My Pokemon Investing Strategy is "Risky"

[@bbqwittom]

Shrouded will surprise us all

[@HammerStudioGames]

5:58 this way of thinking completely disregards the fact that the sealed box itself becomes a collectible as Alex likes to say from nn

[@CaptainChedda]

Vaporself never seems to get that.

[@seven7678]

you're right that ALL sealed product becomes a collectible as time passes BUT his point is that some sealed boxes have greater outlook for growth therefore having a heavy position in said sealed boxes can net higher profits in the future. If I gave you a choice between owning 10 Evolving Skies booster boxes vs. 10 Darkness Ablaze booster boxes heading into the future, 10 out of 10 times you would choose Evolving because of basic fundamentals like multiple top chase cards in the set

[@vjsoccer4204]

everything becomes collectible, but putting money in a bad sets just takes away from you buying another box of the good set that will most likely outperform

[@theboringchannel2027]

@@seven7678 if you said 10k worth of either, then the answer would be DA, and not ES. Far more potential for DA to 5x, than ES to 5x from today.

[@desmondmcneill1689]

Day one of asking bro to talk about how dirt cheap Battle styles is and the fact that it is almost 4 years old with good looking alt arts

[@Poke_tcg_Rips]

Shrouded fable will definitely surprise everyone. I always pick up a PC ETB when buying other sets.

[@cyrax83]

tldr: buy good sets and not shit sets

[@InTheZone85]

tldr: buy sets

[@PokeSteve69]

@@InTheZone85tldr: buy

[@naokikihata5117]

Same. What I do is just invest in the sets I really like all in. For S&S, I went all in on evolving skies and crown zenith. For S&V, I went all in on 151, paldea, and surging sparks

[@tylerbehrends3304]

Damn I’d did the same, minus crown zenith. I’m just worried 151 could end up like celebrations

[@blackhole2613]

tottally agree with you probably many more do the same but dont admit it, I do the same with singles only buy the big expensive chace card and no doubt it rises crazy high like eeveelutions, any charizard, gengar, greninja, giratina/arceus/lugia typically the fan favorites

[@salaproks]

Do you dabble in japanese boxes as well? I don't see many people talk about that and always default to english

[@stevegaspar]

Booster boxes are the safest and best bet. Though special sets like Crown Zenith, 151 and shrouded fable don't have BB. I mean 151 PC ETB has outpaced many BBs. Also, look at the top 16 cards for Shrouded fable vs other SCV sets. Outside of having a banger chase card it holds up as good and better than most SCV sets and still get the ETBs at MRSP

[@casual100gamer7]

Literally anything’s 5-10 years it’s always up so investment plans for that long, anything isn’t risky

[@theboringchannel2027]

if you bought in 1996-2002, 5 -10 years later you were losing 80% or more.

[@casual100gamer7]

@ bro I’m talking about now, why tf would I talk about doing something almost 30 years ago🤣

[@theboringchannel2027]

@@casual100gamer7 because history has a tendency to repeat itself, Timmy Bro

[@casual100gamer7]

@@theboringchannel2027 name a booster box that has lost its value after 5 - 10 years I can’t remember a time where every single set in a era was dirty cheap, let alone 80% off. Even sets that no one cares abt “set in sword and shield are now Double if not triple when they were at launch

[@salaproks]

Do you also put capital into japanese booster boxes? It always seems like its english

[@barrettcollector]

Hey man, would you ever wanna come on a live stream?

[@portalmasterry6765]

Can’t trust someone who did not preorder prismatic then throws a shade in the set!

[@gilbertdenis1243]

shrouded fable is the best set in scarlet violet

[@Chill_Pack]

Nice ragebait

[@roxyboxy69]

Hahahahahahahahaha!!! Hopefully a new investor doesn't see this comment and go buy it.

[@stevegaspar]

Definitely the most underrated that's for sure

[@TheScott2theextreme]

Its not that bad

[@polybius666]

I think you approach is a good one. I might have a very overly simple way of looking at it. I know hype can count for a lot. Looking at the complete set prices should logically tell you which sets will perform better than others long term. If you can look at the cards before launch and make a personal judgement of the what the sets going to be worth then it might be a good guide to judge if a set is worth investing in.

[@LiveLoveBidoof]

I’m thinking there is a 0.01% chance you thought fusion was decent and bought it early. You definitely put emotion into it and thought about how the cards will be favored before thinking if it was “good” or “bad”. Fusion hit a wall till SV came out

[@TheRealBoomslice]

My strategy is also quite risky. The one in which I don't buy anything or sell anything, ever, and put all my money into Tesla and Microsoft instead. Edit: You are sleeping on shrouded fable though. It has more cards worth over pack cost than any other set I believe. Maybe paradox rift is still the winner there, but shrouded isn't that bad of a set for people who play, it just has bad art so its less sought after for collectors. Its a shorter play.

[@hieinh]

I wouldn't call your investing risky when you can't lose in the long term. The Risky would be deviating from booster boxes

[@theboringchannel2027]

"can't lose " So much to learn timmy

[@mccraeday5809]

@@theboringchannel2027in a 5 year time horizon no booster box has ever lost money. You are the timmy sir

[@hieinh]

@ Yeah not. You buy at retail and hold. I’m not a Timmy. A Timmy buys stupid products and holds the bag

[@theboringchannel2027]

@@hieinh Imagine how many Metazoo timmies thought just like you, Timmy.

[@hieinh]

@ Metazoo was never gonna be on the same level lol. Bro you are talking nonsense. You can’t compare the number 1 with a game that couldn’t crack the list

[@Billybob99999]

You have been lucky so far but markets change and some set rise and fall and other sets will eventually take off.

[@hieinh]

Pokemon always follows the same pattern. It's putting in work not luck

[@HammerStudioGames]

​@@hieinhpast performance is not a guarantee of future performance and not to mention we are entering a phase that has never been. The hype for pokémon is at an all-time high. The idea that a huge influx of collectors can't change how things have been going is a little naive

[@hieinh]

@ We already saw it with Logan Paul in 2020. The difference is the sets he’s talking about are going out of print. Not hyped for no reason

[@Tekkzn]

It’s not risky I would say you invest in them based on performance like any edge fund. People saying pick up boxes of every set have no idea what they are doing.

[@sal3888]

I disagree with your take on Battle Styles, but I also think Shrouded isn’t a horrid investment & agree with the rest of your takes

[@finalflashko]

There is no point buying into Battle Styles at 145 a box before taxes and shipping. You missed that train. These were cheap at around 79-85$ a box just a year ago.

[@Hynotama]

I don’t know why KZbin keeps showing me these “poke-investor” videos. I hate these scalpers and I wish they’d all shove off and leave the products for those who are legitimate fans of the cards.

[@rachelh7036]

I see what you're trying to say, and ironially your strategy is low risk because you're picking "safe" sets. Sets that everyone knows, loves, and which will almost always have demand. But the "bad" sets have higher upsides but also higher dowbsides because of that wall concept you mentioned. They hit periods of time where they are undesired and then sit for so long until people notice them again and jump in price. That price then retraces and the set ahain goes unnoticed. Unfortunately, many of the 'bad' sets you mentioned have experienced some of the fastest and unexpected gains which works against your point

[@mccraeday5809]

Whats hilarious is the ScSV sets you say are “good” are ge same sets you said you wernt buying no more than 6 months ago. You live by hindsight is 20/20

[@armydude142dontunderestima9]

Unpopular opinion: Don't diversify in Pokemon. Find one set that you love and has a strong public consensus and go balls deep

[@SomeoneNamedMark]

Always diversify. Remember when everyone thought brilliant stars was 2nd best Sword/shield set behind evolving skies?

[@monkey39128]

Battle Styles is a decent set but the prime time to buy it has gone. It was a steal when it was in the 80's.

[@xmrmet]

Winners win