natalie shampay

i can’t gracefully put into words how grateful i am for the pokémon community. the NBO itself might have not been able to happen but today we raised over $15,000 for phoebe’s cancer treatment. thank you to everyone who donated, RT’d, and just hung out, you made this possible! ❤️

@RealJohnWalter @equine__dentist i’m ceo of this place

@equine__dentist Saw this and had to make sure @natakazam did too.

clocking in

@Aerostorm_ i actually just saw this person who has one for sale but they want quite a bit for it haha: instagram.com/p/Cwwvp7vuAyM/…

@natakazam I have a similar search. Umbreon unl Reverse from L2 (Reviving Legends). I was lucky to find a regular Holo unl a year ago. But have never seen the reverse.

i’ve been working on a worldwide electrode master set for a long time now, and i finally got my hands on one of the rarest kinds of cards for it - japanese unlimited ed. reverse holo prime! i’ve been searching for this card for years and never thought i’d ever get it! 🙏🙏

@newLinkoln i did, i believe you got me them all!!

@natakazam Remind me, did you managed to get russian Electrodes? 👀

@Kmurph321 no thankfully! just L2 and L3 have the unlimited prints. i think the only unlimited L1 cards are a special version of lugia/ho-oh legend

@natakazam Oh shoot! I could had sword L1 came unlimited as well. This lifts a lot of worries haha

@Kmurph321 the ampharos only comes in 1st ed! so if you have that guy you’re big chillin

@natakazam The Ampharos is all I'm missing and I've accepted the fact it might remain that way.

@SoapboxTCG trust me you don’t, for your sanity 😅😅

@natakazam Reverse Holo Primes are something I didn’t know I needed in my life!

@EthosPKM i do have the no rarity one! thank you so much! as of right now i’m 100% on japanese thanks to this find!

@natakazam This is awesome!! Glad you got your hands on a personal grain!! Do you happen to have the no rarity in your possession yet? ⚡️ If you are on the hunt for more japanese exclusive cards, feel free to let me know, I scour japanese sites all the time looking for select items! :)

@EvanC2000 thank you so much!! i had been checking every day for the last like 6 months really ramping up my efforts!! yahoo japan auction finally came thru

@natakazam OMG amazing job!!! I was searching ebay the other day to see if I could find it for you, I'm so glad you were able to accquire it!!

unlike the west, unlimited is more rare in JPN, and even more so for the HGSS era - two of the sets, L2 and L3, had short printed unlimited runs. so these cards are really rare and also very popular for collectors. i went around at worlds (unsuccessfully) with this sign 💀

@brandon_f6 @enjoifriend There’s clear outlines to when you can and can’t sell things like Prerelease kits, but not for the PP singles. We always refuse the packs if people try to sell them. We had asked event staff if we could buy/sell. It doesn’t seem like they’re making things very clear.

@natakazam @enjoifriend The official statements I've seen have mostly been second hand, from support tickets. But support is quick to clarify when asked

Just got word that TPCi is denying @FullGripTCG's prereleases for the NOVEMBER Pokémon TCG set because of attendance reporting issues that occurred IN THE SPRING. We've reported league right since JUNE but TPCi agents tell us there's nothing we can do to fix it. Truly pathetic.

@brandon_f6 @enjoifriend We asked around at events about buying and selling them from players, I haven’t seen any official statement on not being able to sell them as a store. We give them as prizing every week in the same structure and you can literally account for every single one that we’re allocated

@enjoifriend The league reporting system is pretty abysmal, but wasn't Full Grip also selling Prize Pack cards at Regionals too? Seems like that could be potentially problematic

@Whimsicast the reverses themselves aren’t that horrible, but the unlimited edition reverses are literal unicorns. i’ve been looking for years and have only even ever seen a picture of one once (the one pictured lol)

@natakazam Those reverse primes are difficult to find for sure. Lucky I have 3 rev primes myself, sadly no Electrode though 🥲

desperate times call for desperate measures

@DianeSchemansk2 my GOAT

I’ve played Pokémon for 13 years on 6 continents and I am excited to say I earned my first worlds invite today! This year has been amazing and I’ve met some truly wonderful people along the way. I appreciate all of the support from my family and friends. I will see you in Japan!

Everyone deserves to see what was said about me, and to see who you truly are. This is for your betterment as a human being @MimosoTcg Do better, and be better.

@Gioxin15061 @enjoifriend @PTCG_Legends our good friend will who is featured on the channel for retro has like 20 2010 decks so we skipped that time. cities 2012 is the end of the 2011 season. not sure if i’ll build anything in between there

@enjoifriend @PTCG_Legends Question, why there arent any 2009 to 2011 decks?

Let's figure out who has the LARGEST retro deck collection in the world! Comment or dm a pic(s) of your entire collection, and let's make a Top 10 list of the largest collections in the known universe! No collection is too small. #RetroPokemon #PlayPokemon (pic for attention)

@Anakalia_ @enjoifriend le haymakeur is all french and the mismatched label one just needs a new label lmao

@enjoifriend Are these actually different? Forgive my potential ignorance

@enjoifriend @PTCG_Legends dexters laboratory 💀

@PTCG_Legends Natalie and I have 153 complete decks so far w/o proxies, only select World Championship prints. Every deck box is outfitted with a QR code so that each list can be easily accessed by players. Just started ramping up our building again lately! Looking to be in the 200 club soon.