The Generations pull rates were higher... but not THIS much higher. Not even close. This is literally one of the most insane Pokemon openings I have ever seen.
That miscut Flareon will fetch a premium that's a substantial hit. You def get more hits than usual with a set like this as there is a sub-set called the radiant collection.
I’ve opened up plenty of Generations and can say, again, it’s a generous set and this is an insane amount of hits. Are they all crazy valuable? No, but they doubled up on the bigger cards (Pikachu, Sylveon, Flareon full art).
@@louisn6202 It still makes no sense? The pack is 50? that pikachu is worth what 35? If you get it graded after all the costs im seeing like 75 if you get a 9? Where is the value even in this "insane" pull
Are you so brokebrained that you must default to value as if that’s the sole decider of if this makes a good or bad number of pulls? Price aside, 20+ EX or better hits out of 36 packs IS pretty insane, irrespective of value. That’s all.
This would have been an overall disappointing video back when these were new. The only meta hit from the whole set was Jolteon EX. You had trouble giving away radiant collection hits. That full art Flareon was about $3 at the time.
One thing pokemon never disappoints is definitely the artwork. This entire set might be complete bulk, but the print status, scarcity of sealed product, and the cards being pretty definitely help, although I still think they're overvalued in the market.
In Japan they released the set as, pokekyun. Every single card is holo with different patterns and completely different texture to it. I have a box opening of it that is private. Western market was changed by a lot and the holos are much different and kept some of the art borders and accents on some of the cards. The charms and accents are on every card in the Japanese set.
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Holy hell man your patron came up huge. Rudy was pulling $20 cards out of packs like it was nothing. Pulled a $60 card from the main set. This was a broken opening. Loved it.
You have reverse slot, rare slot and 2 radiant collection slots in each pack with higher pull rates so you definitely have a higher chance at pulling crazy cards but this really was a good opening aswell, flareon full art and mega Charizard are the 2 best cards in the set, with holo charizard, sylveon full art and pikachu full art up there aswell.
Generations and all holiday sets tend to have better pull rates. In this set you have the rare slot, but also the radiant collection so you have chance to pull double rares.
One of the reasons this set is so expensive now is because the pull rates were nice due to them being either 2 or 4 packs per box depending on what boxes you got. But it has to be the art on the radiant collection they added in that just made this set so nice, plus I think they have one of the best Pikachu cards ever printed, was the whole reason why I bought so many of these boxes back in 2016 just to pull the full art Pikachu. Sensation set.
The graded flareons alone pretty much make up the value for the sealed packs (4 regular ex's and the other art ~$2k) - then the miscut could go bonkers just because collectors lol - Everything else are pluses which is bonkers.
Every time I watch Pokémon cards open I get flashbacks to when my mom burned all my Pokémon cards. They were base set, jungle, fossil, and base set 2. I had a full collection of base set 1. In fair to good condition because I kept all of mine in binder.
That was absolutely insane. generations pull rates are pretty good because it have a subset called the radiant collection. but the pull rate ain't that good you absolutely killed it. That was the best generations opening I've ever seen
Its really a mixture of how hard to grade the cards are, collectibility (artwork, popular pokemon, etc), demand/hype. Prices can get crazy when a psa 10 charizard only has a 100-150 population. Look at the Mega charizard Ex 108/106 for example, still a modern card but fetching a nice price. Even better examples in the NEO series.
The best part is when he casually takes the most expensive card in the set, mega Charizard off the screen because he is extremely excited about the card pulled before😂. Incredible opening😱
As far as the graded cards go it just depends on how many grade at the 9 and 10 level. So if they are fetching higher prices, then that means they must be hard to grade at those levels.!
Even though Generations has alot better pull rates than regular sets I don't see how you cant absolutely love to see it opened. Beautiful cards. PSA 10s of alot of these cards even with the increased pull rate run a couple to a few hundred bucks. Generations doesn't have the best print quality either. Generations is just still very underrated.
Any time you have sets like this where the foiling is mostly silver or clear, the premium on a 10 is going to be batshit because of how easily those cards scratch, even in the pack. That's why a 1st Edition Base Chansey is so expensive as a 10; the entire surface of the holo is basically just the raw foiling with no overlay.
As he opened these I did a little research. Lets just say the 2k spent on this is chump change compared to what the buyer just made in potential value. IT"S INSANE
Do some more research mate :p Unfortunately the printing during this era was abysmal and it's quite hard to get PSA 10s. That's the main reason why 10s are so expensive. Take the full art Flareon for example: roughly $700 for a PSA 10, but only $70-$100 for a PSA 9. The buyer is only making profit on this if he's super lucky and grades a few 10s.
@@shadowwulf7800 You make it sound like the buyer is going to make a lot of money from this opening, which is likely not the case. Potential value doesn't mean anything.
Yes, the pull rates for generations were high. No booster boxes were available for this product. iirc only elite trainer boxes, display boxes with a promo card came with a couple of packs, and 20th year anniversary super collection had theses packs.
@@dadcanibeagirl You might be confused with Evolutions, as Generations and Evolutions came out around the same time. But no, Generations had no booster boxes made.
Man, love to see this set opened. I got back in at the tail end of generations, so its nice to see these cards. If a patron buys Phantom Forces off you, ya gotta do a video!
The energies in this set aren't in any particular order they're just treated as commons and in any of the common slots. The pull rate is higher due to the subset and having more slots for hits. You could still find the mythical boxes these packs came from for $10-20 in 2020.
26 total hits including the 3x RC Charizard's which is worth more then probably 75% of other pulls... But Good God this was an absolutely ridiculously amazing opening! Ryan is over dancing all the way to the bank! Lol so fucking Epic Rudy!? 💪💪💪
Give me a set that has this high percentage hit rates with beautiful amazing card. Plus let alone graded psa 10 has high value. Holy fawk! I almost cried watching this video. Generation is totally underrated and totally the best of it all. Value, pull rate, and beautiful artwork with emotions.
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The Generations pull rates were higher... but not THIS much higher. Not even close. This is literally one of the most insane Pokemon openings I have ever seen.
That miscut Flareon will fetch a premium that's a substantial hit. You def get more hits than usual with a set like this as there is a sub-set called the radiant collection.
Generations was very generous with hits but this is abnormally insane.
It really isn't that crazy man. Getting what he calls a "big hit" is about 1 in every 2 packs
I’ve opened up plenty of Generations and can say, again, it’s a generous set and this is an insane amount of hits. Are they all crazy valuable? No, but they doubled up on the bigger cards (Pikachu, Sylveon, Flareon full art).
@@louisn6202 This is not insane. This is just above average. I think this is key to note
@@louisn6202 It still makes no sense? The pack is 50? that pikachu is worth what 35? If you get it graded after all the costs im seeing like 75 if you get a 9? Where is the value even in this "insane" pull
Are you so brokebrained that you must default to value as if that’s the sole decider of if this makes a good or bad number of pulls? Price aside, 20+ EX or better hits out of 36 packs IS pretty insane, irrespective of value. That’s all.
Putting this RC Charizard aside which is by far more expensive then regular Charizard EX 😆
dang Rudy thank you for sharing this opening today! What a throwback
Generations had a lot of hits because it has a sub set inside it called the "radiant collection".
Ty Sherlock
@@gengarphantom6967 just answering rudys question on why theres so many hits...
@@YouSayBooyah I know, just want to grind your gears. 💋
This would have been an overall disappointing video back when these were new. The only meta hit from the whole set was Jolteon EX. You had trouble giving away radiant collection hits. That full art Flareon was about $3 at the time.
One thing pokemon never disappoints is definitely the artwork. This entire set might be complete bulk, but the print status, scarcity of sealed product, and the cards being pretty definitely help, although I still think they're overvalued in the market.
The artwork is cheap CGI crap...
It's like we live in completely different worlds.
@@Anestos33 Look at the cards on the table at the end of the video.
@@Anestos33 these people just lie to be haters lmao
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😂🤣😂 thinking the same.
Those Sylveon's are $600 each GM10, the full art Flareon EX is ~$1000. Everything else is $15-$20 and some $50 unless I'm missing something.
Rudy opening Pokemon? My day is made 😎
Only reason I watched it 😂
In Japan they released the set as, pokekyun. Every single card is holo with different patterns and completely different texture to it. I have a box opening of it that is private. Western market was changed by a lot and the holos are much different and kept some of the art borders and accents on some of the cards. The charms and accents are on every card in the Japanese set.
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this is literally wild. soooo many hits. you pulled them from assortments it paid off biggg time. what a lucky day.
lol so rudy knows these are worth crazy money for psa but handles them like they are bulk chaff
Dude! Those Charizard holos do not belong in a pile like that, they're the 7th most expensive cards in the set, sleeve em' up!
This!!! I was like “noooooooooooo!!! Wtf!?!?”
Have you ever seen Rudy sleeve a card... ever? didnt think so
He does now
You need to follow up with Brian and see what he sells that miscut flareon for... That card could be worth big money
Holy hell man your patron came up huge. Rudy was pulling $20 cards out of packs like it was nothing. Pulled a $60 card from the main set.
This was a broken opening. Loved it.
First half of the opening I am asking why Rudy is flipping out over meh pulls. The second half, my jaw dropped. Crazy pulls.
Those eevee evolution ex cards are super popular among the fandom. Usually generate a premium against other pokemon lines
This is legit the best generation’s opening probably ever
Absolutely JUICED opening
So refreshing to see someone open a pokemon card pack without shifting the back three to the front. Always disliked that about pack openings.
You have reverse slot, rare slot and 2 radiant collection slots in each pack with higher pull rates so you definitely have a higher chance at pulling crazy cards but this really was a good opening aswell, flareon full art and mega Charizard are the 2 best cards in the set, with holo charizard, sylveon full art and pikachu full art up there aswell.
dam crazy
Generations and all holiday sets tend to have better pull rates. In this set you have the rare slot, but also the radiant collection so you have chance to pull double rares.
That Rapidash at 1:53 is jacked AF.
One of the reasons this set is so expensive now is because the pull rates were nice due to them being either 2 or 4 packs per box depending on what boxes you got.
But it has to be the art on the radiant collection they added in that just made this set so nice, plus I think they have one of the best Pikachu cards ever printed, was the whole reason why I bought so many of these boxes back in 2016 just to pull the full art Pikachu.
Sensation set.
He easily quadrupled his money after grades fees
Its like all those hits wanted to leave the bathroom and get into people´s hands
This is normal for Generations. Such a fun set to open. I can’t believe there was a time where people didn’t want this set. Great video!
Opening this set was so cool.
@ agreed
The graded flareons alone pretty much make up the value for the sealed packs (4 regular ex's and the other art ~$2k) - then the miscut could go bonkers just because collectors lol - Everything else are pluses which is bonkers.
Dear Rudy: sleeve the damn hits
Geez Ryan leave some tacos for the rest of us!
Who else can smell the cards while Rudy’s opening them
wow that title is actually legit.
a wise man once said about the order of the cards in pokemon packs; "three to the front, get rid of the energy(optional)"
3:41 that's a good question. It makes no sense to me either and i continue to think the Pokemon market is a bubble.
I come here for the Rudy + Pokemon TCG.
Every time I watch Pokémon cards open I get flashbacks to when my mom burned all my Pokémon cards. They were base set, jungle, fossil, and base set 2. I had a full collection of base set 1. In fair to good condition because I kept all of mine in binder.
Wow….that was truly amazing…Double Charizard no way
Ohhh, that miscut Flareon is awesome! 😂
That was absolutely insane. generations pull rates are pretty good because it have a subset called the radiant collection. but the pull rate ain't that good you absolutely killed it. That was the best generations opening I've ever seen
This is just how generations was . I had a box where I had 30 ex cards
This was INSANE! I miss opening these packs. The pack opening experience was awesome
And this isn't normal. Absolutely fire!
First time in years that alpha has popped up on my feed and I’m not complaining
Check out the prices of the Japanese version of this set 😅 (Pokekyun Set)
I love how the regular zards didn’t make it up as hits when those are expensive
This was disturbing, what a beautiful opening
It’s the greatest box that ever was! Dammit rage cage “how’d you lose the greatest box that ever was”
Its really a mixture of how hard to grade the cards are, collectibility (artwork, popular pokemon, etc), demand/hype.
Prices can get crazy when a psa 10 charizard only has a 100-150 population.
Look at the Mega charizard Ex 108/106 for example, still a modern card but fetching a nice price.
Even better examples in the NEO series.
What an opening.. You hit all of the best cards. The Sylveon ex, and Pikachus are the best pulls. And you pulled multiples lol
M Charizard actually
That luck will never happen again… silly good pull rate.😮
Yes, Generations had more hits because of the sub-set, but also yes, this was an absurd number of good hits for 36 packs.
I loved opening this set, came out around the time of Pokémon Go and the renewed hype was real
The best part is when he casually takes the most expensive card in the set, mega Charizard off the screen because he is extremely excited about the card pulled before😂. Incredible opening😱
That miscut will go for crazy money
Its higher…..but not this damn high! Rudy gets wrecked picking the wrong stack……
As far as the graded cards go it just depends on how many grade at the 9 and 10 level. So if they are fetching higher prices, then that means they must be hard to grade at those levels.!
Pokemon miss cuts/miss prints are definitely a thing.
Never got to open generations, but that was a really really good opening! Wow!
This is beyond insane what a special opening
I wish I could afford a "looster box" of generations.
Even though Generations has alot better pull rates than regular sets I don't see how you cant absolutely love to see it opened. Beautiful cards. PSA 10s of alot of these cards even with the increased pull rate run a couple to a few hundred bucks. Generations doesn't have the best print quality either. Generations is just still very underrated.
That miscut is huge
Could’ve made a lot more than $2,000 by opening these off camera and grading them 😂
Any time you have sets like this where the foiling is mostly silver or clear, the premium on a 10 is going to be batshit because of how easily those cards scratch, even in the pack.
That's why a 1st Edition Base Chansey is so expensive as a 10; the entire surface of the holo is basically just the raw foiling with no overlay.
As he opened these I did a little research. Lets just say the 2k spent on this is chump change compared to what the buyer just made in potential value. IT"S INSANE
Which cards here are actually valuable?
Do some more research mate :p Unfortunately the printing during this era was abysmal and it's quite hard to get PSA 10s. That's the main reason why 10s are so expensive. Take the full art Flareon for example: roughly $700 for a PSA 10, but only $70-$100 for a PSA 9. The buyer is only making profit on this if he's super lucky and grades a few 10s.
@darkapples8108 guess what I did, it's why I said POTENTIAL VALUE. reading is hard I know.
@@shadowwulf7800 You make it sound like the buyer is going to make a lot of money from this opening, which is likely not the case. Potential value doesn't mean anything.
My son and I opened a ton of Generations when it came out. He still has the pulls!
its like false advertising. like NO ONE IS THIS LUCKY
it's as if these packs were weighted, amazing on this one Rudy
Yes, the pull rates for generations were high. No booster boxes were available for this product. iirc only elite trainer boxes, display boxes with a promo card came with a couple of packs, and 20th year anniversary super collection had theses packs.
generations does have a booster box what.
@@dadcanibeagirl You might be confused with Evolutions, as Generations and Evolutions came out around the same time. But no, Generations had no booster boxes made.
What was the best card pulled? i liked the shiny charzard when he had 2 but I know nothing about pokemon
Man, love to see this set opened. I got back in at the tail end of generations, so its nice to see these cards. If a patron buys Phantom Forces off you, ya gotta do a video!
I remember opening these back in the day. This pull rate is stupidly good.
If that flareon gets a 9 o/c it’s probably ~$300 very solid hit
Damn this is a great opening. Literally pulled so much variety. That radiant Charizard holo should’ve went with other hits tho
Those regular holo zards fetch for about $400 a pop in psa 10 this man cooked with this opening
The energies in this set aren't in any particular order they're just treated as commons and in any of the common slots. The pull rate is higher due to the subset and having more slots for hits. You could still find the mythical boxes these packs came from for $10-20 in 2020.
Yes this set delivers good pull rates but this was one of the best openings I've ever watched!
Rudy crashed the internet Generations style…METAZOOOOO
This dude murdered. Great opening Rudy.
Had to stop to comment after the 5th flareon - wtf!!! What a pack opening!
That was the most fun video I’ve ever watched of yours ever. Generations is the best mid modern set in my opinion
Lol he doesn't put the Charizard in the hit pile 😭😭💀
Awesome cards!!! Going to have to pick up that Flareon 🔥 🔥 🔥
This is reverse tampered with packs - Rudy seeded all these packs with hits 🤣 Ridiculously good opening!
Insanity…. Hardest Shelled Taco EVERRRRRRR!!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
26 total hits including the 3x RC Charizard's which is worth more then probably 75% of other pulls... But Good God this was an absolutely ridiculously amazing opening! Ryan is over dancing all the way to the bank! Lol so fucking Epic Rudy!? 💪💪💪
I literally was just watching Rudy’s bathroom video 😆
Epic opening Rudy!!!!!!! Forget magic, pokemon is king
Thanks, as always, King Rudy! I look forward to each new video that you post!🔥🔥💯
This opening looks absolutely BONKERS!
What did i just watch.. insane
@Rudy, are there any plans on increasing memberships for patreon?
Daym Ryan hit the jackpot 😂
100th view. Also, played MTG over the years. Just started playing pokemon w my kid. Love ya Rudy!
Give me a set that has this high percentage hit rates with beautiful amazing card. Plus let alone graded psa 10 has high value. Holy fawk! I almost cried watching this video. Generation is totally underrated and totally the best of it all. Value, pull rate, and beautiful artwork with emotions.
Insane hits! Much much better than normal. Multiple $1500 cards in psa 10 and so many more that are $300+
so lucky to turn $2,000 into $200 !
Don't even know this set, or Pokémon cards besides the original really, but man .. this was a fun watch.