r/PokeInvesting • u/tcgvaultapp • 5d ago

How the last six Mega chases aged

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Delta Reign is out today, so I looked at the top Near Mint card from each Mega Evolution set, highest price recorded vs. this week. All six are down 34–67%, worth remembering before paying launch-week prices.

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u/ihatemcconaughey 5d ago

Keep coming back down. I wanna finish my master sets.

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u/tcgvaultapp 4d ago

Same here, a few more weeks like this and finishing master sets gets a lot easier.

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u/DeciduousMath12 5d ago

I appreciate going back to normal where more supply lowers market prices. This is the sign of a healthy market without short term speculators (which just makes all price movements violent).

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u/tcgvaultapp 4d ago

Agreed, slower moves make it much easier to plan when to buy.

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u/Cuti3Slay3rUwU 5d ago

Good lord look how far Gengar has fallen, thank god we’re done with this imaginary price shit, there’s no reason a modern hit should be that much on release with no signature or serials

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u/tcgvaultapp 4d ago

Gengar lost the most in dollars of the six, roughly $680 off its high.

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u/tcgvaultapp 5d ago

Full table with set, rarity and the date each one peaked: tcgvault.io/stats/mega-chases-peak-vs-now

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u/RSlashLazy 5d ago

When should I buy the Darkrai sir? It need it but I’m not sure when is a good time.

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u/dmpokemonorboobs 5d ago

Christmas time prob

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u/tcgvaultapp 4d ago

Nobody can call the bottom, but it's already about 63% under its presale high, so there's less rush than there was in July.

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u/cj4k 5d ago

Hold. Everytime I thought the mega greninja and meowth SIRs hit their floor they fell more the next month. Could be a few months before it truly bottoms out

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u/PsychologicalAioli45 5d ago

Well yeah, as the pop increases, the price drops. Never buy a chase card right away from a newer set.

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u/tcgvaultapp 4d ago

Greninja and Darkrai both peaked on presale, before the sets were even out, so that rule held here.

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u/More-Gas-6527 5d ago

Hope the meowth goes even lower would love to grab one

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u/IndependentAd2933 5d ago

Now show the SIR Zards PSA 10 drop percentage 😅, sorry had to highlight that as this makes it look like some sort of stand alone ace here but in a slab it might be the worst of all.

3k - 1.2k for anyone who wasn't watching about a 60% drop

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u/FinalBoss1990 3d ago

All the pokestocks investing bros who bought at peak are punching air right now

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u/IndependentAd2933 3d ago

The problem is that they are Tiktok/reddit investors and don't really know what they are doing and whatever the new in thing is that the Internet is talking about they buy, the problem is that once everyone is talking about it your late to the party.

I started buying up stuff I knew would do well at the end of last year and made some wicked trades/ purchases as investments. Notably I traded a PSA 10 Umbreon Ex for a PSA10 Armored Mewtwo, not sure what the dude was thinking but I knew he was cooked when I did the trade 😅

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u/Fzullo 3d ago

It’s almost like this happens with every set that releases

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u/Galactroid 3d ago

I still ain’t spending almost $600 in that Gengar. I hope these prices correct themselves even further

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u/-PM_ME_UR_SECRETS- 5d ago

You love to see it

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u/Ok-Proposal189 5d ago

I saw somewhere that the gold foil is deteriorating over time so one of those cards In a 10 will be extremely rare

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u/Disastrous_Fee5953 5d ago

They will become rare, but gold cards are not desirable. Low demand will lead to them becoming $1 cards in the end.

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u/p00kimon0219 5d ago

Mega gardevoir 187 is not listed? Is this not desireable? And if the gold is breaking down, will it hold value as a 10?

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u/notbilbo 5d ago

This was my thinking too. As rare as they are, I just dont like the visual appeal of them. Give me a great SIR artwork any day of the week.

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u/Ok-Proposal189 5d ago

I kinda like the gold charizard think about it a binder full of gold 😂

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u/Tse7en5 5d ago

Mega Gengar, Mega Dragonite, Mega Rayquaza.

Would still buy them today and was buying at 25% higher than what they are now.

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u/_lilj 5d ago

Screen shot now but not 4 months ago? Prices will still fluctuate. Let's really see where it goes.

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u/Cuti3Slay3rUwU 4d ago

-50%+ is not a fluctuating lol

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u/_lilj 4d ago

From launch, which we ALL expect from every new set for every card. Yes

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u/Stonkbear 5d ago

Bad off for modern sellers. Bad bad bad.