The obsidian flames Cleffa art rare has got to be one of the smoothest modern art rares out of the many great ones there are. Chased it for a while, but ended up trading for it 😅 I'm currently working on my thesis, but will be done in a month and will hopefully have some more time to work on my collection and playing the TCG some more! Also props for the quality daily uploads, they're a great part of my morning routine.
Crown zenith is still the most underrated when it comes to $20 or less cards. Everything from Galarian gallery, the pikachu, the legendary dogs, the Deoxys?? Chefs kiss. amazing set
Favourite card under £20 is Poliwhirl IR from 151 - actually my favourite IR from the whole set, so clean. Good thing this year is rediscovering a passion for collecting pokemon cards. Not collected since childhood but completely out the blue it came to mind. I've jumped right in and it's brought so much fun back into life 💪
Good thing that happened this week: I got a kudos from my boss when I was just doing my normal day to day routine at my job, and it made me feel very appreciated.
I would go with the Scizor Art Rare from Obsidian Flame. It may not be a heavy hitter but it's my favorite Pokemon. Like your Milotic story, I fell in love with Scizor after watching him in the anime and tried my hardest to catch one in every main game that I could. The Art Rare just captures how badass it looks and gives finishing move vibes
Underrated cards under $20: 198 Gloom $4.81 // 199 Ninetales $7.77 // GG48 Zacian V $11.93. I feel like they all have huge potential! Great video and insights as always!
Hey Philip I think Blastoise from 151 is still undervalued. That card is just the most stunning simple card I have seen in awhile and being a first ever starter you can't go wrong. Good thing that happened to me this year is probably the fact that my family is stronger than ever and I am so grateful. Cheers
Honestly my favorite card under $20 that I’m so surprised it is still hovering that price range is the SM promo tag team stained glass birds from hidden fates. That card is a banger and I'm so happy to have picked one up even after coming into the hobby so late.
The Ralts and Kirlia from the Scarlet & Violet base set are my favorite cards under $20. Gardevoir is also a favorite of mine and was once under $20. The evolution story of these three Pokémon resonates deeply with my life. In 2022, my wife and I bought a house. In 2023, our baby was born. This year, I secured a job as a nurse practitioner. Although I passed my boards last year, I wasn't actively seeking employment because I wanted to dedicate time to nurturing my baby. On a side note, the Scarlet & Violet era holds a special place in my heart, as it marks the period when I rekindled my passion for collecting Pokémon.
Right now, I like the 151 Wartortle full art at around $18 :) Something good that happened this year was getting a contractor deal on introducing digital math tools to schools :)
My favorite card has to be the Darkrai VSTAR from Crown Zenith (both English and Japanese versions). It's the one that reignited my passion for collecting older generation Pokémon, taking me back to the '90s. The card's backdrop is simply stunning. I wanted to give a special mention to your video titled "How Pokemon Saved My Life." Thank you for sharing your story. Personally, it resonated deeply with me during a tough period in my life. I found solace flipping through my binders and admiring my collection, it was just simpler time. I still have that same binder to this day and now share my story with my 4-year-old daughter. You perfectly captured the essence of card collecting when you said that it’s not about the cards' value or hype. It's about the joy of pulling a card from a booster pack or trading for it and carefully sleeving it into your binder. These are the moments that make card collecting so unique because they represent different phases of our lives. Thank you once again for sharing your journey. Keep up the great work!
Appreciate you taking the time to watch the video and thanks for commenting! I’m happy it resonated with you, card collecting is a special hobby for a lot of us
a great card for under 20$ in Penny from Paldean Fates , with Umbreon on the art , Venusaur & Celebi Tag team promo also a great card for around 15$ for a mint copy
NineTales from Obsidian Flames. I managed to pick up a case of Evolving Skies booster box’s Jan 24 was my largest purchase ever and was very nervous spending this much on pokemon cards, fast track 6months and it’s now doubled in price!!
Best thing that happen to me this year is that I started reliving my childhood and collecting Pokemon cards again with my daughter. It’s been some of the greatest times ripping packs with her. Favorite card under $20 is Karen's Flareon #89. I really enjoy this type of Pokemon content. Many thanks.
Favourite card under $20 would be the Electivire Full Art from Crown Zenith. I think Electivire and Magmortar being friends is great and the way Magmortar is so impressed for his homie is really wholesome. Great card.
Favorite card under $20 is currently Arbok SIR from temporal forces. Nice artwork from a well known Pokemon. Something good that’s happened is my daughter will finish this year with her casting for scoliosis! Keep up the great work!
I like the blastoise ex from 151 FA - I am enjoying my summer painting I go back to teaching third grade soon! I always like to share my hobby with the kiddos! Thanks for filming great vids!
Has to be the Bulbasaur AR (050/049) SVG from the Japanese special set! This year I’ve finally completed the Master set of 151 which helped to get me back into the hobby after a 15 year break.
I’m very new to Pokémon card collecting. Thank you for videos like this they are very helpful. Favorite card under $20 from what I’ve seen is full alt art bulbasaur 166/165. Love the art & bulbasaur! One great thing that has happened to me this year is my daughter (3 1/2 yo) is beginning to develop a love for collecting cards which I’m so excited to share with her!
My favorite card that is under 20 dollars is MMewtwo EX 64/162 due to playing the actual trading card game as a kid with this card. Something good that happened to me this year is becoming a scholar athlete at my college.
Favorite card? I was blown away when I saw how cheap the Hoopa V from the Galarian galary was. Such a beuatiful artwork, oh how they underestimate my precious Crown Zenith. Would love to complete the set one day. Best thing that happened to me this year was when I got back into the hobby and bouhgt the CZ etb. I got back into the hobby after watching some videos and seeing the Giratina GG69 from CZ. And when I opened my very first pack of the etb the exact giratina vstar card that got me back into the hobby popped out. I was actually so happy and now even got a nice glass display cabinet to give it a proper place inside of a one touch case.
The Nidoking IR from 151 is so underrated imo and is such a cool card for under 20 bucks (one of my staples from Red Version). It was the first single I purchased after getting back into the hobby late 2023! Got a new job in April after being laid off mid 2023 and I’m really grateful for that. Feels good to be able to enjoy the hobby a little bit more guilt free!
My favourite card under $20 is 151’s Giovanni's Charisma 204/165 alt art, petting his Persian and holding a pokeball. Love the design and this set in general. Honestly the best thing this year has been bonding more with my daughter through Pokemon, she’s become totally obsessed with it and it’s brought back all the nostalgila from my earlier days and got me back into collecting. Thanks for all you do with your channel and content mate!
I really love the Loudred Full Illustration Rare from Paradox Rift, it's only around $5! Don't have it yet but plan to buy it soon. The best thing that happened to me this year is I started collecting Pokémon Cards again. It was wonderful seeing the video on your story, I have a similar story. Thank you for all the great content, and keep up the good work Phillip!
The favourite card I own for under $20 is Hisuian Samurott v alt art, I love how the orange leaves of the tree really pop against the overall dark colour palette of the card. Something good that has happened this year; instead of just collecting random cards, I finally started collecting cards towards a goal. I am going for a master set of base set 2 and it's coming along nice and slowly. As I want to really enjoy the nostalgia of receiving the cards I've purchased in the post
Thank you for the video! My personal favorite is the Poliwhirl AR from 151, I love this card. It cheers me up having such card and in general I love the hobby and love looking at my collection. Keep it up with the great videos!
My favorite Pokemon card under $20? 1st Edition Base Set Squirtle! You have to get it played but still. Something positive that has happened to me lately? A raise 😅
My favorite Pokemon card under 20 dollars is the Tatsugiri IR from Twilight Masquerade! It has a fun aesthetic that is similar yet different from Paldea Evolved's Magikarp. Something great that has happened to me this year is that I graduated with my Bachelors in Computer Science!
I've just gotten into collecting Pokémon and started with Scarlett and Violet being the most readliy available. My fave cards at the moment under $20 is the Special Illustration Deerling and Sawsbuck from Temporal Forces with the evolution looking back at its 'offspring' is beautiful.
Ok hands down at the moment the gallarian gallery gg10/70… sleeping Mew.. is roughly bouncing around between six and eight dollars raw… way under the $20 value. I absolutely love you. I think the way that he’s depicted in this particular card is absolutely amazing along with the gallon gallery artwork, which is nothing short of stunning. Absolutely my favorite card that has been published by Pokémon in a very long time.. and I can see this card climbing massively upon value one’s crown zenith goes out of stock once and for all
My favourite Pokémon card under 20$ is Pikachu Svp 101. I collect Pokémon cards in the past and i stop it. Now i am a new collector again and i prefer to collect alla the black Star promos.❤️ Keep great job! 🎉
@@phillips.collectibles my favourite black Star promo card is sm210 the 3 legendary birds from hidden fates etb, I think is one of the best promos ever released. Keep this great job brother. Wish you the best ❤️🙏 *Cant wait to make a video to discuss more about all the promos.
My favourite black Star promo card is the trio brirds sm210, I think is the best promo card for the beginning. I cant wait a video to discuss more about promo collection and promo cards no only the high price cards. *Keep going the excellent job, i watching you a lot and you are awesome.( You are the reason i start again collecting and thank you) ❤😊
I've taken a liking to the Armarouge IR from S/V base set. Its a nice looking card for about $6 US. Hasn't happened yet but moving in July to Tennessee for better cost of living for my family and I.
Secret Rare Pikachu from Crown Zenith is crazy undervalued. It's a secret, Pika, yellow boarder, lots of cool Pokemon on the card and gorgeous texture! It's unstoppable.
I just recently got into Pokemon card collecting with my girlfriend. We are about to hit our 1 year anniversary in Japan and after a very rough start in this country things are starting to look up. I definitely think Japan is a great and fun place to start the hobby and I really like the Hitmochan card from the 151 set, as it's one of the few artworks that actually makes my favorite Pokemon look pretty cool. Anyway, Consider myself subscribed! you are one of the best RUclipsrs I've come across and I've learned a lot watching your content. Cheers!
My favorite cheap card has gotta be the Lucario promo from the Crown Zenith ETB's. I bought one as a single and got two more from seperate ETB's later on. Such a cool card and a great promo overall. Also love my Lugia V 138 from Silver Tempest. Rekindling my love for pokemon card collecting has been a great thing that happened to me this year. After losing my younger brother-in-law to suicide a couple of months ago, I found my old card collection (pokemon and yu-gi-oh) and fell for the nostalgic feeling in a chaotic time of my life. Definitely a light in the dark for me! Now I'm mostly focussing on collecting illustration rares, which made me fall in love with pokemon art all over again
Sorry to hear. It's good to hear you've found a passion thats keeping you together. Hope things work out for you. And also, great pick with the Lucario, that's an awesome card!
@@phillips.collectibles Thanks for the kind words! It has also brought me closer together with my other younger brother who has now started collecting as well. Such a great hobby and to be able to share it with someone
The card under $20 I really like is the Paradox Rift Loudred IR #212 art is amazing. As for something good, my twin boys are now 7 and really into pokemon so we started this collecting journey together and we are making some amazing memories, learning about collecting and investing and money. Seeing them grow has been crazy and I think our first big pull together I am going to be sending them off for grading to just capture this moment for me and them.
I love Koraidon from scarlet and violet at number 10 because it was when my 2 kids got involved in pokemon on nintendo so it also holds a special place in my heart and they love collecting the cards now
Great copy of dancing Genesect V can be found around 20..that is my option. For the thing that currently did gave me a lot of joy this year was attending first pokemon convention in my country. It was great to see a lot of people sharing their interests and cards.
The Scizor alt art I love like I just love that card, loads of good stuff has happened in the hobby but yeah probably getting that Scizor has been huge for me in a graded set
I love the same Australian perspective of this hobby. I feel crown zenith is such a good buy, especially as someone with disposable income who is new to it. The alt art works on crown zenith edition look closer to the stuff and high quality oil painting breathtaking stuff especially in 151 and others we are seeing in scarlet and violet. Stuff before crown zenith to me feels way too cartoonish and in a bad way. I do like paldean evolved alt art chi-yu ex and I get why people like evolving skies because of the ray ray. But alt art is the way to go, I feel like I’m collecting small paintings that I can look at and enjoy. The smile on my face when I have a psa 9 and just raw packed ones is so satisfying.
While I feel that there are a ton of potential candidates for cards under $20 and I agree with all of your selections, however my personal favorites are the metagross and especially the tapu koko from paradox rift. Maybe it’s my love of the beach and cards with vibrant colors, but Koko is my favorite for the price it is.
You highlighted some amazing cards! My favourite card at the moment is probably the Poliwhirl IR from 151, it's the card that first caught my eye and got me back into the hobby. One good thing that happened to me is pulling it out of some packs I received for my birthday!
I love the galarian gallery Ditto!! It's cute and silly that he's hard to spot and hanging out with the cows. I know its only worth a couple of dollars but I do think a lot of the gg cards have the most stunning artworks and are underrated...A good thing for this year, my little one started walking so I took her along to her first trading card show!
Any of the base set starters under $25. Even though they are commons they bring back nostalgia for me. Best thing thats happened to me this year is watching channels like this one that helps me make smarter purchasing decisions
A solid card for under 20 is the Drowzee alt art from S&V base set. Beautiful card, something good that’s happened recently is my nephews graduating from Middle School and he came up to me asking how to invest in stocks. Idk why that made me feel good but I guess it was a convergence of seeing him getting older and him wanting to take on more responsibility. Gl to everyone and congrats to whoever wins.
My favorite sub $20 pokemon card might be Mew 183/172, incredibly cute and colorful with a nice variety of other pokemon in the shot too. Although, I actually focus more on collecting trainer cards now, and I think my favorite so far under $20 might be Jessie & James 68/68, I might have found them annoying as a child, but I can't help but love those two silly characters, and meowth, looking back now. Something good that happened to me this year is being able to pull a Magikarp #203, and an Iono #269 from 2 boxes of Paldea evolved back in March, that made me so happy I leaped out of my chair not knowing what to do with my excitement. The 151 set was my introduction back into the pokemon tcg and it was a pretty discouraging welcome back.I had pretty bad luck on the packs inside a Mew 151 UPC and a Snorlax ETB I got as sort of my starting kit, so I was pumped when my luck managed to turn around with the paldea evolved boxes. I'm having so much fun now collecting, talking about it with friends, making some new ones, and discovering all the amazing art from all of the years of pokemon that I missed, so I'm glad I didn't just immediately give up.
My favorite Pokemon card under 20$ is the shiny Rowlet from the Sun and Moon era and something great that happened to me this year so far is I managed to do a one arm pushup.
Hey my favorites cards under 20$ is flareon and vaporeon from brilliant stars. It cost mostly 3$ I think it so underrated, and I'm going forward with my album and clip to release this year I'm happy with that :)
ahh... good thing that happen this year would be discovering your channel!!! It really helps me get into pokemon collecting/investing. Similar to your story, pokemon is something that I really care and know a lot about as a kid growing up. Getting back into it now really brings back all my childhood memories! Appreciate your content and looking forward to every one of your videos!!
Favorite $20 or less right now is either the genesect v alt art from fusion strike, or the centiskorch Vmax gallery card from lost origin. Good year so far, shiny 100% heracross in pokemon go was the luckiest thing easily
Hello! Speaking of IR pull rates, you are partially right. The pull rates you mentioned holds true for some set, but not when it comes to Temporal Forces and the Gastly as the pull rate is 1/285. Cheers.
The Erika's Invitation SIR from 151 is probably my favorite Under-20 card at the moment. The artist is relatively new but I love their work so far, especially on this Erika! A good thing that happened to me this year is I finally have regular treatment for my disability! I'm super excited to lead a -somewhat- normal life. I'm feeling very hopeful and I'm looking to live it in the fullest!
Speaking of Obsidian Flames, Cleffa and Ninetales SIR are also starting to rise in price. I would argue these two are currently still underrated cards. I'm also planning on getting these while they're still relatively cheap.
My favorite card has to be the Charizard VSTAR from the VSTAR Universe pack-plus, it's the first VSTAR card I ever pulled! The best thing happened to me was I started Pokémon card collection which again have been a long term dream/goal sorts of mine. As a new collector who has loved Pokémon since I was a kid, I’m finding my way around the Pokémon TCG world, and being from India where Pokémon cards aren't easily available it's been very tough, but your page has been super helpful. As a huge Charizard fan, and remembering your wise advice that Charizard cards always win, I'm sticking with the Charizard VSTAR from the VSTAR Universe set from SW/SH as my top pick. Thanks a ton for all your guidance!🤩💪
my favorite card is banette gx rainbow rare from celestial storm mainly because it’s my favorite pokemon. And it’s still under 20 right now. This year i was also able to hangout with my friend from middle school again for awhile before he left for fire fighting training.
I agree with you on how special crown zenith is. Honestly just recently I’d have a larger pool of cards to choose from that were my favorite under $20 a month ago. Now that everything in crown has increased, that is tough. I will say my 2 favorite cards in crown under 20 are the deoxys vstar or the darkrai vstar. Both are rediculously beautiful. Man once crown is not in stores, it will explode. One cool thing that happened to me this year was when I pulled a gold iron leaves and an iron boulder SIR from one temporal forces booster box. This has been a rough year but I am just trying to get through it.
My Favorite card under $20 is the Cleffa from Obsidian Flames. One great thing thats happened to me this year is that I finally graduated from university doing Chemistry Engineering.
I have absolutely always loved Poliwhirl! and every print is below 20$ all combined. I absolutely love poliwhirl and it will always have a special place in my heart! love the videos!
I think the Mimikyu Pokemon Center promo is majorly slept on. It’s easily one of the cheapest PC promos currently on the market! And the good thing that happened to me this year was getting back into Pokemon after a 10+ year hiatus. I was a kid when base came out so of course I had a huge WOTC collection but took a break on collecting until around Call of Legends, collected for a year, and then had to go to college and sell most of my entire collection to make ends meet. A month or two ago I found a box that had the very few remaining cards I had left including some base/fossil/jungle holos and a few cool Call of Legends cards. Now just a couple of months later I’m well on my way to a cool modern collection with a few vintage pieces sprinkled in. Stoked to be back in the hobby, and I guess third times the charm ⚡️
My favourite card that is AROUND $20 (sometimes above, sometimes below) is the Raikou V GG41. Absolutely gorgeous, way undervalued in my opinion, and the best artwork of Raikou on any card! I hope to afford one any day now.
Riolu #91 from Pokemon Platinum. As a kid I always asked for Pokemon cards but since they were so expensive my father bought a pack and I could only pull 1 card per day. He spread out the cards with the back facing up so I couldnt see which card I would pull. We did this for like 4 years. My first ever card was this Riolu and its definitely under 20 bucks. I still have this same exact copy to this day :)
I would have to say that my favorite card under $20 right now would be the Mimikyu V Trainer Gallery card from Brilliant Stars. It's a cool perspective artwork that is very popular and I think will be on the rise soon. One great thing that has happened to me is that I am planning a dream wedding with my best friend and partner in crime. We are a little worried about the financials but seeing her so happy and excited to be with me for the rest of my life just makes my life worth it and makes we want to work harder. Love the content bro, keep it up!
The gastly such a great card. I bought it when i seen it. The art is so funny. A good thing that happened this year was helping one of my wrestlers get third at states this year. Amazing experience to see all the hard work from him shine on the brightest stage.
Just started collecting with my son so our only exposure really is 151 but all of the illustration rares are great. Favorite we have so far under $20 is Poliwhirl. Next favorite is Lapras vmax from sword and shield because it was my sons first trade.
My favorite is rayquaza vmax from silver tempest. Just got back to the hobby and decided to buy a couple of pack of silver tempest and got that card! forgot how much dopamine you get from opening packs ang getting your favorite pokemon
The obsidian flames Cleffa art rare has got to be one of the smoothest modern art rares out of the many great ones there are. Chased it for a while, but ended up trading for it 😅
I'm currently working on my thesis, but will be done in a month and will hopefully have some more time to work on my collection and playing the TCG some more!
Also props for the quality daily uploads, they're a great part of my morning routine.
Thanks for that hopefully you pull it soon! And yeah at the moment we’re trying!
Great card! And awesome work with your Thesis, you’ve got this!
Crown zenith is still the most underrated when it comes to $20 or less cards. Everything from Galarian gallery, the pikachu, the legendary dogs, the Deoxys?? Chefs kiss. amazing set
Greatest set of all time. Can’t believe we can still pick it up so cheap
100% agreed I have no idea how packs are still available.
Completely agree. I think anything from GG under $20 could be listed here.
I collected the whole set over the last year and a half and I love it so much
I'm on a journey to get a master set of Galarian Gallery. Almost half way.
Favourite card under £20 is Poliwhirl IR from 151 - actually my favourite IR from the whole set, so clean. Good thing this year is rediscovering a passion for collecting pokemon cards. Not collected since childhood but completely out the blue it came to mind. I've jumped right in and it's brought so much fun back into life 💪
How awesome is that. Great to hear!
You and me both buddy! It’s so good to see so many people like us rejoining this hobby! So much has changed it’s crazy…
@loganhaid168 100% it's a same but different kind of nostalgia
Good thing that happened this week: I got a kudos from my boss when I was just doing my normal day to day routine at my job, and it made me feel very appreciated.
I would go with the Scizor Art Rare from Obsidian Flame. It may not be a heavy hitter but it's my favorite Pokemon. Like your Milotic story, I fell in love with Scizor after watching him in the anime and tried my hardest to catch one in every main game that I could. The Art Rare just captures how badass it looks and gives finishing move vibes
That’s great to hear. You would have probably been stuck with getting Scizor in early games like I was with Milotic 😂….metal coat trade
Underrated cards under $20: 198 Gloom $4.81 // 199 Ninetales $7.77 // GG48 Zacian V $11.93. I feel like they all have huge potential! Great video and insights as always!
What about gardevoir tg in silver tempest - about 5 bucks
I picked up a psa 10 yveltal and it really surprised me in hand. It’s gorgeous.
Stunning card
This channel is better than Pokerev and Leonhart
Haha I appreciate the kind words brother!! Got some work to do!
Hey Philip I think Blastoise from 151 is still undervalued. That card is just the most stunning simple card I have seen in awhile and being a first ever starter you can't go wrong. Good thing that happened to me this year is probably the fact that my family is stronger than ever and I am so grateful. Cheers
Hey Noelle! That’s great to hear awesome to hear things are strong for you
Fav card under £20 gotta be darkrai alt art from crown zenith, so clean!
Now that’s a good pick!
Such a sick card, it actually looks like a painting!
Honestly my favorite card under $20 that I’m so surprised it is still hovering that price range is the SM promo tag team stained glass birds from hidden fates. That card is a banger and I'm so happy to have picked one up even after coming into the hobby so late.
That’s such a sick promo! That’s also my best friends favourite card.
I sniped a sealed copy for $14 and it’s about to be back from grading
I agree. For under $20 I like the Pokemon center stamped cards that are under $20. 🎉
Me too. I love all Pokemon Center promos tbh.
The Ralts and Kirlia from the Scarlet & Violet base set are my favorite cards under $20. Gardevoir is also a favorite of mine and was once under $20. The evolution story of these three Pokémon resonates deeply with my life. In 2022, my wife and I bought a house. In 2023, our baby was born. This year, I secured a job as a nurse practitioner. Although I passed my boards last year, I wasn't actively seeking employment because I wanted to dedicate time to nurturing my baby. On a side note, the Scarlet & Violet era holds a special place in my heart, as it marks the period when I rekindled my passion for collecting Pokémon.
So cool man! Yeah this era would now be memorable for you. That’s great!
No shouting. No fake hyping. Just pure straight talk. Subscribed
Appreciate that! I never vibed with that style either.
Just started collecting and the Bulbasaur AR from 151 is my favourite card for under $20. The art style and synergy with the forest is amazing.
Right now, I like the 151 Wartortle full art at around $18 :)
Something good that happened this year was getting a contractor deal on introducing digital math tools to schools :)
Love to hear it!
Just picked up a psa 9 for 20
My favorite card has to be the Darkrai VSTAR from Crown Zenith (both English and Japanese versions). It's the one that reignited my passion for collecting older generation Pokémon, taking me back to the '90s. The card's backdrop is simply stunning.
I wanted to give a special mention to your video titled "How Pokemon Saved My Life." Thank you for sharing your story. Personally, it resonated deeply with me during a tough period in my life. I found solace flipping through my binders and admiring my collection, it was just simpler time.
I still have that same binder to this day and now share my story with my 4-year-old daughter. You perfectly captured the essence of card collecting when you said that it’s not about the cards' value or hype. It's about the joy of pulling a card from a booster pack or trading for it and carefully sleeving it into your binder. These are the moments that make card collecting so unique because they represent different phases of our lives.
Thank you once again for sharing your journey. Keep up the great work!
Appreciate you taking the time to watch the video and thanks for commenting! I’m happy it resonated with you, card collecting is a special hobby for a lot of us
My favorite cheap card used to be the steelix IR from paradox rift, but that’s a bit over 25 now so I’d say it’s the porygon z IR from rift
Love that Porygon it’s straight 🔥!
I have about 90 copies of Gastly and slowly adding more :D
You serious! Wow…
a great card for under 20$ in Penny from Paldean Fates , with Umbreon on the art , Venusaur & Celebi Tag team promo also a great card for around 15$ for a mint copy
That’s a great pick.
NineTales from Obsidian Flames. I managed to pick up a case of Evolving Skies booster box’s Jan 24 was my largest purchase ever and was very nervous spending this much on pokemon cards, fast track 6months and it’s now doubled in price!!
Gastly!
Son got top 3 in all of the individual skills challenges in baseball. He plays two ages up!
What a legend!
Best thing that happen to me this year is that I started reliving my childhood and collecting Pokemon cards again with my daughter. It’s been some of the greatest times ripping packs with her. Favorite card under $20 is Karen's Flareon #89. I really enjoy this type of Pokemon content. Many thanks.
Love that Gastly card, if I’m not mistaken I think it’s also the first Gastly full art card (still hoping for a Haunter full art in the near future)
Great pick. I think it’s coming soon! I love the gastly line.
Favourite card under $20 would be the Electivire Full Art from Crown Zenith. I think Electivire and Magmortar being friends is great and the way Magmortar is so impressed for his homie is really wholesome. Great card.
I love the temporal forces full art gengar!
Yveltal is my favorite under $20! It’s so gorgeous.
Love that card, hence why it made the top pick!
Favorite card under $20 is currently Arbok SIR from temporal forces. Nice artwork from a well known Pokemon. Something good that’s happened is my daughter will finish this year with her casting for scoliosis! Keep up the great work!
That’s an awesome card. And best of luck to your daughter!
I like the blastoise ex from 151 FA - I am enjoying my summer painting I go back to teaching third grade soon! I always like to share my hobby with the kiddos! Thanks for filming great vids!
Mine is the Leafeon from VStar Universe for sure! Incredible artwork.
Such an awesome card! Is that still under $20? I may need to grab it
Has to be the Bulbasaur AR (050/049) SVG from the Japanese special set! This year I’ve finally completed the Master set of 151 which helped to get me back into the hobby after a 15 year break.
What a win. I’m a few cards off the master set as well. Need to build it up!
I’m very new to Pokémon card collecting. Thank you for videos like this they are very helpful. Favorite card under $20 from what I’ve seen is full alt art bulbasaur 166/165. Love the art & bulbasaur! One great thing that has happened to me this year is my daughter (3 1/2 yo) is beginning to develop a love for collecting cards which I’m so excited to share with her!
That’s so awesome! Thanks for tuning in Kevin and great choices
My favorite card that is under 20 dollars is MMewtwo EX 64/162 due to playing the actual trading card game as a kid with this card. Something good that happened to me this year is becoming a scholar athlete at my college.
Thats awesome, great to hear things are working out for you.
Favorite card? I was blown away when I saw how cheap the Hoopa V from the Galarian galary was. Such a beuatiful artwork, oh how they underestimate my precious Crown Zenith. Would love to complete the set one day. Best thing that happened to me this year was when I got back into the hobby and bouhgt the CZ etb. I got back into the hobby after watching some videos and seeing the Giratina GG69 from CZ. And when I opened my very first pack of the etb the exact giratina vstar card that got me back into the hobby popped out. I was actually so happy and now even got a nice glass display cabinet to give it a proper place inside of a one touch case.
That’s awesome Giratina VStar GG69 is one of my favourite artworks of all time…just wait for CZ to boom!
@@phillips.collectibles Yes I love all 4 of the gold cards, but fell in love with the giratina one at first sight
The Nidoking IR from 151 is so underrated imo and is such a cool card for under 20 bucks (one of my staples from Red Version). It was the first single I purchased after getting back into the hobby late 2023!
Got a new job in April after being laid off mid 2023 and I’m really grateful for that. Feels good to be able to enjoy the hobby a little bit more guilt free!
Great to hear something positive happened to you. Yeah the Nidoking is great. And welcome back to the hobby!
My favourite card under $20 is 151’s Giovanni's Charisma 204/165 alt art, petting his Persian and holding a pokeball. Love the design and this set in general. Honestly the best thing this year has been bonding more with my daughter through Pokemon, she’s become totally obsessed with it and it’s brought back all the nostalgila from my earlier days and got me back into collecting. Thanks for all you do with your channel and content mate!
Very nice! Great choice my man
I really love the Loudred Full Illustration Rare from Paradox Rift, it's only around $5! Don't have it yet but plan to buy it soon.
The best thing that happened to me this year is I started collecting Pokémon Cards again. It was wonderful seeing the video on your story, I have a similar story. Thank you for all the great content, and keep up the good work Phillip!
Thanks for the kind words. Awesome to hear the story resonated with you!
The favourite card I own for under $20 is Hisuian Samurott v alt art, I love how the orange leaves of the tree really pop against the overall dark colour palette of the card.
Something good that has happened this year; instead of just collecting random cards, I finally started collecting cards towards a goal. I am going for a master set of base set 2 and it's coming along nice and slowly. As I want to really enjoy the nostalgia of receiving the cards I've purchased in the post
Wow what a goal. You’ll need to let me know once you’ve finished it.
@@phillips.collectibles Yeah will do! I had the Blastoise arrive today. Super happy with it 😊
Thank you for the video! My personal favorite is the Poliwhirl AR from 151, I love this card. It cheers me up having such card and in general I love the hobby and love looking at my collection.
Keep it up with the great videos!
Appreciate that. Awesome picks!
My favorite Pokemon card under $20? 1st Edition Base Set Squirtle! You have to get it played but still. Something positive that has happened to me lately? A raise 😅
Haha, love that!
My favorite Pokemon card under 20 dollars is the Tatsugiri IR from Twilight Masquerade! It has a fun aesthetic that is similar yet different from Paldea Evolved's Magikarp. Something great that has happened to me this year is that I graduated with my Bachelors in Computer Science!
It’s so similar to Magikarp but in its own fresh way. I love it as well!
I've just gotten into collecting Pokémon and started with Scarlett and Violet being the most readliy available.
My fave cards at the moment under $20 is the Special Illustration Deerling and Sawsbuck from Temporal Forces with the evolution looking back at its 'offspring' is beautiful.
My favorite card under $20 is Lumineon V GG
Such a beautiful card. Everyone should have 1 in their collection.
Ok hands down at the moment the gallarian gallery gg10/70… sleeping Mew.. is roughly bouncing around between six and eight dollars raw… way under the $20 value. I absolutely love you. I think the way that he’s depicted in this particular card is absolutely amazing along with the gallon gallery artwork, which is nothing short of stunning. Absolutely my favorite card that has been published by Pokémon in a very long time.. and I can see this card climbing massively upon value one’s crown zenith goes out of stock once and for all
Yeah I see it growing as well!
My favorite has to be the ivysaur illustration rare. The artwork is chefs kiss 🔥
My favourite Pokémon card under 20$ is Pikachu Svp 101.
I collect Pokémon cards in the past and i stop it. Now i am a new collector again and i prefer to collect alla the black Star promos.❤️ Keep great job! 🎉
Black Star Promos are great - do you have any favourites?
@@phillips.collectibles my favourite black Star promo card is sm210 the 3 legendary birds from hidden fates etb, I think is one of the best promos ever released.
Keep this great job brother. Wish you the best ❤️🙏
*Cant wait to make a video to discuss more about all the promos.
My favourite black Star promo card is the trio brirds sm210, I think is the best promo card for the beginning. I cant wait a video to discuss more about promo collection and promo cards no only the high price cards.
*Keep going the excellent job, i watching you a lot and you are awesome.( You are the reason i start again collecting and thank you) ❤😊
Favourite card under $20 is the Koffing CHR from Dream League. I’m not a big Koffing fan, but love the artwork
I've taken a liking to the Armarouge IR from S/V base set. Its a nice looking card for about $6 US. Hasn't happened yet but moving in July to Tennessee for better cost of living for my family and I.
Nice one Lidz, that seems like a great decision.
Secret Rare Pikachu from Crown Zenith is crazy undervalued. It's a secret, Pika, yellow boarder, lots of cool Pokemon on the card and gorgeous texture! It's unstoppable.
Love that card as well.
I love the dratini from base set! This year I’ve had the pleasure of getting a cosmic eclipse etb for a great price!
It's so good! Love that Dratini as well.
I just recently got into Pokemon card collecting with my girlfriend. We are about to hit our 1 year anniversary in Japan and after a very rough start in this country things are starting to look up. I definitely think Japan is a great and fun place to start the hobby and I really like the Hitmochan card from the 151 set, as it's one of the few artworks that actually makes my favorite Pokemon look pretty cool. Anyway, Consider myself subscribed! you are one of the best RUclipsrs I've come across and I've learned a lot watching your content. Cheers!
The Temporal Forces Arbok full art is another one as well! Such a great artwork
Super under the radar
My favorite cheap card has gotta be the Lucario promo from the Crown Zenith ETB's. I bought one as a single and got two more from seperate ETB's later on. Such a cool card and a great promo overall. Also love my Lugia V 138 from Silver Tempest. Rekindling my love for pokemon card collecting has been a great thing that happened to me this year. After losing my younger brother-in-law to suicide a couple of months ago, I found my old card collection (pokemon and yu-gi-oh) and fell for the nostalgic feeling in a chaotic time of my life. Definitely a light in the dark for me! Now I'm mostly focussing on collecting illustration rares, which made me fall in love with pokemon art all over again
Sorry to hear. It's good to hear you've found a passion thats keeping you together. Hope things work out for you. And also, great pick with the Lucario, that's an awesome card!
@@phillips.collectibles Thanks for the kind words! It has also brought me closer together with my other younger brother who has now started collecting as well. Such a great hobby and to be able to share it with someone
The card under $20 I really like is the Paradox Rift Loudred IR #212 art is amazing. As for something good, my twin boys are now 7 and really into pokemon so we started this collecting journey together and we are making some amazing memories, learning about collecting and investing and money. Seeing them grow has been crazy and I think our first big pull together I am going to be sending them off for grading to just capture this moment for me and them.
That’s incredible. Happy to hear. Also that Loudred is amazing!
Started the hobby back with 151. Personally i think poliwhirl alt art is the best under 20 card
Great choice!
I love Koraidon from scarlet and violet at number 10 because it was when my 2 kids got involved in pokemon on nintendo so it also holds a special place in my heart and they love collecting the cards now
Box legendaries are always winners!
Great copy of dancing Genesect V can be found around 20..that is my option. For the thing that currently did gave me a lot of joy this year was attending first pokemon convention in my country. It was great to see a lot of people sharing their interests and cards.
Great pick
The Scizor alt art I love like I just love that card, loads of good stuff has happened in the hobby but yeah probably getting that Scizor has been huge for me in a graded set
So cool. Scizor needs a SIR!
Chi-Yu (was under $20), Wo-Chien & Ting-Lu ex all from PE!!!
Love those cards!
Thank you so much, love that pikachu from 151 my man
Great card! Thanks for tuning in.
I love the same Australian perspective of this hobby. I feel crown zenith is such a good buy, especially as someone with disposable income who is new to it. The alt art works on crown zenith edition look closer to the stuff and high quality oil painting breathtaking stuff especially in 151 and others we are seeing in scarlet and violet. Stuff before crown zenith to me feels way too cartoonish and in a bad way. I do like paldean evolved alt art chi-yu ex and I get why people like evolving skies because of the ray ray. But alt art is the way to go, I feel like I’m collecting small paintings that I can look at and enjoy. The smile on my face when I have a psa 9 and just raw packed ones is so satisfying.
Couldn't agree more! It’s modern art collecting. Thanks for that.
While I feel that there are a ton of potential candidates for cards under $20 and I agree with all of your selections, however my personal favorites are the metagross and especially the tapu koko from paradox rift. Maybe it’s my love of the beach and cards with vibrant colors, but Koko is my favorite for the price it is.
I love alot of the clay cards from Yuka Morii, most of them are very affordable and have such unique artwork.
Clay cards have such a pocket of people who love them!
the Deoxys Vstar from Crown Zenith is by far my favorite full art under $20!! its so sick!!!!
It’s so good! I love that card
You highlighted some amazing cards! My favourite card at the moment is probably the Poliwhirl IR from 151, it's the card that first caught my eye and got me back into the hobby. One good thing that happened to me is pulling it out of some packs I received for my birthday!
Nice pick...also I noticed you got a smash bros logo as your profile pic....you play competetive?
@@phillips.collectiblesI did for a while, less so now though. Still pick up the controller for a late night online session every once in a while!
I love the galarian gallery Ditto!! It's cute and silly that he's hard to spot and hanging out with the cows. I know its only worth a couple of dollars but I do think a lot of the gg cards have the most stunning artworks and are underrated...A good thing for this year, my little one started walking so I took her along to her first trading card show!
Any of the base set starters under $25. Even though they are commons they bring back nostalgia for me. Best thing thats happened to me this year is watching channels like this one that helps me make smarter purchasing decisions
A solid card for under 20 is the Drowzee alt art from S&V base set. Beautiful card, something good that’s happened recently is my nephews graduating from Middle School and he came up to me asking how to invest in stocks. Idk why that made me feel good but I guess it was a convergence of seeing him getting older and him wanting to take on more responsibility. Gl to everyone and congrats to whoever wins.
My favorite sub $20 pokemon card might be Mew 183/172, incredibly cute and colorful with a nice variety of other pokemon in the shot too. Although, I actually focus more on collecting trainer cards now, and I think my favorite so far under $20 might be Jessie & James 68/68, I might have found them annoying as a child, but I can't help but love those two silly characters, and meowth, looking back now.
Something good that happened to me this year is being able to pull a Magikarp #203, and an Iono #269 from 2 boxes of Paldea evolved back in March, that made me so happy I leaped out of my chair not knowing what to do with my excitement. The 151 set was my introduction back into the pokemon tcg and it was a pretty discouraging welcome back.I had pretty bad luck on the packs inside a Mew 151 UPC and a Snorlax ETB I got as sort of my starting kit, so I was pumped when my luck managed to turn around with the paldea evolved boxes. I'm having so much fun now collecting, talking about it with friends, making some new ones, and discovering all the amazing art from all of the years of pokemon that I missed, so I'm glad I didn't just immediately give up.
That’s an awesome pick. I actually love that Mew as well.
And great things happened to you!
My favorite Pokemon card under 20$ is the shiny Rowlet from the Sun and Moon era and something great that happened to me this year so far is I managed to do a one arm pushup.
What a goal! And love that choice too man!
Hey my favorites cards under 20$ is flareon and vaporeon from brilliant stars. It cost mostly 3$ I think it so underrated, and I'm going forward with my album and clip to release this year I'm happy with that :)
Awesome cards. Nice one brother!
ahh... good thing that happen this year would be discovering your channel!!! It really helps me get into pokemon collecting/investing. Similar to your story, pokemon is something that I really care and know a lot about as a kid growing up. Getting back into it now really brings back all my childhood memories!
Appreciate your content and looking forward to every one of your videos!!
Appreciate that Jake, awesome to hear you enjoy the content
My favorite Pokémon Card is the 2019 Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno GX card! Love your videos and appreciate the joy you bring for me and my sons ☺️
I love Jerkys' art. I'm collecting Jerky and Komiya art atm
Awesome to hear Mitch. Thanks for the DM on Insta as well!
Favorite $20 or less right now is either the genesect v alt art from fusion strike, or the centiskorch Vmax gallery card from lost origin. Good year so far, shiny 100% heracross in pokemon go was the luckiest thing easily
Great pick! I love Genesect V
Hello! Speaking of IR pull rates, you are partially right. The pull rates you mentioned holds true for some set, but not when it comes to Temporal Forces and the Gastly as the pull rate is 1/285. Cheers.
Thanks Barret!
The Erika's Invitation SIR from 151 is probably my favorite Under-20 card at the moment. The artist is relatively new but I love their work so far, especially on this Erika! A good thing that happened to me this year is I finally have regular treatment for my disability! I'm super excited to lead a -somewhat- normal life. I'm feeling very hopeful and I'm looking to live it in the fullest!
Awesome pick. I’m super happy to hear that I’m rooting for an awesome life ahead of you!
Speaking of Obsidian Flames, Cleffa and Ninetales SIR are also starting to rise in price. I would argue these two are currently still underrated cards. I'm also planning on getting these while they're still relatively cheap.
Correct! Those are great
My favorite card has to be the Charizard VSTAR from the VSTAR Universe pack-plus, it's the first VSTAR card I ever pulled! The best thing happened to me was I started Pokémon card collection which again have been a long term dream/goal sorts of mine.
As a new collector who has loved Pokémon since I was a kid, I’m finding my way around the Pokémon TCG world, and being from India where Pokémon cards aren't easily available it's been very tough, but your page has been super helpful. As a huge Charizard fan, and remembering your wise advice that Charizard cards always win, I'm sticking with the Charizard VSTAR from the VSTAR Universe set from SW/SH as my top pick. Thanks a ton for all your guidance!🤩💪
my favorite card is banette gx rainbow rare from celestial storm mainly because it’s my favorite pokemon. And it’s still under 20 right now. This year i was also able to hangout with my friend from middle school again for awhile before he left for fire fighting training.
Awesome to hear, that’s great.
I agree with you on how special crown zenith is. Honestly just recently I’d have a larger pool of cards to choose from that were my favorite under $20 a month ago. Now that everything in crown has increased, that is tough. I will say my 2 favorite cards in crown under 20 are the deoxys vstar or the darkrai vstar. Both are rediculously beautiful. Man once crown is not in stores, it will explode.
One cool thing that happened to me this year was when I pulled a gold iron leaves and an iron boulder SIR from one temporal forces booster box. This has been a rough year but I am just trying to get through it.
Awesome pulls Samer. Keep going brother you’ve got this. Like surfing a wave, up and down. Constant motion!
@@phillips.collectibles thank you I appreciate it.
My Favorite card under $20 is the Cleffa from Obsidian Flames.
One great thing thats happened to me this year is that I finally graduated from university doing Chemistry Engineering.
Let’s goooo. What a win. And great choice George I love that Cleffa!
Squirtle and charmander 151 AR are just straight up amazing the artworks is top
Awesome picks brother!
I have absolutely always loved Poliwhirl! and every print is below 20$ all combined. I absolutely love poliwhirl and it will always have a special place in my heart! love the videos!
I think the Mimikyu Pokemon Center promo is majorly slept on. It’s easily one of the cheapest PC promos currently on the market!
And the good thing that happened to me this year was getting back into Pokemon after a 10+ year hiatus. I was a kid when base came out so of course I had a huge WOTC collection but took a break on collecting until around Call of Legends, collected for a year, and then had to go to college and sell most of my entire collection to make ends meet.
A month or two ago I found a box that had the very few remaining cards I had left including some base/fossil/jungle holos and a few cool Call of Legends cards.
Now just a couple of months later I’m well on my way to a cool modern collection with a few vintage pieces sprinkled in.
Stoked to be back in the hobby, and I guess third times the charm ⚡️
Silent achiever
I really love a lot of the art rares from temporal forces, the Mincino, the Litten the Metagross. Im sure they are all still under 20 dollars
Yeah they all are. Metagross is great.
Mew ex promo is super cute and cheap! Just starting to collect cards again this year, feels nostalgic and amazing! 😃
It really is!
My favourite card that is AROUND $20 (sometimes above, sometimes below) is the Raikou V GG41.
Absolutely gorgeous, way undervalued in my opinion, and the best artwork of Raikou on any card! I hope to afford one any day now.
Great pick!
Riolu #91 from Pokemon Platinum. As a kid I always asked for Pokemon cards but since they were so expensive my father bought a pack and I could only pull 1 card per day. He spread out the cards with the back facing up so I couldnt see which card I would pull. We did this for like 4 years. My first ever card was this Riolu and its definitely under 20 bucks. I still have this same exact copy to this day :)
That’s an incredible story!
I would have to say that my favorite card under $20 right now would be the Mimikyu V Trainer Gallery card from Brilliant Stars. It's a cool perspective artwork that is very popular and I think will be on the rise soon. One great thing that has happened to me is that I am planning a dream wedding with my best friend and partner in crime. We are a little worried about the financials but seeing her so happy and excited to be with me for the rest of my life just makes my life worth it and makes we want to work harder. Love the content bro, keep it up!
That’s awesome Blake. Enjoy life dude, you’ll love the wedding. All the best to you both.
Card under $20 that comes to mind has to be the Jessie & James from hidden fates. So nostalgic and undervalued IMO
Yeah that's a nice pick. People love it!
The gastly such a great card. I bought it when i seen it. The art is so funny.
A good thing that happened this year was helping one of my wrestlers get third at states this year. Amazing experience to see all the hard work from him shine on the brightest stage.
That’s awesome man. What an achievement.
Hello I’m always listening to you to find out more about Pokémon cards and my favourite Pokémon is typically Gengar 😊
Gengar is a beast
Crown zenith has so many bangers! I love the secret rare pikachu and the zoroark TG card is beautiful
Such good cards dude!
my current favorite card under $20 is the best buy exclusive promo "temporal forces" stamp Miraidon. that holo pattern is beautiful!
Just started collecting with my son so our only exposure really is 151 but all of the illustration rares are great. Favorite we have so far under $20 is Poliwhirl. Next favorite is Lapras vmax from sword and shield because it was my sons first trade.
I love that Lapras! I loved it as I used it competitively!
My favorite is rayquaza vmax from silver tempest. Just got back to the hobby and decided to buy a couple of pack of silver tempest and got that card! forgot how much dopamine you get from opening packs ang getting your favorite pokemon
It’s crazy isn’t it!
I’m a big collector of promos so any new promo under 20 works for me!
That’s awesome. I love my promos as well - what’s your favourite?
The Gastly art reminds me of the Japanese folklore "Night Parade of 100 demons" 😅
Probably would be an inspo who knows!
Love watching your videos! My favorite card under $20 is the Charizard Vstar from Sword & Shield. Love the Mewtwo counterpart to it too!
Good choice!
I love your channel been subscribed for two months now.
My favorite card under $20 is Parasol Lady from Paradox Rift
Appreciate that brother! And nice one!