Joe Falinski

@MoonOverlord @Monkeshiter I sell vintage magic all the time and prices are at all time highs for like commons from Urza's Saga

@Monkeshiter nobody is touching vintage magic cards and hasnt in years, I think time has passed them by tbh, they just dont have any relevant IP / tvshow anything most of the new "special" sets are just inserting popular charcaters from OTHER franchises to try to help sales (spiderman, LOTR)

my TCG hot take is every single TCG other than Pokemon is a bust and will either not be around or not be relevant in 5-10 years from now, that includes one piece, magic the gathering (already happened) etc

@1saacson @alpha_pls Rich people are buying up low pop vintage and putting them in a safe like it's fine art. These are slabs that won't reenter the market. Totally different than the pop 10,000+ modern promos getting flipped at card shows.

@alpha_pls I disagree. There will be much more of a correction on vintage. Prices are up like 10x on some of my slabs from just a year ago. That's not sustainable. Id say 50% from the top at least.

How I view the Pokemon market currently: Dumb money is fomoing into high supply modern cards (a lot of crypto bros), alongside paying ridiculous premiums for PSA 10s of these cards. The insane premium on PSA 10 modern cards won't last. The supply is absurdly high. These are not scarce assets and there will almost certainly be a crash, as people are forced to sell their cardboard due to bad economic conditions. Unemployed scalpers will be forced to undercut each other some time later this year. The market will be flooded with modern as the business cycle turns. Yes, Pokemon will not defy the business cycle. The majority of modern graded cards will never return to their highs and will be largely forgotten about over time, as people chase new sets. People will still continue to buy modern sets because the content machine/hype around trying to pull the SAR is very powerful. Rip modern packs for fun to pull the cards you like, or buy the raw cards when they are much lower in price. Vintage is different. Many of them are actually scarce (low pop), very sought after assets by real diamond hand collectors. There is no more supply to hit the market or be graded. Vintage will have a correction, but there will be far more demand to buy at lower prices, whereas the floor for modern is mostly 80-90% lower and will stay there. There will be a few anomalies, and a few modern cards that become grails, which will sustain enough demand to see a price rise eventually. Couple of beauties from my PC below that will stand the test of time (personal preference is Japanese vintage).

@alpha_pls Can you believe the growth of vintage japanese 10's? I was PCing them but honestly I can't afford to complete my master sets anymore. I have about 70 psa 10's from base, jungle, fossil and rocket. Most have 10x'd and some have 20x'd.

@Kramaramb futures are up

Pokemon dump inbound?

@AustinTani 'alt arts'

am I tripping or are the 151 alt arts not that nice

@PokeHEX5555 gem rate

Moonbreon really going to let this rookie surpass it?

@ItsIntuition lol what a loser tweet

Team Rocket Wobbuffet comes out of an absurdly expensive box that folks were only able to get one of. Can't say the same for Pris, JT, Mega, AH, etc. Not only that, the gem rate is very very very low. While the others crashed off a high, the Wobbuffett just settled basically post release. I see that one rebounding hard as no new cards are gonna hit the market anytime soon.

Pokémon cards don't always just go UP. Sometimes they go DOWN, like A LOT Here are the Worst-Performing Cards in the S&V100 Index, with the Bottom 6 being Pokémon Center Promos. Is it time to pick one up?

@pokebeach the golds are laughably bad. like who is collecting these burger king cards for hundreds of dollars?

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@iK9cards @carbos the problem is that the new collectors who are buying these are never gonna sell them. if it's a low pop card the one you sell might never see the light of day again.

@carbos We’re officially reaching points where I’m up so much on PC Cards that I’m thinking about selling them to buy back later at a cheaper price. The problem is I’m not sure how much the market is going to correct after this run

I hardly ever check/update my Collectr portfolio, but I opened the app today and saw this… actually certifiably insane how much this is worth now — literally was a quarter of the price when I graded it less than a year ago 🤯

@BestPokemonDeal @PokeHEX5555 applies to the japanese base set as well. Chansey is one of the toughest to Gem at PSA, pop 285

@PokeHEX5555 These normal type white holo background makes 10 copies insanely hard. Curious to see if that sentiment makes it go even crazier

One of the Rarest Pokemon cards in the world, the 1999 Base Set Shadowless Chansey PSA 10 is now up to $50,000 on Fanatics Premier Auction

@stelzner_n1150 lots of bad math to unpack here

The average life expectancy is 78. The average Baby Boomer is 75. Baby Boomers own 40% of the homes in America. Do the math and tell me a housing crash isn't coming. On a positive note, this will be a huge opportunity for young people. Be patient.

@StevenxTCG the pika is from evolutions no?

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I found a lot of raw holos on eBay years ago and out of the dozens of blurry photos I spotted what looked like a damaged NR Nidoking. Paid about a dollar per holo and when it arrived I confirmed that the lot included the NR beast. Sits on my desk even though I have dozens of PSA 10s. This one is just cooler!

I told you guys for years that the 1996 Pokemon Japanese No Rarity Symbol (aka first edition Japanese) was the alpha. For years! Expect violent repricing for all top Pokemon character No Rarity Symbol versions, such as Pikachu.

@KodyKennedyKK there's a 40-50 dollar spread between these and tcgplayer. they are also selling on eBay for 120+

@JoeFalinski Idk, prices are way down

Now would be a great time to snag a few of these if you plan on holding them for awhile

Pokemon should never ever do serialized cards but I do think they should consider making every card in the set have a percentage chance to be a shiny variant of the exact same art. For commons through rares they can use the reverse holo spot. Imagine if 0.01% of SIRs were shiny. Shiny Mega Gengar ex would be in 1 of 150,000 packs.... @PeakHobby @Danny__O @PokeHEX5555 @PokeTeeJay @StevenxTCG @BestPokemonDeal

@visegrad24 How do I bet on this guy's imminent demise on Polymarket?

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Pokemon has no incentive to crash the market with supply like they did in 2021/2022. They will increase MSRP, change who gets product and how (via Excel), and shoot for a soft landing. They don't have to print to their theoretical capacity for Pokemon alone, especially given the popularity of other TCGs that want the print time.

@JoeFalinski Your logic makes sense with 2025 production capability, but with the current production capability and gradual upgrades through 2027, they will be able to supply a lot more.

Yes, i've made bold projections about pokemon tcg's print and supply for 2026. People seem to think i pull numbers from thin air but i've been in the print industry for over a decade. I promise I'm not an armchair quarterback when i say the second half of S/V era and the entire mega era will have a massive spike in supply. No, that doesn't necessarily mean you'll find product on shelves at all times. No that does not mean the market will crash. It just means supply will ramp up CONSIDERABLY, and you should anticipate another correction q3-4 of 2026.

@Kramaramb Prismatic rotates out in 14 months and they can't produce enough AH for the demand. This also doesn't consider BBWF or the 30th set. Something will have to give.

@JoeFalinski I am mainly referring to prismatic onwards. Keep in mind we are still getting 151 restocks to this day, and date of new rotation is just 2 months away. The demand for stellar isnt high enough to warrant producing it over other higher demand and newer sets.