Best card to buy at the $1000 mark?

[surfnsnow]

PSA 9 1st Edition Base Blastoise, PSA 9 Gold Star Rayquaza or PSA 9 1st Ed Shining Charizard would my choice.

[justinmew]

@jkanly

@yz2428

I would say this is not necessarily going to be true. China’s market is quite different in terms of its history and exposure to Pokemon and the Pokemon release so far is only in Taiwan, maybe HK, which is a different market segment. I do believe this will help bring back some interest, but I guess we won’t know till we see some marketing trends develop in the next 12-24 months. If pokemon continues to pump new products, then I have better confidence - I imagine Pokemon would’ve done some market analysis if they decided to look into this market seriously for the first time 13 years. I guess one caveat is that since Pokemon is so small, even if we get 100 new serious collectors come into the Pokemon market, we could feel a price jump.

While that’s true, you also should consider that the upper class is leaving mainland china in droves and leaving to the Traditional Chinese speaking countries like HK, Taiwan, Macao, etc., & also into other countries with more exposure to the Pokemon market.

Out of 1.3 billion people, I’m sure there will be some collectors. think the prices of English and Japanese cards are going to go up as well. The Chinese sometimes view foreign products as superior. I really hope trophy card prices don’t go up as I have yet to buy one.

[pokemoncardproject]

1k could get you like 10 Collector Charizards

[btoise]

Wouldnt want to be labeled ignorant by not mentioning the elephant in the room so why dont you consider a japanese card like the kangas Khan trophy in psa 5 or 6. Japanese isnt as popular or valuable as English but enough ppl here have them and continue to talk up its value so it might be a good investment.

[chok]

@btoise

Wouldnt want to be labeled ignorant by not mentioning the elephant in the room so why dont you consider a japanese card like the kangas Khan trophy in psa 5 or 6. Japanese isnt as popular or valuable as English but enough ppl here have them and continue to talk up its value so it might be a good investment.

A Trophy Khan for $1k? I’d take 10 please

[merciersj]

@chok

@btoise

Wouldnt want to be labeled ignorant by not mentioning the elephant in the room so why dont you consider a japanese card like the kangas Khan trophy in psa 5 or 6. Japanese isnt as popular or valuable as English but enough ppl here have them and continue to talk up its value so it might be a good investment.

A Trophy Khan for $1k? I’d take 10 please

This is what I was thinking, I would love to have this card also but I have not seen sub-1k sales?

[btoise]

In all honesty, stick with English base set. Dont believe the hype men in here who have far more to gain by trafficking in this nonsense. No one ever opened up a trophy card when they were young. Nostalgia is what makes this hobby work. What happened with trophies is that ppl identified a subset that had gone unnoticed and then turned it into something it is not… something desirable long-term. Stay away.

[chok]

@btoise

Nostalgia is what makes this hobby work.

I respect your opinion

[pokecollectoramy]

@komari

are you really trying to “invest” in a 1k pokemon card? do you think its gonna be worth a whopping 1500 5 years from now? theres a million other things to put your money in that will make you more $

More than 50% return in 5 years? Go on then…let’s hear these million ideas

[pfm]

The people have spoken. You know what must be done.

[charizandrew]

It’s rewarding to make your own prediction. I’d look for an item with these traits:

1.) high demand (charizard) and/or rare (<100 copies)
2.) high grade (psa 8+)
3.) low availability (not many for sale)
4.) other owners have financial stability (avoid cards that are being fire sold/auctioned frequently)
5.) historically significant (the first version, art that has a story or ties in to an event)

[Cerulean]

@btoise

In all honesty, stick with English base set. Dont believe the hype men in here who have far more to gain by trafficking in this nonsense. No one ever opened up a trophy card when they were young. Nostalgia is what makes this hobby work. What happened with trophies is that ppl identified a subset that had gone unnoticed and then turned it into something it is not… something desirable long-term. Stay away.

Says the guy who just said a PSA 9 Shadowless Blastoise—a card that you can currently regularly buy for under $400—is the best card to buy at the 1K mark.

[budget]

@Cerulean

@btoise

In all honesty, stick with English base set. Dont believe the hype men in here who have far more to gain by trafficking in this nonsense. No one ever opened up a trophy card when they were young. Nostalgia is what makes this hobby work. What happened with trophies is that ppl identified a subset that had gone unnoticed and then turned it into something it is not… something desirable long-term. Stay away.

Says the guy who just said a PSA 9 Shadowless Blastoise—a card that you can currently regularly buy for under $400—is the best card to buy at the 1K mark.

[mikejofthecoast]

@pfm

The people have spoken. You know what must be done.

I totally got confused trying to like this post and hit the other thumbs up button on the picture a time or two haha

[lugiaslair249]

1st Edition PSA 9 Shining Charizard would be my pick.

[jakew1992]

I’d suggest shadowless but the shadowless hype man has already suggested that

[monogenom]

I would go with Shining 1st ed Mewtwo, Masaki Promo, or a nice goldstar in a 10. I can’t predict the future but these are some dope cards I think will at the very least hold their value.

[alovell]

Buy every single Base Set unlimited Rattata that you can find. Raw, graded, damaged, etc. Go to every website that sells pokemon and buy it all!

Create a shortage in the market and never sell a single one of them. Our grandchildren will hear the legend from us old timers, “Back in my day, The base set used to have a card with a rat on it… I believe it was The Rat?..Ratia?..Oh yes, Rattata!”… but since kids can’t get their hands on a base set Rattata and it was never really talked about back in our day, everyone will think that it didn’t actually exist. It will become an urban legend. Slowly the one or two that you weren’t able to buy will end up on ebay once or twice a year and the Base Set Rattata will start breaking all pokemon sales records and be worth than any trophy card or sealed product. Then the true King of Pokemon will finally reign! The pokemon company will start making Rattata GX, Tag Team Rattata/Kakuna, Hyper Rare Rattata, Trophy Card Rattata, and Pikachu will be abandoned by Ash only to be accompanied by the rat.
The End

[merciersj]

@alovell

Buy every single Base Set unlimited Rattata that you can find. Raw, graded, damaged, etc. Go to every website that sells pokemon and buy it all!

Create a shortage in the market and never sell a single one of them. Our grandchildren will hear the legend from us old timers, “Back in my day, The base set used to have a card with a rat on it… I believe it was The Rat?..Ratia?..Oh yes, Rattata!”… but since kids can’t get their hands on a base set Rattata and it was never really talked about back in our day, everyone will think that it didn’t actually exist. It will become an urban legend. Slowly the one or two that you weren’t able to buy will end up on ebay once or twice a year and the Base Set Rattata will start breaking all pokemon sales records and be worth than any trophy card or sealed product. Then the true King of Pokemon will finally reign! The pokemon company will start making Rattata GX, Tag Team Rattata/Kakuna, Hyper Rare Rattata, Trophy Card Rattata, and Pikachu will be abandoned by Ash only to be accompanied by the rat.
The End

When I was at North American Championships this year, I played against a kid that was 11 (and lost almost immediately). We were talking about how I collect cards older than he is. He paused and said dramatically, “OH MAN, HAVE I GOT THE CARD FOR YOU.” He then reached into a deck box and pulled out…an unlimited base set Rattata. He was so unbelievably proud of himself and was grinning ear to ear, handling it like it was made of gold. I didn’t have the heart to crush his dreams so oooo’d and aaaahhhhh’d over it.

TL;DR: The Legend of Base Set Rattata has already begun. Get on the train, kids.

[piezers]

There’s several different ways you can go. I tend to focus on 1st Edition Base, WOTC Charizards and sealed WOTC product.

1. First Edition Base Holo in a high grade (Original, sought after, first set, nostalgia overload, scarce compared to other sets)

2. First Edition Base Charizard in played condition (The most popular card in the hobby that everyone remembers. Moderately played goes for 1k or a little over. An MTG played Black Lotus go for like 20x that. Maybe Pokémon will mature to that. Or maybe not. I’m willing to bet it does.)

3. Any WOTC First Edition Charizard in PSA 10 condition. (Old, rare and mint is a solid buy. It’s also first edition)

4. Gold Star Charizard in PSA 9 condition. (Hard to pull compared to wotc era chase cards. Extremely popular artwork and part of a great set)

5. First Edition Shining Charizard in PSA 9 condition. This actually goes for a little over $1k USD but it’s still in that ballpark…for now. Shining Zard checks all the boxes. Judging by the recent history of the card, it’s on a healthy trend upward.

6. WOTC sealed packs that are straight from a box.

The great thing about Pokémon and collecting is there’s so many options to go with. There honestly is something for everyone. There’s a ton of different cards that sell around the $1k mark. Let us know what you decide to go with!