I think a lot of the answers will be the same, but let´s see anyway.
For clarity; classic means, the sets will be very sought after, like Base Set.
For me it would go like;
151 (this set is pretty much modern Base Set)
Evolving Skies (Moonbreon as an iconic chase)
Cosmic Eclipse (while it is cheaper than Team Up, because it was printed more, I think the fact that this is the first Trainer Gallery and the overall set will at some point put it higher).
30 years from now, I don’t think we will look back at the 2020s and think damn those were some banger sets.
remember when umbreon got biiiig
The gimmick in gen 12 will be way cooler
Interesting. I´m not too sure. I think especially Sword & Shield will be very big one day, because so many people associate with it.
I am more nostalgic to SWSH than SV era. Covid lockdowns made each SWSH set release such a big deal. I remember the night S6a alt alts were being shared. It was one heck of a night.
I think over time modern sets and eras get blended together a bit and nothing can quite have the vintage feel
Yeah, kind of agree. But I do think sets like Sw/Sh 7/8/9/10/11/12 will be sought after by all the people coming in in those months. It kind of felt like 1999 all over again.
I have to say from personal experience, I WILL look back at Cosmic Eclipse as the one that set the hook for me again. Sure I was buying singles from base but that set I 1. Couldn’t hardly find EVEN back then and 2. Lust after it now, kicking myself for not completing it, let alone ‘investing’ in it.
Is this English or all languages- basically Japanese included lol?
There’s no objective way that things like Evolving Skies or Cosmic Eclipse are great sets.
The reason vintage sets were good was because you had the chance to pull most of the hits in a single booster box. Anything from SM onwards (but probably BW on) has terrible pull rates, lacks identity and has so much secret rare bloat.
I’d nominate Black Bolt and White Flare for being an almost complete tribute to Gen 5 but it also has shit pull rates.
Otherwise it has to be VSTAR Universe, the only set that gives you ARs and a guaranteed SAR.
I think the problem looking at most of modern sets is that there are like 1 or 2 chase cards and that’s it. So I think Lost Abyss is a meh set but the Giratina is amazing.
My top 3 modern sets that stand out as a whole especially looking back at them after 20 years are:
There’s no objective way that things like Evolving Skies or Cosmic Eclipse are great sets.
I come to e4 for these kind of post (fully agree)
Team Up, Cosmic Eclipse
Evolving Skies, Crown Zenith
151, Prismatic Evolutions, Destined Rivals
Ascended Heroes
Top 3 will probably be some combination of these sets.
I think whether you love or hate pull rates and single chase cards, I don’t see how evolving skies and crown zenith aren’t in the running for this
You have to love terrible pull rates if you love modern having value above 5 cents
In reference to an earlier comment
Hard to say. I think modern TCG sets lack identity, especially when you have stuff like Glory of Team Rocket from the Japanese side getting combined with multiple other sets. Stuff like that has sort of destroyed set identity and made pull rates so much worse for cards you actually want to pull.
There’s a good reason you mostly see “x was such a peak set” from investors after a set has recently stopped printing. Modern collecting is mostly just gambling for the hits (I like the normal holos and reverses, most people do not).
I really think in a lot of ways S/V and ME is going to be a black hole in the history of the hobby, because everything in this era is getting artificially “hyped” and inflated in desirability by outside forces.
The theme of all modern sets is “chase card”
It is inherently a combination of two Owner’s Pokémon sets, so its identity as an Owner’s Pokémon set is preserved. Atsushi Furusawa even illustrated the pack art for both Heat Wave Arena and The Glory of Team Rocket so they could be combined. It’s just that people forever view Destined Rivals from the side of The Glory of Team Rocket because that is what they prefer, not the Rivals part
Whose Side Are You On?
Pokémon Trainers, be on high alert! The nefarious Team Rocket is setting its latest plan into motion, and heroic Trainers are racing to stop it. Join forces with the likes of Cynthia and Garchomp ex, Ethan and Ho-Oh ex, or Arven and Mabosstiff ex… Or reconsider your loyalties and fight alongside Team Rocket’s Pokémon like Mewtwo ex—under the command of Giovanni! Choose a side, assemble your allies, and battle boldly in the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Destined Rivals expansion! - blurb
Another example is Surging Sparks which combined 2 sets about the Stellar mechanic and Dragon Pokémon from the SV DLC, Paradise Dragona & Super Electric Breaker - but it is viewed only as a Pikachu set
Hm, don´t really agree with that. I think especially Black & White sets were quite small. If you look at a set like Emerging Powers, you had 2 chase cards. XY had some more, but not a lot.
Black & White Dark Explorers, Next Destinies and Dragons Exalted, but also the Plasma sets had some great set identity as well. If we´re talking Sun & Moon onwards, it get´s messier, but I do think a set like Cosmic Eclipse has some nice set identity, and Team Up as well.
Hence the ´what do you think´ ; ). Of course we cannot objectively say what will be the case.