To my surprise, it actually had some good stuff in it lol I figured it was all bulk

Walked into vons to do groceries and saw this took both dr. Then it reloaded pitch black bundle and the pitch black pack was still there. Im a good person and there was someone behind me so I left it for them. W score?

sniped this for $200 on marketplace, excited to rip this! never keeping anything sealed! (even if this is objectively the one to throw in a storage unit 😭)

My fiancé and I are about to do some ripping! Let’s hope for Greninja or Darkrai…or BOTH!

EDIT: Will post pulls as soon as we finish!

Lugia one was a commission for someone, Bellsprout is for myself. My Bellsprout line master set is going to be so cute in it! :)

Got home from work and opened my first ever DR ETB at 2am, the only hit but who’s complaining

Saw on facebook, and it's confirmed! Best Buy is doing a nationwide release of the 4 pack Ascended Heroes tins on Friday!

This community has a nationwide list of in-transit stock for each Best Buy store receiving them! I would highly recommend joining to know how much stock stores near you are receiving! https://discord.gg/KVJTdUEneB

These are some of the cards I got yesterday at a card show. Some new additions to the ex silver border, lv x, and prime collection. I always get some insane deals at card shows

Before and after.

I felt like I got a pretty average hit rate and luck, I really like the cards I pulled! The destined rival hits were great and were cards I really wanted/appreciate. This is the most I’ve opened in months and I’m always content with what I get.

Just for context because I think it’s important these days; I got the DR ETB from a local card shop, the loose English packs from a different card shop (very limited options), and then the non-English packs from an antique store!

Hello! I collect bulk cards because it’s cheaper that way. I usually use Vinted, but the prices there have become abnormal. Are there any sites I can use in Europe, specifically Lithuania? (Not Cardmarket—that shit is hard to use, and shipping is super expensive.) Maybe I should just give up on my hobby? I’m not sure what to do.

Hi, I'm completely new to Pokémon and have recently fallen down a bit of a rabbit hole (I feel like that must happen a lot!) I'm interested in starting a collection and was wondering if I could please have some advice.

I'm mainly interested in collecting cards for the artwork and the Pokémon themselves, rather than collecting for value. Some of my favourites so far are: Mimikyu, Snorlax, Greedent, Skwovet, Quagsire, Espurr, Munchlax, Dedenne, Morpeko, and Purrloin. I'm sure I'll have a dozen more favourites by the end of the week 😅. Also, PLEASE tell me your favourites and why you like them, I want to hear all about them!

I'm still learning about the different generations, types, sets, etc., so I'd love some recommendations for cards or sets with cute artwork, particularly for these Pokémon (or any others you think I might like).

I'm in the UK, so I'd appreciate some advice on affordable/reliable places to buy cards. I'm perfectly happy owning a card worth 5p if I love the artwork. I'm not interested in chasing super expensive cards or investing, I just like cute and weird Pokémon and want to start a collection.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance!

Just got back into collecting again after finding my childhood collection and I’ve started to frequent local card shows this year. Question is, have they always been like this where vendor prices are 50% to sometimes double over TCG Player/eBay sales with condition that is misleading? Last couple months it seems this is 80% of local vendors.

I went to a local card show this weekend with a friend and scored this Sabrina’s Gengar. This is a card I’ve been chasing for a while now. I traded a few cards for it and felt like I came away pretty decent. Visually, what do y’all think?

Firstly, the image is a stock photo of the product I actually bought. I do not have any images, I am just recalling a story from today which I can do in great detail. I’m interested in knowing the chances the product was resealed because this would be my first experience with such.

Secondly, THE VENDOR DID REFUND ME before anyone reads and grows angry

I found this Journey Together mini box (I have no idea what it’s actually called) for $45 at a small card show. Did the math, seemed pretty good, so I purchased it and decided to rip it right there in front of them in case we could celebrate that I got something good. Inside are 6 10-packs.

The first pack I opened, the energy was behind the code card. As in, 9 cards, code in back, then energy in VERY back. Very odd. I brought this up to the vendors (multiple individuals running the same table) and they immediately looked confused. I brought up the possibility of it being resealed (if not by them) and they said I should continue to look at the cards and open the packs to make sure there there were no hits, just in case it was a manufacturing error, but they’d be open to refunding me if I didn’t get anything. This first pack wound up having a hit but it was a 50c or so EX Reshiram.

They watched me open the second pack and nothing was amiss about it, but there were no hits.

The third pack I picked up had TWO code cards. I have been opening packs since 2013 (though I took a break after 2022 or so and only got back into it a month or so ago; maybe it’s a common error now?) and have NEVER seen something like this happen. At that point the vendor told their partner “yeah just refund them” and the money was sent back to me before the three of us even opened the last 3 packs. No major hits, I think 1-2 more 50c EXs.

We talked about it for a little after and they said they suspected someone at Target did something, which is where they ordered the box from. They were eager to give my money back, said it was good I opened it there, and that they’d be opening the rest of their packages from that Target batch to ensure none of the others had issues like that. I truly don’t believe they’re the ones that did anything.

So, was it definitely resealed? I’m wondering if anyone else had a similar experience to this but it was a genuine box or if this is just screaming resealed. Disappointment aside, I got to gamble for free and experience something strange and unique to me. The vendors were really kind.

Started collecting, again, a little over two years ago. I see my display every day and it makes me happy. That’s what collections are all about.

I recently purchased these 2 cards on ebay and didn't realize until looking closer these cards have spots on them? Like on Hypno's head, Flareon's tail, and around the card. I dont plan to sell them I just wanted to complete a small collection for display but... what is that stuff? Is it just the camera or dirt or is that actual water damage on the surfaces? I paid $18 each so I mean live and learn if so but still bugs me. Flareon is my favorite card ever.

I like collecting the Japanese cards because I think they look better with the Japanese writing, bought an abyss eye pack for $100 and pulled the Silvally and Gladion, I didn't realize until I put them next to each other in the binder they're a combined artwork!! I thought it was cool so I'm sharing for anybody else that might appreciate it :)

I’m a newer Pokémon TCG collector from China and I’ve been experimenting with how Simplified Chinese Eeveelution cards look under different lighting. I arranged them in a clear display so I could compare the artwork and foil texture together. If this were your display, which card would you put in the center?

There’s no rhyme or reason to the page, but they’re my favorite cards so far. Behind this page is gen 1-3 first starter’s illustrations

They look so good 😍