1/960 pull rate hard to get PSA 10 one of the most popular pokemon great looking and unique with terra/rainbow borders bull market Christmas approaching No new base sets for a while I can keep going...
Ive been complaining about the price of this card for the past week. I don’t understand. And then about an hour ago I pulled it…I’ve never betrayed my beliefs so fast. This card can go to the moon if it wants, I’m here for the ride
@@riszulu I'm curious about the same thing. The tcg pocket has cards that don't really exist and well free to open so I wonder how it will impact the actual physical cards. My guess is much later they will be worth more but might drop for a few years.
I do think there are more complex and interesting artworks to look at on other cards within the set. However, I can appreciate the hype over this card. Not only is it the iconic pikachu, it really taps into the nostalgia effect. I believe by not including any busy artwork to distract from the look of true adoration in pikachu’s eyes the collector can truly remember what it felt like to dream of being a real trainer. Taps into the viewers imagination with pikachu looking at you saying “follow me” or “I choose you too”.
I'm so glad you talked about the pull rates versus the desire of a card because I was wondering as I pulled the Gold Alolan Exeggutor, seeing it's a Hyper Rare and more elusive and harder to pull why it's not even looked at in comparison so thanks for clarifying 👌🏻 Keep up the awesome videos mate 👍🏻
Hi mate, congrats on the growth of the channel. Enjoying your content! Would be great to get your opinion on investing in the Japanese equivalents of all these singles/sealed products that are going through the roof. For example, right now I could get Super Electric Breaker delivered to my door for $85 AUD a box. Also recently purchased Japanese singles such as the Tyranitar AR, 151 AR's, Sleepy Raichu AR, etc for fractions of the prices of English. Why don't more people do this? Discuss!
I’ve opened 3 booster boxes and pulled the regular Pikachu EX, Pikachu EX full art and the Pikachu ultra rare Gold card. Wild luck but that SIR is super elusive
Absolutely insane how the prices keep climbing. It’s also wild that we’re seeing moonbreon numbers in the first week that Surging was released… I still think within a month the bubble will burst but it’s insane how much people are willing to pay for the Pikachu SIR still
Hey Phil. Been watching for a few weeks now and subscribed. Appreciate your advice and also you don't shout at your viewers like there deaf. Like some Poke channels. Cool.
The Pikachu 100% has that “aurora” The card is like Pikachu is looking back at YOU (the trainer) and is getting ready to go into battle. Is your Pikachu! Also is very clean, and is not messy.
I totally understood the attention that the Moonbreon got. It's a really nice looking card. I get why it's priced the way it is. I don't understand the chase for this Pikachu card. It just looks so ugly to me, and I love Pikachu btw.
Is this the beginning of a new modern era, where chase cards are exponential in comparison to the rest of the set? Moonbreon, greninja, now pikachu? Who knows but with the hype of the eevee set coming out it’ll be interesting to see what moonbreon 2.0 does 👀 love the content!
It’s going to be very interesting to watch how this pikachu performs in the next 6 months. I am waiting to get the Latias, Latios and milotic when the prices calm down in the next few months.
I am so happy I pulled that Latias on my third box. It's my fave card in the set and the reason I got into it in the first place. Such a beautiful card, much more beautiful than the Pikachu in my opinion. I also pulled the Exeggutor and Hydreigon SIRs
I think there's too many variables in play right now that are over hyping the set. I don't think it's a weak set but don't think it's that strong either. I believe the new Pokemon TCGP game is getting some people back into it which is driving up surging sparks. It's also the last English set before Christmas. I still got my fingers crossed that booster boxes will drop below $130, but not holding me breath on it either.
I know you mentioned it a little but I would love to see a video on how tcg pocket might impact physical cards. The tcg pocket has cards that don't really exist and well... free to open so I wonder how it will impact the actual physical cards. My guess is much later they will be worth more but might drop for a few years as everything is going virtual. Probably everything really will go down in price until people realize the uniqueness of physical products.
I genuinely think it’s new investors pumping the price like you would a new crypto coin. There’s a Pokemon boom right now so it makes sense that one of the rarest cards in the set with the franchise’s mascot would be pumped this hard. At this point most collectors, at least seasoned ones, would not be buying at this price point, and new collectors would just be scratching their heads. But if you’re a new or excitable investor seeing dollar signs because of how well the Moonbreon did? I can absolutely see that kind of person dropping this amount of money on a card from a brand new set.
I agree, I can almost guarantee that the majority of sales are from flippers just trying to ride the hype and buy at $400-$500 just to koosh for $700 plus. Whenever there’s hype like this you can find a lot of listings that are way over market trying to push up the value more and get whatever they can. I highly doubt this lasts long and I feel bad for any collector that falls into the fomo and buys at these ridiculous prices because they’re probably a newer person to the hobby.
I bought this for £250 during pre release because it thought it had potential to go up a fair bit. I was pretty bullish on this card and even i massively underestimated this 😂. I listed mine for £395 and had people messaging me questioning why i listed it for so much more than other people...
I've pulled the Japanese Pika. No idea how it's tracking cause no one talks about that version 😅. Holding in my collection for the long run regardless.
where do you check these prices? should I wait to buy Zapdos and Charmander from 151 until next year's reprit or buy now because the price might increase further? 😢
I am nervous to try to collect the team rocket set with this bull market right now. Looking to just invest in surging sparks and prismatic, but want to actually open teqm rocket.
Ask random people on the street who Pikachu is, then ask them who's Greninja or Umbreon. What pokemon is recognize by all? I'm not surprise at all why Pika SIR is leading the modern market
I want to know how these people got a card back from PSA in like a week to be able to list those slabs on release. I'm still waiting on cards I sent from the release of Stellar Crown 2 months ago
I still don’t think Pikachu SIR is 1/960. I guess we could assume a relative pull rate of SIRs based on limited data but I’m sure it’s harder to get than most the others. Also, pull rates always go down the longer a set is out. This card will stay expensive especially because it is playable.
I managed to buy a Pika SIR just under a week ago at what now seems like a reasonable price, now not sure whether to hold it or try turn a profit and reinvest in maybe preordering some prismatic evolutions sealed product. Tough decision
The market doesn't care about anyone's opinion on a subjective topic as artwork. We are in a new market cycle and at the start of a bull market. Interest rates are dropping, new leadership in the White House, investor confidence is raising, crypto in bull mode, tech stocks starting to moon, stock market raising, and cash is cheap again. The people with money on the sidelines earning high interest are moving money back into speculative investments, and Surging Sparks came out just at the right time to catch the fire. If there is no announcement of a reprint soon, the holiday season spending will keep demand up, causing prices to stay evaluated. 2025 and 2026 will be crazy to watch as TPCI ramps up the quality sets to keep Timmies chasing the dopamine and hits.
I think it's a terrible mistake to position on sealant. Who will be able to position themselves in 4 years out of 20 series !!!! which will have made X4? There will be so many items in circulation that won't sell. Some will sell, but not even 50%. Which explains, I think, the start of the increase in card prices. Cards will explode in 2025 trying to do X2, 5 days after release, is a sign that the sealer is getting to a bubble that will burst. And collecting Pokemon is fun. But buying X1.5 X2 is too much
The people paying 3k for a PSA 10 are either mad or have too much money. Even the Japanese version is catching some of the hype and has jumped up in price.
Hmm... I have 1 Pikachu sir and of course I do hope that it went up😅, but i do understand that it can went down and up. I just hope that it doesn't went down too much. Hope the stable price be around 350 to 400.😂
I don't think this Pikachu has the staying power. It's not a particularly good artwork other than it being SIR, and there are more and more of those now. It's being carried by runaway hype, and come Christmas when everyone is a week away from Prismatic dropping, it'll suddenly plummet.
It’s the Trump Pikachu Crypto run* supporting our market is undeniable, can we attribute that to the economic/ political situation? Maybe not, but I do. And the way people are split 50/50 on the art, while only the fanatics love it
Yeah because people wanted there money back so they acted like it was the only one they pulled. I've seen multiple streamers pulling 5+ so this cards is way overated. Lol the fact people spent that much on it and could have bought a boster box and pulled it.
I wouldn’t say ugly, but it’s definitely a basic looking card. Looks close to a full art because of all the white. The latias is a much nicer art. The price is way too high in my opinion.
It's not a weak set. The Pikachu card looks great but is over hyped but there are a lot of other beautiful cards in Surging sparks. I assume from your comment and your name, you don't care at all about art works. Only what value numbers it holds
1/960 pull rate
hard to get PSA 10
one of the most popular pokemon
great looking and unique with terra/rainbow borders
bull market
Christmas approaching
No new base sets for a while
I can keep going...
All good points
Yup, you got them all. Also another important factor : expense costs on packs
one more point... the stock market and crypto markets are making people feel rich
Or at least it has affected my decision to spend more on cards lol
So true bro + crypto bull
I think you stopped because you couldn't keep on going...
Ive been complaining about the price of this card for the past week. I don’t understand. And then about an hour ago I pulled it…I’ve never betrayed my beliefs so fast. This card can go to the moon if it wants, I’m here for the ride
it just can't do you know what is coming? prismatic , trainer cards and rocket.
this is like the rainbow pikachu from vivid
history repeats itself watch
Your are speaking greeed.....
You’re underestimating the impact that tcg pocket is having on the hobby
True knowledge
i can see it being good and bad for the irl tcg. Some people probably skipped out on opening real packs because they can do it on their phones now.
@@riszulu I'm curious about the same thing. The tcg pocket has cards that don't really exist and well free to open so I wonder how it will impact the actual physical cards. My guess is much later they will be worth more but might drop for a few years.
This card is breaking crazy records… I’ve never seen this for a modern set.
I do think there are more complex and interesting artworks to look at on other cards within the set. However, I can appreciate the hype over this card. Not only is it the iconic pikachu, it really taps into the nostalgia effect. I believe by not including any busy artwork to distract from the look of true adoration in pikachu’s eyes the collector can truly remember what it felt like to dream of being a real trainer. Taps into the viewers imagination with pikachu looking at you saying “follow me” or “I choose you too”.
I'm so glad you talked about the pull rates versus the desire of a card because I was wondering as I pulled the Gold Alolan Exeggutor, seeing it's a Hyper Rare and more elusive and harder to pull why it's not even looked at in comparison so thanks for clarifying 👌🏻 Keep up the awesome videos mate 👍🏻
That exeggutor is one of the rarest pulls!
Phil did you see the prices for the Magneton pc promo prices??! Insane psa 10 prices!
Hi mate, congrats on the growth of the channel. Enjoying your content!
Would be great to get your opinion on investing in the Japanese equivalents of all these singles/sealed products that are going through the roof. For example, right now I could get Super Electric Breaker delivered to my door for $85 AUD a box. Also recently purchased Japanese singles such as the Tyranitar AR, 151 AR's, Sleepy Raichu AR, etc for fractions of the prices of English.
Why don't more people do this? Discuss!
I’ve opened 3 booster boxes and pulled the regular Pikachu EX, Pikachu EX full art and the Pikachu ultra rare Gold card.
Wild luck but that SIR is super elusive
I got the SIR on my 1st pack.
got it on my 5th pack from a bundle
@@spitfireskater4988 hell yeah!
I traded it for 151 sealed product. 2 UPCs, 2 ETBs, 3 Booster bundles.
I got both the exeguttor and pikachu SIR in the same booster box 😂
I heard there’s rumours about theft in the factory recently, a cousin of mine watched a local card shop open 150 packs and not a single SIR.
I pulled that SIR pika on my 1st pack. Went to a card show and sold it for $525. I bought a bunch of 151 sealed product.
Also pulled the Latias EX and Latios.
Sleeved Singles. No booster boxes or ETBs.
@@Zach-e8i🍪
Absolutely insane how the prices keep climbing. It’s also wild that we’re seeing moonbreon numbers in the first week that Surging was released…
I still think within a month the bubble will burst but it’s insane how much people are willing to pay for the Pikachu SIR still
It’s only a matter of time before the gold Pika takes over 💥
I think the hyper rare is more appealing to me. I could care less about the SIR Pikachu.
Nah. The SIR looks so much better
This Pikachu experience is crazy. I think the Greninja does look better as well. Great take!
Hey Phil. Been watching for a few weeks now and subscribed. Appreciate your advice and also you don't shout at your viewers like there deaf. Like some Poke channels. Cool.
The Pikachu 100% has that “aurora”
The card is like Pikachu is looking back at YOU (the trainer) and is getting ready to go into battle.
Is your Pikachu! Also is very clean, and is not messy.
It’s pretty crazy. I predict the value will drop over the next couple of months.
The concern is 2-3 month it may drop from $1000 to $400-500 😅. The cost of packs are expenses and pull rate sucks are key factors.
If it reach $1k raw price, i doubt it will ever drop to $600. The lowest price it could drop is $700 (again, if it reach $1000).
Thanks for all the videos recently!
I totally understood the attention that the Moonbreon got. It's a really nice looking card. I get why it's priced the way it is.
I don't understand the chase for this Pikachu card. It just looks so ugly to me, and I love Pikachu btw.
Is this the beginning of a new modern era, where chase cards are exponential in comparison to the rest of the set? Moonbreon, greninja, now pikachu? Who knows but with the hype of the eevee set coming out it’ll be interesting to see what moonbreon 2.0 does 👀 love the content!
It’s going to be very interesting to watch how this pikachu performs in the next 6 months.
I am waiting to get the Latias, Latios and milotic when the prices calm down in the next few months.
Same here, waiting seems the best option
Love your videos, thanks man!
Appreciate the support!
My honest opinion on this sudden hype for Surging Sparks? Pokemon Pocket TCG. Pulling everyone in on the nostalgia
Great video❤❤❤
That Pikachu SIR looks awesome! I hope I can find some Surging Sparks at my local stores!
Do you have a listing of your equipment anywhere? I absolutely love your video quality overall.
I am so happy I pulled that Latias on my third box. It's my fave card in the set and the reason I got into it in the first place. Such a beautiful card, much more beautiful than the Pikachu in my opinion. I also pulled the Exeggutor and Hydreigon SIRs
That’s awesome. Hydreigon is my chase but I haven’t pulled it in my 28 or so packs 🥲
@@LoganE Best of luck! I did open a lot of packs (4 boxes) but it was worth it lol
Pov you pulled it in 3 packs..
I think there's too many variables in play right now that are over hyping the set. I don't think it's a weak set but don't think it's that strong either. I believe the new Pokemon TCGP game is getting some people back into it which is driving up surging sparks. It's also the last English set before Christmas. I still got my fingers crossed that booster boxes will drop below $130, but not holding me breath on it either.
I know you mentioned it a little but I would love to see a video on how tcg pocket might impact physical cards. The tcg pocket has cards that don't really exist and well... free to open so I wonder how it will impact the actual physical cards. My guess is much later they will be worth more but might drop for a few years as everything is going virtual. Probably everything really will go down in price until people realize the uniqueness of physical products.
feel like it doesnt make any sense to blindly rip this set just for the pikachu cards, Im aiming for the Milotic/Latias/Skarmory
Honestly I didn't expect it to be like this but I guess it was a wake up call for us to remember that this is the legendary Pikachu lol.
I genuinely think it’s new investors pumping the price like you would a new crypto coin. There’s a Pokemon boom right now so it makes sense that one of the rarest cards in the set with the franchise’s mascot would be pumped this hard. At this point most collectors, at least seasoned ones, would not be buying at this price point, and new collectors would just be scratching their heads. But if you’re a new or excitable investor seeing dollar signs because of how well the Moonbreon did? I can absolutely see that kind of person dropping this amount of money on a card from a brand new set.
I agree, I can almost guarantee that the majority of sales are from flippers just trying to ride the hype and buy at $400-$500 just to koosh for $700 plus. Whenever there’s hype like this you can find a lot of listings that are way over market trying to push up the value more and get whatever they can. I highly doubt this lasts long and I feel bad for any collector that falls into the fomo and buys at these ridiculous prices because they’re probably a newer person to the hobby.
The Magikarp is the best card of the era…. Hands down
Crazy to think this card is worth more than most mint base set holos
I like the Exeggutor ex the best, but I feel so far like that’s only me 😂🥚🥚
SIR that is
It's very underrated, indeed.
Im with you
We can also note that Paldea's destiny pikachu benefits from the popularity of EV8's pikachu. In France, I can see a +15 / +20 euros
I bought this for £250 during pre release because it thought it had potential to go up a fair bit. I was pretty bullish on this card and even i massively underestimated this 😂.
I listed mine for £395 and had people messaging me questioning why i listed it for so much more than other people...
Ive opened 6 packs and hit the Exeggutor so Im happy. Leaving the set until it calms down
I've pulled the Japanese Pika. No idea how it's tracking cause no one talks about that version 😅. Holding in my collection for the long run regardless.
where do you check these prices?
should I wait to buy Zapdos and Charmander from 151 until next year's reprit or buy now because the price might increase further? 😢
Neither the Greninja nor the Pika are my kind of thing for artwork if I’m honest but that’s just personal preference. I can see it’s nice.
I am nervous to try to collect the team rocket set with this bull market right now.
Looking to just invest in surging sparks and prismatic, but want to actually open teqm rocket.
Could you imagine the Pikachu SIR reaching market price of Moonbreon or even Latias Latios Gx Alternative full art? It's really close to that range 😅
That’s what’s took me for surprise!
@@phillips.collectibles I wonder what would be the pricing for a PSA 10 Pikachu SIR at this rate!
Untill prismatic releases surging sparks will go up but, once it hits the market surging sparks will go down. I don't bother with sparky set.
Agreed
Ask random people on the street who Pikachu is, then ask them who's Greninja or Umbreon. What pokemon is recognize by all? I'm not surprise at all why Pika SIR is leading the modern market
My Target had so much Surging Sparks just 2 hours ago. 20 ETB, 3 packs, Singles. This is all fomo.
100%
Here in Aus I’ve never experienced Pokemon TCG products being sold out haha.
I think it’s just in the states where things get crazy
its actually on the decline right now. so really looks like it was a bubble. overhyped card and should only be 100-200$ max
I want to know how these people got a card back from PSA in like a week to be able to list those slabs on release. I'm still waiting on cards I sent from the release of Stellar Crown 2 months ago
PSA is on-site at some card shows where they can grade in one day
They also have fast track services that cost more.
This set is gonna crash so hard 😂, I don’t feel bad for anyone who buys into this at an all time high.
Personally feel like the card is overpriced atm and rose too quickly, but in this crazy market who knows where it will go with FOMO and everything 😅
I still don’t think Pikachu SIR is 1/960. I guess we could assume a relative pull rate of SIRs based on limited data but I’m sure it’s harder to get than most the others. Also, pull rates always go down the longer a set is out. This card will stay expensive especially because it is playable.
As overall playability? It’s kinda mid. Gets wrecked by decks like Regidrago, Dragapult, Terapagos, Palkia, etc
The price will plummet in the next few months. Wait until March- if you want this card
han solo "never tell me the odds"
seems inflated now, yeah. it is a nice card, but that price is a bit crazy.
I dont like the Pika, but maybe the next Eevee-Set gets overlooked in this hype. Its my hope for cheaper Eeveelutions.
I got three SIR in two booster bundles and i pulled the hyper pikachu, latias, and latios
God, wait for the eeveelutions set, things are gonna get crazy 🤪
I managed to buy a Pika SIR just under a week ago at what now seems like a reasonable price, now not sure whether to hold it or try turn a profit and reinvest in maybe preordering some prismatic evolutions sealed product. Tough decision
I’m tryna do my master set but I don’t have a ton of money lol; either I get lucky off of a trade or I just pull. Unlikely, but we’ll see
156 packs
1 SIR
so i need to find 28 boosters to find a SIR
Technically
For me This Pikachu SIR looks better than the twilight Greninja … but still the rates and prices are too crazy
Crazy fomo. I'm contributing 😂
Phillip, can you please tell Pokemon for me to get rid of gold cards and make them platinum. Thank you!
The struggle is real.
The market doesn't care about anyone's opinion on a subjective topic as artwork.
We are in a new market cycle and at the start of a bull market. Interest rates are dropping, new leadership in the White House, investor confidence is raising, crypto in bull mode, tech stocks starting to moon, stock market raising, and cash is cheap again.
The people with money on the sidelines earning high interest are moving money back into speculative investments, and Surging Sparks came out just at the right time to catch the fire.
If there is no announcement of a reprint soon, the holiday season spending will keep demand up, causing prices to stay evaluated. 2025 and 2026 will be crazy to watch as TPCI ramps up the quality sets to keep Timmies chasing the dopamine and hits.
Market manipulation, the set just came out there will be many more to get pulled.
Totally agree with you, don't think the art on this card is that great.
The Greninja to me is a messy card. So much going on.
I didn’t think the art work for it is that good.
Because of TH-cam’s and social media hyping it up.
Lucky me... 1 booster box is what it takes.
What goes up must come down 😂
I wonder if I have a Pika in these PC etbs. Too scared to open.
I think it's a terrible mistake to position on sealant.
Who will be able to position themselves in 4 years out of 20 series !!!! which will have made X4? There will be so many items in circulation that won't sell.
Some will sell, but not even 50%.
Which explains, I think, the start of the increase in card prices.
Cards will explode in 2025
trying to do X2, 5 days after release, is a sign that the sealer is getting to a bubble that will burst.
And collecting Pokemon is fun. But buying X1.5 X2 is too much
That pikachu , love it .
The people paying 3k for a PSA 10 are either mad or have too much money. Even the Japanese version is catching some of the hype and has jumped up in price.
I’m actually so tired of seeing this card. I’m taking a literally any alt art from SwSh over this every time.
It’s a full art with grass. You and me both (except I’d probably go for a Greninja or 20 Durant ex SIR for the infinite chain
Hmm... I have 1 Pikachu sir and of course I do hope that it went up😅, but i do understand that it can went down and up. I just hope that it doesn't went down too much. Hope the stable price be around 350 to 400.😂
How about the Pokemon Center stamped promo card? Magneton 159
I’m happy for the Pikachu hype but honestly there are many cards just as artistic as this one if not betterS. But for the hobby it’s great/
What is even happening right now. Pokemon losing its mind
I have to say, this Pikachu is not that beautiful, Greninja looks much better than it
I prefer greninja
I don't think this Pikachu has the staying power.
It's not a particularly good artwork other than it being SIR, and there are more and more of those now.
It's being carried by runaway hype, and come Christmas when everyone is a week away from Prismatic dropping, it'll suddenly plummet.
The one time you were better off buying it during pre-release.
It'll drop just like the rr did in vivid voltage
Gold Pikachu buyout incoming.
Looking for that Pika!!!
This is the worst chase in the set. Gold Pikachu, Latios and Latias are far superior
Hype Train
Yeah this price makes 0 sense, feels manipulated with a side of fomo
low market high demand ... (also the psa 10 card is the same one, someone buy it and sell it 2 days afters)
1st 👀 pika is so hard to pull btw
Already coming down. Under 500 again
It’s the Trump Pikachu
Crypto run* supporting our market is undeniable, can we attribute that to the economic/ political situation? Maybe not, but I do. And the way people are split 50/50 on the art, while only the fanatics love it
Yeah because people wanted there money back so they acted like it was the only one they pulled. I've seen multiple streamers pulling 5+ so this cards is way overated. Lol the fact people spent that much on it and could have bought a boster box and pulled it.
i’m going to be honest, i think the pikachu chase is ugly 🤢
I wouldn’t say ugly, but it’s definitely a basic looking card. Looks close to a full art because of all the white. The latias is a much nicer art. The price is way too high in my opinion.
If they added like a cityscape behind it, yeah I’d get why. But no, ITS JUST W H I T E
It’s very OK, imo
I’m glad others agree. I don’t understand why this is the chase rn.
Good for you
It's a nice card, but it's not THAT nice.
Pikachu is just too overrated. The other cards of the set are dropping down.
Pikachu is the face of Pokémon. I wouldn’t say pikachu is overrated
TRUMP is making cards great again
In 2 years this card will be 100$
WE REPEATING VIVID VOLTage W THIS ONE 🔈 📢📢🗣️🗣️
Not comparable, vivid voltage has nun to offer surging does
Surging Sparks is crazy overrated, it's a weak set.🙈 Sets gonna drop hard in a few months.📉
Its difficult to apply 2023 market patterns to this new 2024 boom
brother this is not a weak set 💀 nice try
It's not a weak set. The Pikachu card looks great but is over hyped but there are a lot of other beautiful cards in Surging sparks.
I assume from your comment and your name, you don't care at all about art works. Only what value numbers it holds
Someone didn’t get any pulls
I am salty about my pulls too but I’m not delusional lol