Japanese Pokémon Cards One Year Later…

Let’s check it out #pokemon #pokemontcg #pokemoncards #pokemontradingcards

[@adamcogan211]

My motto is if I can’t afford the card I want, go for the next available language. Korean and Simplified Chinese are still just as beautiful for much less

[@DamaCollectsCards]

Remember when Investor Bro’s had no knowledge of the Japanese market but magically became Japanese Full Art Trainer hype bro’s over night? Good times, wonder how many of them hate seeing this video lmao

[@OpossumBud]

Screw em lol

[@i8147]

That was so annoying all the people opening up Japanese cards pretending they cared man people are really wack sometimes lol just can’t truly be who they are have to put on a front

[@whimsu124]

A good chunk of vintage Japanese has been pretty stagnant in price. Lately I’ve had a great time filling out B&W era full arts in Japanese, really solid deals and prices to snag

[@OpossumBud]

Dropped or hung steady, it’s starting to heal hopefully

[@Top_Loaded_JRGS77]

Two major things happened. The COVID hype died down and the Japanese economy turned down. I think when their economy turns around these cards will gain back some of what they lost but not even close to all. That $325 Iono from Clay Burst will not get back to $1200 but Maybe $500 to $600. people that had to sell to pay bills and feed their family will want that card back at a fraction of the cost and we will see a market correction. It is good time to buy the big hit cards and sealed boxes especially Japanese 151.

[@suavecollects49]

I've been enjoying the calm reset on Japanese prices. It's been super fun to buy boxes in mass and getting big hits graded. The secondary market has been fairly healthy for Japanese cards at the moment.

[@OpossumBud]

Much more sustainable and less vicious

[@Pallyforeva]

Shoutout to all the hypebeasts who lost a ton of money chasing the bag! Never bet against reprints & only buy cards that you want/like. If you like it, it'll get more valuable over time naturally if you care about retaining the price you paid. Just imo don't touch cards in the first 2 years of a set when possible (after at least 1 round of reprints). Real talk too, I'm really enjoying being able to rip early SV Era super cheap now! Didn't get to open much because of prices initially, so able to go through and collect what I like & rip at a reasonable price. If you bought cards when they were inflated and they're "worth less" now, just ask yourself this: Do I still like the card? If so, then who the fuck cares. The "loss" is only when you sell AND you can consider it a couple cents a day to have something you like. Just keep what you like, sell/trade what you don't like, and don't focus on prices because they change all the time. What doesn't change though? The card.

[@OpossumBud]

To answer your question: no. Most of the people who bought them inflated did not like the card, they liked the price tag

[@Pallyforeva]

@@OpossumBud “What inspired you to build a second Krusty Krab right next to the original?”

[@The_Card_Father]

I'll always be a japanese collector first and foremost. Idk if they're worth less. Japan just does it better.

[@OpossumBud]

I’m a big Japanese collector too man, I share the same mindset 👍🏽

[@blake7587]

Guys Possum has the Sightseer card too!! It’s his most valuable card. 😱

[@agbxlr447]

Unfortunately some of the Japanese SM trainers are still too expensive for me 😓 collecting their English and simplified Chinese versions tho has been great, the acerola from English burning shadows is great

[@OpossumBud]

Japanese for some of them are still and probably are gonna remain pricy unfortunately… just the nature of some of them now 😕 other languages are pretty great

[@jayyoung9305]

Had 2 Lillies Full Force from packs and graded both. After fighting with myself i sold the PSA 10 and kept the 9 for my collection. Gotta say im happy now bc i made a mint and still have the card at a 9 for my collection.

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

I'm so glad the Japanese hype cooled down because now I can get some of the cards I've always wanted at a more fair price. Ever since I've discovered Japanese, I've been wanting more of it! I even just recently got the Dachsbun ex SAR from Stellar Miracle along with the full art and regular ex ones for less than $30! Definitely picking up the Cassiopeia SAR next!😊

[@Ill33will]

Pepperidge farm remembers

[@chrisbenson7532]

In my opinion part of the reason why a lot of the Japanese cards have fallen in price is the recent reprint of the Japanese most recent sets. I feel that has cooled the entire Japanese market significantly. Love japanese cards and have collected a few full art trainers that I really enjoy as well as nearly having a master set of the English full art trainers.

[@nevercold808]

Pretty cool you kept screenshots of the pumped prices. I think most saw this coming but it really drives the point home with the side by side comparisons of last year's and current prices.

[@AshutosJain]

I am more of a FA mon and normal cards with amazing arts + fav mon collector myself.

[@jameslikesit]

Honestly I'm hoping attention stays away from Japanese for a while lol. I've got a lot of cards I want to buy and while I don't think they will become super chased anytime soon, better to keep any hype away. There's plenty of expensive cards to chase as is

[@Faber0k]

I found a perfect condition japanese furrisode girl for 3$ yesterday at my lcs. It was clearly marked wrong but still lots has changed in 1 year. They honored it. Thumbs up to Phoenix sports cards in Az.

[@CozyCardsQuest]

I’m newer to card collecting, and this is not surprising to me even. You’re better off waiting for the set to cool off before dropping big dollars on a piece of cardboard. Glad I realized this early on. Now I just have to learn to not open my sealed product 😅 Y’all think there is a moonbreon in my Walgreens tins?

[@waifucards7373]

New Lisia Super Rare incoming in the next set. Too bad it wont look as stunning as the S&M Charisma of the Cracked Sky version. I am looking forward to the SAR version though. Sun & Moon Full Art Trainers > SWSH/SV. I miss the unquie texture patterns that full art trainers used to have. Maybe gen 10 will bring it back.

[@alexvanburen1396]

The best of XY cards are sick, I can’t afford them tho! 😂. I’m currently going for all PSA 10 for the English ones that came in that collection box. XY is my favorite era, and I’m happy to see people finally paying attention to the amazing cards from that era!

[@IneptCardCollector]

Homie went the extra mile with the face for the thumbnail! I respect that about you, goddamit.

[@OpossumBud]

😂 thanks man

[@crazy98monkey39]

I really want the SARs for Kieran and Carmine. Loved their story arcs in the game, shame they are expensive in English too.

[@OpossumBud]

Given a bit of time it’ll drop a bit

[@CatBack94]

Folks dropped it faster than a todler throwing a toy away

[@OpossumBud]

Oh easily 👍🏽

[@Eduardo_GRS]

I recently got the Miriam SIR in English in a PSA 10. Love that card. I also love Pokemon cards in Japanese (I got the Magikarp in Japanese because the English version is way too expensive in a PSA 10). Cheers! 🤘🏻

[@OpossumBud]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@Eduardo_GRS]

@@OpossumBud I just edited my comment lol. Cheers, thanks for the video!

[@Emperor_Pikachu]

Im watching this in class rn lmao💀💀

[@OpossumBud]

Have fun in class homie 👍🏽

[@SevEvoimaru]

Economics class, hopefully (?)

[@Emperor_Pikachu]

@@SevEvoimaru nah English (my least favourite subject)

[@Emperor_Pikachu]

@@OpossumBud I will not lol

[@MagisterMatt]

*I'm

[@jakemelvin8473]

I have to thank you Opossum- I’ve always collected Japanese and mostly English, got back into collecting last year around SV and the Japanese quality on alt arts/trainers is fantastic! Your knowledge and collections are brilliant 👌 I’ll stop fan girling now 😅🤣 great video as always 🤝

[@schmidtcjoseph]

The Larry SAR Husbando will be the card to change the game💪🏻

[@PiannaCh]

Finally afforded a copy of Erika's Invitation. The prices are a lot more reasonable now than last year. A good time to be a collector.

[@OpossumBud]

It’s a good time for trainer collectors to catch up on SV and SwSh for sure!

[@brettcollins474]

Mannn, back then they were " pumpin n dumpin " schemeing and dreaming " glad i didnt fall for the hype. No fomo ever gang

[@OpossumBud]

You’re the smart one

[@HoneyBeeTCG]

Just bought the Greens exploration japanese exclusive for $230 been watching that card for a while and am very happy prices have dropped so we can scoop them up, you will have to pry them out of my cold dead hands

[@manjitcg]

I bought the 151 Erika SAR for 8000 jpy this summer. The last card I was missing to complete the set. So glad I didn't rush to complete it.

[@OpossumBud]

Smart move waiting, the 151 crash was massive

[@JovanLagrotta]

you think japanese prices will go back up? not just trainers but swsh alt arts? I love japanese versions of swsh and want to get them at a good price. Will wait and see if they keep going down. lmk what you guys think (i personally think in a few years time it will bounce back :P)

[@OpossumBud]

So the prices you’re seeing now IS the bounce back. They were the cheaper option. They could get pumped again but it would take a lot to do so again imo

[@JovanLagrotta]

​@@OpossumBud wow thanks for the fast response. Glad to hear that its regulating itself, I think with these upcoming crazy sets in early 2025 (like dragon set/terrastrial party/rocket) I do think hype will bump prices momentarily. Either way its fun to see what will happen :)

[@newjones1754]

no

[@OpossumBud]

@@newjones1754 yes

[@stefanhuber7357]

I’ve been religiously collecting the Japanese Pokemon Center Pikachus for years now. My favorite arts!

[@LordIron]

Sold my CGC Pristine 10 JPN Lillie Full Force for $2,100 💀 About to get myself another for 1/10th the price 😬

[@yungxbreen923]

I ended up pulling 2 Miriam SAR out of loose packs at my LCS. Sold them for about $800 each. I was torn at the time bc it’s a beautiful card but I’m really glad I did lol

[@hieinh]

I'm loving it. I can now complete the blue, green , red trainer set, And Erika's hospitality which was worth thousands in a psa 10 but now is a $800 card

[@Rasukix]

what is wild is people calling them 'waifu' cards when 90% of the cast are under 18 💀

[@nocapvisualz]

Welcome to 2024

[@ranperuxd]

Literally no one was calling them waifu cards until the investor bros came buying trainers in 2021 and somehow that term just stuck :/

[@Stonepotwaffles]

Shiny star v Skyla is one of my favs

[@OpossumBud]

DD Skyla

[@dark_antihero]

When there's such a huge discrepancies in price between english and japanese you know there's something weird going on

[@JaY_PLaY_YT]

As someone who gets their cards graded when they pull them, it would be dumb for you to go with English over Japanese. I have just got back my order from PSA 73 cards were sent in. 25 japanese and 48 English. All pack fresh within the margin of error for centering. 24 of the 25 JPN received 10s the other was a 9... 22 of 48 English cards were 10s, 23 of 48 were 9s, 2 were 8s, and 1 was a 7. I dont care if its less for the same artwork, i will never buy an English product again until they fix quality control. ALL CARDS WERE PULLED BY ME AND PLACED INTO SLEEVE & CARD SAVER. Purchased a centering tool and all were within margin. Sealed English product is the only thing worth it.

[@AlphaStoutland]

Hoping one day I can snipe Sightseer for cheap, such a beautiful card

[@danielngsj]

Loving the cheaper japanese boxes, got more than 10, 1 of each of some recent sets to rip and pulled a Perrin SAR from Crimson Haze which i was really looking for 😂

[@FadedHolySoldier]

I love japanese cards. If i cant afford the english single, ill buy the japanese one for cheaper!! I just care for the artwork. Plus the quality is way better on japanese ones.

[@hpnatised3368]

Hell yeah borther

[@13KuroNekoXIII]

Waiting for Cynthia to crash further to pick her up

[@OpossumBud]

It could happen I suppose 👀

[@LuckyFoxes789]

Tag team misty/lorelie is a solid card. Bought it for re sell in 10 years. In the manga lirelie is a crazy well you get it.

[@dmphax]

Trainers!!! ❤❤❤ Hex Maniac is my favourite card, love her!

[@holz4870]

Boy, that wally used to be a staple in my xy decks. Between that and rare candies😂

[@RoCheyPokeDECKS]

That's crazy the change in price.

[@arnold-moger]

Ngl I do love some good waifus

[@OpossumBud]

Melony best

[@arnold-moger]

@@OpossumBud Melony is quite thiccc

[@deadshot244]

Crazy about a year ago jpn booster boxes were going for $100 thank god we’re back to normal now

[@CallMeCJorDandy]

Day by Day you looking like a live-action Pokemon Trainer , i like it 🖲️

[@OpossumBud]

Thanks homie… I think 😅

[@stefanhuber7357]

Japanese Jungle > US Jungle! They did the WOTC foiling 🤩

[@Tullayy.Collects]

Ahhh back when waifus were pumped because of “quality”😂

[@Big_Chico]

Marnie from shiny star v is a prime example I picked up a psa 10 for like $150 lmao

[@OpossumBud]

Perfect example of

[@newjones1754]

I wouldn't pick it up for a buck

[@OpossumBud]

@@newjones1754 who asked bro

[@stbshen]

I’m new to this, but seems like there’s no love for trainer gallery cards? It has trainer and their signature pokemon in it, it match the pokemon theme and much cheaper than the trainer full art😂 for example, Rosa and serperior , Lisia and Altaria. These cards are dirt cheap compared to their trainer full art…

[@PokeTr0yz]

I love me some Japanese its crazy tho how in the last 6 months to the past Year the prices went from insanely expensive back to affordable. I mean dont get me wrong I Kinda like it cause now I can pick up the promos and other cards that were thousands of doll hairs for a few hundo bucks. But in a way it sux how some of my graded stuff dropped so much in value . But that all apart of the shiny card board world so gotta just keep on trucking , cause god only knows what the future holds. They can do a switch a Roo again or even back out we never know it was all the reprints and the English and Chinese markets that effed everything up but its all in fun in my opinion. Just wouldn't be so heart breaking if I didn't have a high 5 figure valued sealed collection in just Japanese not adding in my WOTC English sealed stuff and all my sealed vintage modern meaning B&W eras thru Sun&Moon,

[@VoidStaredBack]

I collect FA trainers, usually English--I can already see that the SIR for Casseopeia is trending downwards. I don't know why all the investor bros said Shrouded should be ignored in favor of Stellar. I hypebeast says one thing, another says the opposite. Just enjoy what you collect and if you can make a few bucks on the cards you don't care about all the better

[@SDCISHERE]

I’m happy people have moved on from Japanese

[@goatedpullz]

Tails never fails baby

[@Vaijiro]

I gotta say Collecting Waifu cards is truly a virgin behaviour 😂😂😂

[@OpossumBud]

It’s cool I collect the Bromeo cards too

[@newjones1754]

yeah it's weird

[@newjones1754]

@@OpossumBud it's weird and always will be

[@OpossumBud]

@@newjones1754 once again, who asked

[@Augors]

I was deep in the Japanese side of KZbin….Let me tell you, they were mostly the ones pushing the pump of those cards and it was insane. I’m sure 90% of them were working with card shops.

[@riverhec49]

Just a little story here : 1 1/2 year ago Pokemon went in to a small dry age After that all scamer and opportunist jump to Weizz Shuartz and learn the word WAIFU ( Not to mention Whatnot ) Then they jumped back to Pokemon and started calling all female trainers Waifu , and hyping them , all with out even knowing the meaning of the word and the results you just show them Opossum

[@Gytu]

Rule of thumb: never buy a waifu card over 3000 yen. it wll go down after the initial release.

[@hieinh]

don't you mean 30000 yen

[@CollectorReddo]

I haven't started collecting Japanese cards, but if I'm honest I don't really understand why there isn't more demand for them than English cards. They're made in Japan, are of higher quality, look better and it's not as if you're playing a slab, so the BS about the language makes no sense. I know it's just demand but the fact people pay more for the English equivalent in most cases has always made me kinda laugh 🤔

[@CxDubxU]

Can't read it, don't want it

[@CollectorReddo]

@@CxDubxU Look man I don't know where Pokémon came from, or what the hell this language is, but if its not written in American, IT HAS NO VALUE.

[@B-radPT]

I collect cards in any language got cards in Korean just because I like the artwork If it’s same artwork for cheaper price don’t care just want that card

[@DivinePonies]

Japan's waifu tax is insane.

[@elliotdoespokemon]

Thank you for the wisdom papa

[@cheezwombat1]

Member berries are my favorite 😂

[@MaxoCream12]

I sold lady sr from forbidden light for $800 raw during that time

[@Pokemon_mentalhealth]

Yay!!!!! Japanese dropped! I love it! I stay ripping Japanese! Money bros are all weeping bitter tears now…….nice

[@rambod7077]

Hope you’re having a great day dawg ❤

[@OpossumBud]

You too big dawg 🙏🏽

[@riceoverwife]

You just made me realise I have one of the lusamine #120s 💀💀 Never touching the card again

[@ParadoxNooooo]

Good video big dawg

[@soummyeah8271]

Damn.. that is nutz.nice vid

[@rosettaaraara6633]

the store buylist chaos was wack as shit

[@OpossumBud]

It was and it caused so much headache for a year and a half solid. I won’t forget about it and am here to remind people it happened

[@rosettaaraara6633]

@@OpossumBud yea and the amount of waiting it took for stabilization again was a long time

[@OpossumBud]

@@rosettaaraara6633 finally some stability

[@mattv2834]

I remember I sold lillies full force psa10 for 4500AUD lmao

[@SevEvoimaru]

If any of my fellow sigmonke grindhousers can reply with 1's + your support of my tl;dr below + your favorite full art trainers & why + your take on the whole fadtrain retardation, I'd appreciate you!

[@SevEvoimaru]

1: I lean towards collecting the full art trainers bc they look fanfuckentastic. I don't buy them as singles tho, it's abominably expensive, I could lose more investibility with some, & I never know which ones would be a trap. I have full art trainers _moe_ that I could/would sell ungraded on Whatsapp for a decent buckaroozy (sorted by the generation they first appear in canonically & selling bundles then singles or using the wheel of names application), but I'll likely keep them bc they look awesome. I mean I get why hyping this is bc trends = quick stacks, but once it peters out like my libido after 1 hour of edge-god maxing my purple headed seviper to PokéFurs, PokéMusus, PoKéMimi (a.k.a. "MoéMoN" or whatever the fxck =^=), or the aged up depictions of trainers¹. Also the alternate art cards, for both trainers & Pokémon cards, are stunning or at times are just outright adorable. There's some heartwarming gems, i.e. my "childhood fren ralts"/"teen years besfren Kirlia"/"possible wifey & baby's mama Gardevoir²" line that show story progression by having little lore tidbits, are the one's I'm 100% never selling any of them; I'm so locked in with lore inclusive gallery art rares, you'd say I'm a chaingang4lifer in prison for schedule34.section3/6/9.article420 lorenut obsessive clarity.

[@SevEvoimaru]

² - anyone knows WTF is up if I say one user alias: *_SaltyXodium._* I rest my case.

[@newjones1754]

My favo full atr trainer card is the one that is burned to oblivion

[@christophermarrs7676]

If people saw them and were wise, your vids on this subject potentially saved and/or made people lots of money. You called this stuff months and months ago.

[@newjones1754]

sun and moon vintage? you insane?

[@OpossumBud]

The inbetween modern and vintage, hence “modern vintage”. Not a difficult concept big stack

[@3hirdtimesacharm]

@@OpossumBud I feel like there could be 100 different mini categories these days with how many years and sets of Pokémon have existed. I have this exact same problem. Especially the years between 2004 and 2016. Like, would you call this mid era vintage? We need some official breakdown from the Pokémon company. If I missed it then I apologize 😅

[@happycamperproducts]

THATS MY PURSE! I DONT KNOW YOU

[@firefistace7084]

Just bought a Leafeon Vmax Alt Art

[@s0ur_dee]

Once the scalpers kept on scalping the interest in Japanese just fell off a cliff..now that it’s dirt cheap nobody wants it

[@PeskyTap]

I enjoyed this type of video. Hoping for more

[@madh0us3]

Early virgin gang comment 🎉

[@OpossumBud]

🙏🏽 thanks homie

[@026Gonzo]

Dibs

[@OpossumBud]

👀

[@026Gonzo]

@@OpossumBud on you. Don’t care about the cards

[@nocapvisualz]

Well look at what the Japanese money is worth now. Almost nothing.

[@michaelkrynski7793]

❤

[@OpossumBud]

🙏🏽🏅

[@TheGoorru]

Generally Modern Japanese has a fraction of the worth of modern English of the same card.

[@OpossumBud]

Noooooooooo that can’t be true what? No way

[@mcwildcats8isgr8]

Thinking about picking up more Crimson Haze booster boxes for cheap just given the Greninja craze. I know the Japanese versions trade for a fraction of the English but also seems too cheap to still be able to pick these Crimson Haze Japanese boxes up for under MSRP around $30 or so (at least thinking long-term).

[@beastmatty11]

Yo am I actually early for once no way

[@OpossumBud]

Way early!

[@Jsin969]

Finally on time. I'm always late

[@Darthexo]

How you doin under 2 mins virgin gang

[@Darthexo]

Wait. No..

[@OpossumBud]

😂😂

[@flookaraz]

Honestly just compile a list of every poketuber that was pymping that shit like it made any sense so we can make the hall of shameless poketubers

[@DadyVersys]

#10minutegang

[@OpossumBud]

Thanks homie 🙏🏽

[@Wanginmyzipper]

What would you do if someone tries to take your Bobby hill purse?

[@Jason-rq1gw]

Hopefully he pulls that face 😅

[@Wanginmyzipper]

@@Jason-rq1gw you don’t remember the women’s self-defense episode that’s my purse, kick him in the balls

[@Iamwillz]

"investors " LOL Japanese card shops and Japanese virgins were the only flops overpaying for them 😂. Collector bros goddamn

[@Eight747]

Daddy 😘 🫶