TOP 5 MYTHS About The Japanese Pokémon Market - Pokémon Investing and Collecting

5 common statements you hear online about Japanese Pokemon cards that are not true (or not entirely). In today's video, I try to correct five common misconceptions and false beliefs about the Japanese Pokemon investing and collecting market.
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00:00 Intro
00:31 Myth 1 - Japanese Pokemon cards are only printed for the Japanese market
03:41 Myth 2 - Japanese loose booster packs are worthless
08:04 Myth 3 - The Japanese Pokemon market is dead
10:45 Myth 4 - It's always cheapest to buy from Japan
14:07 Myth 5 - Japanese Pokemon cards are easy to grade
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[@mcwildcats8isgr8]

I know the supply is crazy but I keep on buying some of the specialty sets at these depressed prices and I keep buying the standard set boxes below MSRP (~$35). Seems crazy to me to pick up boxes of good standard sets at around $30 or so and even less per box.

[@David-ue7vv]

You live in Japan I’m guessing?

[@airwick_.0]

@@David-ue7vvobviously best price you can get is if you’re in japan but you can get pretty close overseas. Im seeing treasure ex for $31 in the us and standard sets like crimson haze and mask of change for $34 and less

[@Quilly_B]

Awesome video!! Thanks for your insight

[@Dark_ibex]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

[@somesteak6100]

I’m lovin these Japanese 151 prices. 47 Boxes stocked so far and 40 vstar universe. My future self will be grateful

[@elvistcg]

Nice work, keep it up

[@Dark_ibex]

Thank you!!

[@andresfeliciano]

With Masterball reverses, all JP 151 packs will have potential value

[@Dark_ibex]

You have to assume the person selling the pack already pulled their master ball from the box and is now selling the dud packs.

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

i mean myth one should be obvious. if theirs alot of global demand then that will make the local demand go up due to resellers resulting in the pokemon company indirectly printing to meet the global demand even if they dont directly sell the products outside of japan.

[@Dark_ibex]

Right, I always thought this was obvious too. You often hear those statements online, though. Less these days, but still.

[@2736492821]

the centering on those cards are still acceptable for a psa10 though

[@Thomasvanessen95]

Yeah all those cards are definitely within parameters of a 10. Unless it's really egregious, you'll hit the ten 9 times out of 10.

[@Dark_ibex]

The Mew is definitely too OC to get a 10 unless you get a blind grader. The other two, as I have mentioned in the video, definitely could get a 10, but it is simply not worth the risk with modern cards. If you get a 9 on a modern Japanese card, it's GG. Money wasted. Those two might very well be within 60:40 and thus, within PSA 10 parameters. The problem is that PSA is not consistent on this. In fact, PSA isn't consistent on anything. I've seen and gotten back myself too many 9s that were within 60:40. Just watched a video recently of someone getting wrecked with 9s on ultra modern Japanese for cards that were slightly OC, like the ones I talked about. The people who grade tons of tens also never mention all the cards they buy from Japan and then reject and resell raw. Cards with this centering are sometimes the ones people resell raw because it is simply not worth the risk. If these were older, more expensive cards, then yeah I would give it a shot, but not when they're ultra modern cheap Japanese cards.

[@Dark_ibex]

@@Thomasvanessen95 Certainly not the Mew, the other two would have a chance. See my reply to the other commenter though. But, even if they had a 9 out of 10 chance, that still means "not perfect cards". Many people online make it sound like Japanese cards are perfect. That was my main point with this myth.

[@Thomasvanessen95]

@@Dark_ibex agree with the premise that japanese cards aren't always perfect. I just think psa is a bit more lenient than they have been on the past. I have recently had a lot of success with psa returns from my most recent trip to Japan. Most of the cards I submitted were marked for damage but ostensibly had no issues besides very slight centring and normal warping and still hit the 10. I think overall stores are often way too harsh in their appraisal. Obviously I'm not doing this on the scale that you speak of but if you are careful and meticulous it is pretty easy to grade modern Japanese. Really enjoy the videos, thank you for replying to my comment.

[@David-ue7vv]

Isn’t it cheaper to buy singles?

[@arthurl526]

Definitly

[@Dark_ibex]

Cheaper than ripping packs? Cheaper to buy from Japan? Can you specify?

[@David-ue7vv]

Cheaper than ripping packs/boxes? In Japan

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

depends on your luck by 99 percent of the time buying singles is cheaper.

[@Dark_ibex]

@@David-ue7vv It's always better to buy singles than ripping packs, in any language.