Ive been gone for 3 months and the market i ridiculously crazy right now, I’m not complaining because my sealed collection literally went 
, but I really really want the victini BWR prize card in all languages + the English one which is like $500 raw and almost $1.5k PSA 10?! I feel like I should wait before purchasing these cards as I just came back but I’m also a huge huge BW / Victini fan so it’s been really killing my brain the past few days to pull the trigger or not.
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That is what I am mostly doing for modern, especially for in print sets like Prismatic Evolutions
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Me waiting for rayquazas to come down because I’m getting absolutely priced out (Also waiting for that rayquaza set)
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The way I see it - we can’t complete the master collection at current prices. If prices keep going up, that changes nothing (still can’t complete it). If prices go down, there is a chance. So buying now doesn’t help. If it goes way up, consolidate or keep and be happy with 50%, 99% complete, whatever it is
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That’s your choice my friend.
Maybe you can roll your sealed profits into the card(s) you are interested in?
Where’d ya go for 3 months?
If you’ve been completely disconnected from the market maybe just chill out/wait and see. I don’t think the markets that much different from 4 months ago though.
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I would wait.
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You can wait on a lot of things right now, especially the obvious stuff like ultra-modern.
But, some cards current prices might end being their baseline for a while. Personally, Im still trying to collect the cards I like while feeling out for a price that I feel is right. Bottom line is that you dont want to be unhappy purchasing a card imo, not what the hobby is about.
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Waiting for modern cards is probably prudent if the prices are outside the range you’re comfortable with. There are still opportunities in the mid-eras and vintage but in general everything is going up. When in doubt, wait 
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Wait. People caught in the emotional vortex of current bull market conditions will tell you to continue collecting modern as normal, under the belief that things might continue to change for the worse. However what they forget is that there are actually 3 certainties in life: death, taxes, and that the Pokemon Card market is cyclical. History always repeats itself. It’s just difficult to conceptualise and maintain patience while caught in the gravitational pull of the 2025 hypelordbroccolistonk69attentionNAO!instafanssubplzeconomy.
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I remember when sw/sh ended and the market crashed - people ignored Crown Zenith despite it being very good. Some youtube channels were abandoned (now some of them are trying to return but no luck because youtube algorithms respect only the most persistent).
We will be fine! It always goes like that… Just chill (for now) and enjoy popcorn! We still yet to see the main card of Phantasmal Flames. I’m sure the whole market reaction to that will be an ultra circus to observe! 
(According to my calculations, the next market crash will occur with the release of the next generation (not the mega games and mega-sets), when most aging investors will again feel tired of the hobby, as it did with the release of Scarlet and Violet, when many disliked the new game, new pokemon designs, and the first sets were “boring”)
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Definitely wait.
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I’m waiting for modern to crash; however, there are still nice deals on older cards if you look hard enough 
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Have started to give myself cheap mini collection goals to keep collecting manageable right now. Examples:
- Trying to complete a no rarity trainers mini-binder set
- I collect the real ones too, but lately I’ve been trying to complete a fake binder Corp. History Creatures Deck where I try to source the OG versions of the cards. Oh, and they have to be from physical card shops - part of the thrill of the hunt!
- Spending more time picking up cheap Japanese ARs w/ cool art
- Paused my corporate promo collecting as past goals like the Domino’s promos exploded in price (I blame the Burger-chu!) and shifted to more random stuff like cards w/ coffee or food themes…
Am still buying the occasional pricier vintage card though haha…
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What does this mean? You are asking owners of real copies to make a fake one for you?
Oh haha - the “fake” should be in air quotes. I just mean getting an actual copy of the 1997 Rainbow Energy as a stand-in for the Corp. History deck’s #1997 version, etc.
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It’s really hard to “time” the market, especially in Pokemon. I have found that there is a good correlation between Pokemon, crypto, stocks and other collectibles. But it really depends too. For example, vintage MTG hasn’t really recovered or gone higher as vintage Pokemon has this past year or so. Vintage MTG almost feels like vintage Pokemon did in 2022/2023 where it went really quiet overall (with few exceptions).
As always, it’s usually best to buy the expensive/high-demand cards sooner than later if possible. That’s been a pay off for me in the longer term so far. I bought my 1st Ed Base Charizard in 2022 and it’s now 2-3x increase in price since I bought it. Meanwhile many of the other cards have gained maybe 50% or so. My modern cards I bought have all gone up way faster than I expected too.
Anyway, you can wait if you want to. I keep hearing concerns about rising costs and other economic issues more than usual the past while. I currently work in an industry that has become very tight & competitive. I see way less people in my office than usual and there’s been a lot ‘re-structuring’ going on at my company and others depending on the industry (tariff impacts, etc).
Maybe this will play into risk asset sentiment, maybe it won’t. I can honestly say Pokemon cards have been one of the best store of values that I’ve owned. Even if the liquidity is lacking at times, you can usually bet on them to maintain or increase in value more often than not it seems.
Nope. Everything will go up non stop and forever. Ultra pump it.
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I’ve been focusing solely on vintage. Modern just is too overpriced for what it is. I can go to a card show and see the same modern cards everywhere but might only find a handful of EX era cards around. Having a hard time understanding why moonbreon is $2k when you look left and right and see them while mint EX cards are only a couple of hundred on average and are non-existent.
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That’s a pretty cool idea. Is the only problematic card the Chansey? All others have a direct “fill in” correct?
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Yeah, that one + the 3 special interview cards. Otherwise, the rest is doable. Maybe I’ll try to find a no rarity Chansey or smth at some point as a stand-in…
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