THE POKÉMON CARD X-RAY MACHINE

[@GyaradosFreak]

Even if someone does send booster packs to get x-rayed, who's to say the same boosters are sent back?!?!?!😯🤔🤔

[@OHigherThanStarsO]

RIGHT

[@somesteak6100]

Weight. Hard to match the exact weight if you weigh before sending

[@DummyThiccOwO]

@@somesteak6100 Hard to prove you weighed the same pack

[@Kath_astrophe]

I’ve always wondered that about the cards I sent off to PSA! One came back damaged but got a 10…?

[@CGplay186]

@@somesteak6100 no it's not hard, i sometimes have to put things in a bag to weigh exact same for the store at work, once used you can do it faster as well, you will get a feeling for what to use and not to use, and they're probably machines for this too if they don't want too use humans

[@METALMAN4Wii]

1999 in 25 years we will have flying cars 2024 X-ray Pokemon Packs.

[@ELZI_the_Light]

🤣 lmao. we should have been in mars by now. but yet we on the x-raying Pokémon cards age...🤣

[@PokeDasher2.2]

This is gonne make it so much easier for companies to sell garbage packs and keep the good ones :(

[@BITStudioCode]

Mj holdings must be happy ngl.

[@HydraDefy]

Helpful Tip:You can buy a radiation detector and detect if any Pokémon product you are buying has been scanned or not

[@toxics.]

Whip out those geiger counters and radiation suits

[@jay_sharp89]

You can't use the detector before buying a pack online anymore.

[@videogamedump]

If you bought it, it's to late

[@LurpakSpreadableButter]

That's not how it works, something has to be radioactive to release radiation, when you radiate something, it doesn't become radioactive

[@LurpakSpreadableButter]

Plus the fact that it's a CT scan not Xray

[@Froyerst]

I can't believe people have found a way to ruin the fun of sealed products. Love the videos Ando hope i can meet you one day!

[@AndreiJikh]

I think there will be a new "class" of TCG collectibles. There will now be "sealed predetermined packs", and I think someday, grading companies (like PSA) will partner with CT scanners (perhaps using some blockchain for verification). That will put a premium price on sealed Charizard packs, Blastoise packs, etc. But the cards people don't want as much will lose a little bit of value. The immediate market impact will be on the ulta high end products (like the $20,000 1st edition sealed packs, which I think will go down in value). In the future, we'll see Dubai millionaires have a full collection of base set sealed packs of the entire set. Imagine that...

[@RonLarhz]

But..... What will be the impact of such exposure? Will it fk the colouration or structural integrity?

[@whatthepick]

It will be fun to see the museum of unopened Pokemon packs :)

[@Tortellini24]

I think it could work if the x-ray company was required to put a special non-removable sticker on the product. This would protect buyers because they would know the pack or box was scanned and request the scan data, and if the holo turned out to be a less valuable one it would drastically decrease the price of the vintage pack, still making it a gamble for the seller to scan them.

[@shinygiveaways1920]

Would be kinda fucked up though since if you send in a pack and there is nothing in it, the sticker would ruin the value for sealed collectors.

[@Tortellini24]

@@shinygiveaways1920 Right, that's exactly the gamble they'd be taking by scanning it.

[@ImperialLemon]

@@Tortellini24that’s anti customer

[@simpsondraws]

What company would agree to that, it'd just be suicide. That also doesn't do anything to the individuals with CT scanners that have been doing this for a long while now, this isn't a new thing it's just something that everyone is now aware of and so the amount of people scanning their packs/boxes will be even higher.

[@alexnicolaou3579]

me to the TSA agent manning the xray machine after i buy a base set booster box - 'you sure there's no explosives in there? could you pass it through a couple more times, yea i'll stand here i wanna see something'

[@WinEntity]

I'll be honest, this feels like Pandora's Box. It's all gonna be an absolute mess within weeks for vintage collectors.

[@kiz02]

Bro I used to watch you back in middle school and elementary, I’m about to graduate college this yea. I remmeber it was around the time of legendary treasure with the chase for the good cards. So nice to see you’re still uploading bro!!!

[@YonaStreams]

Watcing 'Whos that pokémon?' has prepared me for this very moment

[@Eevee007King]

It will be interesting to see how this plays out in a few months

[@PokeCollect2030]

That first guy with the X-ray did the right thing by not showing the whole internet/world how to find the best cards

[@Mert-716]

If you buy his story that he planned on patenting the tech and not allowing anyone to use it. IMO there's a significant chance he made a small fortune from scanning vintage packs and opening or selling depending on the results. Why did he come forward after this other company announced their similar tech? Clout probably.

[@gentle_singularity]

As soon as weighing cards became a thing, the vintage market and event modern one was already compromised. Tons of sellers saying they sell heavy or light packs. Best way to avoid this is just to buy directly from wholesale people. This won't make a big difference.

[@simpsondraws]

You can verify if a pack is heavy or not, you can never verify if a pack has been scanned. Completely different

[@maki-uy4cj]

Just randomly thought that I should come back and check out unlistedleaf I used to watch him back when I was like 9 years old watching his pack opening reactions, glad to see he’s still doing well and posting 😀

[@Soliloquy084]

The problem with some type of sunburn marker on the pack is that during shipping a package has a good chance of being x-rayed resulting in a false positive. There is going to be a lot of drama when an honest shop receives new product that's been "sunburned" on it's way from the factory!

[@MaloureTV]

what?

[@TheChemicalWorkshop]

​@@MaloureTVflying a plane gives you more xrays than you think, tho a metal cage should fix that

[@ChanceDAFull]

Nice video Ando! It's really not that different to how we don't know if it's been weighed or not tbh, and since it's so expensive to scan right now I doubt there's going to be a really big shift in the vintage market any time soon. Rule of thumb: always buy from trusted sellers.

[@simpsondraws]

You can weigh packs yourself and verify it, you can never verify if a pack/box has been scanned or not. It's also only expensive if you're using the company, this isn't a new thing, people have been scanning packs for a long while now. It's just suddenly been exposed that it's possible and now theres just going to be even more people scanning packs.

[@simpsondraws]

You can weigh packs yourself and verify it, you can never verify if a pack/box has been scanned or not. It's also only expensive if you're using the company, this isn't a new thing, people have been scanning packs for a long while now. It's just suddenly been exposed that it's possible and now theres just going to be even more people scanning packs.

[@eduardos4574]

Was waiting for this video!!

[@imgeorgeirl]

I think the novelty of the technology, being able to see such tiny specific detail on a CT scanner is amazing and would do absolute wonders in the medical field specifically. Using pokemon cards as just an example of one application of this tech or as a demonstration of its capabilities is enough for me, and I definitely don't think it should (or even will) become common practice for collectables

[@Mert-716]

It's likely that someone else mentioned this but if not, the trading card companies simply need to start using anti x-ray material in their packaging. This material has been in use for a long time to prevent the post office from x-raying items that could be damaged by x-ray. It would add a bit to the cost of goods involved in manufacturing a pack, but that increase would negligible.

[@PokeCharlotte]

I personally thinks this ruins the fun and I collect all the cards in the pack not just the rare one. So I'm excited whether it's heavy or not , love your vids ando

[@whatevername6553]

0:15 there's literally no way to know it hasn't been xrayed the same way there's no way to tell it hasn't been weighed. the fact people believe a pack is "unweighed" yet won't believe something is "unscanned" is crazy.

[@naixiz]

Playing "Who's that pokemon?" with all the scan now, the anime called it.

[@prosaic4195]

What's that pokemon!? IT'S CANCER!

[@TakagiNishikata2049]

I think xraying just destroys the purpose of the packaging, like its suppose to be a surprise, not something you just buy and know whats inside

[@Sparks3489]

Yea it makes it not as fun

[@invisibl3.]

it’s impossible for normal people to do this having x ray at home would give you some radiation mutation 😭

[@slinertheonegod2211]

Im going to be honest, this is probably the most checkmate esc, situation. I dont know if trading cards can survive in the long term or even be treated as a hobby anymore to indulge in opening packs. All cards including extremely rare cards would lose some value. Not to mean a 1st edition charizard would drop to zero but it would probably lose 25% of its value. Also this would make the future of vintage card collecting provide no growth as an investment. Meaning I dont think it would be possible for vintage packs to appreciate further if this technology is utilized openly. Essentially the only openable packs would be modern/cheaper end modern. If large or even mid tier sellers across the world get access to using this technology or even outsourcing it to others then its game over for the long term of opening/investing in mid/expensive sets.

[@Car_dudes._.]

Imagine they made a portable version that u can take to a shop and just x-ray every pack

[@BlueToronto]

Like the shop owner would let you do that.

[@mpxz999]

Sealed boxes and package market is absolutely blown away now

[@ryanwatchel9809]

being able to see whats in the pack and have it sealed is amazing but this will forsure tank prices for sealed packs because mystery is gone

[@wyattplayzgames2918]

I think your point Ando on verifying if there really are the right cards in there makes sense. However if you owned a $300,000 box of cards, you would probably verify in person and maybe find out if theres a charizard in there before selling it if that makes sense. I think later down the line when someone could get a homemade one of these machines or something similar that is more accessible, the vintage collecting scene is going to change for the worse. Probably not for another 20 years or ever though.

[@OnyxMiro]

Hey @unlistedleaf love the video but I was hoping to see where you got the t-shirt I need it 👀😅 8:05

[@ZabaTV]

This is such a wild developing story. Funny enough, doesn't really affect MTG since so many are non-holographic lol. Could be the cold foils too.

[@Mert-716]

From what I've read they are already hard at work at honing this technology to be able to identify non foil/holo cards. Considering the scanning of foil cards has already been going on for long time, unbeknownst to the general public, it wouldn't surprise me if this were already possible.

[@TheRealKingsofFools]

I hope that this will drop the market on vintage packs that don’t have anything in them. There are some sellers that I could see doing that. I know that it won’t happen but that would just be the good ending. Lol

[@dmangaming4u944]

This is big news, I can already imagine a new term on ebay where people call the packs they're selling X-rayed or unX-rayed and the companies having to implement the new report option where if they lie about X-raying the packs the person overseeing the report will look for the mentioned marks from the X-ray machine.

[@frostee_uk]

Thanks for the heads up 👍

[@LuminorBeats]

the pokemon company and wizards of the coast are secretly still printing vintage pokemon cards, boosters and boxes. sooner or later will explode everywhere, some people will loose millions.

[@TheChemicalWorkshop]

Hello Ct scanners use xrays in like all directions to make a 3d image packs or cards will not have a discolorstion, i dont know what settings they use, but probably same exposure as flying a plane once or twice The xrays are there for microseconds, the better the detector the less time it needs to collect an image, however possibly they run it bit longer to get a stronger signal and possibly more resolution Geiger counters, dosimeters or other radiation meters will NOT detect whether a pack was scanned or not Unless there is an update to how the packs are beeing made, there is basically 0 way of telling As someone who played pokemon in my childhood i see this as an absolute loss but im also suprised the foil of the pack and other cards dont distort the image enough to fully scramble it

[@muffy2293]

This could change grading sealed packs and if psa licensed it they could use it to grade your pack based on contents as well as whatever else

[@ThatVintageAddict]

This has been around for a very very long time

[@gioschannelofrandom8641]

the man with the case of legendary collection is probably thinking of this kind of service. Cause he was asking a half a million for it (if you dont know about this its 6 booster boxes in its sealed shipping box incased in acrylic safely case. it was left in a safe after it was sent out and forgotten about till found).

[@mrapple6120]

My only opinion is regardless if this works or not theres gotta be someone out there trying their best to mess up a good thing. Even though right now it isn't the most viable thing for profit, people just can't let a good thing stay a good thing.

[@papsterpoppin]

I just wanna see the membership thingy HAHAHA!

[@belikartu6532]

Card grader employee : Now my job risk my life. Need to find another safe one

[@anonymousblox]

Honestly, I think that not knowing what is inside is better because It has a chance of actually being worth buying it and opening it for the mystery and excitement

[@carefordclan7865]

was always going to happen some day, will remove the suprise factor. sealed products prices will drop however will always be in demand for collections.

[@vClasia]

I use a GE 3D Scanner which does a CT scan on a patient during a case. It can render bone, tissue and vessels. If we had a free to do scan, then it would be interesting to scan a pack to observe crisp detail.

[@ProjectLuark]

My thoughts on CT Scanning TCG packs as a whole: If you have sealed product and want to know what’s in it without opening it, then I guess is okay as long as you don’t have the intent on reselling it for a much higher price. Reselling these Scanned Product is not good not only for the market, but to casual collectors without knowledge of the situation. There will be people out there who will scalp for high end packs and sell the rest knowing the packs are mostly duds. It’s not just a Pokémon problem, but the TCG as a whole. People scanning their MTG Alpha Decks for a Black Lotus and if it’s not there, they just sell it for what it normally goes for. If it is there, it’s ultimately up to the owner if they want to keep it or sell for a ludicrous price. I hope it doesn’t gain traction to where it’s the norm because it takes the fun away from the whole point of Pack Openings.

[@JohnSmith-wx6rw]

Step 1: Buy today new pack Step 2: Hold them for 20 years Step 3: Profit

[@alexri.804]

Step 1: Buy today new pack Step 2: Hold them for 20 years Step 3: *Almost no profit. Because these days everyone and their mother is saving up packs and almost every $1 Pokemon card has been sleeved*

[@TechNostalgiaNL]

This will mess up the market even more I'm afraid

[@louisevalentine44]

yes if u x ray with just the pack it self it will leave some mark, BUT if u add on something on the pack it will not show the mark. because is only the first layer

[@MubasherIbrahim-v5x]

I was waiting for this

[@GadgetGurusGlobal]

They just need to add something like a Bi2O3 film to the packaging to block xrays.

[@shadetree1175]

I started playing MTG in the 90’s, even played pokémon a few times. I’ve never cared for holos or foils. The card makers want everyone to be more into collecting then gaming, so they keep printing more and more flashier cards. I would love to open/draft 20+ year old booster boxes with friends, but it’s not reasonable because they’re overpriced due to the silly foil cards that may or may not even be in the pack.

[@PkMkPresto487]

I'd love to scan any lost origin packs.

[@tpokepulls]

This may end up being the Achilles heel of the vintage sealed market.

[@TheCheesyGamer]

I had a few packs done. Pulled a raw Zard opened that one. Saved my other 3 packs sealed so no I keep the premium on those. Win win for me.

[@juzweytnc]

Singles resell market might even benefit from this as buyers will prefer vs sealed products that is suspicious as dump items. Another counter measures will be made for future sets but this doesnt change to mistrust that has created esp to old gen tcgs. Its a shame that simple card collecting lead to this really. :(

[@brenbo_TM]

We got the CSGO xray machine IRL before gta 6

[@pokefan5022]

Won't the people selling the packs just jump the price through the roof when they know what it inside? Or create a shortage on sealed packs and tank the price because no one will sell a $5k pack fearing that the seller x-rayed it? This is dangerous and needs to stop. Trust will decrease when buying packs if this blows up in popularity.

[@Mert-716]

Shortages don't tank prices, the complete opposite. It would be great if it could be stopped but it seems pandoras box has been opened.

[@wyattplayzgames2918]

Great Video!

[@theisaacshow278]

This is partly why I've never understood the logic behind collecting sealed product. Surely if people buy the sealed product in the minimal hope of pulling the chase card, why not just buy as many copies of the chase card as you can afford and sell them when the price rockets.

[@PokeDasher2.2]

i agree and having the cards as singles just looks way nicer imo

[@themingler441]

without sealed product half of these Pokemon streamers would have nothing to do

[@theisaacshow278]

@themingler441 Agree. I think I'll have to start a trend of showing off my singles collection that you don't need an xray machine for. 😀

[@TheSubFootball]

Very informative video ando

[@Laniebug1]

this seems quite interesting but I'm not sure how accurate it really is did they open the packs after they xray scanned it to confirm that that xray was correct or not

[@VinylGuruOfficial]

That company has a massive pokemom lawsuit coming their way 😂

[@rh3r0]

now youll need a rad meter to check the packs for radiation :P

[@stevendoecke300]

Yes take your mystery packs for instance I bought one a while ago and I've managed to get a gold I've got a first edition jungle from it so I got it graded and it came up as a perfect 10 I didn't know what it was in there and I was so happy when I pulled that

[@jay_sharp89]

The end of buying loose packs !!!! ERA 💯😭💀😭😂

[@ravenspurplebeats5412]

unless common person has space and can afford machine like this i dont see it being big issue for pokemon company but could affect 2nd hand market for sealed older packs etc

[@wadawahahahaha6806]

So if this method is going to mainstream, then the price for those pack would go down dramatically, i see this as a win 😂

[@milky1234123]

the funny thing is that has been known t be a thing for a long time with other tcgs. I heard about ironically being used on yugioh packs before covid jus no one gave it much thought

[@dprob1985]

going to destroy the hobby in every way

[@darkrai3977]

I only buy singles anyway, old booster packs prices are stupid as hell

[@rickstarryt3470]

I open my cards for the element of surprise I don’t want to no what’s in there until I open it

[@RoboHound]

Honestly problem i see is that theres already people who buy packs just to resale an have no interest in collecting or playing the game and i feel like this is just going to increase thar number

[@SteviePatterdude3]

To me, This is good actually, only because if pokemon saw this, which they did according to the video, then they can stop going the extra mile, to make future cards they make so damn expensive. 😂

[@SteviePatterdude3]

Especially if you actually play the game

[@armena8413]

We tried this year's ago and it could somewhat see them..they have gotten better xray machines now. Only problem had is that it can break down the cards over time. People forget that it is printed on a type of paper and radiation does break down all living items l.

[@Blinkurdead]

What if Logan Paul X-Rayed his Vintage Boxes? Hmm. Maybe that's how he predicted two Charizards.

[@Whatsacody]

X-rays wouldn't necessarily leave a visible mark on these things, that is more caused by UV rays.

[@MrGiraffe-u2z]

I think it is more fun to not know what’s inside

[@czekskii]

a bunch of grown men gatekeeping a child's hobby is weird af. Participating, cool. Driving prices up and essentially gatekeeping the hobby, not cool. W to the innovators tearing down this nonsense.

[@magimike1618]

Hopefully this will just make sealed items more reasonable while singles themselves go up

[@zairoangelo9496]

Scientist and Archeologist have technology that can also scan old text, but this one is different cause it applied to a pokemon card.

[@jonasgeez2140]

Litterly an extremely small ammount of people have the means to be able to xray packs like that

[@Cineczeq]

Honestly, I think you just enjoy gambling. The real issue here is that promoting booster openings to kids is essentially promoting gambling to minors. If it wasn’t about that, no KZbinr would ever mention the value of the cards when doing an opening. So if it’s truly just about the excitement of pulling a cool card, why even mention its price? It’s basically gambling :) Plus, I think the cost of scanning one booster is pretty high right now, but as there’s a market for it, other companies will step in, and in a few years, this could become common. That's why I prefer buying singles for kids - I know exactly what I'm getting. As for gambling, they can take that risk when they're 18. By the way, the return from boosters is around 33% in terms of value, the exact same return as scratch cards. Would you promote scratch cards to children just because there's a 1 in 500 chance of hitting ''a rare one worth 200 dollars''?

[@PlayButtonPuppet]

Dawgs definitely right in about everything he's saying forsure....

[@Survivors_MVU]

pokemon company needs to sue this company, period.

[@kapiltiwari5028]

All the prices for packs should drop now

[@aiminformer8043]

Dont worry the new set is going to have lead packs

[@SeniorAdrian]

This applies to every TCG.

[@TheAutisticGamer2]

I knew this would happen 5 years ago I knew the technology would make it possible and it did

[@LsXavec]

Becket adds radiation detection grading attribute and a pure and toxic artwork to the Becket black label equivalent.

[@Brs640]

we getting the best pulls with this one

[@keithh.5217]

It's like a birthday present. If you knew what was inside, would you be excited to open the gift?

[@wyattplayzgames2918]

They would xray the card and find a holo Charizard and just give you back a different pack. There is no integrity in a xray company to give you back your pack.

[@MaelZack]

Is this why the reason they introduced the upcoming pokemon card game as in new game for mobile in few months?

[@bchung100]

Not only does this apply to Pokemon but to MTG, Yugioh and pretty much any card game that has sealed packs. It will ruin the entire card game industry if it gets into the wrong hands

[@Revster]

They weren’t Xraying anything 😭, they used a CT scanner For the people wanting to check the pack for radiation that’s not gonna work

[@youcantseelim1751]

Bro, CT is xray

[@shannonlowery131]

The xraying of pokemon packs is disgusting. It takes all the fun out of it.

[@bleedthemachineband]

i gate to tell you but this has been going on for a long time. its just now falling in to the hands of regular people

[@silverstaff7073]

All new technologies are exploited by some for profit. The solution is to not collect sealed packs. That aspect of this market has been in a bubble for too long anyway.

[@mrtobocop9453]

You should submit a few packs to get xrayd and open them when you get it back to see if it's legit