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Hey everyone, welcome back to the
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channel. Well, Powa Evolve booster boxes
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are really, really starting to creep up
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in price. Today's video is all about
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that. Are we going to see some Scarlet
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and Violet booster boxes overtake Sword
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and Shield booster boxes? At the moment,
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we got some quite expensive Scarlet and
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Violet booster boxes, considering most
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of these sets haven't been out for that
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long, and some of them are actually
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starting to creep up on Sword and Shield
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prices. So, I guess this whole video is
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dedicated to looking at both short-term
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and long-term. What is going to be the
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better investment? Are you better off
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parking your money in Scarlet and Violet
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boxes at the current prices versus Sword
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and Shield boxes at the current prices?
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What's going to give you the better
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return? What's going to be the better
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option? Before we jump into it though, I
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today's topic. The next video I'll bring
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up here is of surging sparks and powder
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evolve booster boxes. So, at the moment
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they're neck and neck. There's a dollar
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between them. So, a surging sparks
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booster box is currently sitting at
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$243. And a pow evolved booster box and
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everyone bags out the way I say powder
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evolved. I think it's just the accent.
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It's the Aussie accent. Sorry if you're
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in the UK, America. If you're watching
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from New Zealand, South Africa, wherever
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it might be, apologies. I cannot say Paa
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properly. Apparently, I put an R on the
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end. I don't even realize I do it.
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Again, it must be the accent. Pow valve
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booster boxes are $242. So, there's $1
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difference between a surging sparks and
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a PE booster box. So, they're getting
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pretty pretty expensive. Now, the big
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question is, and this is one that I've
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been thinking about lately, when it
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comes to investing, what's best? Is it
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best to park our money into those
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booster boxes? Do they have more room
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for growth? Are they going to overtake
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Sword and Shield booster boxes? And if
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we look at some of the Sword and Shield
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booster boxes, they're actually not far
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behind. Pow evolved at 242 and Surging
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Sparks at 243. Now, there's a question
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in itself which I'll answer in a second.
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You know, what's the better investment
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out of Surging Sparks and Pow Evolve? If
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you look at those two booster boxes,
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they're not far behind some what's
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deemed to be somewhat impressive Sword
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and Shield sets in Silver Tempest and
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Astral Radiance cuz they're sitting
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between like 260 to 270. I don't know
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the exact figure. I think Astral sitting
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around 264 and maybe Silver Tempest is
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sitting around 266. But there's
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literally about $20 difference between
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what feels like more modern sets and
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sets that came out some time ago.
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Albeit, there's not a great deal of
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difference between Silver Tempest and
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Power Evolved. Now, back onto the topic
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that I said I'd answer in a second,
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which is what is the better investment
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out of Surging Sparks and Power Evolve?
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Well, the fact of the matter is, look, I
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think overall Surging Sparks is a
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stronger set, but in terms of
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investability right now, the likelihood
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of Power Evolve booster boxes ever
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getting reprinted again are a lot
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smaller than Surging Sparks booster
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boxes ever getting reprinted again.
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There is every chance that Surging
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Sparks has got to be reprinted, even in
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booster box form. I know it's it feels
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like it's not the norm lately to
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reproduce booster boxes in mass amounts.
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It feels like, you know, some of those
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ancillary products, elite trainer boxes,
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three-pack blisters, etc., etc., seem to
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be the more favorable reprint option
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lately, particularly for stores. Like,
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you know, the old days, stores would
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have the booster box on the counter,
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they'd flip the back up, and you could
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pick your pack out and buy it. Whereas
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now, you know, you go into BigW here in
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Australia or Kmart or in the US, you
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know, we're talking Walmart or Target.
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We have them in Australia as well, of
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course, and there's all those single um
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sort of sleeved boosters, uh, you know,
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lined up on the on the metal shelf
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there. So, that seems to be like the new
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norm for retailers, whereas when I was a
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kid, it was always booster boxes flipped
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open, whether it was Target, whether was
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Kmart, where it was even the local
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supermarket. And maybe it's a theft
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thing, maybe, I don't know, maybe
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there's 101 reasons. Maybe it's a profit
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thing for TPCI. Don't know. But either
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way, it feels like booster boxes are
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getting a little bit harder to reprint.
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But the chances to answer that question,
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the chances of surging sparks
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essentially being reprinted again in my
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opinion is so much higher than powder
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evolved. So what's the better set? I
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think Magikarp is a beautiful chase
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card. I think overall powder evolved is
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a beautiful set with beautiful artworks
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and it really sets the tone for the
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whole Scarlet and Violet era,
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particularly of illustration rares and
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spe special illustration rares. Did it
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miss a trick in not having a Gyarados
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special illustration rare? Yes, I've
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said that a h 100 times. But is it a
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good set? Of course it is. Is it as good
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a set as Surging Sparks? Probably not.
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Look, maybe a controversial statement,
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but probably not. In my opinion, Surging
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Sparks is a stronger set. Again, could
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Surging Sparks have been better? Could
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we have seen a better Pikachu as the
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special illustration rare? Like a better
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artwork there? Yeah, probably. Maybe. Uh
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beauties in the eye of the beholder,
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isn't it? And look, when we compare
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that, so that's that question answered.
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I think if you want to go for the safe
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bet, I think the answer is to invest in
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a powder evolved booster box cuz the
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likelihood of being reprinted compared
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to surging sparks. So shortterm, I think
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powder evolved is a better option.
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Longterm, like I'm talking 5, 7, 10
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years, even total set value and total
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chase cards will have a big impact then.
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So in my opinion, surging sparks will be
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a more expensive booster box in the
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future. And I'm talking 5 plus years, 7
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years, 10 years even, then what a Power
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Evolve booster box will be. Now, the
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other part of this video, which is
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comparing Scarlet and Violet booster
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boxes to Sword and Shield booster boxes,
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that's the big question because they're
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really starting to nip at the heels. And
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I wouldn't be surprised very soon,
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particularly if we saw a S a Surging
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Sparks booster box reprint, that Pad
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Evolved easily overtakes Surging Sparks
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in the short term. And it's really
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getting very close to those other two
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booster boxes that I mentioned, Astral
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Radiance and Silver Tempest. Now, one of
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the difficult things about Silver
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Tempest is it almost feels like a boom
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or bust set. It's like the Lugia, in my
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opinion, is a stunning Pokémon card and
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in fact probably hasn't got all the
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praise that it deserves. I think it's an
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awesome awesome card. I know there's
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16,000 PSA 10 copies, but it's just such
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a phenomenal artwork and a phenomenal
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Pokémon card. The other side of the coin
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there is though, if you don't pull that,
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you've got the Ray Trainer uh the Ray
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Trainer, the Rayquaza from the trainer
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gallery. I just joined Rayquaza and
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Trainer together. You got the Rayquaza
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from the Trainer Gallery, which is an
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awesome Chase card. But if you don't get
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one of those two, you really don't have
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much. And even the Rayquaza $80 raw,
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like, yeah, that's nothing to be um
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nothing to be laughed at, but it's not
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exactly a big hit, is it? And look, with
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that being said, if you don't get one of
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those two cards, it's like, where else
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is the value in the set? And this is
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what I wanted to show up on the screen.
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Now, if we jump into Poke data for
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argument sake, and we look at the total
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value of Pad Evolve, which is currently
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sitting at like what, $1,200 or nearon
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$1,200. Uh, of course, we got the
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Magikarp holding up there. And then
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there's just so many cards above like
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that that $10 or $15 mark. And it makes
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for a pretty deep set. And it makes for
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a good chase with Magikarp. You've also
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got the grading play that comes on top
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with Magikarp. Like, yes, it might only
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be $200 raw, but look at it in a PSA 10.
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They're so damn hard to grade that
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you've got this huge multiplication
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effect when you gra a lot like vintage,
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like Wizards of the Coast. There's a lot
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of big hits from Wizards of the Coast
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here. Even if we're talking like
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Expedition Base, if we're talking
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Skyidge, that might only be $200 cards
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raw in mint condition. But at a PSA 10,
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you know, the stack effect, the
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multiplier effect is insane. And that
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matters to people because PSA 10
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Magikarp's worth uh good money. If we
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compare that set value, total set value
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to Silver Tempest, it actually far
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eclipses Silver Tempest. I shouldn't say
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far eclipses, but it eclipses it by
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enough space that it's noticeable. Like
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it's 300 or 400. No, about $300. I think
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it works out to be 8 high800s. I think
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Silver Tempest total set value is now a
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massive lover of Astral Radiance, so I'm
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not going to sit here and crap on Astral
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Radiance because I've spooked this set
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for a while. I think the Machamp is a
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beautiful Pokémon card. I think both the
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origin form, Diaga, and Palia have been
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undervalued for a while and have maybe
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only just been recognized, but they've
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also come back down to earth a little
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bit on price. And I think the trainer
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gallery is phenomenal. In fact, it's the
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second best trainer gallery out of all
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four trainer gallery sets from Sword and
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Shield. And people might go, "Hold on,
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well, Lost Origins got all the Pikachu.
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Silver Tempest has got that massive
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Rayquaza hit." Yeah, okay. But Astra
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Radiance has Stari, Garchomp, as well as
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other cards. It's the second most
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expensive trainer gallery be behind
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Brilliant Stars. Keeping in mind
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Brilliant Stars of course got all those
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uh those evolutions as part of the
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trainer gallery. So that adds heaps
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away. You know, Umbreon V-Max, Umbreon
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V, what's the other ones? Does it got
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Sylveon? Silon V-Max and Silon V.
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Anyway, beside the point, Astral
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Radiance has the second most expensive
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trainer gallery, and it has three or if
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you include Bedrill, which is a 151
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Pokémon, has four strong chase cards in
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alternate art Pokémon, whereas Silver
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Tempest just really has the one. It's
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got the Lugia, and then it's got one
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trainer gallery. And it's like, if you
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don't get one of those, well, sort of
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sucks. Whereas then you look at Astra Ra
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you go well I got four alt arts that I
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could pull that were worth you know
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decent money particularly if I grade 10
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and then I've got this really deep nice
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trainer gallery that can be worth good
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money if I pull it. So I think Astral
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Radiance and funnily enough Astral
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Radiance is a little bit cheaper than
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Silver Tempest but I think it's a better
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set and look not everything happens
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straight away as in not every set gets
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its time in the sun straight away. At
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some stage, people might realize that
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one set is better than what it was given
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credit for at the start. And probably
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the best example of that in modern times
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is Fusion Strike. Fusion Strike, I
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wouldn't say it was crapped on, but you
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know, everyone loved the Gengar, of
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course, and the Espeon was a decent hit.
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Everyone hated the Muse inside there,
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and everyone just said, "No, it's it's
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it's garbage. It's rubbish." And it sat
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forever in a day, like probably two plus
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years at uh, you know, sub$100 US
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dollars. And then all of a sudden, bang.
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And now people are really talking
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strongly of it. So th that's going to
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happen. But to answer the question like
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where should we be parking our money,
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you know, and will Scarlet and Violet
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sets overtake Sword and
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Shield? Big questions. Big big
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questions. Sword and Shield has some
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really really strong Pokémon card sets.
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Sword and Shield also isn't as fun to
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open as Scarlet and
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Violet. You might dispute that. You
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might go, "Well, trainer gallery sets
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are a little bit more fun to open."
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Like, yes, they are, but Scarlet and
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Violet pretty much promises you some
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illustration rares from a booster box.
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And yes, you know, they might be hard.
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Like, if you look at Power Evolved, you
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got like a 1 in480 chance of pulling a
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Magikarp, whatever it is, because you
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got so many illustration rares, but
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you're definitely going to pull some
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illustration rares if you open a booster
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box. You've also got every chance of
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pulling a special illustration rare.
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You're also going to get a heap of
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ancillary hits inside it. I just think
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Scarlet and Violet's been more fun to
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open than Sword and Shield. Does that
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matter in the long run? I mean, clearly
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not if we look at Evolving Skies cuz
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Evolving Skies goes, "Well, stuff you.
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Who cares about pull rates? I don't care
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if you open four booster boxes and get
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nothing. I'm Evolving Skies and I'm
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going to be worth $1,600 a booster box
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or whatever it's got to or $1,400 a
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booster box." So, there's so many
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questions to sort of answer there. And I
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suppose if we if we have a quick go at
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answering them
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essentially. Scarlet and Violet has more
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depth. The artwork's phenomenal. Sword
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and Shield. It had some weaker sets to
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start off with, but we all know it hit
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its stride and it had some phenomenal
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Pokémon card sets. Chilling Rain, Fusion
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Strike, Evolving Skies, of course. You
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know, Astral I speak strongly of
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Brilliant Stars I think is still
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underrated. Lost Origin with that
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beautiful Gueritina as well as you know
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the Pikachu trainer gallery. Silver
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Tempest with a beautiful Luga, although
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not much depth to that
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set. What's the better investment? I
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mean, I I think I think some people
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might be scared because they've missed
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the boat on Sword and Shield. I think
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Pala Evolve will slowly but surely
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probably overtake some of those weaker
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Sword and Shield sets. Like I wouldn't
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be surprised if it eventually overtakes.
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Although there's some rarity attached to
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these sets, but Sword and Shield base,
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Rebel Clash, of course, Battle Styles,
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it's already overtaken. I wouldn't be
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surprised if it starts nipping at the
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heels of a set like Silver Tempest. But
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to answer the whole question around
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this, where should you park your money?
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I mean, that is the million-dollar
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question. Keep in mind, every single
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Scarlet and Violet set is still in
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rotation, so they could be reprinted. I
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would still rather if I had to pick
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between
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$243 on a surging sparks booster box and
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$264 or whatever it is. So $20
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difference on an Astral Radiance booster
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box. I would still put my money towards
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Astral Radiance. It's out of print. It's
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done. I still feel that that that
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argument that I made before about a set
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being, you know, maybe unrecognized for
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a while. This this will start to gain
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traction. I think this set, like I said,
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four beautiful old arts, a stunning
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trainer
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gallery, look at Cosmian Eclipse. I
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mean, that didn't come out of the gate
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absolutely swinging. It took some time
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for people to realize, even team up, it
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took some time for people to realize
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that, you know, there's good
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fundamentals inside a Pokémon card set.
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Uh, if we then flip the script and go,
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well, Pa Evolve versus say Silver
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Tempest, hey, my money's probably on
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Paya Evolved as a better investment over
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Silver Tempest. The likelihood of powder
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evolve getting reprinted, particularly
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in booster box form, is getting so so
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small now. I would hedge my bets and
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place it there. Maybe that answers the
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question. I'm Michael. This is Py. Catch
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you our next haunt.
