I started playing VG when I was 11 in 2011 and SPs back then to me were this mythical expensive ass bling. Seeing this makes me want to collect those old cards I loved so much back then in their highest rarity.
Talk about crazy timing! I had just started collecting Cardfight Vanguard SP’s and found out firsthand how rare these damn cards are. I fell in love with the artwork and foil effects of the cards, so I just started buying up. It wasn’t until I tried finding a 5$ SP (Black Records Israfil) and saw that it was virtually nowhere to be found. Either way I’m having fun with it, I just wish some cards weren’t so impossible to find.
I remember dabbling in VC when the game first released here in the west. I didn't get too far into it since my hobby list was already full at the time, but I remember it being very fun
As a player, this is a good time to collect Vanguard. A great wake-up call that even if your game isn't stonks, if you want old stuff it won't always be readily available. So if this is something you appreciate, you should start sooner than later. But as an investor, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, why would you even bat an eye at Vanguard when you can invest in Yugioh with how immature the market still is? Look at old MTG/Pokemon compared to where they keep jumping every 5-10 years, and especially now: you are still early
Yeah, hunting down some of these Vanguard SPs is borderline impossible. However: I think I've been pretty clear on this channel that I'm allover YuGiOh when it comes to collecting/investing :P 90% of my Vanguard collection is just acquired over the years as a player/fan of specific cards/clans.
I mainly play YGO but One thing that Got me into Vanguard is how cheap as fck it is, you can get into the game like, with only one structure deck and expect to win(depending if your locals is ass or not) unlike YGO which you need to bust 30$ to buy 3x structure deck to get multiple copies of a card, Vanguard trial decks for only 10$ gets you an already consistent(not optimal) deck which you can have fun with
Yeah and the cards that comes with them is sick too, theyre damn consistent and actually feels like theyre almost a complete deck(except for Dragon Empire which is pretty underwhelming) Cant wait for these Decks to come in english
I firmly believe that thing holding back VG is the lack of reprints and the powercreep with each new set brings with it. I quit the game during the end of G-VG. Not sure how the game is now but these two reasons were why I stopped playing VG.
It's getting a new season; overDress that's looking mega promising so far. V was imo Vanguard's lowest point and overDress seems to address a lot of the issues the game had from the company's end imo.
Ever thought of making a video that goes into detail about what constitutes a 10, 9, 8, and 7 grade in PSA, showing cards as examples of that grade? I’d be down for that information
@@solemnyugioh but y not tho, do not settle for 1 vanguard channel. If a collector’s market develops you’d wanna have 2 so you can sell one and hold onto another BGS10 YT Channel
Depends on the IP really. Since VG (and YGO) are card game only IPs, they don't hit that big of a range of an audience. Bushiroad's other card game (Weiss Schwarz) has facebook groups become auction centers with a bunch of randos who don't even play the game suddenly starting to bid on SPs, and people buying out every sealed Weiss product they can find. Weiss is literally a game that rides off hot anime IPs. Huge bubble imo, since English Weiss has huge secondary market problems and a lack of a tournament that prevents it from even being a relevant game. I don't think this can lost term without putting the card game's health at risk.
OG PBD has been stonks for quite sometime now... the oldest of stonks. 1100 alpha black lotus printed, for those who want to compare. Premium will need to survive for the market to continue to grow. D boot may help push this imo...
I don't think Premium needs to survive for the collectors market to grow, cuz the big collectors items literally aren't played. HOWEVER, I do think Premium is important to keep the game going long-term so people's collections stay valid.
@@solemnyugioh I wish I was wrong... TCGs like MtG prove I am unfortunately right. As you said, Premium is important to keep the game going long term so our collections stay valid. The super expensive cards are not what define the market, they aren't the pieces that move as often. It is the $50-$100 cards that do, at this time imo.
That's a modern set. Buy it if you want to play the game, not to speculate. IF this game ever gets a higher-end collectors market, it's FAR more likely it'll be the original cards from 10 years ago. Learn from the patterns we see in YuGiOh and Pokémon. (and again; this is mega risky)
Still have some cards from the first few editions, just can't part with them. Is it worth to open boxes just to sell singles? Not many are offering singles and not sure how high the demand is.
Keep in mind that just 5 years ago, Pokemon and Yugioh collectors' markets were tiny, especially for set cards. People collected prize cards unique promos but that was about it, and even then they weren't seen as serious stores of value. And the sports card market as a whole was a corpse. And crypto was seen by most people as a shady dark web market. Things have changed dramatically for those, so why not for Vanguard as well?
Question as a filthy weeb: is this the card game that frequently collaborates with currently airing anime? I’d love to get some bling from my favorite anime’s as tokens or field centers for Yugioh, stuff like Fate, Hunter x Hunter, SnK, whatever.
@@solemnyugioh I mean look man, Blau is my god and saviour (fazer has a gun to my head please send help) but also victor is where the money is at with Nova Grapplers (praise be unto gold routile)
I've been buying SP versions of my fav old cards that I couldn't afford before. Mainly Tachikaze rn but even some are worth more money than I wanted to pay. You didn't have any last time I asked you lol
@@jerkygastropub7845 hit me up on instagram :) @maximesolemn The lowest listed on tcgplayer is 70, but it hasnt actually moved at that. I recently bought one for 30 euros so that's what I'd be willing to give for one.
Just for consideration, if a TCG had absolutely no collection aspect, would you still play it Solemn? Purely for the sake of the game and not collectiblity.
@@solemnyugioh No you still collect. What I mean is if it was like a digital CG where all cards are easily accessible, even free maybe. Then would you play it?
In terms of high rarity collecting(sp and above) I’m like 80% with OG, 70% done with G, and barely started with V. AND then there’s fucking D with 40 types of SP EVERY SET😇. It’s relevantly cheap and fun to collect but my wallet’s about to suffer when set 1 drops
Don't ever speculate on other card games you have no interest in. Some people get into collecting in hopes to plus, this is not smart. It's different when you enjoy the collection because regardless if it goes up or down you'll be happy with your collection.
Vanguard's main problem is its anime didn't take off like Yugioh. There's nothing in the franchise that generates that same emotional reaction. There's no memes floating around on normie Twitter using the Vanguard main villain like with Kaiba.
Lets be real here, he just wanted to show us his collection xd
LOL, nahh, that could be a 3-hour video on its own :')
I started playing VG when I was 11 in 2011 and SPs back then to me were this mythical expensive ass bling. Seeing this makes me want to collect those old cards I loved so much back then in their highest rarity.
good luck :)
Talk about crazy timing! I had just started collecting Cardfight Vanguard SP’s and found out firsthand how rare these damn cards are. I fell in love with the artwork and foil effects of the cards, so I just started buying up. It wasn’t until I tried finding a 5$ SP (Black Records Israfil) and saw that it was virtually nowhere to be found. Either way I’m having fun with it, I just wish some cards weren’t so impossible to find.
I’ve been wanting this thank you.
Enjoy :)
I heard there's a really cool new anime as well, and $4 MSRP start decks with 4x of all the important cards? Damn that's crazy 👁️👄👁️
I remember dabbling in VC when the game first released here in the west. I didn't get too far into it since my hobby list was already full at the time, but I remember it being very fun
Need a much needed update video like this one
I secured 5 sealed boxes of Onslaught of Dragon Souls recently. I'm a fan of sealed :)
I see what you’re doing talking about it to get the hype going, I don’t blame you!
soooo nice to look at
As a player, this is a good time to collect Vanguard. A great wake-up call that even if your game isn't stonks, if you want old stuff it won't always be readily available. So if this is something you appreciate, you should start sooner than later.
But as an investor, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, why would you even bat an eye at Vanguard when you can invest in Yugioh with how immature the market still is? Look at old MTG/Pokemon compared to where they keep jumping every 5-10 years, and especially now: you are still early
Yeah, hunting down some of these Vanguard SPs is borderline impossible. However:
I think I've been pretty clear on this channel that I'm allover YuGiOh when it comes to collecting/investing :P
90% of my Vanguard collection is just acquired over the years as a player/fan of specific cards/clans.
I mainly play YGO but One thing that Got me into Vanguard is how cheap as fck it is, you can get into the game like, with only one structure deck and expect to win(depending if your locals is ass or not) unlike YGO which you need to bust 30$ to buy 3x structure deck to get multiple copies of a card, Vanguard trial decks for only 10$ gets you an already consistent(not optimal) deck which you can have fun with
Yup and with overDress coming soon, the start decks are 5$ :P
Yeah and the cards that comes with them is sick too, theyre damn consistent and actually feels like theyre almost a complete deck(except for Dragon Empire which is pretty underwhelming)
Cant wait for these Decks to come in english
I firmly believe that thing holding back VG is the lack of reprints and the powercreep with each new set brings with it. I quit the game during the end of G-VG. Not sure how the game is now but these two reasons were why I stopped playing VG.
It's getting a new season; overDress that's looking mega promising so far. V was imo Vanguard's lowest point and overDress seems to address a lot of the issues the game had from the company's end imo.
Ever thought of making a video that goes into detail about what constitutes a 10, 9, 8, and 7 grade in PSA, showing cards as examples of that grade? I’d be down for that information
Already have in my "assessing cards for grading" video. At the start, I go over raw cards, then later I show off some graded ones
@@solemnyugioh huh, must of missed that one. Thanks!
It's not stonks until Rudy makes a video about it
METAZOO TO THE MOON
@@solemnyugioh 😂
@@solemnyugioh I just looked up metazoo (never heard of it before) on ebay and there are boxes of it going for thousands right now... okaaaayyyy
This is a Cardfight Vanguard Channel now lol
god no lol
@@solemnyugioh but y not tho, do not settle for 1 vanguard channel. If a collector’s market develops you’d wanna have 2 so you can sell one and hold onto another BGS10 YT Channel
@@EKo_CVZ Damn, u right
Depends on the IP really. Since VG (and YGO) are card game only IPs, they don't hit that big of a range of an audience. Bushiroad's other card game (Weiss Schwarz) has facebook groups become auction centers with a bunch of randos who don't even play the game suddenly starting to bid on SPs, and people buying out every sealed Weiss product they can find. Weiss is literally a game that rides off hot anime IPs. Huge bubble imo, since English Weiss has huge secondary market problems and a lack of a tournament that prevents it from even being a relevant game. I don't think this can lost term without putting the card game's health at risk.
I would say it does have an SP/high rarity market
OG PBD has been stonks for quite sometime now... the oldest of stonks.
1100 alpha black lotus printed, for those who want to compare.
Premium will need to survive for the market to continue to grow. D boot may help push this imo...
I don't think Premium needs to survive for the collectors market to grow, cuz the big collectors items literally aren't played.
HOWEVER, I do think Premium is important to keep the game going long-term so people's collections stay valid.
@@solemnyugioh I wish I was wrong... TCGs like MtG prove I am unfortunately right. As you said, Premium is important to keep the game going long term so our collections stay valid. The super expensive cards are not what define the market, they aren't the pieces that move as often. It is the $50-$100 cards that do, at this time imo.
So what are your thoughts on Genesis of the five greats? Do you recommend investing in the DSR (Trick Star)? Or overall on the set?
That's a modern set. Buy it if you want to play the game, not to speculate.
IF this game ever gets a higher-end collectors market, it's FAR more likely it'll be the original cards from 10 years ago.
Learn from the patterns we see in YuGiOh and Pokémon. (and again; this is mega risky)
Still have some cards from the first few editions, just can't part with them.
Is it worth to open boxes just to sell singles? Not many are offering singles and not sure how high the demand is.
It's only worth it if you buy boxes from distributors and sell the singles on preorder , basically being a store.
@@solemnyugioh I am one, but there are no tournaments in switzerland and because of that i hesitate. Not being in the EU is annoying for once.
@@takatran475 I know for a fact there are Swiss players, but yeah, it's tougher because of import tax if you're trying to ship to EU :/
@@solemnyugioh Well, then i might give it a shot with an upcoming set. Thanks for the info!
@@solemnyugioh Probably a dumb question so I apologise, but how would one go about buying boxes from distributors?
Keep in mind that just 5 years ago, Pokemon and Yugioh collectors' markets were tiny, especially for set cards. People collected prize cards unique promos but that was about it, and even then they weren't seen as serious stores of value. And the sports card market as a whole was a corpse. And crypto was seen by most people as a shady dark web market. Things have changed dramatically for those, so why not for Vanguard as well?
Question as a filthy weeb: is this the card game that frequently collaborates with currently airing anime? I’d love to get some bling from my favorite anime’s as tokens or field centers for Yugioh, stuff like Fate, Hunter x Hunter, SnK, whatever.
I believe you're referring to Weiss Schwartz. Made by the same company; Bushiroad.
@@solemnyugioh got it, ty for the info. That prize card looks so sweet, the one you compared to BLS. Is that one of the prize cards that you’ve won?
@@xBrayJay Nah, that's Majesty Lord Blaster. My other prize cards are in binders :)
I think it's due to how fast bushiroad power creep the game & because players like affordability
welp, time to sink my life savings into Zubat Battler SPs
ohgod
@@solemnyugioh I mean look man, Blau is my god and saviour (fazer has a gun to my head please send help) but also victor is where the money is at with Nova Grapplers (praise be unto gold routile)
I've been buying SP versions of my fav old cards that I couldn't afford before. Mainly Tachikaze rn but even some are worth more money than I wanted to pay. You didn't have any last time I asked you lol
hey solemn, do you plan on getting the SPs graded?
if vanguards market comes about, my wallet is gonna disappear into non-existence. Yet it would be nice for vanguard to be more known
Can we get an update video on this please? Like come on my guy
Thats it I’m buying some
LOL
that is a pretty collection, dont know any of the cards but they look cool
Appreciated!
opened some bt01 boosters last month pulled sp alfred...btw what binder is that? dragon shield?
Dragonshield binder yeah :) And damn congrats on Alfred! Lemme know if selling LOL
@@solemnyugioh is it worth much? maybe $30? lol cant find much online
@@jerkygastropub7845 hit me up on instagram :) @maximesolemn
The lowest listed on tcgplayer is 70, but it hasnt actually moved at that. I recently bought one for 30 euros so that's what I'd be willing to give for one.
Just for consideration, if a TCG had absolutely no collection aspect, would you still play it Solemn? Purely for the sake of the game and not collectiblity.
I already do. Vanguard is like that.
@@solemnyugioh No you still collect. What I mean is if it was like a digital CG where all cards are easily accessible, even free maybe. Then would you play it?
I play Hearthstone, where I don’t collect anything. I will dust everything that rotates out.
@@solemnyugioh Very nice to hear
Hey I was looking through my old yugioh cards and I found a blue eyed dragon and many other super rare cards... are they worth anything?
Depends on if they're 1st edition, which set, condition, etc... feel free to check out the price guide on this channel
@@solemnyugioh yes they are 1st editions and in perfect condition.. thank you to
In terms of high rarity collecting(sp and above) I’m like 80% with OG, 70% done with G, and barely started with V. AND then there’s fucking D with 40 types of SP EVERY SET😇. It’s relevantly cheap and fun to collect but my wallet’s about to suffer when set 1 drops
I'm honestly not bothering with V/OD SPs except for the decks I play :P Stoicheia LetsGooo
i have like one of those sps that he has lol
its the sp nociel grade 1 lmao still feels good that i have a couple semi valuable cards lol
Damn i had plenty of those... probably around 9 decks
Why do those yugioh cards look weird @SolemnYugioh? /s
they fell ill :(
hopefully 1 day.
It'd be funny
@@solemnyugioh bro, are you opening any new vanguard overdress products? please do.
@@RyogaEchizen I am!
I’m a huge anime nerd but I’d never heard of Vangaurd until your channel😆 Is it a Europe thing?
Nah, it's global! Bigger in Japan than in the west for sure though
it's the 4th biggest TCG pretty much. With that being said, it's far lower compared to any of the big 3 tcgs
Probably saw the cards while I was in Japan but there are so many I wouldn’t know 🙈
You're an anime nerd and haven't heard of Cardfight Vanguard lol?
Don't ever speculate on other card games you have no interest in. Some people get into collecting in hopes to plus, this is not smart. It's different when you enjoy the collection because regardless if it goes up or down you'll be happy with your collection.
Yup! I personally play Vanguard more than I play YuGiOh and have been extremely active in the community for many years, so it's different for me.
If you are the Vanguard then show me the way~
Bruh I just want parallel XVR The Ends
should be pretty doable
Vanguard's main problem is its anime didn't take off like Yugioh. There's nothing in the franchise that generates that same emotional reaction. There's no memes floating around on normie Twitter using the Vanguard main villain like with Kaiba.
Yup!
So how do you play?😂
WEEBFIGHT VANGUARD
No
mean
FUNNY EARLY COMMENT
HA HA
@@solemnyugioh Could you show off some of your ygo decks in future vids? Would be interesting!
lol i doubt it, this game is dead af
nahh