The Best Cards to Collect From 2023

Today we're looking at all the pokemon card sets that have dropped so far this year and seeing what the best cards to collect have been~!
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[@Penterror]

If you like big prices it's been horrible, if you like some of the best art we've had, it's great

[@MegaKhas]

I've bought more singles this year than the last 2 years combined, nice to be able to buy them for cheap. All the galaries/character rares/illustration/art rares are super nice and affordable.

[@ShinyVert]

i totally agree with all the crown zenith stuff, honestly surprising how cheap this set is… so many chases, great pull rates, all around great and fun set…. definitely don’t see this set staying cheap forever so now is a great time to jump on🤑

[@TheBearHead.]

Finding out that the English 151 set won't have the Masterball cards has killed it for me. So disappointing 😢

[@Jboy218]

I'd rather not feel punished, im glad we dont have them, reverse holos are enough. I don't want to collect the set 3x over and pay a bunch more money just for the same cards with a different foil pattern.

[@poke_warrior]

@@Jboy218 The thing is though you don't HAVE to collect all the master ball reverse holos. What they do though is provide decent value for casual collectors to sell off/trade to far more wealthy collectors and collect more cards they actually want.

[@haasithsanka5706]

Was this confirmed??? Or how do you know?

[@Thetraderboom]

Is confirm

[@Chilledsky2]

Yeah zenith is cool! Happy with the gold Arceus I pulled from a mini tin haha but planning on getting both of the figure collections cause I am a sucker for figures and pins lol

[@brucey2166]

Cleffa 202 from Obsidian is a masterpiece

[@Bossman847_]

Definitely agree with the etb promos being a homerun this year!

[@LeafyBreezes]

Flaaffy trainer gallery is super overlooked, sure it's a trainer gallery but it's an amazing looking card. The chance of pulling it is 1/167. With silver tempest's only getting one small reprint I can see a lot of potential here. The card is meta too so a lot of them get played. Even the god packs in the recent tins didn't carry trainer galleries

[@nickfeness]

I pulled that Gardevoir ex the other day! I was so stoked

[@ColtyT33]

Obsidian Flames has totally grown on me

[@dcsoda1]

As someone who really likes the Obsidian Flames set I love to see those prices

[@kobecollects]

Amazing year, people are confusing burnout with a lackluster year

[@keviaaar]

I've enjoyed opening SV sets more than SWSH. I actually get cards I love from time to time. There might not be a $300 Giratina, but just look at that Cleffa man.

[@danielgranda896]

Could not agree more!

[@CassiusKent]

Great year for me, who just got into the hobby.

[@victorblas3483]

I went to Worlds and was able to pick up five of the Yokohama Pika decks thanks to friends that went with me that aren't into the TCG. They were good sports.

[@Henksutin]

When u showcased the obsidian flames cards you talked about paldea evolved

[@duke_aeric]

The cards this year are also good for playability! e.g. Charizard EX from Obsidian Flames

[@nonexistentman]

I got back into the hobby well after paldea evolved and I am loving it. I know Obsidian Flames hasn't had the best reception but I'm still loving the chase for that Charizard alt art.

[@MrAndres212able]

I love these new cards so much art and love the prices are tanking

[@Kwepso.]

A bit off topic but im looking for advice, should i grade my golden charizard 228 from obsidian flames? Centering is perfect and idk if it will be worth it to grade, its an easy pull too so price might drop

[@coops01]

Nice jakey bakey

[@thechazz8080]

I have been looking for a card game to fill my empty time for this year, and I tried Weiss Shwarz but that game feels far too expensive to even try to play, let alone collect. But then this popped up when I went to anime expo and saw many people opening up the “151” set and I was like, huh maybe I will get back in to Pokémon but who knows But a month later (present time) I am definitely getting into Pokémon, this 151 set looks beautiful and it has probably my favourite gym leader, Erika.

[@Squatle]

Would love to see a video on your top English exclusive cards

[@larry7960]

I just opened a booster box of Obsidian Flames and somehow pulled Charizard full art, Charizard regular EX, Gold Charizard, Ninetails art rare, and the Pidgeot secret art rare.

[@bruce0816]

Crown zenith is giving 151 some good competition for sure

[@angelinacamacho8575]

i was so happy when i pulled the double rare GX gyarados....sadly ot wasnt the full art but still worth it.

[@remz94]

great video!

[@pokerage13]

Interms of english product, i do think its been pretty lackluster. But for japanese they have been killing it. And i tuink prices also reflect that

5:56 Obsidian Flames

[@PokecChef954]

I love paldea!

[@Pikachu-ez1rm]

Crown Zenith is a great set but I got my doubts it will better than 151. We'll see

[@mxmus_prime]

Really kicking myself for not picking up the yunagaba promos they’re all so pricey anymore I thought they would drop at the beginning

[@aricwang5107]

Great video! Do you have any specific places to buy Crown Zenith from or should I just buy off of Amazon? Thanks!

[@charlesnorman8019]

Bought all the eeveeloution promos for pretty cheap compared to what they are now got them all graded and got 7 out of the 9 in 10’s

[@illuminis]

I do prefer the trainer gallery over the gallarian gallery

[@razzorz4587]

Jake! What do you think about Paradise Resort Japanese or English staff promo? I'm thinking of picking one up but I want to know your thoughts on them as a collectable over time!

[@Ik-ko4jc]

Jake What do you think of value if gold metal celebrations charizard and pikachu psa 10 worth to pick up now for future value? Hope to hear your answer

[@PokemonLogan2]

Would love to see you do a collab with opossum bud. I think he respects you but has criticism and it’d be fun to see you two discuss the dynamic between investing & collecting. I think you’re good at supporting both and while OB has disagreements, I think he realizes you’re a collector at heart. Would be fascinating content.

[@freddydamavandi8220]

Jake- have you picked up any of the GameStop promo cards? The Umbreon could be a good one to grab and hold. You should cover it on your next show.

[@olhix7272]

What are your thoughts on the Play! Prize promo packs?

[@123anthony-_-]

would you recommend to buy Japanese singles or English ones?

[@mennedepa2778]

I just watched your video for the promo eeveelution cards. You talked about buyee. Do you know by any chance if there are problems with customs if you buy from Buyee from Europe?

[@Nithrel]

The magikarp and Paldea Evolved ruined Pokémon SARs are gonna be high valued in the future imo

[@TeeMac009]

2023 has been great, cards being cheap is good for when a set releases. It's healthy.

[@AydensGuitar]

I think Pokemon 151 is the best set of the year, Crown zenith 2nd

[@saleen12]

Where are you seeing boxes for 80? They are 100 everywhere I look

[@michaelwright4704]

Do anyone know if the value of Pokemon cards will ever go back up? I am very new to the Pokemon world.

[@jeremycalhoun6783]

How can i get those cool white japanese promo cards?

[@ceratopsidae95]

What are your thoughts on the upcoming Detective Pikachu Returns promo card from Japan? Does it have the potential to be a highly valued card in years to come?

[@ozzypuff8957]

Man, just the full arts...I literally think that Paldea Evolved Marill Full art is the most beautiful Marill card we've seen in history. If all cards were that beautiful, I'd be poor.

[@rayyoung7456]

What’s your opinion on the Pikachu World Championship card. Is it a good one to get ?

[@Realletsplaygrey]

SV has been boring for me, i strongly dislike the tera form crowns. I love the Nagaba promos, My wife was in Japan and scored me 10 packs, pulled 2 umbreon! I like the ETB promos, and alt arts that are NOT tera forms. But I'm looking to go back into sets like silver tempest, lost origin etc.

[@WhiteSox1426]

What is the proxy website to order pokemon product from Japan?

[@peter_griffin_g]

You're sleeping on the yokohama pika card. Its truly beautiful in person. I seriously doubt it will drop to double digits 🤔 ill reply in 2 years and see if im wrong lol

[@DarkCloud_64]

I hope 151 goes the way of Evolving Skies

[@nickfeness]

Who the heck thinks this year has been lack luster?? New generation, beautiful cards, huge nagaba release and more!

[@TwicebakedJake]

I think people are mainly comparing this year to the exceptionally good trainer gallery sets from last year.

[@turbo0589]

A fair comparison would be to the start of SWSH era, and it's definetly much more hype imo!

[@lawdbo3426]

It has been tho

[@PokeBeardTCG]

For real, compare this to Sword and Shield and Rebel Clash it's not even a comparison. Also, I haven't heard 1 person say they like the Trainer Gallery more than art rares, as you can clearly see by the prices.

[@nickfeness]

@@PokeBeardTCG based asf

[@moneymayweather123]

Can someone point me in the direction of the best packs to buy if I wanted to collect the original 151? Not the 90s cards themselves, I mean latest packs including the 151. Thank you

[@snorlore]

CZ is fun, I just struggle to complete it! 😢 😅 😭

[@Kwepso.]

Is Pikachu SVP 001 still a good buy for 20 euros/dollar?

[@coolestshibe]

Where did the celeb upc go? You need to display it next to the golden box

[@TwicebakedJake]

The celebration UPC isn't as pretty 😢 and I'm all about pretty displays

[@nappi129]

Pokemons stronger then ever my sales 4 singles are on fire they go as fast as I auction on eBay

[@richie777]

ppl sleeping on meowscarada SAR imo :)

[@PatMorris89]

For me.. its just Tera & what ive seen from the Paradox Rift set.. just dont sit right w me

[@jessef.81]

Love how Jake speaks using factual statement clauses, and not “in my opinion” lol Get em, Jake!

[@danieljacques7321]

I feel like Scarlet and Violet English isn’t just burn out but it has horrible quality control that is keeping a lot of people like myself away from bulk buying packs in hopes for these nice arts because chances are it’s gonna come out centered horribly, damaged, or overall just not in the condition you should even want from cards. Not only that but SV base and Paldea Evolved and Obsidian Flames all have some decent to good arts in there but they don’t even compare to Crown Zenith let alone Sword and Shield era cards. I can’t say “Miriam or Gardevoir SIR/SAR look as good or better than Espeon VMax Alt, Umbreon VMax Alt, Giratina V, Lugia V Alt, Giratina V Star, Gengar VMax Alt, Leafeon VMax Alt, etc. I haven’t seen a single card yet that has surpassed or made me want to forget about buying SW/SH generation yet not because of value but because of poor quality control and because of over print and because of how lackluster frankly these “chase” cards are. Just my opinion cool video as always.

[@latinogaminggang3585]

Yesterday I pulled from a Obsidian Flames Booster Box: -Gold Charizard -Alt Art Pidgeot ex -Alt Art Pidgeotto -Full Art Tyranitar ex -Full art Glimmora ex -Full art Poppy -Pidgeot ex -Tyranitar ex -Miraidon ex -Clefable ex -Melmetal ex -Alt art Larvitar -Alt art Lechonk the pulls were just insane man. Just bought another box, an etb and a Paldea Evolved etb. Loved the video man!

[@patrickbateman69420]

Currently got 5 sets of the Eeveelution Yu Nagaba promos at PSA 🤞

[@airdrifter9578]

I'm wondering how long the fan base that isn't impressed with S&V have been around the hobby in general .If they jumped in during the pandemic then yeah its hard to follow the second half of S&S

[@MimikBrew]

So I agree with everything you’ve said but this video is a massive fail imo because I don’t believe you mentioned Stamped pokemon center promo cards at all. The Base set Stamped Miraidon should absolutely be on this list and or all of the PC ETB stamped promos in general. Come’on Jake!!

[@Scitch-et4vk]

I swear you all forgot about fun and caring . 😂

[@zzisco3307]

Wait what was the proxy website for Japanese products lolol

[@Kc2Crazy]

I feel like Scarlet and Violet has been pretty lame so far. Not into it at all yet.

[@maverickbonato8164]

As an only JP collector I agree and disagree. Disagree since what the hell, so many fantastic looking cards! Agree since what the hell lemme buy some 151 boxes at human prices lol

[@SolidBrianH]

It has been lackluster. These new sets are not up to par with Sword n Shield.

[@nikeswoosh7575]

Elesa doesn’t get enough respect on the English or Japanese side.

[@jijowajaknxanma3439]

It's almost like it's a card game and not all about money..??

[@NAVI7x]

People like Eli from pokemart think this who era is ass but also all his point are super invalid. He looks at things 1 way

[@ryohirosawa9186]

Now (2020 onward) is a great time to collect modern cards. Once they go up in price, wait until those "investors" start taking profit then it's gonna come crashing down and they will be even cheaper than now.

[@520bassassassin8]

I honestly think a lot of people are in the same boat as me. Because of this Administration my rent, food ,gas everything is gone up except pay. So I don't have the kind of money I did few years back to be investing in stuff.

[@wolfiek1610]

I think you said something important more people need to hear. You don’t need every card. Be reasonable people!

[@PokeBeardTCG]

I think you meant to say there is only 7 cards in obsidian flames not paldea evolved. Also, will you ever admit you were wrong about paldea evolved??

[@mr.bhewjew3212]

I caught that too, that was pretty funny lol

[@TwicebakedJake]

I didn't have fun opening Paldea Evolved. There's nothing wrong about that

[@PokeBeardTCG]

@@TwicebakedJakehonestly though i aint hating i just dont get it and it's bugging me cuz paldea evolved is my fav set out of this generation lol. I genuinely think you dont like pokemon as much as you used to if you belive that. So if you don't have fun opening paldea you must be absolutely miserable opening obsidian flames?? You literally said you had more fun opening Silver tempest... your silver box got like 6 pretty bad hits and a rainbow compared to like 12 solid hits for paldea including 2 illustration rares, and a gold starter. I just don't get how a box with almost double the hits isnt more fun?? There's a reason why opposum bud made a video about this.

[@lawdbo3426]

@@PokeBeardTCGgo touch grass u weirdo and most importantly get your rattle out of bud’s poke ball 😭

[@PokeBeardTCG]

@lawdbo3426 wow i can see opposum has been living in your head for a while since you have literally mentioned him multiple times on this channel for no reason😂😂😂 Its also hilarious that you think telling someone to touch grass is an insult.. Also, did I say that I even liked opposum..??? Or did I say that he just made a video about this???😂😂😂

[@billy555ish]

Last weekend me and my gf went to target and got a blister pack and I pulled the gold charizard ex. I was pumped

[@smittywerben5501]

The silly hats on terrastilized Pokémon will not age well. What a stain on the hobby, an unfathomable move by Pokémon to give flamboyant dumb hats to pokemon.

[@l91v37]

I agree I only used it once in the game at beginning and never again.

[@Scitch-et4vk]

Imagine inly caring about top chase cards and value 😢 so sad dead hobby

[@djbullets5850]

Sorry jake love your vids but I have to disagree..s&v has been awful tbh.the cards are nothing like swsh.the silver borders are a big mistake and s&v cards are literally worth nothing.awful in my opinion.