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This list isn’t in any specific order. What you buy should depend on whether you’re aiming for short-term gains or long-term upside, your risk-reward tolerance, and honestly — what you personally like. Nothing here is guaranteed. That said, sealed as a category tends to perform well over time. As a general framework: - Out-of-print sets usually move faster in the short term because supply is fixed. - High total set value is what drives the biggest long-term winners once sets leave print. With that in mind, here are my top sealed product buys and why: 1. 151 Booster Bundles 151 taps into pure nostalgia in a way modern sets almost never do, and booster bundles sit at the perfect intersection of affordability, liquidity, and pack count. Everyone Knows 151. New collectors keep entering through 151, and existing collectors keep stacking it. Steady demand + iconic Pokémon = continued growth pressure. 2. Prismatic Evolutions Booster Bundles Still early. Still in print. And still — in my view — the best long-term sealed asset of the next decade. The total set value here is the highest of any modern set, and history consistently rewards sets with deep value across many cards (Eveelutions just kill it) once supply shuts off. This is not a quick flip — it’s a patience play — but it’s exactly the kind of set people regret not buying when it was easy to find. 3. Black Bolt ETBs (White Flare is solid too) Completely overlooked, which is why it made the list. Black Bolt has a strong total set value but got overshadowed by Mega Evolutions and Phantasmal Flames. Right now, ETBs around ~$80 give you more packs per dollar than many booster bundle markets sitting closer to $50. This disconnect won't last forever. 4. Crown Zenith bundles/ETBS More expensive, but for good reason. Crown Zenith is fully out of print, universally loved, and already proven to move when demand spikes. Unlike newer sets that still face reprints, this set’s supply is locked, which is why it tends to grow faster in the short term.

Happy Holidays everyone — hope you’re all doing well. I wanted to share an exclusive video on my current sealed collection and also pull back the curtain a bit on the reality of content creation. Right now my mains sponsor, Collectr pays me $200 per video, for 5-7 videos a month — a rate I earned after consistently averaging ~25k views per video. The average view count is 50k+ now with the occasional million-view post, but my rate remains the same due to prepayment. This year alone, I’ve made around 250 videos, with I spend up to 2 hrs writing and editing, which comes out to roughly 500 hours of work. With my sponsorships and pennies of ad revenue, that works out to about $15 an hour. And that’s before accounting for the costs of running this group, giveaways, subscriptions, software too, and general upkeep. After all of that, content creation is netting me $10 an hour. I genuinely wish I could do this for free and make a living. Helping people brings me real joy, but I’m also at a different stage of life now. I’ve been seriously courted by someone wanting to create a high-ticket (3k+) Collectibles investing course free of charge that we both think could make a lot of money. I think think there are good expensive courses out there that genuinely change lives, but it feels very difficult to deliver that level of value i'd feel good about, and I always have wanted to help the person with no money. So with all these factors in mind, I’ve decided to try a Patreon-style model where people can support at a level that actually makes sense for them. There will be tiers of access, but my intention is for most of what I teach to remain freely available, with increasing prices for those who want more access like this group was designed for. This is my attempt to strike a real balance between accessibility and sustainability. No matter how this ends up being priced, and where my group lives - everyone here in Cardboard Empire will be included in the highest tier for life. No strings attached. Please stay tuned as I build this out.

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