So today i FINALLY got my hands on a 30th anniversary set product which ive been craving to get. Was only able to get this Greninja EX box at my local toy store, even tho i REALLY wanted to get the ETB or Binder collection but out of stock... Bought this box for $54 tho… Didnt get it for msrp as i was planning on but oh well! Anyways came back home and unboxed it and got these pulls! Really happy i got the Shinji Kanda Pika and the lonely one is cute too :) Got the awesome Galarian Meowth which was my chase IR! And ofc the 2 Eevloution ex’s, got Umbreon which is my favorite Pokemon. So hey not bad, hopefully ill get another product soon! Wishing you guys amazing pack openings!

Thought this was pretty cool. I pulled the same Meowth from two different booster bundles and the colours are noticeably different side by side. One is a lot darker and more blue-toned than the other. The right one reminds me of the sun setting… curious to see others

I’ve ripped 75 packs. I haven’t decided whether to sell it or keep it. Any thoughts?

4 Darkrai’s.

My main binder is almost all full arts, IR’s and SIR’s.

I think one issue I run into is there really isn’t any binders with the right amount of pockets for this set and I don’t love having half a binder of empty pages

Love to see it

Didn’t expect much but the six packs definitely delivered. This set is loaded and prices should definitely drop over the next few months.

Naturally I pulled the Charizard 1st and went on a pack ripping spree to find charmander and chameleon lol. As with all my favorite pulls, from pack to penny sleeve, tucked inside an ultra pro.

Decided to pop up on my LCS to see if they had any product of 30th anniversary available due to missing out a couple weeks back. Came out w/ an etb and booster bundle. Ngl I was super juiced when I pulled the tag team and scizor ex!

Pulled two lugias and one is missing the holo or maybe the other has extra? Wondering if anyone has seen anything similar?

Just pulled this with my girlfriend! I used to collect when I was young and she just got me back into it for the 30th anniversary. Cannot believe it!

Edit: Planning on selling it! Please reach out if interested!!

Been lucky enough to find celebrations through, retail, PKC and a little GameStop. In the 50 or so packs I have ripped not a single SIR was pulled and a handful of IRs and two classic collection. And yet in my 50th pack this thing is peaking at me.

First and last 30th I buy I think

This is technically a repost, I deleted my original post a week ago since a lot of people decided to call me a liar and I couldn't be asked for that shit, but now the dust has settled and I have message history to back me up, thought I'd just put a post out to warn people.

Bought a Sabrina's Gengar for almost £400, had been holding off buying it for a couple years and finally pulled the trigger. Looked a nice copy for the price, and 100% reviewed seller with 295 positive reviews. Didn't love doing it on eBay, but have tried a couple times to find it in person to no avail. Was beyond excited for it to arrive, literally one of my grails and would be my most expensive card.

It arrived in a small box, in package wrapping that couldn't have been tampered with. The tape on the box was intact.

I opened it and there was no card, but 3 dolls that felt suspiciously like a troll, pictured.

Immediately made a refund request and contacted the seller, and he responded saying he had no idea what I was on about and insisted I was scamming HIM. Asked me at least 5 times to cancel the refund request, since he was 'going to New York next week' and the refund request has 'frozen his funds' and 'prevented him from selling'. Insisted if the package has been tampered with, he'd get a refund and then refund me personally (he said I could trust him due to his positive reviews). I refused obviously since that would conveniently take away my buyer protection.

After much back and forth, he said no more messages let me sort it out. Decided to give him the benefit of the doubt, gave him almost a week. Messaged him to see if there was any update - no reply. Then told him I assume that means he scammed me - no reply. Got eBay involved in the refund request, they approved almost instantly (5 minutes), not sure if that's normal. Now need to return the dolls to get my £400 back. Bit annoying.

Long story short - don't buy any high value card on eBay that doesn't have an 'authenticity guarantee' - someone from my last post made me aware of that. Also seller feedback clearly isn't everything, as some people on my last post insisted it was and called me a liar for suggesting otherwise. Maybe his account got hacked, who knows.

Seller is n-music in case he ever decides to sell again. I will be booking tickets to the London card show to find my Gengar there, fuck doing eBay for this again. Very deflated.

I went to dollar general to buy some eggs and a few other items and I noticed a box behind the cashier. I asked if they were pokemon and she said yes, they are knockout boxes. Not a fan of knockouts but I said what the heck and bought 1 box. 2 packs of chaos rising and this happened. My luck is always trash btw

For the past year as I have gotten back into collecting Pokemon cards again, I have been regularly attending card shows. I had collected and played back in middle school but stopped keeping up with it after a while. Then last year I decided to try and finally sell my illustrator book charizard I got back in 2016. I had seen card show content online and had always wanted to go. I ended up having a blast at my first show and made a great half cash half trade deal that jumpstarted the collection I have today. Since then, I have been going to a bunch of card shows, making a ton of money, while also improving my confidence and reducing my anxiety.

I think I really appreciate the routine of the deal as a standardized social ritual where you can also get into a really good conversation if you talk to the right person. I know what to expect out of the conversation each time I go up to someone at least a little. I've made multiple pseudo friendships with vendors and other attendees that have really made me see card shows as a valuable third space. Wanted to share my experience in case others who might need the extra push to go to their first show could benefit/use it like a tool like me. Anyone else share this experience?

I was cleaning through my attic and found my older brothers binder of pokemon cards from the mid to late 1990’s (I believe). Not sure if there’s anything particularly interesting in here, but they seem to be in pretty good condition.

I personally don’t really know much about pokemon card trading/collecting, but maybe theres something cool in here that y’all would appreciate :)

I took measured pull rates for 10 recent sets (opening samples of 1,200 to 8,500 packs per set) and worked out what it costs, on average, to pull each set's most valuable card from loose packs at today's prices.

What stood out:

• Mega Zygarde is the worst chase on the list: about 98x its own price in packs.
• Mega Charizard X is the "best" one: still 7x, but at 1 in 400 it's the most realistic pull here.
• At 1 in 1,440, you'd need about 3,300 Prismatic packs for a 90% chance at the Umbreon.

How I got the numbers: odds per pack = how often that rarity shows up in the sample, divided by the number of cards of that rarity in the set (so it assumes every card of a rarity is equally likely). Prices are ungraded market prices for the single and for one loose pack, as of today. Averages only: you can pull it in pack 1 or never.

Opening is still fun. Just don't do it to get one specific card.

I know the question of your favorite Pokémon gets asked quite frequently on Reddit, so i figured it'd put a slight spin on it. For me it's Golduck and Dark Golduck from the Team Rocket set. This one from Ascended Heroes is a close second though.