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Well, I was supposed to write about this earlier … I was busy … but anyways …

Mega Bunch of cards

Around 2 weeks ago, I picked up some small packages from card shop and also I bought some bulk cards …

Mega Bunch of cards

English Mega Evolution:

  • Abra :united_states: (Non-Holo)
  • Abra :united_states: (Reverse Holo)
  • Kadabra :united_states: (Non-Holo)
  • Kadabra :united_states: (Reverse Holo)
  • Alakazam :united_states: (Holo)
  • Alakazam :united_states: (Reverse Holo)
  • Delibird :united_states: (Non-Holo)
  • Delibird :united_states: (Reverse Holo)
  • Mantine :united_states: (Non-Holo)

Latin American Spanish cards

  • Abra :peru: (Mega Evolution) [Non-Holo]
  • Kadabra :peru: (Mega Evolution) [Non-Holo]
  • Alakazam :peru: (Mega Evolution) [Holo]
  • Alakazam :peru: (MEP Black Star Promos)
  • Dhelmise :peru: (Journey Together) [Non-Holo]
  • Fraxure :peru: (Black Bolt) [Reverse Holo - :pokeball:]
  • Seismitoad :peru: (Black Bolt) [Reverse Holo - :pokeball: ]
  • Drilbur :peru: (Black Bolt) [Reverse Holo - :master_ball:]
  • Scraggy :peru: (White Flare) [Full Art]
  • Shuckle :peru: (Mega Evolution) [Non-Holo]

Paldean Fates

  • Gardevoir ex :sparkles: :spain:

Chinese cards

  • Flying Pikachu V 023/024 :taiwan: (25th Anniversary Collection :taiwan:)
  • Falinks 126/122 :taiwan: (Primordial Arts :taiwan:)
  • Vileplume :sparkles: 159/151 :china: (Collection 151 :china:)
  • Kadabra :sparkles: 161/151 :china: (Collection 151 :china:)
  • Charmeleon :sparkles: 154/151 :china: (Storming Emergence: Radiant :china:)
  • Paldean Tauros 134/128 :china: (Miracle Journey :china:)

Japanese cards

  • Bulbasaur 001/063 :japan: (Mega Brave :japan:)
  • Abra 036/063 :japan: (Mega Symphonia :japan:)
  • Kadabra 037/063 :japan: (Mega Symphonia :japan:)
  • Delibird 052/063 :japan: (Mega Symphonia :japan:)

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“Inside you there are two wolves”

“Inside you there are two fish”

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I would like to know. Think I saw @Quuador post something about these before? What is it from? The art with the figures looks pretty cool.

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Beautiful card! One of the most aesthetic ex cards to have been released! I own a pair of PSA 9 copies myself

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It’s a TFG (Trading Figure Game) card. The iykyk mostly refers to the Groundbreakers set, instead of Next Quest set, which is much rarer. So @cryingatnight is pretty happy he found it for a decent price, especially since it usually has the Charizard tax on top of it being from the rarer Groundbreakers set. :slight_smile:

Little bit of background of the TFG: they started with the Next Quest set, containing 8 cards and 42 figures. Unfortunately, it wasn’t too popular, so even though they were already working on the second Groundbreakers set, the entire TFG was cancelled eventually.

Two or three blisters of Groundbreakers figures + cards were released for a 2-3 week period before the TFG was cancelled completely. Therefore the six (out of eight planned) available cards from this Groundbreakers set are very hard to come by. Likewise, the figures are extremely rare, the ones that weren’t available in those blisters even more so, since they’re mostly unreleased prototypes. There is also a third unnamed set with figures, and the figures that have been released of that set (not all have) were created and released directly by the Chinese factory that created the figures. The figures from the third set are therefore easier to find than those of the second Groundbreakers set.

The two unreleased Groundbreakers cards were never released, and a.f.a.i.k. also never made. And the third unnamed set didn’t had any cards designed yet when the TFG was cancelled.

If you want more information, I can recommend watching HamsterBomb’s YouTube video series, which is where I have most of this information from, mostly focused on the figures themselves, and not so much on the cards. Bulbapedia’s TFG information is also not too bad regarding the TFG.

PS: I own all English TFG cards (8 Next Quest + 6 Groundbreakers); all Italian cards (8 Next Quest); and most German/French cards (missing three German and four French Next Quest cards to complete my sub-collection). :slight_smile:

Greetz,
Quuador

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Neat. Thanks for the explanation!

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Perfectly said! Thanks for responding :grin:

The groundbreakers cards are nearly impossible to come across these days other than for absolutely absurd prices. I still need the groundbreakers switch card (which is $10 for next quest) and the only listing I’ve seen is $200+.

The swap spots card sells for a lot more for next quest (about $50, charizard tax) so, if we extrapolate, this would’ve cost me A LOT for a groundbreakers copy. I managed to find it from a mislabeled eBay listing as a next quest card, so I paid $50.

I also still need the swap spots card in French and German if anyone has one laying around :wink:

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Bit the bullet.

I have a fair few cards missing from a complete 151 set (most of the AR and SARs lol) but I decided to just get this out of the way before it gets even more expensive. Also it’s one of those expensive “roadblock” cards that stops you from completing a set because of the price. With this done, it feels a lot more possible now. Also, I was able to offset about a third of the cost by selling some heavy play WOTC era holos from my spares stash. Was surprised at how fast and for how much beat up cards sell for, even holos that aren’t the top tier in a set.

Also picked up the first Digimon card in a while towards completing Digi Battle Booster 2. I only need a handful of cards now but they aren’t common in the UK anymore. I still need AeroVeedramon, Machinedramon, and Puppetmon holos and I THINK Digidatamon (the egg with the green feet and eyes peeking out from inside…can never remember his name)

Already have complete 1st Ed Starter set and Booster 1. Whether I will bother with the sets beyond Booster 2 I don’t know. They start getting expensive and legitimately rare after that and my focus is Pokemon.

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Got a lot of grass!

Got my Sprig collection rolling. To get my favorite art of le kitten in all its forms I had to get 3 different language versions.

Non-holo in Indonesian (Indomilk)

Holo in English

Reverse in Japanese

Also picked up the 2 best Chikorita cards I have ever seen (Kamonabe’s is number 1 ofc) and the best Bayleef I have ever seen

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Found these two very close to eachother. Coincidence is funny!

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Never thought I’d see an Indomilk promo…

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I had to look up the company to see if it was an actual milk company and not like a clothing brand or something.

I am looking forward to Nesquik and Milo promos in the future :glass_of_milk:

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Maybe this is just a step towards finally owning an Art Academy
Or maybe this will be my cope

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Picked up a few art rares I like from Mega Inferno :slight_smile: feeling blessed that all the cards I wanted cost cumulatively under $20

stares nervously at the Mega Gardevoir SIR on my wishlist

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Some recent Mega Evo art rares of my own! Hadn’t seen the Exceggutor or Spearow before so was pleasantly surprised to find them in the seller’s inventory when grabbing the Ninjask and Shedinja.

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I’m sure you know this, but the Shedinja and Ninjask connect vertically!

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Pop 1 Crawdaunt from Primal Clash and some raw Sun & Moon holos. :slight_smile:

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Picked up a Rumble card

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Golduck Promo 008

Jiro Sasumo and his florals + cosmos holofoil is an epic combo. Gonna wait for the Psyduck to drop before completing the other binder page.

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Sadly I think that Psyduck caught the stonk doggers eyes in a perfect time when there’s a billion stonk doggers

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