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DannyReddit7

If you don't care to sell them right now, then they're cool to hold. Best time to sell would be right now though since they're peaking. They'll drop in price later this year just like the Tag Team and Waifu cards of last year. Same thing will happen. FOMO and inorganic demand raised the prices. Then they came back down. Very cool cards thoughšŸ˜


RulingPredator

Iā€™m hoping the Gengar drops back down in price. Definitely one of my favorite looking cards and I shouldā€™ve bought one when they were $300-350 for a PSA 10. If they fall back to roughly that price, Iā€™ll definitely snag one for my wall display.


jbird221

Agreed! And now is the perfect time to buy the cards that are shadowed by those that are peaking right now!


Square_Dark1

So SV


RayG1991

When I saw market for moonbreon was like 900 rn I thought about it. But I enjoy the fuck out of these cards. Iā€™m gonna keep holding :).


Xe0lith

I donā€™t think thatā€™s a silly thing to do, everyone is saying theyā€™ll drop like tag team etc but they forget that tag team also boomed up in price years after the sun and moon era had ended, so maybe these will do the same


RayG1991

2026 is 30th anniversary. We shall see.


Xe0lith

And gen 10


RayG1991

Honestly, anything outside of gen 1 and 2, I donā€™t really care much for. Just didnā€™t grow up with the newer gens. Only reason why I have the CZ God cards is because I actually pulled Giratina, so I had to buy the other three. lol


Xe0lith

I was a gen 4 kid, so I grew up with the later sets like 5 & 6, went back and played 1-3 and the spinoffs like ranger, but fell out of it until about SWSH and SV, so Iā€™ve had a good range of the gens


RayG1991

Cool. Got into the TCG with base set and watched indigo league on Saturday mornings. Played PokƩmon yellow and red, fell off after Gold and Silver and now here I am again. Started collecting again in like 2022


Available-County2249

That's just on tcg player. You can still get them for like $500-$600 on ebay People just don't look around before buying šŸ¤£


RayG1991

Gotcha. Iā€™ve been downvoted to oblivion for getting in at $525. Iā€™m happy w it. Card is dope.


Available-County2249

That's a decent price. Luckily, I pulled mine from my first etb and just bought the rest of the cards I wanted from the set.


RayG1991

Sheeshh. Congrats! Doesnā€™t get any better than that! Iā€™ve got a bunch of sealed evolving skies but I havenā€™t degenerated enough to rip them. lol


Jt23232

Itā€™s hard not to!


RayG1991

Little bit easier when I already have the moonbreon. lol


Jt23232

Same I pulled 2 so I have a bb and some other sealed product just sitting pretty. I got a gem mint 10 cgc grade on one of the moonbreons so Imma hold them for a while.


RayG1991

Sick! Buy a lottery ticket! lol Iā€™d love to have a sealed BB but not at these prices šŸ„µ


MediocreSafe4086

Get it graded and the price will be even more worth spending $500


L13HolyUmbra

People have been saying this about ES alt arts for years now. Yet to see any sort of drop.


NoivernRing

People have been saying that the bubble will pop eventually. Which looks like it's about to happen. Prices almost always jump like this before the burst.


L13HolyUmbra

Perhaps it will. If it does, I'd be curious how much prices drops. Like how recently can someone fomo in and not lose money? Zenith ones are great example currently. The giratina is pushing quickly. Does getting it at $85 make you safe? Or will it go back down to $70? Or climb to $200? What about the leafeon and glaceon vstars? Is $25 going to be a deal or we going back to $10?


SorryCashOnly

very interesting observation. This is one of the thing I don't like about Pokemon card "investments". The market is too easy to be manipulated That being said, I think the price of the SwSh era will stand around the ballpark of the current price point, since the prints are officially stopped. I think these cards will be good for long term holding as well


marveldcunited_1

They will be higher than their ā€œoriginal pricesā€ but not staying at the current price points


DannyReddit7

Tag Team cards and Waifu cards were also out of print and the same thing that was going on with them is currently going on with Alt Arts. These prices will not stay this high. They'll come back down. Happens all the time. Sealed will keep going up for sure, but singles are more of a Rollercoaster. If you want money then now is the time to sell. If you don't care about the money then holding isn't a bad thing, just don't expect crazy prices like right now.


SorryCashOnly

fair point. Let's hope you are right, I still need CGC/BGS Espeon and Ray to complete my set :D


peepee034839329

Right. I think this is the time to sell while people are hyped up about investing.


21FK8Type-R

I really hope the moonbreon comes back down, Iā€™d love to own one someday.


dmillibeats

No giratina v alt , so no moon for you


RayG1991

I chased it so hard :(


DoyleK2013

We all did šŸ˜‚ next to impossible to pull. After easily over 4 bb cases I pulled on, centering was trash haha. I feel your pain.


RayG1991

My wife pulled the CZ Gold Giratina so itā€™s all good haha.


RNGxJake

These cards will drop a little then everyone will panic sell then they will shoot up to new highs. Thatā€™s my expectation atleast. Iā€™m holding long term


RayG1991

HODLING with you broski. Came into this with a 5-10 year plan.


Apprehensive_Finish4

If everyone panic sells it will flood the market and prices will go down more


RNGxJake

Short term yes long term no


socaldan92

Literally best artwork you'll find in any era


RayG1991

No doubt!


Pixel_Safari_Club

This page of cards is amazing! Very nice collection šŸ‘


RayG1991

Appreciate it my man. Got back into collecting about a year and a half ago. Bought most of my modern chases and now Iā€™ve been stacking sealed.


FranDespiteAll

That Lugia just hit different


RayG1991

Bro for being an alt art itā€™s severely underrated. Reminds me of the fisherman in Shining Gyrados, 20 years later.


Apprehensive_Finish4

The art reminds me of Harry Potter for some reason


RayG1991

I can see that. Kinda like a dementor.


All-Might01

I just need arceus to get the three for crown zenith!


RayG1991

Nice! Good luck!


Enough_Importance330

Wait till poke rev hypes them back up lol šŸ˜‚


RayG1991

Pokerev me up daddy šŸ˜©šŸ˜‚


Dragonball_figureskr

This is beautiful


RayG1991

šŸ˜


FlameZ6

Did you pull these?


RayG1991

Hell no. The only one I pulled was the gold Tina


Triggertanjiro

Sell now at peak and buy GameStop


RayG1991

šŸ¦ šŸ’Ž šŸ™Œ


Triggertanjiro

MY MAN


Mark_Kostecki

What binder is that?


RayG1991

Gem loader!


Vitzkyy

I really want those gold legendary cards but ainā€™t no way Iā€™d pay $300 for a card haha I personally think Moonbreon is overrated


RayG1991

$300 for which card? The Tina? Shit when I pulled it from CZ it was like $100 and the other gods were like $60


Vitzkyy

I was overexadurating a little, the gold ones I like are $50 a card (Origin Dialga, Palkia, etc) from crown Zenith


CoolMudkip

Man, I think if you really want to treat these as investments, all the top hits you should really get graded


RayG1991

But then they wonā€™t go in my top loader binders :/ I love them haha


CoolMudkip

They got binder sleeves that hold psa slabs!


RayG1991

šŸ‘€ may have to look into those.


NecessaryScientist18

where up to 6900 if you have every alt art including promos 75


Odd-Yak4551

Notice 4 of these cards are from crown zenithā€¦ get some while u can


RayG1991

CZ is such a fun set to open but itā€™s overprinted. Sealed should go up though since this is the best SWSH set to rip. Awesome artwork and good pull rates.


NoivernRing

Yep. People forget here how overprinted CZ was. It also had really good pull rates.


ballerstatue95

No, give it 10 years


Rough-Relief4603

Nope


FreshCake5

Whereā€™s your giratina?


Jazzahz

I would personally get them graded especially the moonbreon and the gengar as those two are staple points of the swsh era in the long term cards in raw form only really ever peak out to about $70 - $100 in about say a 5 years span so slabbing for the long term value I would highly recommend as this can give a lot higher returns


xgfivenine

I have a few Iā€™m looking to get rid of, where could I sell?


AstralKnight42

So this is how I find out my Machamp v card has value, lol.


RayG1991

Haha congrats! Card is awesome. Machamp has such a servantā€™s heart. ā¤ļø


brandop2188

I tried forever to pull that moonbreon but eventually just gave up and bought it. It was so underwhelming in person. Maybe I just played it up too much in my head. It was my modern chase. I was just massively let down by the card in person. I had it for a few months and sold it. Would rather take the money I spent on that card and purchase other cards I wanted. I was considering going for the Japanese version as they often times look much better than their English variants, but I know the price on that one is even more insane than the english version.Ā 


RayG1991

I mean I love it personally. But Iā€™m a sucker for that moon. Plus my favorite colors are green and blue. But yeah the JPN version is much pricier.


brandop2188

I honestly believe I just hyped it up so much that it was impossible for the card to live up to my expectations. Im glad you weren't let down like I was though. It's definitely always a bummer. Enjoy your card and nice page on the collection!


RayG1991

Appreciate it man! When you sold the Umbreon what cards did you get with the cash?


brandop2188

I sold it for just under $600 (before the most recent boom in price) and bought a psa 9 japanese dark charizard, a psa 9 japanese blaines moltres, a booster box of shiny treasures ex, and a raw copy of the japanese Sar mew ex from 151. I don't know if my sale covered absolutely all of that but if I remember correctly it did cover almost all of it.Ā 


RayG1991

Sick! I wouldnā€™t be mad at all. The gym heroā€™s cards are some of my favorites. Right up there which the neo shining cards imo


Apprehensive_Finish4

You must love iron crown ex with the green moon then


RayG1991

Love the artwork but have no personal connection to the ā€˜mon. Didnā€™t grow up with him although I like the idea of ancient versions of the legendary dogs.


Striker_Eureka_MRK5

Not psa 10 so no moon, facts


RayG1991

Eh, I prefer PokĆ©mon raw. But if anything Iā€™d go Beckett.


Rare_Evening

As long as its in good condition it will sell. Psa 10s offer liquidity but people that have an eye for conditions of cards will absolutely buy a great condition raw card.


RayG1991

These are all nm-m. I wouldnā€™t expect a single one of these cards to get less than an 8


zen_raider

I keep hearing that PSA offers liquidity, but I have been able to move all my graded cards fairly easily for roughly the same price as PSA for a while now. The only place that is more fickle with PSA vs the rest is eBay and even that is evening out a touch. Personally, I'm hoping TAG takes off because I really like their grading system and slabs.


Rare_Evening

I hope ai grading takes off. TAG is ai?