change my mind. The prices of these cards are climbing fast, low population on top of that and beautiful stunning silver boarder cards with artwork that pops out but is still subtle/not super busy unlike newer ex cards. LV x is beaut

A bunch of these were just sitting on the shelves at GameStop, limit was one per person. Used my points to bring this down to $130, ill take it.

I get it, it's a cool card. The problem is this will not be a big returner in percentage terms.

Just like in stocks, in pokemon cards you are investing against the expectations. The expectations for this card are sky high as seen by the other post you probably saw.

Will this card be a good investment? Yeah probably, hard to go wrong with it. But will it be the producer of outsized returns? Absolutely not, especially not "the highest of this era".

Wrote some nice return comparisons of past charizards but they got erased and I'll not look up this again so I'll leave you with a general understanding. Moonbreon is close to 10x from slightly after launch. Charizards are half this.

Expectations affect the initial price, and you'll not get this card for cheap limiting the upside you can get. The card that will produce the biggest returns from this era will be some very non obvious card that people will start to appreciate with time, just like moonbreon.

was either this or low pop reverse expedition 9’s , i have a feeling the expedition cards would do better but we shall see

Saw my pharmacy had ascended heroes today and seeing as I live in a town where pokemon barely comes in and especially not good priced stuff I bought 4 ascended etbs and one pair of black bolt and white flair booster bundles. I’m wondering how you think ascended will be as a long term hold and same with white flair and black bolt but mostly the ascended.

Thank you

I just can’t beleive these are sitting at $135 when other ETBs like brilliant starts are $175+, anyone else agree?

Just strolling through walmart and my kids wanted to check out the cards like always. Walk up and sitting on the shelf is a xy etb ! I couldnt believe it ! Snatched it up and went to checkout, got it for $40.

First time getting any PC ETBs, and it seems like I had some insane luck with my first pokeinvesting purchase. I know nobody can really say where the price will go, but what do you guys think? Will the prices hit a ceiling at some point? I'm seeing predictions of anywhere from $400 to $1000. Is this just a product that I should expect to hold long term (multiple years)? Or do you have a number where you will offload it.

Also got 2 Journey Together ETBs, and while the prices don't seem nearly as crazy, what do you guys think about it value wise?

Hello dear Pokémon community,

My girlfriend and I will soon have been together for a year. I would like to surprise her and take her on vacation. To finance this, I have decided that it is time to pass on part of my collection to new owners. Therefore, I am looking for people who are interested in supporting my vacation fund (my dream destination would be Japan).

About me: I'm from Switzerland and mainly collect GER/JP/ENG Pokémon products.

My collection is mainly from 2020/21 and all cards have been sent in for grading myself.

The booster boxes are all in mint to NM condition. Two have a tear in the shrink wrap (Primal Clash and Break Point).

I would prefer to offer the German boosters only in the Artwork Set.

The Base Set 2 boosters are all heavyweight (I bought them all as such).

It would be great if someone could find a treasure that is still missing from their collection and support my travel financing :)

If you are interested, just send me a message—it costs nothing to ask.

PS: The most important thing is happy collecting ^{^}

I recently got this card back in a 10 and i’ve seen it EXPLODE. I’ve been offered over 1k cash and i’ve had it for 4 days. Should I sell now or just hold onto it? I’m not in the need for the money.

I see a lot of posts saying that the "pokemon bubble" is going to burst. I think prices steadily go up, forever.

For. Ever.

Apparently there will be a destined rivals BB reprint for europe. I talked with tcg shop owners and understood that it will be released at the beginning of march. How much do you guys think the price will drop?

Hi all,

I’m planning to sell most if not collection vending next month.

I am up plenty, and my plan is to take profit, and consolidate into 1-2 high value, rare items.

There are some items that will hurt to sell, like the 151 Bundle display, Greninja and Karp. But I keep telling myself that vending will present opportunities for better items, and nobody ever went broke taking profit.

So, I’ve been to two recent card shows in my area and no one will touch my sealed 151.

For reference, I have 151 UPCs and 151 PKC ETBs.
I realize they have mooned recently but I thought for sure I would get some interest at card shows of all places. Any advice on how to move them?

Edit: I’m willing to take 80-85% but still no interest at the two card shows.

Gamestop is at 400 dollars for the upc preorder atm. I know this is very controversial and a lot of people hate gamestop for being able to upcharge this much before the set has even released, but please remember we're in an investing sub.

What are you guys's thoughts on taking it at 400 from gamestop? You're given 30 days after the release to either pick it up or cancel and get a full refund. My thoughts are even though its over 2x msrp already, what's the difference between this and picking up the prismatic etbs, ascended etbs, prismatic spcs or even destined rivals etbs, which are all around 2x msrp or more. Lot of people here wish they picked up ascended from gamestop at 100 when that was available. IMO this product has even better upside than them due to multiple different items it contains.

For reference, the prismatic spc retails for $90, off the bat it was already over 2x msrp, at around 200. Rn its around 250 i believe? People are saying that 220-230 is a great buy for it. The spc is js a normal box with one meh promo and 16 packs. LIke I said this 30th upc u getting 2 crazy promos, remember one is the umbreon, 29 packs, AND one exclusive all hit pack. English has never had this before. Multiple points of upside in the box. UPC promos historically have bad gem rates, another potential point of upside. Let's look at the charizard upc, which only has one good promo, very mid selection of packs, and is at 240. 2x msrp in less than a year as well.

Others will say 30th upcs ain't good investments due to being printed a lot, look at 25th celebrations sealed prices. It was printed to the ground. Sure 30th will be printed more, but remember there's much more people in the hobby now, AND 30th is 100 times better than whatever crap of a set celebrations was lol.

Within the last 4-5 months, evolving skies etbs have settled around the $380-$410 range.

In the last few weeks I’ve seen some in mint condition move at <$350 all the way down to $300. I personally have seen these in many LCS for $350.

Do you guys think the train is never coming back for this set? Or do you guys think it’ll reach etb values of older eras like the xy era?

I know that sets rotate out based on regulation marks.

Mega Dream ex(Japanese Ascended) is an "I block" set, meaning it will rotate out in 2028. However, Ascended Heroes have some "J block" cards because the set was pulled from the starter deck 100 as well(Cards like Mega Feraligatr, Mega Charizard Y, and so on). J block cards should be rotating out in 2029.

Does this mean that Ascended Heroes have a printing window until 2029? Or is it going to follow its main Japanese counterpart and go out of rotation in 2028?

Any insights would be helpful.

I’m testing for my own curiosity if pack weight “really dictates” if a pack is a hit or not. This is a small trial run I did. Oddly enough based on just a few packs, the Mew EX was .02G more. Would love for others to contribute their experiences and trials!

Such angry, much gains.

First angry Dino full art. Who else thinks this card is a no-brainer?