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Its no fun to go on an adventure alone…
abandoned goal
: Inactive/ passively/ intermittently collecting
“I’m workin’ on it”
I want to do this, but haven’t started
Complete!
Legend Maker ‘Uzumaster’ set Master set with all swirls
every EB games stamp promo(yes, all of them)
living dex up to ultrasun/ultramoon when pokemon still had a national pokedex.
every mainline pokemon video game in english and in japanese for gameboy CIB
Card Sleeves (It never ends)
Summary
I have a thirst to document all the card sleeve basic colors I can in different versions. A main goal that I’m close to is every Dragonshield color. All I need is “Baby Blue”. Likewise I’ve tried to locate the circa 2002-2003 special sleeves from Ultra Pro. Mainly I want one of each color in the “Metalized” series. But there is also “Satin” and some other holo pattern sleeves. I have other sleeves that I have imported from Japan. In the hunt for the perfect gold color sleeves to put gold cards in, I found one from Japan. For now accept my haphazard photos of the boxes of sleeves. If you want to see me go over my sleeves I’ll leave you with some videos too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M17u867XZzo
TCG gold card sleeves compared
Every TCG sleeve in every color I have - compared
FireRed/LeafGreen master set with all possible swirls
ex Team Rocket Returns Master set with all possible swirls
e-Series and “ex” set era card binders
Summary
Dragon Shield Matte Blue
Dragon Shield Matte Sky Blue
Dragon Shield Matte Midnight Blue
Dragon Shield Matte Umber
Dragon Shield Matte Copper
ex Emerald Binder
Dragon Shield Matte Apple Green
Dragon Shield Matte Green
Dragon Shield Matte Olive
ex Delta Species Binder
Dragon Shield Matte Silver
Dragon Shield Matte Midnight Blue
Promo sets Binderses
Summary
I tried to determine the best way to do promos. I really like promos because they express a history of the TCG from a pure gameplay aspect, to collecting across every set in the era. I combined base set through black and white in one binder because they will simply fit, and means fewer binders; less wasted space. This will include weird outliers like ancient mew, “best of” promos and southern islands. Pop series will be their own binder when I get to it.
Legend Maker master set in Traditional Chinese
Summary
crossed out cards are ones I’ve collected. Uncrossed out cards I still need.
Aerodactyl
Aggron
Cradily
Delcatty
Gengar
Golem
Kabutops
Lapras
Machamp
Mew
Muk
Shiftry
Victreebel
Wailord
Absol
Girafarig
Gorebyss
Huntail
Lanturn
Lunatone
Magmar
Magneton
Omastar
Pinsir
Solrock
Spinda
Torkoal
Wobbuffet
Anorith
Cascoon
Dunsparce
Electrode
Furret
Graveler
Haunter
Kabuto
Kekleon
Lairon
Machoke
Misdreavus
Nuzleaf
Roselia
Sealeo
Tangela
Tentacruel
Vibrava
Weepinbell
Aron
Bellsprout
Chinchou
Clamperl
Gastly
Geodude
Grimer
Growlithe
Lileep
Machop
Magby
Magnemite
Omanyte
Seedot
Sentret
Shuppet
Skitty
Spheal
Tentacool
Trapinch
Voltorb
Wailmer
Wurmple
Wynaut
Cursed Stone
Fieldworker
Full Flame
Giant Stump
POWER TREE
Strange Cave
Claw Fossil
Mysterious Fossil
Root Fossil
Rainbow Energy
React Energy
Arcanine ex
Armaldo ex
Banette ex
Dustox ex
Flygon ex
Flygon ex
Mew ex
Walrein ex
Regice
Regirock
Registeel
2024 Trick or Trade Halloween holos with swirls on the pumpkin Pikachu logo
Summary
I was made aware that the holo pattern is visible in the pumpkin pikachu logo. So the hunt began. Its a limited scope, affordable and fun goal. I love Halloween, so it seemed like the perfect goal for me.
Sinischa
Ogrepon Teal Mask
Pikachu
Okidogi-NEED
Mimikyu-NEED
Flutter Mane-NEED
Munkidori-NEED
Fezandipiti-NEED
Gengar
Darkrai
Hexa swirls for what I know can get them.
both types of holo pattern for the transition in scarlet/violet promos
both types of holo pattern for the transition in black/white promos
all sword/shield blackstar promos with this swirl
really random obscure variants across the ages
NearMint-Mint condition sun/moon era Alternate Art Full Art tag teams
quadraswirls for everything that can have it English/Japanese excluding cards with holo borders (“ex” era ex pokemon) with the original cosmos holo pattern.
all variants from products(not player reward stamp/professor programs etc.) as they release in contemporary sets
full set of no symbol jungle holos
e-reader series master sets
HeartGold/SoulSilver era master sets
1 of every single english card that you can get from booster packs
consoles
Summary
When I set this ambitious goal, I was quite naive to the cost of cards in general. I got back in at the exact wrong time. Despite things cooling off, its going to be a long road, and I know I’m not alone. Its also such a vague and almost pointless goal to set. It says nothing about your priorities.
pokemon special edition gameboy light console
Summary
Many years ago I was super into trying to buy good nintendo handheld games and learned what some of the hidden gems were. The nintendo gameboy light was just a gameboy pocket with a front light more or less. But the hue of light is this really beautiful sort of tealish green color. it feels like cool freshness. There is a pokemon special edition of the console, but the price, even then, was quite high for anything usuable, let alone in shape to look pretty on display. Repair on them was also not much of a possibility because parts are not easy to come by. I gave up that goal, and felt that in terms of playing, a gameboy advance was probably still suitable, and it is. I can enjoy this from afar in someone else’s collection
Mewtwo Black Star Promo #12 WOTC signed by Christoper Rush
Summary
Christopher Rush is a name to the Magic The Gathering card game what Ken Sugimori is to Pokemon in some sense. Very iconic for so many classic early art. When you see christopher Rush art, you can’t decouple it from the feel of Magic. I had no idea that he drew a pokemon card ever. As a kid I never aquired the card and never met anyone with it. Likewise never saw it in legendary collection because that set sucked, I hated it, I was sick of yet another reprint of old cards. So I never opened much of it. So I never saw it reprinted in that set either. Fast forward to now, and if there were any artist I’d love to have a signed card of, it would be this truly unique card. Sadly, in 2016 Christopher Rush died at just 50 years old. He shaped and built a path for the very concept of a trading card game. And i admire and thank him for his mark on what I enjoyed with so much of my time when I was young. I cannot get a photo with him, or to have him sign my card. I don’t know how I would feel about buying a card he signed for someone else. But knowing there are likely not many at all, I’m okay with letting this goal pass. Fate may offer me a chance, but I’d likely not be able to afford it if I felt it was right. I’m still not sure. But still, I am sad we lost him. I had quit playing magic just a few years before his passing, and in my mind it marked the true end of Magic the Gathering for me.
PSA 10/BGS 9.5+ master set of 1st edition neo destiny cards
Summary
This one is a bit silly. I am not much of a graded card person. I feel like in most cases graded cards are truly a shame. This was an early goal before I really even knew what the deal with them was. I didn’t know much about the shadiness of grading companies. But still, I had wanted to have the absolute nicest copies of the shining cards from neo destiny, my favorite and most cherished childhood set. As a kid I worked very hard opening tons of packs to get them all, and trading to get what I couldn’t pull out of packs. But I did it! So I wanted to get new ones, this time in first edition and as flawless as possible. I realized how difficult and expensive that would be. Charizard alone makes me realize this is simply not feasible for me. I’m sure I’ll just get some scuffed up copies for a set binder eventually.
contemporary master sets as they come out
Summary
Similar to the goal of “every card”, this is kind of a silly goal. But also due to the brick wall that has happened with availability issues from surging sparks set onward, its made this goal die fast. However also due to the introduction of masterball and pokeball special reverse holos into prismatic evolutions, I am uncertain if I can achieve a complete set.
Thread Under Construction
More to come…
2024-12-31T23:21:00Z formatting, added legend maker Chinese.
2025-01-02T08:00:00Z added more goals
2025-01-16T04:38:00Z filled out Chinese legend maker details. slight formatting refinement
2025-01-19T08:03:00Z Added stories to all the goals I abandoned.
2025-01-19T19:11:00Z filled out the portion for 2024 trick or trade cards with swirls. Moved “contemporary master sets as they come out” to abandoned goals with explaination. Added “Every color Dragon Shield card sleeves”. Added link at top to my buy/trade thread.
2025-01-21T06:02:00Z Filled in Card Sleeves Section, and changed it from “collecting dragon shield sleeves”.
2025-01-25T01:05:00Z Changed goal title of ex and e-series cards. Added the first entry to it of my unseen forces binder
2025-01-27T00:47:00Z added a new goal Promo sets Binderses
2025-02-03T08:00:00Z Added images for ex emerald and ex delta species binders.