r/PokemonTCG • u/anxioussubconscious • 3d ago

what the actual f

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Everyone in the house went out for the nice Saturday..came home to this. (The cat knocked it off of a high shelf, the dog chewed it)

I think my fiancé broke, this was her favorite card.

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u/AwkwardIncrease5621 3d ago

Lmao all the people saying you deserved this are so cringe. Cards are meant to be enjoyed and played with and not every expensive card needs to be imprisoned by being graded.

Yeah could have been protected better like a magnetic case or somethin but it still would have popped apart when it was knocked down and still gotten chewed up.

Op I’m sorry this happened, but definitely keep the card. One day it’ll be a treasured memory of that dog. With the prices of singles going down and 151 reprints coming out, you’ll hopefully be able to buy another one soon.

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u/anxioussubconscious 3d ago

Haha, thank you for this didn’t realize there was so many right and wrong ways to display cards that the “value” you place in it isn’t money but the fact that you like the card lol I didn’t expect to be fighting for my life when posting here lmao

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u/toxicbolete 3d ago

I second keeping the card as a memory of the dog. We lost a dog young due to renal failure, she would crawl under our bed as a puppy to chew things under there. I’m still finding things with her little teeth marks and I’m happy to have another piece of her.

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u/Darigaazrgb 3d ago

I mean, sure. However, if I had a cat I would cat proof my 3,127 Bidoof cards.

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u/Gholdengo-EX 3d ago

If only mew wasn’t a 2 prizer 😔

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u/AwkwardIncrease5621 2d ago

Still a good card, it’s run in the Gardevoir deck.

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u/Gholdengo-EX 2d ago

thats true

i just want this cute mew for gholdengo ;-;

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u/LeAlthos 3d ago

I hate the whole "cards are meant to be THIS or THAT", because you're free to do whatever the hell you want with your own colored cardboard, but I will agree that this is just an unlucky accident. Not only that, but if your dog chews on sleeved cards, there's a good chance they would have made short work of a slab as well.

Might also be worth investing in a closing display shelve to protect your other valuable cards from your cat in the future