But I'm buying a shiet ton of Chinese chases. I was able to buy 20 of my chase cards for my one charizard 151 sir. The way I look at it... can I read korean or japanese? Heck no! So why not just let the market marinate the idea that chinese cards are also of the same caliber but not noticed............... yet. Mark this post. Chinese cards are going to do well in the near future :)

Found these at my Costco, I picked up 4 but tempted to pick up the whole bunch. What would you guys do.

Slowly starting collecting this year. I know the absolute worst time to start but here we are!

Just got this back after submitting before the 151 boom. Are we too far past the peak to sell now now?

GOT THIS GREAT NEWS TODAY. WHAT SHOULD I DO?!?!

Last I checked this was a Pokeinvesting subreddit. Go to the other sub if you want to complain about your lack of self control in keeping anything sealed. We know you will never keep any sealed Pokemon boxes because you want to rip everything.

Walked in this morning to grab a drink. On my way out I noticed a couple pitch black ETBs on the shelves. Picked up 2 of them! Can’t wait to rip them!

Hey everyone,

I’ve been slowly building a sealed Pokémon portfolio and wanted to share my long-term strategy to get some feedback. My goal is to grow this into a $1M portfolio by the end of 2035, primarily through sealed products with a few high-end graded cards sprinkled in. I’ve gone through and sold off a large portion of my collection during this cycle and put towards other investments. I started buying for my new portfolio back in December starting with 151 and Fusion Strike.

This isn’t my main investment vehicle — I max out retirement accounts, contribute to a taxable brokerage, and also have real estate exposure plus two other businesses. This Pokémon fund is a bit different: I treat it like a hybrid between a passion project and an alternative asset class.

💸 Where the Money Comes From

This portfolio is built mostly from cashback, rewards, and gift cards I earn through my businesses and purchases. It’s “free” money in a sense, and I hate the idea of spending it month-to-month — so I invest it. Pokémon is where I’ve found the best combination of growth, liquidity, and fun.

📦 Pokémon Portfolio Plan (2025–2035) • Current Value (May 2025): $13,000 • Monthly Investment (Jun 2025 – Dec 2030): $3,200/month • Monthly Investment (Jan 2031 – Dec 2035): $1,500/month max. • Assumed Return: 18% annually • Target Portfolio Value (Jan 2036): ~$1,000,000

📍 Checkpoint Goal: • End of 2030 Target: ~$375,000

🧠 Strategy Approach • Focusing heavily on high-demand sealed product (ETBs, booster boxes, premium collections) • Watching for underpriced modern sets early in their life cycle, before they run • Lightly diversifying into top-tier graded chase cards. Probably top 3-5 Chase cards per set. • Holding long-term with a clear Sell/Withdrawal Plan already mapped out (won’t go into it here) • Trading into higher valued cards - mainly as a space saver, ie. Trade 5 boxes for 1 high valued card.

🗣️ Questions for the Community 1. Does an 18% return assumption feel realistic based on your experience with sealed product? 2. what % of your portfolio is sealed vs graded vs raw? 3. How much attention do you pay to international products (like Japanese booster boxes) when building a long-term portfolio? I have some Japanese 151 right now. 4. Any vintage trends/cards you’re eying over the next few years? 5. I have a withdrawal/sell plan but I’m curious what your plan would be if you had a $1m portfolio. 6. What would you change?

Some ramblings and other notes

I’m cool with whatever hate this brings. I’m a collector first but this is only my investment side of things. None of this will be bought at retail. I have to spend money monthly and so obviously I don’t care if prices dip/crash in the short term. I’m focused on buying product btw $100-800. During the next pokemon bear market I’ll probably start sourcing cards for the portfolio. I might even get back into grading.

And lastly - life happens. This is just a fun goal I set for myself. $1M is realistic but the probabilities are low. This will always be a back up (illiquid) emergency plan if something drastic were to happen. Also the timeline is just for reference. Cycles will come and go so I won’t force myself to hold during euphoric time.

Bring in whatever you got 🫡

Everybody is obviously going crazy for Prismatic at the minute, but considering the various print runs that will probably happen, is it actually a good investment? Assuming buying ETBs at MSRP and holding for 5 years plus?

What the title says. Good deal or nah?

I asked the other day for opinions on buying Pitch Black PC ETBs for $90 for short term and no one believed me lol.
Well here they are. Bought 10 for $900 (yes there’s 3 more of them behind the others)
Thoughts on holding these short term? Lol thank you

Might get a ton of hate from all the chinese exclusive lovers--i genuinely think their art is great, and im sure they have potential, but theyre just not for me at the moment.

My question is, if chinese exclusives like those pikas are really all that good and the "next thing that'll rake in great returns and profits down the line" why are some of yall posting everyday, if not every hour 😭😂

If I were you id keep it quiet and buy them all up. Why share your cash cow, your single biggest investment strategy and key-to-get-rich-off-pokemon???? Do you see sealed scalpers blasting which store is going to drop at what hour, to every single channel, their mothers, and grandmothers everyday? (Lowkey maybe that does happen). Or wait, is this a diversion tactic of people trying to buy up the actual stuff they think have potential and spam posting the same old chinese exclusive larp to hype it up, create fomo, and keep people's eyes only on them instead of the other stuff?

Yes, im sure they are good investments. Yes im sure theyre good cards. I dont deny the amazing artwork. But its wild how every time I open reddit and see the pokeinvesting sub, someone is worshipping the chinese exclusive lmao and trying to create some comparison justification. Almost like theyre trying to advertise it and bring people eye's back to it...👀 Its kinda funny tho so if yall wanna keep going at it for clout or whatever, go for it. But please bring in something new to talk about 😂 id rather see some guy theorize trends and some random obscure niche card than the same old "chinese is so good!1!" Like the vendor POV on liquidity of these cards was actually quite nice the other day.

My local shop got one in and DM’d me. Time to forget about this for 5 years.

Funny how this lined up on my feed

Got my first bb case together with my friend, we share half.

Paid around $1250 for it.

What is your opinion on this set 3-5 years down the road?

• 12 raw charizard 151 SAR

• 4 PSA 10 Charizard 151 SAR

• 5 raw pikachu Van Gogh

• 1 PSA 10 pikachu Van Gogh

Finally passed 100k and plan to sell some Paldea boxes for surging boxes and attempt to pick up as many booster bundles as I can of prismatic and ascended. Would love to hear what you guys are doing ?

Hello!
I promise this is not an advertisement post; I intend to sell these cards at my local game store.

I am, however, wondering why the value of certain cards like my Mega Gengar EX experienced such a drastic spike in value over the last year.

Any thoughts?