Just let this sink in....

[thundermoo]

My body is ready

[kingboo64]

Here’s hoping the quality is good this run

[dbruze]

For anyone who was actively collecting when Evolutions first released ( I’m only a year back in ) how was the hype pre-release ? What were the rumors like ? Were distributors instantly sold out of cases ? Did everyone try to hord as much as they could or no one really care? Lol

[krill]

@kaldoverde

@pikachuisbestpokemon

True but there is also a big part of the community that, you know, wants their cards to actually be rare over time.

You can buy WOTC cards and those cards will be rare over time. Even in modern we have had collector oriented sets released with intentional scarcity.

Evolutions is not trying to achieve scarcity, it’s trying to keep nostalgia alive and doing an amazing job at it in my opinion.

If you look at Pokemon TCG as a whole you will find that product lines aren’t created at random, but rather with intent.

To give you two blatant examples, Trainer’s toolkits were targeted at players, Hidden Fates was targeted at collectors. Both were an astounding success at what they set out to achieve, and in my mind Evolutions is no different.

Also evolutions was made at a time when tpci was printing sets into oblivion so they probably just made too much. Look at steam siege and crimson invasion. I don’t think these were trying to achieve what evolutions was, they were just another set. But it’s clear they definitely made too much.

[lolzicost]

@kaldoverde

It’s almost as if they were waiting for people’s nostalgia to subside, before poking at it again sometime before Christmas.

Despite being massively overprinted, Evolutions is a nostalgic set which revived interest among older collectors and ingrained the original base set artworks in the minds of younger generations.

Keeping such nostalgic artworks affordable and making them available at a time when people are more likely to be reminiscent of their childhood seems like an absolute genious move both from a marketing and customer retention standpoint.

I 100% agree, I would honestly rather have Evolution become a reoccurring set to make old nostalgic artwork affordable for everyone. Much better idea than what Konami does with Yugioh which is constantly reprint cards for new sets & make things convoluted. This is a great way to make newer generations throughout time have an appreciation for the older sets & maybe inspire them to collect the original cards when they become adults. People need to understand that not every card or set needs to grow in value or become “rare” to be collectible.

[parkermrparker]

@pikachuisbestpokemon

Watch the print quality on this evolutions set be in pristine condition and then we get thousands of PSA 10 charizards which collapses the price.

Oh god save us now

[gott006]

Im keen to pull a charizard on the cheap. Bring it on!

[goldcrest]

@swarm

@alakazamthat

Would buy it if there Alakazam promo…

or venusaur and blastoise

Out of curiosity, was it ever determined why Blastoise and Venusaur were removed as holos from Evolutions? Were they meant to be assigned as promos instead but never made it or something? I always found that decision incredibly strange.

[cardgames12345]

This set doesn’t appeal to me because I have been more of a player in card games all my life. Although the art work is somewhat the same, the difference in hp and attack make it seem like fake Pokémon cards to me and don’t bring me back nostalgic. Back then when I cared more about how competitive it is as well.

[cardgames12345]

@dbruze

For anyone who was actively collecting when Evolutions first released ( I’m only a year back in ) how was the hype pre-release ? What were the rumors like ? Were distributors instantly sold out of cases ? Did everyone try to hord as much as they could or no one really care? Lol

I want to know this too