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Creating a Pokemon-themed university for kids to enroll in was such a cool idea. It highlighted the importance of education and required substantial dedication and knowledge to progress through the tests. The internet was in its infancy at that time and access was low, so I imagine that finding the answers was challenging.
This Magikarp can also use Dragon Rage, which it normally could not learn. Adding that move further showcases how dedication and hard work can lead to incredible results, regardless of one’s circumstances and expected path.
Honestly, I don’t think I would have to because none of my cards are that expensive
The main thing that would be lost is all the time it took to hunt down the incredibly niche cards in my all-language species collection. Honestly I’m not sure I could even bring myself to do all that again.
Over the course of like 25ish years many Pokemon cards have spoken to my soul.
Some have been louder than others, while others have captured me for a moment or a number of years before their mesmerizing words could not longer reach me.
This card sang to me since I first laid eyes on it. Not sure if it was on the early internet or one of those tcg magazines in my preteen years.
Getting it in person and experiencing the gloss, cosmos holo, sparkle effect, and that clean art with the white outlined black outline in front of that groovy neon background is THE marvel of the tcg in my eyes. So many elements, yet such a clean piece of work.
This card still sings to me.
If I leave the hobby, this is the card I’d need to to have again if I wanted to come back to collecting.
I guess I’d just speed run black star numbered promos. Promos are a slice of time around the sets which released, so i’d be able to get the most bang for my buck and still get a feel for everything represented in my collection. That, or I’d just pick my favorite card from each set under $100 and buy it. Condition be darned.
I dont think I would start again. Maybe I would get the base starter trio for display, maybe complete the original 151 from base to fossil and then move on.
If I really lost EVERYTHING I’d buy a pristine/10/equivalent neo premium Eevee and call it. I couldn’t go through the years of pricetracking and buying again for that many cards
Honestly, it’s hard to imagine starting again from scratch. So damn hard.
I would probably rebuild 2-3 binders and call it a day. A couple for unlimited WOTC (up until neo, my favorite gen) and a Pokedex binder with just the best/cheap e-series + ex era favorites.
That’s assuming I won’t rage-quit the hobby, which is not unlikely.
I would probably just not collect anymore due to my cards being more sentimental than monetary for me, the Japanese shining gyarados is my favorite card of all time so I would just repurchase that then retire from card collecting
I’d probably not bother either, if it all magically disappeared.
Best I’d do is keep an eye on modern releases and wait until a new card came along that caught my eye and represented one of my old favourites, then settle for owning that as a momento of what was.
I’m in a gang who probably wouldn’t go for it, or if i did it would be something very limited compared to what it’s now. But if i went harder mode again this would be difficult to not get
