NOTE: I made this video to warn people about the risks of buying single packs. In no way do I approve of this technique as I've fallen victim to this scummy practice myself (see my Sisters of the Rose unboxing).
Yes it does. As long as there is any rarity difference between the packs. So if the pack consists of only super rares for instance, it will not work. If it has normal rarity rates such as the packs in this video, it will work.
I'd argue the same for in-stores too. I've been getting terrible pulls from the 2-pack sets at Walmart/Target. I wasted a lot of money and never got an Ultra Rare across 30+ packs from the store.
Yeah, I think I've mentioned it in the video somewhere.. some retailers will do it in stores too. I believe that Walmart buys packs from stores that are leftovers, but am not sure about it (we don't have Walmart here). It's sad that people do this..
Thank you for video! About older old school packs from GX/5DS era. I heard ultimate rares packs not weight more then regular common cards. It weight like normal pack then? Like is it still possible to buy/sell these as Loose packs even if there could be potentially better cards then Ultra/Secret rares?
It all depends on what set its from. If the packs have a guaranteed holo in every pack, they can't be scaled. I'm not too familiar with GX or 5ds packs myself, however, so afraid I can't give you more info than that!
So if i understand this correctly i can buy a sealed booster box of this without worrying people do that, but just not single booster packs? tryna get back into this and i can buy a couple sealed boxes in hopes ofcourse to get ghost ra.
That's correct! Or, you buy packs that have a guaranteed holo in it, because then they can't be weighted either. Even better would be sets with ONLY holos in it of course, like the Brothers of Legend, Ghost From the Past...
Or you can weigh the boosters and just choose the heavier ones (IE the more printed longer names with more ink will add more tiny weight to show a difference and can probably weigh that way
Just weighed my packs and pulled 5 Ultras and some supers (maybe 5-6) i don’t know how many ultras there are per box but I am saving the rest for a big opening of booster boxes I open and opening the rest to see what other hits I missed (missing 1 in KICO I think, and 1-2 in rage of ra)
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weighing in a way is scum tbh. because it ruins the fun of pulling for people who dont and just buy them fairly. + imo it takes the fun out of it. because one of the fun things about pulling card is the excitement of getting something you didn't expect
LGS normally won't do things like that. If they do and you can prove it, they're in big trouble! Things like this usually happen when you buy online, so I don't think you have to worry! Of course you can always be unlucky, but I hope you get some nice pulls!
Also I forgot to mention that thank god all the packs I got of this set (haven’t bought any packs let alone cards in a few years) were double pack blisters because I don’t think those can be weighed at least I think.
If they're legit konami blisters then you're right! But I know that stores like Walmart also buy repackaged blisters from other stores that were leftovers. Not sure how it goes, as we don't have such a thing here in Belgium
This makes me want to never buy from stores again... Especially today. I was the only buyer of a certain TCG and suddenly the owner decides he wants to open packs and he got the Chaser card coincidentally. 3 different Booster sets have come out since I started buying and today was the day they chose to start opening... im boycotting shops.
If it's actual card stores that sell singles then I definitely wouldn't trust them either.. if it is just sealed products like we have over here, it shouldn't be an issue. I still prefer to crack boxes myself however, just to make sure to avoid these sorts of things!
As far as modern yugioh the only sets that can be weighed are this one, legendary duelist magical hero and the ots packs which they recently fixed starting with ots 19 or 20.
I just purchased a lot of qcc pride and unity , loose packs by mistake cus I didn’t read description I thought it was sealed box , can they be weighed or mapped ??
@@marrirahulreddy730 those are japanese cards. You can't use japanese or ocg cards in the American tcg. I've never bought sealed ocg products. I'm not expert on ocg products. Just stay away from loose boosters. They might have been searched or weighed. You'll have to research that pack and see.
@@BopisTCG I bought 8 LOB blisters and got a Dark Magician and Gaia the Dragon Champion. Safe to say I was freaking out, turns out they definitely weren't scaled!
As long as you do not actually scale the packs and only sell light ones, it won't be an issue! And people also like to collect sealed packs, or out of production sets and such. Don't worry! :D
Any idea what a 9 gram pack may hold? I have one, but waiting to get new sleeves to open it just in case (didn't scale in a store btw, ordered the pack online)
It can literally hold anything depending on the set. You need to weigh multiple packs per set to figure out what the 'heavy' weight is to pull good cards.
It's almost like each pack should have an extra card with a random assortment of micro cutouts of various amounts, almost like a QR code to make the weights of the packs completely random.
@@BopisTCG Well, people could easily take into account the weight of the promo cards and still weigh them. Having a card with random parts of it cut out would mean several variations of different weights which would throw off scales. Make the cutouts small enough to where you can't just feel them through the pack, or for larger cutouts for more variations of weight, place the card between the trading cards. Boom. No more weighing packs.
@@lordazrielxiii7731 Yes, but cutting actual parts off of cards comes with a lot of other problems. Not fitting in sleeves, shifting (and thus damaging the card), making it off-centre which hurts for grading, value in general, it looks fake etc. Cards should not be changed, just add an additonal piece such as a promo for your game or something and it's easily fixed, just like Pokemon does. Here, the green codes are heavier whilst the white code cards are lighter (and come in the holo packs). There is no weighing in that TCG possible since they did that, or it is VERY hard to do so.
@@BopisTCG Not the cards themselves, I mean an extra throwaway card whose sole purpose is to be different weights. It can have cutouts as if dit were holepunched or laser cut. Either this or figure out a way to make all cards weigh the same, however that would be done.
@@lordazrielxiii7731 Ah okay, I see what you mean haha. That sure would work indeed! But I doubt Konami ever gets around to it.. as long as they themselves make profit.
It is trickier with code cards, but not impossible. Not every retailer does it either, but I have had a ton of bad experiences with it unfortunately.. so I only buy sealed boxes now haha
The vintage ones breakthrough and older can be. Also some of the limited edition ones such as Generations, Hidden Fates, and Shining Fates also can be because they don’t have the code card.
This is interesting. I might just experiment with this myself but for now, I got 8 packs of this yesterday and got 3 super rares and 2 ultra rares one being The Winged Dragon of Ra alternative art.
@@BopisTCG Yeah and it was the last pack too that I got the ra. Would’ve been a miracle for the ghost rare! I have never weighed a pack before and still haven’t because I thought that only worked on older packs or something like that, but I just grabbed random ones in different order in hopes of getting a good pack lol and I was pretty stoked about the ra since it’s one of my most favorite yugioh cards.
As a kid I had suspicions about local store owners who sold Yugioh and Pokemon cards. I would never get any good pulls unless I bought from bigger chains like Toys R us. Now I think they must've been weighing them. If only I could go back with the knowledge I have now...
NOTE: I made this video to warn people about the risks of buying single packs.
In no way do I approve of this technique as I've fallen victim to this scummy practice myself (see my Sisters of the Rose unboxing).
Yes it does. As long as there is any rarity difference between the packs. So if the pack consists of only super rares for instance, it will not work. If it has normal rarity rates such as the packs in this video, it will work.
I'd argue the same for in-stores too. I've been getting terrible pulls from the 2-pack sets at Walmart/Target. I wasted a lot of money and never got an Ultra Rare across 30+ packs from the store.
Yeah, I think I've mentioned it in the video somewhere.. some retailers will do it in stores too.
I believe that Walmart buys packs from stores that are leftovers, but am not sure about it (we don't have Walmart here).
It's sad that people do this..
Die on cncr they Manipulate packs Like EA
depends I guess, I got several high value cards from target 2 pack sets so
Thank you for video! About older old school packs from GX/5DS era. I heard ultimate rares packs not weight more then regular common cards. It weight like normal pack then? Like is it still possible to buy/sell these as Loose packs even if there could be potentially better cards then Ultra/Secret rares?
It all depends on what set its from. If the packs have a guaranteed holo in every pack, they can't be scaled. I'm not too familiar with GX or 5ds packs myself, however, so afraid I can't give you more info than that!
So if i understand this correctly i can buy a sealed booster box of this without worrying people do that, but just not single booster packs? tryna get back into this and i can buy a couple sealed boxes in hopes ofcourse to get ghost ra.
That's correct! Or, you buy packs that have a guaranteed holo in it, because then they can't be weighted either. Even better would be sets with ONLY holos in it of course, like the Brothers of Legend, Ghost From the Past...
@@BopisTCG alright thanks for explaining :)
No worries, welcome back to the hobby! :D
Or you can weigh the boosters and just choose the heavier ones (IE the more printed longer names with more ink will add more tiny weight to show a difference and can probably weigh that way
Just weighed my packs and pulled 5 Ultras and some supers (maybe 5-6) i don’t know how many ultras there are per box but I am saving the rest for a big opening of booster boxes I open and opening the rest to see what other hits I missed (missing 1 in KICO I think, and 1-2 in rage of ra)
Would also recommend weighing them 1-3 times to double check any insignificant inconsistencies
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The sun is gonna explode before i even come close to the thaught of unsubscribing you and leaving you, thats not in my style i am built that way
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Twist: He is one of the people that weights packs and resells the light packs.
I wish, they make shit loads of money lol
@@BopisTCG so what is stopping you? You know the technique, you own the tool. I call Sus.
@@charlesdai6611 I'm too good of a boy, I was raised well by my mommy.
If you do not disclose they're light packs you are committing fraud. That is not okay and I would report you and try and get your ebay account banned
@@voluntarism335 Well said! Unfortunately there's still plenty of people who do this up to today.. or just list them as 'unweighted'
weighing in a way is scum tbh. because it ruins the fun of pulling for people who dont and just buy them fairly. + imo it takes the fun out of it. because one of the fun things about pulling card is the excitement of getting something you didn't expect
I totally agree. I bought a scaled box once, no holos obviously.
There is so many scummy people in this world..
Is it bad if you scale these booster pack at a local store? Asking for a friend.
It's not against the law, but it is frowned upon in the community.. so depends if your 'friend' feels okay with doing it really
i got this video after buying some packs at the local, i am so scared
LGS normally won't do things like that. If they do and you can prove it, they're in big trouble!
Things like this usually happen when you buy online, so I don't think you have to worry! Of course you can always be unlucky, but I hope you get some nice pulls!
@@BopisTCG thanks, i am relieved a bit!
Let me know if you pull something nice! :D
Also I forgot to mention that thank god all the packs I got of this set (haven’t bought any packs let alone cards in a few years) were double pack blisters because I don’t think those can be weighed at least I think.
If they're legit konami blisters then you're right! But I know that stores like Walmart also buy repackaged blisters from other stores that were leftovers.
Not sure how it goes, as we don't have such a thing here in Belgium
Where did you buy this scale?
Got it on Amazon!
Can you sent me a link to the item?@@BopisTCG
This makes me want to never buy from stores again... Especially today. I was the only buyer of a certain TCG and suddenly the owner decides he wants to open packs and he got the Chaser card coincidentally. 3 different Booster sets have come out since I started buying and today was the day they chose to start opening... im boycotting shops.
If it's actual card stores that sell singles then I definitely wouldn't trust them either.. if it is just sealed products like we have over here, it shouldn't be an issue. I still prefer to crack boxes myself however, just to make sure to avoid these sorts of things!
As far as modern yugioh the only sets that can be weighed are this one, legendary duelist magical hero and the ots packs which they recently fixed starting with ots 19 or 20.
I just purchased a lot of qcc pride and unity , loose packs by mistake cus I didn’t read description I thought it was sealed box , can they be weighed or mapped ??
@@marrirahulreddy730 those are japanese cards. You can't use japanese or ocg cards in the American tcg. I've never bought sealed ocg products. I'm not expert on ocg products. Just stay away from loose boosters. They might have been searched or weighed. You'll have to research that pack and see.
I bought two rage of Ras and they sucked. Is it possible to open them and reseal them?
Resealing them is pretty noticable and will get you in trouble if you decide to resell them.
@@BopisTCG I didn't want to do that. Was wondering if they did that too me. They were so terrible 😔
Weighting the packs would be more common than resealing them, unless the pack has only holos and weight is the same no matter what.
Did they already fix this weight scam with the new booster packs?
Unless it is a full holo set, this video is still accurate I'm afraid!
Are holo and foiled cards the same?
Yes! :)
@@BopisTCG thanks for taking the time to answers my questions. Btw your video’s are really helpfull for my yugioh research
My pleasure! I'm glad that you find them useful! Thank you for watching!
Does this work for blister packs as well?
No, it won't be accurate enough due to all the plastic and cardboard I think.
@@BopisTCG Thanks! I bought some blister packs online and am hoping for the best.
Good luck! Let me know if you got something nice!
@@BopisTCG I bought 8 LOB blisters and got a Dark Magician and Gaia the Dragon Champion. Safe to say I was freaking out, turns out they definitely weren't scaled!
@@ShockwavesFTW Damn, awesome! I'm glad for you! :D
How many price you buy this card ?
I bought 2 Rage of Ra booster boxes for € 45,00 each :)
@@BopisTCG send me the link to buy one
@@mannyh7883 I got mine from cardmarket, but they're Europe exclusive
I don't think I can find a box of OTS packs :(
I always buy mine online, just be careful for scalpers!
I was thinking about selling some booster packs in the future, but now i'm afraid people will think i'm a scammer :/
As long as you do not actually scale the packs and only sell light ones, it won't be an issue!
And people also like to collect sealed packs, or out of production sets and such. Don't worry! :D
Worth noting this only works for certain TCG and series. Series where there’s a guarantee holo in every pack can’t be weighed, least as far as I know.
That's true! Not sure if I mention that in the video or not, it's been a while!
Any idea what a 9 gram pack may hold? I have one, but waiting to get new sleeves to open it just in case (didn't scale in a store btw, ordered the pack online)
It can literally hold anything depending on the set. You need to weigh multiple packs per set to figure out what the 'heavy' weight is to pull good cards.
@@BopisTCG It's from this set
Then it could be any ultra/super or even the ghost rare.
So what you got
It's almost like each pack should have an extra card with a random assortment of micro cutouts of various amounts, almost like a QR code to make the weights of the packs completely random.
Or a small card promoting their video games like master duel, link duels.. they did that with premade decks for a long time too.
@@BopisTCG Well, people could easily take into account the weight of the promo cards and still weigh them. Having a card with random parts of it cut out would mean several variations of different weights which would throw off scales. Make the cutouts small enough to where you can't just feel them through the pack, or for larger cutouts for more variations of weight, place the card between the trading cards. Boom. No more weighing packs.
@@lordazrielxiii7731 Yes, but cutting actual parts off of cards comes with a lot of other problems. Not fitting in sleeves, shifting (and thus damaging the card), making it off-centre which hurts for grading, value in general, it looks fake etc.
Cards should not be changed, just add an additonal piece such as a promo for your game or something and it's easily fixed, just like Pokemon does.
Here, the green codes are heavier whilst the white code cards are lighter (and come in the holo packs). There is no weighing in that TCG possible since they did that, or it is VERY hard to do so.
@@BopisTCG Not the cards themselves, I mean an extra throwaway card whose sole purpose is to be different weights. It can have cutouts as if dit were holepunched or laser cut. Either this or figure out a way to make all cards weigh the same, however that would be done.
@@lordazrielxiii7731 Ah okay, I see what you mean haha. That sure would work indeed!
But I doubt Konami ever gets around to it.. as long as they themselves make profit.
I hope you will reacting shf figuarts model
Maybe one day! They are quite expensive, but I do love them!
Pokémon Packs can’t be weighed for quality.. I got great pulls from my 7 loose packs off of amazon.. didn’t know Yugioh was behind the times lol
It is trickier with code cards, but not impossible. Not every retailer does it either, but I have had a ton of bad experiences with it unfortunately.. so I only buy sealed boxes now haha
Pokemon cards can be weighted lol just take the highest weight lmao
The vintage ones breakthrough and older can be. Also some of the limited edition ones such as Generations, Hidden Fates, and Shining Fates also can be because they don’t have the code card.
This is interesting. I might just experiment with this myself but for now, I got 8 packs of this yesterday and got 3 super rares and 2 ultra rares one being The Winged Dragon of Ra alternative art.
Nice! Got some great pulls then!
@@BopisTCG Yeah and it was the last pack too that I got the ra. Would’ve been a miracle for the ghost rare! I have never weighed a pack before and still haven’t because I thought that only worked on older packs or something like that, but I just grabbed random ones in different order in hopes of getting a good pack lol and I was pretty stoked about the ra since it’s one of my most favorite yugioh cards.
@@Royal.2556 understandable, it is an iconic monster!
I cant wait for the ghost from the past set to be released
@@BopisTCG I didn’t even hear about that set until you said so and I just looked it up and I’m excited for that now!
@@Royal.2556 haha I hope you'll get nice pulls! I'll be opening a box on the channel here :D
As a kid I had suspicions about local store owners who sold Yugioh and Pokemon cards. I would never get any good pulls unless I bought from bigger chains like Toys R us. Now I think they must've been weighing them. If only I could go back with the knowledge I have now...
That would not surprise me. It's been recorded before that they do do that, but if you can prove it, you can actually sue them.
wish and want. congrats on your pulls.
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