This is the first time that I am ahead of the game in knowing what I need upon the release of a new set. Most of what I collect are commons and promos and with the release of Team Up I find my self in need of a rare, super rare and hyper rare.
Eevee and snorlax 120/181 rare
Ebay:7.50
Troll & Toad:8.99
Eevee and snorlax 171/180 super rare
Ebay:11.95
Troll & Toad:13.49
Eevee and snorlax 191/180 hyper rare
Ebay:19.47
Troll & Toad:19.98
Are these prices normal for their given rarities? Do you anticipate these prices going up or down over time? I ask these questions in a hope to answer: should I buy now or wait?
How does the European market compare to the US market in the regard?
I’m pretty sure they’ll drop in price once the set is out for a bit. That’s usually the trend unless they become super playable and stay relevant. (See Ray GX) I’d personally wait for the price drop. I have no clue about the euro market though.
I’d say that about most Pokemon cards tbh. They either rise or fall in value gradually. There’s never really extreme movements except for something like Munch Mimikyu and even then to call that a fluctuation is a stretch.
There’s too much saturation and at the competitive side of the game it’s too linear and the playerbase too small to make cards fluctuate similar to how card price in yugioh or mtg behave.
I collect all ungraded mint secret rates in the sun and moon era.
Prices do usually drop to below $15 each secret rare card in mint ungraded condition.
However chase cards do see a sharp rise before they start gradually dipping to approx. $60; i.e. collectable ones like Charizard GX and playable ones like Tapu Lele GX and Rayquaza GX (which fits in both categories).
I tend to wait until a chase card drops to $60 and the others below $15. I’ve had no problems completing sun and moon secret rare sets yet.
Also keep in mind that most of those are averages, there is not enough sales yet to see less fluctuations, it is just normal behavior when the set is just released
EU market; all Team Up GX’s are € 9,95 or lower, except Pikachu-Zekrom that’s about € 14,95 - 24,95. The Hyper Rare ones usually go for just € 10 more then the normal print. But I think this is due to the European players are less into flashing out their decks. Also in Europe it’s tournament legal to play all languages except the Asian ones, so when on a budget, you can go for e.g. Spanish or Italian variant to save a few €.
From a playability standpoint, the new team up charizard is probably the most useful card competitively in a long time. If it didnt have it’s own theme deck it would of been interesting to see how that would if effected its price. m.ign.com/articles/2019/02/01/pokemon-releases-the-best-charizard-card-ever
from the last few years, a set is only increasing in value from its original MSRP if it has an extremely popular card (Burning Shadows - Charizard) or a very playable card (Cynthia). Otherwise, all the sets, despite cool, new designs, stagnate in price, because of the massive print runs. japanese sets, it seems, control their print run a bit better.
Any information on the alternate art of the cards such as the gengar/mimikyus? I know some are due to be released in tins but I think it would be awesome if they started super short printing some set cards or simply designating some to only the pre-release packs.
The Gengar/Mimikyu alternate art is available in packs, no? There are a ton on the market. I do agree that we could use some super short print cards to liven up the “hunt” of the hobby, though- and not just in the form of rainbow rares… which don’t fit the bill in my opinion.
Yeah, the new artwork is beautiful but the print run in Pokemon is preventing the values from going up. Team Up is a great set - not sure about playability. I can’t wait for the Blastoise Secret Rare to be released in the next box in 2 months.
Does anyone know of a website that has numbers on EVs of each booster box opened like they do for Magic cards?
The best thing about the Team Up set; it is Playable! Which means card hold/keep/gain value over time. On my cardmarket account I’ve been selling bulk commons from old S&M sets all of a sudden, because the cards got synergy with tech due to Team Up.
