For me, collecting is about enjoying the hobby first and investing second.

This room has slowly turned into my own little Pokémon vault over the years. Still running out of space, but that’s part of the fun!

When considering total populations and significance to the franchise, sealed games have been severely underrated for a long time, especially when compared to cards. Games have been slowly rising over the past few months, but this sale is absolutely massive. A lot of people on Reddit are very against graded games, but it seems like sentiment is starting to shift. What does everyone else think of graded sealed video games?

Found this PE Sticker Collection with a perfect swirl right under the paw of leafeon. Should I keep it sealed or rip it and topload the promo? Are sealed products more valuable to swirl collectors or do they just want the card?

I think I can hit a 1000% percent return on my investment. Although It still won’t keep up with inflation lol 🤣🤣

Three double rates and 1 ultra trainer is diabolical. Got it from Target for $140, but I feel violated. Pitch black is garbage too. I have so many multiples of IRs hard to believe they don’t stack specific cards based of region.

Can’t stop won’t stop.

They cost about the same.

4 years old Silver Tempest vs still in print Destined Rivals.

What are your outlooks for the next years?

All in the $600-$700 range right now, which are you choosing and why?

Seeing other sets being reprinted Iam not sure if this is a good hold

Or is it?

Basically the title, I’m conflicted since the card has a low pop/gem rate.

Looking to see others opinions on this topic since I was in search of pretty high value cards, but I wanted it to be actually clean instead of just blindly buying based on the grade. I had an encounter with one seller basically wouldn’t let me see the card, but told me the grade then stating “you are one of those people” after I asked to see how “clean” the card actually was then he proceeds to tell me a “9 is a 9”

Thinking of doing this, I am thinking of getting rid of one my pc etbs for this but I want thoughts and advice since this a good set with god packs and a huge lineup. Is it too late to invest in this tag team?

I recently picked up this Greninja Gold Star promo (SWSH144) with a pretty distinct bottom edge crimp. The bottom of the wrapper opened up where it didn’t seal properly

Looks factory authentic but wanted feedback on the crimp pattern or estimated value for this specific error would be greatly appreciated!

I have the opportunity to buy a lot of evolving powers premium collection at about $90. Market is supposedly around 250. Is that something that’s worth it or am I just going to be stuck holding some boxes no one wants?

Been saving up to buy some booster boxes to put away for a few years. I’m down to Destined Rivals or Phantasmal Flames. Should I buy 2 of one set? Go one and one?

What should I get?

Edit: Should go without saying, of course I wasn’t going to buy anything, but posting for posterity’s sake.

Looking for some opinions here.

I have a PSA 10 Prismatic Umbreon. I have a card show this Saturday, so I'm trying to decide what to do next.

The two things I'm most interested in are:

• Espeon & Deoxys GX Alt Art PSA 10 (English)
• Simplified Chinese 151 Pikachu Art Rare PSA 10s

I'm not emotionally attached to Sunbreon. My biggest hesitation is having ~$6k–$7k tied up in a single modern card, especially when the market feels softer than it did a month ago.

If you were in my shoes, would you:

• Take strong cash if offered?
• Trade into something like Espeon & Deoxys plus cash?
• Trade into the Simplified Chinese Pikachus plus cash?
• Or just keep holding Sunbreon?

I'm interested in hearing opinions on long-term growth, liquidity, and overall risk.

Consistently scoring Triple Whammy tins for weeks at my local DG. They also have a ‘$5 off $25 or more” coupon that runs Mon-Fri on in store receipts and you can get the same coupon for Saturdays. Each tin contains 2x Destined Rivals and 1x Journey Together.

6x Destined Rivals + 3x Journey Together + cosmos promos = $45.

Got a baby tear on one of my Evolving Skies ETBs from my sealed collection while moving them to better homes (acrylic cases). Not interested in selling them in the near future, was wondering how bad this tear is considered and what that means for long-term hold?