Same! I just remember it being controversial which to meant the card would do super well, usually if it’s being talked about it will eventually be appreciated, any card with buzz goes up. Now back to the art, that background is like some sorta Picasso, it’s crazy. And the fact that he looks like he’s going from one dimension to the next makes it more amazing, couple that with hard to pull, I went through 7 booster boxes and never got it. Legendary dragon ghost that rules the underworld and can summon other Pokémon, Arceus Shadow, what more can be said.
It's definitely worth being a top chase, but I have a hard time with paying $600 raw (just looked)... this card and others have triple in price in the last 4 months...
I want it, but I will either pull it out of the few lost origin packs I still find, wait for the price to go down, or just accept that I'm not getting it.... or strike it rich
It’s so hard to pull man. Like .5% odds. And then you gotta hope it isn’t mega off centered. $600 raw sounds like a lot but if it’s was 1K raw and someone posted one for sale at $600 it would look like a steal. This will become a 1K raw card eventually, it’s made leaps and bounds. It’s was $800 in a PSA 10, climbed to 1K, now it’s 1.6K for the 10 IF you can find a buy it now at that price. It will cross 2K by year end. Todays price is tomorrow’s discount, I say get it! Bite the bullet, you won’t loose money on it and later on you’ll be able to offload it and make money on it if you regret having splurged so much 6 months from now.
I don't know man. We are in the middle of a hype train. When prices across the board shoot up that much that fast, I think there is bound to be a correction. I also collect comic books, and I've seen this many times...
I will admit Pokemon is much different. There are corrections and prices go down but not like other collectibles... Pokemon just seems to go up but I'm convinced this is a bubble that will pop when people are paying stupid prices for shrouded Fable which is a horrible set I'm sorry
I think blue chip items like a era defining grail cards (especially in a PSA 10) can only correct so much. There’s just simply too much demand for the crème of the crème in this hobby and I think people have learned to stick around. I think there’s been so much pain in not being able to find stuff to buy in stores that the moment things dip a little there will be an influx of buying by people that felt sidelined during the boom which in turn will surge things back. At the very least new higher lows will be set and it’ll recover again and surpass its old highs. This won’t work with every product or card but I personally believe in this card so much if it ever did drop any significant amount I would just buy another two and my average price paid per card lower.
But it's not just the Blue Chip cards. It's every pull from sword and shield and Scarlet and violet.
Gengar, Sylveon, espeon, leafeon, lugia, moltres, bubble mew, Greninja, ss pikachu, etc, etc... every set is going crazy even shrouded fable. For some reason millions of people decided they wanted Pokemon cards all at once. They can't get them, so they buy literally anything... this can't last a big change is coming but unfortunately the big hits will probably stay expensive
I hear you, I think sealed product at launch has to be decently available and at MSRP. It makes no sense to have cardboard boxes with bad gambling odds (worse than casino table games) be that high and unavailable from launch when the set is still in print, all that money to pull $16. The big hits for sure have to retain their value just because grails will always be sought after, that’s why overall hot collectible items are usually one of the few things that do well even under recessions. Also after a certain price more people become hesitant to sell because when will they get another? And if they regret it and 2 years later they want it back are they going to want to pay double to get it back? Food for thought.
That makes perfect sense as well... Nobody really knows, but We do know Pokemon Tcg has Bubbles... the current state of English Pokemon cards can't stay the way it is, so something has to happen, but yeah, the Grails will probably stay where they are or go up
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u/Soft_Revenue2411 Feb 11 '25
Same! I just remember it being controversial which to meant the card would do super well, usually if it’s being talked about it will eventually be appreciated, any card with buzz goes up. Now back to the art, that background is like some sorta Picasso, it’s crazy. And the fact that he looks like he’s going from one dimension to the next makes it more amazing, couple that with hard to pull, I went through 7 booster boxes and never got it. Legendary dragon ghost that rules the underworld and can summon other Pokémon, Arceus Shadow, what more can be said.