Something to keep in mind with Scarlet & Violet sets too is that even though illustration rares are a lower tier rarity-wise, some sets like Paldea Evolved & Paradox Rift have so many in the set that pulling a specific one is essentially just as difficult (ie. The magikarp and Iono SIR from paldea evolved actually have the same odds per pack to pull 1/480).
I think its funny that now all this sudden ppl love the IR cards. I felt like I was the only one buying them months ago. Now I'm sitting on a full binder that looks amazing and it didnt cost me much at all. Also why some IR cards are more valuable that SIRs is because in sets there are more IR cards than SIRs, so due to variance its harder to pull a specific IR vs an SIR due to the sheer amount of them per set. Since Paradox Rift, Pokemon has been working on balancing it out, and since then has figured it out with TF and TM, hence the difficulty to pull specific SIR's now compared to IRs. Edit: Ask yourself this, when/if they do a reprint will Pokemon adjust the pull rates to match the current sets? The biggest issue the SV era at the beginning was the pull rates were too easy. And lets not forget base set was printed into the ground. You dont see PE that much but I still see OF in stores. IMO they might not reprint these at all. If they change the pull rates then older boxes sky rocket in value as do cards...and if they dont adjust pull rates they tank the value of the sets. OF is already dirt, and same with Base. I wouldnt be shocked if they only re-printed etbs of PE. Easy way to control the product and make money from demand.
My brother and I opened 35 booster boxes of twilight masquerade and only pulled 4 eevees and two pincers … I guess it comes to show how hard some IR are to pull
@@georgeallen4007yeah it's way harder than ppl realize. It's why I think the Eevee is undervalued right now. I pulled 1 and my local card shop has never even had it in stock for sale. I believe going forward each set will have a dozen or so IR and the variance will make them just as hard to come by.
Some of the best illustration rares, Deerling and Sawsbuck, are still very cheap. I get that they aren’t that popular of characters, but the art can’t be denied.
When a company Already knows what it's doing and they're able to reinvest their earnings from a huge boom then I get extremely bullish. Pokemon most certainly reinvested the money that they made off of the 2020 pokemon boom and that has led to insane art's higher technology better concepts and over all higher production rate. This is an unprecedented time for pokemon and combining that with the overall room that they have to grow I see no ceilings.
I wonder if the prices will continue to rise up / cards will be rare if Pokemon continues to create more and more illustration rare cards in all the upcoming sets 🧐 perhaps it will just become a new basis standard of how Pokemon cards are expected to look…? 🤔
I agree these illustrations are the first of thier kind and Pokémon have really stepped up there game and maybe we will never see them again ,however I do question where Pokémon would go with art after the scarlet and violet era,I don't think Pokémon can go back to older style artwork , the question will they crash , if Pokémon continue with these sorts of illustrations then yes I can see some crashing as newer or better illustrations arrive but if they don't and go back to an older style or just straight up flop the next generations of art then these cards could be a literal gold mine
that the Yveltal ever went for 5$ is just straight up criminal. It's imo one of the cleanest finishes of a Pokémon from an art theoretical standpoint in existence. The colors, the symmetry, the rather abstract background with the small contours/details surrounding it at top and bottom. And mixed into all of that exactly this Pokémon with it's positioning. Say what you want but the outstanding artistic quality of this one just can't be denied
@@adamcogan211 I think that's part of the problem because the jp ones are objectively less "valuable" in the sense that the packs are cheaper etc. which makes the english one imo more of a status symbol/"the true card". In addition to this comes ofc that as someone else wrote the text is part of the art and maybe you want to have your card having "your name" for it and not some incomprehensible symbols (which jpns simply is for most here)
I don’t hesitate to click on your videos. Your presentation when it comes to editing and the work you put on these videos does not go unnoticed. You really deserve a bigger following and that’ll come eventually. Keep up the amazing content, much love bro. 🫶🏻
I’m trying to pick up some of these singles that I like before they are out of reach. I’m referring to sets that are at least 3 months old. I am sure a reprint is coming but usually pull rates get tougher.
In Scarlet & Violet, I am eyeing Paldea Evolved, Paradox Rift, and a Obsidian Flames. I think Crown Zenith is slept on from Sword & Shield and has room to boom more too.
Hi Phil, keen to get your thoughts on Japanese vs English and how they affect prices. Seems like a lot of these illustration cards can be found a lot cheaper in JPN, but what’s your thoughts on the outlook for value/investing?
hey philips i have a weird theory is that ultra neccrozma could be the umbreon vmax of sv if done right in artwork i feel like it would make sense and be surprising for Pokémon to do i could be wrong tho but ngl there really arent many ultra necromza cards
It’s so interesting to see the transition into illustration rares. I wonder if Pokémon knew that this was gonna happen from the start. I also wonder if it relates to trainer galleries 1 for 1 back in sword and shield. But I totally agree, we might be ramping up into the most exciting time pokemon has seen in the last 2-3 years as the team rocket set is unveiled and the holiday season rolls around. Only time will tell Love the video again man, hit after hit from ya is wonderful to tune into!
The illustration rares are so beautiful! And they also really allow the card artists to utilize the full card size which has been long past due! I also believe that with the digital pokemon card app that is supposed to release later this year, I really think that illustration rares will play even more into importance in the future!
Just wanted to say that your videos are very good and as a new investor into the pokemon market I really like to watch your videos compared to the "big" youtubers. Keep it up, I think you have a bright future on this platform :)
It already exploded . I think people slept on it for a whole month … now most of my local stores are sold out of twilight masquerade product until they order more
The only problem with this take is that they are all still available in the wild. I see over printed cards out there and wonder how they can sustain any kind of value when people start to sell?
This is extremely dumb. Cosmic eclipse had character rares and they are like 4 bucks each now. That's what's gonna happen you'll get rickety rickety wreckedddd. Buy real Alt Arts
People are insane for not buying the Japanese equivalents instead for a fraction of the price and much higher quality
Exactly!
People will regret it in like a year or so lmao
@@newjones1754then u got a motivation to learn a new language
Same for the korean
Theyre like the same quality to the avg eye ( idk my sights below avg ) but looks solid in a binder
I’m surprised the ninetales from obsidian flames hasn’t gone crazy
yeah i think its due to the pull rates being quite easy, but certainly a beaut
Obsidian Flames is a sleeper set all around.
As an art lover, these illustration rares are gonna send me broke 😅
Something to keep in mind with Scarlet & Violet sets too is that even though illustration rares are a lower tier rarity-wise, some sets like Paldea Evolved & Paradox Rift have so many in the set that pulling a specific one is essentially just as difficult (ie. The magikarp and Iono SIR from paldea evolved actually have the same odds per pack to pull 1/480).
Good call.
Your videos are always so good bro. One of the best Pokemon UA-camrs.
I appreciate that! Thanks for tuning in.
I think its funny that now all this sudden ppl love the IR cards. I felt like I was the only one buying them months ago. Now I'm sitting on a full binder that looks amazing and it didnt cost me much at all.
Also why some IR cards are more valuable that SIRs is because in sets there are more IR cards than SIRs, so due to variance its harder to pull a specific IR vs an SIR due to the sheer amount of them per set. Since Paradox Rift, Pokemon has been working on balancing it out, and since then has figured it out with TF and TM, hence the difficulty to pull specific SIR's now compared to IRs.
Edit: Ask yourself this, when/if they do a reprint will Pokemon adjust the pull rates to match the current sets? The biggest issue the SV era at the beginning was the pull rates were too easy. And lets not forget base set was printed into the ground. You dont see PE that much but I still see OF in stores. IMO they might not reprint these at all. If they change the pull rates then older boxes sky rocket in value as do cards...and if they dont adjust pull rates they tank the value of the sets. OF is already dirt, and same with Base. I wouldnt be shocked if they only re-printed etbs of PE. Easy way to control the product and make money from demand.
My brother and I opened 35 booster boxes of twilight masquerade and only pulled 4 eevees and two pincers … I guess it comes to show how hard some IR are to pull
Great input and definitely some solid info here.
@@georgeallen4007yeah it's way harder than ppl realize. It's why I think the Eevee is undervalued right now. I pulled 1 and my local card shop has never even had it in stock for sale. I believe going forward each set will have a dozen or so IR and the variance will make them just as hard to come by.
Great work as always Phil! The top Scarlet and Violet era cards are now getting the respect they deserve!
I'm so glad i picked up a CGC Pristine 10 Japanese Triplet Beat Magikarp Illustration for $80 last month. That thing is going UP!
Got my PSA 10 for about 60 a few months ago and it's so gorgeous
Got my japanese for 40£ psa 10 some months ago.. i even feel bad and asked for discount because i thought it is too expensive at 55…
The artistic freedom and veriety of pokemon will always keep it above the other tcg
My wife pulled the eevee card and we really love the card! Keep up the great work Phillip!!
Awesome! Thank you! And what an amazing card to pull.
Card is going for like 80 now
Some of the best illustration rares, Deerling and Sawsbuck, are still very cheap. I get that they aren’t that popular of characters, but the art can’t be denied.
When a company Already knows what it's doing and they're able to reinvest their earnings from a huge boom then I get extremely bullish. Pokemon most certainly reinvested the money that they made off of the 2020 pokemon boom and that has led to insane art's higher technology better concepts and over all higher production rate. This is an unprecedented time for pokemon and combining that with the overall room that they have to grow I see no ceilings.
Just opened my first Twilight ETB today and got the Eevee, my #1 wanted pull
Sheesh! What a win!
I wonder if the prices will continue to rise up / cards will be rare if Pokemon continues to create more and more illustration rare cards in all the upcoming sets 🧐 perhaps it will just become a new basis standard of how Pokemon cards are expected to look…? 🤔
I agree these illustrations are the first of thier kind and Pokémon have really stepped up there game and maybe we will never see them again ,however I do question where Pokémon would go with art after the scarlet and violet era,I don't think Pokémon can go back to older style artwork , the question will they crash , if Pokémon continue with these sorts of illustrations then yes I can see some crashing as newer or better illustrations arrive but if they don't and go back to an older style or just straight up flop the next generations of art then these cards could be a literal gold mine
that the Yveltal ever went for 5$ is just straight up criminal. It's imo one of the cleanest finishes of a Pokémon from an art theoretical standpoint in existence. The colors, the symmetry, the rather abstract background with the small contours/details surrounding it at top and bottom. And mixed into all of that exactly this Pokémon with it's positioning. Say what you want but the outstanding artistic quality of this one just can't be denied
I thought the same thing but why don’t people buy the Japanese versions? They’re such higher quality and only going for 2 dollars a copy
@@adamcogan211 I think that's part of the problem because the jp ones are objectively less "valuable" in the sense that the packs are cheaper etc. which makes the english one imo more of a status symbol/"the true card". In addition to this comes ofc that as someone else wrote the text is part of the art and maybe you want to have your card having "your name" for it and not some incomprehensible symbols (which jpns simply is for most here)
I pray Xerneas gets one epic IR in a majestic forest 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I put it on my buy later list because the price was so low I didn't thing it was a priority but maybe it is now
I think the marill art rare is super underrated. Paldea evolved as well and who doesnt love pikablu
Loved paldea evolved was alot of fun mastering the set too ❤️
awsome
tnx for this upload man
I don’t hesitate to click on your videos. Your presentation when it comes to editing and the work you put on these videos does not go unnoticed. You really deserve a bigger following and that’ll come eventually. Keep up the amazing content, much love bro. 🫶🏻
I appreciate that! Thanks for that Mike and awesome to hear you enjoy the content.
If only that groudon was textured 😢
It would have made a huge difference!
I’m trying to pick up some of these singles that I like before they are out of reach. I’m referring to sets that are at least 3 months old. I am sure a reprint is coming but usually pull rates get tougher.
Great info! Great insight! Love the channel
In Scarlet & Violet, I am eyeing Paldea Evolved, Paradox Rift, and a Obsidian Flames. I think Crown Zenith is slept on from Sword & Shield and has room to boom more too.
Hi Phil, keen to get your thoughts on Japanese vs English and how they affect prices. Seems like a lot of these illustration cards can be found a lot cheaper in JPN, but what’s your thoughts on the outlook for value/investing?
That Eevee thou 🔥 👀
hey philips i have a weird theory is that ultra neccrozma could be the umbreon vmax of sv if done right in artwork i feel like it would make sense and be surprising for Pokémon to do i could be wrong tho but ngl there really arent many ultra necromza cards
It’s so interesting to see the transition into illustration rares. I wonder if Pokémon knew that this was gonna happen from the start. I also wonder if it relates to trainer galleries 1 for 1 back in sword and shield. But I totally agree, we might be ramping up into the most exciting time pokemon has seen in the last 2-3 years as the team rocket set is unveiled and the holiday season rolls around. Only time will tell
Love the video again man, hit after hit from ya is wonderful to tune into!
I think zapdos ex 202 from 151 english is being slept on. Buying up whatever i can get cheap.
I think a lot of people have a goal of collecting all of the IRs and SIRs so demand is going to go up on these cards. Especially any of gen 1-2
The magikarp was bought out at one point driving the price up and it's just stayed at that price now
I cannot wait to see the future of prices of SV 🎉
I just realized theres a gyarados in the top right hand corner of that Illustration Magikarp card.
I look forward to your content. Thank you for all the fantastic information and straight forward ideas on collecting and investing.
Appreciate that Dave - thanks for watching.
where do you look for the chart that you see the market price has risen?
The illustration rares are so beautiful! And they also really allow the card artists to utilize the full card size which has been long past due! I also believe that with the digital pokemon card app that is supposed to release later this year, I really think that illustration rares will play even more into importance in the future!
It’s pronounced… Pal.. day .. uh
Just wanted to say that your videos are very good and as a new investor into the pokemon market I really like to watch your videos compared to the "big" youtubers. Keep it up, I think you have a bright future on this platform :)
I’m appreciate that my man!
Please Pokémon drop an absolutely outstanding Xerneas IR 🦌
Yeah I second this!
I got my Komiya IR Drowzee free with a Groudon IR! For 30$ Sold the Groudon for 60$ My favorite deal ever
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Y’all think investing in the Japanese art rares is smart choice. Some I would get in psa 10 or cgc pristine and some just singles ?
Are the prices shown Aud ?
USD, its the easiest current aggregation
Twilight masquerade explodes in 3 2 1...
It already exploded . I think people slept on it for a whole month … now most of my local stores are sold out of twilight masquerade product until they order more
It seems that way!
I’ve been collecting the Japanese versions of these cards since they are cheaper and I only care about having the artwork.
🌱💫
Omg
The only problem with this take is that they are all still available in the wild. I see over printed cards out there and wonder how they can sustain any kind of value when people start to sell?
Definitely something to think about. Only time can tell!
It's only a problem if Pokemon disappears, which isn't going to happen.
Great stuff Phil! Good day to you brother.
Thanks! You too! Appreciate you watching.
This is extremely dumb. Cosmic eclipse had character rares and they are like 4 bucks each now. That's what's gonna happen you'll get rickety rickety wreckedddd. Buy real Alt Arts