I've always recommended to people to start with the Crown Zenith set. It's such a great set! The pulls are generous, and the artwork is really good. To be honest, I feel like the Trainer Gallerys - in Crown Z - are so underpriced. Only reason its underpriced is because of the generous pull rate. But anyway, crown zenith is a perfect set to begin your collecting journey. After crown zenith, get into Obsidian Flames, Paldean Fates, and then Brilliant Stars and Silver Tempest. In this order! Then when you really want to press your luck, Fusion, Lost Origin, and 151.
My buddy gifted me Charmander Trainer box for christmas and I pulled the Super rare Charizard in it, so I bought 3 more boxes and when they came in new years I opened 1 box and got the gold charizard and silver 2 star one in that same box.. Super lucky lol i had to ask my buddy to make sure it wasnt a fake box but didnt get much in the other 2 boxes was really hoping to at least get a charmeleon in them at least to complete the evolution. Got a binder coming in this saturday, TY for the info!
Haven't touched Pokemon cards since I was a child, but I grabbed a single sleeved Paldea Evolved pack from GameStop as a nostalgia trip and pulled the gold Skeliderge ex. Now I'm hooked again.
Thank you so much for making this video. My wife collected cards because she thought they were cute. We recently picked up the Battle Academy and after learning how to play she was terrified by the amount of products, sizes, alts, everything! This helped a lot!
I skipped buying a case of stellar crown, but i still bought a few sleeves to open, and somehow got all the best cards, like the squirtle ir and hydrapple ex sir, the rainbow ex lapras, and cinderace, the blastoist and venusaur ex, an acespec, all the best rares and reverse holographics
Hey what's up man new collector/investor here and you got me as a subscriber dude. Chill vibe, informative, seem to be opening sealed packs etc etc. keep up the good work and looking forward to watching more of your videos. Had a few good hits today for my best day yet. Take care!
Thanks for the help! I have a massive XY evolutions collection and barely anything else and was a bit overwhelmed on where to restart my journey 😨. This definitely helped on what to buy
my dads work brought us a lot of card boxes that were damaged but the cards were not damaged. We had a ton of cards but we never learned to treat them well. It was the time where you threw them on the playground or schoolyard ground while having fun. HAD SO MANY NICE AND PRICEY CARDS!!! and they are all gone.... its a shame...
I useto collect pokemon cards when I was in primary school so like 25 years ago, now I do house cleanups as a job and found a tub full of Pokemon cards, there'd be thousands of cards in there went through them all organised from rare to basic thought oh yeah Ive hit the jackpot until a mate told me some were fake so went on RUclips looked up how to tell fake cards to real and I believe half of them are fake ended up filling a binder with the real cards and now the addiction has hit 😂😂😂😂 learning more and more everyday and this video has helped alot thanks heaps 🤙 just subscribed you deserve more subscribers 🤙
I need that Spiritomb! I’ve loved Pokémon since 99/00, but only recently got back into collecting cards (except Trick or Trade which I’ve collected the past 3 years). My collection is less value-focused and more what sparks joy for me. I love the ghosts! 👻 Also my partner and I have recently been pulling a fair amount of Crown Zenith and WOW the hits have been crazy! I pulled the Darkrai V Star from our first ETB, such a good looking card imo!
Yeah grading is a scary thing I've made a ton of mistakes - main thing is to check centering on cards before you get them graded. You can pick up little tools that measure it, but if you look long enough it gets easier to spot. I think the blooming waters at Costco in February will be a great pick up!
@WhereismyPidgey is buying psa graded 10 cards bad?not a fan of gambling and been debating just outright buying specific cards off TCG graded like that magikarp 😉
I got the booster bundle in japan a few times, and you can only get the booster packs 10 max a day. I was new to collecting cards again, had them only when I was young but wasnt aware how the packs work, should've kept a lot of them sealed 😅
I only got into getting IRL cards was the TCG Poket release.. so i started with Paledean Fates, and in the first ETB i ever opened were actually an Bubble Mew Ex. I was like oh i like that card looks cool, and i send a pic to my friend to then told me that is an really good card to pull.
TCG Player is a great place to just look around and see all the cards in the sets - you can sort them by price high to low just to see the cool stuff and learn what all there is.
That’s great! I have some stocking stuffers on my eBay page if you want a little something to add on. I’ve got a video on my eBay page showing some stuff.
Just found my old cards from 2000, went and completed the team rocket set and have the two sealed theme decks so just waiting for The glory of team rocket next year.
I started with shrouded fable again since the boosters are so cheap (2€) and i checked the cards they are still pretty cool, then i bought a lot of diversity. Im starting to focus on master sets now slowly
First off, Where is my Pidgey is one of the best usernames I’ve ever heard of. I’m subscribing just for that but also, because I’m applying to be a Pokemon trading card expert at a local collectible store, so I’m trying to learn as much as possible about collecting cards and Pokemon in general 👍
New to all of this: bought a couple boosters after watching a bunch of videos. Seeing all of the grails and huge collections is dope. But when you said something to the effect of "you have to save money, you cant buy it all" that hit home for me, I like your style keep up the good content.
Now that this video is a few months old things have gone crazy - the booster box for paldea is 144 now and the magicarp sells for double what it was! It’s crazy.
Oh yes the game is awesome, I don't play much in person just the online games phone games - I don't really talk about it but there are amazing channels that do!
Hey man! Loved you video and just subscribed! As a newbie just starting right new, what would you say it is the best investment at this moment for the long-term? Thanks a lot!
That is a great question - I spent all day looking at what I should buy right now and I really struggled. Prices are so wild right now - I would say any booster box under 140 is worth looking at but its tough to find any right now.
@ I bet it is because of the launch of TCG Pocket, that dragged many people into collecting again. What about pre-ordering Prismatic Evolutions ETB? My favorite would be 151 but I guess I am already too late for that…
ANYONE in the comments, i need some help. I wanna play tcg and i asked around like this, deciding to either first get 1 out of 3 decks mew, gengar, and dragapault ex the ppl said go with dragapult bc its striving rn so i did that but its soo expensive to make like 100 dollars so i was trying to see is there a box that would possibly have almost all the cards so that i can start from there. Anything would be appreciated thanks
This might be a very silly comment but I’m brand new to this! Are different packs but still S&V collectible as one? Or can you not mix them? Or are they just different designs and aesthetics? Hope that makes sense! 😅
I was thinking of buying the eevee prismatic evolutions set, but will its value increase in time? Should I just hold on to it and resell it later then? I’m hoping for the nice illustration of umbreon but I don’t think it’s happening
I opened one Charizard promo tin and pulled the Bubble Mew ex. Pretty awesome feeling pulling a $100 card from a $20 walmart tin!! I'm sure I will regret it years from now, but just sold the Mew on Whatnot. Also i've opened about 5 packs total of Fusion strike, pulled Espeon vmax! Only recently got back into the hobby, its been nice to me so far!
@@WhereismyPidgey or I’m just dumb lol. I looked at a couple of the other websites and they have some! Appreciate the video, finally found some places with decent priced packs instead of from stores.
i have a question. I live in France.. so the cards I can buy around me will all be in French.. in term of reselling one day I bet English cards will have a higher demand and value? so I should not get the cards in French..?
french cards have less than half the demand of english for sure. even japan cards go for half price compared to english (unless theyre rare prints). so yeah dont go french if you wanna get monetary value
Do you pay for grading ? Like I guess you pay shipping but does grading a card cost something? Is it like a certain $ for each card ? Like sending in a stack of cards going to cost me a check?
Getting back into the hobby after the new tcg app came out lol. I decided to revisit my collection and price check it. Turns out one of my fave cards is like $100 ungraded. Also another one of my favs is like $50. Both were rainbow secret rare mimikyus, which is one of my favorite pokemon. My luck really was crazy 😅
Thank you for watching - all 3 rounds of mystery boxes are sold out!
Sent an offer but wasn’t able to add RUclips user name :/
How do I send an offer
I've always recommended to people to start with the Crown Zenith set. It's such a great set! The pulls are generous, and the artwork is really good. To be honest, I feel like the Trainer Gallerys - in Crown Z - are so underpriced. Only reason its underpriced is because of the generous pull rate. But anyway, crown zenith is a perfect set to begin your collecting journey. After crown zenith, get into Obsidian Flames, Paldean Fates, and then Brilliant Stars and Silver Tempest. In this order! Then when you really want to press your luck, Fusion, Lost Origin, and 151.
Yeah I bought 3 of those crown zenith boxes from sams and they're so fun to pull 😭
Terrified to start pulling from other sets 💀
CRZ, BRS and SIT were the luckiest sets to me. I basically instantly 10x'ed the money on openings.
And then there's me who started with TWM xD
I got into crown zenith first after buying the Giratina. Now I’m just going for lost origin when I can
My buddy gifted me Charmander Trainer box for christmas and I pulled the Super rare Charizard in it, so I bought 3 more boxes and when they came in new years I opened 1 box and got the gold charizard and silver 2 star one in that same box.. Super lucky lol i had to ask my buddy to make sure it wasnt a fake box but didnt get much in the other 2 boxes was really hoping to at least get a charmeleon in them at least to complete the evolution. Got a binder coming in this saturday, TY for the info!
Paradox Rift and Temporal Forces are by far the most underrated sets in the S&V era.
That’s what I’m saying especially temporal forces
I'm starting to believe big time in that set!
I'm a temporal forces truther
Temporal forces for sure.
Haven't touched Pokemon cards since I was a child, but I grabbed a single sleeved Paldea Evolved pack from GameStop as a nostalgia trip and pulled the gold Skeliderge ex. Now I'm hooked again.
Honestly, I play the Pokémon TCG and have a fun time. Collecting just single cards I really like. Not making money from paper cards.
As someone who was incredibly overwhelmed as heck on where to begin, this was so useful, thanks.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Haven’t collected pokemon cards since primary school over 10 years ago. Just getting back into it now, this video helped alot, thankyou
Thank you so much for making this video. My wife collected cards because she thought they were cute. We recently picked up the Battle Academy and after learning how to play she was terrified by the amount of products, sizes, alts, everything! This helped a lot!
Glad it did!!! Thank you for watching!
@@WhereismyPidgey I've subscribed! Thank you!
I cant believe content of this quality isn't monetized yet
So close!!!
You make amazing content!
I skipped buying a case of stellar crown, but i still bought a few sleeves to open, and somehow got all the best cards, like the squirtle ir and hydrapple ex sir, the rainbow ex lapras, and cinderace, the blastoist and venusaur ex, an acespec, all the best rares and reverse holographics
That is a big win!
Hey what's up man new collector/investor here and you got me as a subscriber dude. Chill vibe, informative, seem to be opening sealed packs etc etc. keep up the good work and looking forward to watching more of your videos. Had a few good hits today for my best day yet. Take care!
Thank you!!!!
How does this channel only have 919 subscribes this video is so good. GET THIS MAN TO 1K SUBS
Thank you so much for that! I'm so excited! So close!
respect man, i’m just getting into the hobby and this was super helpful!
Thanks for the help! I have a massive XY evolutions collection and barely anything else and was a bit overwhelmed on where to restart my journey 😨. This definitely helped on what to buy
I’ve made sure to sub for more excellent content like this
Thank you!!!
my dads work brought us a lot of card boxes that were damaged but the cards were not damaged. We had a ton of cards but we never learned to treat them well. It was the time where you threw them on the playground or schoolyard ground while having fun. HAD SO MANY NICE AND PRICEY CARDS!!! and they are all gone.... its a shame...
Im going to sit my nephew down and have a LOOOOONG conversation with him before I start this investment.
Thank you for going quick on the last pack - and not turning the moment into like 3 minutes like some other channels 😅
So late to the party, but you best believe I’m watching this video. New subscriber and loving the content so far!
Thank you!!!
So happy to see your channel growing so nicely, so well deserved!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the video. My kids are getting into Pokémon cards and this video helped a ton! Excited to enjoy this with them.
So glad you liked it! I hope they have a ton of fun!
Too bad scalpers and psycho collectors who buy the entire shelf ruin it for others.
yeah, the poster box is already 100 at walmart!
dang, he wasn't lying, the poster box did increase in value just 3 months later. He said $15? it's $100 now 😂
I useto collect pokemon cards when I was in primary school so like 25 years ago, now I do house cleanups as a job and found a tub full of Pokemon cards, there'd be thousands of cards in there went through them all organised from rare to basic thought oh yeah Ive hit the jackpot until a mate told me some were fake so went on RUclips looked up how to tell fake cards to real and I believe half of them are fake ended up filling a binder with the real cards and now the addiction has hit 😂😂😂😂 learning more and more everyday and this video has helped alot thanks heaps 🤙 just subscribed you deserve more subscribers 🤙
Definitely enjoying these videos.
Woo hoo!
That sudowodo is peeping through the window
Subbed. Knew I was in the right place when you related card buying to eating too much cheese.
My newest video takes that level of wisdom to all new levels.
I need that Spiritomb! I’ve loved Pokémon since 99/00, but only recently got back into collecting cards (except Trick or Trade which I’ve collected the past 3 years). My collection is less value-focused and more what sparks joy for me. I love the ghosts! 👻
Also my partner and I have recently been pulling a fair amount of Crown Zenith and WOW the hits have been crazy! I pulled the Darkrai V Star from our first ETB, such a good looking card imo!
Thats awesome! I love all the ghost pokemon big time - I'm working on getting a Gengar Masterball if I can!
My nephew pulled that Magik I was like dame good pull
getting back into this. Scared of what to buy and what to send off for grading. Nice LoR poster in background
Yeah grading is a scary thing I've made a ton of mistakes - main thing is to check centering on cards before you get them graded. You can pick up little tools that measure it, but if you look long enough it gets easier to spot. I think the blooming waters at Costco in February will be a great pick up!
@WhereismyPidgey is buying psa graded 10 cards bad?not a fan of gambling and been debating just outright buying specific cards off TCG graded like that magikarp 😉
I got the booster bundle in japan a few times, and you can only get the booster packs 10 max a day. I was new to collecting cards again, had them only when I was young but wasnt aware how the packs work, should've kept a lot of them sealed 😅
Bro... such a good video! I watched the go fishing video, bizar man! ;). We want the fish, you know!
Ive been buying cheap packs of older cards from dollar general been happy about it so far lol
Dollar general sells cards? Have u pulled any cards that are over $10 in value yet?
I just pulled that Bulbasaur yesterday!!! 0:29
Crazy story when Palladia evolved first came out. I opened up really like five packs and I pulled the Magikarp an sold a few days later for $45 or $50
Ohhhhh snap!!!
Well earned a subscription
Appreciate the video, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the advice bro. You’ve just received a new subscriber!
Just randomly stubbing soon this just getting into Pokemon crazy world
helpful video, I started back in xy, and quit around tag team so I've not known about the best sets to get
I only got into getting IRL cards was the TCG Poket release.. so i started with Paledean Fates, and in the first ETB i ever opened were actually an Bubble Mew Ex. I was like oh i like that card looks cool, and i send a pic to my friend to then told me that is an really good card to pull.
Same for me! Managed to pull the Charizard from Brilliant Stars in my first pack
Haha I pulled the Excalibur and said the same thing. It looks crazy though. I dig it.
I wish I had a pokemon expert by my side at all times so I know what to buy
Bro I got your pidgey!!!! I van send a photo. Bought 1 single pack at my local dollar general and got extremely lucky!!!!
i dont even know how to get started, been out of pokemon for so long and want to get back into it
TCG Player is a great place to just look around and see all the cards in the sets - you can sort them by price high to low just to see the cool stuff and learn what all there is.
I definitely watched the go fishing or something lol keep it up bro🎉🎉
Thanks for the video! I'm an uncle buying cards for his nephew as uh Christmas gift
That’s great! I have some stocking stuffers on my eBay page if you want a little something to add on. I’ve got a video on my eBay page showing some stuff.
Just found my old cards from 2000, went and completed the team rocket set and have the two sealed theme decks so just waiting for The glory of team rocket next year.
THAT is amazing! You are going to have an awesome time next year when that comes out! I love that old team rocket set!
How come this video does not get the traction it deserve? Such a nice content
Thank you!! One day the pidgey empire will rule all.
I’m from the future you were right about Bubble Mew
It has gone wild!
I started with shrouded fable again since the boosters are so cheap (2€) and i checked the cards they are still pretty cool, then i bought a lot of diversity. Im starting to focus on master sets now slowly
The fish calls to us all my friend!
Where can I get some booster boxes for Msrp if it’s costly to buy from pokemon center?
Hard to find good deals these days. Local stores and smaller online stores best bet.
First off, Where is my Pidgey is one of the best usernames I’ve ever heard of. I’m subscribing just for that but also, because I’m applying to be a Pokemon trading card expert at a local collectible store, so I’m trying to learn as much as possible about collecting cards and Pokemon in general 👍
Thank you so much!!! And I wish you great luck and good fortune in that endeavor!
@ you’re welcome, and thank you so much! 🙏
I don't know where to start and what to purchase first. hope this will help
New to all of this: bought a couple boosters after watching a bunch of videos. Seeing all of the grails and huge collections is dope.
But when you said something to the effect of "you have to save money, you cant buy it all" that hit home for me, I like your style keep up the good content.
Thank you for watching! Yeah I have to always remind myself to not chase everything just what I really want!
Actually pulled the alt art Magikarp pretty quick, only problem is that it came, PACK FRESH BTW with whitening on the corner
so, you spend how much for these boosters ? and magykarp sell for how much ? this was un example of first part of video ? i enjoyed a lot thanks !!!
Now that this video is a few months old things have gone crazy - the booster box for paldea is 144 now and the magicarp sells for double what it was! It’s crazy.
I’ll be sending my fish to PSA! Hope it gets a blue ribbon!
What if i wanna play the game? Or is that not something that is done?
Oh yes the game is awesome, I don't play much in person just the online games phone games - I don't really talk about it but there are amazing channels that do!
Hey man! Loved you video and just subscribed!
As a newbie just starting right new, what would you say it is the best investment at this moment for the long-term?
Thanks a lot!
That is a great question - I spent all day looking at what I should buy right now and I really struggled. Prices are so wild right now - I would say any booster box under 140 is worth looking at but its tough to find any right now.
@ I bet it is because of the launch of TCG Pocket, that dragged many people into collecting again. What about pre-ordering Prismatic Evolutions ETB? My favorite would be 151 but I guess I am already too late for that…
I'm subbing just because he said if your still watching you get a dq on cards thatz dope I'm a whatnot seller
I just don’t know what to do with all the trash cards. Do people just throw them away? Is there a common practice to get rid of unwanted basic cards?
Some people put all their bulk together and sell it - there are apparently a bunch of places that buy them.
I like a lot of the shrouded fable cards 😭
Whats crazy is im getting back into collecting and i got the magikarp
That’s a big win!!
I'm used to experience hobbies I collect Warhammer
ANYONE in the comments, i need some help. I wanna play tcg and i asked around like this, deciding to either first get 1 out of 3 decks mew, gengar, and dragapault ex the ppl said go with dragapult bc its striving rn so i did that but its soo expensive to make like 100 dollars so i was trying to see is there a box that would possibly have almost all the cards so that i can start from there. Anything would be appreciated thanks
Thanks for advice , Just subbed
Thanks for watching!!!
This might be a very silly comment but I’m brand new to this! Are different packs but still S&V collectible as one? Or can you not mix them? Or are they just different designs and aesthetics? Hope that makes sense! 😅
Oh you can totally collect them like that - Like all the pidgeys, all the pikachus etc!
Went fishing twice. Was unsuccessful both times. Had to tap out lol😂 That feeling when you pull that third illustration rare and it’s not Magikarp 🫥
Going fishing is really rough these days!
Glad to be subbed in the pre 1k era!
Forever a OG sub!
WHAT DA FISH DOIN?
Great video for someone like me learning. Why are you setting the energy cards aside? Thanks
I end up doing separate boxes for all my stuff - so common cards, energy, and rare stuff - I try to keep it all separate from one another.
I was thinking of buying the eevee prismatic evolutions set, but will its value increase in time? Should I just hold on to it and resell it later then? I’m hoping for the nice illustration of umbreon but I don’t think it’s happening
That could be great long term, I guess it just depends on how much you pay for it really. But potentially that could be great.
@@WhereismyPidgey alright, I’ll buy a set or two then. Thank you!
You make me wonder, Where is my Damm Pidgey
haha I still haven't found mine.
The 151 poster promo box has gonw up to anywhere form $28 to over $100 and its been about 1 month.
It's still 15 here in my town
I opened one Charizard promo tin and pulled the Bubble Mew ex. Pretty awesome feeling pulling a $100 card from a $20 walmart tin!! I'm sure I will regret it years from now, but just sold the Mew on Whatnot. Also i've opened about 5 packs total of Fusion strike, pulled Espeon vmax! Only recently got back into the hobby, its been nice to me so far!
That Espeon is where its at! So good!
Buy singles, not boxes. Your collection will look so much better in a couple years
where should I get cheaper surging sparks booster boxes?
@@ThePhenomenon151 everywhere expensive now it seems.
Those Mew calls have worked a treat, how many have you got?
I think I have two left - maybe 3 got to check my grading orders! Yeah I’m glad I got good timing on that.
Anyone reckon, Sylveon Ex SSP 086 is a steal? I got it. Any advice? Will to rise in future?
I didn’t see the surging sparks booster box?
On the website? Oh I wonder if he sold out?!
@@WhereismyPidgey or I’m just dumb lol. I looked at a couple of the other websites and they have some! Appreciate the video, finally found some places with decent priced packs instead of from stores.
@@tylernelson6000 Awesome - yes I was going to say I just saw them online at Josh's Cards as well. It's hard to find good stores sometimes!
i have a question. I live in France.. so the cards I can buy around me will all be in French.. in term of reselling one day I bet English cards will have a higher demand and value? so I should not get the cards in French..?
That is a great question - I’m not really sure. I guess based on the past it’s been that way.
french cards have less than half the demand of english for sure. even japan cards go for half price compared to english (unless theyre rare prints). so yeah dont go french if you wanna get monetary value
Link to video with where to buy booster boxes??
I'm fairly confident there would be more shark deaths If we decided to milk sharks like cows 🧑🌾🦈
That is a solid point haha
What’s a better investment surging sparks or supercharged breaker
I'm English sets all the way so Surging Sparks in my opinion.
Sonafabitch I'm IN! Great video, info and editing. Subbed.
Do you pay for grading ? Like I guess you pay shipping but does grading a card cost something? Is it like a certain $ for each card ? Like sending in a stack of cards going to cost me a check?
It is pretty pricey - per card PSA grading is the main website to check.
@@WhereismyPidgey Your local "Gamestop" are now submitting cards for customers, Looks promising !
or you could just do whatever you like most 🤷♂️
It’s totally fine if collecting is a hobby and not a side hustle.
Getting back into the hobby after the new tcg app came out lol. I decided to revisit my collection and price check it.
Turns out one of my fave cards is like $100 ungraded. Also another one of my favs is like $50.
Both were rainbow secret rare mimikyus, which is one of my favorite pokemon. My luck really was crazy 😅
Thats awesome! Glad you got some good luck on that!
can you provide any insight as to how you afford all of these packs and pokemon products?
get a job maybe?
What website do you get the $100 surging sparks bbs?
Danny has a deal, but you do need to order 3 at once www.youtube.com/@DannyPhantump
I watched the go fishing 👀
Found ya Pidgey under your mic
I saw the go fishing video. I hope I can still get that deal. How would I know?
Sadly all three rounds of those boxes sold out so fast! But I'm doing a new box set in January!
@ hey man I really appreciate the response. I’m glad I found this channel keep it up 👍
Are sleaving energy's ever worth it ?
So at this point should i just buy the cards i want for my collection or buy packs to gamble for it? :////
I think cards - pack prices are crazyyyy right now
HELP! Australia is totally dry of 151
zapados is crazy lol im sure its been zapdos forever
I'm pretty sure he knows it's not Zapados, similar to when I call it Pokeman for fun sometimes
@@whosmokesthablunts496 not sure if he sure. Said it so calmly and repeatedly, cant take it seriously.
maybe u gotta change the rod? good and super rods are meh, use old rod :D.
question, how do i get bulk cards? xd just to let my kids enjoy em'
I think some places sell bulk stuff like that? I can try and look into it!
Just started collecting, got me a 151 posted box, and didn't open it, so THANK YOU for helping support my decision, lol
Hii, are you looking for 7/11 Lapras?