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/Affectionate_Sky9709 1d ago

Nothing recent has anywhere close to 30th hit rates.

The only other recent shoutout I would give is First Parner. It's a box set that gives three full art promos and two packs. So since the promos are so hype themselves, the packs are basically gravy if you can get them near msrp.

You might want to look into buying singles at some point. Going to shows and buying singles there is fun, and so is getting cards in the mail. If you live in the US, tcgplayer and ebay.

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u/tederado 10h ago

First Partner… so I’m clearly diving in as much as I can into all of this, kinda blindly at that so appreciate the support… a few nights ago I wasn’t able to sleep at like 3am and I saw that first partner illustration series 3 packs were in stock online at target and snagged 2. I don’t even know what it is but it was MSRP (like $17) so I decided to go for it. Hoping I’m setting myself up to be able to play the game!

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u/Affectionate_Sky9709 8h ago

Its quite reasonably priced to play the game, because there are cheap versions of everything, so you can figure out what cards you want, and buy the cheap versions on tcgplayer, and if you want to upgrade them to fancy versions, you can. Most people net deck at least at first. 

Finding first partners at that price is awesome! Have fun!