DISCLAIMER: My use of the term "Waifu" in this video is only for ease of reference and understanding for the audience only. I do not endorse or condone the negative connotations that underlie the term itself.
From a hobbyist standpoint and not an investor, I think the trainer cards shouldn't be priced so hard to begin with tbh. $100 is where I stop to collect cards because then it starts to really hurt.
Biggest lesson on 'Buy what u like', collected trainer SRs since SM, evening dipping into BW, XY era during 2020/2021. If you collect what u like, there isn't much of a downside considering I bought a lot of my cards at almost 10-20% current market prices. Everyone chasing the next big hype were the ones burned (I did also take some Ls rushing to collect some remaining bigger cards before they became too expensive) but pay what ur comfortable paying, saw a few horror stories of people in Japan taking out loans to buy during the hype, only to lose more than 50% post hype. I think prices now atm are good for collectors, and I am slowly picking up more SM era cards when I can atm.
Great video. I’m a genuine full art Japanese collector and seller on eBay. It’s has been an insane time over the last few years. I’ve still managed to come out ahead by making more gains than loses but definitely made some bad fomo purchases. But I’m now picking up some insane deals which means I’m getting cards I never thought I would own. Cheaper than years ago in some cases.Thanks for the vid and surprised there aren’t many vids on this topic.
@@benson_pokemon thanks! yeah, seems like people just accepted that they crashed but not many people explored it. great to hear you’re able to pick up cheap deals, i feel the same about some other Japanese chases that i’m buying
paying anything over $100 for super rare cards is just stupid, I'm not a collector in waifu cards and can careless but it became an investment more than a hobby to a lot of people that people just stop collecting all together.
i had sun&moon cards worth 50k back then during the hype, now they're worth about 10k - i couldn't sell back then because PSA fucking hold the cards back for years.
I like the female trainer full art cards. I collect them when I pull them but would never be able to afford those crazy prices, but calling a 10-12 yr old girl a Waifu is kinda sus.
@@grandmasterchooda9385 i agree, and to allay any of your concerns as to me being “sus”, i do not really collect these cards at all, i only referred to the term given that it’s the most efficient way for people to understand what i refer to. can you imagine if i had to write “female trainer full art” in my video title? i guess thst’s my angle, but also you’ll see that i put the term in quotation marks and the whole theme of my video was that i never understood why they were worth so much! in my original cut i actually put a full disclaimer that i don’t condone the connotations of the term: i’ll put that as a new comment - thanks thanks for watching
The prices some japanese pokemon cards reached were not normal and was inflated beyond belief. After worlds japan things went downhill very quickly. Thankful they printed way more boxes and fixed some of the outrageous prices for new sets i hope things stay normal for the long haul
@@CatBack94 it’s nice to be able to pick up SARs for cheap now 😅 i do think they’re undervalued based on my personal experience of how hard they are to pull, but guess there is just tons and tons of supply
I still think it’s so disgusting and weird that people call them waifu cards and collect them that way. Most of these so called waifus are minors or look like one. It’s so weird. You won’t see that same hype for many of the female trainers that look like adults let alone male trainers. Cynthia is my favourite character and I thought her cards would be more expensive since I knew that people call female trainer cards “waifu” cards and boost their value into oblivion. I was surprised to get my Cynthia cards for 10-30€. I mean one one hand I’m glad because some of my favourite characters like Giovanni and Ghetsis are cheap as heck bc of it, but it also rubs me the wrong way seeing that the “cuter” and more childish a trainer looks the more popular and expensive they are. So yeah TLDR: Burn creeps. There’s two things I hate in this hobby: Investors and weirdos. So I’m glad both are losing their money right now.
i'm sorry, i wasn't able to cover everyone! but yes, Serena SR from SWSH is an iconic card. I just checked the PSA 10 price and it's like $120 so definitely part of the crash too. It is a very high pop card. Let's see if they make more cards in the future especially with Legends ZA coming out
Why are 90% of these "Waifu" cards literally children. I'm aware that canonically in the games most trainers are kids that we see but I hate the community referring to them as that since I feel like the meaning has changed to "a character I have a crush on" vs its original meaning.
The concept of "Waifu" works probably only for the japanese otaku culture and some other asian countries. And seeing that only the japanese Version reached such a high pricetags ,comparing to their English counterparts, I get the feeling that the japanese otakus are more "patriotic" about their Pokemon "heritage" and more willing to buy "waifus" for that price. Also the "Waifu"-Tags only works as long if there is no further Character development in Anime/Manga. If the Waifu you adore got a BF/Hubby or shows obvious Love Interest in the MC you sure bound to see a whole S-Storm of Ripped/Burned/Trashed Cards on Social Medias.
That theory falls apart when you look at other TCGs with a heavier focus on Waifus like Weiss Schwarz. Every “waifu” card is multiple times more expensive in English than Japanese.
@@RayQ101 not when you factor in the print quality + much better texture quality on the waifu cards, also factoring in the fact that Japanese prints are a lot lower than English especially for SM and back. E.g- compare Ultra Prism Lillie vs SM4+ Lillie, the JP one is more expensive for a reason, bigger wallets are more interested in Japanese than English Full Arts due to the much lower pop and better texture/colour/quality. For SV I think it applies a little less since the texture difference between the two has bridged a little closer.
They are absolutely NOT a stable investment. Infatuation fades. Along with that, I find the fact that there are adults who were willing to pay life-changing amounts of money (tens of thousands) on cards featuring underaged girls extremely disgusting, alarming, and creepy.
Pokemon is a pop culture collectable that will almost never be a good long-term investment. History has shown this over and over again. Collect for fun, invest elsewhere.
Dang. I guess all these evolving skies booster boxes I bought for $88 a box on release that are now selling for $650+ were a bad investment Heck, these Japanese Best of XY booster boxes I bought while stationed in Japan for ¥5400 ($42 at the time) are even worse! They only sell for $2500 a box and I have 3 cases of them. What am I supposed to do? 😭
@@AniBaseMFC I said "long-term". Besides, you got lucky due to a black swan event. That is all. If you were smart, you could have played the crypto market during those same years and would have made way more...you know... opportunity cost. Dang! btw, not promoting crypto as i myself dont see value there...was just another quick example of an irrational market to compare to
DISCLAIMER: My use of the term "Waifu" in this video is only for ease of reference and understanding for the audience only. I do not endorse or condone the negative connotations that underlie the term itself.
From a hobbyist standpoint and not an investor, I think the trainer cards shouldn't be priced so hard to begin with tbh.
$100 is where I stop to collect cards because then it starts to really hurt.
Simp-based economies are doomed to fail
Biggest lesson on 'Buy what u like', collected trainer SRs since SM, evening dipping into BW, XY era during 2020/2021. If you collect what u like, there isn't much of a downside considering I bought a lot of my cards at almost 10-20% current market prices. Everyone chasing the next big hype were the ones burned (I did also take some Ls rushing to collect some remaining bigger cards before they became too expensive) but pay what ur comfortable paying, saw a few horror stories of people in Japan taking out loans to buy during the hype, only to lose more than 50% post hype. I think prices now atm are good for collectors, and I am slowly picking up more SM era cards when I can atm.
@@kmz6066 nice comment. thanks!
Great video. I’m a genuine full art Japanese collector and seller on eBay. It’s has been an insane time over the last few years. I’ve still managed to come out ahead by making more gains than loses but definitely made some bad fomo purchases. But I’m now picking up some insane deals which means I’m getting cards I never thought I would own. Cheaper than years ago in some cases.Thanks for the vid and surprised there aren’t many vids on this topic.
@@benson_pokemon thanks! yeah, seems like people just accepted that they crashed but not many people explored it. great to hear you’re able to pick up cheap deals, i feel the same about some other Japanese chases that i’m buying
I'm still gonna collect some of them. I got a psa 10 Misty's Favor for $200
I saw my raw lusamine jump from 20s to +100 currently at 80. But when will that damn greninja come down
also the fact the JP card store buylists caused a lot of FOMO and chaos leading to a massive crash
agreed! i covered this briefly in the second/third chapter of my video :)
Yea they manipulated the market so hard
Just waiting here for Rosa to finally become affordable
what price are you hoping for? thanks for commenting!
paying anything over $100 for super rare cards is just stupid, I'm not a collector in waifu cards and can careless but it became an investment more than a hobby to a lot of people that people just stop collecting all together.
I use to hate trainer cards but some of them are pretty cool especially some of the XY era
@@leop12768 the XY texture is very nice with trainers
i had sun&moon cards worth 50k back then during the hype, now they're worth about 10k - i couldn't sell back then because PSA fucking hold the cards back for years.
@@madlad847 damn i’m so sorry to hear that!
@@pokemonstatcg sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
7:00 couldn't agree more
@@beepurplepoker6839 thanks
I like the female trainer full art cards. I collect them when I pull them but would never be able to afford those crazy prices, but calling a 10-12 yr old girl a Waifu is kinda sus.
@@grandmasterchooda9385 i agree, and to allay any of your concerns as to me being “sus”, i do not really collect these cards at all, i only referred to the term given that it’s the most efficient way for people to understand what i refer to.
can you imagine if i had to write “female trainer full art” in my video title? i guess thst’s my angle, but also you’ll see that i put the term in quotation marks and the whole theme of my video was that i never understood why they were worth so much!
in my original cut i actually put a full disclaimer that i don’t condone the connotations of the term: i’ll put that as a new comment - thanks
thanks for watching
@@pokemonstatcg naw your cool no worries we all call them waifu cards but not thinking like wait they are kids tho lol
The prices some japanese pokemon cards reached were not normal and was inflated beyond belief. After worlds japan things went downhill very quickly. Thankful they printed way more boxes and fixed some of the outrageous prices for new sets i hope things stay normal for the long haul
@@CatBack94 it’s nice to be able to pick up SARs for cheap now 😅 i do think they’re undervalued based on my personal experience of how hard they are to pull, but guess there is just tons and tons of supply
Bought Lillie ultra prism in a psa 10 for 800 bucks cash 💰 def bought at the bottom that card will def go back up
I still think it’s so disgusting and weird that people call them waifu cards and collect them that way. Most of these so called waifus are minors or look like one. It’s so weird. You won’t see that same hype for many of the female trainers that look like adults let alone male trainers.
Cynthia is my favourite character and I thought her cards would be more expensive since I knew that people call female trainer cards “waifu” cards and boost their value into oblivion. I was surprised to get my Cynthia cards for 10-30€.
I mean one one hand I’m glad because some of my favourite characters like Giovanni and Ghetsis are cheap as heck bc of it, but it also rubs me the wrong way seeing that the “cuter” and more childish a trainer looks the more popular and expensive they are.
So yeah TLDR: Burn creeps. There’s two things I hate in this hobby: Investors and weirdos. So I’m glad both are losing their money right now.
Kids categorized as waifus are definitely creepy.
the high prices during covid boom and the ridiculously low prices now are both a joke. will be somewhere in the middle in a few years.
@@madlad847 thanks for contributing to the conversation 🙏
i only collect the common cards after 100/100 not 100/101 or something, Trainer are cool and all but i wouldn't buy those even if im a collector
Dumped harder than Lillie after too many nanab berries...
nothing on Serena....she's underrated card and a very popular character in Pokemon
i'm sorry, i wasn't able to cover everyone! but yes, Serena SR from SWSH is an iconic card.
I just checked the PSA 10 price and it's like $120 so definitely part of the crash too. It is a very high pop card. Let's see if they make more cards in the future especially with Legends ZA coming out
Buy high, sell low, brother 🙏
@@puudles 😂
Exactly!!!
Bro they are cringe cards 😂😂 they shouldn't be worth anything, I sell or trade my waifu as soon as I pull them..
bro i hope the cynthia kettlen will go down now xD
@@jANMxRin i think it should have come down a lot since 2023! you might want to check :)
great video man
thanks for watching as always bro!
Why are 90% of these "Waifu" cards literally children. I'm aware that canonically in the games most trainers are kids that we see but I hate the community referring to them as that since I feel like the meaning has changed to "a character I have a crush on" vs its original meaning.
The concept of "Waifu" works probably only for the japanese otaku culture and some other asian countries. And seeing that only the japanese Version reached such a high pricetags ,comparing to their English counterparts, I get the feeling that the japanese otakus are more "patriotic" about their Pokemon "heritage" and more willing to buy "waifus" for that price.
Also the "Waifu"-Tags only works as long if there is no further Character development in Anime/Manga. If the Waifu you adore got a BF/Hubby or shows obvious Love Interest in the MC you sure bound to see a whole S-Storm of Ripped/Burned/Trashed Cards on Social Medias.
That theory falls apart when you look at other TCGs with a heavier focus on Waifus like Weiss Schwarz. Every “waifu” card is multiple times more expensive in English than Japanese.
@@RayQ101 Touché
@@RayQ101 not when you factor in the print quality + much better texture quality on the waifu cards, also factoring in the fact that Japanese prints are a lot lower than English especially for SM and back. E.g- compare Ultra Prism Lillie vs SM4+ Lillie, the JP one is more expensive for a reason, bigger wallets are more interested in Japanese than English Full Arts due to the much lower pop and better texture/colour/quality. For SV I think it applies a little less since the texture difference between the two has bridged a little closer.
Not really interested and the school kids don't really care about Trainer cards in general. I stay away from things I don't understand.
@@Teacherguy06 good rationale!
sightseer is pretty.
If the Pokemon community keeps calling children Waifu’s you’re going to have an Epstein moment some day just like the smash community did in 2021
They are absolutely NOT a stable investment. Infatuation fades. Along with that, I find the fact that there are adults who were willing to pay life-changing amounts of money (tens of thousands) on cards featuring underaged girls extremely disgusting, alarming, and creepy.
This hobby is full of questionable people who are evidently not in the right headspace
@@icymiles appreciate your contribution to the conversation!
Pump and dump . Daddy money entrepreneurs . And culture vultures are what fills this community
Pokemon is a pop culture collectable that will almost never be a good long-term investment. History has shown this over and over again. Collect for fun, invest elsewhere.
Dang. I guess all these evolving skies booster boxes I bought for $88 a box on release that are now selling for $650+ were a bad investment
Heck, these Japanese Best of XY booster boxes I bought while stationed in Japan for ¥5400 ($42 at the time) are even worse! They only sell for $2500 a box and I have 3 cases of them. What am I supposed to do? 😭
@@AniBaseMFC 3 Cases of BOXY 🤯 do you have a Pokemon IG account?
@@AniBaseMFC I said "long-term". Besides, you got lucky due to a black swan event. That is all. If you were smart, you could have played the crypto market during those same years and would have made way more...you know... opportunity cost. Dang!
btw, not promoting crypto as i myself dont see value there...was just another quick example of an irrational market to compare to
@@hvr8463BOXY is no black swan event 😂 Japanese boxes from 2017 are becoming pretty scarce already
Hey. What's it like being so completely wrong? I have no idea what that's like and I'd just like to know.