That is a prime example of a pout video because he is expecting to magically pull the $1,600 art lono card and dendra I pulled both cards out of 7 packs that were left in an open box at my local card shop except for the Raichu card which I will buy it as a single I am pretty much done with that set not saying it's bad at all but I am looking forward to obsidian flame
I personally hope Pokemon stays the course and weed out all the fakes in this hobby. The Scarlet and Violet era is showing so many creators' true colors.
Hell ya! I remember opening an Unified Minds ETB and pulling a basic GX, that wasn’t even playable. This was also when prices weren’t insane so I could’ve just bought any card from the set but wanted to play spin the wheel 😂
Thank you for calling this out man, the repetitive talking points and his takes on investing are the reason I don’t watch him anymore. There are good investor creators… then there’s people like him.
I stopped watching him when he tried to claim he did not manipulate the values of Full Art Trainers when the link between his video and the sudden increase was undeniable. If he owned up to it and said it was not his intention... okay fine. However to just lie about it? Unacceptable.
I like the negative criticism. Some creators are better than others. But you gotta collect how you see fit. Don’t care what others have to say. Take everything with a pinch of salt. You are your own person. Don’t let others tell you what you can or can not do.
I think you have a really good point. I’m actually so glad that Pokémon seems to have been able to self-correct their own market and allows for children and older collectors alike to be able to have an easier financial time acquiring some of their favorite cards. Ever since 2020 and beyond, Pokémon really took off and I think Scarlet and Violet has finally brought the TCG market prices back down to earth. SV and its future sets will definitely weed out the true collectors vs. “investors”, “influencers”, etc. Great video as per usual Opossum!
Exactly, they’re trying to ensure the longevity of the hobby with plenty of product for kids and players, they keep the hobby alive when the investments leave 👍🏽
@@OpossumBud Love this mindset, it’s what drew me to Pokémon in the first place. The hobby was never about money when we collected cards on the playground as kids, we just wanted to collect what we liked. Same holds true now 👍
Though that is true and I applaud Pokemon for increasing supply, the thing is that main sets from here on out will be bigger. SV base only had two JP sets and a few promos, Paldea Evolved has Three sets and a few more promos. So what we saw with SV is more of the exception rather than the norm. TPCi had mitigated the size a bit by making some card promos and if they are playable even more promos which is cool for those alternate art collectors.
In all honestly i think his problem for not liking the set has more to do with the investment aspect with it especially with the scarlet and violet series a booster box is almost certainly guaranteed a special art making the cards more available for everybody. For someone who is more of a collector of trying to complete sets this is a blessing open a couple of booster boxes and buy the rest as singles. I like this new change but i guess he doesnt.
Thanks to you, danny, and jluv. You three reignited my passion for Pokemon as I stopped focusing on money and dreading over buyouts. I started focusing on the PTCG and collecting what I like which has helped me a lot. Started to make a Chien Pao and Meowscrada deck really fun to play. Thanks Opossum
The Scarlet and Violet sets have been great for collectors and shitty for scalpers so that’s a win in my book lol. I have fun opening a bunch on release and then buying singles afterwards.
Virginia is always a welcome sight! Toward the ends of the video it really does sound like Jakey is about to cry. The breaks in his voice are a good tell lol
LOL I love Paldea evolved, so many hits, so many chases. Sure some cards are harder to pull than others but thats just Pokemon cards in general. I was able to pull 2 Iono SIR's from 7 Bb's and a tyranitar. Didn't pull magikarp but i gotta tell ya, its still fun to open XD
He’s right though. He’s not making the video for the point of getting only the iono expensive cards ect. He’s talking about trying to collect it from the point of view of a master set collector. If you want to complete a master set of sword and shield darkness ablaze 12 secret rares you could get from 6 booster boxes and finish the whole set. Chilling reign had 35 secret rare cards which is double that. The pull rates between darkness ablaze and chilling reign were essentially the same but the increase in size of the set and number of secret rares means you need to open twice as many packs as you did the darkness ablaze set in order to complete the set and find the SPECIFIC CARDS that you’re after. He says that in his video. It’s an incredibly frustrating experience and every collector that I know, will agree with me that opening packs of chilling reign is less enjoyable than opening packs of darkness ablaze when trying to complete the set. Comparing this to scarlet and violet, 16 secret rares and Paldea evolved having 36 secret rares, and both sets having the same pull rates, it makes complete sense that someone would be frustrated opening the packs with the goal of completing the set in mind. This is the point he is trying to make in his video, and I completely agree with him. The easiest solution to this problem as a collector is to just avoid opening packs for the larger sets after opening so many and just buy the cards you’re missing. He is giving good advice to stop people from opening the packs of the larger sets when they can just buy all the cards they’re missing much cheaper, this is a very relevant money saving suggestion towards people who don’t otherwise know about the sets size, amount of secret rares and how to collect sets efficiently. I completely agree with Jake here and I think you’ve been misled into thinking he is complaining about not being able to pull multiple of the same $$$$$$ cards due to his greed and wanting to make money.
Bro I ain’t reading this garbage, I watched the video and he’s complains about the same pull rate that existed in SV and is mad he didn’t pull the best cards. Later dude and sorry you wasted the time writing that
@@OpossumBud I don’t mind if you don’t read it, I didn’t expect someone with a terrible attitude like that to read it or even agree with me. I’ve been in the hobby for over 20 years now and I know the ins and outs, part of a community of over 50’000 people and would rather give any chance I have to say something - to use it to put people on the right direction in this hobby.
Glad you covered this, this specific TwiceBakedSadness video was the final straw to his recent negativity for me. Welcome to a market bottom, where the real people stay and the hype boys switch to investing in Kleenex
🤷♂ For the people that actually play the game Paldea evolved has been a great set giving us so many tools and new archetypes to play with. The return of N (in Iono) , Scramble energy (in reversal), and super rod was also very much welcomed in my neck of the woods that benefits almost all decks. Loving this set so far. Almost every pack I crack has something useful in it to me!
I'm a machamp collector. Favorite pokemon next to vileplume. Yup I'm a odd one. Personally I absolutely love that pokemon has mass produced awesome cards in these newest sets for people to pull that they don't have to worry about the set being hard to find and prices being hyped into another umbreon oblivion. im loving my paldea evolved pulls! Keep up the great work man. I felt same when i watched his vod.
@@OpossumBud Thanks brother 🤙 I got that buying pokemon in the blockbuster video nostalgia 😂😂 glad to see other people just enjoy all the sets and "lower end" cards.
I cried a little when I heard “ETBs Suck” while looking at a Evolving Skies Etb I’ve kept sealed. Knowing that it possibly only has 2 hits out of 8 packs
I got really lucky with my first 9 packs -- I'm still waiting for my ETB but I got the Iono which wasn't really on my list and then eiscue and one of the tinkatink cards. It feels the same as SV base tbh -- if I wanted guaranteed rarity pulls etc then I would just empty my bank account on 1 of the new Japanese Booster boxes, instead of buying significantly cheaper english products occasionally. also -- if the pull levels were Evolving cries or Chilling pain / Fusion strike level then people would be complaining as well. I think SV is changing that slightly which is great, I love getting the reverses and at least a holo -- it's a good improvement alongside the pull rate. Juat a last thing -- this is the only way we can still gamble in pokemon after they had to remove the game corners from the video games lmao so yeah not everyone is going to hit that jackpot everytime and I think we forget that sometimes, me included.
I’m glad you made this video man. People like this should never open packs. Just buy the singles you want if you are gonna bitch about it when you don’t pull the number 1 stonker 42069 card of the set. It’s cards, it is basically gambling don’t open the packs if you can’t deal with swings in your personal pull rates.
he contradicted himself in that video, saying the pull rates were the same as scarlet and violet base and then saying the pull rates were worse because his luck was shit
When pull rates are good "investors" don't like it, when pull rates are bad "investors" praise... I wonder why that is, almost like harder pull rates make a card more expensive 🤔🤔
@@OpossumBud it's dangerous because they try to push a false narrative. When the pull rates are good, people end up buying more product because it just feels better to open a set and TPC makes more money! We can't let this "investors" push this false narrative about a set that is really fun to open and has great art
TwiceBakedJake must have been twice as baked. I opened my booster box earlier this afternoon. 2 Ultra Rares (Noivern & Iono) and 1 Special Illustration Rare (Dendra). Everything else was an Illustration Rare or lower. Edit: And yes, the right side had bigger hits 😂
First set in 10 years I cant open right now because life things 💸, so Jake can cram it up his a** , just enjoy opening cards for the cards , first world problems am I right 😂. Set looks great to me.
X y sun moon was good times, Sucks when Collectibles got to be put on the back burner because of life hope everyone enjoys opening I'll be watching, keep up the great content bud
He was a hypebeast youtuber during the hype, honestly surprised hes still uploading. I use to watch him but stopped when he had a video where called a bunch of playable cards that had value above being just bulk junk and realized hes super disconnected
This video was incredible. Paldea Evolved was an incredible set. I opened about 220 booster packs, and hit the Iono twice, the Pokémon SIRs, and the Tyranitar… Can’t believe that man was crying about opening 50 packs, and saying he wasn’t having a good time just because he didn’t his his chase 😭😭😭😭
Oh no, I opened up these random packs with random odds and got random cards!! 😭 No one ever let him play the lottery or go to a casino - man may keel over.
As a collector I just buy the singles that I want so I judge sets based off the CARDS in it and not pull rates. And if I ever open packs I go in with the expectations that it's all random and I'm doing it purely for the fun gambling aspect, not to get my "money's worth" because that's never been the case no matter which set you open. Hard to break even when you get the best hits already
These new pull rates are really exposing the investors from the true pokemon fans. I personally don't care if the most expensive card in a set is 10 bucks, that just means every collector gets great cards at a great price.
He does this constantly where if the odds are in his favor he’s like “wow the pull rates are crazy in this set!” But if the rates are bad after like 10 packs he’s like “wow I can’t believe they lowered the pull rates!” 😂
Yeah the pull rates are great for players this time because of this. At card party this weekend my self and other players were talking about this set. We love it. We also watched the pricing of Iono drop each day too. 😂😂😂
This set is an Awesome set for the players! It has soo many good card playable cards and really helping the format being more Paldea based I wish the "investment" channels would learn to enjoy the game these basics exs that are like 1 dollar are great for playing with Especially Ting lu , Chien Pao , and the starters!
@DarDarBinks yeah man u can usually build a pokemon deck for less than 100 ! Especially if u have lots of bulk hell their is a new deck that uses like murkrow and wattriel and it's super cheap
He's mad because he can't be greedy. Hahahaha. Just some quick math too. He said opened over 50 packs (so I set 60 packs as a baseline). Regular EX cards are *usually* 1 in 4 chance (25%). In Paldea Evolved, there are 16 regular EX cards. Take that 60 packs divided by 4 (every 4 packs is an EX) and it's 15. Those 50 packs don't even cover ALL regular EX cards. Even then, it's all chance. Not guaranteed. Dude wants to be greedy and is mad because the set is too good? Just wow. BTW, I love the "420 360 no scope" drop. We need some 1v1 Rust with Intervention's to settle these debates. 😄 Great video bro!
Yea he was a little dramatic with it. I've gotta say tho, I opened a pokémon center etb and 6 sleeved packs, 17 total, and got one art rare. That's it. That's worse than any experience I've had with every sword and shield set.
That’s packs for ya man, it’s random. I get if people don’t like it, but it’s not the sets fault. Evolving skies has ass pull rates and everyone sucks on its toes… appreciate ya man 🙏🏽
That’s packs for ya man, it’s random. I get if people don’t like it, but it’s not the sets fault. Evolving skies has ass pull rates and everyone sucks on its toes… appreciate ya man 🙏🏽
Jake has lost touch with reality. To say Silver Tempest is a better opening experience is a bit of a joke when all you want is one card, the artwork on these first two S&V sets have been fantastic with improved pull rates. My son would not be disappointed opening a box of these, he's not driven by greed.
@@OpossumBud I opened a box of silver tempest and my best hit was a skunktank v. Was the worst box opening I've ever had. Opened a box of paldea evolved and got a gold super rod, alt wo-chien, tinkaton full art, bellibot full art, forrertress ex with the silver background, 3 character rares and some other standard exs and playable cards. Was the best box opening I've ever had. Can't understand why people are hating on this set
Paldea Evolved is one of my favorite sets to open lately. My chases for the set are the Full Art Falkner, Illustrator Eiscue(second favorite Ice Type after Mamoswine), Secret Illustrator Rare Grusha (I just love the art of him being in a cabin in a snowstorm), Grocery Shopping Fuecoco, and any of the Ghetsis Boss’s Orders. But the investment channels pumping up random cards always makes me laugh cause imo opening and collecting cards should be about having fun not oh this card is worth x amount of money.
Glad I quit watching Jake a while ago, it's a shame that he's like this because I genuinely enjoyed his content at times but you're right about him flip-flopping I'm glad both Dendra cards are cheap, way cooler character than Iono imho and I love the artwork
Tell em how it is, bro. Thank you for calling this out. Also, the word meandering is the word I've been searching for for years, about the thing that automatically makes me hate youtubers.
I will, i use around 1000 dollars in each new set, tho only opened 2 packs, from a booster box in a store, the last to left, got a Noivern EX, and IONO special illustration rare 😆 So i think im done opening it ✊🏻 Just saying, this never happens, never again 😂🇩🇰❤️
I am working a full time job and I don't have time to go crazy buying cards all the time! I'm so glad that pokemon is catering to people like me who don't have a ton of money or time to spend, but still want to get some cool cards for the binder 🤲 I pretty much collect only art rares bc I genuinely love the art. That's what the hobby should be about, the genuine love for it
I bought my son 3 ETB's and he pulled plenty of great cards. The last box had the Iono Alt Art, which is a beautiful card in person tbh. But he got his chase card, the Skeledirge Full Art, so he was stoked even before pulling Iono. Jake just needs to be happy to be opening packs, enjoy the experience, and be thankful for what he gets. Sometimes you get lots of hits, sometimes you don't. It is what it is 🤷🏽♂️
twice fake jake..... I couldn't continue watching his content. I love these past two sets. Most of the cards I want are cheap! I enjoy getting so many hits in so little boxes. LET ME ENJOY THE CARDS
bro i used to love to watch jakes videos, but I just cringed the whole time watching jakes paldea evolved video you discussed in your video here. You´re a real one! Keep beeing you and I´m looking forward to more of your stuff, especially the box openings, I just love the little edits you do everytime your wife talks and just the genuine vibe you two bring!
My pull rate has been terrible but out of the 12 packs I opened so far the only two hits I’ve got are great hits lol, I’ve got the ttar illustration rare and gold superior energy retrieval other than those not even a regular ex
I normally like Jake, but he came across really whiny in this video. I got really unlucky with Crown Zenith, but I still think it's a banging set. Meanwhile, I got one ETB and a Booster Bundle of SV and I pulled my chase Miraidon SAR. You win some and you lose some.
Wow its almost like gambling when buying booster packs, youre not guarantee a a SAR/AR. Just stick to buying singles imo. But in all seriousness, I absolutely love the set, and the artwork is amazing, not to mention more playable cards.
no lie i saw the title in that guys video i had the same thought he wanted to have some big cards but i love there are tons of art cards love pulling different cards not just one big chase card
Man, as a collector and content creator I am LOVING the new sets. Beautiful artwork and great pull rates mean that I get a chance to add some nice looking cards to my son's binder, my wife's binder, and my personal binder! And during my streams, it's not like opening up a booster box from SWSH where you MIGHT get an alt art, with SV and PAL you're guaranteed at least one SAR. This type of batching is great for collectors who want to have a better chance at pulling nice looking art and the kids who this hobby was invented for.
still don’t understand why people are complaining about pull rates. the less money i have to spend and the more cool ass cards i can get, the better. isn’t that the whole point of collecting? LOL
We opened 3 ETBs, one booster box and 3 booster bundles. We pulled some amazing cards on the channel. I just made a short showing our pulls. We got the Tyranitar and that’s all we care about. This set is great but honestly we’re kinda focused forward on Obsidian 🔥 flames
I realize this video was three months ago I still enjoyed watching it I have opened up 3 booster boxes and myself was a little disappointed but I also understand that buying packs as a gamble if you want specific singles that's what you need to do is go buy those individually it will save you a lot of money and frustration. Now to the comment that he meanders and repeats himself over and over, I must say that you in fact do the same thing my friend I love your videos and you have great content and I agree with your opinions for the most part but you definitely repeat yourself over and over and over oh, just saying. Thank you for the content in the entertainment though
Jake complaining about not pulling an SAR/SIR in fifty packs. I opened like five JPN bbs and two ENG PC ETBs and didn't pull an SAR/SIR. Until I opened a Paldea Evolved BB and got my first one which is Tinkaton ex and I was very excited to pull it because me and Tinkaton have good memories together beating the Elite Four. That's +172 of packs, it felt so damn good to pull it. It's was like finding your favorite Pokemon shiny for the first time and it's shiny was the most badass thing ever. It makes me want to pull more SAR/SIRs even if I got to open +172 packs again. But, I hope it's not a trainer card. I got no hate for them but I just prefer pokemon cards more.
I’m telling you man, he’s mad about the value! You had fun opening the packs and got a great card after a lot of packs but you enjoyed what you pulled. That’s the difference… thank you homie 🙏🏽
I've been opening cases of products. On the grand scheme of thing, the pull rate goes to 3.17 pack for a hit, but if you check pull rate for single product, it is just rough. Also, the amount of diferent card for every rarity went up about 50%, so it's harder to get a specific single cards. But we already know that. W/E.
Those that weren't collecting in yr 4-6 in school back in the 90s or arent from that era, dont know the struggle of trying to finish a set. Sets these days are way easier to finish then back then and takes the excitement out of trying to get that one card only a hand full of people had.
Personally my hunt is the Farigiraf, Flamigo and Maushold AR's. I'm probably just going to buy them and open here and there for fun. Great call out man
I opened an embarrassing number of packs over the weekend because it was my birthday and I didn’t pull any of the Fuecoco line or Saguaro, which are the cards I want the most for my personal collection, but oh well. I pulled a ton of shit that I can trade/sell to get my fire crocs and my Burt Reynolds the trainer card. Doesn’t mean the set sucks. I get annoyed when people can’t appreciate cards if they aren’t high dollar cards. If your collection has to be expensive for you to enjoy it, I honestly don’t understand why you’re in the hobby. Like, do you like Pokémon, or do you just like flexing on people? Man, idk
I didn't get any of the big pulls from S&V but still had fun collecting the set. This time round I got 2 tyranitars, 2 SIR ionos, 2 full art ionos, and I have no intention of selling (maybe trading with friends though so they can also get full set eventually).
Lol One of the best poketubers! I typically like Jakey but yeah i really don't like it when he talks about the vaule and the investment possibilities... but shit man you bring the joy in calling this behavior out and its fucking entertaining
My impopular opinion as a Pokémon card collector; Regular EXs are way worse than regular Vs, which were 'full art' by default, now we're restricted to the same size picture as a regular card and the overall design is simply messy. Holos look way cheaper and have less interest now, even with metallic borders (no pattern on the holo or anything...), and the cherry on the cake are the full art Pokémon cards, which looked WAY better when the outline was white and not the same color the Pokémon is. It helped a lot aesthetically, helped the figure stand out, and Pokémon poses were, for the most part, way more dinamyc in the past SWSH sets. Sorry for the rant lol PS: Reverse Holos and regular cards look better now though. Just MY opinion.
@@OpossumBud I don't know really about pull rates, it seems the TCG is changing and now we'll have more cards at a lower price overall, but I could be wrong. That's in fact a good thing. But as a collector, all I really care is how the cards look. And EXs don't look precisely good. I know I'm not the only one who feels that way but most people seem to be enjoying the sets anyways, so good for them. I might just buy singles from now on, I'm not sure, so I keep collecting SWSH sets. Excuse my english Opossum, I'm from Spain.
So I’ve opened 2 base set and 2 Paldea booster boxes. I got 12 hits out of each one. Either 2 SIR’s or a SIR and a gold were the best hits for each box. It seems that booster boxes have seeded hits. 11-13 like Danny Phantump has said. 12 is what I got for everyone. Other than that, all the other products are completely random. I’ve opened up a decent amount of crown zenith and still haven’t pulled one of the top cards. It’s just luck. I honestly can’t stand how Jake talks. Especially when he says Pokémon cards 😆 Also, the quality control has been terrible for me. Lots of cards have had frayed top edges for me.
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Lol people out here paying $70 for the magikarp and tyranitar art rares 😂 the fomo is REAL virgins
Facts the Fomo is real 😂
I give it 3 weeks after 151 drops the prices will plummet for paldea evolved singles lol
Ya it’s true it sucks im only buying vintage fuck modern
@@schmidtcjoseph best time to buy for sure then :)
That is a prime example of a pout video because he is expecting to magically pull the $1,600 art lono card and dendra I pulled both cards out of 7 packs that were left in an open box at my local card shop except for the Raichu card which I will buy it as a single I am pretty much done with that set not saying it's bad at all but I am looking forward to obsidian flame
I personally hope Pokemon stays the course and weed out all the fakes in this hobby. The Scarlet and Violet era is showing so many creators' true colors.
I really do too, out with the fakes in with the fans 👍🏽
Yes!!!!
The art is so fucking good in these sets, I am loving them. Every alternate art seems to be a banger and I think they all look great.
to hell with the fake creators!
...then watch them all flock back to the game when 151 hits English to try and churn out that Chrarizard SAR
Even if the hits aren’t worth a ton of money it sure is nice getting hits instead of nothing. I’ve been super happy about the first two sets of S&V.
100% man 👍🏽
Hell ya! I remember opening an Unified Minds ETB and pulling a basic GX, that wasn’t even playable. This was also when prices weren’t insane so I could’ve just bought any card from the set but wanted to play spin the wheel 😂
Yeah I rather have more hits too, you never know might end up liking one of those specially when not looking at the card reveal to avoid spoilers
Wanna know what feels bad?
You pull a gold on SV - its an energy
You pull a gold again on paldea - its a super energy retrieval
I wanna perish xD
@@FighterNP you got this man 👍🏽
Twiced Bake Fake being a goofball yet again. I sure hope he doesn’t indirectly try and pump up any Waifu cards or anything….oh wait👀
Oh god no it’s too late 😳
Twice bake Fake😂😂
@@AndrewFalberg mans charred his reputation😆
@@Midnight6780 for real
If you really think a small TH-camr has any effect on the Japanese market…
Thank you for calling this out man, the repetitive talking points and his takes on investing are the reason I don’t watch him anymore. There are good investor creators… then there’s people like him.
No problem man I’ve got enough people who don’t like me, what’s one more 😂 I’ll take the heat for y’all! Thanks man 🙏🏽
Same reason I stopped watching him too !
It’s clearly all about the money too him bro he a sussy baka
I stopped watching him when he tried to claim he did not manipulate the values of Full Art Trainers when the link between his video and the sudden increase was undeniable.
If he owned up to it and said it was not his intention... okay fine. However to just lie about it? Unacceptable.
He's boring af
"Too many secret rares."
Man I can relate, walking home today I found too many $20 bills on the sidewalk.
Awww man I found too many hotdogs on the ground I hate it here
When TwicebakedJake said "Welcome to the hobby" i'm not sure if he meant the hobby of actually collecting cards or the hobby of making money
The latter 👀
Lol
I watched this guy one time and you could hear the clip-on tie on this guy. True scalper, nostalgia killer
Dude that’s so true 😂
I like the negative criticism. Some creators are better than others. But you gotta collect how you see fit. Don’t care what others have to say. Take everything with a pinch of salt. You are your own person. Don’t let others tell you what you can or can not do.
@@greenturtle5616 I didn’t I’m doing me 😎
Clip on tie and a diaper 😂
its crazy how quickly people seem to forget how rough last gens pull rates were
they will. You see why Tag Team is doing so well now??? People are just starting to realize.
Bad pull rates but for sure worth it as the hits were sooo good. 🎉
I think you have a really good point. I’m actually so glad that Pokémon seems to have been able to self-correct their own market and allows for children and older collectors alike to be able to have an easier financial time acquiring some of their favorite cards. Ever since 2020 and beyond, Pokémon really took off and I think Scarlet and Violet has finally brought the TCG market prices back down to earth. SV and its future sets will definitely weed out the true collectors vs. “investors”, “influencers”, etc. Great video as per usual Opossum!
Exactly, they’re trying to ensure the longevity of the hobby with plenty of product for kids and players, they keep the hobby alive when the investments leave 👍🏽
@@OpossumBud Love this mindset, it’s what drew me to Pokémon in the first place. The hobby was never about money when we collected cards on the playground as kids, we just wanted to collect what we liked. Same holds true now 👍
Though that is true and I applaud Pokemon for increasing supply, the thing is that main sets from here on out will be bigger. SV base only had two JP sets and a few promos, Paldea Evolved has Three sets and a few more promos. So what we saw with SV is more of the exception rather than the norm. TPCi had mitigated the size a bit by making some card promos and if they are playable even more promos which is cool for those alternate art collectors.
And thank god for that because Magic sure as hell won’t any time soon.
In all honestly i think his problem for not liking the set has more to do with the investment aspect with it especially with the scarlet and violet series a booster box is almost certainly guaranteed a special art making the cards more available for everybody. For someone who is more of a collector of trying to complete sets this is a blessing open a couple of booster boxes and buy the rest as singles. I like this new change but i guess he doesnt.
That’s 100% what it is 👍🏽 but sealed product is king and he’s sitting on the boxes whether he likes the set or not
BakeyJakey: i'm not having fun with this set.
Me: Good.
That’s a good sign 😎
Thanks to you, danny, and jluv. You three reignited my passion for Pokemon as I stopped focusing on money and dreading over buyouts. I started focusing on the PTCG and collecting what I like which has helped me a lot. Started to make a Chien Pao and Meowscrada deck really fun to play. Thanks Opossum
I appreciate that man, and glad you got back into the space man for real!!
The last few sets my chase card was a few $. I collect for the art not the value.
The Scarlet and Violet sets have been great for collectors and shitty for scalpers so that’s a win in my book lol. I have fun opening a bunch on release and then buying singles afterwards.
Virginia is always a welcome sight! Toward the ends of the video it really does sound like Jakey is about to cry. The breaks in his voice are a good tell lol
He just doesn’t like the fact he’s not getting money money stonks 😂 Virginia says hi!
@@OpossumBud agreed! Hi virginia 🖐
Wwwaaaaaah
“No chorizord. I’m pissed. Mom, more meatloaf”
100% 😂
LOL I love Paldea evolved, so many hits, so many chases. Sure some cards are harder to pull than others but thats just Pokemon cards in general. I was able to pull 2 Iono SIR's from 7 Bb's and a tyranitar. Didn't pull magikarp but i gotta tell ya, its still fun to open XD
He’s right though. He’s not making the video for the point of getting only the iono expensive cards ect. He’s talking about trying to collect it from the point of view of a master set collector.
If you want to complete a master set of sword and shield darkness ablaze 12 secret rares you could get from 6 booster boxes and finish the whole set.
Chilling reign had 35 secret rare cards which is double that. The pull rates between darkness ablaze and chilling reign were essentially the same but the increase in size of the set and number of secret rares means you need to open twice as many packs as you did the darkness ablaze set in order to complete the set and find the SPECIFIC CARDS that you’re after. He says that in his video.
It’s an incredibly frustrating experience and every collector that I know, will agree with me that opening packs of chilling reign is less enjoyable than opening packs of darkness ablaze when trying to complete the set.
Comparing this to scarlet and violet, 16 secret rares and Paldea evolved having 36 secret rares, and both sets having the same pull rates, it makes complete sense that someone would be frustrated opening the packs with the goal of completing the set in mind. This is the point he is trying to make in his video, and I completely agree with him.
The easiest solution to this problem as a collector is to just avoid opening packs for the larger sets after opening so many and just buy the cards you’re missing. He is giving good advice to stop people from opening the packs of the larger sets when they can just buy all the cards they’re missing much cheaper, this is a very relevant money saving suggestion towards people who don’t otherwise know about the sets size, amount of secret rares and how to collect sets efficiently.
I completely agree with Jake here and I think you’ve been misled into thinking he is complaining about not being able to pull multiple of the same $$$$$$ cards due to his greed and wanting to make money.
Bro I ain’t reading this garbage, I watched the video and he’s complains about the same pull rate that existed in SV and is mad he didn’t pull the best cards. Later dude and sorry you wasted the time writing that
@@OpossumBud I don’t mind if you don’t read it, I didn’t expect someone with a terrible attitude like that to read it or even agree with me. I’ve been in the hobby for over 20 years now and I know the ins and outs, part of a community of over 50’000 people and would rather give any chance I have to say something - to use it to put people on the right direction in this hobby.
@@TheJaminator well you were right to think that 😁 me and my bad attitude will keep making content. Later man and appreciate the feedback
Glad you covered this, this specific TwiceBakedSadness video was the final straw to his recent negativity for me.
Welcome to a market bottom, where the real people stay and the hype boys switch to investing in Kleenex
LMAO you beat me to it virgin
🤷♂ For the people that actually play the game Paldea evolved has been a great set giving us so many tools and new archetypes to play with. The return of N (in Iono) , Scramble energy (in reversal), and super rod was also very much welcomed in my neck of the woods that benefits almost all decks. Loving this set so far. Almost every pack I crack has something useful in it to me!
Oh yeah it’s a players and collectors set 100% 👍🏽 you get it
Wait you can play a game with these cards
I'm a machamp collector. Favorite pokemon next to vileplume. Yup I'm a odd one. Personally I absolutely love that pokemon has mass produced awesome cards in these newest sets for people to pull that they don't have to worry about the set being hard to find and prices being hyped into another umbreon oblivion. im loving my paldea evolved pulls! Keep up the great work man. I felt same when i watched his vod.
You’re one of the genuine ones and I respect that 👍🏽 and yeah it seems like he is one of the people who doesn’t like cool sets I guess… idk
@@OpossumBud Thanks brother 🤙 I got that buying pokemon in the blockbuster video nostalgia 😂😂 glad to see other people just enjoy all the sets and "lower end" cards.
Same but figures! I absolutely love Machamp so Machamp gang 🤣
Victreebell is my favorite Pokémon, I had a weepinbell hanging strawberry planter. I’m right there with you friend.
I cried a little when I heard “ETBs Suck” while looking at a Evolving Skies Etb I’ve kept sealed. Knowing that it possibly only has 2 hits out of 8 packs
She was joking if it helps at all 😂
If you get 2 hits in an evo etb count your blessings bro lol that would be pretty decent
I never knew he drags out the video until you mentioned it haha. Congrats on the Tyranitar and Tinkaton pulls to you and your wife btw! 🔥
Thank you homie 🙏🏽
@@OpossumBud Your welcome my friend!
I got really lucky with my first 9 packs -- I'm still waiting for my ETB but I got the Iono which wasn't really on my list and then eiscue and one of the tinkatink cards. It feels the same as SV base tbh -- if I wanted guaranteed rarity pulls etc then I would just empty my bank account on 1 of the new Japanese Booster boxes, instead of buying significantly cheaper english products occasionally.
also -- if the pull levels were Evolving cries or Chilling pain / Fusion strike level then people would be complaining as well. I think SV is changing that slightly which is great, I love getting the reverses and at least a holo -- it's a good improvement alongside the pull rate.
Juat a last thing -- this is the only way we can still gamble in pokemon after they had to remove the game corners from the video games lmao so yeah not everyone is going to hit that jackpot everytime and I think we forget that sometimes, me included.
Great video Opossum, whole point of the Franchise is to open the packs to find the cards YOU want, and out of 50 Packs you aren't gonna get them all.
I’m glad you made this video man. People like this should never open packs. Just buy the singles you want if you are gonna bitch about it when you don’t pull the number 1 stonker 42069 card of the set. It’s cards, it is basically gambling don’t open the packs if you can’t deal with swings in your personal pull rates.
he contradicted himself in that video, saying the pull rates were the same as scarlet and violet base and then saying the pull rates were worse because his luck was shit
That’s what got me 😐
When pull rates are good "investors" don't like it, when pull rates are bad "investors" praise... I wonder why that is, almost like harder pull rates make a card more expensive 🤔🤔
You’re speaking nothing but facts unfortunately 😐
@@OpossumBud it's dangerous because they try to push a false narrative. When the pull rates are good, people end up buying more product because it just feels better to open a set and TPC makes more money! We can't let this "investors" push this false narrative about a set that is really fun to open and has great art
I'm having a blast with this set lol, I opened up a booster box yesterday with 4 full art trainers in it, 2 of them being special arts!
Most people are and I’m glad you are as well! Thanks homie 🙏🏽
Jake talks like a high school essay trying to hit 2000 words
Twice complain Jake. He been about value needs to pay for that house he bought during the pandemic w his cards.
Lol that does seem to be like what this is 😂 hopefully he’s alright
Good, the guy's finally feeling my pull rate pain😂
😂😂
TwiceBakedJake must have been twice as baked. I opened my booster box earlier this afternoon. 2 Ultra Rares (Noivern & Iono) and 1 Special Illustration Rare (Dendra). Everything else was an Illustration Rare or lower.
Edit: And yes, the right side had bigger hits 😂
Yeah man idk, he got the privilege of opening packs early and getting early access and he’s still whining 🤷🏽♂️ idk
Video opening or it didn't happen.
“Too many spicy dank cards” made me actually lol
First set in 10 years I cant open right now because life things 💸, so Jake can cram it up his a** , just enjoy opening cards for the cards , first world problems am I right 😂. Set looks great to me.
I can feel that, I was finally able to go full in around end of XY and beginning of sun and moon because of life 👍🏽 set is great and glad you’re in!
X y sun moon was good times, Sucks when Collectibles got to be put on the back burner because of life hope everyone enjoys opening I'll be watching, keep up the great content bud
He was a hypebeast youtuber during the hype, honestly surprised hes still uploading. I use to watch him but stopped when he had a video where called a bunch of playable cards that had value above being just bulk junk and realized hes super disconnected
He was and he’s still doing it it’s just disguised as other content now 🤷🏽♂️ appreciate you 🙏🏽
This video was incredible. Paldea Evolved was an incredible set. I opened about 220 booster packs, and hit the Iono twice, the Pokémon SIRs, and the Tyranitar… Can’t believe that man was crying about opening 50 packs, and saying he wasn’t having a good time just because he didn’t his his chase 😭😭😭😭
Glad you liked the set and glad you saw where I was coming from! Thank you 🙏🏽
Oh no, I opened up these random packs with random odds and got random cards!! 😭
No one ever let him play the lottery or go to a casino - man may keel over.
As a collector I just buy the singles that I want so I judge sets based off the CARDS in it and not pull rates. And if I ever open packs I go in with the expectations that it's all random and I'm doing it purely for the fun gambling aspect, not to get my "money's worth" because that's never been the case no matter which set you open. Hard to break even when you get the best hits already
I hate it when people do this its people are just trying to pump up the prices for no reason
Facts, and you ain’t wrong 👍🏽
These new pull rates are really exposing the investors from the true pokemon fans. I personally don't care if the most expensive card in a set is 10 bucks, that just means every collector gets great cards at a great price.
I think that's just normal human behavior, not everyone's a saint. "Oh I opened 50 packs and got 3 AR, best set ever"🙄
Great art on commons, highly playable set. Homie can do better 👍🏽
@@OpossumBud Let's be real, not many people say that in real life.
He does this constantly where if the odds are in his favor he’s like “wow the pull rates are crazy in this set!” But if the rates are bad after like 10 packs he’s like “wow I can’t believe they lowered the pull rates!” 😂
“oooohh you Nawty dawg you!” Lmao fuck…the community needs you, man. Love it.
Appreciate you big G! 😎🙏🏽
Yeah the pull rates are great for players this time because of this. At card party this weekend my self and other players were talking about this set. We love it.
We also watched the pricing of Iono drop each day too. 😂😂😂
Dude it’s been great watching that price fall!! Hope you had fun at card party man!!
@@OpossumBud I had a blast met some great members of the community.
You were missed not just at the pack battle but in general.
Conversation would go like this:
OB: You open packs?
Complainer: I do
OB: Good convo! ✌️
This set is an Awesome set for the players! It has soo many good card playable cards and really helping the format being more Paldea based I wish the "investment" channels would learn to enjoy the game these basics exs that are like 1 dollar are great for playing with Especially Ting lu , Chien Pao , and the starters!
Some one who gets it 👍🏽 you understand!
This for real. I finally don't have to spend 100 dollars to make a deck
@DarDarBinks yeah man u can usually build a pokemon deck for less than 100 ! Especially if u have lots of bulk hell their is a new deck that uses like murkrow and wattriel and it's super cheap
He's mad because he can't be greedy. Hahahaha.
Just some quick math too.
He said opened over 50 packs (so I set 60 packs as a baseline).
Regular EX cards are *usually* 1 in 4 chance (25%).
In Paldea Evolved, there are 16 regular EX cards.
Take that 60 packs divided by 4 (every 4 packs is an EX) and it's 15.
Those 50 packs don't even cover ALL regular EX cards. Even then, it's all chance. Not guaranteed.
Dude wants to be greedy and is mad because the set is too good? Just wow.
BTW, I love the "420 360 no scope" drop. We need some 1v1 Rust with Intervention's to settle these debates. 😄 Great video bro!
My man you said nothing it facts 😎 i appreciate you homie 🙏🏽
Basically, he is simply whining because he didn't get the card he wanted; the fault is with him, not with the set.
That’s 100% what his problem is, and he wants them because they’re expensive. That’s all. Thanks man 🙏🏽
Yea he was a little dramatic with it. I've gotta say tho, I opened a pokémon center etb and 6 sleeved packs, 17 total, and got one art rare. That's it. That's worse than any experience I've had with every sword and shield set.
That’s packs for ya man, it’s random. I get if people don’t like it, but it’s not the sets fault. Evolving skies has ass pull rates and everyone sucks on its toes… appreciate ya man 🙏🏽
That’s packs for ya man, it’s random. I get if people don’t like it, but it’s not the sets fault. Evolving skies has ass pull rates and everyone sucks on its toes… appreciate ya man 🙏🏽
Jake has lost touch with reality. To say Silver Tempest is a better opening experience is a bit of a joke when all you want is one card, the artwork on these first two S&V sets have been fantastic with improved pull rates. My son would not be disappointed opening a box of these, he's not driven by greed.
I’m telling y’all, it’s value man. He just can’t reap as well from this set as others
@@OpossumBud I opened a box of silver tempest and my best hit was a skunktank v. Was the worst box opening I've ever had.
Opened a box of paldea evolved and got a gold super rod, alt wo-chien, tinkaton full art, bellibot full art, forrertress ex with the silver background, 3 character rares and some other standard exs and playable cards. Was the best box opening I've ever had. Can't understand why people are hating on this set
Paldea Evolved is one of my favorite sets to open lately. My chases for the set are the Full Art Falkner, Illustrator Eiscue(second favorite Ice Type after Mamoswine), Secret Illustrator Rare Grusha (I just love the art of him being in a cabin in a snowstorm), Grocery Shopping Fuecoco, and any of the Ghetsis Boss’s Orders. But the investment channels pumping up random cards always makes me laugh cause imo opening and collecting cards should be about having fun not oh this card is worth x amount of money.
That’s awesome to hear man! I like the cards they featured and am way looking forward to the future of Scarlet Violet! Thanks homie!!
Ahh yes Twice baked jake the snake strikes again! 🐍
Ps. Is it just me or does anyone else HATE the way he opens Pokémon packs! I absolutely hate it! 😂
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Glad I quit watching Jake a while ago, it's a shame that he's like this because I genuinely enjoyed his content at times but you're right about him flip-flopping
I'm glad both Dendra cards are cheap, way cooler character than Iono imho and I love the artwork
Tell em how it is, bro. Thank you for calling this out.
Also, the word meandering is the word I've been searching for for years, about the thing that automatically makes me hate youtubers.
Wait you're telling me its hard to pull an extremely rare card?
😂😂
I saw him at Card Party…he was looking down most of the time and walking fast past everyone. He wasn’t sociable at all
Poor guy, hopefully he comes out of his shell
@@OpossumBud lol
@@OpossumBud he’s in his resell hole
He might just be shy around large crowds
Honestly if these investor-influencers don't like a set, that is the one to hold cause their massive followers won't be hoarding sealed product
Facts on facts 👍🏽
Preach king
I will, i use around 1000 dollars in each new set, tho only opened 2 packs, from a booster box in a store, the last to left, got a Noivern EX, and IONO special illustration rare 😆
So i think im done opening it ✊🏻
Just saying, this never happens, never again 😂🇩🇰❤️
I am working a full time job and I don't have time to go crazy buying cards all the time! I'm so glad that pokemon is catering to people like me who don't have a ton of money or time to spend, but still want to get some cool cards for the binder 🤲 I pretty much collect only art rares bc I genuinely love the art. That's what the hobby should be about, the genuine love for it
Lmao I saw that video. I found it Hella goofy
Dude is the king of goofy vids 🤷🏽♂️
I bought my son 3 ETB's and he pulled plenty of great cards. The last box had the Iono Alt Art, which is a beautiful card in person tbh. But he got his chase card, the Skeledirge Full Art, so he was stoked even before pulling Iono. Jake just needs to be happy to be opening packs, enjoy the experience, and be thankful for what he gets. Sometimes you get lots of hits, sometimes you don't. It is what it is 🤷🏽♂️
twice fake jake..... I couldn't continue watching his content. I love these past two sets. Most of the cards I want are cheap! I enjoy getting so many hits in so little boxes. LET ME ENJOY THE CARDS
You’re a smart homie 🙏🏽
> dank 420 MLG noscope cards
Damn, I already want a SET of such cards. Every box must contain Baja Blast MtnDew can and pack of spicy Doritos.
They will drop anyday now 😂
Bruh he should just be honest about it not do this fake shit 😂
That’s my whole point man
bro i used to love to watch jakes videos, but I just cringed the whole time watching jakes paldea evolved video you discussed in your video here. You´re a real one! Keep beeing you and I´m looking forward to more of your stuff, especially the box openings, I just love the little edits you do everytime your wife talks and just the genuine vibe you two bring!
Twice Baked Jake sounded like he was having a mental breakdown
My pull rate has been terrible but out of the 12 packs I opened so far the only two hits I’ve got are great hits lol, I’ve got the ttar illustration rare and gold superior energy retrieval other than those not even a regular ex
That’s what I’m talking about! packs do be packs though 👀
I normally like Jake, but he came across really whiny in this video. I got really unlucky with Crown Zenith, but I still think it's a banging set.
Meanwhile, I got one ETB and a Booster Bundle of SV and I pulled my chase Miraidon SAR. You win some and you lose some.
He’s alright sometimes but I agree, homie is whining over literal booster packs being random 🤷🏽♂️ he wants the expensive cards and that’s it
Wow its almost like gambling when buying booster packs, youre not guarantee a a SAR/AR. Just stick to buying singles imo. But in all seriousness, I absolutely love the set, and the artwork is amazing, not to mention more playable cards.
I know it’s a mind blowing revelation 😂
As soon as I saw him opening two build and battle decks, I knew he wouldn't like it. The odds on those suck.
He…..is…..super…..boring……he might actually be baked out of his mind
I…… agree…….. with……… this
Lmao! I said 60 whole packs before you said the exact same! Amazing commentary across the board. New sub here!
This dude just whining for no reason…too many secret rares?? Did he forget about Evolving Skies? Smfh
One of the best videos I’ve seen in awhile
IF LORD JAKE DOESN'T HAVE FUN NO ONE HAS FUN
Facts lol
no lie i saw the title in that guys video i had the same thought he wanted to have some big cards but i love there are tons of art cards love pulling different cards not just one big chase card
Thank you truly and glad you liked it! Had to do it to him!
I just watched SadBakedJakes videos! Feelsbadman :)
😂😂
Man, as a collector and content creator I am LOVING the new sets. Beautiful artwork and great pull rates mean that I get a chance to add some nice looking cards to my son's binder, my wife's binder, and my personal binder! And during my streams, it's not like opening up a booster box from SWSH where you MIGHT get an alt art, with SV and PAL you're guaranteed at least one SAR. This type of batching is great for collectors who want to have a better chance at pulling nice looking art and the kids who this hobby was invented for.
“Pulls rates are bad!”
*Opens 2 Build and Battle Kits which is 8 random packs*
SMDH dude 😂
Dude I hate this place 😂😂
8am here in my country. Good morning to you sir Opossum.
Good morning homie and thank you for being here 🙏🏽
still don’t understand why people are complaining about pull rates. the less money i have to spend and the more cool ass cards i can get, the better. isn’t that the whole point of collecting? LOL
That’s a collectors mindset, not an investor or flippers mindset
The way he used that knife to open the box is why everything needs warning stickers
He was making me a bit nervous I won’t lie lol
Dang cant imagine having too many cool cards in a set. How dare they make these sets beautiful with more epic arts?!
We opened 3 ETBs, one booster box and 3 booster bundles. We pulled some amazing cards on the channel. I just made a short showing our pulls. We got the Tyranitar and that’s all we care about. This set is great but honestly we’re kinda focused forward on Obsidian 🔥 flames
That’s awesome! Congrats on the pulls and appreciate ya popping in!
I realize this video was three months ago I still enjoyed watching it I have opened up 3 booster boxes and myself was a little disappointed but I also understand that buying packs as a gamble if you want specific singles that's what you need to do is go buy those individually it will save you a lot of money and frustration. Now to the comment that he meanders and repeats himself over and over, I must say that you in fact do the same thing my friend I love your videos and you have great content and I agree with your opinions for the most part but you definitely repeat yourself over and over and over oh, just saying. Thank you for the content in the entertainment though
Appreciate the feedback 🙏🏽
Jake complaining about not pulling an SAR/SIR in fifty packs. I opened like five JPN bbs and two ENG PC ETBs and didn't pull an SAR/SIR. Until I opened a Paldea Evolved BB and got my first one which is Tinkaton ex and I was very excited to pull it because me and Tinkaton have good memories together beating the Elite Four. That's +172 of packs, it felt so damn good to pull it. It's was like finding your favorite Pokemon shiny for the first time and it's shiny was the most badass thing ever. It makes me want to pull more SAR/SIRs even if I got to open +172 packs again. But, I hope it's not a trainer card. I got no hate for them but I just prefer pokemon cards more.
I’m telling you man, he’s mad about the value! You had fun opening the packs and got a great card after a lot of packs but you enjoyed what you pulled. That’s the difference… thank you homie 🙏🏽
I've never understood why getting good pulls is a bad thing. Unless....they are only after monetary value of the card
Idk man… value wise I guess
I just can’t handle how many times he says “P’keomon cards”… 50 times in a 10min video just grinds on me
I've been opening cases of products. On the grand scheme of thing, the pull rate goes to 3.17 pack for a hit, but if you check pull rate for single product, it is just rough. Also, the amount of diferent card for every rarity went up about 50%, so it's harder to get a specific single cards. But we already know that. W/E.
Yeah man just buy singles if you don’t like booster packs 😂
Can confirm, I opened a paldea evolved ETB and 5 sleeved boosters and got 1 SIR and that was it, just how it goes sometimes 🤷🏻♂️
“I’m not making money on my gambling” bruh 😂
Those that weren't collecting in yr 4-6 in school back in the 90s or arent from that era, dont know the struggle of trying to finish a set. Sets these days are way easier to finish then back then and takes the excitement out of trying to get that one card only a hand full of people had.
Personally my hunt is the Farigiraf, Flamigo and Maushold AR's. I'm probably just going to buy them and open here and there for fun. Great call out man
That’s an awesome card btw 👀 best of luck getting it!
I opened an embarrassing number of packs over the weekend because it was my birthday and I didn’t pull any of the Fuecoco line or Saguaro, which are the cards I want the most for my personal collection, but oh well. I pulled a ton of shit that I can trade/sell to get my fire crocs and my Burt Reynolds the trainer card. Doesn’t mean the set sucks. I get annoyed when people can’t appreciate cards if they aren’t high dollar cards. If your collection has to be expensive for you to enjoy it, I honestly don’t understand why you’re in the hobby. Like, do you like Pokémon, or do you just like flexing on people? Man, idk
I’ve opened some sets where I open so much I don’t pull anything. But I still had fun opening it.
I didn't get any of the big pulls from S&V but still had fun collecting the set. This time round I got 2 tyranitars, 2 SIR ionos, 2 full art ionos, and I have no intention of selling (maybe trading with friends though so they can also get full set eventually).
All my art rares had horrible print lines on the card. Besides that set is great .
I can understand that for sure 👍🏽
Also just realized you’re actually sharp 👀 love the Omegle vids man big fan
@@OpossumBud Lmao that’s funny. Been watching your videos for awhile now
Lol One of the best poketubers! I typically like Jakey but yeah i really don't like it when he talks about the vaule and the investment possibilities... but shit man you bring the joy in calling this behavior out and its fucking entertaining
I typically don’t mind him either, this and his full art trainer thing are just really eh to me…. Thank you 🙏🏽
Fucken Twice bake Jake at it with his stuff again 😂 like Nate Diaz said! “I’m not surprised MF!”
Same and that’s a very relevant saying right now 😂
My impopular opinion as a Pokémon card collector; Regular EXs are way worse than regular Vs, which were 'full art' by default, now we're restricted to the same size picture as a regular card and the overall design is simply messy. Holos look way cheaper and have less interest now, even with metallic borders (no pattern on the holo or anything...), and the cherry on the cake are the full art Pokémon cards, which looked WAY better when the outline was white and not the same color the Pokémon is. It helped a lot aesthetically, helped the figure stand out, and Pokémon poses were, for the most part, way more dinamyc in the past SWSH sets. Sorry for the rant lol
PS: Reverse Holos and regular cards look better now though. Just MY opinion.
I mean that’s an argument we can have too…. Pull rates though? Nah 😂
@@OpossumBud I don't know really about pull rates, it seems the TCG is changing and now we'll have more cards at a lower price overall, but I could be wrong. That's in fact a good thing. But as a collector, all I really care is how the cards look. And EXs don't look precisely good. I know I'm not the only one who feels that way but most people seem to be enjoying the sets anyways, so good for them. I might just buy singles from now on, I'm not sure, so I keep collecting SWSH sets. Excuse my english Opossum, I'm from Spain.
So I’ve opened 2 base set and 2 Paldea booster boxes. I got 12 hits out of each one. Either 2 SIR’s or a SIR and a gold were the best hits for each box. It seems that booster boxes have seeded hits. 11-13 like Danny Phantump has said. 12 is what I got for everyone. Other than that, all the other products are completely random. I’ve opened up a decent amount of crown zenith and still haven’t pulled one of the top cards. It’s just luck. I honestly can’t stand how Jake talks. Especially when he says Pokémon cards 😆
Also, the quality control has been terrible for me. Lots of cards have had frayed top edges for me.
Like you said, completely random 👍🏽 I agree but booster boxes or singles if you don’t want random packs 🤷🏽♂️ thanks homie!