Lets stop talking about Mysterious Pearl! Its definitely out of everyone’s price range and should not be bought. 
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Pearl gang rise up!
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LOL it’s not too expensive like 3-4K
Yeah the Japanese Mew / Celebi championship arena is a bit tough finding it graded but I see raw copy’s a bit more now on eBay
The 2006 championship arena there’s like 4 - 5 listings graded on eBay as well ( I prefer this one as it’s cosmo holo pattern is so nice )
The Pearl though , it’s a bit tough too find it for sale in a grade that’s affordable like a 8-9 or even raw but maybe I’m not looking hard enough haha
I had too really hunt for mine and I got lucky when I did find it I feel
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I know lol. Just messing. Planning to get one some day 
My bad my bad lol
I hope you do too and we all can join the Pearl Gang 
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What about tropical winds? I see a lot of them for various years and in both English and Japanese. Can someone provide some info?
Kinda surreal seeing 4 figure cards be seen as affordable. $3-4k definitely wasn’t “not too expensive” years ago. Gotta wonder if someday someone will make a thread asking for affordable trophy options under $30k.
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Yyeeessss! So grateful to have owned the very first and only CGC Perfect 10 of this card! 
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Did someone mention my name 
Yea, currently selling our PSA 9 Pearl, the eBay price is high because it’s eBay we are willing to come down on it 
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I haven’t kept up as much, but if you can find an art academy/ design contest card in a low grade that’s also a good choice!
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What are those?
Check 2009, 2010 and 2015 I believe
looking at the recent sold listings, seems like its the right time to buy some vintage trophy cards… is there any recommendation?
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Save money to be able to snipe whenever you’re ready 
What kind of trophy cards do you like ?
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What are the recent sold listings indicating? Maybe that itself can give an idea. Also I am not sure about trophy cards, but some prize cards from the battle road events are at a really great price points compared to previous years.
Cheers!
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What do you like to collect? And also do you see yourself being able to hold onto the card beyond the short term (prices will likely move sidewise if not downwards for a while for these cards )
Just taking a wild guess since you mentioned vintage and have an articuno as your profile, some trophy-tier suggestions would be the TMB articuno phone card (or the other birds for that matter) or the 2010 Zoroark design contest cards (not sure if vintage enough for you but has cameos of the legendary birds).
The battle road prize/trophies that Bubbles suggested are also a solid suggestion!
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Would you consider other languages as well? Simplified Chinese promos are affordable too. For example these Top 8 and top 64 trophies.
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lately i’ve bee looking at zorua / zoroark illustration content promos… hoping to get something interesting
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i’m having trouble searching for articuno phone in mercari… might slide to ebay soon
tbh u guessed just the promo ive been looking at recently which is zorua / zoroark illustration… i dont mind a modern one as well as long as the price is good
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