7 Pokemon Investing MISTAKES You Don’t Want To Make

Pokemon Collecting And Investing have taken the world by storm. However, it's essential to know where you sit.
Hi, my name is Phillip. I have been collecting Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and other collectible items since I was a kid. Through years of collecting and experience, I have developed a deep passion for Pokemon Collectibles.
When it comes to Pokemon Investing and Collecting, it's essential to understand the difference. Check out the video to learn more about Pokemon Investing, and as always, feel free to subscribe!
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[@NaloCS2]

Being in the "fun investing" space of youtube myself, I clicked on this video fully expecting another uninformed or surface-level analysis of the market and how to invest in it, but I was pleasantly surprised, a ton of great info and actual tips that take time to learn. Great work!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Awesome to hear that you enjoyed the video 👏

[@adaltosilva5078]

This guys is a legend in the making; mark my words

[@adaltosilva5078]

My friend, first of all thank you so much for your content. I’ve been devouring your channel ever since I’ve got to know it, and that’s for good reason. With all due respect to other channels, your’s is just shenanigans free, which is absolutely great to someone like me, that wants to “seriously” get back to the hobby (at least as seriously as a hobby can get). I am a nostalgia-driven adult, who wants to get back to one of my favorite hobbies ever, while also making it sustainable in the short run; and profitable in the long run. No one else was able to share the amount of quality information you did. Keep up the good work and hope to be able to make business with you one day, who knows!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Appreciate the feedback and I am glad to have you on board!

[@maseay91]

Saving to buy PSA 10's of my "dream" cards has been a game changer for me.. You are so right my friend.

[@PliskinLJG]

Guilty of a few, here. Fantastic video, Phil. Your best for the density of valuable/insightful content, imo. Awesome job.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Thanks again! Appreciate you watching the content.

[@evgaman4391]

Great video and information on collecting/investing in Pokemon. I already follow most of your described tips to a T.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Awesome! Thanks for watching.

[@AndrewSorianDo]

1. Buying for Volume (Quality Over Quantity) 2. Not Understanding Investing vs Collecting (Know if you are Purchasing for Profit or Passion) 3. Getting Non-PSA 10 Modern Cards (PSA 10 Modern Cards Only) 4. Getting Bored of Sealed Product (Sealed is King) 5. Buying Specialized Sealed Products (Buy Mainstream Product) 6. Buying Singles at Release (Wait 7-12 Months after Set Release) 7. Opening Packs/Products (Buy Exactly What You Want)

[@kevinayala6286]

I love my sealed collection, it’s a different kind of appreciation and admiration from refraining from opening packs and collections. Especially when it’s in mint condition, just looks nice displayed

[@phillips.collectibles]

That’s true, it still has a place in collectibles.

[@JCizzle23]

This has to be the best informative video for collecting and investing I've seen. Well Done! Definitely helped me categorize what I'm looking to accomplish when enjoying it with my daughter, along with testing an investment idea for personal interest. Thanks a lot! 😃🙏

[@phillips.collectibles]

Awesome! Thank you! I love collecting with my daughter too, haha she's grown out of it a little now, hoping to pull her back in!

[@JCizzle23]

@@phillips.collectibles Good luck man! 😂 Mine is 7 and still into it as long as I am... for now. She has 2 little sisters behind her so I may be able to stretch it out a few more years if I'm lucky. haha All the best man! 🙏

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

your second tip is extremely important. my sister asked me if she should invest in pokemon because she saw how well it was doing. i told her no because she does not like the cards. if you invest in pokemon whilst actually enjoying the hobby not only does it mean that you will always have something even if the cards become worthless but it also helps you get into the mindset of the people you are going to eventually be selling stuff to which helps inform your investments. i would not make nearly as many correct calls in terms of what will be profitable in the future if i was not an active enjoyer of the hobby.

[@phillips.collectibles]

100%. I have friends asking me about Pokemon / Yu-Gi-Oh! with curiosity. However, the reality is you need to be somewhat of a fan of the franchise to navigate the collectibles. And exactly, you make better calls when you understand what you're talking about, what's been your best call so far?

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

@@phillips.collectibles evo skies boxes at 100 a box was my best call. i find my best calls happen when i listen to myself and my own desires as a collector whilst my worst calls happen when i get things that i dont really want just because they are super hyped by other people. for example id say my worst call was hidden fates singles in 2020 which was right when i got back into the hobby. spent twice as much per single than they are worth now even though the popular sentiment in the community at the time was that hidden fates would only ever go up in value. when i got in on evo skies though the current sentiment was that modern was dead and it would never be worth anything. but because i knew how much i liked the set as a collector i knew that was wrong and got in at the best time.

[@pokenoir666]

Wow, for beeing such a young channel with 283 Abos you do a very professional and entertaining job. Topic: I also made many of these mistakes in the past 4 years. The most difficult part for me is to not overspend money and discipline myself not buying for quantity in the collection. I just sold almost 100 SWSH alt arts to fund some grands. With this budget I will now wait to catch on of my vintage grails in the future. Now I am not in a hurry anymore like in the last years. Looking forward for more of your content. Kind regards from Germany

[@phillips.collectibles]

Thanks for the nice comment!

[@minghan8]

You just saved me thousands of potential wasted dollars!!!

[@tomsavage1047]

Great tips and insights. Your explanation of "investor vs collector" was on point!!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Thanks Tom! Yeah I feel that’s an important distinction to be aware of

[@fgh2756]

This helped. I was sitting on the idea of opening packs or keeping them in boxes to collect.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Do whatever you enjoy!

[@fgh2756]

The way the market is, May as well purchase the overpriced sealed packs and purchase the underpriced singles cards (w/ some exceptions such as popular cards and graded 10s)

[@thomaskrieger3118]

Baught a few packs of 151 a few weeks back and hit the Charizard IR and im hooked. Knew nothing about this hobby but love the info youve provided, i absolutely would have made a few of these errors in spur of the moment buys so thank you good sir

[@phillips.collectibles]

Not gonna lie, hearing that this advice saved you some money made me super happy! Haha welcome to the hobby 👏

[@hieinh]

That's a good point about sealed product. Even the rarer desirables like kanto power box is still 4 times less than a xy evolution box

[@phillips.collectibles]

Yeah because a lot of people collect sealed booster boxes & ETB’s. (I don’t like collecting loose packs)

[@bryanmclaughlin1048]

Great advice in this video. Every collector/ investor should watch this.

[@rickyhernandez769]

This was an excellent video my dude. Wish I would have seen this 4 years ago when I started back collecting…had to learn all these lessons by trial.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Haha yeah I know the feeling. What were some of the biggest lesson you learned on your journey?

[@rickyhernandez769]

@@phillips.collectibles the biggest one is to immerse yourself into the community. For the first 2 years I was collecting on my own…once I started stepping out of my comfort zone and going to game nights, trade nights, events, streams and just networking, my collection began to significantly grow. Trade trade trade you don’t always have to buy. I have made some great relationships and those have translated to great deals on product and singles as well as some wonderful memories. Through those relationships I’ve been able to obtain grail cards that I never thought I’d ever own.

[@Lidz87]

Amazing tips! Coming back into the hobby for both investing and personal collection, tip #1 definitely is an eye opener. Subbed, keep it up bro!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Appreciate the sub and welcome aboard!!

[@flare31777]

I came to your channel totally accidently but you are doing perfect job and I am glad that I have subscribed! Thank you for effort and I hope you community will grow fast! 👍😎

[@phillips.collectibles]

Welcome aboard! Thanks for the kind words.

[@martinuribe3205]

The Marketing is amazing here Philip pushes pokemon aspects in life genuinely love this channel...thanks for the time ...the information...and this is my first time collecting and owning beautiful Art on some of these cards than you!!

[@phillips.collectibles]

I appreciate this Martin thanks for taking the time to comment and watch the video!

[@HelpmeliveON]

Im just leaning out of my 6 month splurge. Ebay had me going nuts. Now i have to sit back and regain composure. Atleast i got some nice cards to look at 😅

[@phillips.collectibles]

You got this! Leaning out collections is super important, better to do it gradually than in one hit.

[@dsexec]

Bro, this is the best video I have seen on this topic! subscribed

[@phillips.collectibles]

Awesome! Super glad you enjoyed it. Welcome aboard.

[@Sylvus66]

Another quality video Phillip. I appreciated your response on my previous comment. You will continue to grow steadily if you keep the quality bar of these videos this high. Just give me a subject, cut any bullshit, discuss the topic at hand, and thats it. I can tell from the video title what the topic is and if I am interested or not. No clickbait garbage. Keep it up man. Rooting for you.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Thanks for the feedback, love your honesty! Glad you’re resonating with the content.

[@MasterYoooshi]

I agree with everything but i think there are some huge gains to be had buying singles early on a release. Its def a hard call but can be done with an experienced eye! And the gains will pour in only half a year later, essentially your riding the hype from the bottom to the top. These cards are hard to get your hands on but it can be done !

[@daxielson8744]

you’re gonna be big one day bro, keep it up dude. amazing video

[@phillips.collectibles]

Wow, thanks! Appreciate the feedback.

[@kmt0837]

Thanks, these are great advice! I've been collecting for less than a year and I've pretty much stopped focusing most of my money on ripping packs and learned to buy singles instead. Aside from waiting, do you have any other advice when it comes to buying modern ungraded singles?

[@phillips.collectibles]

Nice one! If I buy ungraded I like it for binder collections / master sets, but for investing I do PSA 10's. It all depends on your objectives.

[@gabirusama3072]

I struggled for months to actually buy sealed product. Getting the exact cards I wanted was so much more fun 😆 but I have a stack of sealed going and I’m happy

[@phillips.collectibles]

Yeah buying sealed product is difficult for sure, especially when you’re so used to ripping packs. What made you make the change?

[@gabirusama3072]

Singles was me just collecting. I don’t really like to buy the singles everyone else gets so I didn’t expect it to hold value in the future. Sealed definitely feels like a safer way to get value in the future. I still consider myself more of a collector but it’s always nice to have the option to unload so product and get some money back

[@AfrasineiMM]

Awesome video, dude! Thank you. I started collecting with Crown zenith and basically opened around 700 packs, got just 1 gold and felt like a piece of sh#t. It became frustrating and indeed it felt like gambling... This coming from an ex gambler. It's a beautiful but can be dangerous hobby. I calmed down lately, basically I open just a small amount for fun, buy Minty singles and psa 10 grails. I basically do everything that you recommend except for the Sealed products because I don't trust myself around them. 😂

[@phillips.collectibles]

Mate honestly opening packs is never worth it and it’s something that you need to think about carefully! I got sucked in as well. Opened 200+ CZ and hit a Suicune and Lumineon V. No golds. With the money I spent I could have bought every gold card and came close to completing a master set.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Appreciate the comment. It’s awesome to have you be part of the channel and community. Welcome aboard!

[@AfrasineiMM]

@@phillips.collectibles Pleasure to be here. 🙏

[@AfrasineiMM]

@@phillips.collectibles Actually, I forgot a major thing and I see nobody anywhere is taking it seriously. Maybe you would be interested. Over the last couple of months I've encountered some really strange people which felt the need to tell me that they worked for the Pokémon Company, somewhere in Europe, and all the EXTRA PRINTED chase cards got stuck to their hands and had a constant supply of alt arts and basically everything you would wish for and releasing them on the market. I saw photos and videos of 480 binders filled with Giratina v 186. My heart broke... These guys, told me that I cannot even begin to imagine what value they have in Pokémon cards and that they basically retired after a few years of work and live on selling cards. Now... When an average Joe like me pays 2k to open Lost Origin and gets 5-10% value and of course no Giratina and I see what those fu.ckers stole, how can I continue to enjoy the hobby when I know that hundreds of thousands of cards like these are released into the market by people who stole them?

[@aleksanderbjeglerud3252]

10:50 That is why i reccomend japanese boxes, cuz atleast you gets something.

[@phillips.collectibles]

For sure! Though It’s not always the case

[@aleksanderbjeglerud3252]

@@phillips.collectibles I am very new to the hobby. And in my country everything is so overpriced. So i am not buying much. But i really want to buy a couple of v star universe boxes since they guarantee an sar.

[@Churmander]

solid advice. I'm a big collector and seller.. and i've made these mistakes before. I have over 6000 graded pokemon cards

[@phillips.collectibles]

Wow! That's crazy, whats the best in your collection?

[@Churmander]

@@phillips.collectibles depends how "best" is defined. I guess poncho pikachus, festa, rocket case card, first ed charizard, shiny and gold stars

[@phillips.collectibles]

@@Churmander Super cool! Those poncho’s are super pricey.

[@karmacutioner1]

Well done, mate! You’ve earned a new subscriber, keep up the great work

[@phillips.collectibles]

Welcome aboard! Appreciate the kind words.

[@iFOMO23]

This man knows the struggle💪❤

[@phillips.collectibles]

Haha, you bet!

[@Mexximiser1992]

Sealed will always be king. Never buy on release day. And booster rips will be more often a minus than a plus. All facts and all things that I don't like. haha. Great work as always, my man!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Well said! Appreciate that

[@THE1ANDONLY-ji6le]

Thank you great advice!

[@phillips.collectibles]

You are so welcome!

[@zacharyking9850]

Great information! Thank you.

[@matbot6749]

this is a great video i’m just getting into the hobby!

[@phillips.collectibles]

How great! Make sure keep it fun. Is it first time or re-entering?

[@pokemonaddict3d20]

Can you do a video on PSA 9's, why are they so overlooked and the future of the PSA 9 market

[@phillips.collectibles]

That’s a good idea, thanks for the suggestion.

[@leighredfern9783]

Can I ask about sealed . I own a shrink wrap machine . Can I replace the plastic seal on a box ? Obviously that’s dodgy and I’d want to keep the original but what’s to say my son cracks the seal and I re seal it ? Thanks in advance from new time investor dad . Great video by the way

[@phillips.collectibles]

Hi, I would not re-wrap it any way shape or form. That would be considered a tampered product. It would be far better to explain the situation and outline it in the description. Hope that helps, and thanks for watching!

[@aaqibazeez6753]

I am right in the middle when it comes to profit and passion where I love the hobby but I also want it to be valuable in the future . I understood the part about buying PSA 10 . But when it’s comes to buying a raw card vs buying say a PSA 9 . If the price of the PSA 9 is say 10-15$ more than the raw card . Is it worth buying the PSA 9 or should you go for the raw in this case . I get caught up in this dilemma sometimes

[@phillips.collectibles]

Yeah nice one. Hmm that’s a personal preference. I mean it depends what you’re buying for, if it’s for collection there’s nothing wrong with the PSA 9.

[@JKHOx]

Very informative quality content!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Glad you think so!

[@NateSchneider7]

Really really good advice here!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Great to hear it was helpful!

[@tcoradi2824]

hey phillip! i was wondering if you could provide clarity on whether this is an exemption for psa 8s… dark charizard and dark blastoise first edition. nothing crazy, but am now considering to use those towards getting a psa 10 moonbreon or giratina v

[@phillips.collectibles]

Hi! Vintage and Modern are apples and oranges. Completely different and the rule only really applies to modern cards. I suppose the difference is with modern product, when people pull a rare card, it’s immediately sleeved and protected, however to offset the amount people who protect their cards, the pull rates are much harder. Whereas with vintage, pull rates were no where near as difficult, however no one really protected their cards. You’d have a few people who placed them in binders, but even then binders still can damage your cards after a while if they’re not good quality. So for vintage it’s really different to modern because PSA 8s and 9s for some vintage are still way better than a lot of 10s. So I suppose my answer is: the rule only applies to modern for PSA 10!

[@epic_collection_influence]

I am a huge fan of you! I have myself a KZbin channel! I think I will inspire from your videos and make them in Romanian!

[@phillips.collectibles]

You can do it!

[@ViggoEdits]

I have a question: are cards printed more nowadays? Idk how much the prices of modern cards will increase in the future - cause nowadays, it’s a well-known market, which many people invest in To me, it feels like the older cards are rarer because “no one knew it would become big”, so therefore there are fewer cards in great conditions 🤔 meanwhile nowadays, everyone knows and save their cards etc Will kids growing up today feel nostalgic about the current TCG expansions? 🤔🤔 What do you think?

[@phillips.collectibles]

Hi, yes they are. Cards are printed way more these days, however there's more demand. Vintage is far rarer, and some rare cards have PSA 10 Population Reports of under 100 copies. Vintage has a certain magic about it that no one knew the cards would become valuable one day, so not many people took care of their cards. However, some modern cards have close to impossible pull rates. I think I saw Chilling Reign chase cards were something like 1 in 1500 to pull a specific VMAX Alt Art card. So, yes cards are printed more, however the new chase cards in sets are infinitely harder to pull, so the copies are still rare. In terms of nostalgia for the current expansions, I've been collecting cards, even outside of Pokemon, I can only comment on what I have seen in the past. However I do believe there will be a huge nostalgic wave for these cards.

[@ViggoEdits]

@@phillips.collectibles Alright, thanks for the reply and the insight! 💫

[@Trao_TCG]

Join sisters of the sealed diacord, all the top dogs in there 🗿

[@phillips.collectibles]

Thanks for the offer & welcome to the channel!

[@cooldaddyfunk]

Great video bro. Couldn't agree more. Subbed

[@phillips.collectibles]

Appreciate it & welcome to the channel!

[@NWfishin]

Good info!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Thanks for the feedback

[@AngusFsy]

Great tips 👍🏻

[@phillips.collectibles]

Thanks Angus, hope they helped!

[@Teacherguy06]

Thank you. I just wish I had watched this video two years ago. But there is still time to be smart about my investing dollars.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Glad it was helpful!

[@minghan8]

Great video! You just saved me thousands of potentially wasted dollars!

[@phillips.collectibles]

Great to hear! That’s the point of this video!

[@NaloCS2]

Looks like "Opposum Bud" mentioned you in a video, he didn't really say anything negative I guess but he also just randomly put you in his video and then didn't analyze anything you said and just rambled LOL. He talked about your "not investing advice" disclaimer which was stupid of him, yeah its kinda silly because we're talking about pokemon cards but you have to cover all your bases when it comes to people spending money. IMO no reason for him to even bring you up if he's not even gonna talk about your points. I've been very disappointed with his content every time I clicked on it so that didn't change.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Haha, ah it’s okay nothing wrong with a bit of banter. Fair play to him

[@refineme]

Great points even if you’re mostly a collector like me. I’ve been collecting for 2 years and at first I was just spending thousands ripping packs for chase cards. But I had an eye opening experience when I was at our mini pokecon and met a guy who showed me his collection binder, worth maybe $50k. I was like, don’t even go through my stuff, it’s all junk. Now I’m all quality over quantity, and I only get the grail, hard to find, cards I want by saving up and also selling off all of my bulk.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Wow that’s a pretty cool lesson to learn. 50K is wild! Do you remember what was in his Pokémon collection?

[@HelpmeliveON]

Can I ask your approach on selling your bulk? My only ideas I've come up with is to try and make sets up of the bulk and try and sell it that way ( all commons of a specific set)

[@refineme]

@@phillips.collectibles he had a buttload of WOTC first editions and other unlimited holos. Lots of XY secrets, tag team alt arts, English wifu like lily from ultra prism, a couple poncho pikachu, and pretty much every big SWSH alt art. 2 moonbreons. They were all legit cards too. He and I are the same Asian ethnicity so he just randomly sat at our table so our kids could trade as well and wanted to go through my binder, and after seeing his, I was like mine is all junk.

[@refineme]

@@HelpmeliveON I also do bulk lots of certain sets and if I need to sell with velocity vs trickling it out, I just package it up and send it to luxury ball. But their prices have come down quite a bit for bulk, so I’ll have to find someone else. But most of my bulk is sent off or sold, so I have a lot less to deal with.

[@HelpmeliveON]

What is luxury ball?

[@rafaelrivera3156]

Also you forget to mention invest only in the main grading companies which are bgs, cgc, psa in that order. Only use psa as an easy way to get 10’s because their grading is shitty but the real money is in the bgs and cgc cause of the pristine and perfect 10’s and also cgc gem mint 10’s are harder to get, least pop out there and more valuable as well. But don’t invest on any other company like AGS or ACE or whatever companies there are out there

[@Healthynfit714]

Bgs, psa, cgc

[@rafaelrivera3156]

@@Healthynfit714 cgc has subgrades, pristine and perfect 10 in their grades, also in a between grades like .5 just like bgs and also same acknowledgment given by the people. So no. Psa is just shitty and it works only to get sure 10’s but it’s not where the absolute value is. A cgc 10 has same value as a psa 10 and if you get a pristine is on average 8 to 10 times more valuable

[@bcutt8629]

10 out 10 Best advice I've heard yet. Literally no fat on this.

[@phillips.collectibles]

Glad you enjoyed the content!

[@woohoowilly]

Sup! Good video

[@phillips.collectibles]

Thanks for the feedback

[@ricard0.ferreira]

I’m so undecided on what i should do with my 151 sealed products.