I Open 80 Japanese 151 Pokemon Card Packs!

This set contains only first generation Pokemon!
How many can I remember?
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[@dr.acula124]

33 minutes of australian tech wizard opening pokémon cards make a great european lunch break

[@De19thKingJulion]

What's for lunch, for you? In somewhere in Europe?? Love from, An Australian

[@ElectroNicko_]

I'm also very interested in what you have for lunch in Europe. Love from, and American

[@ironbeagle9774]

I hope your lunch was good love from a brit

[@dr.acula124]

I had pasta and pokémon cards. Love from, an Italian

[@Fuxor7]

​@@dr.acula124 "Is pasta an instrument?"( Replace pasta with mayonnaise for SpongeBob reference)

[@TheRenaissanceReborn]

"Name all your country's historical leaders" "Impossible" "Name 151 imaginary monsters by photo alone" "You got it, boss"

[@qqwui9989]

Now i want like a pokemon/baseball trading card thing but with US Presidents

[@radicaloranges]

dont forget, james cheated with the japanese here so technically he also failed that!!

[@somecallmesean_]

⁠@@qqwui9989i mean that would only be like 45 cards total

[@angolin9352]

Millard Fillmore doesn't say his name every time you look at him.

[@masterkamen371]

And for anyone living outside the US, it's literally impossible.

[@AveragePootis]

The more i watch James the more i realise that he is really just a calm wade. Thats more handy

[@AB0BA_69]

And with a cat instead of snakes, a family, and less musically inclined 😅

[@blakksheep736]

And when he manhandles electronics, they come together instead of apart.

[@JeanMarceaux]

I wouldn't trust Wade with an angle grinder.

[@Mobile_Dom]

i felt the "in my day, reverse holos meant you had fakes" right in my core

[@jimeththemelancollie351]

In your reverse holo apple core?

[@masterkamen371]

​@@jimeththemelancollie351no, an Apple Core 2 Duo iMac from 2007.

[@aspookyladmusic4954]

James calling pidgey spearow every time without correction has been a treat.

[@bntrs]

"We have Maxmoefoepokemon at home" I'll take it. Brother hasn't uploaded in nine months. Great video

[@DingDung420]

Still waiting on those japan vlogs

[@chadbranston9741]

He's taking over the aussie yelling a children's cardboard

[@CuteSkyler]

As long as James won't say "one two three to the front getting rid of the energy", he ain't replacing Max. Say it, James!

[@lucyakaluckstat]

He's busy drinking cold ones with his mates

[@Frank_Pods]

"Hey guys new video every 2 days"

[@notgoofy3169]

"Unboxing videos aren't fun at all, except this one." -Me

[@connorgirard583]

Seeing all those foils Pringle at the end broke my heart! You were on the right track, though, it's a moisture problem between the foil printing and the card stock. There are ways to fix it!! The best way is with moisture regulation packs for cigars, weird as hell solution, but it does work! You'll want to aim for 62% moisture level, whatever the proper term is. I'm a Magic player and while I've experienced the curling before, I've yet to try the cigar pack solution. I hope you can get them all fixed up, James!!

[@silpheedTandy]

17:52 "My kid calls it flame-chicken" i'm glad to hear that James is passing on his love of Pokemon to his kid :)

[@MattiasPilhede]

I haven't bought pokémon cards since gen 1, but I bought these boosters as a spur of the moment thing and I REALLY like the art on these cards. I gave away all of my old pokémon cards at some point, and I regret that now, but this felt like a good way to get back at having a collection again, and since I bought the Japanese ones it feels like it's a bit more "fresh" and different from anything I had before.

[@TrentJordan3198]

2:20 That's Ceruledge and Armarouge, they were introduced in the latest Pokémon games Scarlet and Violet.

[@thomasphillips885]

Sure, okay!

[@winterwatson6437]

me, yelling the pokémon names at my phone while doing chores

[@Goldencub-2020]

“Reverse holo Apple core, bet you can’t beat that card” James coming in with the applin and dipplin respect without realizing

[@watchinyoutube8919]

Can you explain to the uneducated

[@Goldencub-2020]

@@watchinyoutube8919 applin and dipplin were in the 8th generation of Pokémon. They’re both based on apples. Applin being a normal apple and dipplin being a dipped apple.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

I'm Gen-X, and therefore, know absolutely nothing about Pokémon but I'll happily watch a millennial tear some packs.

[@xenotiic8356]

Uhh there is pika chu and the other ones (>900 more) you're good to go now

[@feelincrispy7053]

@@xenotiic8356wtf is this bot saying lol

[@AB0BA_69]

What are you even doing on this channel, grandpa?? 😂

[@ShockingPikachu]

​@@AB0BA_69 I mean they have NES and Atari from their childhood here

[@marcusborderlands6177]

​@@feelincrispy7053that's literally the least bot comment I've ever seen

[@WeSkeem]

Purple-shirt-a-mon is my favorite Pokémon also.

[@JACKHARRINGTON]

Lucky for you, that was the last master ball card ;)

[@ChiralWolf]

Pretty spot on with the curving! Humidity differences between the factory and your location, the cardboard expands as it absorbs water in the air but the plastic foiling does so it warps them. Putting them in the binder will help but the only "proper" way to fix it is with desiccant packs to change the humidity and then double sleeving them to keep ambient humidity out

[@ZeroCrystal]

Ol' mate James at BUTTCRACK O'CLOCK on the American West Coast? Yes, I do.

[@madbiach]

The Mr Squiggle reference didn't go unnoticed - showing ya age James :P

[@Games_for_James]

Hahaha excellent!

[@damstachizz]

So how are my fellow mr squiggle enjoyers knees doing these days? You guys also noticed that it takes just that little bit of effort to get up out of a camping chair now?

[@gamingforpizza5142]

You know someone is Australian when they even put sleeves upside down.

[@Games_for_James]

I like it so the opening is at the bottom of the folder sleeve, the side entry folder I’m using makes that pointless though

[@bacon.cheesecake]

This was way more fun than it had any right to be

[@avtips4779]

18:13 are we gonna ignore that one being a master ball variant?

[@TheHitcher931]

Yes

[@thomasphillips885]

Master Ball PurpleShirtamon

[@paincreatesfame]

I guess we are lmaoo

[@Amar-pt2or]

i missed ya mate,thanks for uploading.

[@hobobeard]

It’s humidity and differences in surface tension between the cardboard and foil layers that causing the bending. You could keep them in air-tight containment but honestly it’s not worth the trouble. The only people who really care are investors and speculators and honestly, fuck ‘em.

[@450AHX]

Surface tension is a property of liquids, not solids. James' guess that it's differential thermal expansion is probably closer.

[@substitutedoll5224]

yeah cuz how dare we want the product we paid for to not wear out on its own amirite fellas?

[@Mr.Rachmaninoff]

Dankpods version opens random pokemon cards from cashies James gets some fancy retro pokemon packs from Japan

[@heidisparklebottom]

This nostalgia bomb made me so happy ❤ didn't know James opening booster packs was something I needed in my life

[@radicaloranges]

to explain the dark types: in tcg there are 10 types; colorless (normal, flying), fire, grass (grass, bug), water (water, ice), electric, fighting (fighting, rock, ground), dark (dark, poison), metal (steel), psychic (psychic, ghost, fairy), and dragon. they did experiment with adding fairy type to tcg separately in x and y, but ultimately it proved cheaper/easier/better in some way to combine it with psychic. in previous generations up to (i think) sword and shield, poison was represented by the psychic type, which is why it seemed odd so many previously tcg psychic type pokemon had swapped to tcg dark type

[@TheDEM1995]

Adding on to this to say that TCG Psychic was itself a replacement for TCG Grass to represent Poison type. TCG Psychic didn't represent Poison until Diamond and Pearl

[@basscharenborg6441]

11 longer than the regular videos? That's new.. Cool to see you geek-out about your hobby👍

[@sammyers7558]

Tangela does evolve; its evolution is called Tangrowth, but it wasn't introduced until Gen IV (not counting the unused prevo and evo for Tangela in the Gold/Silver beta that got leaked a few years ago).

[@EarthlyTurtwig]

James completely missing that the reverse holo Bill was the master ball is killing me lmao

[@LeoFlipnotes]

Yes! James channel is back! I hope you had a great trip

[@VCRVoyage]

James I'm sorry to say you've discovered the joys foil trading cards. Leave them outside in any sort of weather that's too hot or too cold (like Adelaide atm) and you'll end up with pringles. Some foils are better than others but Colgate foils like Pokemon tend to be pretty bad. To answer some questions EX is pronounced as the individual letters, not as a word. Eee-Ex. While some Pokemon have been re-typed in the games, mostly a bunch of normal types gaining the fairy typing tcg typing is... weird and different. The reason the poison type pokemon that are dark type in this set is likely down to the team simply believing that it suits Poison type better than the Psychic type. First Editions no longer exist. A number higher than the set number just indicates some sort of higher rarity. I don't play enough Pokemon TCG to have it memorised so I can't be more help. But basically if it has a higher set number or multiple stars it's a rarer card. That does not mean it holds more value however.

[@Diana-tx2iz]

Actually to clarify, (competitive player here) poison was somewhat recently entirely recategorized into dark for the tcg going forwards. This is a dual purpose function to both allow for a bit more interesting options for weakness balancing, and to also better balance the amount of cards per set each type can get, as psychic has historically been really dense and dark lacking.

[@silpheedTandy]

6:17 that Mew. how can a creature look so cute, and yet so eternal and powerful at the same time?!

[@scherge]

At the age of 20 I watched the TV show every afternoon after work. Took a nap during every single episode though, so I don't know a lot of pokemon 😅 Watching James open booster packs has the same calming effect on me. Almost like watching a lava lamp. Awesome 👍

[@TheZero1er]

Impressive collection of Ancient Mews from the first Pokemon Movie. I remember frantically trying to get my Dad to take me, my brother, along with my cousin to watch the movie just to get that card when I was a kid.

[@Games_for_James]

Pretty sure the card was the main reason I wanted to go too lol

[@tamaramacadam8650]

I have never played a single Pokémon game nor engaged in any of the expanded media, why did I watch this

[@abnorc8798]

It's all about finding the shiny things, whether you like pokemon or not.

[@Valhalla05]

"I played Pokemon Shield as well I-it's-jeaaa-itwas-itwaslalright" Honestly as an avid Shield defender I'm glad you gave it a chance. I thought was pretty fun honestly

[@Games_for_James]

I need to revisit gen 1 and 2 to see if they’re as much better as I think they are lol

[@Kintah]

​@@Games_for_Jamesthey are

[@CorvusCorviday]

@@Games_for_Jamesyou don’t even need to go that far back. Black & White 1&2 were the last good games for the older audience. X&Y weren’t bad, mainly cause the story was fantastic. Everything after Sun is too dumbed down for the older audience.

[@ToastyMozart]

​@@CorvusCorvidayScarlet and Violet are good pokemon games too, they just run really poorly.

[@CorvusCorviday]

@@ToastyMozart I genuinely did try Scarlet, but it feels like, to me, after Sun&Moon came out (and i played both versions of Sun) every game after is way too handholdy.

[@buggybug]

Love hearing the word "burninate" in the wild lmaoo

[@icychill105]

As a pokemon fan as long as i can remember this set is amazing. Sadly still havent gotten that holo charizard thats worth as much as a whole car.

[@Games_for_James]

I pulled mine from a booster back in the day! I jumped in the air and yelled.

[@Aldo.flores]

0:09 what? It’s that a mini Wade besides the mini James? I’m wonder if at that age was a walkaman modder too

[@andrewbanks1175]

You know… I kinda missed James during the 5 months he was gone. But now that I have a 33 minute video of him rambling and getting most of the Pokémon names wrong, I feel like all is right with the world

[@Perc1000]

wow maxmoefoepokemon really has put himself together

[@BellShinyHunts]

27:03 'The Big Three' is also used in Competative RBY to describe Tauros, Snorlax and Chansey, the three normal types who are pretty much required in the most popular played tier, OU

[@flormbis]

Hope you do more of these, this was a great first opening and we need someone to pick up the openings where Max left off, helps that you're Aussie too lol

[@bllfrg777]

Trogdor as an Aerodactyl was not expected, but very welcome.

[@Viola_The_Rosa]

To be fair to Marowak it use to be a middel stage pokemon. To something that translates to Guardian. Tho that pokemon like many of gen 1 and 2s designs was scrapped.

[@richissac8916]

cheered me up after a rough day to see you finally post!

[@Alex-hz5vi]

You’re energy just makes me so happy lol

[@TwoWheeledPotato]

11:55 "Meowth... that's right" hehe

[@ongxuwei]

I usually dont like watching Pokemon card unboxing vids, but it's James. I'll give it a pass. James is cool.

[@kingrando]

Something I prepared earlier 1. **Common (C)**: A black circle. 2. **Uncommon (U)**: A black diamond. 3. **Rare (R)**: A black star. 4. **Double Rare (RR)**: Two black stars. 5. **Triple Rare (RRR)**: Three black stars. 6. **Promo (P)**: A black star with "P" next to it, indicating promotional cards. 7. **Art Rare (AR)**: Unique full-art illustrations. 8. **Special Art Rare (SAR)**: Even more elaborate full-art illustrations. 9. **Secret Rare (SR)**: A star with "SR" next to it. 10. **Ultra Rare (UR)**: A star with "UR" next to it.

[@Speeskees]

He missed the Master Ball Purple Shirt-e-mon card

[@clementpruvost8670]

So we finally know why you didn't upload for so long. You lucky one.

[@averagephlogfan6475]

I get the insomniac American bonus of watching a James video when it comes out

[@luheartswarm4573]

been out of the loop from the pokemon tcg for years, and recent pokemon games but this is just nostalgic love the first generations

[@pilcrow1546]

18:04 Ninetales is still the most awesome Pokémon ever and that shiny card is incredible.

[@Xan1011]

James and Dank share a lot of the same mannerisms. That Zapdos ex was such a good pull!

[@Bulbmin64]

that happens to the cards when they get heat, folders or something super tight (like a binder) can help (cards bending, just had to clarify)

[@thomasphillips885]

Not heat, humidity

[@Bulbmin64]

@@thomasphillips885 fair yeah mb

[@Absorr]

Stop making me want to get into collecting Pokemon cards 😭you're making the temptation too great to handle

[@Urban-Lef]

This made me get back into the magic of pokemon cards. God I've missed it so much

[@elvanbee]

Can't believe I watched an entire video of you opening Pokemon cards JUST for the cat at the end.

[@Extendedklips]

Even editing james missed the purpleshirt guy master ball reverse at 18:13

[@Frank_Pods]

This is more Pokemon content than the entirety on MaxMoePokemon's channel this year combined

[@wastelande81799]

James is the more calm friend that keeps the more excitable Wade kind of friend calm which is awesome and I love them both

[@GeeFunk84]

Trading cards are the OG microtransactions.

[@bens1343]

it's gacha or gambling, but for kids!

[@kaitlyn__L]

realtalk baseball cards did it first, but baseball cards were themselves just a copy of tea cards and cigarette cards! some people have bought a bunch of stuff they don't need just for that One Last Card for, like, a century.

[@GreenTheScreen123]

I just had to come back four months later to passive aggressively. Thank you you reignited my addiction for Pokémon cards and now I’m broke.😂😂😂

[@AdamIsUrqed]

He reminds me of me with MtG in '93-'94. The excitement opening shit up is real.

[@PixelReaper]

The Gengar in this set is so cool, man. The crayon colouring is sick

[@ladybeavanerdventures]

OMG YES nice on the Zapdos pull also jelly for your koffing reverse got to pick one of those up at some point also nice Bill Trainer

[@wolfemilk]

ninetales is my favorite, if i had that shiny card as a child i would have lost my mind

[@jaspertheredfoxOWO]

James is adorable when he gets exited:3

[@ThatRedHusky]

James would be the type of person to sleeve a card from the top.

[@bobbobkinz9958]

im not interested in any of this, but james is james so im watching.

[@chrisdavidmoran]

A James channel/ dankpods booster box opening crossover needs to happen!

[@Finnbar]

close enough, welcome back maxmoefoepokemon

[@sentimentalexis]

im having so much fun with this video. id love a little more stuff like this on occasion if youre up to it!! love seeing your reaction to the rares.

[@zacholiver9212]

Nothing beats him referring to Pidgey as Spearow every time

[@MrREDSTAR20]

Im addicted to watching people opening Pokemon cards lmao! are you going to ever upload videos on floatplane bro?

[@youhadmeathello7057]

Close enough, welcome back max.

[@flamewave64]

After waiting for MaxMoeFoe for a long time it’s great to have an Australian opening Pokémon again lol

[@colourman2126]

Jame is the kind of guy to say "Yea" When meeting mewtwo

[@kiarastocchi]

Are we gonna ignore the master balls he missed almost like he’s blind ? 😂❤

[@cttdrn]

The Maxmoefoe we didn't know we needed

[@timelapsemoose7733]

I just got into pokemon cards. Got a few boosters. And heres James doing an opening...

[@kacperjestfajny]

We need part 2, another 80 packs opening.

[@Redden63]

i love that he calls the dome fossils baby kabutos

[@bens1343]

I wondered why energy is pronounced that way in Japanese too. Apparently it's a loanword of the German word "Energie", not English "energy", and it's pronounced with a hard G.

[@purpleomlet]

This really scratched the itch I have always had for opening pokemon cards.

[@apocalypsecod]

I was so worried we weren't gonna see my boy Charizard.

[@AliceAXP]

James becoming the next Maxmoefoe lmao

[@simonleary2912]

I saw the last Masterball straight away, wondered why you ignored it 😂

[@SomeRandomPersonSomewhere]

To explain the TCG rarity system form Scarlet & Violet onwards (this set is technically a SV set), Common (Circle or C) cards are the most common type of cards, often unremarkable basics Uncommon (Rhombus or U) cards are the second most common cards and tend to be evolution pokemon or more powerful than most commons Rare (Black Star (White star on Darkness Types) or R) are Rarer than the previous 2 but still are not hard to find Double Rare (2 Black Stars or RR) are the rating containing ex cards and are where cards start becoming somewhat scarce/expensive Ultra Rare (2 White Stars or SR, Also known as Full Arts) are even rarer than Double rares and include a full image of the pokemon and also contain versions of trainer cards (mainly supporters) Illustration/Art Rare (Gold Star or AR) Cards with alternate versions of the card art covering the full image can be differentiated fro SAR cards by their status as not an ex Special Illustration/Special Art Rare (2 Gold Stars or SAR) cards are the same concept as AR cards but with ex pokemon. these are some of the rarest cards and also contains versions of trainer cards Ace Spec Rare (Magenta Star or ACE, from the Temporal Forces set onwards*) cards are quite rare and in the game are limited to 1 in a deck. the also have a magenta background and some blue text and borders Gold Rare (3 Gold Stars or UR) are cards that have a gold appearance and are quite rare There are way more rarities that exist, even form the SwSh era (Radiant Rare, Rainbow Rare etc.) so just search for guides to the rarities for more info. *there were Ace Spec cards form the Black & White era, but that doesn't matter that much

[@retro_black421]

I don't remember if it was in a movie or a show but in it cubone finds the skull and puts it on and when he/she evolves into marowak the skull becomes permanently apart of him/her (it was probably Detective Pikachu I saw it in but I already knew it from back in my card collecting days as it was very obvious in the artwork) (also sorry if I spelt the names wrong)

[@retro_black421]

Hahahahahahahhahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahaahaahahahaha LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! A Secret Rare Purple-Shirt-A-Mon

[@Mightadoneit]

This is me at and everyone else at 32 trying to get back into collecting. Haha

[@jemmahughes952]

You can put stuff on top of them to even them out so then they’re not curly

[@janzibansi9218]

Not what i expected, but... James Channel!

[@andrewstaples9947]

Man I wish I could have those bulbsaur line full art. My favorite of the starters

[@antoniocosta5223]

James taking over for max as the Australian Pokémon collector

[@WiiWouldnotliketoplay]

Hey i found your channel from dankpods. Your alot like him and i love it

[@lavouyyt3282]

Just by watching you makes my inner child happy😂

[@AquamentusLives]

It’s crazy that NOA changed Purpleshirtamon’s name to Bill when they localized the games.