Scalpers have always been here they were just sitting back waiting for the next new hype sets to come out. It was beautiful seeing cards on the shelf while it lasted 😂
Honestly, a part of me wants Pokemon: Legends Z-A to come out soon so I can focus on shiny hunting here instead of being obsessed with collecting cards that have insane FOMO and prices associated with them. After you purchase the DLCs for the Pokemon games, the only cost is time lol :P
With you on all takes except the sleeper one. I fully believe there will still be under appreciated cards moving forwards that will be looked at through a different lens/perspective eventually. Cards like the 151 Zapdos or Surging Sparks Latios are good examples!
Collecting goal for 2025: finally finish my master set of the Crown Zenith Gallerian Gallery. Still missing 4 cards :( And second goal: dont overspend like I did in 2024 :D
Totally! Scarlet and Violet will go down in history. Which is funny because the video games BLOW to me and that’s usually how I judge and era. But the cards saved it yayyy
I was a little kid back when bass set came out and so i hope some of the classic characters get a trainer card. It would be amazing to see new full variants of Sabrina’s Gengar, Misty’s Gyarados and a big one for people would be Blain’s Charizard although I’d prefer the arcanine
2 years of getting Prismatic Evolutions!? I think that set will go down a surprising amount during the team rocket release, people will be spread way too thin to catch all the restocks.
You had 2 years where most products were easily available stock sitting everywhere probably a year of short supply to demand then it’ll tail off again as print runs increase
@@marko568I don’t know why people feel so confidant claiming this. We know literally nothing about the set as of now. There very well could be dark pokemon. Maybe not, but it’s way to early to make any sort of bold claims about the set
I have to say, i just don't have any desire for Surging Sparks. It has a couple cards that are going to be huge, but the set is also huge, and the current price doesn't justify buying any of the product. $200+ for a booster box and the odds of getting anything worth grading? You are seriously gambling, the set is already notorious for being a HUGE hit or miss, and from all the breaks i've watched on Twitch, no way in hell is it worth it. I'm passing on Surging Sparks for the most part, unless i see a massive deal somewhere down the line.
Dont think its the last year of scarlet and violet, there was allwasy the 3 year cycle because of the main games, but this cycle is broken now, dont think we get an new era before the main game for said era is released.
Must say i hated it sv at first.especially the silver borders,but i went for it and opened a few hundreds packs as each set came out and ive loved it opening them with my daughter.the pull rates have been so much better than swsh
It would not suprise me if Pokemon continued to print this set through the year and into next. if Pokemon is making money off the set they will keep printing it. 151 is still printing and im sure Prismatic will print just as long. Yes of course there are scalpers, but honestly just dont by from them, let them sit on thousands of dollars of product with no buyers.
Actually the hobby did disappear due to Yu-Gi-Oh. I can clearly remember we as kids were giving pkmn cards for Yu-Gi-Oh. If it wasn't for Yu-Gi-Oh,now i d have had probably some millions 😂
@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic Nah as soon as a 'trash' set is revealed a lot of people who were on the bandwagon will dip, not as many as after vivid voltage probably but still
They obviously knew what they were doing by not printing enough of this set. This set is ridiculously huge to even master it so of course they had to have known they needed to print at least 4x more than what the average set.don’t say they didn’t know.
Do you think Pokemon will ever go back to say… 10 years ago when there was pretty much no interest in cards at all and the most expensive card of a set was like $20 lol
I was on the SV is trash bandwagon because SWSH is just so much better than anything we've had looking back, but SV is actually decent aside from SV Base. Even the lower performers like Obsidian Flames have some really great IRs.
i am sad after couple years of hiatus i am back in the worst time and best time ever? i couldn't buy things i want without jack up price, and there's a lot of good card i like wait for me
I’ll be honest I was one of those collectors who thought scarlet and violet was trash until they came out with paldean fates and 151. I was happy to buy the ir magikarp for $50 and the SIR bubble mew for $75 along with collecting all of the IR and SIR from 151 along with all the shinies from paldeam fates. Just wanna say I love your videos, keep up the great work
I’ve spent probably 6500 this year on cards and eBay auctions and the value is around 9-10k.. not too bad.. and once my best cards get graded I’m predicting another 1-2k in value.. but I can’t bring myself to sell of them so is it really worth anything lol
I just want to be able to walk into GameStop and purchase Surging Sparks is that too much to ask
😂 I feel like you just gotta check Target every day.
Yes it is
I go closest Löytötex store in Finland and tadaa. Surging Sparks boosters are 5,50€/booster.
Agreed…I found SS in target a week or two ago but haven’t since.
In Europe we still have them😂
Probably the ONLY thing we have better than you when it comes to pkmn😂
I expect rampant scalping 😂 and low supply if late 2024 has shown me anything.
Scalpers have always been here they were just sitting back waiting for the next new hype sets to come out. It was beautiful seeing cards on the shelf while it lasted 😂
That mewtwo card was selling for $40 a little over a year ago. I MUST HAVE IT AND THE LATIAS EX!
Honestly, a part of me wants Pokemon: Legends Z-A to come out soon so I can focus on shiny hunting here instead of being obsessed with collecting cards that have insane FOMO and prices associated with them. After you purchase the DLCs for the Pokemon games, the only cost is time lol :P
Mega zeraora e😂😂 let s see
I think the hype is mainly driven by 151. Maybe next series they focus on johto and do a 251 set.
I would love a Johto focused set, maybe done similarly to 151
Great insight Jake! I am waiting for a 10 card grading submission from BGS. Manifesting some BLACK LABELS 🏷 😍
With you on all takes except the sleeper one. I fully believe there will still be under appreciated cards moving forwards that will be looked at through a different lens/perspective eventually. Cards like the 151 Zapdos or Surging Sparks Latios are good examples!
i hate the silver borders
I'm glad I was able to to master most of scarlett violet era . Going to be harder to find in a few years
They need to bring back gym heroes in a new modern way. The SIRs would go crazy
next set
Collecting goal for 2025: finally finish my master set of the Crown Zenith Gallerian Gallery. Still missing 4 cards :(
And second goal: dont overspend like I did in 2024 :D
Totally! Scarlet and Violet will go down in history. Which is funny because the video games BLOW to me and that’s usually how I judge and era. But the cards saved it yayyy
disagree, SV is more fun than anything since USUM, really good in a lot of ways
Collection goal -> get anything good at MSRP
I was a little kid back when bass set came out and so i hope some of the classic characters get a trainer card. It would be amazing to see new full variants of Sabrina’s Gengar, Misty’s Gyarados and a big one for people would be Blain’s Charizard although I’d prefer the arcanine
2 years of getting Prismatic Evolutions!? I think that set will go down a surprising amount during the team rocket release, people will be spread way too thin to catch all the restocks.
I just want to be able to buy seal products without being worried for scalpers or aka investors and I know on 2025 that won't happen...
without investors you wouldnt even collect lol
You had 2 years where most products were easily available stock sitting everywhere probably a year of short supply to demand then it’ll tail off again as print runs increase
@@Mattrz34 scalper detected
@@Ripple007 cope brokie 😹
@@Mattrz34the scalpers r the brokies 🤣you lookin for as much profit as u can get out of little cardboard prints, sad life u got
Arceus VStar should be the top chase not the Giratina VStar.
I’m primarily a team rocket collector so I don’t go overboard. I’m so screwed when that new set releases haha
Theres 2 more years of SV. It will be a 4 year cycle. In 2025 we Pokemon Legends ZA. Then in 2026 we will get gen 10 then early 2027 gen 10 card sets.
I always liked sv even when no one did and all the cards I got for super cheap up to temporal forces lol 😂 now everyone wants these cards lol
Cant wait for that Rocket set DARK CHARIZARD Let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It wont say Dark, it’ll say Rocket’s.
@@marko568I don’t know why people feel so confidant claiming this. We know literally nothing about the set as of now. There very well could be dark pokemon. Maybe not, but it’s way to early to make any sort of bold claims about the set
I have to say, i just don't have any desire for Surging Sparks. It has a couple cards that are going to be huge, but the set is also huge, and the current price doesn't justify buying any of the product. $200+ for a booster box and the odds of getting anything worth grading? You are seriously gambling, the set is already notorious for being a HUGE hit or miss, and from all the breaks i've watched on Twitch, no way in hell is it worth it. I'm passing on Surging Sparks for the most part, unless i see a massive deal somewhere down the line.
Dont think its the last year of scarlet and violet, there was allwasy the 3 year cycle because of the main games, but this cycle is broken now, dont think we get an new era before the main game for said era is released.
I can't wait for my prismatic ET pack! I really wish I could have the sylveon card 😭😭 It's my favorite
Must say i hated it sv at first.especially the silver borders,but i went for it and opened a few hundreds packs as each set came out and ive loved it opening them with my daughter.the pull rates have been so much better than swsh
I really want that zamazenta or zacian is so beautiful 😍😍😍
It would not suprise me if Pokemon continued to print this set through the year and into next. if Pokemon is making money off the set they will keep printing it. 151 is still printing and im sure Prismatic will print just as long. Yes of course there are scalpers, but honestly just dont by from them, let them sit on thousands of dollars of product with no buyers.
Honestly, that's one way to fight resellers to print a mass amount of th set. But that ruins the collector aspect. Really don't like them.
When will the hobby die and slow down like it was before 2020? Will that happen anytime soon ??
Investment bros stopped that from happening again.
More fire sets this year like team rocket and next year is 30th anniversary. So maybe after that ?
Maybe after 2030...
People are just too paranoid for pkmn n unboxings bla bla so no way this will disperse sooner than 2030.
Actually the hobby did disappear due to Yu-Gi-Oh.
I can clearly remember we as kids were giving pkmn cards for Yu-Gi-Oh.
If it wasn't for Yu-Gi-Oh,now i d have had probably some millions 😂
@NorbertNahumEvreuklovic Nah as soon as a 'trash' set is revealed a lot of people who were on the bandwagon will dip, not as many as after vivid voltage probably but still
They obviously knew what they were doing by not printing enough of this set. This set is ridiculously huge to even master it so of course they had to have known they needed to print at least 4x more than what the average set.don’t say they didn’t know.
Do you think Pokemon will ever go back to say… 10 years ago when there was pretty much no interest in cards at all and the most expensive card of a set was like $20 lol
Im with pikachu van gogh gonna be seald 380🤑
and now we cant find anything on the shelfs!
I was on the SV is trash bandwagon because SWSH is just so much better than anything we've had looking back, but SV is actually decent aside from SV Base. Even the lower performers like Obsidian Flames have some really great IRs.
lmao SV base is 100x better than any modern base set
Happy new year Jake! Hope you are doing well.
For me I collect for the art and the price tag is just an added flex lol
i am sad after couple years of hiatus i am back in the worst time and best time ever? i couldn't buy things i want without jack up price, and there's a lot of good card i like wait for me
Don’t FOMO easy times will be back again in about a year until then pick up what you want / can a retail
I’ll be honest I was one of those collectors who thought scarlet and violet was trash until they came out with paldean fates and 151. I was happy to buy the ir magikarp for $50 and the SIR bubble mew for $75 along with collecting all of the IR and SIR from 151 along with all the shinies from paldeam fates. Just wanna say I love your videos, keep up the great work
After nuclear ww3 Pokémon cards will become the main currency .
I think hoping Prismatic is as available as Crown Zenith is big copium pill
collectors will be bragadocious
People will get fed up with scalpers and flippers and walk away from the hobby. Maybe lol.
that will never happen that prismatic printed as many like as crown zenith good talk but nah look at surging sparks
Hey I want to start collecting in 25. Can anyone please comment if i should start collecting JP or english cards and the differences between them.
Jp boxes are way cheaper end of the day collect what you like.
@@MartySumo card quality is also better despite the cards being cheaper.
I’ve spent probably 6500 this year on cards and eBay auctions and the value is around 9-10k.. not too bad.. and once my best cards get graded I’m predicting another 1-2k in value.. but I can’t bring myself to sell of them so is it really worth anything lol
And welcome to the haaaaabby
It was a good year for the champion master Exeggutor set. 🎉
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Van Gogh Pika is gonna be up ATH in 2025
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I pulled 2 sirs out 1 booster bundle over Christmas!6 packs!!must admit i love the art in shrouded.didnt when it came out but the art is so unique
JYNX!!!
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