I am beginning to think that I am a collector and not an investor. I have multiple copies of giratina umbreon lugia in psa 10's and been buying them like some sick obsession every pay check the last 2 years I have no urge to sell.... maybe if its life changing money but for few thousand or a thousand isn't enough for me . I look at these cards like a trophy for working everyday lol
Me too, I started pokemon cards to make a quick buck but quickly fell in love with the collecting. I'd much rather own them than make a couple 1000s which won't change much in the grand scheme of things
Good video, man! It's been incredible to watch SWSH cards and booster boxes completely take over the market in the past 3 months. It started when Fusion Strike and Chilling Reign sold out on the Pokemon Center and it's continued on week after week. I think part of the reason why people are "FOMOing" these cards is because less and less SWSH packs are being opened. The pop reports may seem high in 2024 but what happens in a year or two when the pop reports are relatively similar because less SWSH products are being opened? The prices we see today could all be undervalued so if you have the money, I'd highly recommend grabbing what you can afford. I personally picked up the Moonbreon and the Gengar about 2 months ago and I'm glad I did. I'm hoping to get the Giratina and Espeon eventually but I need to save up for them. I'm also sitting on some sealed SWSH booster boxes and I think those will be great trade pieces down the road.
I wish I had every card on the list. My son has loved Moon Umbreon since its release and I should have bought it when it was around $100. We have tried to pull it so many times. He thinks the Giritina is ugly nor do we have it. It’s interesting to see what these are selling for now. I am thinking we have pulled the other three cards trying to get that Moonbreon. I hope some of the other cards will be good investments some day if he’s in a pinch however I don’t think he could sell a card. Definitely love the artwork and appreciate a good collection. We are Charizard and Gengar fans for sure!
Honestly all alr arts are good I love them all monbreon has never been 100 dollars it's was always 400 lowest ever but I love the monbreon but the glaceon v alt and every alt in evolving skies rules
I have every major S&S Alt in a Psa 10 besides that Giratina. Could not get excited to try to pull it or buy it. The only things that makes me want it is just to have bragging rights that I have ALL the top alts. At this price I might just be happy with out it. Moonbreon on the other had is a must have. Especially when you have all eeveelutions alts ina 10
Love the content man I always tune in Monday Wednesday and Fridays! Imo this is all market manipulation from possibly wales or businesses in the space. They manipulated sealed prices using ES as an example so now that it’s been a little stagnant for ES they’re pushing singles to make ppl wanna rip product to create more scarcity then sealed will rise again. The PSA 10 to raw card sales to me are a dead giveaway. The space now more than ever I would say is filled with more investors over collectors so imo the raw cards are more liquid than graded because there’s plenty of people in the hobby that want to make money and buy cards that look good in order to grade them and make a profit. With that said I think the raw cards are more liquid and people are manipulating those over slabs because there more ppl that want to make money rather than collect so more ppl are hunting raw cards instead. Slabs might be next though
I got my umbreon 10 from a 15$ darkrai tin from dollar general so im not sure i will ever sell it. I have a rayquaza vmax 10, and another at psa i pulled 2 weeks ago from 2 packs. Soon as that one comes home, im listing it for 75$ above the highest sold recently and hoping it sells if the prices keep moving. Ive noticed the highest prices usually are the ones with the newest certs. I could buy alot of raw SIRs to grade with that 700 bucks. Id rather have 8 or 10 blastoise ex, walking wake, raging bolt, venusaur ex, iono, and stuff like that. Feels like theres alot of other great cards right now that could make my collection way cooler than just having a double of raywuaza vmax. Scarlet violet era is way under rated.
"If you based it off history, every single thing thats hyped up, eventually does crash" Thats so true, from investment point of view, don't even bother with singles, slabs they're so risky at this price point.. wait for the crash, dont fomo..
hey for what if wednesday do you think its a good idea to invest in the magikarp from paldea evolved? i do like the card but idk if it will drop lower from a reprint or hype dies down.
For mother's day this year my hubby got me the rayquaza vmax alt art in a psa 10. Its my first psa card and it was the last card I needed to have all of evolving skies. It makes me want to grade my other alt arts but ik theyre not all well centered. Also 100% agree on leafeon why is it more expensive than glaceon and sylveon when theyre so much better?
I pulled the moonbreon and ripped 100s of more packs and never pulled the rayquaza 😅 so yeah it’s a tough one to pull. I found a great deal on it last week and picked it up NM for $280 🙌🏻
The thing with the Leafeon for me is that of all the eeveelution alts, Leafeon has the most cat like portrayal, screwin with the haybale is clever as hell. Vmax yarn for ethe vmax cat
@@PokeBeardTCG ahh yes, another sort of vmax yarn. But yeah I was never a huuuuge fan of Leafeon but I bought that card a few months back because I absolutely loved how he was playing with the hay
Ok I've been wanting to talk about this for a bit. CHINESE CARDS!!!!! I got the Blaziken VMAX alt for $40 in Chinese a few days ago and it's printed in Japan so the card quality is BEAUTIFUL. Same with the moonbreon, picked one up for $400 two weeks ago. If you don't care about the language and you want to collect, Chinese cards are absolutely the way to go. Textures and colors pop unlike English. I'm a collector first and I don't care about the language, just how it looks. Saved SO much money. I really think people are sleeping on Chinese cards so much.
Yea, and if you think about it, there are way more Chinese people than Japanese people. Chinese pokemon is starting to heat up. So could gain a lot of value down the road
Purchased a Giratina PSA 9 including fees and postage today for £318 ($398 USD). I thought I got it at a good price and you’ve reassured me this is the case. Thanks man great content 👍
Hi man, can you do the same for the places around 10-20 also? Because investments I did in recent time are not mentioned in this video, as the Lugia V, the Dragonite V, etc. would love to see your opinion on these cards between the 100-200$ range and how you think they'll evolve over the time. :)
Yo in terms of the raw leafeon, i think the striked out green dollar amount with best offer doesn’t mean the seller accepted the offer at that price. The offer could have been well below that and still accepted. The listed price is what shows, not what the accepted offer. I’m guessing by the way, but that’s what I was thinking as you were confused about the psa and raw selling for the same
Yep that's what that means. Probably somewhere close though to the original price. Even if there $300 raw it's still crazy for last sales to he 350 in a psa10
I just hate that people are going after one card when there’s actually decent amount of good cards in each set ! That it looks like gambling but there’s more good cards in These sets
My son and I are getting a kick out of what's going on right now, every few hours he's coming to me and telling me how his Giratina Alt is going up and his other many Alt Arts it's priceless.
11:31 yeah, not crazy about it myself. Jolteon is in my top ten mons though. The promo is pretty cheap and I picked up several around $25-30 in English, slightly more in Japanese.
Let me say this isn't a bragging comment. I pulled the moonbreon 3 times and I only pulled the giratina 1 time and opened 3x more lost origin to get it. That card is amazing, but it's so damn hard to pull. I couldn't sell it either bc I know how hard it was for me to get it. The espeon vmax alt was my chase for the sword and shield block, that card is amazing as well. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY NICE ALTS to pick tho.
@PokeBeardTCG lost origin drove me nuts man. I still open packs from time to time and I have ZERO luck with that set. I love the look of the packs and the set esthetic, but that set does not like me.
@@PokeBeardTCG I pulled the Moonbreon myself so there’s some attachment. As much as I think I’m an investor, I’m a collector first which always bites me in the butt.
Everybody has a card they think could become more popular than the moonbreon or they think the art is better but I really think yall are purposefully lying to yourselves because the moonbreon is that expensive. The artwork is top tier and nothing even compares imo. The hype is warranted and I agree with your future price guess on it.
@@PokeBeardTCG the Rayquaza was originally the chase yes but like u said I like the regular v alt artwork more and I think I’ve heard others say that as well. The giratina is beautiful and I think it competes at #2 with Gengar. Just my personal opinion obviously. Just think moonbreon is in a tier of its own
I got back into the hobby after 20 years because 151 nostalgia. I was looking for a santa cruz pokemon skateboard and came across 151. Definitely myself lucky to find any Evolving Skies boxes at msrp but i happened to get 2 etb's and got lucky enough the pull the Leafeon VMAX. Its currently getting graded but im watching the market like a hawk and now considering holding for a bit longer.
My son started getting into Pokemon last summer. He opened up packs and it reminded me of my childhood. He wanted to me to watch Pokerev videos with him and when I saw 151 I got sucked in myself. While watching all of the videos with him, as it expanded to other UA-camrs, I saw real investment potential
@andyfernandez3288 yep its cool knowing the thing we loved and collected as a kid has had actual investment potential in the real world. Hopefully it continues.
SWSH is the only set that’s taking off. Then there’s some vintage that took healthy gains like gold star Charizard. Comparing these SWSH prices to Sun and Moon, Black and White, XY, etc either the rest of the cards are going to come up or SWSH has to come down
So I sold my pokemon and magic cards about 8 months ago and the owner of the shop wanted to give me $800 cash and $800 store credit which was cool I ended up getting that giratina v alt art for $280 for a psa 9 which was about about 20 dollars more than eBay but I just liked it 😅 think im keeping
I think right now is a good time to sell if you are going to roll that money into other investment like booster boxes. They may continue to go up but they will hit that point where they stay stagnant and may lose some of the gains when they aren't as hot. If you plan on holding for long term they will see more gains for sure.
Got lots of the swsh alt arts in the last year luckily much lower price but won’t be selling as they’re absolutely phenomenal exquisite miniature pieces of art imo that I bought for that reason.
I bought 2 fusion strike etb's that i split with my son and daughter because i enjoy opening up packs with them. In 5 packs I got the espeon alt art. I then traded it because i wanted to finish my master set of 151; i got a UPC. My son, daughter and I split the packs and we pulled a blastoise evolution line demi God pack
I traded a base set 2 charizard for the Umbreon when it was a 200 or so dollar card and I don’t think I’ll ever get rid out it cuz I’ll never get it back and the giratina I don’t think I’ll ever own cuz it’s so expensive already than the box isn’t even nearly as expensive imagine how much the Tina is when the box is 700?
So glad I bought all of these in PSA 10s during the dip last year. All of them EXCEPT for the Blaziken. I’m not a fan of that one, it reminds me of those cheap tourist airbrush t-shirts at the pier.
The thing is you won't spend 100 dollars on sealed and pull one it's just not happening it's possible but still 90 percent unlikely when you gotta open 1000 packs to pull one
I pulled the Moonbreon and Giratina, and Giratina is my favorite from SWSH. I have the glaceon and Leafeon Vmax 10s, and I picked each up at $200 when raw was about $180. I also bought a Ray Vmax on TCG in late march for $250, seller backed out and ghosted me and had to wait a month for a refund. By then prices were close to $500. Never again from a newer seller.
I honestly think the sylveon is the best out of the vmax arts in Evolving skies. Just my opinion. Also regarding the leafeon, I wonder if the raw price is increasing but the graded card price hasn’t been pushed up?
When you say “Everytime a card gets hyped up it goes down” Moonbreon was steady growth raw to 650. Then went down to about 500, then the packs got hard to get and the panic buys started. Best analogy I have heard is “doesn’t matter if there is 10,000 copies of a card, if 1 million people want it” I love my Tina, but owhere near as many people want it as the moonbreon. Just my $0.02
More giratinas are selling than umbreon right now. I also don't like the 10,000 copies of a card for 1 million people. No poketuber video even comes close to 200-300k views now. It used to be in the milions. I also feel like half the people dont even really love umbreon they just want it because it's hyped. Which hype does fade. There's also 11k psa 10s. Not to mention 9,8,7. All Beckett, all cgc, and the 10 other companies. And the tens of thousands of raw cards. Plus Japanese, Chinese, Korean. Also, when it gets too high in price 95% of people can't afford it. With there being so many out there, people who will want to sell it will have to drop the price in order to sell right away.
@@PokeBeardTCG All valid points. When Giratina hits 1000$ (and it will) then we will see which one sells more. You are right that the hobby becomes inaccessible for many, but sword and shield packs are accessible for people to participate. Compared to 1st edition Shadowless Charizard, it’s infinitely more accessible. Your example of limited people affording and having to drop prices doesn’t show as true in the case of those vintage cards, thus I’m not certain a 2k moonbreon will dissuade people from buying it, especially when a booster box gets to 1500. Regarding Poketubers, I can only give you my opinion. Scarlet Violet era is terrible. Nowhere near Sword and Shield (also with no COVID hype). So modern opening videos, are not going to pull viewers. There is a nostalgia to sword and shield. That nostalgia combined with the iconic status of the alt arts is what is driving the fomo status imo. CoolTrainerRyan, who is by no means kid friendly, will have 3k on live stream for fusion strike pack openings, which is less than the 5k he used to have however substantial nonetheless. There isn’t even the same nostalgia for sun and moon and definitely limited attachment to scarlet violet. This puts content creators like yourself in a difficult position to get eyes. You can only do so many “investing” videos, before the format doesn’t draw. I like your videos and analysis, sad I only recently found your content.
It’s turning out that buying all the top SWSH alt arts in PSA 10 (every one on this list) about 6-8 months ago was one of the best investment I’ve ever made 😅 didn’t think I’d be saying that. Except for the moonbreon. I pulled that one.
Most cards will hit around 800$ then correct at about 20 to 30% drop not a crash because too many people like the art the set is out of print and everyone opened em like crazy and not mention the stolen hits on certain sets
At this point there isn’t a shot market manipulation isn’t feeding into this explosion. I know the hype and fomo and market regulations are huge contributors, but some of these cards I’m just laughing at. It’s gotten ridiculous P.S. Leafeon VSTAR hard clears the vmax art. It isn’t even close imo
Leafeon Vstar is beautiful, but that Vmax card is super dope. Something very awesome about Leafeon Vmax walking around on the farm with the bails of hay.
Great points and I agree about the umbreon, and I think majority of people are like you and me and can wait a long time to see that card drop. Could definitely see it becoming a $3,000 card but who knows for all i know it could reach $10,000 😂😂😂 and if this is the new normal then thats wild to think about for sets like 151 cause I can see all those cards going insane
Same. I love the Blastoise and Venusaur evolution line artworks from 151. The Charmander and Charmeleon AR were nice but the Charizard was underwhelming in my opinion, looked so plain and simple.
That’s the beauty of it!! It really is kinda unique!! Only the charizard line tells a story with all 3 evolutions cards!! The zoomed out Look of the Pokémon?? I’m not sure if that’s ever been done for an SIR EVER! The background looks dope and again I just LOVE looking at depressed little charmander at the bottom , arrogant teenager charmelon sneering down and then charizard soaring free! King of the skies!!
Now is a good time sell, a pretty basic investment rule in general is to sell when no one wants to sell and buy when no one wants to buy. In other words, you sell into hype, you don't buy in to hype.
Solid point. That's why I said just a little longer. The prices are going up so fast right now you would be throwing money away to sell right now. Almost everyday they keep selling for more. The gengar just sold for 5k lol. Not sure if payment went through but it's crazy out there
I sold so much of my vintage during the boom, but also had to sell some pre boom to pay for college. Honestly glad I sold it because majority of the cards I sold I can buy back for almost half the price now
I feel that. It's just that all of my vintage are complete sets, and took me 25 years to finish and a lot are my original cards. I just couldn't do it cuz I knew how hard it would be to get them all back again in NM.
@@PokeBeardTCG oh for sure. All my childhood cards I sold at a garage sale. But then I thrift a lot and thrifted a lot of vintage cards over the years. I was sitting on a lot of unlimited base set zards that I was getting a minimum $500 for them raw. Even sold a destroyed base set 2 zard that I found at the goodwill outlet (paid maybe 1 cent for it) and sold it for $200 (the front layer was peeling off and in terrible shape 😂).
I really feel that the Moonbreon is caring the set. If you took it away you have a set similar to the rest of sword and shield. What helps it is that it’s the most well known card through out all the trading card games and sports cards.
Idk if you look at the set list. You still have dragonite, 2 Rayquazas, and 8 eeveelutions all alt arts without moonbreon. Not to mention all the beautiful full arts of all those pokemon. No set really compares.
@@PokeBeardTCG Interesting.🤔 I did not know that, you learn something new everyday . I just got into collecting again this past year. So there is a big gap, haha. It just blows my mind. Do you think they’ll drop a bit in the future?
The small difference between raw and PSA10 for Umbreon, Rayquaza and Leafeon is because Evolving Skies print quality is top-notch. If you check PSA population reports, many vmax alts that get sent in come back a 10.
Well the umbreon is a $500 difference still, Rayquaza is like $150-$200, and leafeon is like $50-$100. Even if they are easier to grade it should be a little bigger gap then $50-$150. I mean thats what Japanese cards have for a gap and no English card is as good of quality as Japanese. But honestly great point.
I have every card on the list; I bought most of them before prices went crazy. I knew they would probably skyrocket eventually because a lot of the Sun and Moon alt arts did. I got my Moonbreon for $140, shortly after it was released.
Yo Beard! Still scouring the web for the best way to sell my bulk. Im not in a hurry and dont mind selling it myself if need be, I have plenty o space. Always enjoy the vidz.
You were supposed to be in last week's what if but I had to cut the video short cuz my baby woke up lol. Im sorry brother. Since you have been waiting I'll answer here. There are alot of places online you can send your bulk in for boxes. Like danny phantoms site. If there not taking bulk at the moment. I like to sell my bulk on ebay. If you have a 1000 holo and reverse holo it's automatically worth over a $100. I just sold this on ebay. I had a 1000 holo and reverse, 2000 non holo, and 15 basic ultra rares and I sold it for 190. Sold pretty much right away.
@@PokeBeardTCG The adventure of card shows and talking to everybody and cutting mean deals that make everyone happy is pure bliss. I love it, these pieces of cardboard really know what they are doing 🙏🙏🙏
Considering it’s selling closer to 200 that’s a really nice buy. My personal #1 sleeper alt art for growth potential. Celebi is also a legendary and the card tells a story. Changing the winter scenery by time traveling green leaves onto the trees. Beaut artwork
@@deyrellvargas9511 I traded a decent raw stack for it but that card is one of my favorites altogether.. the story it tells stays close to my heart ❤️ it’s beautiful
Great video! Loved it. I don't say this to brag but rather just to answer your question. I do have all of these cards so if you want to reach out to see how I'm handling it, feel free to. Have a great day!
@PokeBeardTCG it's different for each card. Since I have several of each I have been selling a bit on the way up to realize some gains. The only thing I haven't sold from the list is Tina for all the reasons you mentioned.
@@PokeBeardTCG a few hot takes here. I have been selling more blaziken vmax, leafeon vmax, and rayquaza vmax because I personally think there are other cards lower than them with better art that could catch them. (Rayquaza v, galarian moltres v, and eeveelution Vs)
@@PokeBeardTCG I've think you've pretty much got it all bang on and covered. One interesting thing I look at is difference between UK and US markets. As soon as chilling reign was sold out with you guys and uk was still in stock on the PC I loaded up..1 week later was out. Watching both markets does give you slight market tips here and there. The fusion strike espeon triple in the UK on PC been sold out in UK for longest time and value on the secondary market well up. I see you in the states (or until very recently) had in stock. I'd be loading up on them likewise in reverse
Raw cards are selling for same price as psa 10s.. makes no sense! Just sold a raw rayquaza vmax on tcg for 455.. rayquaza is about the same.. Sorry nor rayquaza, I sold Blaziken Vmax for $455...
The SWSH alt arts are absolutely awesome, but no doubt these will come down in price big time. It's only a matter of time. In saying this, I wish I owned at least one alt art haha. Great video man.
But still, to only be about a $150 difference is pretty crazy. There's a lot of easier to grade cards that the psa10 is worth 2-5 times more. Like basically any popular TG right now, and a lot of lower level alt arts. Even evolving skies ones. But great point honestly
I think a lot of it has to do with people sleeping on S/V so they are still attached to S/S. People always focus on the past and not the present/future with cards. Been trying to buy more S/V psa 10’s of the new generation before those prices skyrocket in the next couple years. A lot of good artworks in the newer sets
Cant see those cards anymore. So many 3 dollar ar cards that i like more. Giratina is super cool tbh. But for example the moonbreon ? Wouldnt buy it for 200 artwork wise
I just got my glaceon black label for evolving skies, i now have the sylveon, rayquaza, and leafon and the only one I need now is the moonbreon, i'm just wanting it closer to 4k maybe 5k, then the 8k active on ebay. I hope my patience will reap a reward, plus i need time to save up and pay bills, P.S I don't like that Giritina artwork, very ugly IMHO.
Happy mothers day!! Make sure to show some love for all the mothers out there.
I am beginning to think that I am a collector and not an investor. I have multiple copies of giratina umbreon lugia in psa 10's and been buying them like some sick obsession every pay check the last 2 years I have no urge to sell.... maybe if its life changing money but for few thousand or a thousand isn't enough for me . I look at these cards like a trophy for working everyday lol
100% that's exactly how I feel. I'd honestly rather pass it down to my kids then sell lol
Same kind of 😊
@@PokeBeardTCGI feel the same way about my pulls. I want it for me now but for them later on. Hopefully they don't sell them right away.
Me too, I started pokemon cards to make a quick buck but quickly fell in love with the collecting. I'd much rather own them than make a couple 1000s which won't change much in the grand scheme of things
@@turbo0589 agreed
Anyone who didn't buy their Mother an alt art this year is doing something wrong
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Good video, man! It's been incredible to watch SWSH cards and booster boxes completely take over the market in the past 3 months. It started when Fusion Strike and Chilling Reign sold out on the Pokemon Center and it's continued on week after week. I think part of the reason why people are "FOMOing" these cards is because less and less SWSH packs are being opened. The pop reports may seem high in 2024 but what happens in a year or two when the pop reports are relatively similar because less SWSH products are being opened? The prices we see today could all be undervalued so if you have the money, I'd highly recommend grabbing what you can afford. I personally picked up the Moonbreon and the Gengar about 2 months ago and I'm glad I did. I'm hoping to get the Giratina and Espeon eventually but I need to save up for them. I'm also sitting on some sealed SWSH booster boxes and I think those will be great trade pieces down the road.
Well said!
Bro, great observation on the discrepancies between pricing on the PSA 10 quaza and the Tina
Thank you!
It’s because it’s harder to get the giratina in a 10 then the rayquaza vmax.
I wish I had every card on the list. My son has loved Moon Umbreon since its release and I should have bought it when it was around $100. We have tried to pull it so many times. He thinks the Giritina is ugly nor do we have it. It’s interesting to see what these are selling for now. I am thinking we have pulled the other three cards trying to get that Moonbreon. I hope some of the other cards will be good investments some day if he’s in a pinch however I don’t think he could sell a card. Definitely love the artwork and appreciate a good collection. We are Charizard and Gengar fans for sure!
I feel the same way about Giratina ! The art work is not cool at all. Magikarp is better in my opinion
Honestly all alr arts are good I love them all monbreon has never been 100 dollars it's was always 400 lowest ever but I love the monbreon but the glaceon v alt and every alt in evolving skies rules
I have every major S&S Alt in a Psa 10 besides that Giratina. Could not get excited to try to pull it or buy it. The only things that makes me want it is just to have bragging rights that I have ALL the top alts. At this price I might just be happy with out it. Moonbreon on the other had is a must have. Especially when you have all eeveelutions alts ina 10
@@JeffThompson-mi7suthe moonbreon was for sure lower then 400
Love the content man I always tune in Monday Wednesday and Fridays! Imo this is all market manipulation from possibly wales or businesses in the space. They manipulated sealed prices using ES as an example so now that it’s been a little stagnant for ES they’re pushing singles to make ppl wanna rip product to create more scarcity then sealed will rise again. The PSA 10 to raw card sales to me are a dead giveaway. The space now more than ever I would say is filled with more investors over collectors so imo the raw cards are more liquid than graded because there’s plenty of people in the hobby that want to make money and buy cards that look good in order to grade them and make a profit. With that said I think the raw cards are more liquid and people are manipulating those over slabs because there more ppl that want to make money rather than collect so more ppl are hunting raw cards instead. Slabs might be next though
Well said! I could totally see that
Very cool that u went over the psa10 values as well bro! Thanks for that
Thank you for giving me the idea.
I got my umbreon 10 from a 15$ darkrai tin from dollar general so im not sure i will ever sell it. I have a rayquaza vmax 10, and another at psa i pulled 2 weeks ago from 2 packs. Soon as that one comes home, im listing it for 75$ above the highest sold recently and hoping it sells if the prices keep moving. Ive noticed the highest prices usually are the ones with the newest certs. I could buy alot of raw SIRs to grade with that 700 bucks. Id rather have 8 or 10 blastoise ex, walking wake, raging bolt, venusaur ex, iono, and stuff like that. Feels like theres alot of other great cards right now that could make my collection way cooler than just having a double of raywuaza vmax. Scarlet violet era is way under rated.
Good thinking! Yea you mise well sell the double and stock up on everything else while it's cheap
"If you based it off history, every single thing thats hyped up, eventually does crash" Thats so true, from investment point of view, don't even bother with singles, slabs they're so risky at this price point.. wait for the crash, dont fomo..
Perfectly said
hey for what if wednesday do you think its a good idea to invest in the magikarp from paldea evolved? i do like the card but idk if it will drop lower from a reprint or hype dies down.
Drop it in my new what if video tomorrow and I'll get to it next week
For mother's day this year my hubby got me the rayquaza vmax alt art in a psa 10. Its my first psa card and it was the last card I needed to have all of evolving skies. It makes me want to grade my other alt arts but ik theyre not all well centered. Also 100% agree on leafeon why is it more expensive than glaceon and sylveon when theyre so much better?
I pulled the moonbreon and ripped 100s of more packs and never pulled the rayquaza 😅 so yeah it’s a tough one to pull. I found a great deal on it last week and picked it up NM for $280 🙌🏻
Solid deal!
I found you by buying a card off you via eBay and I’m glad I found found you. You make excellent content and I hope you keep growing!
That's awesome! I really appreciate it
The thing with the Leafeon for me is that of all the eeveelution alts, Leafeon has the most cat like portrayal, screwin with the haybale is clever as hell. Vmax yarn for ethe vmax cat
Umbreon is trying to play with the moon like a ball
@@PokeBeardTCG ahh yes, another sort of vmax yarn. But yeah I was never a huuuuge fan of Leafeon but I bought that card a few months back because I absolutely loved how he was playing with the hay
Ok I've been wanting to talk about this for a bit. CHINESE CARDS!!!!! I got the Blaziken VMAX alt for $40 in Chinese a few days ago and it's printed in Japan so the card quality is BEAUTIFUL. Same with the moonbreon, picked one up for $400 two weeks ago. If you don't care about the language and you want to collect, Chinese cards are absolutely the way to go. Textures and colors pop unlike English. I'm a collector first and I don't care about the language, just how it looks. Saved SO much money. I really think people are sleeping on Chinese cards so much.
Yea, and if you think about it, there are way more Chinese people than Japanese people. Chinese pokemon is starting to heat up. So could gain a lot of value down the road
Is it worth it to grade cards individually or better to send them in lots? If so what’s the most cost-effective method?
Lots is usually cheaper.
Purchased a Giratina PSA 9 including fees and postage today for £318 ($398 USD). I thought I got it at a good price and you’ve reassured me this is the case. Thanks man great content 👍
Very nice!
Hi man, can you do the same for the places around 10-20 also? Because investments I did in recent time are not mentioned in this video, as the Lugia V, the Dragonite V, etc. would love to see your opinion on these cards between the 100-200$ range and how you think they'll evolve over the time. :)
I will try soon
Love all your videos. Thank you for the informative content!!!
That means a lot! Thank you
Yo in terms of the raw leafeon, i think the striked out green dollar amount with best offer doesn’t mean the seller accepted the offer at that price. The offer could have been well below that and still accepted. The listed price is what shows, not what the accepted offer. I’m guessing by the way, but that’s what I was thinking as you were confused about the psa and raw selling for the same
Yep that's what that means. Probably somewhere close though to the original price. Even if there $300 raw it's still crazy for last sales to he 350 in a psa10
I just hate that people are going after one card when there’s actually decent amount of good cards in each set ! That it looks like gambling but there’s more good cards in These sets
For sure!
My son and I are getting a kick out of what's going on right now, every few hours he's coming to me and telling me how his Giratina Alt is going up and his other many Alt Arts it's priceless.
Nice! Fun times
Hey, I got a giratina Vmax gold from crown zenith and I’m pretty sure its a 10. Should I grade it or sell raw?
Definitely try grading. It's going up in price right now!
@@PokeBeardTCG good thx a lot!
@@JustinLalonde-cz9yb and if it gets a 9 and it's hard to sell. 9s and raw almost sell the same so you can always Crack the case if needed.
11:31 yeah, not crazy about it myself. Jolteon is in my top ten mons though. The promo is pretty cheap and I picked up several around $25-30 in English, slightly more in Japanese.
Yea definitely not the best. I also love jolteon!
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Let me say this isn't a bragging comment. I pulled the moonbreon 3 times and I only pulled the giratina 1 time and opened 3x more lost origin to get it. That card is amazing, but it's so damn hard to pull. I couldn't sell it either bc I know how hard it was for me to get it. The espeon vmax alt was my chase for the sword and shield block, that card is amazing as well. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY NICE ALTS to pick tho.
Wow now that's some good luck!
@PokeBeardTCG lost origin drove me nuts man. I still open packs from time to time and I have ZERO luck with that set. I love the look of the packs and the set esthetic, but that set does not like me.
Agree with the Moonbreon, I have one but it’s getting pumped/fomo along with the other alt arts. Guess good for me.
You going to sell?
@@PokeBeardTCG I pulled the Moonbreon myself so there’s some attachment. As much as I think I’m an investor, I’m a collector first which always bites me in the butt.
Heres the problem the box wont be as much at evolving skies for multiple reasons biggest is es has more pulls with value then lost
People sleeping on the Lugia its insane
It's moving quick now
Everybody has a card they think could become more popular than the moonbreon or they think the art is better but I really think yall are purposefully lying to yourselves because the moonbreon is that expensive. The artwork is top tier and nothing even compares imo. The hype is warranted and I agree with your future price guess on it.
Well the Rayquaza was the chase card when the set came out and you can't deny how unique giratina is. But I do get what you're saying
@@PokeBeardTCG the Rayquaza was originally the chase yes but like u said I like the regular v alt artwork more and I think I’ve heard others say that as well. The giratina is beautiful and I think it competes at #2 with Gengar. Just my personal opinion obviously. Just think moonbreon is in a tier of its own
I bought all the alts psa 10 for $9300 in a huge deal. Never selling no matter the price
Very nice! Yea that's how I am with my stuff lol
I got back into the hobby after 20 years because 151 nostalgia. I was looking for a santa cruz pokemon skateboard and came across 151. Definitely myself lucky to find any Evolving Skies boxes at msrp but i happened to get 2 etb's and got lucky enough the pull the Leafeon VMAX. Its currently getting graded but im watching the market like a hawk and now considering holding for a bit longer.
My son started getting into Pokemon last summer. He opened up packs and it reminded me of my childhood. He wanted to me to watch Pokerev videos with him and when I saw 151 I got sucked in myself. While watching all of the videos with him, as it expanded to other UA-camrs, I saw real investment potential
@andyfernandez3288 yep its cool knowing the thing we loved and collected as a kid has had actual investment potential in the real world. Hopefully it continues.
@@chanceswanson4318yea I feel like the leafeon will go up a little more. Amazing pull though
I want them all but sheesh the market is insane right now. The struggle is real.
I feel you
SWSH is the only set that’s taking off. Then there’s some vintage that took healthy gains like gold star Charizard. Comparing these SWSH prices to Sun and Moon, Black and White, XY, etc either the rest of the cards are going to come up or SWSH has to come down
Alts were the move 6-8 months ago they’re too risky now imo.
Time to look at the cards crashing.
Agreed
So I sold my pokemon and magic cards about 8 months ago and the owner of the shop wanted to give me $800 cash and $800 store credit which was cool I ended up getting that giratina v alt art for $280 for a psa 9 which was about about 20 dollars more than eBay but I just liked it 😅 think im keeping
Nice!
I think right now is a good time to sell if you are going to roll that money into other investment like booster boxes. They may continue to go up but they will hit that point where they stay stagnant and may lose some of the gains when they aren't as hot. If you plan on holding for long term they will see more gains for sure.
Well said!
Got lots of the swsh alt arts in the last year luckily much lower price but won’t be selling as they’re absolutely phenomenal exquisite miniature pieces of art imo that I bought for that reason.
I totally agree
Brooo… I woke up early and saw your new video…. Gave me a panic attack thinking it was Monday !!! lol! Thank god it’s still Sunday … whew 😰
😂😂😂😂
I bought 2 fusion strike etb's that i split with my son and daughter because i enjoy opening up packs with them. In 5 packs I got the espeon alt art. I then traded it because i wanted to finish my master set of 151; i got a UPC. My son, daughter and I split the packs and we pulled a blastoise evolution line demi God pack
Sylveon v alt isn't in fusion strike bro
@@TheMiltonroad sorry meant espeon
@@andyfernandez3288nice!
Picked them ALL up at their all time lows. EXCEPT Moonbreon picked him up on my bday for 600 that was my last alt art to grab
Very good bday present!
Hard to know. Gold stars are so expensive. Will be fun over the years
Absolutely. I'm very excited to see how it all plays out
I traded a base set 2 charizard for the Umbreon when it was a 200 or so dollar card and I don’t think I’ll ever get rid out it cuz I’ll never get it back and the giratina I don’t think I’ll ever own cuz it’s so expensive already than the box isn’t even nearly as expensive imagine how much the Tina is when the box is 700?
Solid trade. And yea it's probably going to get pretty expensive
So glad I bought all of these in PSA 10s during the dip last year. All of them EXCEPT for the Blaziken. I’m not a fan of that one, it reminds me of those cheap tourist airbrush t-shirts at the pier.
I see what you're saying with those colors
I have the leafeon in psa 10 and I saw the prices 😅 guess I'll hold on to it
Definitely
i feel like with psa 10's the percentage of 10's compared to 9s and below can make it more expensive.
I could see that
Have all but Giratina and Blaziken had a chance to buy The Blaziken at $160 3-4 months ago should have pulled the trigger
I hate thinking back to all the times I could have gotten these cards lol. Depressing lol
The thing is you won't spend 100 dollars on sealed and pull one it's just not happening it's possible but still 90 percent unlikely when you gotta open 1000 packs to pull one
Yep it's all about the luck
I agree on the Leafeon VMAX, just doesn’t do it for me, especially at these prices. I prefer the Glaceon and Sylveon to it by far.
100%
I pulled the Moonbreon and Giratina, and Giratina is my favorite from SWSH. I have the glaceon and Leafeon Vmax 10s, and I picked each up at $200 when raw was about $180. I also bought a Ray Vmax on TCG in late march for $250, seller backed out and ghosted me and had to wait a month for a refund. By then prices were close to $500. Never again from a newer seller.
Yea especially when prices can move quickly. Always gotta go with a good seller
I honestly think the sylveon is the best out of the vmax arts in Evolving skies. Just my opinion. Also regarding the leafeon, I wonder if the raw price is increasing but the graded card price hasn’t been pushed up?
Yea the sylveon is top tier. And yea it will probably go up soon
i remember when the umbreon got to a low of like 150
Me too
When you say “Everytime a card gets hyped up it goes down”
Moonbreon was steady growth raw to 650. Then went down to about 500, then the packs got hard to get and the panic buys started. Best analogy I have heard is “doesn’t matter if there is 10,000 copies of a card, if 1 million people want it”
I love my Tina, but owhere near as many people want it as the moonbreon. Just my $0.02
More giratinas are selling than umbreon right now. I also don't like the 10,000 copies of a card for 1 million people. No poketuber video even comes close to 200-300k views now. It used to be in the milions. I also feel like half the people dont even really love umbreon they just want it because it's hyped. Which hype does fade. There's also 11k psa 10s. Not to mention 9,8,7. All Beckett, all cgc, and the 10 other companies. And the tens of thousands of raw cards. Plus Japanese, Chinese, Korean. Also, when it gets too high in price 95% of people can't afford it. With there being so many out there, people who will want to sell it will have to drop the price in order to sell right away.
@@PokeBeardTCG All valid points. When Giratina hits 1000$ (and it will) then we will see which one sells more. You are right that the hobby becomes inaccessible for many, but sword and shield packs are accessible for people to participate. Compared to 1st edition Shadowless Charizard, it’s infinitely more accessible. Your example of limited people affording and having to drop prices doesn’t show as true in the case of those vintage cards, thus I’m not certain a 2k moonbreon will dissuade people from buying it, especially when a booster box gets to 1500.
Regarding Poketubers, I can only give you my opinion. Scarlet Violet era is terrible. Nowhere near Sword and Shield (also with no COVID hype). So modern opening videos, are not going to pull viewers. There is a nostalgia to sword and shield. That nostalgia combined with the iconic status of the alt arts is what is driving the fomo status imo. CoolTrainerRyan, who is by no means kid friendly, will have 3k on live stream for fusion strike pack openings, which is less than the 5k he used to have however substantial nonetheless. There isn’t even the same nostalgia for sun and moon and definitely limited attachment to scarlet violet. This puts content creators like yourself in a difficult position to get eyes. You can only do so many “investing” videos, before the format doesn’t draw. I like your videos and analysis, sad I only recently found your content.
It’s turning out that buying all the top SWSH alt arts in PSA 10 (every one on this list) about 6-8 months ago was one of the best investment I’ve ever made 😅 didn’t think I’d be saying that.
Except for the moonbreon. I pulled that one.
Beautiful!
Most cards will hit around 800$ then correct at about 20 to 30% drop not a crash because too many people like the art the set is out of print and everyone opened em like crazy and not mention the stolen hits on certain sets
I could definitely see that
I’m surprised that ES Rayquaza VMAX isn’t 1k as a PSA10 coz it’s such a beautiful card and sooo hard to pull!
Yea I definitely feel like there is more room to grow
And just like when the boom ended the prices dropped
Yep
Those raw vs PSA 10 prices are wild!
Yea it's kind of crazy
At this point there isn’t a shot market manipulation isn’t feeding into this explosion. I know the hype and fomo and market regulations are huge contributors, but some of these cards I’m just laughing at. It’s gotten ridiculous
P.S. Leafeon VSTAR hard clears the vmax art. It isn’t even close imo
Leafeon Vstar is beautiful, but that Vmax card is super dope. Something very awesome about Leafeon Vmax walking around on the farm with the bails of hay.
For sure. I also do like the vstar more. I love the more realistic arts
Great points and I agree about the umbreon, and I think majority of people are like you and me and can wait a long time to see that card drop. Could definitely see it becoming a $3,000 card but who knows for all i know it could reach $10,000 😂😂😂 and if this is the new normal then thats wild to think about for sets like 151 cause I can see all those cards going insane
Same. I love the Blastoise and Venusaur evolution line artworks from 151. The Charmander and Charmeleon AR were nice but the Charizard was underwhelming in my opinion, looked so plain and simple.
That’s the beauty of it!! It really is kinda unique!! Only the charizard line tells a story with all 3 evolutions cards!! The zoomed out Look of the Pokémon?? I’m not sure if that’s ever been done for an SIR EVER! The background looks dope and again I just LOVE looking at depressed little charmander at the bottom , arrogant teenager charmelon sneering down and then charizard soaring free! King of the skies!!
@@TheSnackAttackingSnorlaxyea I love the story!
Great point!
Now is a good time sell, a pretty basic investment rule in general is to sell when no one wants to sell and buy when no one wants to buy. In other words, you sell into hype, you don't buy in to hype.
Solid point. That's why I said just a little longer. The prices are going up so fast right now you would be throwing money away to sell right now. Almost everyday they keep selling for more. The gengar just sold for 5k lol. Not sure if payment went through but it's crazy out there
Yup
I sold so much of my vintage during the boom, but also had to sell some pre boom to pay for college. Honestly glad I sold it because majority of the cards I sold I can buy back for almost half the price now
I feel that. It's just that all of my vintage are complete sets, and took me 25 years to finish and a lot are my original cards. I just couldn't do it cuz I knew how hard it would be to get them all back again in NM.
@@PokeBeardTCG oh for sure. All my childhood cards I sold at a garage sale. But then I thrift a lot and thrifted a lot of vintage cards over the years. I was sitting on a lot of unlimited base set zards that I was getting a minimum $500 for them raw. Even sold a destroyed base set 2 zard that I found at the goodwill outlet (paid maybe 1 cent for it) and sold it for $200 (the front layer was peeling off and in terrible shape 😂).
@618thrift nice not too bad. Yea, I have every set complete for the first 3 generations besides like 6 cards.
@@PokeBeardTCG that’s awesome! Do you have the variations for the sets too? Shadowless and first edition?
got every single alt art.
Beautiful
I really feel that the Moonbreon is caring the set. If you took it away you have a set similar to the rest of sword and shield. What helps it is that it’s the most well known card through out all the trading card games and sports cards.
Idk if you look at the set list. You still have dragonite, 2 Rayquazas, and 8 eeveelutions all alt arts without moonbreon. Not to mention all the beautiful full arts of all those pokemon. No set really compares.
@@PokeBeardTCG Yes a great set. But what if Thanos snapped his fingers and took away the Moonbreon, would Evolving Skies be the same?
@5415vega I really think so. I mean, rayquaze vmax was the chase for a while before umbreon took over.
@@PokeBeardTCG Interesting.🤔 I did not know that, you learn something new everyday . I just got into collecting again this past year. So there is a big gap, haha. It just blows my mind. Do you think they’ll drop a bit in the future?
i got the giraatina alt art in a psa 9 for 450$ was that a good dela
Fair 9s are equal to raw maybe a little more
Well I really think the giratina is going to go up more. So should be just fine
Leafeon is actually my favourite
Nice! That's what I love about pokemon. So many different tastes
The small difference between raw and PSA10 for Umbreon, Rayquaza and Leafeon is because Evolving Skies print quality is top-notch. If you check PSA population reports, many vmax alts that get sent in come back a 10.
Well the umbreon is a $500 difference still, Rayquaza is like $150-$200, and leafeon is like $50-$100. Even if they are easier to grade it should be a little bigger gap then $50-$150. I mean thats what Japanese cards have for a gap and no English card is as good of quality as Japanese. But honestly great point.
Sorry I meant small percentage difference, my bad!
I’m with you, the leafeon vmax is my least favorite.
Great taste lol
Just picked up a Giratina V CGS 10
For 500 🔥
Nice!
Im holding the line boys!! Ganestop stock 2.0 is pokemon cards 😂
😂
Lol price manipulation, judging by most people's comments and general sentiment these cards are going way higher
Yea most likely
I have every card on the list; I bought most of them before prices went crazy. I knew they would probably skyrocket eventually because a lot of the Sun and Moon alt arts did. I got my Moonbreon for $140, shortly after it was released.
Very nice!
Yo Beard! Still scouring the web for the best way to sell my bulk. Im not in a hurry and dont mind selling it myself if need be, I have plenty o space. Always enjoy the vidz.
You were supposed to be in last week's what if but I had to cut the video short cuz my baby woke up lol. Im sorry brother. Since you have been waiting I'll answer here. There are alot of places online you can send your bulk in for boxes. Like danny phantoms site. If there not taking bulk at the moment. I like to sell my bulk on ebay. If you have a 1000 holo and reverse holo it's automatically worth over a $100. I just sold this on ebay. I had a 1000 holo and reverse, 2000 non holo, and 15 basic ultra rares and I sold it for 190. Sold pretty much right away.
@@PokeBeardTCG Many thanks.
I picked up a PSA 10 celebi v full art from fusion strike for a $100 🎉🎉 supper happy 😊
Beautiful card!
@@PokeBeardTCG The adventure of card shows and talking to everybody and cutting mean deals that make everyone happy is pure bliss. I love it, these pieces of cardboard really know what they are doing 🙏🙏🙏
Considering it’s selling closer to 200 that’s a really nice buy. My personal #1 sleeper alt art for growth potential. Celebi is also a legendary and the card tells a story. Changing the winter scenery by time traveling green leaves onto the trees. Beaut artwork
@@deyrellvargas9511 I traded a decent raw stack for it but that card is one of my favorites altogether.. the story it tells stays close to my heart ❤️ it’s beautiful
Great video! Loved it. I don't say this to brag but rather just to answer your question. I do have all of these cards so if you want to reach out to see how I'm handling it, feel free to. Have a great day!
Nice!! What's your plan?
@PokeBeardTCG it's different for each card. Since I have several of each I have been selling a bit on the way up to realize some gains. The only thing I haven't sold from the list is Tina for all the reasons you mentioned.
@@PokeBeardTCG a few hot takes here. I have been selling more blaziken vmax, leafeon vmax, and rayquaza vmax because I personally think there are other cards lower than them with better art that could catch them. (Rayquaza v, galarian moltres v, and eeveelution Vs)
Best channel. Only one im watching now for investment/jog my mind moments. Used to watch 5 plus. Now just THE BEARD! BEARD FTW!
Honestly, that really means a lot, and you just made my day!
@@PokeBeardTCG well deserved. And hello from the UK by the way!
@@TheMiltonroad is there anything I can do to make my channel better??
@@PokeBeardTCG I've think you've pretty much got it all bang on and covered. One interesting thing I look at is difference between UK and US markets. As soon as chilling reign was sold out with you guys and uk was still in stock on the PC I loaded up..1 week later was out. Watching both markets does give you slight market tips here and there. The fusion strike espeon triple in the UK on PC been sold out in UK for longest time and value on the secondary market well up. I see you in the states (or until very recently) had in stock. I'd be loading up on them likewise in reverse
What’s going on with Japanese battle styles. I’m seeing them being listed for $200+
Hmm ill check it out
Raw cards are selling for same price as psa 10s.. makes no sense! Just sold a raw rayquaza vmax on tcg for 455.. rayquaza is about the same.. Sorry nor rayquaza, I sold Blaziken Vmax for $455...
Crazy
did you see that Gengar Vmax that sold on ebay for 5k?!
PSA 10
I did. I'm trying to get confirmation from the person who sold it if everything went through
Love the content 🔥
Thank you!! Have a great day
The SWSH alt arts are absolutely awesome, but no doubt these will come down in price big time. It's only a matter of time. In saying this, I wish I owned at least one alt art haha. Great video man.
Lots of good ones for cheap still.
@PokeBeardTCG well I just purchased a Celebi V alt art bgs 10 from Fusion Strike, so I'm pretty happy with that. Gorgeous artwork that one. 😍
@Joseph1988 congrats! I love bgs. Actually, it's my favorite grading company.
@PokeBeardTCG same bro. Loving the channel. Keep up the good work. All the way from Australia. 🇦🇺
The Giratina alt is harder to grade than Ray vmax alt
But still, to only be about a $150 difference is pretty crazy. There's a lot of easier to grade cards that the psa10 is worth 2-5 times more. Like basically any popular TG right now, and a lot of lower level alt arts. Even evolving skies ones. But great point honestly
these charts look like meme coins, lol. thanks for the vid!
It's wild! Thank you so much for watching.
$2k Umbreon 😊
Real collectors NEVER sell... I'm taking mine to the grave!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Same bro😂😂
🤘 great vid
Thank you!
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That means a ton
I think a lot of it has to do with people sleeping on S/V so they are still attached to S/S. People always focus on the past and not the present/future with cards. Been trying to buy more S/V psa 10’s of the new generation before those prices skyrocket in the next couple years. A lot of good artworks in the newer sets
I 100% agree
I never was a fan of that Rayquaza Vmax I think The Rayquaza V alt art is such a better art in my opinion
Smart man
I thought the same thing til I bought both, all the vmax alt arts look so much better in person
@@timw8778 but compared to the rayquaza v idk lol that card is beautiful imo
Never haha 🎉🎉🎉
😂😂
Cant see those cards anymore. So many 3 dollar ar cards that i like more. Giratina is super cool tbh. But for example the moonbreon ? Wouldnt buy it for 200 artwork wise
Hot take! I like it! I tried to add some lower tiers alts in my new video
SELL NOW
No point in selling now if everything is still going up
I just got my glaceon black label for evolving skies, i now have the sylveon, rayquaza, and leafon and the only one I need now is the moonbreon, i'm just wanting it closer to 4k maybe 5k, then the 8k active on ebay. I hope my patience will reap a reward, plus i need time to save up and pay bills, P.S I don't like that Giritina artwork, very ugly IMHO.
I love a good black label! I understand about the giratina. I could see how people think it's busy
@pokebeardtcg do you own a copy of the giratina?
Nope. I'm missing 7 alt arts and that is one of them. I did get a LP once in a lot but I sold it.