i agree with your take jake, it's unfortunate that prismatic evolution really overshadowed the upcoming release of surging sparks, surging looks like a really solid set!
Surging sparks is going to be about hopefully. More chance of reprints. I can still get preorders in the UK. I’ve not bothered, just trying to preorder prismatic now.
I don’t really buy any booster boxes of any sets anymore. I buy the Pokemon center ETB, just one. After that if I don’t pull what I wanted I buy it. Buying the ETB is to acquire the promo card with the logo and to fulfill the small pack opening itch per set. 😅
@@Sheogoratfulnah they are not, not even in booster box it all depends if they really put some good packs its all random, I opened a etb from twilight masquerade and got nothing everything was trash!
@@luisfigueroa5213 i ask because pull rates feels so random. I bought 2 etb 1 with atral crown pulled some minor full arts and a lost origin etb and pulled 1 nice card but that's it. Random pack are the best imho
Hey Jake, what do you think of the japanese equivalent Super Eletric breakers? I bought 2 boxes of them but since I found the Milotic SAR in the 1st one, I’m considering keeping the second one sealed, do you think it might be worth?
Keep everything sealed. Just opened a BB and an etb. The dugtrio is the only "good" card i got. Dont believe the hype, the pack opening experience isnt good at all imo
I never hit the charizard in 151. I couldnt just let my sealed 151 sit there knowing there could be the charizard in there I really want. I bet the same has happened with alot of people who open and invest. Shouldve just bought it lol
I normally just get an ETB and both 3pack Blisters (because i dont have that much money and for the rest I try to get singles) but this time I preordered a booster box + ETB. I really want to pull that Pikachu SAR. I don't care how many people hate on it, I fricking love it. 💛
The hate is unjustified imo, It looks far batter than a lot of the pikachu arts that people craze over. Pulled my Pikachu SIR on my second booster box, hope you get lucky and pull one as well.
You baked jake. Many sources have had their allocations cut down especially for the booster boxes. Supply is very low and pokemon would really need to print a lot of it but the time of finding booster boxes for less than 100$ is over. Demand is too high.
Day of release I was looking for the new premium set for one piece since its same day release and i found some of these pokemon singles at my local target first in the morning. Didnt grab any cause I wanted to look up if theyre worth or not. Not a big fan personally. I havent grabbed any Pokemon cards since like brilliant stars. Im more interested in One Piece cards tho since i just sold all my sealed pokemon.
Thats how it should be but people would rather buy and hold for 10 years, baffles my mind as no one knows if your even going to be here in 10 years so rip it open and enjoy it!
if youre looking at value, its not a hobby its a side hustle. I get collecting sealed products that have good art but not opening packs purely because "this is expensive" is dumb and ruins the hobby for others. Just have fun and rip then open
Open stuff together and hold on to a single sealed product (ETB, booster box, booster bundle, Sealed blister, or 3 pack blister) for the memories. Wish i kept some sealed stuff for the sets i enjoyed the most.
Got really lucky with my boxes. Opened 3 booster boxes and pulled Milotic SIR, Pikachu SIR, and Latios IR. Those along with a bunch of IR, a gold Exeggutor, 3 full art trainers, and the remaining smaller hits.
pre-ordered my first ever boosterbox with surging sparks so was really excited. Got an e-mail this morning that the website I ordered from was just told they're not receiving everything they ordered so he's unsure when he will be able to ship all the pre-orders : (
You saying the pack opening experience with this set is a lot of fun is the most untrue thing I heard in a long time. Just opened a booster box and an etb and the experience was pretty terrible imo. Shouldve just kept everything sealed like I will do with my other etbs and bb i got. I dont know why everyone is hyping this set up so much. And no way you can profit from opening this set. Unless you pull the 2 or 3 big chase cards its impossible.
If I don't pull the Pikachu SIR. I will just buy it. As I like Pikachu and I dont want to spend a bunch just opening packs. I only open some packs here and there and keep some seal stuff.
I watched some big poketuber (pokerex?) seriously I don’t remember, but he opened like over 100 packs without a single Pikachu. But I got the SIR in my first booster box 😅
congrats on the hydreigon SIR! 🔥🔥 do you think the people that initially said skip for twilight masquerade have their mind: about it? i feel like twilight masquerade really held its own over time. it’s such a fun set to open!
It's not an easy right or wrong. If they're saving money for Terastal Festival or Prismatic Evolutions or the upcoming Rocket set then I think that's perfectly justifiable. I think having a variety of options is always good.
2:43 I haven't opened a pack since base sun and moon 😅 Just now getting back into tcg after tcg pocket came out. I hadn't touched the base tcg in 6-7 years I'm planning on getting an ETB for this set and eventually one for prismatic evolutions when that comes out :)
I'm in the same boat. I started with a Paldean Fates EBT. Forgot how it felt to rip a pack and get a really good card. 😂 Now I'm hooked and spending money.
Great content! Just got back into collecting pokemon cards with my son and we’ve both really enjoyed watching your stuff! (Also thanks for the good collecting advice)
i bought a single pack from walmart and i pulled the pikachu i was so shocked and i immediately went in again and bought a booster box and etb but i sadly didnt get anything
For the life of me I couldn't get the whatnot credit to work, said I didn't qualify for it or whatever, hoping to still show up anyway. I'm a big fan of this content, the investment advice here is one of the reasons I bought so much evolving skies before it got big.
This is what happens after probably some of the worst sets in the last 4-5 years. Very few people I have talked to actually enjoy scarlet and violet as the games compared to sword and shield. Many people don’t even know the current gen Pokémon so they just don’t give a damn about sets with only new mons. These next few sets will go crazy well because they are a lot of OG and popular Pokémon. It isn’t rocket science to see why a set will do good. Kinda surprised it took them so long to come out with bangers of sets.
Got one to open one to keep. Ill jjst buy whatever i need seperatley. Always open one for the sake of saving money on hits. I buy to collect full sets to hopefully sell in 15 years. I try and keep one booster box of everything. Hopefully in 10 years ill have loads of booster boxes and ill sell as a collection nice retirement p
In my booster box, I pulled illustration Stunfisk, Slakoth, and Larvesta. This is my first booster box, and it is my last. I wanted to collect, but not anymore. Goodluck everyone else.
i agree with your take jake, it's unfortunate that prismatic evolution really overshadowed the upcoming release of surging sparks, surging looks like a really solid set!
In what world has the surging sparks release been overshadowed??? The demand is through the roof for surging sparks
It is probably a better set but hasn't overshadowed surging sparks yet, surging sparks is selling for MSRP or higher....
Surging sparks is going to be about hopefully. More chance of reprints. I can still get preorders in the UK. I’ve not bothered, just trying to preorder prismatic now.
I don’t really buy any booster boxes of any sets anymore. I buy the Pokemon center ETB, just one. After that if I don’t pull what I wanted I buy it. Buying the ETB is to acquire the promo card with the logo and to fulfill the small pack opening itch per set. 😅
Exactly what I do, best way. Fun, affordable.
Same for the most part, sometimes I get a booster bundle as well if I wanna open more of the set
Is the pull rate good in Etb?
@@Sheogoratfulnah they are not, not even in booster box it all depends if they really put some good packs its all random, I opened a etb from twilight masquerade and got nothing everything was trash!
@@luisfigueroa5213 i ask because pull rates feels so random. I bought 2 etb 1 with atral crown pulled some minor full arts and a lost origin etb and pulled 1 nice card but that's it. Random pack are the best imho
Great set, but I am more excited for Prismatic and the Rocket set
I feel stella crown gonna creep up it was slept on because of these upcoming sets
Hey Jake, what do you think of the japanese equivalent Super Eletric breakers? I bought 2 boxes of them but since I found the Milotic SAR in the 1st one, I’m considering keeping the second one sealed, do you think it might be worth?
Just ordered two BB and two ETB. Still doubting if I'll open one of each or keep m all sealed.
Same dilemma!
Open one BB and save the rest. That's what I would do anyways.
Keep everything sealed.
Just opened a BB and an etb. The dugtrio is the only "good" card i got.
Dont believe the hype, the pack opening experience isnt good at all imo
@@Krulle37 Ouch that sucks man. Hope you'll have better luck next time. And I agree, from what I've seen. The gold and SIR pull rates are really bad
Its gonna be a highly opened set, sadly it would be smarter to hold it sealed like 151, not like paradox rift or something
I never hit the charizard in 151. I couldnt just let my sealed 151 sit there knowing there could be the charizard in there I really want. I bet the same has happened with alot of people who open and invest. Shouldve just bought it lol
I normally just get an ETB and both 3pack Blisters (because i dont have that much money and for the rest I try to get singles) but this time I preordered a booster box + ETB.
I really want to pull that Pikachu SAR. I don't care how many people hate on it, I fricking love it. 💛
The hate is unjustified imo, It looks far batter than a lot of the pikachu arts that people craze over. Pulled my Pikachu SIR on my second booster box, hope you get lucky and pull one as well.
You baked jake. Many sources have had their allocations cut down especially for the booster boxes. Supply is very low and pokemon would really need to print a lot of it but the time of finding booster boxes for less than 100$ is over. Demand is too high.
Should I open it? Or should I keep it sealed?
Oh NOoOoooo
@@rekxar6314 You should have kept it sealed...
😂 the jingle automatically played in my head reading this
@@fl0reo did you talk about this with your therapist?
Open it, one less sealed, making mine a little more valuable. 😁
I did pretty well in my box I even got the exeggutor still looking for the goat Castform though
I’m glad I’m not alone. 151 is the only set from S&V that I’ve ripped in 2024
Day of release I was looking for the new premium set for one piece since its same day release and i found some of these pokemon singles at my local target first in the morning. Didnt grab any cause I wanted to look up if theyre worth or not. Not a big fan personally. I havent grabbed any Pokemon cards since like brilliant stars. Im more interested in One Piece cards tho since i just sold all my sealed pokemon.
Ive started just buying singles.Booster box prices are almost the same as the chase card nowdays especially once more and more packs get opened.
I work a full time job that pays me more than enough to where I don’t even slightly consider Pokemon investing 😂 … I buy and I rip …
This is the way.
Thats how it should be but people would rather buy and hold for 10 years, baffles my mind as no one knows if your even going to be here in 10 years so rip it open and enjoy it!
if youre looking at value, its not a hobby its a side hustle. I get collecting sealed products that have good art but not opening packs purely because "this is expensive" is dumb and ruins the hobby for others. Just have fun and rip then open
@@HonestTravellerby that logic we should invest in nothing and risk being broke when we want to retire. Dumb logic
@ live in the moment that’s what I’m saying.
Got 2 pokemon center etbs coming. Gonna open one and hold one. Than get and rip some boosters to fill the binders 🎉
I just started with my son. Not sure if we should open few or keep them on hold…
Open them together
Open stuff together and hold on to a single sealed product (ETB, booster box, booster bundle, Sealed blister, or 3 pack blister) for the memories. Wish i kept some sealed stuff for the sets i enjoyed the most.
How to track the market price of unopened packs??
No sell option? I feel like right this minute is the time to sell because in 2 days or so the big box stores will have a flood of product.
Since when do big box stores have a ton of booster boxes?
Got really lucky with my boxes. Opened 3 booster boxes and pulled Milotic SIR, Pikachu SIR, and Latios IR. Those along with a bunch of IR, a gold Exeggutor, 3 full art trainers, and the remaining smaller hits.
pre-ordered my first ever boosterbox with surging sparks so was really excited. Got an e-mail this morning that the website I ordered from was just told they're not receiving everything they ordered so he's unsure when he will be able to ship all the pre-orders : (
You saying the pack opening experience with this set is a lot of fun is the most untrue thing I heard in a long time.
Just opened a booster box and an etb and the experience was pretty terrible imo. Shouldve just kept everything sealed like I will do with my other etbs and bb i got.
I dont know why everyone is hyping this set up so much.
And no way you can profit from opening this set. Unless you pull the 2 or 3 big chase cards its impossible.
For me im just gonna buy one or two pokemon center etbs. One to sell and the other to keep. Ill just buy booster packs or bundles for the set.
What is a reasonable price for a booster box for that right now today?
100-110 USD.
What is a "normal" price for a booster box? Its been so long i cant remember when i last bought one.
Open it ALL... Dont keep any Seall!
If I don't pull the Pikachu SIR. I will just buy it. As I like Pikachu and I dont want to spend a bunch just opening packs. I only open some packs here and there and keep some seal stuff.
I watched some big poketuber (pokerex?) seriously I don’t remember, but he opened like over 100 packs without a single Pikachu.
But I got the SIR in my first booster box 😅
@@N7mudkip got mine from my second. got 3 of my main chase cards total from 3 boosters just have 7 more to go
So you will ONLY hold 1 seal box of Surging Sparks?? You won't keep more than one sealed box?
congrats on the hydreigon SIR! 🔥🔥 do you think the people that initially said skip for twilight masquerade have their mind: about it? i feel like twilight masquerade really held its own over time. it’s such a fun set to open!
It's not an easy right or wrong. If they're saving money for Terastal Festival or Prismatic Evolutions or the upcoming Rocket set then I think that's perfectly justifiable. I think having a variety of options is always good.
finished watching and wow you got a great box! from the SIR to the IRs you pulled. straight 🔥🔥🔥
2:43 I haven't opened a pack since base sun and moon 😅
Just now getting back into tcg after tcg pocket came out. I hadn't touched the base tcg in 6-7 years
I'm planning on getting an ETB for this set and eventually one for prismatic evolutions when that comes out :)
I'm in the same boat. I started with a Paldean Fates EBT. Forgot how it felt to rip a pack and get a really good card. 😂 Now I'm hooked and spending money.
I bought 2 BB on day one for a good price... Only regret is that I couldn't buy like 20 of these 😁 price is insane now
I got 1 box for $33 from TPC comes with 6 packs. I wish I had the money to buy more boxes but now they sold out, what's your whatnot channel?
Waiting for my etb to arrive. 😊
I just opened 4 ETBs and didn't get any pulls!!! Crazy... 😭
Great content! Just got back into collecting pokemon cards with my son and we’ve both really enjoyed watching your stuff! (Also thanks for the good collecting advice)
i bought a single pack from walmart and i pulled the pikachu i was so shocked and i immediately went in again and bought a booster box and etb but i sadly didnt get anything
This set is 🔥 🔥
How many booster boxes does it take to complete the set? Obviously would eventually buy singles to finish the set
If you don't get what you want after 2 - 3 booster boxes I would definitely buy singles
@@TwicebakedJake opened 3 booster boxes today didnt hit latios or pikachu
Haven’t opened anything since 151 but I preordered this
Wow can’t wait to get my hands on it
Congrats on that hydreigon Jake. Pulled one out of my bb. 🎉
Congratz on the hits man! I’m with you regarding how pokemon releases leaks on other sets shortly before the English set or Japanese set releases.
That box was crazy
Completely baffling that they released advance preorders for Prismatic Evolutions in the week run up to Surging Sparks release 😂
I hope everyone runs to the Eevee set so I can scoop more surging up
I just opened two boater boxes and three booster bundles….
Did you just put out 4 videos in a day?
😭
Looks like a fun set to open!
Pretty good pulls
The Greninja card to me looks so messy..
I thought that I was the only one. I need to focus to make sense out of it.
@@joehogan8234 People just hyping it up. Really isn’t a nice looking card.
When this drops to 90$ a box in a few months I'll grab
where can you get these early
regular people cant really. only vendors/sponsored people
@@Th3EvilP3anutnot true. My local card stores (2 of them) had them today. Booster bundles, boxes, and packs.
I love this set the pull rates look awesome
But I still prefer the vivid voltage rainbow Pikachu
For the life of me I couldn't get the whatnot credit to work, said I didn't qualify for it or whatever, hoping to still show up anyway. I'm a big fan of this content, the investment advice here is one of the reasons I bought so much evolving skies before it got big.
Is it better to get ENG surging sparks or terastal festival, or go for the JP booster boxes of the new sets?
I feel the same way, they should have waited before announcing the next set.
omg i stll all it phanphy too... i never realised its called phanpy.. ahaha
Got 2 for 100 each, jjst common sense just buy straight away pre order
This is what happens after probably some of the worst sets in the last 4-5 years. Very few people I have talked to actually enjoy scarlet and violet as the games compared to sword and shield. Many people don’t even know the current gen Pokémon so they just don’t give a damn about sets with only new mons. These next few sets will go crazy well because they are a lot of OG and popular Pokémon. It isn’t rocket science to see why a set will do good. Kinda surprised it took them so long to come out with bangers of sets.
These boxes will get to 200 a box very soon. I'm not opening any cases.
wow centering is awful as aways. Great pull!!
I don't like how they changed the yellow border took the nostalgia feel away for me
Sets are named after one or two pokemon in the set. People should finally learn.
I NEEEEED the Hydreigon sir 😭
The crowns and hats means you’ve terastilized your Pokémon
Should of been spark plug hahah
Got one to open one to keep. Ill jjst buy whatever i need seperatley. Always open one for the sake of saving money on hits. I buy to collect full sets to hopefully sell in 15 years. I try and keep one booster box of everything. Hopefully in 10 years ill have loads of booster boxes and ill sell as a collection nice retirement p
In my booster box, I pulled illustration Stunfisk, Slakoth, and Larvesta. This is my first booster box, and it is my last. I wanted to collect, but not anymore. Goodluck everyone else.
HAT BOY !!
Holding is so boring rip everything
Just remember that when a UA-camr tells you to crack a box open, they have the box sealed.
good on ya man. you got him! 🤦🏻♂️
Sheeesh sheeeesh
God the poketubers are hyping this ass set up hmm
Jake, clearly your box was rigged as always🤣
They will reprint the set. Don’t worry. This guy does not know how to properly advertise…😂
Have received mine today factory sealed, anyone wanna buy? $$$$
Don't pay $160. My local card shop had them for $110!
Bro I found it for 120 I ain't gonna pay 160 - 170 for it😂
Jake sounds pissed today. Can’t pump anything they don’t have so they will bash new Pokemon cards. All the so called Poke investors are too slow now.