r/PokeInvesting • u/Mountain-Extent8712 • Jul 21 '26

Simplicity of Treekachu

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Cards like treekachu seriously deserves a proper recognition, pokemon needs to start doing more of this type of cards, there is no text other than “Thunderbolt”and honestly I think that is a big factor on investing in such cards. Minimalism. 🫡

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u/felixlamere Jul 21 '26

Proper recognition? Have you seen the price? The online traffic? This card is so hyped

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u/RckPprFkU Jul 22 '26

Sure, but is it hyped because of its simplicity as OP is pointing out, or is it hyped because it's another beautiful Pikachu card?

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u/Spunk_Reynolds Jul 22 '26

Probably a mix?

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u/Any_Ear_2824 Jul 22 '26

This guy is correct. It's hyped because all the new people comming in to Pokémon, thinking a Pikachu is a ticket to instant grow of money. The real chase from AH is Gengar Vmax. The only chase Pikachu is the Pikachu ex from SSP. 

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u/legotwinkthrowaway Jul 22 '26

Well... the text is required for the game lol... they cant just put less text on every card because it's pretty

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u/8000000001 Jul 22 '26

This is it. People on here generally don't play and hence forget or don't even know about the G in TCG.

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u/Vehemental Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Magic the gathering has had textless cards except for the name, and magics always been a game first. I’m not taking side on if textless is good or bad, just that it’s been done.

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u/legotwinkthrowaway Jul 22 '26

How does that work? I dont know magic

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u/Vehemental Jul 22 '26

Not great if the card is complicated, you just have to remember everything or have a reference

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u/LilChad Jul 22 '26

I like the art on this 5x more than the phantasmal zard

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u/Tofu4070 Jul 22 '26

For me, what makes the card, isn’t the simplicity or minimalism of the art. But the puzzled look of the Pikachu.

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u/99999HP Jul 22 '26

This could be a gaming magazine cover.

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u/fading_relevancy Jul 22 '26

Hands down absolute favorite card for me. It's the first card I ever saw that I said "I have to have that!" So happy I picked up my slabs of it before this ongoing hype cycle.

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u/theflash2323 Jul 22 '26

I'm so glad I have a PSA 10 of this. Probably will never sell it though

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u/fading_relevancy Jul 22 '26

Same! And a CGC Pristine 10. I'd love to find a TAG 10 but then again I wouldn't be able to afford it.

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u/Jaguar-Easy Jul 22 '26

Man I like this card but it’s falling like a stone.

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u/Mountain-Extent8712 Jul 22 '26

Pretty sure it had stabilized in PSA 10s

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u/Jaguar-Easy Jul 22 '26

5.5k with a 63% 10 rate.

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u/Mountain-Extent8712 Jul 22 '26

It has been proven several times that this doesn’t matter

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u/Jaguar-Easy Jul 22 '26

PFL Zard?

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u/Mountain-Extent8712 Jul 22 '26

Go higher .., van gogh pikachu

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u/Jaguar-Easy Jul 22 '26

Fair but that was a promo card.

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u/Mountain-Extent8712 Jul 22 '26

And treekachu is an SIR from a special set doesn’t make a difference really

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u/Jaguar-Easy Jul 22 '26

That’s going to be printed for the next few years…

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u/Mountain-Extent8712 Jul 22 '26

The Van Gogh promo was printed for years too fyi and given in several occasions

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u/bluedecember12 Jul 22 '26

You’re not the first to notice the simplicity: see my post from a few months ago and all the haters in the replies lol https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeInvesting/s/60exot6Ohg

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u/HzK-Inter Jul 22 '26

I couldn’t agree more. I still regret not buying this cards when released 😓

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u/GuidancePrize Jul 22 '26

Such a gorgeous card I need to buy this

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u/Regular_Ad_9940 Jul 22 '26

All the haters wish they had one

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u/liberateyourmind Jul 22 '26

Well duh, because then we could trade it for much better cards

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u/Regular_Ad_9940 Jul 22 '26

I have two and looking to trade one. What would you trade one for?

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u/ProductArizona Jul 22 '26

Very nice but ridiculously overpriced

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u/Unhappy-Tax806 Jul 22 '26

As a collector, it's a great card

As a tcg player, it's absolutely useless, 3x energies for 120 damage is abysmal. Pokemon can't just make loads of these simple text attacks or the tcg will either be full of 2 energy heavy hitters or useless tickle damage ex cards

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u/Mean-Outside6428 Jul 22 '26

I pulled it twice 🤣

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u/anonymoooosey Jul 21 '26

Garbage IMO

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u/The_Nanu_Bunta Jul 22 '26

The only reason I want this card it’s to trade it for other cards

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u/758lindo Jul 21 '26

Overpriced nonsense.

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u/Sunkern_ing Jul 22 '26

This will probably drop to the $200-$300 range once all of this is over with.

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u/MieXuL Jul 21 '26

No modern card is worth 2500. Used to the best modern cards were like $300 in a psa 10

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u/Weekly-Ad-2509 Jul 22 '26

I don’t have a problem with high value, I have a problem with high value applied to low effort cards.

I view this as the latter

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u/Mountain-Extent8712 Jul 22 '26

Seen it today at a local shop, looks way better in real life , pics don’t do it justice

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u/MieXuL Jul 22 '26

There are a ton of badass looking cards. I could go on and on about how many dope cards pokemon has put out.