The WORST Pokemon Card Product

[@alonecorgi]

400 dollars could buy you a new Nintendo switch and legends arceus

[@emeliahighland3408]

Much better value imo

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

410 could get you a Switch OLED and Legends Arceus, which makes those who mainly play in Handheld mode more happy so even more stupidly overpriced

[@shadowwally]

Or a switch lite and most pokemon games on switch

[@codeless6648]

If you got the lite version wouldn't it be about 150$? So you got extra 250$ to buy 1 of each pokemon switch games (not counting spin offs and dlc)

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

@codeless6648 switch lite is $200, so yeah. Standard switch is $300 and OLED is $350. You could save another $10 and get an OLED and Legends Arceus for the same price +$10 as this set. Not worth it

[@AuntSteve]

Wizards of the Coast tried something similar (but worse) for Magics 30th anniversary, 4 booster packs of non-tournament legal reprints of the original set, all for the bargain price of $1000. Pokemon saw them shoot themselves in the foot (with a cannon) and said "That looks fun, we should try that!"

[@twarnold14]

I was going to say, this looks very familiar. However! Pokémon did learn 1 lesson. This at least is something that can be played. It’s not 4 random packs. It’s actual decks! And for under half the cost. Reminds me of the planechase and commander anthologies. Still priced too high.

[@deifiedtitan]

I’m still mad at the 30th anniversary debacle. Whole playgroup basically went to printing entire commander decks overnight out of spite; if wizards are gonna sell proxies then we’ll run proxies. Between that and the Pinkerton fiasco I basically stopped engaging with it for a year or two. Was only because my gf liked the look of Bloomburrow that I got back in.

[@tefnutofhoney2832]

​@@deifiedtitaneven bloomburrow couldnt save my own interest. The games om a downward spiral

[@awsomerykster1097]

Meanwhile the GOATED Yugioh 30th anniversary box is in the corner laughing

[@10ReasonsWhy]

@@tefnutofhoney2832 Just because you stopped or disliked a game doesn't mean it's on a "downward spiral"

[@TheMightySceptile]

400 dollars and they couldnt even get all the cards to be in the same style. Why did they feel the need to mix and match the era of card they were reprinting

[@zoruasnivy]

Seriously, it's such a strange decision. Why would someone buy this if not for a classic tcg experience

[@ephramnelson5567]

I'd rather get murdered then spend 400 dollars on those decks

[@mariotaz]

A bit extreme but oooookay

[@ArtIsKey2000]

I got the box a while back and my family and friends think it’s great! especially for someone like me who is getting back into the Pokémon collecting game and had literally no cards from back in my childhood.

[@FiestaKidd]

Damn. Hope your life's better then $400 ✊😞

[@rideawheelcardgamesformyhomela]

TRUE BUT READ MY COMMENT

[@ty7783]

@@mariotazit’s almost like the point was to exaggerate his comment.

[@kingcobra429]

The fact that the energies are the only thing tournament legal means that the energies themselves are actually pretty cheap despite looking cool (probably since many people think they're illegal). I bought 8 water and 1 lightning for my chien-pao deck almost a year ago for like 6 bucks total and they're really nice.

[@imdeadyouidiots]

I also believe that the trainer cards that are in the current rotation are also legal to use as long as they match the most recent version of that card.

[@woodway3782]

the pokemon TCG official tournaments work on rotating cards ATM only some sword and sheild sets and all scarlet and violet decks are legal in play and since those cards are "old" you would be able to play them since none of those cards are in those sets (the box is expensive for no reason i wish it was cheaper)

[@clickbaitcrill3394]

@@woodway3782I mean that’s not nessarily true. A lot of the items and trainer are actually legal in rotation. The issue is that the ones that come from this box are illegal, even though they are from current rotation.

[@白い兎]

@@clickbaitcrill3394 Correct. It is explicitly stated on the card in small print. Foafy also mentioned that the cards feel different, which probably means that they’re made differently.

[@joaquincarrillo5354]

@@clickbaitcrill3394 its because they are now in play but in the future they wont be, few are legal and most arent, why would they put a mark on some cards and some dont, some didnt even have the mark like the charizard, it would spoil all cards with such mark, so you can use a couple of cards while they still legal, doesnt make sense

[@nicocchi]

The reason why these cards are not tournament legal in case no one else pointed it out, is because old Pokémon cards are hopelessly powercrept, old Trainers are unfathomably broken, and some of them have effects that are the same as cards of different name, so you'd be able to get around the "only 4 copies per deck" rule. For instance, Prof. Juniper and Prof. Sycamore both have the same effect as Professor's Research that's been released since as a way to not have to remember a massive list of cards that can't be played together; "Discard your hand and draw 7 cards". In fact, the rule is strict in that you can't play a Prof. Juniper, a Prof. Sycamore and two Prof. Research to have 4 in total, it's either one or the other. However, for Prof. Research you can have whatever mix you want-they might feature different characters in the artwork but they have the same name. The same goes for Lysandre and Boss Order's cards! Another notable card is Rocket's Admin, it does the same thing as N. N isn't legal in Standard, but he is in Expanded. Then there's Computer Search, which once again has been out of the Standard rotation for years, but is available in Expanded as an ACE SPEC card, which you may only have one in your entire deck. I believe there's a rule somewhere that says the Computer Search released in Black & White counts as an errata and won't allow you to use the old Computer Search as a stand-in for its ACE SPEC version but I'm not sure. As for the rest of the cards like Ultra Ball, Switch, etc., whose text is identical to their current Standard iterations, and as such you could use any reprint of it for cosmetic reasons, I guess they disallowed them just to not make an absolute mess of cards that are legal and others that aren't. Oh also, Double Colorless Energy is literally Double Turbo Energy but better-the latter will give you two colorless energy just the same, but will also nerf your damage by 20. I guess it falls into the category of "old Trainers are unfathomably broken" despite being an energy. Edit: I suppose the metallic marbles are supposed to be stand-ins for coin flips

[@jaynekogames]

I don't think anyone expected the vintage cards in the deck to be tournament legal. It's just weird that all the "still in rotation" trainer cards are not tournament legal for an arbitrary reason. Interestingly (if I'm remembering correctly), I believe Andrew Mahone said any relevant reprints would actually be legal for GLC.

[@rdxgamer1772]

or the fact they make 3 exclusive ex cards and also make them non playable

[@IdolsHextech]

how can it be power creep if they came first? that's the opposite of power creep

[@travismueller8282]

@@IdolsHextech Like with most games, the creatures are powercrept, which means they suck compared to current ones, and the trainers are broken which I guess is the opposite of powercreep lol. It's a lot like old Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Reborn

[@agenderwitchery]

@@jaynekogames The issue is that these cards lack regulation marks. While older prints of cards without regulation marks, or with illegal regulation marks, are allowed as long as there's a card with the same name and a legal regulation mark in the relevant format, newer prints of cards don't get that same treatment. Since this came out in 2023, that bars it from play. It's an issue of needing precise wording in the rules to avoid ambiguity and prevent unintended consequences.

[@march1392]

I don't see why they couldn't have included 2 of each of venusaur, charizard, and blastoise for $400 in the deck for consistancy sake if it's supposed to be playable.

[@The_Pikaboi]

When i saw this product i thought itd be like, solely classic base set cards. Seeing a mismatch of different gen prints is... odd

[@Gringle9coolguy]

Personally, it pisses me off with how it was marketed, and my old doesn't like it either

[@S0M3O43]

Honestly? False advertizing in my eyes

[@error8877]

The worst thing is that buying the Charizard from this product on the secondary market is still going to cost you at least 80 dollars, AT LEAST.

[@HausOfKraus716]

So, at $250... that's not so bad 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Skenel]

Must say, the new Foafy playmat works really good with the energy on this video lol

[@HetTheWitch]

Honestly, respect for being honest about what you paid, and how it’s not worth it. A lot of people might try to validate the purchase by hyping it up, or praise it to appeal to nostalgia, or praise it because they’re blinded by loyalty to pokémon as a brand. It’s refreshing to see that you’re objectively looking at this as just a product for $400, and judging it accordingly. While making sure your viewership doesn’t spend money on a lackluster product. On top of letting them know that each part of the set could be found secondhand from online vendors for cheap as an alternative. Thank you very much. It’s very classy, keep up the good work 👍

[@enderslayer958gamingvideos5]

If you collect the cards, then this set is absolutely not worth it. You can buy most of these cards seperately for less than the box itself, minus the gen 1 starters which those in a holo will be a bit more expensive. But, if you play yhe game recreationally, this set is honestly really fun and nice to use. The roulette wheel is a coin flipper, and the damage and status condition indicators are sturdy and mayne ceramic, but im not sure. That being said I bought mine for 150 bucks on sale, its not worth 400 dollars lol.

[@ezequielgonzalez3683]

It’s not even worth buying it to store cards and store your tournament decks. I can get a magnet deck box, a play mat, counters and coins for less then $20.

[@rachelledavison]

Lowest I could find was about 173 USD and it seems like for that price they might finally actually be selling. I hope this was a huge financial bust for them. It’s such a ridiculous price point for what you’re getting.

[@octmari]

as someone who actually DOES enjoy playing the TGC, I vehemently disagree with you on the reason someone would buy this box. I, personally, would buy it for the nice, premium play stuff WAY before the odd selection of reprints. (This video really suprised me, by the way. Why are there random cards from other sets throughout the eras??? that feels like it defeats the purpose. at least make them LOOK classic, dang.)

[@foafy]

Honestly, I agree! The premium play accessories (while not for me) are very cool! I imagine they would have a ton of use for players! I could totally see why someone would buy a product that had those features. I just wish those play accessories were available on their own for the people who wanted them. Not land locked to this box that pokemon charged $400 for just because they put a Base Set Charizard in it lol

[@ezequielgonzalez3683]

Yeah, the play accessories are cool, and would love to have them. I wouldn’t want to spend $400 or $100 just to get the accessories. You can easily get the basic accessories for $20 maybe $30 if you want your stuff to be high quality.

[@ezequielgonzalez3683]

@@foafyp.s video was great👍

[@KatToTheFourth]

@@foafyThey already reprinted base set with the XY generations set, so a reprint isn't really worth much

[@TheSwedishDoc]

Hey! I hope you don't mind me asking a question: have you done something special for not getting nuked with "for kids" in your videos? I know Maxmoefoe opened toys and cards, but the system would put the videos as "for kids" and mess with the algorithm and monetization, and I just curious if you've done anything to not have your channel have the same faith

[@FormerlySunrize]

I’m pretty sure he checks a box before uploading the video to youtube

[@Bg2006]

@FormerlySunrizeeven if you check boxes sometimes KZbin goes “nah it’s for kids”

[@kekchanbiggestfan]

He talks to the viewers like they’re adults instead of yelling and making a spectacle, I’m guessing the algorithm is just right

[@greengaleproductions]

​@@Bg2006 Seconded! My unboxing alt CONSTANTLY has shorts labeled as "For Kids" and has comments locked despite the fact that I purposely click "Not for Kids" every time I upload.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Because Max covers random kids junk, Like blind boxes Not to mention his energy is very much "KZbin kids"

[@WildKat25]

Such BS that all the "vintage" cards aren't even the vintage art. There is no excuse why the gyarados wasn't the original art. I would have considered it if all the pokemon art was the vintage style.

[@Xw3dn3sd4yX]

Bill, Bill, Bill... sounds like my mail lol Kinda can't believe they thought anyone, LITERALLY ANYONE, would pay $400 for this.

[@criticalblaster458]

Feels good, the scalpers finally got a little burnt.

[@rugbug531]

Love the Morpeko profile picture btw

[@LachyDachySachy]

The aspect of the cards not being tournament legal doesn’t really matter because cards nowadays are much much better than the ones in this product

[@clickbaitcrill3394]

some of the trainer cards are tournament legal and staples, so it’s still a bummer

[@LachyDachySachy]

@ I don’t think any cards are staples

[@kirbstagoontheaxolotl]

some of the promos for actual legal card in the TCG of that set look kinda cool, but 400 just to get them and not be able to play them is dissapointing

[@kirbstagoontheaxolotl]

@@LachyDachySachy Stuff like Ultra Ball and Boss' Orders are very much staples, hell, even Switch is

[@y0w0suke-yosk-87]

Is it worth 400? No absolutely not. But to me it feels more for the people who wanna play old-school decks sorta? Not just collector's. The fact they put REALLY good cards like vs seeker and super scoop up is really telling of that fact for me that its like that only, not really for collector's

[@petietheamazing7234]

Hey so, I just wanna say that I have seen deck boxes just like that for like 6.99 at some local game stores Also yeah as someone who plays the game, stackable damage tokens are actually really cool and I think they should sell them outside of this box

[@Spock1777]

Pokemon Company really looked at MTG30, the product that made the entire Magic player base go "Hey, WotC. Fuck you." And then went "That looks like a great idea!"

[@UnderTheSkin13]

You know, for a product called "Classic" they sure as hell got a lot of modern-looking cards in the decks. Them looking modern isn't even the problem, it's that they all look different! There's no cohesion! It's like they went to the printers and said "hey yo, print these out with a new holo pattern". You're charging 400 bucks for cardboard and you can't get a designer to make at least the pokémon cards look coherent?

[@zoruasnivy]

It'd be more exciting if they took newer cards and ex and made them in the classic style for sure.

[@billcipher8645]

​@@zoruasnivythat would have been SO COOL! Those promo new cards in classic style only available in that box would make the box AT LEAST slightly more worth it

[@starbot9828]

This is definitely a product meant for people who actually play the game. If you’re getting it just for the cards, then you’re not the target audience. At $400 it’s definitely still way overpriced, but what it’s meant to be is a premium Pokemon tcg experience. And it does exactly that. As someone who actually plays the game, I would consider buying it for $200 maximum but not a penny more. A way more reasonable price I think would be around $150. Still expensive, but for a premium product not outrageously so.

[@Mazzeltoph]

It's almost canon that any TCG company will one day bring out a product that supposedly makes the most high-value and spught after cards available for the normal public, but then completely fuck it up by making it ridiculously expensive (*cough* MTG's 30th aniversary edition *cough*)

[@anonomis9685]

Konami had the stainless steel god cards for about $400

[@wanderingmercurymarauder761]

To be fair, MtG 30th is still substantially cheaper than buying a lot of the most sought after cards in that set.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

8:00 I care lol, It's the only interesting thing in the box

[@ryanhuang4342]

I would use it. Looks interesting for palying

[@Trengenator]

Its for the love of the TCG, not an investment. So many people who buy packs at the store probably have no idea how to even play the game. Its a complete love letter to iconic decks and a history of the game

[@frederikk.5386]

Always a good sign, when a set, that explicitly calls itself "Classic" contains barely any classic cards.

[@Brofurony]

I managed to get a box for around $200. I bought it mainly because I love to play the TCG. To be able to play cards from nearly every generation and have them work together well is very cool. The decks are very fun to play against each other, and offer a unique and completely different style of play from current standard format. The board and bits n bobs have a very premium feel and do enhance the game experience. Having said that, I would not have bought it at full price, but for what i did pay, I feel its worth it

[@ShadowChaosKrystal]

This is a very cool product... but it's too much fricken money. I almost got it because the idea of playing it with friends seemed appealing, but then if I got it for $400, I probably wouldn't want to play with it. I could maybe do it for like $150?

[@royalrumble97]

I've been saying Pokémon should follow what Konami is doing and release booster boxes of older sets. Not just the base set, move into the ex era with dragon frontiers, holon phantoms, unseen forces.

[@honxiu]

Lord i hope they rerelease expedition, aquapolis and skyridge

[@dany_fg]

the switch card is from Base SV or Paldean Fates and the ultra ball is from Brilliant stars. I bought the Lugia ex jumbo card box and it's pretty good as I have a water deck that is all about the plus damage for every water energy.

[@jonathannorris9475]

This is Pokémon's equivalent of Magic the Gathering's 30th anniversary edition.

[@TheGlamourNazi]

Remember not a single one of these cards are legal even in expanded and GLC formats.

[@darklight002]

These cards are crap quality in a crap product, definitely not buying.

[@Stumpcollects]

16:00 which box?

[@I_mb_sorry]

Someone please let us know

[@RivalRedStudios]

also curious which one he’s mentioning lol!!!

[@mzulrama]

I think its Combined Powers Premium Collection

[@I_mb_sorry]

@ tyyyyy

[@Renni_Jay]

...The fact there's no moltres in this set...Just...*Really* pisses me off for some reason. And that the EX legendaries aren't any of the trip legends, it bothers me so much

[@PIE50100]

"The only reason someone would pay $400 for this is for the cards" Actullay when I saw the ads for this thing I only wanted it for the playmat, I didn't know it would end up being $400

[@cosmicpopstar]

As a new TCG collector looking to expand my collection I'm glad I never thought about buying this set, my gut told me it was a waste of time and money so I'm glad my suspicions were correct. Booster packs FTW!

[@enoch.balbuena]

video starts at 23:53

[@vee-bee-a]

Frankly, I would rather have the box & the accessories. Too bad they're too damn expensive over where I live.

[@drops043]

This bundle should've been separated into 3 variants, those being Cards only, Accessories only, and Bundle. Of course the prices would be lowered, but they would've sold it better.

[@drops043]

I can see myself paying 60-80 for the playmat and sleeves

[@alucard108dracula9]

Cool decks not worth $400,or the $250 you paid for it. since its only 3 decks (that you can't play in tournaments), a playmat, and tokens. I think a fair price would be around $100.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

companies really forget the vital lesson from Pawn Stars: Collector Items aren't collectible because everyone collects them also for 400 bucks i would rather buy a bunch of KitchenAid stuff

[@Bird-06404]

Between this and the magic 30, TCGs making expensive non tournament reprints is so upsetting

[@nicks4802]

7:46 this device is called a plookey..... At least that's what I call it! It's for flipping coins in marble form..... Roll a marble in, and the plookey will decide the outcome. Like a dice tower for marbles. They come in different forms. This is a single marble design, with multiple outcomes.... Others, you put multiple marbles in at once, and the first marble to come out is the chosen one (different coloured marbles for the different options) I've always had a fascination with them 😜 Ps. You're wrong, I DO wanna see that stuff, I clearly know shit about them lol

[@Kosukie]

I knew it was gonna be bad from the commercial, but I didn't know it was going to be THIS bad. Pay $400 for like 24 pokemon. I hate how they didn't stick to the wizards of the coast era cards. The only good card in the set is Mr.Mime lol

[@dillonfisher7615]

I assumed that the decks were recreations of the original gen 1 decks. I was kinda thrown off seeing Suicune...

[@dillonfisher7615]

Now watching further and seeing so many more modern era cards... definitely not worth $400. I really thought the gimmick was "Hey! Look at all these cards from the original run when you were a kid!" But it seems more like "Here's a few retro cards, and whatever else we could fill in..."

[@sierrapenman]

if i had gotten this as a collector waiting the decks i started the game with i would be so mad to see so much of the deck being newer reprints and not the og bills, staryu ect

[@DahRahzor]

I was expecting three decks made of "base set" cards, or at most of cards from early expansions, so discovering that the "classic" premium product had so many "non-classic" cards disrupted my interest (the price, yeah, it did as well)... moreover, to play a deck with so eterogeneous card design would put such a discomfort in me, really... it reminds me of those fake prints with random cards and holo all over the place

[@Pokemanic33]

To kind of nail it home: I spent $50 on my base set Blastoise, and $30 on my Venusaur. Charizard is about a $200 card. You could buy original copies of those three cards, the big ticket, eye-grabbing reprints in this box, and still have over $100 to spare. Of course there's a difference between collectors and players, but if you want to play vintage cards in a casual setting (how you would be playing this box set), you'd be just as well off printing proxies on card stock anyway.

[@DieRomantic5000]

It’s the dumb playboard the cost of production. The cards individually will spike in value one day and people will buy them for more than the product was originally sold.The 400 dollar or whatever price will seem like a steal. I’ve seen this on horrible pokemon products in the past. Remember when no one wanted pokemon topps trading cards.

[@TexpertYT]

I just bought it last week for 150 US dollars, which I think is 💯 worth it

[@harm5405]

This was genuinely such a hard watch, clearly no one is buying this only for the cards. It’s a premium playing set, of course none of reprints are tournament legal as they’re from a good couple years ago… I get it’s expensive but you’ve completely missed the point.

[@Reagusmage]

You can get a Holo Mewtwo from the Evolutions Theme Deck 👍

[@nicks4802]

400 for "faux" i.e. FAKE leather? You could buy a genuine leather jacket, a nice one too, for far less

[@zarajday]

According to TCGPlayer, it would cost 142 dollars for all the cards in the Charizard deck with the titular card being more than two-thirds of that cost, all the Blastoise deck cards for 58 dollars, and all the Venusaur deck cards for only 47 dollars. That means that assuming you buy everything at asking price with no discounts, you can get one of each of those cards for 247 dollars. The only thing that makes it more than that is you get multiple of some cards which you can then sell. I would say it's worth more unopened but considering nobody is trampling each other to buy it... yeah.

[@sirllamafied3534]

Its $800 in Australia, which is $500 USD. Its just too much. EB Games recently sold it at half price because they cant sell it either

[@babaoooeey]

i got it last year around christmas for around 250€. it was a great way for me to teach my non-tcg player friends to get into the game. ofc it is severely overpriced, but it was worth it for me personally :)

[@jamesrasnake3651]

18:26 they used that onix for pokemon tcg pocket

[@Draginator]

I'm pretty sure the Poké Ball is also in TCGP

[@jamesrasnake3651]

@Draginator it is also in the game and I never noticed until you said it

[@Jeser101]

This is a crazy video and a good analysis for the product. I just bought a collection box for my wife and I and I really liked the Lugia ex, Ho-oh ex, and Suicune ex. Yes, the same cards featured here and the box was $40 on sale with 11 booster packs. Also, those scarlet/violet item cards (scorching charcoal, etc.) are just normal common pulls. If I would've dropped even $150 on this, I would have felt scammed. Knowing that this went for $400 is wild. I really love the re-prints for some of the cards like Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur but I just don't feel like it justifies that price point at all.

[@BepisQueen]

They should have come with at least 2 copies each of the final evolution starters. The fact that they didn’t is what’s keeping me away. Like yeah, thanks. I don’t want all of the useless filler cards.

[@BepisQueen]

I should add that the reprinting of cool trainer cards like vs seeker and computer search doesn’t bother me at all. Like I the fact that I can buy special versions of those cards now for my older decks is awesome. It’s all the random one ofs of filler pokemon and supporter cards that get me

[@lepapanouwel4663]

What's completely stupid is that instead of reprinting the full base set 1 they added some EX cards from future gens that no one cares about, there's not even a logic there

[@ItsSpectix]

I bought this whole thing minus the decks for 20 bucks and i love playing with friends on it. the only reason i own it is because i found it so cheap and definitely wouldn't own it if I didn't

[@wanderingmercurymarauder761]

Just to be clear, you absolutely can not get a near mint base set Charizard for anywhere near the cost of this set. You can get a reprint, sure, but that's not what was said in the video.

[@Idkwhoiam1400]

"Classic" but it mixes up several cards from different eras and sets...how tf is this classic?? What were they thinking? If they wanted to give people a classic experience, why didn't they just use cards from Base Set/Jungle/Fossil? They really thought they were gonna charge people $400 for a product that was confusingly designed and make sales huh

[@kevinbell5674]

The only reason I have one is exactly the same reason as yours. Found mine for $250 at my local Best Buy. Edit: Also, the decision to reprint a hodgepodge of cards from random eras was a catastrophic one. They should have focused on reprinting only from the Base set, or from Base, Jungle, and Fossil as they were back then (they aren't tournament legal, what's the point of updating). If they had done that, then they could have turned this into a series of collectable products. If they had more of a long game plan, then the price may not have been so high either. Instead, since they botched this up so badly, they'll make something like this ever again.

[@YinYangx3]

I like the Japanese version a little bit more because the borders on EVERY card are holo too. I don’t get why English decided to make only some of the borders holo.

[@wakingseafoam7459]

The video loaded in french for me, and I was thinking it was just a weird bit you were doing

[@xbluebunii]

I found that thing while looking for a christmas gift yesterday and I was like "Holy shit I've never seen something like this before, I wonder what the official name is" and then I see this video a day later... is the algorithm stalking me? T_T Also it was 500 euros....

[@femoman]

The fact that my local gaming cafe actually has the accessories like the counters and the playmat, but is selling them separately as unpacked individual products, speaks volumes about how extortionate this set is. And as for the marble thing in the middle, I'm guessing it's meant to be like an over elaborate replacement for the coin-flip mechanic, so 2 holes for the marble are Heads and the others are Tails?

[@frostace8057]

What I don’t like about the product is how Suicune, Ho-oh, and Lugia ex are brand new ex cards you can’t use at all. The Suicune would be so good in standard. It shouldn’t be $400

[@annawehmeyer]

For an all in 1 TCG starter box with the energy's, playmat, and stuff to not even be usable in competition totally defeats the purpose. It's insane

[@Soaring_Penguin]

I know a LOT of people who would happily throw $400 at a reprint collection of the original Base, Jungle, Fossil and Rocket sets. That fits well with $100 per set. Don't even make them playable decks (that aren't tournament legal anyway, lmao), just reprint the sets. I'd be so mad paying $400 for this box that was advertised as a "vintage collection", and then find out that there are like a dozen cards that are actually vintage 😂

[@creatingvideostobreakmyspe6049]

Dude they should do it like yugioh and reprint the og sets. Theyd print money.

[@tranceformersanimated200-xy3yt]

I'm also going to say that I'm a young collector I started off by collecting from McDonald's. I still do from time to time, they feel thinner. Those are probably McDonald's quality Pokémon cards that are reprints of x. Y evolutions, which is just insane. Especially when you're paying four hundred dollars for them

[@greengaleproductions]

I agree that this product was super overpriced and totally not worth it, but I was a touch sour about two things. 1) Lugia being attached to Venusaur makes sense because there are no Fire-Water-Grass Legendary Trios, and Lugia Ho-Oh Suicide gives strong Gen2/Johto vibes. It being Colorless helps. 2) It hurt when you couldn't identify the Coin-Flip Bowl ('cuz I thought it was cool), and then said "Kinda like Beyblade" out of confusion ('cuz I like Beyblade).

[@rachelledavison]

DO NOT PAY MSRP I just bought mine from a liquidation place for about 173 USD. (250 Canadian, which is also what Costco is selling it for surprise!) And of course it’s in liquidation places! Who tf thought that price point was a good idea?

[@advisingassable]

Oh so THATS what this thing is, the local game store over here has had this thing on a top shelf, looming over us like a dark monolith that noone dares to touch, now i know why nobody has, this things not worth it. I think this thing could have been 2 products, the classic deck collection & the playfield ( honestly i want that more than the cards lol)

[@Dinowrestler]

$400 is a bad joke. They should have given you a play set of all the icon cards, But YOU ONLY GET 1 OF EACH!!! This set isn't WORTH $100

[@Expandedsky]

The ex cards make these decks genuinely unfun to actually play. it just boils down to whoever gets the ex first wins.

[@elietheeevee]

As a casual tcg player and lover of Nintendo collectables, this product feels like it was made for me, but i hate that it is dummy expensive and i wish it kept like a retro style

[@piippiz]

Even 150$ would have been a salty price. 3 decks 20$ each. Fancy counters, 100$ altogether at most.

[@blackshadow8041]

To be honest, if you want most cards (at least most of the most important ones), you don't save much from 250$ by buying singles.

[@calalyoko]

They are very pretty, I love the look and nostalgia factor. But the cost is way too high. Yugioh’s Duel Devastator box is honestly to me this concept done well. Meta cards usable in tournament play in beautiful holo form. Some people complain about the price, but $80 is a hell of a lot cheaper than the $400 for this. I’m sure people would happily pay for holo versions of the decks that won worlds this year. But they insist on making people pull from packs because they gotta make that money.

[@stevegonzales527]

22:28 BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY

[@Pokejirafan2004]

Foafy: this is the worst Pokémon Card Product! Pokémon: this is the worst Pokémon Card Product, *so far* . . .

[@lightninstriker10]

>Not Tournament Legal >Makes changes to certain cards to make them more balanced and in-line with the game in it's modern state. PICK. ONE. You can't release a nostalgia product and advertise it as such whilst invariably altering it to be a modern-day game product. Absolutely everyone who did buy into this would expect the Blastoise Deck to be a horrifically busted Rain Dance mill-machine stuffed with Professor Oak, Bill, and Energy Retrieval and absolutely expect it to work that way. God no wonder nobody liked this thing, not only is it overpriced, it insults the exact demographic it was aiming for!

[@Nightmare_NPC]

I bought this on sale about the same price as you. I was eyeing the product for the practical elements the counters and play area. The proxy decks for me are just fun extras for casual games. I don’t regret spending about 250 but I agree it’s not worth 400. I would only pay full price if the cards were tournament legal.

[@BirdThatEatsPrometheussLiver]

I wish they’d just do what they did with Evolutions again and reprint an old base set with additions for the new gimicks. I’d love to see a full reprint of Neo Genesis, or of exRuby&Sapphire.

[@AztecCroc]

Suicune, Ho-Oh, and Lugia and Blastoise, Charizard, and Venusaur. Suicune and Blastoise are both Water and Ho-Oh and Charizard are both Fire. Lugia got paired with Venusaur by process of elimination.

[@BirdThatEatsPrometheussLiver]

7:35 Modern day, the game just uses dice so it’s not super useful comparatively. They are neat though

[@koolaidrudy]

Those vintage cards are just so cool too see let alone have, Pokémon knows this and knows they are certain people who are crazy enough to buy these type of things for outrageous prices, *no offense foafy but you know ur stuff way more than most

[@syaieya]

This is such a spectacularly confused product that it should be a classroom example of what not to do. The wasted space in the packaging, the cheap feeling cards, and the arbitrary deck design that looks more what you would expect from the very start. It was made with neither respect to the competitive side of the game nor the collectors. Being generous this should have been maybe double the price of the world championship decks because of the holofoil, but that would still put this at maybe 100 dollars, 120 with the box. I'm glad some people are able to find joy in these, but wow I had hopes they would use it as a way to either try a classic battle format or even just revive some old art that's unreasonable to get on the grey market. Make it some sort of a yearly celebration. And they did nothing of the sort.

[@ShadowRod1988]

The whole point for the product makes no sense, for a collector is full of garbage cards, even when thinking for a deck you don't need that many copies of oak or bill, the real good cards only come for one stupid copy per deck. For someone that wanted to play the decks it sucks that the most important cards come in only one copy, not even the good trainers get more copies, not even for consistency the only cards that come in 2 copies are the basic and 1st stage. There is no way you could justify any reason on why the product was made this way. This is a total scam.

[@KellyChan123]

$250 usd is still over priced. The Canadian costco has it for $250 cad and there's no tax right now. So about $170 USD. One store even has it for $200 cad but no locations are near me.

[@PopcornMax179]

Good idea. But the price and marketing it as a premium product is all wrong. They should release plentiful supply, seperate decks for at most $40, with a similar box with art and booklets and coins reminiscent of the classic WotC premade decks. It might be a loss leading product at a low price, but it's going to drive intrest and new customers to the TCG.

[@HausOfKraus716]

It clearly doesn't sell for $400 anymore (except at GameStop, big surprise) and the Charizard sells for $100 🤷🏻‍♂️ Wish they did all vintage art on cards tho. It's literally called Pokémon Classic. "Save a bunch of money and buy the vintage stuff." Do you know how much the vintage stuff costs?? "I paid $250 for this... but there is no way this is worth $400." Okay, bro... Whatever you say.

[@leons9935]

0:37 four👌hundred👌dollars!👌

[@freddymartinez2674]

GameStop had it for $200 but from a casual newbie i personally think it should be worth $150-$175

[@briannaepstein6385]

found this set for $75 at my local game store for black friday. couldn't refuse it at that price, it is a really good set and fun to play! just not *$400* good...

[@nyekomimi]

NGL it sucks that there are new arts instead of using the classic arts where possible. It'd be much more interesting to see holo versions of OG cards.

[@bathenhofen]

"This product is insanely overpriced so I went ahead and bought it" and you wonder why they get away with stuff like this time and time again