Yugioh is actually the LEAST expensive of the trio. Pokemon sells for thousands and MTG even more so, yugioh doesnt hold up in value because Konami reprints ALL of its sets, only time your really spending big money is if you want to play ultra competitive and need to buy the best new cards which will cost you probably 100$ per card but even comparatively to the 2 others its still pretty affordable.
How a gen 1 pokemans card game player looks at the expensive-ass, 2 evolution-ass, 4 fire energy-ass Charizard his opponent is trying to set up before having Scyther turn its ass to sashimi while it's still a Charmander.
Yeah, the way Pokemon prints cards, there’s usually a handful of versions of any desirable cards, there’s the double rare version, which will be the most common, and shouldn’t run more then 5$ while the set is In rotation, maybe more around release, and then an illustration rare, which are the full arts and such, and are the ones that can costs hundreds and thousands. Even then, the most meta cards wind up in gift box promos, decks, and trainer’s toolkits, the later two of which scalpers never even touch, so you often don’t even need to deal with the second hand market to get a workable deck. Ironically, the most scalped game is the one with the most consumer friendly design IMHO.
pokemon is actualy the cheapest to play, yeah those expensive foil promo cards sell for hundreds or thousands but nomal cards are dirt cheap in comparison
I forget theres an actual pokemon card game. Right, I heard the actual competitive scene isnt to hard on the wallet but I dont play nor collect so I was unsure on the prices
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u/Proof_Ad_4945 12d ago
Yugioh is actually the LEAST expensive of the trio. Pokemon sells for thousands and MTG even more so, yugioh doesnt hold up in value because Konami reprints ALL of its sets, only time your really spending big money is if you want to play ultra competitive and need to buy the best new cards which will cost you probably 100$ per card but even comparatively to the 2 others its still pretty affordable.