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When modern was more affordable, I used to open 2-3 boxes for each set or around 5-7 ETBs if it didn’t come in boxes. Crazy thinking that this could easily cost $600-$1,000+ these days. Needless to say, I don’t do this anymore lol.
I gave in one night and decided to open everything I had. It was probably about 5-6 Shining Fates ETBs, 3 Battle Styles booster boxes, 6 ETBs, 4 Shiny Star V boxes, 3 Pikachu sidekick collection boxes, 2 Ho oh and 2 lugia legendary boxes and a couple other random things. These were the highlights.
I think when I was 7, I opened two base set booster packs in one day. That was the peak.
As an adult, I opened a sealed Southern Island binder and then one Neo booster pack from that binder. There were three attached and I still have the other two sealed.
Two (Japanese) booster boxes on the same day, of Shiny Star V.
That reminds me, I still have seven sealed Shiny Star V, four Shiny Treasure ex, an Eevee Heroes booster box, and two Korean Fairy Rising booster boxes lying around.
As a kid, the most I opened in one session was likely three or four booster packs, during the Sint Nicholas fest (or technically six/eight, since three/four were opened by my little brother, and we then choose a card one by one after equally dividing the duplicates).
I think three packs is the most I’ve ever opened in one day, I keep it to a minimum as an adult to maintain the experience feeling special and preserve that childhood magic.
I opened a case of vmax climax (20 boxes) for an e4 break when it released. It was a lot of fun but my voice was so exhausted and dry by the end, I don’t know how streamers do it!
200 packs of vivid voltage - last set that was pretty cheap to get in bulk and it was excited that it was all about Pikachu. Still didn’t pull the Rainbow lol. My wife and I had fun though
Now I average about 75 packs when a new set releases.. costly but every new set is a fun time opening packs with my wife and starting a new binder
Three back-to-back booster boxes was my biggest opening in one sitting back in 2012: an ex legend maker (which was about £75 at the time!), ex sandstorm and a 1st edition fossil. Those specific boxes weren’t chosen for any particular reason other than needing the cards for binder collections, and they just happened to be amongst the cheapest WOTC/Nintendo era sets available at that moment. iirc the fossil was the most expensive at around £120. Unfortunately it was when I was a poor uni student and financial guilt got the better of me within the year or two that followed, and I ended up selling most of what I pulled on eBay if I’d found out about UPCCC / e4 at the time, maybe I would have stuck around. Ah well c’est la vie.
By number of packs it was when I opened a whole Indonesian Tag Team Collection Set A booster box, so 30 packs. Since those are 5 card packs though, if we go by number of total cards pulled, my biggest opening session was when I opened 18 Lost Origin packs at once, an ETB I bought and 10 that I won in a TPCi giveaway.
if I’d found out about UPCCC / e4 at the time, maybe I would have stuck around. Ah well c’est la vie.