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Doing anything but the stock market 
It’s all house money at this point. An important detail there is all the 10s get graded and sold, all the NM are sold raw
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I wish I had your mentality. I buy more than one copy of a new card that will clearly stonk and then feel like “nah, that’s enough greed, I should let others have”. It’s really just free money at this point and e4 has long moved past “hoarding modern bad”
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I like the card; I wouldn’t buy it if I didn’t like it. If the price never increases, that’s peace and love; if it skyrockets, I’ll be even happier! If the price never increases, that’s peace and love; if it skyrockets, I’ll be even happier! If I ever acquire 1,000 copies and the price still falls every day, I might finally stop buying, haha. Anyway, right now, it’s very cheap, and everyone can afford it.
So, if the card’s price skyrockets after years and people complain, I think it’s their fault for not purchasing it earlier. If they are new players, they won’t feel bad since the new price is just the normal price they see. The only ones who get hurt are the old collectors who never cared about the card but, after seeing the increase, suddenly want it and then complain. Look at some English promos that were so cheap that no one cared, and see how amazing they are now! But I don’t care about English cards since I collect Simplified Chinese cards, so those are the ones I buy.
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All good points. For me, it’s still quite foreign to purchase multiple copies of a card, even if I really like it. Definitely makes sense if something is that cheap, but I’m usually happy with one or at most two copies.
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Hoard hoard hoard. Remember, never let peasants enjoy cheap cards
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It’s fun to make binder pages with duplicates, I have some cosmos promos in the mail I’m excited to put in the binder
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Are you Chinese? How are you buying these for $5?
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The reason I can purchase these for $5 is that I buy direct from individuals on the local Chinese marketplace, completely bypassing the resellers on Ebay and other Western platforms.
Those secondary sources drive up the price and often have lower card quality since the items have already been sourced out and resold multiple times. This is why my method primarily works for those who can buy directly at the source.
Ultimately, the best optimization is always to purchase where the languages originate. For example, buying Japanese cards direct from a seller in Japan, or English language cards for cheaper in the USA.
I honestly didn’t think that my comment would generate negative feelings. While I know it’s inevitable on the internet, I’m the kind of person who is hurt more by one negative feeling than by ten positive ones.
I’m not interested in being right or wrong here, and I will stop sharing my plays or strategies from now on.
I follow and watch content creators like Alpha Investments, TCAGaming, and KetchumAllCollectibles, and I genuinely agree with their overall strategies and methods. They aren’t spreading hate; in fact, people like them help keep the hobby alive. We don’t want to end up like Yu-Gi-Oh!, where everything is cheap and worthless, do we?
Of course, pure collectors who only buy and never sell might be happy with low prices… but let’s see how happy they are if the game suddenly goes bankrupt. I thought that on this forum, there wasn’t a ‘Timmy’ mentality, or people who judge others for making financial decisions.
Anyway, that’s just how I feel. I won’t start a fight; this is where I’ll end the discussion.
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I think the question you were replying to wasn’t meant to be negative. Most people see the price of that Eevee at $15-$20 on ebay, so seeing your post that you can get them for $6 raises the question - do you use a Chinese card website, or how do you get them so cheaply - fair question to ask.
Some people might be salty seeing anyone have more than 1 copy of any card. At the end of the day, if you are providing more cards to the world market after grading them, it brings the price of PSA 10s down as you raise the pop of the card and sell them.
I wouldn’t let others stop you from enjoying your plays and sharing them or engaging with others who ask “is this Radiant Eevee a cool card to buy”
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While I do think you’re taking those comments a bit personally, I understand your frustration. I think the ironic thing about these exchanges is that you’re one of the most vocal posters when it comes to Chinese cards. You’ve provided plenty of very positive posts regarding this market and any new releases. To me some of these jabs at you feel a bit forced and unfounded.
I don’t think you should feel bad about your strategies, and I hope you continue to share them in the future.
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You’re my primary source for new Chinese cards lol. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even know they exist! Post away! 
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I think they were just genuinely curious how you get cards so cheap, don’t take it personally! I know first hand how infuriating negative comments can be, it’s a big reason why I stopped public videos. There is a lot of cynicism right now and most of it is projected frustration. There is nothing wrong with buying multiple copies of a card.
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I’m visiting Taiwan currently and I just saw these advertisements in a shopping area! Looks like Inferno X releases here tomorrow.
I don’t know much about the Traditional Chinese cards, I assume it’s a smaller market than Simplified Chinese, but still interesting to see!
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Hey, that’s awesome! Traditional Chinese cards have a long story, but it was a stop-and-start one.
They were released initially as one of the other international languages with the Base Set, then they stopped. They did have a small appearance again around 2006, releasing a set like Legend Maker (the one with the three Regi Gold Stars), and then they stopped again. I don’t know why, probably not popular enough at the time.
Then the big reboot happened! In 2019, starting with the Sun & Moon era, they made a major comeback. They started to release sets as fast as possible, much like Simplified Chinese is doing right now. The set codes and names were all different from Japanese because they were playing catch-up, combining multiple Japanese sets into one.
But here is where they got fast: by the Sword & Shield era, they caught up. From the third set of that era, I think, all the set names and codes became the same as Japanese (promos excluded). Right now, Traditional Chinese sets are usually released only 2-4 weeks after the Japanese ones.
The card prices are pretty stable, which is important. You will not see cards double or triple in price in a short time like you see with Simplified Chinese. They are released for Taiwan and Hong Kong. From what I see in Taiwan, there are definitely more players than pure investors or speculators.
So yeah, if you want affordable prices for the amazing artwork, I highly suggest Traditional Chinese as a perfect alternative to Japanese.
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S4F Shocking Volt Tackle was the first 1:1 set with JP. I remember because I opened the previous set that combined Explosive Walker, Infinity Zone, Charizard/Grimmsnarl VMAX decks and Legendary Heartbeat (almost like Darkness Ablaze)
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The overall chance of hitting a high-rarity card (SR,SSR,AR,R) is 0.70% per slim pack. If this 0.70% were divided equally among the 19 cards in that rarity pool, the theoretical pull rate for the Gengar Pikachu would be about 0.0368% per pack.
This calculation would suggest a statistical expectation of finding one Gengar Pikachu roughly every case (300 packs).
However, reports from large-scale openings and the collector community confirm that the pull rates are not equally distributed. The Gengar Pikachu is weighted much lower, a common technique used to create “super chase” cards.
The empirical data shows that a copy is found approximately once every 50 to 80 booster boxes opened.
This means that the actual statistical expectation is that a collector would need to open between 2.5 and 4 cases (or 750 to 1,200 packs) to find a single copy. This intense, real-world scarcity is the reason the card commands such a high price on the secondary market.
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