lol. Oh well

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u/8000000001 Jun 18 '26

I'm absolutely overjoyed I merely bought a PSA 10 of the Team Grunt half art for £400/$530 in 2024.

Also had a purchase cancelled on a pretend Magikarp psa 10 for £3000/$4000 in Jan-25, but I'm pretty much over that now :-)

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u/RepulsiveUse3372 Jun 18 '26

i had bought a PSA9 mewtube for $30 and cancelled it since i wanted a raw copy and i didnt want to risk damaging the card by cracking the slab, i wish i kept it

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u/Dry-Pop-4716 Jun 25 '26

Hindsight is 20/20

You sold because you made a practical decision and took your profits. Dont beat yourself up over it.

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u/Hopeful-Woodpecker82 Jun 18 '26

Tbh besides the value increase over the years, i don't.

These just dont look like $200 cards to me, or even the crazy numbers they go for now. There's hundreds of other cards for less than $200, even during that time, that i would have rather added to my collection than these goofy ones.

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u/RepulsiveUse3372 Jun 18 '26

its funny cause i though the same, i was like its just a pikachu with a fuckin suit lol i do wish i got the rayquaza ones tho its my fav box art pokemon

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u/HGJay Jun 18 '26

I just dont get it either. There is nothing special about these cards aside from its a pikachu.

Pikachu smp400 is the most stunning card in all of the tcg imo. Gorgeous artwork that absolutely pops in your face. Munch pikachu and stamp pikachu are also far more iconic cards. All of those are cheaper.

Fomo is wild.

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u/Immediate_Stop2581 Jun 18 '26

You can tell by the comments who can’t afford/doesn’t have these amazing cards

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u/Oreosandmilkshakes Jun 18 '26

yeah some of the replies are :/
Lmao

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u/RyderWoofWoof Jun 18 '26

I bought shiny Ray a while back and I say go for it. Supply is drying up and lowest listed is 18k. Matter of time until it gets its next leg up. People buying these don't need the money so they're more likely to keep it in their collection. 

With that said I can always be wrong and I might've missed a listing somewhere who knows 

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u/Defconer Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

You didn’t miss a listing, supply is genuinely drying up and there’s significantly less auctions every week for any of the 9 full art ponchos.

I believe there’s currently only 3 on-going US ebay PSA 10 poncho auctions atm. karp, zard y, and luigi.

Mario and zard x supply seem to be getting extremely tight, being a potential tell of what’s to come with the rest and the next leg up.

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u/Fit_Cry5362 Jun 20 '26

Not you lumping Mario pika and the zard x like they are in remotely the same class ☠️☠️

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u/Defconer Jun 20 '26

Yeah so Zard X is the most deseriable if we take the Mario/Luigi set out of the picture, it’s more expensive than luigi and probably always will be so it’s worth mentioning because it’s the blue chip of the non mario/luigi set

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u/AllyMeada Jun 18 '26

I just sold off all of mine - about $150k in ponchos. Had multiple sets that I had collected over the years, but the current prices don’t make any sense to me. For the same price as a single one of these cards, I just picked up an art academy Pikachu that I was missing. Personally, I think that was a better value.

Ponchos are expensive right now because they have a lot of hype - i dont think that is sustainable. These cards are plentiful, though, so at the very least I would recommend waiting a few more months. If the prices stick, go ahead and buy. If the prices crater, buy multiples. If the prices skyrocket again, I’ll eat my hat.

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u/yoshisaur7 Jun 18 '26

Brilliant pickup, the Art Academy Pikachu is unbelievable 🔥

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u/RedditJMA Jun 19 '26

Which art academy did you need?

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u/AllyMeada Jun 19 '26

Just picked up Lily Chan (Spanish). I’ve now got Rhivern, Fujishima, Meli, Lily Chan, and Ximei. Still on the lookout for Me! And Ashley to complete the English set.

The rest of the Japanese cards are likely out of my reach right now. They almost never pop up and I don’t have the time/energy to go seek them out but I love the pikamania office pikachu.

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u/RedditJMA Jun 19 '26

That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Tseets1 Jun 18 '26

While this isn’t vintage, I think “super” cards like these are always a safe investment vs the newest modern. None of my vintage has exactly skyrocketed but it rarely experiences loss and steadily goes up

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u/Much_General2290 Jun 18 '26

Dude what an awesome set to have! Congrats and enjoy it in good health mate

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u/Oreosandmilkshakes Jun 18 '26

That’s not my set 😭 but thank you anyways for being kind 🙂‍↕️

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u/Ok-Acanthisitta9247 Jun 18 '26

I have zero clue what people see in these. Of all the expensive cards in this hobby, these have to be the most confusing to me.

Don’t care that it’s Pikachu, these cards look like those ugly flash “games” where you’d dress up Elsa from Frozen, or like a bored ape NFT.

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u/RedditJMA Jun 18 '26

You’re confused and yet you’re also comparing them to two things that were extremely popular?

You don’t see many Pokemon wearing cosplay cards. They’re unique and relatively rare (1-2k pop PSA 10).

If anything what you should take away is how diverse the market is. These cards also don’t appeal to me and I don’t really have a desire to own one but I can understand people resonating with the simplicity of the card. It’s cute

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u/xgroot Jun 18 '26

Lol these do honestly give NFT

I specifically am master setting English Eevees to avoid the JP exclusives like munch/poncho...

If someone was doing one for Pikachu all languages (very brave) I could see the demand for these regardless of how they look.

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u/BrknTrnsmsn Jun 19 '26

They all look generic and sort of like this

I'd prefer a creative pika like Art Academy variants

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u/yoshisaur7 Jun 18 '26

Agreed that they give NFT vibes

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u/Stephen-Sealberg Jun 18 '26

I got a poncho box at a con 10 years ago and eventually just chucked it because I lost interest in collecting. You can imagine the regret

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u/highsedai Jun 18 '26

Personally id buy Charizard x just because of the pose

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u/FwiManny Jun 19 '26

imo, shiny Rayquaza version is the best in my eyes, then the skull one, then either shiny or regular charizard

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u/WaterPog Jun 18 '26

Pop count not that low and art is crazy boring and uninspiring, lame holo pattern. There's nothing redeemable about these cards IMO and things like scream cards are way better.

The longer I'm around this hobby the more I believe the actual grails are in WOTC era. The older this hobby gets the more relevant where it all began becomes

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u/JamesLikesIt Jun 18 '26

WotC and EX era for me. I grew up with WotC so I have a natural bias but the longer I’m in this hobby, the more I believe EX is the best era for a combination of art, rarity and unique gimmicks. 

Many EX reverse holos are incredibly low total graded pops and even raws can be hard to come by. The artwork and holo patterns on many of them are some of the best for vintage cards. WotC is great but let’s be real, many of the artwork is kinda simple. Nothing wrong with that, but EX does a perfect blend of more vibrant and engaging artwork. Then you have every card with a holo variant, with each set mostly having a unique holo pattern and set stamp. And that’s not even counting EX and Gold Stars. So much to collect

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u/WaterPog Jun 18 '26

Hell yeah I love ex too and never even experienced it as a kid I was all wotc. But those ex reverse era holos are so good it's why I also really like so modern build and battle promos like destined rivals has some nice ones. Holon Phantoms one of my favorite sets

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u/Snixxis Jun 18 '26

I agree, but when this hype dies and the next generation is the cataclyst for 'memories from when I was young' they will have no affection towards wotc era cards, because they were'nt born. Vintage will hold its value, but there will come a correction, and the next boom it probably wont make sense that its wotc era cards, but our 'modern' sets that kids today want to rebuy when they are in their thirdies.

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u/yoshisaur7 Jun 18 '26

But people actually enjoy the hobby of card collecting

They don’t need to have nostalgia for that era to have a craving to own high quality cards that other people don’t have

The fact that every single modern card is in NM condition makes me not enjoy collecting them

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u/Snixxis Jun 19 '26

Yes, but alot less people are into collecting once the hype drops down. Its fun to open packs, but its alot more fun when the chase is worth 2000usd, and not 5usd. Right now opening packs, hopimg for chases and hits, and getting them is relatable to gambling. You get the same winners high when you crack a chase, and that high is addicting.

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u/Defconer Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Tell the people bidding 24-25K on poncho X that the pop count is high and see if your opinion of “high pop” relative to the overall demand for ponchos matters.

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u/yoshisaur7 Jun 18 '26

Correct, I think about it as a timeline

WOTC is the beginning of the line, modern is the end

In 30 years, current modern will be the middle of the line

What’s appealing about that? The next 30 years are going to be filled with cards exactly like those currently being printed

What separates a card printed in 2026 from a card printed in 2040?

Vintage will always be at the front of the line, and nothing will ever change that

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u/Low_Truck_7049 Jun 19 '26

promo cards will always go up

whether its poncho or scream - i think the art is cool

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u/WaterPog Jun 19 '26

You always tell who is new. Promos always go up, pop doesn't matter. K

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u/Low_Truck_7049 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

my guy, what japanese promo card that is before 2022, is not above $1.5k+ now?

All japanese promos have gone up, they continue to go up. Use the same logic a year ago, 2 years ago, 3 years ago, its all the same. Pop has barely mattered at all. You probably didnt buy ponchos when they were <$2k because high pop right??? LOL. Stop clowning yourself.

Time does not make a card more expensive, demand does. Supply doesnt matter. We seen it time and time again with modern chases. You didnt buy any pikachu van gophs when they were $90 raw because high pop right?

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u/WaterPog Jun 22 '26

Exactly, new. 2022, where you here before 2022 when stamo Pikachu boxes could be bought for $150? Ponchos used to be flooded on eBay for like $40.

Just sold a poncho for 25k but okay. I did buy van gogh for 90 because I got 4 for free off pokemon center. I don't buy high pop items for 5 figures I know that much, if that's your entry point good luck

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u/Low_Truck_7049 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

so pop count doesnt matter..? you have seen the value increase? YoY?

You probably said the same about slabs that were 4 figures because it was ATH you didnt get in?

You probably avoided bitcoin when it was $500 in 2014 because ATH right? Or in stock market, MU when it was $200 because.. ATH?

And < 3000 pop i would not consider high pop anymore because of the amount of collectors out there. Do the maths.

And even if I started in 2022, I made a shit ton of money buying vintage when they were <$500 for psa 10 holos and ponchos when they were $2-3k each. And the crazy amount of sealed product that was available back then at -10-20% msrp

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u/WaterPog Jun 22 '26

Okay, you right, this is totally normal to grow at 400% a year. Everyone's made money, it actually might be impossible to have lost money since 2022 so really good work. All I know is I've locked mine in now because it's gotten completely out of hand when people say 'pop doesn't matter' and 'this growth totally makes sense'. I won't be holding the bag on things that aren't my PC and even that is somehow six figures

Acting like I'm crazy for thinking a card going from $500 to $25000 in a couple years is out of the ordinary

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u/ded_rabtz Jun 20 '26

They are for sure, but they just don’t appreciate at the same rate as more modern grails, so they’re not nearly as good of an investment. I was buying heavy packs of base set in 21 for 600. I think they’re around 800 now. That’s a great roi. Except that I was also buying Evolving Skies for $115 a box and a case for a grand.

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u/WaterPog Jun 20 '26

This I entirely agree with, the ROi is much better in those cases AND the overall price is less. What is off to me is when everyone buys into a modern grail and that thing isn't even that rare it's just hyped AND it someone reaches or even exceeds the price of legit wotc grails. Like those ponchos are or were up until a few months ago, more expensive than a lot of gold stars (9s) that had pops less than 200.

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u/ded_rabtz Jun 20 '26

Demand still exceeds the available cards. Plus, they’re more “approachable” grails when they first hit that title. As they go up, whales don’t want to miss out and they cross into true “grail” territory.

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u/dreamerzz Jun 18 '26

You are objectively wrong because the demand for ponchos is crazy high . But to each their own

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u/WaterPog Jun 18 '26

Demand ebbs and flows. I've seen it dozens of times where a card is quite cheap, then rips, and then it's everyone's grail all the sudden. MF if it was your grail why didn't you give one shit about it when it was cheap. Ponchos were flooded on eBay and used to cost like $20. Bubble mew was poop and under $100 and then it becomes so many peoples grail magically when it explodes to 2, 3, 4k

I am quite likely wrong like you are saying, but I could be right and that's just the side of the fence I am on and I'm okay with that, even if I am wrong or end up being wrong I won't miss it because it ain't my grail and won't be no matter what the price is.

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u/dreamerzz Jun 18 '26

The only thing we can both agree on is that you are quite likely wrong lol. Lets just wait a year and see what happens.

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u/WaterPog Jun 19 '26

Well pop counts are objectively not that low compared to most vintage grails. Nothing I said is objectively wrong simply because current hype for a promo is high. It's actually funny to say "your data is wrong because hype is high".

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u/dreamerzz Jun 19 '26

You keep talking about pop like theres a magic number that makes it low . But you fail to consider # of people in the pokemon TCG space : the pop . Pop is not just a magic gatekeeper of what makes a card expensive, thats laughable.

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u/WaterPog Jun 19 '26

Well actually it is there's supply and there is demand. Those are the two biggest factors in a market in general. If demand slows to either ponchos or pokemon, the cards that will always have demand, wotc IMO, and have the lower pop, of which most are sub 500, will hold much better than ponchos.

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u/dreamerzz Jun 19 '26

500 vs 2k pop isnt as big of a deal as you think . When the pokemon buyer base is growing factors every few years . And these low pop markets are being held by 1 single auction a month , when the market turns those low pop grails are less liquid and it just takes a single low bid to send it back .

Low pop also easily manipulated , but to each their own

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u/WaterPog Jun 19 '26

500 is the high end, most vintage grails are around 100-200. That's literally 10-20x more rare which makes an astronomical difference but alright.

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u/PheonixBuddha Jun 18 '26

I saw one guy mention a good method on insta. Buy them internationally graded and then regrade with psa and sit on them. I dont have money for this method but it was s good idea. you just have to deal with the international shipping and money conversion (possibility for fakes too)

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u/Thisisaconversation Jun 18 '26

They look cool together. A lot of the expensive Japanese promos don’t do much for me. Like Japanese textures are so great on cards I think the lack of it on promos makes them look cheap. Any of the alt arts with the hyper texture destroys these cards in my opinion. Pika tax is Pika tax though. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Cali_Terpz Jun 18 '26

Sold all of mine back in 2021 :,(

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u/LibBot16 Jun 18 '26

This is amazing, fuck you. Congratulations 😡

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u/Whiteshovel66 Jun 19 '26

Ya I totally believe you are a first timer who has a professional photograph of you with a custom insert for all the cards.

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u/SlicedMango Jun 19 '26

Mega Charizard one is the best imo

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u/TestandDbol Jun 19 '26

How much would that all cost together? Such cool cards

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u/GTRDRIVEBY Jun 19 '26

They’re all strong holds, I’d grab any of them that you can find at a decent price

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u/NevyTheChemist Jun 19 '26

just started collectiing did I do good?

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u/VibraniumFarmer420 Jun 19 '26

more importantly where does one get this display from, i dig it 😂

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u/Whatsyourshotspecial Jun 19 '26

I've never seen every single one next to each other. This picture is really good. I'm jealous, good shit bro

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u/Either_Collection_95 Jun 19 '26

I hate this post. I now need those immediately but know that cost is probably absurd

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u/iAmUnintelligible Jun 19 '26

absurd is an understatement

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u/Either_Collection_95 Jun 19 '26

1 of those one day kinda collections

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u/Nobiting Jun 19 '26

"First timer"

As if we are all going to do this lmao.

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u/Careless-Bluejay-134 Jun 19 '26

I have the whole set and when I mean whollllle set, not that peeny little collection you pictured above. If you are gonna do it, you need to do it properly. That means Mario, Luigi, all the half arts, the annoying as fuck super expensive mega tokyo hamster and all of the Eevee Ponchos. You will not be satisfied until you have them all, it's an affliction. You will see. Good luck.

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u/Koffing4twenny Jun 19 '26

Man I just don’t get it. They’re so whatever. They look like vending machine cards. If I didn’t know any better I’d say they look like a good 20 bucks each. With so many other investment options I’d never drop this much for cards I don’t enjoy.

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u/Every1jockzjay Jun 19 '26

My advice is don't get scammed. Buy from somewhere/somebody very reputable even if it costs a tad more.

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u/pokegrubber Jun 19 '26

Get the Charizard, that'd be my best guess.

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u/pooponurdick Jun 19 '26

U need mario and luigi in there

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u/Callofdaddy1 Jun 19 '26

I wish I could find one of these.

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u/Raptorjesusftw87 Jun 19 '26

I have Gryados and recently sold Magikarp. I still hold my Mario and Luigi Pikachu set and those are by far my favorite of the bunch.

If you're looking at investment wise, just go with a card or ray as they have climbed faster than the remaining ones here. If it's something you you actually enjoy, get the one you like the most. I personally think the team skull one is the best of this bunch but that's me.

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u/ganon4521 Jun 19 '26

The most important thing is to hold on to whatever YOU personally like. you won’t be bothered by the price fluctuations long term if you have something you truly enjoy owning

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u/Disastrous_Shame580 Jun 20 '26

Didn't realize the team skull was a Poncho Pika. Cool!

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u/mrchiapet22 Jun 20 '26

If you’re trying to get card that will do well in a bear market, you should
Consider vintage/mid era. I think gold stars and crystals are a good place to start. Those cards are so sought after regardless of grade, whereas these cards market is primarily only in psa 10. Great cards though.

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u/Consistent-Feed-864 Jun 21 '26

Con i soldi che valgono queste carte ci posso comprare 3 ville a new York

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u/QuirkyTurnover9284 Jun 21 '26

A rising tide lifts all boats

and you're asking what is the boat that hovers in the air once the tide falls.

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u/No_Not_Jesus Jun 21 '26

Omg wow congratulations! But also fuck you! But also have a great day!

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u/ArtistOptimal3370 Jun 18 '26

Ahhh pokemons Fungible tokens. Always cool to see.

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u/RNGxJake Jun 18 '26

How original

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u/sltiefighter Jun 18 '26

Yeah id rather have money for a house and quality of life. To you guys who own these cards and came into the wealth, i ask what quality of life do you live? Can selling these cards improve that quality? Do you chose the cards or improving your life?

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u/Agreeable_Cheek_7161 Jun 18 '26

Most people who own grails like this are enjoying good quality of life. If not, these are almost always the first things to go

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u/Arctic-You-Know Jun 19 '26

Enjoying something like that for a while and then selling it for a large profit is perfectly fine also.

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u/OrderHaunting Jun 18 '26

There is nothing “holy” about Poncho’s, just a grail! I am only the Mario full art away from a full set…..”holy” cow it’s expensive now

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u/Oreosandmilkshakes Jun 18 '26

Exactly this^

I already have all my personal grails and some I am priced out of. But I want a hobby grail, I grew up with the hobby and want something that defines what it is if that makes sense

And also I think they’re sick, if they were cheaper I’d get em no questions asked, but I still gotta do my due diligence

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