It's interesting looking at this through the lens of a TCG player since I've slowed down as a collector chasing hits. Seeing pulls like Octillery, Galarian Weezing, Metal Saucer, Cinccino , Capture Energy, etc. are great since they're pretty important to building some decks. The gameplay element has made pack opening super fun for me.
Jake, I gotta thank you ! I just started my Pokémon collection this month (as an adult), and your channel really guided me through it ! I'm starting as an adult because as a kid we were too poor to afford Pokémon cards. Your channel perfectly walked me through all the products and prices and helped me find the absolute best value for my money. NO DOUBT best Pokémon channel on TH-cam. I love that your not a hype beast, and very professional. Thanks again Jake!
I like the idea of the video but also I think this is not the greatest aproach for a new collector, not taking even care at the holos, not enjoying the art of the commons... I mean, not everything needs to be about the return of the money in terms of hits and market value. If I have to recommend someone how to collect, Ill say: pick your favourite creatures, then enjoy the art, the cards, then... the rest it's secondary. But of course that's my point of view :).
This isn't supposed to be a complete new collector expierience, we've seen many of these cards/packs opened before. Even when skipping the things you mentioned the video was already half an hour long. Many longtime viewers won't have the retention to sit for longer just to look at holos and commons imo. This series is for those with limited budget to see what they can expect from $100 in good deals with diverse and thrifty products, from there they can make a decision on what to buy (singles/packs/tins/bb/etc)
I agree with you. Problem is Jake is always thinking about the investment and financial returns. It's why he has videos about cards as investment and putting the price next to his "hits". This approach is teaching new comers to think about investments first and foremost which is pretty toxic.
i totally agree i hate it when people disrespect holos, yes they don't really have monetary value but neither do most v cards, not everything in a collection is about how much something is worth. i have binders full of holos and i enjoy looking through those just as much as i love looking at my full arts and v max cards.
that was the first thing that come to my mind when i seen the title If you were planning on opening the seal then you need to sned mooney on a mean of protecting the cards would chew up the value and doing this on a black firday in the states is like using a cheat code on gta lost city
This is a great idea...can't wait for the rest of the series ...this is literally pretty much exactly how I started back collecting a couple years back ....I now have a decent sized collection
I'm actually joining you on this journey, I took out my 2nd ES booster box, pricing it at 110 dollars. I got some amazing pulls, Two gold rares, four Vmax, I got the rainbow rare glaceon VMAX as well as other great stuff. Feels good starting from scratch in a way.
I just started getting back into the hobby and building a channel about my Pokemon card journey. I'm not ready to spend a ton of money on it, yet. This video is SUPER helpful to me as I build my collection and my cannel, so Thank you!
Love this!!! I just got back into Pokémon TCG since Gen 1. As a kid this was too expensive of a hobby. Now as an adult and a father it’s something I can budget for. My son told be he wanted to get into Pokémon TCG a month ago. Since the first pack opening it was so nostalgic. So decided to get into it. RN we are focused on celebration set. Great video and hoping this becomes a series to where I can follow. Keep up the good work Jake!!!
Hey Jake, this is an amazing idea. It gives people who are on a budget a good idea on how to start their collection and it shows off just what kinds of things you can get for really decent prices when starting. Out thanks for the great video! Love you man.
Love this video concept. I think it's refreshing to look at collecting through the eyes of a new collector with a limited budget. Definitely palette cleansing since it can become easy to get desensitized once you start collecting, only looking for the big pulls.
Especially in the spring/summer you should go to garage sales and try to spend part of this budget on lots and undervalued collections you can find there! With how low pull rates are on most sets I’ve become very picky about what I buy sealed, especially if I were a new collector I’d be looking for lots on places like Facebook Marketplace, flea markets, etc.
Im so glad you started this series, following along with you. I bought the japanese 25th anniversary collection box and got some amazing pulls, focusing on brilliant stars and base set for next month, thank you for the inspiration!
tbh spending the $100 on just ripping packs is increadbily silly if you actually want to build a collection. Some sure but the vast amount should be used for picking up singles imo
Yeah I completely agree. I personally learned I only want to buy holos, reverse holos, or Ultra Rare holos sometimes. Buying packs is just a waste of money for me so I just buy singles of my favorites.
Jake on January 1st - 100 dollars and a Hidden Fates tin. Jake on January 2nd - The whole scream series psa 10, 2 Trophy Kangaskhan, and 1 illustrator Pikachu.
Excited for this series of videos Jake. It’s too easy to focus on only the big cards and not appreciate you can build a beautiful collection on a budget.
I really enjoyed watching this. I know it’s about new collectors but it reminded me how fun Pokémon is. Opening them just itself is enjoyable, it’s like being a little kid on Christmas Day with all the presents. Plus you might get money out of it! I love the idea of variety of products, but I also love myself some booster boxes. Great vid
This series is a great idea, definitely will help me out as a collector as I'm on a budget collecting Pokemon cards. I wish I could get that many packs for my money here in Australia.
Great video Jake! A 100.00 budget is a pretty good investment amount; breaking it down to 25.00 per week (4wks/month), and about 3.57 per day. Skipping a cup of coffee/drink a day will easily cover this project. I am going to give this a try and use 120.00/month to cover the 13% sales tax (and/or shipping).
Love the video, it reminds me of my first few pages of my collection as well. And now One Year later I got me a pretty good collection. Can't wait for TWO years of collecting Pokemon cards... ...and beyond.
Great idea. I’m 35 my son is 7 and he got me back into Pokémon tcg. I haven’t collected since I was a poor kid that couldn’t afford anything... prices are too crazy now.
new to collecting in general and decided to get into pokemon cards now that the hype has settled down a little bit. after watching your vids and reading the comments my approach has been to choose some sets I think are cool, buy a box for each to get the thrill of opening packs and then hunt the singles to complete it - has been very fun so far for me
This will be an awesome series, I think it would be cool if you could collaborate with someone where you both do the challenge and see who made the best purchases at the end of the year
Dude thank you so much for doing this. This is exactly what I started doing weeks ago and I've got one super rare so far, nothing special I don't think. I hope 100 bucks a month is enough for a decent collection
That was great Jake!! I think you got some great cards and awesome tins to add to the collection, so for $100 to start a new collection you got a lot and a bunch of different sets to experience cards from!! I think it would be cool maybe one month you you take us shopping online with you buying singles cards for the new collection (collectors cache is great for online vintage cards and more) just a thought, but I’m looking forward to this series!
Not too long ago my mother threw away my pokemon cards while moving stuff from my room to a storage room (she WILL throw away anything in sight thats made of paper/cardboard) and my cards were no exception. I sat on my bed and internally screamed for like 2 minutes after thinking about how much my collection was worth. Now im gonna start an entirely new collection from scratch. Wish me luck.
I love this concept!! Keep it up, and it might be my second favorite series after the community portfolio. You know what would be cool tho? If you busted open all the products, sorted all the packs by set, and opened all the packs of each set in a row. Something about jumping from base SwSh to rebel clash to darkness ablaze back to base SwSh was aggravating my ocd lol great work tho!!
Great video! I like the idea of the series cause i just started collecting again. I would love to see celebrations in here too cause i love the set. Keep up the good work!
Love the video thx for the neat idea with spending just $100. Doesn’t feel like that amount of money would get you much but you really stretched it out grabbing up all the Black Friday tins and promo boxes. Well done!
I wish you set a weekly/fortnightly budget, only because I already love this series and waiting a whole month between videos is going to be painful Haha! Worth it though...
Great series! Please keep it up every month 100$ and then a review of the collection and how it grows would be really great! Looking forward to the next Video! :)
I like the idea here and it’s exciting to see the picks, but ya. Still need to include taxes, shipping, sleeves, binders. All that stuff will take away the budget
I started collecting again the other week and started with a piachu v tin and the surfing/flying piachu celebrations pin box and I pulled a piachu v full art and Umbreon gold star!!!
I just started collecting this was a bit helpful, but it’s not gonna be Black Friday for a few months. Would you ever consider doing the $100 outside of Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Maybe add Penny Sleeves and top loaders into the mix. Thanks again
Literally just started collecting cards around when celebrations was getting a lot of hype, your videos help me so much on which ones to invest in and which ones to collect! Currently going to go for champions path next. I was trying to collect shining fates but lowkey I've noticed it's very saturated right now (charizard population) and I love charizards so I hope I can collect more cards and maybe even get my first graded card this next year!
Please keep us updated with this new collection each month, I will be doing the same as you budget wise so would be good to compare at the end of the year 🙂
Since I'm in the EU, shipping usually elevated the price on singles so I haven't really ordered of of tcg player. I'm sure some local game stores are selling singles as well though so I think I'll be looking into that
Hi Jake! Good video on how to get started. I just got into the hobby after over 20 years with collecting Celebrations. I am struggling with how to manage and showcase/store the collection though and how to navigate trading to complete a collection. It's very different getting into it as an adult vs when we were children on the schoolyard. Can you continue a budget beginner series with showcase, storage, and trading tips as well? Thanks!
Any of these products would be an absolute steal if you found them for that price in Europe. Sadly a single booster pack of evolving skies will likely cost you around 6-7 Euros. that's quite the difference! The other tins I can only dream of for that price 🥲 p.s. how much was the binder? not really part of the 100$ 🤭
Not a brand new collector but my collection is legit vintage. Base, jungle, fossil, rocket and gym. Wanted to return and just pre bought a lost origin box for $102. Hopefully it's an awesome set
Its so funny hearing jake say “new collection” and “budget” with all the 1000s of dollars of Poncho Pikachus in the background 🤣
FR lol
I just love that Jake works towards helping get new people into the hobby. We need more content like this!
@@CameronLeNguyen Yeh it is a very cool concept
Jake you really are the best bro
Fr
It's interesting looking at this through the lens of a TCG player since I've slowed down as a collector chasing hits. Seeing pulls like Octillery, Galarian Weezing, Metal Saucer, Cinccino , Capture Energy, etc. are great since they're pretty important to building some decks. The gameplay element has made pack opening super fun for me.
petition for jake to continue this series. really helpful for new/returning collectors
Everyday I pray to god you bring this series back. It’s what the people need
We beg and we pray and we suffer everyday just like Eminem
Maybe do it with only scarlet and silver (like only 2023 sets)…but yes. Please do it.
A little dramatic lol but I agree!
Jake, I gotta thank you ! I just started my Pokémon collection this month (as an adult), and your channel really guided me through it ! I'm starting as an adult because as a kid we were too poor to afford Pokémon cards. Your channel perfectly walked me through all the products and prices and helped me find the absolute best value for my money. NO DOUBT best Pokémon channel on TH-cam. I love that your not a hype beast, and very professional. Thanks again Jake!
did you continue? i just started yesterday
Same here, I'm just now starting my collection as an adult too
I like the idea of the video but also I think this is not the greatest aproach for a new collector, not taking even care at the holos, not enjoying the art of the commons... I mean, not everything needs to be about the return of the money in terms of hits and market value. If I have to recommend someone how to collect, Ill say: pick your favourite creatures, then enjoy the art, the cards, then... the rest it's secondary. But of course that's my point of view :).
This isn't supposed to be a complete new collector expierience, we've seen many of these cards/packs opened before. Even when skipping the things you mentioned the video was already half an hour long. Many longtime viewers won't have the retention to sit for longer just to look at holos and commons imo. This series is for those with limited budget to see what they can expect from $100 in good deals with diverse and thrifty products, from there they can make a decision on what to buy (singles/packs/tins/bb/etc)
I agree with you. Problem is Jake is always thinking about the investment and financial returns. It's why he has videos about cards as investment and putting the price next to his "hits". This approach is teaching new comers to think about investments first and foremost which is pretty toxic.
i totally agree i hate it when people disrespect holos, yes they don't really have monetary value but neither do most v cards, not everything in a collection is about how much something is worth. i have binders full of holos and i enjoy looking through those just as much as i love looking at my full arts and v max cards.
All about just finding your favorite Pokemon!
This is for people who work but can't spend endlessly so they have a budget. This is actually pretty cool
Should include the taxes and shipping with everything. That’s what limits people on a budget
that is tax in and shipped.
@@kylegray3838 $5 sleeved blister isnt $5 even
It seems like he is buying quite a few things from local game stores in person as well tho, so he might not have to deal with shipping as much
@@ZBatt1 a sleeved blister is usually about $4.18. It’s rounded up to $5 to consider tax and it sounds like he bought most of this at his LGS’
Resellers buying up everything and reselling it at 3 times the price or more is what limits people on a budget.
I think you should have included penny sleeves and top loaders into the budget. Since new collectors don’t really know how to protect their cards.
that was the first thing that come to my mind when i seen the title If you were planning on opening the seal then you need to sned mooney on a mean of protecting the cards would chew up the value and doing this on a black firday in the states is like using a cheat code on gta lost city
Which ones do you recommend? I'm just now starting to collect them
@@Aj-me8mo definitely the regular ultra pro standard card sleeves, but also the kmc perfect fit sleeves for double sleeving
@@domts9698 thanks dude!
@@Aj-me8mo no problem, and just in case you get a real banger you could also get toploaders, for me personally its the ultra pro premium toploaders:)
As a new collector, I get really happy seeing even reverse holos!
This is a great idea...can't wait for the rest of the series ...this is literally pretty much exactly how I started back collecting a couple years back ....I now have a decent sized collection
I think personally it would be awesome if you start with an empty room and show everyone how your collection grows!
It’s nice to see something like this. After years of being away, I’ve recently found myself getting back into collecting
I'm actually joining you on this journey, I took out my 2nd ES booster box, pricing it at 110 dollars. I got some amazing pulls, Two gold rares, four Vmax, I got the rainbow rare glaceon VMAX as well as other great stuff. Feels good starting from scratch in a way.
This is a spectacular idea for a series Jake!!! It’s nice to get the insight from a seasoned collector on the modern card collecting scene🔥🙏
I just started getting back into the hobby and building a channel about my Pokemon card journey. I'm not ready to spend a ton of money on it, yet. This video is SUPER helpful to me as I build my collection and my cannel, so Thank you!
Love this!!! I just got back into Pokémon TCG since Gen 1. As a kid this was too expensive of a hobby. Now as an adult and a father it’s something I can budget for. My son told be he wanted to get into Pokémon TCG a month ago. Since the first pack opening it was so nostalgic. So decided to get into it. RN we are focused on celebration set.
Great video and hoping this becomes a series to where I can follow.
Keep up the good work Jake!!!
This series is fun! I love the role that you’re playing as a “new collector”
Hey Jake, this is an amazing idea. It gives people who are on a budget a good idea on how to start their collection and it shows off just what kinds of things you can get for really decent prices when starting. Out thanks for the great video! Love you man.
I love series like these just because of how realistic and down to earth they are. $100 budget is pretty reasonable, especially younger viewers!
Love this video concept. I think it's refreshing to look at collecting through the eyes of a new collector with a limited budget. Definitely palette cleansing since it can become easy to get desensitized once you start collecting, only looking for the big pulls.
Especially in the spring/summer you should go to garage sales and try to spend part of this budget on lots and undervalued collections you can find there! With how low pull rates are on most sets I’ve become very picky about what I buy sealed, especially if I were a new collector I’d be looking for lots on places like Facebook Marketplace, flea markets, etc.
This is the most refreshing video ive seen from any youtuber in the community
Im so glad you started this series, following along with you. I bought the japanese 25th anniversary collection box and got some amazing pulls, focusing on brilliant stars and base set for next month, thank you for the inspiration!
tbh spending the $100 on just ripping packs is increadbily silly if you actually want to build a collection. Some sure but the vast amount should be used for picking up singles imo
We'll do different things with the $100 every month depending on what deals I can find
Yeah I completely agree. I personally learned I only want to buy holos, reverse holos, or Ultra Rare holos sometimes. Buying packs is just a waste of money for me so I just buy singles of my favorites.
Maybe on older cards and sets but with modern sets you miss out on the thrill of pulling it yourself
I agree. With those 100 dollars, i could have bought countless versions of my favorite Pokemon like Absol, Dragonite, Ttar, etc.
yeah thatd be more entertaining "here are some singles i ordered"
Jake on January 1st - 100 dollars and a Hidden Fates tin.
Jake on January 2nd - The whole scream series psa 10, 2 Trophy Kangaskhan, and 1 illustrator Pikachu.
Excited for this series of videos Jake. It’s too easy to focus on only the big cards and not appreciate you can build a beautiful collection on a budget.
F in chat for those pulls
I really enjoyed watching this. I know it’s about new collectors but it reminded me how fun Pokémon is. Opening them just itself is enjoyable, it’s like being a little kid on Christmas Day with all the presents. Plus you might get money out of it! I love the idea of variety of products, but I also love myself some booster boxes. Great vid
This series is a great idea, definitely will help me out as a collector as I'm on a budget collecting Pokemon cards. I wish I could get that many packs for my money here in Australia.
Great idea! I'm super excited for this series because it will be really fun to keep up with your journey.
This idea looks really fun!
I think I'll try it with $50 :)
Great video Jake! A 100.00 budget is a pretty good investment amount; breaking it down to 25.00 per week (4wks/month), and about 3.57 per day. Skipping a cup of coffee/drink a day will easily cover this project. I am going to give this a try and use 120.00/month to cover the 13% sales tax (and/or shipping).
This is a awesome idea for a series looking forward to the rest of it
Love the video, it reminds me of my first few pages of my collection as well.
And now One Year later I got me a pretty good collection. Can't wait for TWO years of collecting Pokemon cards...
...and beyond.
Those 3 Eeveelution tins would cost about £60 in the UK which is like $80, so twice the price you paid 😱
just started from $100 as well. Bought golden snorlax from CR. Going to moon
Yooo same managed to invested into 5 copies of this card definitely holding till $500+
@@worriedmiltank im down to do the same
Ya gold lax is sexy
Damn I love that card only have the Japanese version
@@worriedmiltank $500+ 😭😂💀
Yeah right lmfao
Great idea. I’m 35 my son is 7 and he got me back into Pokémon tcg. I haven’t collected since I was a poor kid that couldn’t afford anything... prices are too crazy now.
new to collecting in general and decided to get into pokemon cards now that the hype has settled down a little bit. after watching your vids and reading the comments my approach has been to choose some sets I think are cool, buy a box for each to get the thrill of opening packs and then hunt the singles to complete it - has been very fun so far for me
This will be an awesome series, I think it would be cool if you could collaborate with someone where you both do the challenge and see who made the best purchases at the end of the year
Cool video. I would keep some boosters sealed for long term in such a collection.
Dude thank you so much for doing this. This is exactly what I started doing weeks ago and I've got one super rare so far, nothing special I don't think. I hope 100 bucks a month is enough for a decent collection
That was great Jake!! I think you got some great cards and awesome tins to add to the collection, so for $100 to start a new collection you got a lot and a bunch of different sets to experience cards from!! I think it would be cool maybe one month you you take us shopping online with you buying singles cards for the new collection (collectors cache is great for online vintage cards and more) just a thought, but I’m looking forward to this series!
Not too long ago my mother threw away my pokemon cards while moving stuff from my room to a storage room (she WILL throw away anything in sight thats made of paper/cardboard) and my cards were no exception. I sat on my bed and internally screamed for like 2 minutes after thinking about how much my collection was worth. Now im gonna start an entirely new collection from scratch. Wish me luck.
Incroyable! Merci TwiceBaked for this new serie!
I love this concept!! Keep it up, and it might be my second favorite series after the community portfolio. You know what would be cool tho? If you busted open all the products, sorted all the packs by set, and opened all the packs of each set in a row. Something about jumping from base SwSh to rebel clash to darkness ablaze back to base SwSh was aggravating my ocd lol great work tho!!
Evolving skies at 4 bucks now would be a gold mine. Love the video!
The amount of new, good content you come up with is insane! Every new series u start is incredibly entertaining
Love, love, LOVE the concept of this series. Can't wait to see how the collection grows over time!
This is such a fun idea! It also teaches you how to be more smart about spending your money, shopping smart and really thinking about your investment.
If I'm on the budget side of things, I'll usually just pick up a few packs of evolving skies every week.
Great video! I like the idea of the series cause i just started collecting again. I would love to see celebrations in here too cause i love the set. Keep up the good work!
Great video! I really miss your classic mailday videos. I find them really insightful. I hope you will do them regularly again in the future!
Love the video thx for the neat idea with spending just $100. Doesn’t feel like that amount of money would get you much but you really stretched it out grabbing up all the Black Friday tins and promo boxes. Well done!
this is a great idea! spent a lot on celebrations so im probably cutting back a bit and this shows theres still a lot of nice stuff to get on a budget
This looks fun! I will start collecting poke man cards! :>
This is a fun idea. That binder cover looks great.
I love the series cause I’m not that new of a collector but I’m always on a budget!
I wish you set a weekly/fortnightly budget, only because I already love this series and waiting a whole month between videos is going to be painful Haha! Worth it though...
Good idea...if you actually stick with it...
Great series! Please keep it up every month 100$ and then a review of the collection and how it grows would be really great! Looking forward to the next Video! :)
Great idea for a video series, looking forward to see how big the collection gets
4 dollar on a booster is so good, in europ it is double of that
I took on this challenge in
Feb 2021 but soon found it
difficult to deal w scalpers
buying up everything... 😢
New sub, Happy New Year!
I like the idea here and it’s exciting to see the picks, but ya. Still need to include taxes, shipping, sleeves, binders. All that stuff will take away the budget
I started collecting again the other week and started with a piachu v tin and the surfing/flying piachu celebrations pin box and I pulled a piachu v full art and Umbreon gold star!!!
Starting a collection on a Black Friday sale is a decent start.
Wow dude first video and you already got 94.5k subs!! Absolutely popping off my man, welcome to the hobby and good luck 🤞
I'd include some 1997pokemon carddass with a $100.00 budget.
Don’t forget to buy sleeves and hard cases in your budget, remember your a new collector you don’t have any of those yet 😁
This video is awesome. I love the idea and it's really opened my eyes to the possibility of sealed collecting
I just started collecting this was a bit helpful, but it’s not gonna be Black Friday for a few months. Would you ever consider doing the $100 outside of Black Friday or Cyber Monday?
Maybe add Penny Sleeves and top loaders into the mix.
Thanks again
Love the concept Jake! I'm currently doing this with yugioh. A good way to start without going too crazy.
Thanks for sharing Jake Keep those cards coming.
A good tip for beginners is to buy a new sets booster box and hold it. All booster boxes eventually go up and cost around 100$.
I got to learn from you and pace myself. Also, SWEET Hidden Fates binder!
Literally just started collecting cards around when celebrations was getting a lot of hype, your videos help me so much on which ones to invest in and which ones to collect! Currently going to go for champions path next. I was trying to collect shining fates but lowkey I've noticed it's very saturated right now (charizard population) and I love charizards so I hope I can collect more cards and maybe even get my first graded card this next year!
🔥those starters will never get old for me! great pick-up
that eevee tin is 30 dollar in europe
had an insane week and a bad Saturday morning but Jake's intro just put a warm smile on my face. Thank you Jake
Great to welcome another collector to the hobby
Please keep us updated with this new collection each month, I will be doing the same as you budget wise so would be good to compare at the end of the year 🙂
Since I'm in the EU, shipping usually elevated the price on singles so I haven't really ordered of of tcg player. I'm sure some local game stores are selling singles as well though so I think I'll be looking into that
Really enjoy this as someone who is starting!!
Awesome idea for a video. This will make me more financially conscious when going out and looking for products!
As an actual new collector it was buying a booster box and really getting into one set and getting some great pulls that got me hooked.
Love the acting in this video, Jake! Made me laugh a few times.
We need more of these videos!
Hi Jake! Good video on how to get started. I just got into the hobby after over 20 years with collecting Celebrations. I am struggling with how to manage and showcase/store the collection though and how to navigate trading to complete a collection. It's very different getting into it as an adult vs when we were children on the schoolyard. Can you continue a budget beginner series with showcase, storage, and trading tips as well? Thanks!
Lol $100 budget. Gotta read the fine print on that one.
Any of these products would be an absolute steal if you found them for that price in Europe. Sadly a single booster pack of evolving skies will likely cost you around 6-7 Euros. that's quite the difference!
The other tins I can only dream of for that price 🥲
p.s. how much was the binder? not really part of the 100$ 🤭
Watching this, I'm realising that pokemon cards are about double the price here in Norway 😅😭 A single booster pack here is 8$.
Not a brand new collector but my collection is legit vintage. Base, jungle, fossil, rocket and gym. Wanted to return and just pre bought a lost origin box for $102. Hopefully it's an awesome set
Excited for the series Jake. Great idea.
You should do this series again starting now!
I love this idea! I'm going to see if I can match what you are doing to improve my collection!
I have been waiting for a video like this ❤🥰
Great idea for a video! This was a great watch
I really appreciate this video! Please keep the series going.
I like this series, I will join in on this budget friendly journey.
Great idea. Please keep this a monthly video ☺️