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Pokemon TCG

Posted on 4/17/26 at 9:57 am
Posted by Blitzed
Member since Oct 2009
22138 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 9:57 am
Not really interred is the playing aspect of Pokemon TCG.

What I am interested in is if any of you collect and or looking to move/ get rid of any cards.

Could be a thread to wheel and deal if there is interest.

Anyone?

Many moons ago (2009) I was in an apartment with a bro. I was having a girl come over and he said…”what are you going to do? Show her your Pokemon cards? Har har har..”

I took it personal and pussy is undefeated so I threw away thousands of $ worth of Pokemon and yugioh cards.

I’m returning with vengeance.

Note: The girl was Latino and crazy. Not worth the loss. FML double LL
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
19347 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 12:37 pm to
Right now is a great time to buy into vintage Pokemon. PSA 8 prices for WOTC holos is stupid cheap especially compared to the dumb as frick prices modern cards are going for.

I'm currently building out a Base Set through Team Rocket binder, only buying cards from local stores/show vendors or trading for them (in person or online). It's been a blast filling the binder up. Some of the cards are from my childhood that my parents still had in a big plastic tubber ware container with my sports cards
Posted by Blitzed
Member since Oct 2009
22138 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 12:50 pm to
quote:

PSA 8 prices for WOTC holos is stupid cheap especially compared to the dumb as frick prices modern cards are going for.


Brother…

In the past week I have acquired some solid stuff:

Full holo set of Southern Islands(2001)

Tyranitar - Neo discovery holo

Blissey/ Ho-oh - Neo revelation holos

Pichu - WoC black star promo CGC 10

None 1st Ed though. And most have a shot at an 8 imo. I’ve got this weird vintage reverse holo fetish going on right now.

Got any you maybe willing to part with?




This post was edited on 4/17/26 at 12:55 pm
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
19347 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 12:57 pm to
quote:

None 1st Ed though


I typically don't pay the exorbitant for a stamp. Some of the Japanese trainer cards, maybe, but generally for binders I don't bother.\

quote:

Got any you maybe willing to part with?



No, unless you want a box of like 10k base sports cards
Posted by Blitzed
Member since Oct 2009
22138 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 12:59 pm to
quote:

unless you want a box of like 10k base sports cards




Im about to hit up shows. Never been but see one down in Kenner this weekend.
This post was edited on 4/17/26 at 1:00 pm
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
77074 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:15 pm to
Didn't one of the Paul brothers recently use a Pokemon TCG card as the guise to launder a shite ton of money?
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
19347 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

Didn't one of the Paul brothers recently use a Pokemon TCG card as the guise to launder a shite ton of money?



Yep, an Illustrator. Another scummy bullshite fact about the card - it was originally graded a PSA 9 (weak one at that), but was cracked out of its PSA slab and regraded numerous times before getting a PSA 10
Posted by Blitzed
Member since Oct 2009
22138 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 2:52 pm to
PSA worries me with that shite. I have heard some questionable stories about them.
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
19347 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 3:24 pm to
You'll hear it across all of the grading companies. Only reason you hear more PSA is because they do 10-20x more cards than any other grading companies

edit: make it 30x+

This post was edited on 4/17/26 at 3:25 pm
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
19347 posts
Posted on 4/17/26 at 10:50 pm to
quote:

Not really interred is the playing aspect of Pokemon TCG.


Forgot to come back to this... You're a gamer, you would love this shite.

Pokemon TCG is the most fun trading card game out there. Modern comp TCG is great, but you can even go back and play old school cards on tcgone.net.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38622 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:07 am to
dealing with modern shite is tough right now. It is such a business that finding product is tough. I am guilty of holding onto some etb's and such but those scalpers are a pain in the arse. I have fun grabbing singles and getting them slabbed and that is about it.
Posted by Jackie Chan
Japan?
Member since Sep 2012
4886 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 1:52 pm to
TAG slabs look the best. PSA may be the preferred grader for price but I think the slabs are not appealing aesthetically.

Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38622 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:37 pm to
AI is what we need. More efficient and objective. I am tired of hearing about population control
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
19347 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:49 pm to
TAG doesn't even trust their own AI enough so they do human checks on all higher tiered subs

And they're getting backed up on those human checks with the few submissions they get every day
Posted by Blitzed
Member since Oct 2009
22138 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 4:20 pm to
Today’s grabs:

-(2000) Sabrina’s Gengar (est. PSA 7-8) it’s in solid condition.

-(2000)Sabrina’s Alakazam PSA 7

-(2016) Flareon EX Radiant Collection PSA 8

- 151 Poliwhirl IR (est. PSA 10-9)

- Mega Evo Black Star Promo Haunter (solid 9 - 10chance)

Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38622 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 8:24 pm to
Are you in the new orleans pokemon group on fb?
Posted by Blitzed
Member since Oct 2009
22138 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 8:57 pm to
quote:

Are you in the new orleans pokemon group on fb?


Unfortunately and fortunately I don’t have facebook haha.

Maybe I should. I was at the show today. Just not enough time to do all I want to do. Brought a tin with about $700 raw market that I just wanted to clear out the binder.

Need to figure out when the next one is or another one in the areas is soon.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38622 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 11:08 pm to
Lmk if you want to get in
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