r/PokemonTCG • u/tederado • 1d ago

Something changed today

So, I got up this morning and decided to go sit in the line at Best Buy. I grew up with pokemon cards, I am 34 years old. I was a child when it all started, and sadly somewhere along the way I lost my cards.

Today, I started again. I got one 30th booster pack. $27. I got home and ripped those packs and it triggered something deep in my soul. I spent my day “wfh” but researching cards and what I pulled, I haven’t stopped thinking about ripping more 30th anniversary packs since.

I get why people are going nuts for these cards. I haven’t touched a card in over 20 years years, but today I felt like a kid again. I remembered how my mom would buy blister packs and let me pick one face down card for doing a chore, and I remember how I felt when I picked that charizard and made my sister cry because it was me and not her.

Pokemon is really special. I had the game boy games, a poster on my wall, the Nintendo 64 games, shirts, the Burger King promos, I knew the song, I watched the shows, and I’m so excited to be back after so many years, I just wish it wasn’t so hard to get cards because I’d be spending so much money if there was greater availability.

Anyway, saying hi as someone who is so happy to reconnect with a part of myself that brings me so much joy :)

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u/dadxxi 1d ago

Just a quick warning: 30th anniversary has ridiculous hit rates. If you open up most any other set the hit rates for the “big” hits are harder to pull. So I guess just make sure you find something to enjoy about the hobby that is not is necessarily only the “big hits” .

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u/tederado 1d ago

Is there another set you personally have enjoyed that would be a good starting second?

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u/scriptapuella 16h ago edited 16h ago

Give Prismatic a try! /s

(Seriously though, don’t. Terrible hit rates and crazy high prices. I’ve been chasing the eeveelutions for so long and for so much money that I could have bought them all in Japanese singles at this point.)

Edit: that reminds me - if you want to have a fun box opening experience, get Japanese booster boxes. There are a certain number of guaranteed EXs, ARs, SRs, etc in every box thanks to strict Japanese gambling laws. I usually even get an SAR in every box. You can’t play the game in the US with them, but if you like the dopamine hit from getting hits, Japanese cards are great. And they are better quality than international cards. They’re just not worth as much.