E4 Secret Santa 2020 [PICTURE THREAD]

Got mine from @mcorey777 yesterday, so stoked! Aside from the great psyduck drawing, I got a couple Mew pins, some hidden fates wrappers, and a TON of cards that I’m guessing came from said wrappers. I’m not super familiar with modern cards so I am excited to learn more about these. Some nice artwork on these cards as well! Thank you!

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@originalera I thought about it after I should have left a note. So there’s all three forms of the Legendary Birds, almost all the hidden fates promos. Then there should be a copy of every Hidden Fates common, uncommon, rare, and holo. And most of the GX’s.

There is somewhere between 20-40 ex era Common uncommon rares all pack fresh 9/10 canidates. These were separated.

I suck at drawing but it was my attempt at Hidden Fates Phyduck lol

Merry Christmas!

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Santa hit the nail on the head!!!
I collect mew / mewtwo’s, and I have a lot of cards, but not this one! and psa 9!
when I pulled the topps card out I was in shock, because I have been meaning to buy myself a sealed pack of these mewtwo topps packs ever since watching Rhymestyle open the lugia packs. I just never got to it. I wanted to open one myself to get a holo mewtwo card, and here ya go now I got a holo mewtwo topps!

Then bam right after that I got the sealed pack too!!!

what I am happiest about most of all is the artwork.
I have been trying to buy pokemon artwork in this style to hang on my wall.
I even tried copying some ken sugimori stuff myself and put it on my wall. This watercolor is amazing!!! I want to buy more!
I love both drawings btw :blush:

couldn’t be happier. ty santa!

please message me when you see this :grin:

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Ohhhh nice!! Looks like I need to start a new binder section! :grin: And yes the EX era I def recognized lol, sleeved up! I can see why Hidden Fates was so popular, lots of great cards in there. Thanks again!

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@originalera Not a problem my friend!

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Glad it got to you and you enjoy it! I was worried I went too heavy on the Mewtwo stuff and am elated to hear I got you a card you don’t have!

My wife deserves the all of the credit for the drawing that shows Mewtwo and Mew as Pokemon vs. mine where they look like science experiments gone wrong. Happy Holidays!

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just want to get this back to page one on new topics so people remember to post when they receive.

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Thanks so much @newcollector!! These gifts were wonderful and thoughtful, I had a long day at work and coming home to your gifts boosted my mood infinitely. Also thanks for bumping me into the next tax bracket with this absolute stonker of a pack. #inve$tor

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Wow…this thread is amazing. I’m not even involved in the Secret Santa, but I am giddy with excitement to see even more of this awesomeness. The planning and thoughtfulness that went into these gifts has literally been making me emotional as I’m scrolling through everything. All you guys are wonderful. Thanks so much for everything happening here, and making the end of this horrible year a little better. Happy holidays everyone! Stay safe!

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I swear, these gifts are all incredible. Love all you guys and cant wait to see more :blush:

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@thane Awesome I’m so happy that you enjoyed them! My girlfriend drew the Jirachi because I’m a horrible artist and she knew I would butcher it if I tried. Those honey butter chips though… totally my idea. Happy holidays!

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@miraclegro Thank you so much for your gifts! The Umbreon plush is really cute and it’s definitely my favorite Eeveelution - not even close. The DA Lugia is now my first CGC slab and it’s an awesome looking card. Love the postcard, the other Lugias, and the PokePark promos, as well. I didn’t have any of these before and they’ll definitely find a spot in my binders.

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A HUGE thank you to @vehicularmenace for providing such amazing, generous and thoughtful gifts.

First, the gifts were expertly wrapped and it included a Christmas card. Presentation was pro status.

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The gifts were on point!

  • A Champions Path Elite Trainer box. I love opening packs and I had never actually opened Champions Path before because Target and Wal-Mart never have any in stock when I go.

  • A magnetic PSA card holder. I don’t think I saw anything like this before, it fits PSA cards perfectly. I’ll be selecting a card tonight and displaying it in my office tomorrow!

  • 3 cards in Near Mint condition that I could not be more happier with.

    • Aadvent of Arceus - Zapdos 1st Edition holo // Zapdos is great and so are Japanese holos from 10+ years ago
    • GameBoy Meowth Black Star Promo // Another one of my favorite Pokemon, love the history behind this card. One of the original 1999 promos.
    • Play Promo Zapdos // REALLY happy with this one. I love the PLAY promos and this one is top notch.

And we have a cute Marill aka Pikablue artwork to boot. Possibly my favorite gen2 gen Pokemon. My kiddo has expressed desires to color it.

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And if that wasn’t enough, there is also an official Pokemon shirt!

What do we say to the God of Death?
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I couldn’t leave ya’ll hanging wondering what was in that ETB either.
Very please to have new cards for my binder collection, and I’ll probably grade the promo Zard because it’s a promo Zard.

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So thank you again to @vehicularmenace . You really went above and beyond. I wish you a very Merry Christmas!

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@pokenastic Yay!!! I’m so glad everything got to you and even happier you like it!!! Merry Christmas!!!

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Huge shoutout to @fourthstartcg for the amazing secret santa gift. I love the drawing and the cards! You absolutely nailed it with the Espeon, Umbreon, & Giratina Team-Up cards. Plus some awesome Japanese Alakazam cards! Thank you so much.


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@lamplamp Glad everything arrived safely and that you enjoyed!! When you said you wanted Tag Teams I knew I had to grab the Espeon & Deoxys and Umbreon & Darkrai promos for you, I think they’re some of the best art ever. My artistic ability is lacking quite a bit so I was very proud of that Flareon lmao!!

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@fourthstartcg that flareon is really good!

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Just posting to say I got my Secret Santa gift and I’m blown away to be honest, thank you so much!! I made a video but I’m not sure if I’ll post it yet ran into some technical problems lol but I will definitely post pictures tonight hopefully but if not tonight tomorrow for sure.

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Flareons on point! Fantastic job!!

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I opened my secret Santa gift today! I got lots of cards for my favourite Pokémon especially cards in other languages. I collect the heck out of Giovanni and getting different language ones especially full arts is awesome! I only have the Russian one so getting these I’m so happy to add all these beautiful cards to my collection. I tried my luck on the pack and got a nice pika promo. The chocolate is delicious and yes I already tasted all three lol. The Nidoking art is great! I tried to @ my super generous secret Santa but the name doesn’t match with the member list. Hopefully you see this. Thank you so much and have a great holiday and good health and good everything for the new year!

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