Releasing this fall…
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At least the arts different 
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That will hurt alot of any future value of guardians rising boxes
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What do you know? More modern TCG seeing a massive decrease in value!
And spot that XY Evolutions booster? Poor Evolutions!
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Evolutions has been in every. single. product. since it released in 2016. You cannot escape Evolutions and Steam Siege if you buy these boxes.
The packs are not always the same as the stock images used, It will more likely be another SM era pack by the time they are released
I think steam siege has been worse, I prefer getting evo packs than steam siege anyday.
People threw a fit when they reprinted RS, this is like 100x worse than that. Glad I dont sell playable cards, so it won’t hit me. Plus I’m glad it’ll get more people into playing. I personally would have not done it if I was them.
Send them all to me , I love Evolutions. Even if they did my boy Blastoise dirty and not reprint the base art.
This is really great if you’re a new player getting into the TCG. But I really wish TPC would do something for the collectors on the English side.
Glad I sold my rainbow Lele a few months ago though. RIP
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This is normal, playable cards are risky to invest in, as their value can change based off a reprint or better new cards being released. If anything this has extended to many cards post BW, as even BW cards were released in arena decks not long ago.
Anyway, this has happened before, and probably will again, which is why I don’t hold onto many playable cards.
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Lots of people mad because they had invested in Lele. I don’t understand, there was no reason that it would rise in price significantly before rotation, and was guaranteed to tank at rotation anyway.
Doesn’t seem like an investment to me. Can anyone explain?
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I think you’ve got it spot on. I saw people complaining who were in the hobby for many years, and it has happened much worse before for price drops, like Luxray G Lv.X probably peaked around $100, and was under $5 after rotation.
Then you have cards like Rayquaza SR from dragons exalted, before a regular version came out, and temporarily tanked pricing.
‘Investing’ in a standard legal card that is still getting opened and the price tag is due to playability … people … please 
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Shaymin EX over here:
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Well, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
This card will be stuck in the mind of a whole generation of players. If prices tank after rotation, and I expect them to, I’ll probably buy a few and lock them up for the next 10 years.
I’d say buy your leles (After rotation though). 
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People just aren’t thinking things through. They simply saw all the hype it got and based on that saw it as a good investment.
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Very little is going to happen in my opinion. People will always be willing to pay a little more for the original; same thing happened with N and Hoopa EX.
The difference is that now there is an expanded format. That was once a great strategy, people dumped primes, I bought complete sets off all 30 ish primes for $25 …
But Lele is still good in expanded, so especially the hyper and full art shouldn’t become dirt cheap