All Current Pokémon TCG Rarities Explained (Scarlet & Violet)

[@sleevenocardbehind]

I made another video for rarity symbols BEFORE Scarlet & Violet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZnZqqh9bNh6aMk

[@shaxx94]

Now, why do the Japanese markings make more sense...

[@DrPlonk]

Thats what I don't get. The japanese have easy to recognize markings. Why do we still have those stupid stars?

[@bajawka9486]

@@DrPlonk in my opinion the stars are nice, maybe it’s a little childish but I like them

[@sebastienlavallee1285]

Hard to explain but when i was 6-7 years old collecting cards, i knew instinctively what the symbols meant because better card had cooler symbols but i don't think i would've figured it out if it was letters, nor my parents. Especially that i'm french and all cards were in english cause im canadian lol

[@raventhorX]

probably due to regional differences i figure. Like if the English cards were distributed in different countries other than the united states their demographics would have people of various different languages so using English letters might have been confusing for one demographics but super simple for another while in Japan is vastly Japanese speakers, which i think is still an odd choice to use English letters but if that's what makes it easier for them to catch on then i suppose it makes sense.

[@Pack_Da_Rippa]

I have been saying that too, I don't understand why the English set doesn't even use English letters, but the Japanese versions does? the English Japanese rarity symbols make much more sense, easily readable, and easier to follow the rarity in low to high.

[@CarputingYT]

This channel is way under appreciated for how well made his content is

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Thank you!

[@snowman3456]

Good channel

[@kimon2428]

Agreed

[@nerdynaturalists2928]

Thank you so much for this super informational video. I'm a dad of two budding collectors and this helps me talk the talk! Subscribed. Cheers.

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Thanks!!

[@OverwatchHengbok]

Thanks for explaining this. Very straight forward and clear to follow!

[@mariotaz]

Also importantly, you're only allowed to have one Ace Spec card per deck

[@Nedfive]

I love how the video is laid out and edited when you talk about them and showing where they are in the pack. Its reslly helpful. Also it's not that important, but something to also note is that for SIRs, they will only ever be either an ex pokemon or a trainer.

[@THEdonley]

“Have fun.” 3:37

[@LetLiveEverything]

I'm always mesmerized by the shiny magenta color of the Ace Spec cards. I enjoy seeing them gleaming in the pack. Sometimes no matter how hard you try not to spoil it for yourself, the pink can't help but make itself obvious.

[@BBQKana]

With the new sets and the large amount of commons and uncommons compared to rares it feels like the rares are actually the most common cards. As an example Twilight Masquerade has 76 commons, 55 uncommons and only 16 rares. Sometimes you won't even pull every single common and uncommon when opening a whole booster box.

[@DigitalD20]

I just started collecting and even though I have an image guide to rarity book marked this still helped me a ton!

[@kev_G]

Nice overview! I’ve been trying to document older rarities in Japanese and there are quite a few undocumented. For example, Old shining cards would get a "★★★" rarity but there’s no official name for it and some sites just call it a “Holo rare”

[@sleevenocardbehind]

That is actually what sparked this video! I started with “Every pokemon rarity explained” but it got way too big too fast. I’m the future I will cover all of the old rarities

[@sandersturing2274]

You're doing gods work! Getting back into Pokémon after stopping around 2004, and this stuff is wild.

[@METROIDFAN258]

Great explanation for newer collectors 👍🏻 Very detailed, yet concise

[@reghardtlabuschagne1382]

You are a life saver.I am brand new to pokemon TCG and apreciate these videos.Thank you.

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Thank you for watching and welcome to the hobby

[@InnovateGaming1]

I was looking for a video explaining this a few days ago. Glad you made this!

[@devonpolson7650]

I already knew all of this, but I enjoy this format of video. Good watch! :)

[@joggle4321]

Watch this video in 1.25x speed, thank me later.

[@Jalree]

Its not doing anything

[@joggle4321]

@@Jalree It's speeding up the video and making the pacing of the voice more pleasureable.

[@Jalree]

@@joggle4321 is your brain mush?

[@joggle4321]

@@Jalree I think you better try Alt F4, might work best for you.

[@Jalree]

@@joggle4321 sir, the brain rot has gotten to you, prob listening to sped up tiktok remixes as we speak

[@hollyboomagoo69]

When explaining something this tricky, I feel 1xspeed is perfect. Great pacing !!! Thanks , keep up the great work!!!

[@Novarak]

Another great concise video that will certainly help beginners, nice one mate!

[@PokeBim]

Man your videos are just great, love the editing and the channel idea. Cheers mate wish you all the great!

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Thanks a ton!

[@Konsglr]

as a new collector, I went back to this vid more than a couple times already. Figured I should hit that sub button 🎉

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Thank you for your support!

[@CorrelationComposite]

I appreciate you immediately getting to the point, as opposed to a 4 minute long intro.

[@MysticIsle]

That last statement was technically wrong actually. In prize pack series 3 (and possibly 4) you are able to pull a lucario ex and an ampharos ex with a play stamp. These cards came around in ex battle decks meaning they still have the promo symbol. So yes you can technicaly pull a promo from a booster pack

[@GoyBenius_0901]

PLAY! Prize pack version of the ACE Spec cards also use the old Gen 5 style of holofoil.

[@self1sch]

Ackchyually...

[@Enemys0ng]

This video came into my algorithm at such a great time. Thank you

[@RGC_animation]

In older cards (any card before Scarlet and Violet), there was only 4 rarities (5 including Promos), and anything above a Rare would be an Ultra Rare marked with a shining white star, so it was much harder to know how good of a card you got by simply looking at the rarity. I think this system of more layered rarity is better, but the Japanese ones still make more sense.

[@plattyppus]

You always present the information in a way that is easy to understand, yet still entertaining. Another great video :)

[@sleevenocardbehind]

This video blew up! Thank you guys so much. I appreciate every single view.

[@irogen2]

@@sleevenocardbehind I love watching this video at normal speed and not at tiktok brainrot speed!

[@JackeyWu]

It's indeed really helpful.

[@EVILMONKEY279]

@@irogen2 😅😅 4:59 5:23 6:30

[@EVILMONKEY279]

7:44

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8:34

[@Apollo-Computers]

I kinda took a big break right after sun and moon. Just was looking at new cards and was thrown off by the changes. Glad I found your video.

[@adamsargisson4880]

Super informative. To someone who hasn't thought about cards for 20 years, it was great to be brought up to speed

[@crustiebob]

Thanks, was looking for something like this to catch me up. Perfect.

[@miszczfezorowski]

Booster slots chart is really helpful, thanks!

[@Willy_Beamenn]

I’m just getting back into Pokémon cards after 20 years and I needed this breakdown I was confused as hell.

[@zoepelishek8053]

this is super helpful!! I recently got back into the pokemon tcg after almost 10 years and I was a little lost lol

[@TheMrTrails]

Very digestible and accesible video! A lot of great things to teach any would-be Pokémon collector :) getting back into tcg, very helpful video for me

[@holyhandgrenade5]

The Japanese system is way more understandable lol

[@Harryhype02]

Fax they just have little letters that represent the rarity

[@Kali-8]

So you mix up one star and two stars?

[@JusterinoSan]

Awesome video! Also love the play of words for your channel name. The page ripping sound jump scares me every time haha

[@Chakazo]

very clear!!.... I pull a Carmine illust rare today, and I did't know the golden star system, I google it, your video comes first thank you!!

[@bordokhan]

Thanks! Its a bit much when getting into the hobby again, but Ill use this as a guide

[@PsychoticPrankster00]

I just recently got back into collecting pokemon, your videos are very helpful. thank you

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Welcome back to the hobby!

[@itsNyroc]

Thank you for including the Japanese card explanations! I live in Japan and just started TCG, and its hard to find explanations online cause English cards are so different

[@t-pott4504]

Epic video. Perfect explanation. Well done 👏🏻

[@7B7E7N7]

Thank you for making this video! Super useful!

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Thank you for watching! I appreciate it

[@SicklySeraph]

Something funny i've noticed as i've started collecting again is how Hyper Rares are less sought after than SIR/SAR's, it was funny seeing my gold Mew Ex going for like nothing compared to any of the full art ones lol

[@D4veTheNinja]

Really good video for someone getting into collecting, thank you!

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Thank you for watching, I appreciate it!

[@cardboardnerd]

Really well done. Thank you for making this. I kinda wish we used the letter system like japan. I think it makes more sense abbreviated. Kind of funny we use to use charactures and icons in English and japan uses English alpha letters across the board.

[@IAMLEGACYCEO]

I’m getting back into Pokemon Card collecting and your video helped me alot thx….

[@PixelizeMe]

Thank you. Great episode!

[@ImBiscuitHD]

This is a great video! Have returned multiple times already!

[@KGSQD]

Very informative. Great channel!

[@Ashley.D]

Exactly what I needed to know, this is so clear thank you

[@potatuue]

Thaank you for including the japanese versions, I plan to buy most of these cards in japanese and I couldn't tell what type of rarity they have. Thank you for the awesome vids!

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Thank you for watching!

[@DexumYT]

Straight to the point i understood everything great video

[@Pointer243]

Hey cool vids! subbed keep up the good work!

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Thanks for the sub!

[@factmeee]

simple, straightforward no BS explanation.

[@dasnivs]

Real helpful video, never really understood some of the differences between the stars. Seems a bit rough to remember some of the specifics though lol

[@damonpono8337]

It’s still weird to me how “common” holos and ex’s are

[@newjones1754]

it's just shiny bulk

[@sirvaniss]

I mean a lot of the ex's aren't competitively viable. I opened 14 packs so far of the latest release and only got one viable ex.

[@GreenLeafUponTheSky]

I remember how rare EX’s were in Black & White. Those were the good old days

[@roymustang87]

@@GreenLeafUponTheSky I’ll raise you gen 3 when you would only get 1 or 2 a box and never had a set pull rate

[@HobbyPackRat]

Hell yeah dude, thank you so much for this. I just picked up a paldean fates pokemon centre elite trainer box and was a little overwhelmed with what's more rare than what. Weird though that the rarer the card doesnt mean worth more, lol.

[@marcoguitarjournal]

Incredible content. Super clear. Now to just buy booster packs that feature my favourites on the pack 😂

[@powdermuaythai]

tyvm for the info - my best friends son recently got me back into these, goodbye money!

[@JonyLLama69]

Very thorough 🎉 thanks souch! 🎉

[@schulbus13]

Very well edited video!

[@coffeepot3123]

As someone who grew up with gen 1-3, seeing these new cards just makes my eyes widen hahaha.. That new Caterpie card is beautiful, i'm glad the youth of tomorrow can also enjoy the cards (though not play with them like we did back in school.. ouch..) Yeah we used to flip pokemon cards on wet asphalt during recess, and there would be a big crowd of hyped kids watching, rarity meant nothing to us. ;)

[@suguaakini4478]

Ngl, I was always that kind of kid who loved Promo card, people would just say they are worthless and uninteresting, so I managed to get my hands easily on a good amount of them To this day I value and cherish them more than X / EX / V cards I got from booster Am I the only one?

[@MrCurly91001]

As a collector from the 90’s to early 2000’s, collecting rare Pokémon cards was a lot easier than it is in today’s market. Since coming back to collecting which rarity cards are best to collect that will maintain its value in the future?

[@sleevenocardbehind]

It’s always changing but right now everyone wants the Special Illustration Rares (SIRs). They have the highest market value. In the Sword & Shield era, it was all about Alternate Arts and they are pretty expensive to collect now, even though it’s only been a couple years

[@redgod97]

Were the Hyper Rare place a replacement for the Rainbow cards back in the SM and XY?

[@coolporyg0n]

great video for beginners to the TCG, but it’s still missing some information; mainly the differences in the rarity system of sets before the Scarlet & Violet era. another thing to note is the difference between Basic Energy cards and Special Energy cards. unlike Basic Energy cards, Special Energy cards always have a rarity attached to them and are usually Uncommon. hopefully I don’t come off as overly pedantic here lol, I’m just passionate about this game and want to inform others too. if anyone has any other questions, feel free to let me know!

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Thanks for the advice. This video is specifically for the scarlet and violet era. I’ll probably make one for sword and shield in the future

[@ChimpJr09]

I gave never seen any rarity beside common, uncommen and rare(and energy) in 8 years of collecting Pokemon cards (2015-2022). Maybe this system is new or it isnt used in Germany, idk.

[@zankiohex]

The illustration cards look a lot more appealing than the full gold hyper rares to me...

[@sleevenocardbehind]

According to the market, everyone agrees!

[@poncianolibresiii5598]

lol no wonder why some vendors sell it for cheap than others but still the same art thank you mate, im still a newbie

[@kunnai2725]

I was wondering if i should start collectiong pokemon cards, so i decided to buy one booster to see what ill get. I pulled a Gouging Fire EX (The Special Illustration Rare). I think its a clear sign.

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Uh oh… Welcome to the hobby!

[@BmanZeroBlank]

This channel is so cool!

[@sojou.RN.]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@angelvalencia4891]

Awesome video!

[@svhm6016]

Amazing video man! I just found your channel, new sub here 🤙🏻

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Welcome to the channel! 😎

[@cortster12]

It's so weird that the highest rarity cards nowadays are worth less than the second most rare cards.

[@bonelesschickennuggets1868]

It’s because the hyper rares (gold cards) are just glorified ultra rares, the special illustrations ones are more impressive than just making the card have a different color

[@blooyuh2]

thanks man as im getting back into pokemon its really confusing trying to know the difference from everything

[@Kami892]

i have a psa 9 miriam if you would be interested. i have a weird tendency to pull trainers (out of 10 9 were trainers) and miriam was my best pull so far

[@rickelmemonti1405]

awesome vid

[@Cupidexp]

Not really into tcg collecting but those video was still informative and entertaining 👍

[@buster1764]

hey does new pokemon cards now come with bottom trademark text and year ?

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Yep. They should have the year at the bottom along with the copyright

[@buster1764]

@@sleevenocardbehind ok thx there was a listing online of charlizard card with 2022 at bottom so i got confused cause it was cheap also maybe ill buy it

[@markreza8160]

I'm an old MTG player, my son is looking to get into Pokémon & in an effort to understand rarity in cards so we can start his collection, this is somewhat confusing. My knowledge of tier cards rarity is common, uncommon, rare & ultra rare. This though is like 10x that... Guess you just learn as you go.

[@Richard-lq9cg]

Thanks for the clear explanation

[@nathanglynn7443]

Back in my day rarity was just dot, diamond and star! Hahaha

[@georgepayne6075]

When I started collecting, I distinctly remember sets using white for the colours of rarity I.E. white stars, circles and diamonds. Was there anything significant to this? Or was it simply a design choice?

[@ToTeMVG]

i gotta ask, how many rarities of a single card can there be with all the rarities in play? like can you get like 8 different rarities of one card?

[@FullMetalLuffy]

This could not have come at a better time, so good in fact i'm a little suspicious... because i have in the last week fallen down the TCG rabbithole, and while my video game knowledge is on point i am way out of my depth with the cards - this video has ticked the box of understanding how lucky/unlucky my first few pulls have been Have a thumbs up and a subscription because i am sure to need guidance again!

[@raventhorX]

so since this is a month old does this mean they completely changed up the rarity system? I remember people in my state referring to some types of rares as different names. I think the term "rainbow rare" was dropped as well but i don't remember the rest. If the rarity system has changed do you think you can do a video on how the rarities have changed over the years? I also might be confusing the rainbow rare thing with another card game i tried to get into as well called flesh and blood.

[@sleevenocardbehind]

The rarity system in my video is the current system. They switched it up recently. Rainbow Rares are now a thing of the past. I do plan on making a more detailed video about ALL rarities but it’s a hugely complicated topic

[@exactinmidget92]

that charmander is not a fan of the pidgey. looks like my dog when she sees another animal outside.

[@starryeyes5860]

i pulled an ex pokemon the other day with 2 gold stars at the bottom, from stellar crown. i used to trade pokemon cards back in the day. back when there were only 150 pokemon to worry about. I dont know what im looking for anymore. I got the double star terapagos ex and thent he very next bosster pack i opened i got the gold 3 star terapagos ex card. I guess the double star is more valuable though? I seen one graded sold for 600$ already. I wonder why the slightly more common one is more valuable?

[@Teacherguy06]

Thanks for the wealth of knowledge.

[@JJAB91]

It's also important to note that a Shiny Pokemon is different from a Shining Pokemon.

[@ShaneA125SX]

As a collector myself I too "Have Fun" chasing after cards 😆

[@PurifiedShino]

Where would GX, V, VMax, VStar, Trainer Galley, Galarian Gallery & Rainbows fit into this rarity order?

[@PurifiedShino]

Where would GX, V, VMax, VStar, Trainer Galley, Galarian Gallery & Rainbows fit into this rarity order?

[@sleevenocardbehind]

Those apply to the older rarity system. I’ll do a video on it in the future

[@walgvolca7025]

so I opened by super duper old pokemon card album and I got a 3 star shining celebi, is that shining ultra rare too?

[@sleevenocardbehind]

The three star rarity back then was exclusive to the Neo Shining cards. That’s an amazing card btw! Congrats

[@nettomin7501]

I got a shiny Azumarill card 77/114 and it has the uncommon diamond marking. Since its a shiny shouldn't it have the unfilled gold star? 🤔

[@chrisgroudle47]

Great video!

[@WouShmou]

Very informative!

[@ChumlyPage]

where can I get this to tell what card I got.....

[@keyblade5916]

are Pokemon TCG Happy Meal Cards considered Promo as well?

[@sleevenocardbehind]

They have their own set symbol and numbering system so I believe they are regarded as a set. Maybe a “promotional set”?