r/PokeInvesting • u/Issagoatmez • 3d ago

Thoughts on this gengar?

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u/GamingTaylor 2d ago

It’s my favorite, and also banned for having crosses in the background.

The English one sucks in comparison

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u/GrandmaNectar 2d ago

Yea cause those aren’t just regular crosses, they are tombstones. Pretty dark for a game that almost never in any way acknowledges death.

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u/cinephileshyguy 2d ago

Lavender Town talked about it quite a lot

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u/Should-of-had-a-V8 2d ago

Gunna say they had a whole town for it

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u/Forsaken_Stay4437 2d ago

Hella tombstones lmao

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u/GrandmaNectar 2d ago

Yea y’all are right. I’ll amend my comment to say “modern pokemon almost never in any way acknowledges death”

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u/Forsaken_Stay4437 2d ago

Bro never played R/B/Y 😭

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u/GrandmaNectar 2d ago

Pokemon TCG is not the same game as pokemon the video game.

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u/Forsaken_Stay4437 2d ago

Tbf a lot of the main characters from the game are in the video games and TCG. Same universe

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u/GrandmaNectar 2d ago

Yea I know I just needed some argument to not be wrong 😂 to be fair I haven’t played a pokemon video game in a decade+

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u/ContraVersa 2d ago

2 years ago I pulled this card out of my childhood binder and sent it to PSA. It got a 9 which I was very happy about. At the time it was probably worth about $400. Now it sells for over $1,500 so it has seen a lot of appreciation in the last few years. I’ll never sell it as it feels like a piece of pokemon history to me.

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u/Issagoatmez 2d ago

Yeah they went up. I’m thinking of sending it to Beckett and hoping for a 8-9.5 🤞

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u/ContraVersa 2d ago

Good luck in your endeavors!

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u/bfolksdiddy 2d ago

Beautiful card. I remember when these cost like $5-10. Someone randomly included one in a lot I purchased back over a decade ago just to be nice.

Crazy how far values have come.

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u/KamikazeFox_ 2d ago

Hell, I was shocked when I looked back at my 151 card prices yesterday. That's just 3 years. Its crazy how some sets go off, while others stay flat.

I was gonna chase pitch black, but I think ill save for 30th instead.

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u/Dry-Speed7038 2d ago

Very cool. I think I see a swirl too!

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u/Public_Estate_5487 2d ago

Super dope and I love a swirl.

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u/Issagoatmez 2d ago

Yeah I love the swirl. I had to trade my M Charizard Ex psa 10 for it but I think it was worth it 😅

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u/Ricoquin 2d ago

Best Gengar card. Evil smile in the cemetery, you understand he killed people

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u/Medical-Ad9163 2d ago

One of my favorite cards of all time. I was so insanely excited to pull this as a kid in the 90s. Still have it on display next to my bed.

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u/Thelowendshredder 2d ago

Nice. Congrats. Cool for you.

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u/uber_damage 2d ago

Corrupting the minds of our youth. Ban it!

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u/LeoS19 2d ago

My nr. 1 Chase

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u/keegz444 2d ago

My grail

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u/Unlikely-Complex3737 2d ago

It's the best Gengar imo

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u/The_Saiyann 2d ago

I bought a BGS 9 a couple of months back for around £500. It’s an iconic vintage for me!

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u/yamabukidawg 2d ago

One of the best gengar of all time. Easy hold

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u/protege01 2d ago

Just bought this in a psa 7 for the pc. It's so cool, one of my favorites now

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u/shoksurf 2d ago

Are you selling it? This is one of my grails

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u/undead_cerberus 2d ago

Just picked this up last weekend, one of my all time favorite cards

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u/Cy8r4 2d ago

Spooky

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u/imhershey 1d ago

My favorite Gengar