Why Vintage Cards Are Cheaper Than Modern

there are some myths and rumors that we need to address first edition Charizard kind of steals the spotlight people know this card is crazy expensive but then assume that all vintage is expensive however the 1999 base set is cheaper and easier to complete than most modern sets in fact you can Master set Bas set jungle and fossil for less than evolving Skies or Pokémon 151 I'll say that again the original 1999 base set is is cheap and easy to complete English sets from the original series have two different prints first edition and Unlimited in this scenario I'm referring to unlimited because first edition would render my statement false and I think you should collect unlimited it'll save you money and give you freedom to collect more check this out B set only has 102 cards I did the math and found that Charizard alone is worth approximately 25% of the set's total value after this you have 15 more Hollow cards than 86 non holos and if we look at these prices they're comparable to many modern cards but modern sets are four to five times bigger than base set it's not that vintage cards are cheaper per se it's that vintage sets are cheaper as a whole will vintage ever catch up well because the base set is so much smaller than say Pokemon 151 each card would have to increase increase by an average of 46% but remember Pokémon 151 is increasing too so the 1999 base set would have to outpace it to become more valuable jungle the second set to be released in 1999 doesn't have a Charizard the chase is Snorlax which is like 50 bucks and the original e lutions which are also very reasonably priced and guess what jungle is a 64 card set isn't that crazy you can Master set a vintage1 1999 expansion for under $500 fossil comes next with only 62 cards but the Dragonite and Gengar might break the bank just a little after that we have Team Rocket gym Heroes gym Challenge and the Neo series but then reverse holos are introduced and my theory kind of starts to fall apart now a lot of people think that this a binder full of vintage Master sets is some sort of Holy Grail but it's easier to do than its modern counterpart one other huge perk for collecting is the removal of gambling now I usually get angry comments when I say this but I'm going to say it anyway opening booster packs is gambling it is it's okay and I'm not judging anyone for doing it but a $300 Bas set Charizard will hold its worth in your binder while opening a blooming Waters box risks pulling low value cards yes you can keep it sealed but with the Charizard the appreciation is guaranteed gambling on Vintage sealed products is a luxury now and most collectors don't do it I guess this just depends on your personality type but if you find yourself often turning $50 into $5 buying singles especially vintage ones could be a better strategy but hey at the end of the day you still got to pay up for nice cards or do you I partnered with whatnot to give away this vintage starter kit you can win all of these 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vintage and what about reprints like this 2023 Bulbasaur is this considered vintage collecting too if you look it up in the dictionary the word vintage usually means 20 years or more but some things can still be vintage if they accurately depict a style from the past in Pokemon vintage is kind of a buzzword being slapped onto products as a marketing strategy so the meaning of vintage is pretty loose but don't mistake it for out of print when a set goes out of print like it sounds it's not being printed anymore some sets get printed for a few years While others feel like a flash in the pen and are just gone before you know it just because you can't find it at Target doesn't mean it's vintage SO the 20year mark would put us at 20 5 so most of the ex series is vintage which is fair I think what if we look at a set like Evolutions which was released 9 years ago these cards look vintage but Pokemon TCG classic recently released with a bunch of cards that look vintage 2 which is where this Bulbasaur came from in fact this happens all the time they bring back the vintage style in some way shape or form now as a vintage collector my itself I enjoy these cards but I don't really feel the need to label them as modern or vintage they're just cards that I like so what does vintage really mean well it just means old old Pokemon cards it's just one of those questions where everyone is going to have a different answer so don't take it too seriously now vintage collecting can be easy if you know the tricks as someone who is constantly hunting for vintage deals I know some tricks and I'm not afraid to share them first of all eBay TCG player and Card Market are great however I don't buy vintage from these sites that often they have a lot of traffic so yes there are a lot of cards but deals are hard to find lately I've been using a hobby store in Toronto even though I'm not in Toronto their website is great and it doesn't get the same traffic as eBay so I find a lot of cards that would have otherwise been sold already and I can rely on domestic shipping I would suggest you search for hobby stores in your state or Province even if they are a few hours away and check their websites a sneaky way to do this is to go on eBay and search for listings within a specific range then look up the sell's websites since you're cutting out eBay's middleman fee you can usually negotiate good deals this way and if you stand up for what not earlier what I've been doing is avoiding the streams with over 100 people look for fewer viewers and you'll have less competition you have to be patient though these strategies are timec consuming but they work okay but which vintage sets should you start with I really do think base jungle and fossil are great choices but there are other beginner-friendly options to get you started you should just browse old sets I like to use Pokemon cards.com and just scroll through the different expansions and see what grabs your eye you might like the old EX cards which I think are my favorite or maybe some of the Diamond and Pearl era level X cards if you have a bigger Budget Check out the gold stars you might also consider the Wizards black star promos most of these promos are cheap but a couple of them are pretty pricey if none of these Peak your interest then dive into Japanese vintage the sheer amount of promos is crazy like the 2002 McDonald's cards or the msaki promos which are linked to the vending series another amazing vintage set exclusive to Japan there are dozens of beautiful vintage cards at every price point and many of them are readily available but there's still a lot to learn about vintage because there's a lot of details a Nuance means sometimes yes sometimes no no vintage cards are full of nuances but right now I want to focus on first edition because it's the most important yes this is an educational channel so we're going to have to suffer through a quick Pokemon card lesson the concept behind this is that only the first print of a new expansion will have the first edition stamp so collectors can rest easy knowing that they have one of the very first cardboard cartoon characters people pay a lot more for the first edition cards the 1999 base set all the way to the 2002 neodestiny set had a first edition print however B set 2 and the Legendary Collection did not receive first edition runs because these were International exclusive sets composed of only reprints so the eer sets don't have first edition and of course modern cards don't have it either so to go a little bit deeper some first edition stamps are gray and collectors tend to pay a little bit extra for this error but some are also thick or thin which fetches higher prices when auction to the right crowd now this is a pretty Niche thing meaning most people don't care about the way the stamp looks as long as it's there oh and let's clear up the whole shadowless thing first edition is always shadowless but shadowless isn't always first edition unlimited has a shadow and never has the first edition stamp this only applies to base set by the way and I made a separate video on this that covers a few nuances like Machamp I really do think you should check it out now if we look at japanese cards they have a completely different story the first edition stamp on japanese cards looks a lot different and started with the Pokemon vs expansion in 2001 so the original japanese cards don't have a first edition which makes them quite a bit cheaper and we'll talk about that in a moment but they continue the first edition runs all the way from the vs set up until the 20th anniversary set released in 2016 after this they scrapped the idea as well but even then it's kind of backward in Japan many of their sets are harder to find in unlimited rather than first edition if your head is spinning don't worry it's complicated and you have to be borderline obsessed to memorize all of this the best way to learn all of these nuances is to join a community and just hang out Discord servers forums and Facebook groups are pretty popular options but yeah when you get into this nitty-gritty first edition stuff it's definitely intermediate level although that's a good thing it also gets more exciting the more you learn okay we touched on it a bit but one more thing I want you to consider is if you want to collect vintage in English or Japanese both have different perks so let's talk about it obviously Pokémon started in Japan and didn't go International for a few years so if you want true vintage Japanese is the way to go the Japanese Bas set is 3 years older than the English Bas set and has an entirely different look and feel to it plus some of the Japanese exclusives from later years are breathtaking another perk is that japanese cards are cheaper now there are a lot of factors that contribute to this one of them being sheer demand but japanese cards are also more durable and many of them are in better condition than their International counterparts I always thought that was interesting one more big one for Japanese is that you can collect outside of the official TCG Bandai cardash and Topson are both very popular non TCG sets that offer new artwork and designs that have been lost to time holding one of these is just so cool that being said you can always collect tops cards if you prefer English but okay okay English is where the money is Right Collectibles can be a fun way to invest a little bit of play money and we all hope that we can sell our collections one day for a profit whether that's your goal or not personally I collect because I love the cards I don't have plans to sell them but one day in the far future I have to pass on my collection whether I gift it to my child or sell it off I want there to be value so from that perspective Ive English might be better but hey if you've made it this far you've probably realized that everything is nuanced everything is nuanced and probably the best is to mix English and Japanese listen don't be afraid of vintage if first edition Charizard intimidates you you're not alone it intimidates everyone but that's not indicative of vintage cards as a whole let's try something look at these two cards can you tell which one is vintage and which one is modern probably not on the 30-year timeline it seems like a big difference but if we look at these on a 100e scale it's not so different anymore is it collect what you want to collect and don't let labels get in the way

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