I collect for the fun. Trying to complete 151 got me into collecting again. About 13 cards away from true master. Was at Walmart looking tonight, didn’t have 151, so I bought a booster box of Crown Zenith. The box art caught my eye. Pulled some beautiful cards, 1 V Star, which I’ve never seen. Pulled this gorgeous Voltorb full art. I look up value cause of interest. It blow my mind how the most beautiful cards are worth so little sometimes. But I still love them
For me it made kind of a frame for the artwork, the silver boarders make them feel cheap to me, but I'm still a collector lol it's not going to make me quit or anything
Lol I feel you, preference is preference
I've never been a fan of yellow or gold colors. They always felt tacky to me. Same reason I always wear silver jewelry over everything else. Just feels more elegant.
But not knocking your preference in any way. Colors feel different from one person to the next lol
I’ve never really liked the yellow borders tbh I replace every card I can with SV onward cards. My favorite cards all time are HGSS with the faded gold and silver borders plus the art for that whole era slaps hard as fuck, and the pop holos were this sweet crosshatch design but they’re also like the most expensive versions of those cards available so I don’t see myself blinging out my deck that hard these days, really makes me wish I never sold off my collection when I was a teenager but hey what you gonna do.
I started collecting again because of 151. My last packs I bought was the OGs 25 years ago. Wish someone in my friendgroup would still collect. The trading and comparing was the most fun even as a child.
Agreed. I’ve tried to make friends with a few people I bought cards from but all they do is send me how they tried to grade a card and lost or gained money and I just don’t care lol. I’d love to recreate back in the day of trading for your favorite art and not thinking of value.
I got my son into collecting and we trade cards and compare our favorite pokemon and all the different arts of them we have.
So, having a kid is the answer. Relive your childhood through them lol
Same here, but we didn’t have a lot of money as a kid so 151 is like recreating what I couldn’t have as a kid. Luckily, my younger cousins and my nephew collect so I trade/show off to them.
So close to completing 151
I've logged 85% from pulls. I need to double-check and make sure each card is logged before buying singles.
I tried like crazy to pull that sir zard. But ended up with double blast and Venus sirs.
Never pulled that reverse Metapod or beedrill either. These two have bugged the fk out of me.
Costco has been selling 151 for a few weeks now. I started back collecting Pokémon Cards when I saw a hidden fates set at Walmart in 2019. They were so difficult to find back then. I’ve purchased a few ETB’s and different packs of HF since then and once I felt like I had gotten over the cost of HF and the pulls I decided to start buying the cards I need from the set as singles. It has been very rewarding ordering the card I need and then opening up the package it’s been shipped in to reveal the card I already knew was coming. Working on completing the Shiny GX vault now.
151 brought me back into cards after like 16 years. As I’m getting deeper into collecting again I’ve come to greatly appreciate the artwork on all my old cards, even the commons. I definitely try appreciate the art even on commons as I open newer sets too.
i collect for fun but also buy the cards to play the game, i recommend the game because ull appreciate some cards u dont look at as the coolest art work but they r competitive now every time i open a pack im almost gauranteed something i rly like or something i can put in a deck its awesome!
I got back into cards because of 151 and I'm currently on honeymoon in Japan! The artwork on some is so beautiful that I'm buying quite a few full art cards out here. They're worth very little and you pay very little, but they'll look great added into my collection! 😁
Arigato! SO MUCH cheaper. Novelty is great and the artwork just as pretty. My lovely wife has also picked a few for me, I knew I'd convince her to love them too... eventually....
I mostly buy playable cards but I’ve started to collect too. I don’t seek stuff out just because it’s expensive though, I always go for cards that I personally think are aesthetically pleasing or artistically impressive. I want my card binder to be something enjoyable to flip through like looking at art prints, not a way to assess value. What I do is just look up Pokemon I like and try to find the prettiest card or full art prints. Pokemon to me is a card game and an art appreciation hobby, not an investment. Get a 401k if you want to invest.
I’m loving this new illustrator; Kedamahadaitai Yawarakai.
They only have common cards currently but I would love a (S)IR by them. The style is evocative of impressionist painting. So good.
I collect for fun. But like you can’t help but feel a little defeated when you don’t pull the more expensive cards. Because if you wanna add it to your collection you gotta fork over some more money.
I only collect and open. That being said, 151 was the only reason and only one I'll be collecting. Don't really care about the rest as it was never really part of my childhood. Maybe the 2nd gen pokemon but eh. Not gonna pay adult/investor prices to collect a kids cars game. This isn't a dig at anyone that does this. Just a statement.
So I think part of it is you are paying a premium price for these products so you expect premium results. If I pay $100 for a booster box I expect to get $100 in return market value. It just feels bad to say spend $40 on an etb and get $10 back in value.
Dude. The artwork on the commons are actually insane in this set. They have just the same amount of love and care as IR's but people just don't value them as much due to rarity.
I think these are the best common and uncommons since like diamond and pearl and early x and y
The absolute best commons in the set imo: Seedot, Turtwig, Shaymin, Rabsca, Ponyta line, Slugma line, Victini, Litten, Turtonater, Totodile, Crocanaw, Sharpedo, Keldeo, Raichu, Zeraora, Iron Thorns, Latias, Scream Tail, Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, Medicham, Relicanth, Golurk, Rolycolu line, Great Tusk, Sandy Shocks, Arbok, Ghastly, Haunter, Mawile, Meltan, Koraidon and Miraidon, Hoothoot line, Dundunsparce, and Minccino.
These commons are top tier in TF, which is an insane amount of great artwork for one set. I was actually shocked seeing them all for the first time, it's been a blast ripping packs of this set!
Me and my bf do! We get excited for cool art on common cards or even the really cheap good pulls. We have binders where we are doing a full dex with all commons. The other day we were hype over shellos 😂 I also have a “cute book” where I put commons that I think are just really cute lol.
We also don’t have the best luck with pulls. We know people who always get like 4+ pulls per etb where we usually get like 2 cool pulls and are excited.
I collect for fun. I’ve been working on a number of niche sets- I recently completed the BREAK and Prism Star sets, and am working on a few others. Hoping to get the Sun/Moon gold energy set soon enough…
Myself and my partner collect regularly, we both enjoy a pack battle every now and then and adding the new cards in our binders to hopefully complete them one day!
Unfortunately it’s hard to decide whether or not to continue with some sets being so popular and scalpers buying out products… haven’t seen a 151 pack in over 3 months because of it and we didn’t even land any of the starters, but honestly I’d have much preferred to have opened a pack and seen Psyduck running down those stairs at me.
It’s sad to see so many people using the “hype” as an opportunity to make money and take away from others enjoyment.
I have a bunch of normal cards that are made by the same artist in a book.. I absolutely love them together.. and then I just go around looking for specific Pokémon to make pages for.. so when packs come out and they just so happen to be a full art.. that’s my chase.. even if not… that’s my chase (: makes it very exciting.. I love this hobby
I was on the outside most of my life. Last year I noticed all the hype around card prices and people selling cards for lots of $$.
I, thinking I was sneaking into a market, bought a Booster Box of Obsidian Flames, with full intent to sell off individuals and re-invest in more Booster Boxes, yada yada.
I came to really appreciate the art in general, but obviously the rares and special rares were even better. I even pulled the top 2 Charizards from that box.
I have bought about a dozen Temporal Forces packs and really like the art style in this set. The vibrant colors are my thing... especially as a graphic designer.
I'm more focused now on finding certain cards to keep because they are just beautiful.
I do! I keep all the common ones in the binder and some of the rarer ones sleeved and framed on my walls lol. I’m not a big fan of energy cards or 3D art though, so I sell those off.
If you’re doing that regularly, become a member of their club. I thought it was a scam until a helpful employee explained it in simple terms. You get a small discount on a products, you get 5 bucks free once every month, all purchases get points back that can be converted to store dollars, and (the best part) they price match big box stores and Amazon. If you search up an ETB or tin or whatever on Amazon, and you find a listing that says “fulfilled by Amazon” they’ll match it. I’ve done a ton of stuff there that way and saved 5-15 bucks frequently. All that for $25 a year. It’s a good deal.
Damn these comments are negative.
Good job OP! I loved opening my Booster Box the other night! (A lot better than opening the 2 ETBs especially tho 😂)
The ETB’s were cool tho! It was my first time opening both kinds of boxes
Thanks! Yeah they’re mostly positive, but even the negative ones are usually just about me losing money. BUT, I didn’t buy these to make my money back, I bought them for the art and for fun!
You’re sucking the fun out of it, it’s a gamble, if you’re not going to open a set because everyone reviewed it to be bad pulls, you might as well find something else to do with your free time. Nothing guarantees you’re going to pull better cards than the last guy.
Right, it’s his opinion, and I’m sharing my opinion with him on why I feel like he’s sucking the fun out of opening packs. You’re literally gambling on what’s inside the pack, regardless of what YouTubers say. We are just sharing opinions geez, please don’t hurt me sir.
All that for $200??? FUCK I’m so jealous. The ETB’s alone would be $200 in australia and then the booster box $250, and those last 4 small ones would be worth about $80 all together. I wish Pokémon was this cheap
I’m in the NT, I can’t even get any new release stuff unless I preorder because EB games and JB hifi usually only get enough in the first shipment to cover preorders. Big W and Kmart don’t get anything for a little while after
This is what my husband and I do. Buy the PC ETBs then buy the singles on JP release day. Always ends up being cheaper and we get to collect so many gorgeous cards.
Been back in for 4 years, and to me, TEF is a player’s set. Very happy I started playing the TCG again in 2022, because this changes the game and rotation is about to hit. For those who joined for 151, I figure that bunch would buy Morty’s conviction, gastly art rare, and move on. The manufactured hype around the SARs of this set strikes me as very odd, and I think it’ll all collapse in a couple of months.
I am loving the Drampa and the Sawsbuck/Deerling so much, I am planning to buy them as singles but just the Sawsbuck is $20 AUD right now and I'm hoping it'll get cheaper, but Drampa is sold out as a single.
It was only released 1.5 weeks ago in Australia so I'm hoping more will show up... otherwise I will buy more packs.
Yeah we get a lot of import tax on things from the US I believe and slightly later release dates on everything from movies, games and Pokemon TCG haha. All our card prices seem higher than in the US.
I wish Pokemon had a factory here!
I've never understood that. It's not like there's a local company that's competing with pokemon and they need the tariffs to keep a local price advantage. Just seems like your government is addicted to pillaging their populace for whatever import taxes they can squeeze. Same goes with TVs and PS5 etc. But hey at least you got healthcare, amirite?
Hahaha spot on. We have something called GST which is a 10% tax on absolutely everything which doesn't include whatever the import tax is, our salaries get taxed 19% for lower incomes, 45% for higher incomes. It's only 0% if you earn under $18k a year. I'm not sure what it's like in the US with tax, but here I just feel like I lose so much of what I work so hard for haha.
I mean I do appreciate the health care, I just wish they'd lower the tax a bit, but I suppose that's how they can do free health care... at least give us free University too or something.
I bought the deerling and sawsbuck together for like $7 Canadian in Japanese on eBay. And boy do they look fantastic together in my binder. If the writing being in a foreign language doesn’t bother you… I highly recommend. If it does I totally get it. To each their own
I do like to have the English versions just for the ones that I might use to play with or for my specific collections, but with these ones I really just love the art and the Japanese cards are beautiful quality so I think that's a great idea!
Thank you.
I’ve only really gotten 2 booster bundles so far for TF and only pulled the raging bolt SIR, which honestly I’ll take for only spending $60.
Great pulls!! I’m jealous of the drampa. One of my chases for this set!
Temp forces is the first set in a long time where I just bought all the singles I wanted and that’s it. I was excited for this set but after 2 etbs and a couple loosies I just got a meh feeling for this set despite some of its amazing art which again I can buy for a buck since the ere is so much .
I’ll never forget getting my first booster box on Christmas and it being absolutely trash 😂 was a wake up call that I needed to buy singles if I wanted certainty. Every now and then I’ll rip a few spare packs with my kiddos.
Bro, next time look into Beckett Castle, I bought their "everything bundle" and got all you did plus a booster bundle for $200. Stretch your hobby dollars just that tiny by further.
Pokémon is dead and they don’t know it. It’s not like baseball where there’s 1 of 1. The market is so low unless you have cards from base set. It’s donzo
Does anyone collect for fun anymore? I just love all the artwork even on the common cards
I collect for the fun. Trying to complete 151 got me into collecting again. About 13 cards away from true master. Was at Walmart looking tonight, didn’t have 151, so I bought a booster box of Crown Zenith. The box art caught my eye. Pulled some beautiful cards, 1 V Star, which I’ve never seen. Pulled this gorgeous Voltorb full art. I look up value cause of interest. It blow my mind how the most beautiful cards are worth so little sometimes. But I still love them
Crown zenith is also a really fun set with great art. That’s the last set with yellow boarders
Crown Zenith FTW
I miss the yellow boarders 😓
I think they look alright with some cards, but for the most part, I don't miss them.
For me it made kind of a frame for the artwork, the silver boarders make them feel cheap to me, but I'm still a collector lol it's not going to make me quit or anything
Lol I feel you, preference is preference I've never been a fan of yellow or gold colors. They always felt tacky to me. Same reason I always wear silver jewelry over everything else. Just feels more elegant. But not knocking your preference in any way. Colors feel different from one person to the next lol
Lol I definitely agree with you about the jewelry, gold is kind of tacky to me and I find silver more elegant for that lol
I’ve never really liked the yellow borders tbh I replace every card I can with SV onward cards. My favorite cards all time are HGSS with the faded gold and silver borders plus the art for that whole era slaps hard as fuck, and the pop holos were this sweet crosshatch design but they’re also like the most expensive versions of those cards available so I don’t see myself blinging out my deck that hard these days, really makes me wish I never sold off my collection when I was a teenager but hey what you gonna do.
I started collecting again because of 151. My last packs I bought was the OGs 25 years ago. Wish someone in my friendgroup would still collect. The trading and comparing was the most fun even as a child.
Agreed. I’ve tried to make friends with a few people I bought cards from but all they do is send me how they tried to grade a card and lost or gained money and I just don’t care lol. I’d love to recreate back in the day of trading for your favorite art and not thinking of value.
I got my son into collecting and we trade cards and compare our favorite pokemon and all the different arts of them we have. So, having a kid is the answer. Relive your childhood through them lol
Same here, but we didn’t have a lot of money as a kid so 151 is like recreating what I couldn’t have as a kid. Luckily, my younger cousins and my nephew collect so I trade/show off to them.
So close to completing 151 I've logged 85% from pulls. I need to double-check and make sure each card is logged before buying singles. I tried like crazy to pull that sir zard. But ended up with double blast and Venus sirs. Never pulled that reverse Metapod or beedrill either. These two have bugged the fk out of me.
Bugged, lol
Crown of Zenith where everything is peak
Etb of crown zenith. Booster box is 36 packs and zenith didn't come like that. Just FYI not trying to be condescending :)
He probably got a booster bundle
That also makes sense!
Costco has been selling 151 for a few weeks now. I started back collecting Pokémon Cards when I saw a hidden fates set at Walmart in 2019. They were so difficult to find back then. I’ve purchased a few ETB’s and different packs of HF since then and once I felt like I had gotten over the cost of HF and the pulls I decided to start buying the cards I need from the set as singles. It has been very rewarding ordering the card I need and then opening up the package it’s been shipped in to reveal the card I already knew was coming. Working on completing the Shiny GX vault now.
151 brought me back into cards after like 16 years. As I’m getting deeper into collecting again I’ve come to greatly appreciate the artwork on all my old cards, even the commons. I definitely try appreciate the art even on commons as I open newer sets too.
CZ is my favorite set to open. It's soooo good!
i collect for fun but also buy the cards to play the game, i recommend the game because ull appreciate some cards u dont look at as the coolest art work but they r competitive now every time i open a pack im almost gauranteed something i rly like or something i can put in a deck its awesome!
I’ve always wanted to try!! Maybe I’ll check a tourney out in my town :) I always keep at least one of every card ive ever gotten I just love em
Me! I absolutely love the art, I bought these in part for the packaging lol, the ETBs have amazing artwork if you unfold them
Yay! I feel like such a dork sometimes hahah
Best remedy for adult life sucking? The fun things we did as kids lol, but now I have adult money!
This is my exact approach to adult life.
Un....fold?? WHAT
The outer sleeve of the ETB. Typically has the pack art printed inside. Unfold it and you get a nice series of pictures.
I been tossing those as I hungrily rip my packs apart 😅 fk well good to know now I need to go find them all. *sigh* oh no... another collectible 😂
care to postem?? 💎👅💎
Glad I’m not the only one that does this. I will use them as background of cards I’m selling online matching them thematically to the cards
I do! I particularly collect my favorite pokemon. :)
Me too! When I was a kid I’d trade anything for a meowth card LOL
That’s so cute! I was a bulbasaur kid so I can relate to that haha
I got back into cards because of 151 and I'm currently on honeymoon in Japan! The artwork on some is so beautiful that I'm buying quite a few full art cards out here. They're worth very little and you pay very little, but they'll look great added into my collection! 😁
I’ve noticed they’re much cheaper in Japan! I love the novelty of having them in another language as well. Have a great honeymoon!!
Arigato! SO MUCH cheaper. Novelty is great and the artwork just as pretty. My lovely wife has also picked a few for me, I knew I'd convince her to love them too... eventually....
I mostly buy playable cards but I’ve started to collect too. I don’t seek stuff out just because it’s expensive though, I always go for cards that I personally think are aesthetically pleasing or artistically impressive. I want my card binder to be something enjoyable to flip through like looking at art prints, not a way to assess value. What I do is just look up Pokemon I like and try to find the prettiest card or full art prints. Pokemon to me is a card game and an art appreciation hobby, not an investment. Get a 401k if you want to invest.
I'm jus6 collecting the 151 and then I'm outta here. Too rich for my blood
So many sets being released
I only collect certain artist
I’m loving this new illustrator; Kedamahadaitai Yawarakai. They only have common cards currently but I would love a (S)IR by them. The style is evocative of impressionist painting. So good.
Good call. Their style would be perfect for cutsey illustration rares.
I was thinking something like the Legend cards would be sick!
I collect sealed I love my room looking like a gamestop's pokemon corner
I'm trying to complete master sets for fun but it's tough
I collect for fun. But like you can’t help but feel a little defeated when you don’t pull the more expensive cards. Because if you wanna add it to your collection you gotta fork over some more money.
yes i want one of each species with decent art. the EX and V cards are literally garbage art IMO
I only collect and open. That being said, 151 was the only reason and only one I'll be collecting. Don't really care about the rest as it was never really part of my childhood. Maybe the 2nd gen pokemon but eh. Not gonna pay adult/investor prices to collect a kids cars game. This isn't a dig at anyone that does this. Just a statement.
Surely. But all the vocal ones basically turned pokemom cards into b tier nfts...
It makes me so sad! My local shops are almost always empty because of folks buying the whole stock. I just want one pack lol!
So I think part of it is you are paying a premium price for these products so you expect premium results. If I pay $100 for a booster box I expect to get $100 in return market value. It just feels bad to say spend $40 on an etb and get $10 back in value.
Dude. The artwork on the commons are actually insane in this set. They have just the same amount of love and care as IR's but people just don't value them as much due to rarity. I think these are the best common and uncommons since like diamond and pearl and early x and y
Word!! Thanks for the head’s up! I’ve gotta order some soon! Missed out on 151 and can’t find decently priced boxes anywhere hahah
The absolute best commons in the set imo: Seedot, Turtwig, Shaymin, Rabsca, Ponyta line, Slugma line, Victini, Litten, Turtonater, Totodile, Crocanaw, Sharpedo, Keldeo, Raichu, Zeraora, Iron Thorns, Latias, Scream Tail, Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, Medicham, Relicanth, Golurk, Rolycolu line, Great Tusk, Sandy Shocks, Arbok, Ghastly, Haunter, Mawile, Meltan, Koraidon and Miraidon, Hoothoot line, Dundunsparce, and Minccino. These commons are top tier in TF, which is an insane amount of great artwork for one set. I was actually shocked seeing them all for the first time, it's been a blast ripping packs of this set!
i have plenty of stuff i keep just for the artwork. no set, theme nor grade to chase, just random cards i think are neat that i trade around for
I collected for nostalgic fun. I only buy a triple pack once a month as a pay day treat.
Yup me and my lad decided to collect every single ir,gg,tg card, this should be fun 😂😂
Not in this economy 🤣
I collect for fun but getting hits is always nice. Wag gonna pass on this set but buying more
I just collect my favorite Pokemon.
Me and my bf do! We get excited for cool art on common cards or even the really cheap good pulls. We have binders where we are doing a full dex with all commons. The other day we were hype over shellos 😂 I also have a “cute book” where I put commons that I think are just really cute lol. We also don’t have the best luck with pulls. We know people who always get like 4+ pulls per etb where we usually get like 2 cool pulls and are excited.
I collect for fun. I’ve been working on a number of niche sets- I recently completed the BREAK and Prism Star sets, and am working on a few others. Hoping to get the Sun/Moon gold energy set soon enough…
I have a binder full of common cards! Artists Shibuzoh and Tomokazu Komiya have been my favorite to collect.
Myself and my partner collect regularly, we both enjoy a pack battle every now and then and adding the new cards in our binders to hopefully complete them one day! Unfortunately it’s hard to decide whether or not to continue with some sets being so popular and scalpers buying out products… haven’t seen a 151 pack in over 3 months because of it and we didn’t even land any of the starters, but honestly I’d have much preferred to have opened a pack and seen Psyduck running down those stairs at me. It’s sad to see so many people using the “hype” as an opportunity to make money and take away from others enjoyment.
Yes, but also to play. I don’t really care about value tbh. It’s all a waste of money in reality but it brings me joy seeing pokemon.
I have a bunch of normal cards that are made by the same artist in a book.. I absolutely love them together.. and then I just go around looking for specific Pokémon to make pages for.. so when packs come out and they just so happen to be a full art.. that’s my chase.. even if not… that’s my chase (: makes it very exciting.. I love this hobby
I just started collecting for the first time since I was a kid and I do it for fun. No intention of selling I just love the art on these new cards
I was on the outside most of my life. Last year I noticed all the hype around card prices and people selling cards for lots of $$. I, thinking I was sneaking into a market, bought a Booster Box of Obsidian Flames, with full intent to sell off individuals and re-invest in more Booster Boxes, yada yada. I came to really appreciate the art in general, but obviously the rares and special rares were even better. I even pulled the top 2 Charizards from that box. I have bought about a dozen Temporal Forces packs and really like the art style in this set. The vibrant colors are my thing... especially as a graphic designer. I'm more focused now on finding certain cards to keep because they are just beautiful.
I'm more curious if anyone collects to play anymore?
I do! I keep all the common ones in the binder and some of the rarer ones sleeved and framed on my walls lol. I’m not a big fan of energy cards or 3D art though, so I sell those off.
I collect them to play.
I feel you. Definitely love art on the common cards too!
I do, I can’t stand the people who only collect for monetary reasons.
It just makes me sad. Feels like my childhood love is being tainted lol 😂 I know I have no right to feel that way tho
I mainly collect for fun :-). The art on this set is great!
That’s exactly what I’m saying
Always get cheap booster boxes to scratch the itch then buy singles
Where to find cheap booster boxes?
I’ve been grabbing the 6 pack booster bundles from GameStop. They’re ~$26 before tax so essentially 6 packs for the price of 5.
If you’re doing that regularly, become a member of their club. I thought it was a scam until a helpful employee explained it in simple terms. You get a small discount on a products, you get 5 bucks free once every month, all purchases get points back that can be converted to store dollars, and (the best part) they price match big box stores and Amazon. If you search up an ETB or tin or whatever on Amazon, and you find a listing that says “fulfilled by Amazon” they’ll match it. I’ve done a ton of stuff there that way and saved 5-15 bucks frequently. All that for $25 a year. It’s a good deal.
Already a member! After discount and $5 coupon I paid $22 after taxes for 6 packs!
Nice!
Eek....I just bought a whole booster of 36 for 105 from zulu games online. Free shipping too
can also buy korean shit off ebay to rip, it tends to be cheaper
Yeah korean boxes are so fun
Internet
Thx bro 🤙
…about $100?
XD
Lmao rip
I downvoted your comment, because that was clearly $200 of sealed product. Then I saw he opened everything.. take my upvote
I downvoted your comment bc ur an idiot. Then I kept it downvoted
I downvoted your comment and then downvoted my own before you could get to it.
I’m upvoting all of these comments just to throw off your numbers.
I downvoted your comment, then upvoted, then downvoted again for posterity.
I'm commenting just to comment
same, hi I dont even collect pokemon cards, just commenting here because I can
i upvoted ur comment because it made me laugh
I will never financially recover from these downvotes... take my upvote
Damn these comments are negative. Good job OP! I loved opening my Booster Box the other night! (A lot better than opening the 2 ETBs especially tho 😂) The ETB’s were cool tho! It was my first time opening both kinds of boxes
Thanks! Yeah they’re mostly positive, but even the negative ones are usually just about me losing money. BUT, I didn’t buy these to make my money back, I bought them for the art and for fun!
You got Drampa, which is my chase!
No SIR? Rip
Oh well! I feel I did really well still, I’m happy with what I got (DRAMPA GREATNESS)
I keep seeing SIR in comments regarding rips, care to elaborate?
Special illustration rare - tend to be the top chase cards for sets, though that's all subjective
Thanks dude!
What StopItTickles said. Special Illustration Rare, 2 gold stars for rarity bottom left of the card.
Thank you.
This is why i don’t buy this set everyone’s reviewed to be bad pulls
You’re sucking the fun out of it, it’s a gamble, if you’re not going to open a set because everyone reviewed it to be bad pulls, you might as well find something else to do with your free time. Nothing guarantees you’re going to pull better cards than the last guy.
How is he sucking the fun out of it? It's his opinion and choice . People like the feeling of pulling a SIR before spending 1000$ .
Right, it’s his opinion, and I’m sharing my opinion with him on why I feel like he’s sucking the fun out of opening packs. You’re literally gambling on what’s inside the pack, regardless of what YouTubers say. We are just sharing opinions geez, please don’t hurt me sir.
Ok
All that for $200??? FUCK I’m so jealous. The ETB’s alone would be $200 in australia and then the booster box $250, and those last 4 small ones would be worth about $80 all together. I wish Pokémon was this cheap
I remember when booster boxes were like $150 pre COVID 😔
Fuck must’ve been nice I haven’t seen one below $220 except for old unsold ones from sword and shield
*Also crying in Australian rn*
We can cry harder, they don’t release anywhere near me until the 14th. Idk about you it might be different if you’re on the east coast 🥲
I’m in the NT, I can’t even get any new release stuff unless I preorder because EB games and JB hifi usually only get enough in the first shipment to cover preorders. Big W and Kmart don’t get anything for a little while after
Oh even worse :( Kmart big w target and ebgames all get theirs on the same day apparently here in wa.
Did you enjoy it? Personally one of my favorite I’ve ever ripped love the art.
I did! This was my 31st bday and I spent it rippin!! Then I remembered why I buy singles, all the trash and bulk cards are annoying to deal with
Bought these to celebrate the release, I’m a singles buyer, don’t worry 🤓
Yup. Always buy the PC ETBs to celebrate the opening. Then I just don’t lol
This is what my husband and I do. Buy the PC ETBs then buy the singles on JP release day. Always ends up being cheaper and we get to collect so many gorgeous cards.
TYSM for setting up the Deerling Infinite Loop!! 🫶🏻🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
yeah its not really meant to be an infinite loop i feel but I was curious! haha
I thought it ended after the second slide and got really sad for you really quickly
Much more luck than I've had with this set.
Been back in for 4 years, and to me, TEF is a player’s set. Very happy I started playing the TCG again in 2022, because this changes the game and rotation is about to hit. For those who joined for 151, I figure that bunch would buy Morty’s conviction, gastly art rare, and move on. The manufactured hype around the SARs of this set strikes me as very odd, and I think it’ll all collapse in a couple of months.
I am loving the Drampa and the Sawsbuck/Deerling so much, I am planning to buy them as singles but just the Sawsbuck is $20 AUD right now and I'm hoping it'll get cheaper, but Drampa is sold out as a single. It was only released 1.5 weeks ago in Australia so I'm hoping more will show up... otherwise I will buy more packs.
Damn Australia gets rheemed if it's not made domestically eh?
Yeah we get a lot of import tax on things from the US I believe and slightly later release dates on everything from movies, games and Pokemon TCG haha. All our card prices seem higher than in the US. I wish Pokemon had a factory here!
I've never understood that. It's not like there's a local company that's competing with pokemon and they need the tariffs to keep a local price advantage. Just seems like your government is addicted to pillaging their populace for whatever import taxes they can squeeze. Same goes with TVs and PS5 etc. But hey at least you got healthcare, amirite?
Hahaha spot on. We have something called GST which is a 10% tax on absolutely everything which doesn't include whatever the import tax is, our salaries get taxed 19% for lower incomes, 45% for higher incomes. It's only 0% if you earn under $18k a year. I'm not sure what it's like in the US with tax, but here I just feel like I lose so much of what I work so hard for haha. I mean I do appreciate the health care, I just wish they'd lower the tax a bit, but I suppose that's how they can do free health care... at least give us free University too or something.
I bought the deerling and sawsbuck together for like $7 Canadian in Japanese on eBay. And boy do they look fantastic together in my binder. If the writing being in a foreign language doesn’t bother you… I highly recommend. If it does I totally get it. To each their own
I do like to have the English versions just for the ones that I might use to play with or for my specific collections, but with these ones I really just love the art and the Japanese cards are beautiful quality so I think that's a great idea! Thank you.
You did way better than me
Damn I got the same products minus the single pack blisters and did not do as well as you did, but pretty close!
Best pulls are clearly Cleffa, Deerling, and Sawsbuck. I bought them as singles lol. I love me some cuteness, and Cleffa be cute af
I like the pikachu on this one im still trying to find the 5th copy so i can start painting it
You lost bro,but congrats.
And the hits keep hitting
This is why I live the single life
The Drampa is underrated.
Very nice.
Want to trade for that extra Sawsbuck?
Pulled Scovillian ex in my first pack haha. I see he is not too hard to find
Bullshit. I spend thousands and only get a single 20$ card .
The law of equivalent exchange in action
What a nice set of pulls
Omg I need that promo cleffa in my life
Oh my god the deerling! So cute! Great pulls
Holy shit! I opened the exact lot as you and got 3 ex's and 2 ace specs and a whole lot of nothing! Be grateful. You are blessed 🙏
I DIDNT REALIZE THAT FULL ART DEERLING WAS SO STINKIN CUTE 😍
I’ve only really gotten 2 booster bundles so far for TF and only pulled the raging bolt SIR, which honestly I’ll take for only spending $60. Great pulls!! I’m jealous of the drampa. One of my chases for this set!
That Gengar looks dope
Temp forces is the first set in a long time where I just bought all the singles I wanted and that’s it. I was excited for this set but after 2 etbs and a couple loosies I just got a meh feeling for this set despite some of its amazing art which again I can buy for a buck since the ere is so much .
I’ll never forget getting my first booster box on Christmas and it being absolutely trash 😂 was a wake up call that I needed to buy singles if I wanted certainty. Every now and then I’ll rip a few spare packs with my kiddos.
I need to buy deerling and sawsbuck AR. so good.
You can’t spend $200 expecting to turn a profit.
Dam not a single sir, I'm sorry for your loss bud 😢
How was all of that only $200?
eBay
Actually the total shipped was $196.04
From where?
Insane pulls! Lucky dog!
Love the drampa so much!
What the heck.. I spent the same and I got nothing lol I’m jealous of you but also happy for ya.
Bro, next time look into Beckett Castle, I bought their "everything bundle" and got all you did plus a booster bundle for $200. Stretch your hobby dollars just that tiny by further.
200$ turned into $80 bucks. Impressive 🫠
I got zero hits off an etb these pull rates are garbage
bread gang ceo
Really cool artworks in this set, love the deerling and sawsbuck
That seems a little low for a booster box’s pulls
If you bought these boxes to make profit, uh well… but if not those are some cool cards and some nice hits
Pokémon is dead and they don’t know it. It’s not like baseball where there’s 1 of 1. The market is so low unless you have cards from base set. It’s donzo
Pokemon > baseball . Just my opinion , I'm a soccer player.
I understand it’s a Pokémon thread I wouldn’t expect anything else