I feel like something that was failed to be mention was was the box Rina came in. BT11 was one of the worst boxes providing common and uncommon foil. Causing lots of people not buying the box hence making alt of cards in that box more expensive than they should be. I believe if it a normal box it would ar the least cut her price in half.

SEC should be guaranteed 1 per box, both in BT and EX, and then alt-arts should be their usual 2 in BT and 3 in EX in addition, it makes it a little easier to get into decks that have SECs in them while still having the alt-arts to encourage selling boxes.

Great video as always! I'm in the camp that secrets should not be generic in order to keep the game accessible to as many people as possible. However, I do appreciate that Bandai reprinted DeathX and (probably) Ruin Mode so that people have a 2nd chance to get those more generic secrets.

I am fine with splashable secret rares being a bit pricey (30-40) with more valuable alternate arts. But after a year, anything over 50$ should be reprinted to keep the game affordable. Shinegreymon Ruin Mode being 80+$ is out here thinking he's is a MtG or YuGiOh card.

Honestly, i think that if SEC cards got reprints after, say, 6 months, at a lower rarity, that would give us a "best of both worlds"; they can still be super rare for a while, and after the reprint, the collectors can still be happy with having the original release with the "SEC" in the corner/original foil pattern/ however they choose to differentiate them.

Appreciate the content, great food for thought 👏🏽

I fully understand that, for the game to continue, it has to sell. Making cards difficult to get makes people buy more product, same as making them good. So, the hard to swallow truth is that I find it necessary. Do I personally like it? Hell no. As someone who doesn't like spending much for a single card, wanting to make a Loogamon deck work without the BT14 SR hurts. But talking about the Secrets, the topic of the video: I would love Takemikazuchi for symbolic reasons, Mirei would be a great boost for my Maste deck but the waifu tax also affects the older one, I would love to make a GraceNova deck because I loved the game duology and the BT15 metalgarurumon would be great for my garurumon deck, being the blue cocytus starter deck my first Digimon deck. So many decks I can't afford at full power, because being a secret make them 10€ a piece at minimum. Not only that, I wish the rates were better. They could make it so that a SEC is in 3 out of 4 boxes, same with SR Alters, and a box having at least 1 of those. It hurts having gotten 2 alters out of EX5 boosters, and them not being secrets (or at least an SR I would use, but that's not the problem). Even Fanglongmon would be better, as at least is a card I can't get for much cheaper. Tldr: Sorry for the rant, I understand there needs to be incentives to buy in order for the game to continue, but it hurts when it makes decks in completable for those who can't/don't want to spend 10$ or more for a card.

Really enjoying these videos where you go over the present and future of different aspects of the game. I'm of the mindset that this game should be treated as a hobby for fun first, and that long term investments really should not be of import to bandai. To me the price of Magnamon x and Rapidmon x set off red flags in my brain that this game may not be affordable for me forever. I'm hoping secret rares continue to mostly be like Ogudomon, and Takemikazuchi. In my opinion base rarity cards should always be affordable to keep the community happy and excited to build decks. Alt arts exist for those who want something to chase or show off.

Secret rares should not be expensive... very simple and easy answer. It only hurts new players and my wallet, decreases my chances of actually buying a case if I'm gonna have to spend an extra 15-50 on a card I want.

I'm fine with the pull rates for SECs in most sets, but I hope they are more used for specific decks so they don't get too expensive (Ruin Mode/DeathXmon).

Awesome vid! I fall in the camp of anything generically good should be cheap so people dont get priced out of good decks, but i can understand that good secrets that stay good are incentive for collectors to buy/open product. Feels bad buying product only to get hosed in 2 months when your deck becomes crept out

8:00 wait we are going to get a LM set???!! Finally!!!!! Here hoping Rina is in it I need my 4 copy’s of her!!!!!!!

I didn’t realize there was a marketplace to view Japanese data. That’s cool.

I think SEC are double Edge sword. You want them to be good becaue of their rarety. But if you want them form deck with them they can cost upto 20-50 dollars. Making a single copy more expensive or equal value to every card in your Deck.

I only buy singles and hardly collect, so take my opinion with a cup of salt, but in a perfect world, I'd say the secret rares should only appeal to the collectors and second hand sellers. Dramatic art, wild if not potentially bad effects (I think level 7s would be ideal since they're big, dramatic dudes to begin with, like an Omni that deletes all Digimon and gains Sec+1 for each Digimon deleted but has an 8 memory digivolve cost or requires a [Tai Kamiya] and a [Matt Ishida] to attack, just something that makes you go "this card is nuts!" but doesn't have a ton of practicality in a competitive sense), and a higher rarity so it really feels special to get one of the big hits. The higher rarity would also mean more alt-art slots, which are usually what the game's players are after. If a competitive card is too cost prohibitive/rare to get a playset of, or even 1-2 of like DeathX and Ruin Mode, players will be driven away from the game because they can't pay the "entrance fee" of having a competitive (or at least locally competitive) deck.

For me, I feel like a tech secret rare can go for a higher price as opposed to a secret boss of the deck. Mostly because you know the card is going to be a 4-of in 1-2 decks. E.g. Ruin mode can be played in a lot of decks but usually at a 1-2 of, so I understand the hype of it being more long term. Meanwhile, Magnamon X, whilst being in a very high ranking vaccine deck, is limited to that and Veemon armour, usually being played as a 3/4 of. Same with Rapidmon x. In that way, you’re still going to dump a lot of money on them because they’re part of a set already so a bulk buy price would probably give less hesitation to purchase them. Then there’s cards that could be cheaper because you’re only playing them at 1-2 copies in one deck, like DarknessBagramon, Shoutmon X7F, Gracenovamon and Bellestarmon X. There are some that could be weirdly priced like thst upcoming ex7 liberator option which could be good but also has the possibility of being shown-up by the promo option. I’m thinking back to my vanguard days with GR and Zeroth dragon cards for this.

I think it’s a combination of problems. Making the sec too depend on a type or line of evolution and also new sets most of the time don’t support older set which depreciates older cards unless they have a special ability or trait that hasn’t been used again or expanded.

Secret Rares should be more 'guaranteed' per box. Price wise it is fine. A deck having a high rarity card is generally find, but Secret Rares are too rare for that. 2 Secret Rare per set and maybe 1 Secrete Rare per box is just rather polarizing.

So is the concern that the cards won't hold their value then?

Honestly it does seem that Bandai has been going the route of making SEC that don’t fall into the combination of the upper 2. When you take into account ex7’s SECs which are is likely playable and waifu tax, and a definitely playable search and evo option that really is maximized in Liberator decks, granted the latter will eventually hit playable and splashable status in time. Granted, we also have BT18 stuff being leaked currently, with Luce Stn md falling under Luce tribal.

All I know is that I hope the waifu tax doesn't make Mirei to expensive, and that I get a Mirei or two between my two boxes. Mastemon is my favorite deck. Please don't make me spend $200 on a playset of Mirei (I dunno if mastemon needs to run a full playset of the new Mirei, but I'd like to have the extra copies just in case. )

"Kiki??" Is a reference to a card, a player, or am I just old?

rare secrets if it's not strong, who would want to waste money on something weak

I have to disagree with compareing Ogoudomon to GraceNovamon. GraceNovamon is that price; but it's deck was never really better than maybe Tier 2 and that's being generous? 7DL is a competitive deck; maybe Tier 1.5; and goes up to Tier 1 when Shoto releases in EX07. Ogoudomon should be significantly pricier than GraceNovamon.

I've been selling decks for the last months due to; well, the game going to shit; and the differences in price are absolutely crazy. Literally 46 cards of the deck cost 1 dollar; combined. And then the 4 lv6 SR cost 5 to 20$ each. You're selling a full deck for maybe 40-80$ but you could literally take away 99% of the deck and drop the price only 1$.

Dude I need some advice. I'm just getting started with the Digimon tcg but got stupid lucky. I pulled the Magnamon Tamer Party promo that I've seen go for 600 usd. Should I sell asap or hold?

Ruin Mode has been out for a year, not 6 months lol

I do not think sec rare cards should be generic. Making them mandatory game pieces only gate keeps players out of the game and does little to boost sales. Players become frustrated especially new players the older and more expensive and hard to obtain the cards are. Promos are just as bad if not worse at times and players already hate those. Like BT16 was suppose to be a good set to upgrade the double typhoon starter deck. But asking players to pay $40 for a copy of rapid X needing a full playset makes the deck hard to recommend to new players putting a bad taste in their mouths for picking that deck or they shell out the $300 for a fully upgraded starter deck when most other comptitive decks are usually are $100 - $150 on average. Almost every other starter deck didnt need a SEC rare cards to help upgrade them. Even the beelzemon starter came with the better level 7 not needing a SEC and BT12 at the time asked for a SR at the higher rarity.

This one with purple hair has Bandai's favoritism, but mirei has a habit of being quite annoying

Can we stop bringing the "waifu tax" into the cost argument? The cards that are high cost are there because of playability and/or availability. Rina was released in a terrible box set that tried to change up the pull rates leading to most people skipping sealed and grabbing singles. Had they made Rina into Tai V-Tamer but with the same effect text, it would've still been the same price as Rina is now.

dont forget is pay to win lol