Hey guys, my nickname is pokemon_unboxing. Some may know me from instagram as the Hoopa guy. Well long story short, I collect all cards with Hoopa on the artwork. I currently have all the versions made except one… The Russian one. My Holy grail. I have only seen one in the wild before but the girl I tried to talk to about selling it did not know English enough to make something work. So this might sound wierd but are there anyone who would like to help me find this rare gem? Or anyone that have any Russian friends I could contact about it. Thanks for reading guys. (The name of the card in Russian is “Xynna EX” the FA version)
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Might want to try this in the Buy/Trade thread, might get more looks 
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Someone update me on who all we have that is Russian. All I have in mind is @bouncepaw but Russia is a super solid contact to have and the only PTCG-producing country in which I have no regular contact anymore.
Just spoke to my Russian contact (thanks to him I have 100% of all Russian Pikachus, which is the second language after Dutch that I’ve completed for my Pikachu collection - something I wasn’t expecting 
). He said Hoopa is one of the rarest Russian cards there is, even rarer than the very playable and meta Shaymin Full Art. He has one Hoopa himself, which he prefers not to sell (although he might if the offer is right). He has only seen four Russian Hoopas so far other than the one he owns, which might also explain why you have such a hard time finding one.
I’ll PM you his contact so you might be able to work something out, or he might be somehow able to find one for you.
Here is a picture of his Hoopa that he send me:
Greetz,
Quuador
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Do you have any idea what might cause it, pull ratios are simply worse for russian sets or are there just less buyers for these cards?
I have no idea tbch, I’m just passing on what he told me. Although I’m expecting the second. Russia is pretty big, there are quite a lot of poor people there, and not much Pokémon collectors (or so I’ve been told). Also, Russia is quite a few sets behind the English / other European releases. Their most recent released set was Fates Collide if I’m not mistaken (and XY Generation has been cancelled according to my Russian contact).
Greetz,
Quuador
Wierd how its so rare! But now that you say it its the same thing the girl I talked to said aswell. She was talking about shaymin and compared it to the Hoopa.
Some people belived I was crazy for saying there was a Russian Hoopa. I think its not even listed on official sites and its not something you see posted around on places like instagram
Seems like the Russian cards have a very short and limites printrun. Atleast im one step closer to
this crazy rare card! Thanks man!
I’ve never seen that card. Seems like no one in my city owns it. I guess pro-players from Moscow may have it.
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