9/16 Recommendations · Cardboard Empire

9/16 Recommendations

My Personal Buy Recs:

Everything goes pretty in line with what's just going out of stock and what sealed is pumping. CZ and 151 - which i've been sounding the alarm on for months and months:

Crown Zenith

All Galarian Gallery cards and products

https://www.tcgplayer.com/search/pokemon/crown-zenith-galarian-gallery?productLineName=pokemon&setName=crown-zenith-galarian-gallery&productTypeName=Cards&page=1&view=grid

Still an opportunity to buy as there's room to grow, specially with some of the cheaper cards like Lapras, mew, deoxys, etc. Look through this list.. buy what YOU LIKE, you cannot go wrong if you follow that intuition for a set that's going OUT OF PRINT. The likelihood of missing is hard, and if you like it, it'll be MUCH easier to hold if it doesn't move.

151 Cards

151 singles hit a low, and now they're rising up again. Sealed and singles are both fine to invest in. This will keep going up, hit a NEW high then correct back down. Watch out for the cycles they ALWAYS happen. Up down up down, but usually the new lows get higher, especially for OUT OF PRINT SETS.

Fukuoka/Hiroshima/Tohoku Pokemon Center Box's

When this group first started, these were still all available in lower 200s. Today average box price is now $350.

During last night's call I said EBAY prices didn't make sense, when we were still seeing boxes in the 200's. I checked today and all the Ebay prices have been jacked up with Fukuoka listing prices up to $500. When our SUPPLIER prices increase, that's a HUGE flag that things are about to go crazy in the public market. At CURRENT Tran's prices... it's not cheap anymore. I think Tohoku is still a buy around $260 but and with Fukuoka close to $400, it's not an easy buy.

We don't know how much they will reprint. For these limited Pokemon center drops, It's always a good idea to grab a little for preorder, a little more once they release (prices almost always drop), but then they rise up FAST, especially if people don't think more are coming out. This does NOT apply to main line booster boxes which will print for years to come. ONLY for limited edition sets would i recommend you getting some exposure early.

If you have the capital to park and hold, buy at least one of each. If you are on a fixed budget, there are better opportunities now for this much capital.

PROMO cards in general

In a year or two my prayer is that we will stop buying into hype. But the reality of the current market is hype is likely to last at least 6months to a year. Meaning we're buying in high, and waiting for even HIGHER. Promo cards will continue to be pumped. YES we missed out on the 10x gains by buying 5 months ago, but there still are 2-3-5x gains to be made in the coming year. it's insanity. Don't over leverage, but look at any popular promos between the $10-$50 mark, still great opportunities throughout the hobby.

SV Booster Boxes

All of them (out of print ones especially)

Sword and shield Booster Boxes

All the ones under $500, on track to hit $1k within a year from today.

Additional Personal Buys:

Surging Sparks ETBS, Twilight Masquerade PKC Etb, and regular ETBS. Go for the booster boxes FIRST, but i'm finding good deals on these.

Hope that helps, feel free to comment with your Recs or any additional notes.

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