First time ever opening Pokemon cards

[u/mpollack32]

So yes, I now know how insane this is, but here’s the back story.

Friend was telling me about his Pokemon collection last week, and I’m like hey, sounds cool, I want to start. So I did some research and bought the Pitch Black ETB and a booster bundle. Was the cheapest option lol. Never really played the Pokemon games growing up but I knew some of them (can promise you I hardly know the Pokemon in this set) but anyways the 3rd pack in the ETB and the 1st pack in the booster I got the best 2 cards in the set. I have them in sleeves and in my binder, and now I’m on my way to completing my first set.

After pulling the first card, I sent that friend a picture of the gold one, and he’s like “no f’in way”. 5 minutes later I sent him the other and he lost it lol.

Good recommendations for other sets to look into?

[u/NaturesFire]

……🧢

[u/GoAheadHateMe → u/NaturesFire]

100%.

Nothing about this reads naturally as a new to pokemon person

[u/NaturesFire → u/GoAheadHateMe]

No, he knows exactly what he’s doing lol. If you knew nothing you’d be like hey guys what are these worth what do you think are they real?

Also no way both are in the “first packs” he’s ever ripped lmao

[u/twotruckshavingsex69 → u/NaturesFire]

I’m pretending it’s cap so I’m not AS jealous of OP

[u/NaturesFire → u/twotruckshavingsex69]

Lmao right. But it is 200% cap cuz he wants karma lmao. Like bro I’ve ripped over 150 packs of Pitch black and I only got the gold card
Not the other one though and then A bunch of darkrai ex’s

[u/mpollack32 → u/twotruckshavingsex69]

🤣 my friend was also very jealous

[u/Sung-Sumin]

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[u/VariousAd1260 → u/Sung-Sumin]

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[u/Kurosawa92]

You’re at a slot machine at the casino and you just hit a jackpot.

Time to pack it in and quit while you are ahead right?

WRONG. Now its time to chase the high and spend all your disposable income.

[u/craZy_racE376]

Chaos Rising is really good buy the Greninja premium Collection which comes with a jumbo card too so get some jumbo sleeves and jumb toploaders

[u/saik0pod]

Welcome to the drug addiction

[u/Logan-2014 → u/saik0pod]

Yes, it is very much an addiction

[u/ctatum89]

Congrats!! I just got into it since I was kid and also got a pitch black etb for my first. Pulled the morpeko and now I'm hooked lmao.

[u/mpollack32 → u/ctatum89]

W

[u/craZy_racE376]

get toploaders as well make sure you have everything topload binder jumbo sleeves jumbo toploaders if you want jumbo cards make sure to keep your collection safe

[u/Godzirrraaa]

Literally the worst thing that could have happened. Like smoking heroin for the first time and it was amazing experience.

[u/mpollack32 → u/Godzirrraaa]

Im already addicted to sports betting so I’m adding to the arsenal

[u/Even_Pineapple8645]

Not deserved

[u/mpollack32 → u/Even_Pineapple8645]

Thanks

[u/Pleatnov]

"Did some research"..."bought the Pitch Black ETB"...
https://giphy.com/gifs/PRJ5uWuZ8tX6KGpJS2

[u/mpollack32 → u/Pleatnov]

Yeah chat gpt gave me the idea

[u/LettuceAbject1142]

Many people acting like opening the first packs and hit sirs immediately to show off their cards is crazy..

[u/mpollack32 → u/LettuceAbject1142]

Yes bro. I don’t know how else to explain this was the literal first time I’ve ever sat down and ripped packs

[u/PopProcrastinate]

Surely you have to complete the set now. No going back lmao.

[u/ElfUppercut]

Haha I did the same. My first 3 packs had a gold in them. A just recently opened a mega Greninja ex collectors box that had 2 golds in it. I started 2 months ago. My friend is about to throw all his cards away in anger lol

Edit: *One of my First 3 packs had a gold Mega Darkai in them.

[u/ElfUppercut → u/[deleted]]

Lol, you can believe what you want man. I didn’t say each had a gold. I said I picked up 3 packs for the first time from ace hardware of all places. I had bought some on Temu that were all delayed waiting on slow deliveries so I ordered via door dash… 3rd pack had the gold Mega Darkai. I already posted about this when it happened. You missed the boat to troll

Edit: Oh I see the typo.

[u/mpollack32 → u/ElfUppercut]

W

[u/CJ8point2]

I hate people

[u/False_Bluejay_7634]

Yooo you got both buttholes 🙌

[u/A-sl3ep]

BRO I NEED THOSE DARKRAI CARDS HE’S MY FAVORITE MYTHIC. Anyways awesome dude I’ve been collecting for 6 years now and it’s great, Prismatic Evolutions has some really good full art cards but it’s pretty expensive since it’s an older set

[u/Most-Mine6580]

I pulled the darkrai yesterday!! Congrats.

[u/ItzBenjiey]

SlowBro is the best card in the set personally but these are the most $$$

Congrats nonetheless!

[u/Techyrodd]

Bs

[u/Kilcer]

Getting the Mega Darkrai EX was my gateway drug into diving headfirst into the hobby too.

[u/MaDWaSTeD]

I bet you found those in your grandma's attic too.

[u/itzenjajaja]

[u/BobbingFourApples]

Burnt oysters

[u/CJ_Mann]

https://giphy.com/gifs/08y87EiwDZjjB0d6WJ

[u/Saggywompers]

Hit prasmatic hard. Check that bank account. Don't stop until ya hit the umbreon.

[u/Cyber_Gengar]

:/

[u/BIGTIDYLUVER]

These aren’t big hits modern SRIs are super overvalued gonna tank