Investing in Pokemon Cards (The Truth)

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In today's video, we look at the different areas of Pokemon that unite us all together in this wonderful Franchise.
One of these areas that a lot of people focus on, is the idea of investing in Pokemon Cards. There are a lot of different opinions and negative connotations that come along with investing in Pokemon Cards, and while it is understandable how these negative connotations come to light, it is also important to remember how vital it is to pay attention to prices of Pokemon Cards.
Once greed takes over, that is where the problems come in. There is also a lot of bad advice that has been delivered by influencers and content creators when it comes to Pokemon Cards. It is extremely important to collect what you enjoy, and pay attention to trends and research to make the best decisions when it comes to spending your collection dollars.
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@bullish3584 Жыл бұрын

If you enjoy the hobby and it increases in value, then great. Collections can absolutely be valuable, but the joy of your collection is worth more than the money. If you invest in Pokémon without the joy of the collecting, then you are just putting capitol in a high-risk volatile market.

@Bugthesda-Investments69 Жыл бұрын

There is nothing high risk about sealed product. The market has forever changed. If you think were ever going back to pre 2016 you're delusional.

@orphancharmander1168 Жыл бұрын

Depends, all we need to do, iscut of the top of the Pokemon compagny, and get some new people in, the V cards was a horrible decision, the Black borders was ugly as hell 😬

@bullish3584 Жыл бұрын

@Bugthesda Investments Fair enough, argue semantics. Point stands that if you are expecting another 1000% ROI off of sealed product, good luck. Every market in 2020 went crazy with the trillions of dollars dumped into the economy. They will all go through corrections. Unless by some miracle, our incompetent politicians can make modern monetary theory work. Everyone can spend their money however they please, but if it's your goal to solely invest in Pokémon for financial gain... well, if you lose your ass or don't make anything, I won't be feeling sorry for you.

@Probasaur Жыл бұрын

Very well said. 🍻

@Burritoslay3r Жыл бұрын

@@bullish3584 Alpha investments has entered the chat

@Cwilly315 Жыл бұрын

I thought about keeping stuff sealed but I don’t buy enough sealed stuff to really make a profit. So I learned my lesson to just open what I get or buy singles that I really want. It’s been fun and I love seeing my collection grow.

@DannyPhantump Жыл бұрын

I think that’s awesome

@HeroBearKing Жыл бұрын

Same, I’ve actually stopped collecting singles and moved onto exclusively collecting only slabs now.

@exoespeon Жыл бұрын

Louder for the people in the back selling pikachu V union box for $50+

@cordellingram808 Жыл бұрын

While I'm in the same boat, I think I'm going to try my hardest to keep what I have sealed, sealed. I think it would be awesome to open them years down the road.

@Dilemma009 Жыл бұрын

With how volatile the products are, you could buy 3 booster boxes and have a nice little payday. of coujrse as danny said, everyone in the community is keeping sealed.

@cherrytinted_ Жыл бұрын

Pokemon investing in my opinion is really only viable if you actually like the cards. Unless you play/enjoy the cards genuinely it's a little harder to both want to keep up with the new and upcoming sets/know what fellow collectors enjoy! I think that at the end of the day, even if investing in it doesn't work out, I'd still have a bunch of cool cards to look at/open, and that makes me happy :)

@wolfiek1610 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate how you include and appreciate all in the hobby. You don’t throw shade or attack. You just appreciate and give your 100. Thanks.

@JPumpkinKing Жыл бұрын

Yep! That’s why I can’t stand people like Opossum, PokemonNerdKyle, and others who tear other content creators down. No wonder those losers have such small subscriber counts, and people like Leonhart, PokeRev, and others (who don’t mock others) have millions.

@wolfiek1610 Жыл бұрын

@@JPumpkinKing but in Danny’s world of acknowledging and appreciating all in this hobby, he’d even give opposum and others their space. I like all the opposing views. I just appreciate some things more.

@Nurse_amac1322 Жыл бұрын

Danny, you’re videos have helped me make better decisions when it comes to spending money on Pokémon. I truly appreciate you and this channel from the bottom of my heart. I’m not a big collector. My son and I have just started collecting when my dad passed in 2021 and we found a binder he had saved for my kiddo. Much love to you and the community ❤❤❤

@_The_Jerk_Store Жыл бұрын

Great perspective and the visuals were eye opening. I’ve had periods of nostalgia in the hobby and remember buying a few Fossil and Rocket boosters in 2016 for ~$8-$9 dollars at the time. I have to think we’re still in a period of inflated prices in vintage with some mean reversion to come. Also totally agree with your take on people expecting 10-20x on modern product. Enjoy what you buy and temper expectations on investing in sealed. Put true investment dollars into mutual funds/ETFs and take a few long shots in Pokémon sealed if you want to roll the dice.

@victormedina4559 Жыл бұрын

I just like collecting the cards. It's nostalgic for me and it's nice that as an adult I can afford the hobby unlike I was as a kid. Plus you gotta love the adrenaline rush when you pull something crazy. It is also nice to see some cards I have blow up in price even though I don't really plan on selling them. I don't usually pull the crazy chase cards but I have hope lol.

@247OnTheFly Жыл бұрын

Once again, great research, great information, thank you

@kazelt55 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that you are putting things into perspective. It really helps see the bigger picture of where things are headed with the hobby :)

@lissmaher1977 Жыл бұрын

Man, I just love the way you keep it real and don’t sell hype. I’ve just started collecting and investing, and I’m really in it for the marathon - I’m loving every second but not opening some of the boxes is soooo hard sometimes lol.

@Laraizo Жыл бұрын

A+ perspective Danny, great points to remember. I often get caught up in “good deal” fomo and I’m going to use this video as a pseudo “bonk” meme when those Zards got me sweating.

@Seelbro Жыл бұрын

This was a great video. It's crazy looking back at the price points prepandemic. I remember picking up base set packs for like $15 a piece in 2018-2019 for a nostalgia kick

@Playa566 Жыл бұрын

Wish I'd got back in 2018 ish instead during the boom.

@qtn88 Жыл бұрын

Amazing channel especially for the marketing/stats part to Pokémon. Not too many channels go in depth like this one 👍👍

@user-rj6ji3mi5c Жыл бұрын

I started playing Pokemon in 2009 with my kids. We took it all the way to the state finals. Incredible times of our lives and we all still love and open the packs.

@Jeremy-bt8lo Жыл бұрын

That’s nice! I started playing Pokémon in like 2010 by buying cards from this candy truck they came by my house a lot. I’m pretty sure they were fake since it was like a dollar a pack, but it still got me into Pokémon and made me wanna play the games on my ds. Glad to start playing Pokémon games again after the pandemic, like more than a decade later.

@jedmumu Жыл бұрын

it has been a minute! glad to see you're still doing great things for the community and I hope you can hit that 100k this year! thanks for the data talks!

@CardLogia Жыл бұрын

I really hope to be like you someday, opening and collecting cards, running a pokemon tcg shop and doing youtube, loving it.

@BCTvfx Жыл бұрын

another great look at stuff from ya. I've also been tryina offload the majority of my sealed in favor of slabs and singles. They're just easier to store and move generally

@pokebronxakaunclerico Жыл бұрын

Amazing always family thumbs up 👍 keep up with the great work

@RFseeker Жыл бұрын

Excellent content. Just started following you and appreciate the advice, insight, and statistical figures.

@Probasaur Жыл бұрын

Wow this was really something. One of your best videos to date IMO and ive watched quite a few xP

@theamazingnoob2972 Жыл бұрын

just found your channel today and already loving the info thanks for bringing in your takes on the hobby not just from a pure investor view or pure collector view but in a well rounded sum up all the parts way very great info looking forward to future vids

@svenmcthias Жыл бұрын

I get a lot out of your videos from numbers to history. I like it... well I already "Liked" it. Thanks again

@gparkmoney Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a more realistic view of what to expect with sealed boxes. Not everything can go to the moon and we can’t expect those prices to keep climbing like that forever.

@MikeJacobs313 Жыл бұрын

I love this hobby. Started in base back in the day, stopped after neo. Came back around xy base amd been hooked again since. Even though I'll be letting my sealed collection go soon to help prep with our triplets we have on the way, ill stay a part of this hobby forever! Will continue to rip packs, and will share the joy with my new 3 additions ☺

@theoogabooganed414 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations and good luck 👍

@angkaihsien6767 Жыл бұрын

congratulations :)

@smr.trading.cards. Жыл бұрын

Such an INSANE amount of perspective in this video... Thanks again for everything you do for the community Danny 🙌

@mtv565 Жыл бұрын

The moral of the story is to be a BOTH collector and investor, I called it "collvestor". As collector, you collect what you like and when it raises in value, you're happy for it as an investor. Best of both worlds! Perfecto!

@7yourdesires86 Жыл бұрын

This is me. I have a ton of sealed stuff (every sword and shield booster box and ETB for example) but im also a collector and love my master sets, singles and slabs collections. I have the best of both worlds

@mtv565 Жыл бұрын

@@7yourdesires86 I collected much less than you. Only some blisters, only the top chase cards which I like, and some miscellaneous low-value non-chase cards but I like the artwork a lot.

@7yourdesires86 Жыл бұрын

@@mtv565 each person has their own goals and collecting Pokemon caters for everyone which is great

@pastimegamin Жыл бұрын

I think if anyone is considering keeping sealed product is wise to do so. Yes it requires patience, but if you enjoy Pokémon, and if u can afford buying multiple boxes at release, open a few and save a few you really can’t go wrong. Even if boxes tank to $80 a booster history shows us 5 years later that box can conservatively 4-5x. $150 or less spent today can be worth 2k 10 years later. If you have kids who want to go to college or just saving for even retirement. Setting a side 1 box per week that’s 52 a year is 520 boxes that’s a pretty nice nest egg if every box averaged out to be worth $350 a piece. Again history shows us that a box can hit $1,000-$2,000 range within a 10 year window so that average can be vastly under valued. U can probably get the same return in a retirement fund but we’re talking about enjoying a hobby with a financial twist and it totally makes sense

@MartezJoe150 11 ай бұрын

Not necessarily opposed to this mindset but you can easily do the same kind of thing with stocks, bonds, mutual funds etc and see similar if not greater returns. No one should 100% throw their eggs in one basket of course, but I'd caution about putting that much in sealed without also allocating funds to less "sexy" investments.

@pinarderio1 Жыл бұрын

Love it!!! ☺️ Great channel

@punkymacpunk4906 Жыл бұрын

I do love collecting. I mostly collect what I like but your videos are super informative cause I like to buy low and there has been so much cards that I've missed out on cause they've become expensive. You love you learn

@EnsignGarak Жыл бұрын

Danny, your market analysis vids are pure gold! As someone with less than a year in the hobby, I just want to "invest" enough to build a collection and sell purchased product to create a "fund" from which I can purchase new product. I guess it's just a matter of that multiple that one is willing to take to make a sale. Recovering the original cost of product -plus- covering the fees to sell -plus- a little bit extra for that "fund" is what I am hoping to reach. Thanks again for all the graphs and discussion!

@dylantedford2630 Жыл бұрын

This is completely mind blowing for someone who was out of the hobby between 2002 and 2021.... Mind Blown

@thekingtauros Жыл бұрын

Best video on the channel! Bravo, Phanny!

@Jawann21 Жыл бұрын

As a collector that enjoys completing master sets. This helps alot. Thanks Danny!

@mikescardboard Жыл бұрын

Love these insights and words of wisdom! Thank you!

@Kc2Crazy Жыл бұрын

This video is really deep. Thank you Danny. It's always a joy to watch your videos. You're an awesome person through and through

@pokebeaches1097 Жыл бұрын

I love seeing the excitement on my daughters face when we get a good card haha brings back memories of opening cards myself back in 1999. You have the realest content on KZfaq man thank you for not charging us money for it lol

@etrainfsb Жыл бұрын

Your love and passion for Pokemon is so real I love it!!!

@Huff19daddy Жыл бұрын

My comment for the algorithm. Keep up the great work.

@jesseswrestlingshow Жыл бұрын

Great video!! I am glad you level set investment expectations. People going to lose their shirt if they are careful.

@yamairomaynard3857 Жыл бұрын

Love the video man good luck

@AuntMeme Жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching your videos because they are so informative. They give great insight into what is going on in the world of Pokemon cards.

@nevercold808 Жыл бұрын

Great vid, man. I collect simply because I enjoy the cards. It's hard to explain but they just make me happy.

@pokegold_hits Жыл бұрын

You’re videos are always so Helpful‼️‼️

@PokeRetroFan Жыл бұрын

You said it beautiully, buy and collect what you like. not only do you get to genuinely enjoy your cards etc but they will most likely gain value over time. win-win. Im collecting mostly vintage banned art cards, also gengars, gardevoirs, mewtwo etc. so much fun

@feddatgaming8000 Жыл бұрын

Great content Danny, always a great watch. Very informative and allows more educated decisions when deciding on my next purchase so thank you 🙌🏻

@tomlie6203 Жыл бұрын

Such a good info filled post. So important for so many to know

@Mikethatguy7 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I do think you may have missed a pretty important part of the price increases we have seen in recent years. An entire generation of people who grew up with Pokémon reached “adult money”. I believe this fact may make any price trends prior to 2020 rather irrelevant. But just my opinion!

@samjomian3127 Жыл бұрын

One of your most important Videos. People need to understand this.

@Voltron4ce Жыл бұрын

Probably the most important video youve made so far Danny! Thank you!

@Griffator Жыл бұрын

It's wild to see how far Pokemon has come along since its conception. I am so excited to see what the future holds.

@lukemckay4972 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your insight, opinions, and the work you put into these videos so I wanted to help in what little way I can by liking and commenting on this video. Thanks for everything you do!

@7yourdesires86 Жыл бұрын

My favourite poketuber atm. Keeping it realistic. Great content yet again

@exoespeon Жыл бұрын

I just love Pokémon in general. The anime, the cards, the plushies and the community! I never look to hard into value more then what I actually love. At the end of the day it’s YOUR collection. Not anyone else’s to tell you what to collect

@MrPoop4u Жыл бұрын

Awesome vid and providing stats to make better decisions. Another awesome video!

@simsam17 Жыл бұрын

Great video, awesome info!

@wickus7123 Жыл бұрын

Your videos always explains everything so nicely , love it Thanks

@PokeInvestingyt Жыл бұрын

Cards are for fun, sealed is for investing.

@monkey39128 Жыл бұрын

Yep. Sealed is king. Speculating on singles is gambling.

@ObstagoonGuy Жыл бұрын

@@monkey39128 Exactly, you can always convert sealed to singles, but that's a 1-way ticket

@PokeBeardTCG Жыл бұрын

Strongly disagree.

@andrematias2430 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I like doing both :)

@MamoswineBING Жыл бұрын

@@PokeBeardTCG explain? Bc its pretty obvious YOU'RE incorrect if u just look at data lmao

@kaitlinflannery Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making great content for the average collector. And I especially appreciate this as a frugal collector.

@marymess454 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks !!!

@Poke_Skate Жыл бұрын

I love Pokémon in all its forms and for me the kind of investment I enjoy is selling to buy more cards than my original budget would have allowed. I have made some bad decisions, but because it was 'extra' money or outside of the money I have put aside for cards I didn't lose my love of Pokémon just learnt some lessons. Thanks for the awesome content, all the effort you put into your videos shows through.

@emarge1532 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video thank you!

@schmidtcjoseph Жыл бұрын

Awesome informative video!!! I myself have rejoined the hobby after being absent 15+ years, was way late to the party with Sword and Shield but looking to invest and keep some product sealed for Scarlet and Violet. I find the collecting aspect more fun than the investment side since I’m enjoying just pulling cards with my GF’s son, but having sealed product hanging around for a rainy day is never a bad thing imo.

@Mirzey Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice and content

@Patches880 Жыл бұрын

This might be my favorite video so far from Danny.

@jjs803 Жыл бұрын

Keep the great content and analysis coming 👏

@Vintagetechnica Жыл бұрын

Great as usual! 😄👍

@juddtrazo2391 Жыл бұрын

This enlightens me! Thanks man!

@CristianDiaz-im2du Жыл бұрын

Danny, in my opinion this is one of the best videos you have ever done. People are under the impression that sealed product will go up in eternity and they are taking huge positions on sealed product like never before. While I agree it makes sense to buy one or two booster boxes at retail price for every set release and speculate on them, people are going overboard and buying multiple cases hoping to 5X their money. I am also very hesitate to trust all these booster box "collectors". In my opinion, people are mostly buying modern booster boxes because they think the prices will keep going up. At the end of day, please collect what you love and always try to look for value. The beauty about Pokemon is that there is 25+ years of beautiful cards and there are several eras where cards are undervalued in comparison to the modern sets.

@Ladybug622 Жыл бұрын

Danny! OMG you're awesome! I just started collecting and allowed myself to buy a few big priced items to enjoy, but for the long run as I collect this info I need! Thank you for not just sharing the hype and love for this hobby, but sharing the truth! So glad I found your channel!

@indicarlos Жыл бұрын

I started collecting in 1999 as a child when pokemon cards were created,took a 19 year break and now I'm back I love the pokemon brand and the family this brand has created amongst all of us .

@michaelkrynski7793 Жыл бұрын

The thing I love most about Danny is his honesty! Ty friend :)

@blaneandgame9 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I've been struggling with the idea of selling my evolving skies and eevee heroes booster boxes because I'm scared they are going to skyrocket in value. This puts into perspective that that's unlikely. Still unsure of a price point at which i want to unload, I'd like to get rid of it within the next year though.

@kingdavidkang Жыл бұрын

Good video Danny. Collect what you like is the key

@matthewhooper3954 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video, very informative and a great history lesson!!!!

@jamesbenton9793 Жыл бұрын

This video has really helped me. Now sword and shield has ended I’m going to take a break. I feel the last year it has become so fast paced and it’s a lot keeping up with with every set and it’s expensive. I dread to think how much I’ve spent and its time consuming and addictive, and having a full time job, a family it’s just become too much. I love it, I have a great collection., but I need to take a step back. Thanks Danny.

@pokechef7006 Жыл бұрын

I was a collector and became a player over the last year , definitely enjoying it

@Soundx13 Жыл бұрын

Wow, this info is realy helping me, Thanks allot!

@MisterStubstep Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the history lesson. I think a lot of people are quick to forget what’s happened over the past 5-7 years

@royvannieuwkoop6348 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video once again

@11Manidontcare Жыл бұрын

I think you’re right, these items will never fall down to where they were, “a new market has been set”. Unfortunately I think a new market has been born too. I don’t think we will see the same level organic growth from before 2019. That was a different market. It will be very interesting to see what happens and honestly it is exciting.

@haruka3203 Жыл бұрын

I got started around when Lost Origin was new. The last time I did pokemon was back when base set was new. It is such a huge contrast between base set and Lost Origin time period, like my god, I had never expected this to turn out this way in 2023.

@jeremyregh Жыл бұрын

I’m in the same boat. I was in like 1st grade when base set came out and after not touching Pokémon cards since then I’m so lost 25 years later haha

@RedawNLIVE Жыл бұрын

Well said Danny, great video man!

@dingross Жыл бұрын

Great content as always

@paulriley6962 Жыл бұрын

As always, the greatest insight

@JRC1588 Жыл бұрын

And it has been kinda discouraging because I don’t want it to be what ppl don’t want 🤷 I’m learning as we speak I study you guys and man fr you guy’s really do a lot of work 😅I have been working for 4 days putting everything together and learning the patterns and techniques to stream multiple platforms man 👏 thank you 😊

@justua1992 Жыл бұрын

cool vid I would say how fast you can move product is a big factor in all this ...... if you don't sale fast enough, you might miss the window of gains before prices on cards go down again, so this is good to get an idea of when to put cards up for sale but I can see why scalpers buy alot at once even if they don't profit alot on products with time they will profit something........ and with alot of products it's like that saying every penny counts . plus by buying alot they have more options to find ways to profit . 😕 sealed =same amount paid for product/possible profit in the future ......... thier are barely any sealed pokemon product sold under retail value .

@kinselection6424 Жыл бұрын

Great video. What about investing in sealed booster boxes hoping to get maybe a 2x in the future? I like seeing the sealed sets displayed at home so it’s fun to park my money on some sealed booster. It gets boring buying stocks, crypto etc

@A_Never_Me_Wez 11 ай бұрын

Love your content Phanny ❤

@steelcitycollector Жыл бұрын

Good show. Would the inclusion of gold cards in Crown Zenith add to the long term sealed value of that ETB product? It would seem like a good sealed investment from that angle. No?

@josephyang6900 Жыл бұрын

Great info mister and keep them coming

@mauriciobori Жыл бұрын

Great video thanks for the hard work

@StevenNeoSayBin Жыл бұрын

great video!!!

@aaronscott2278 Жыл бұрын

Yay another video seriously appreciate all the hard work you do on these videos 🙏

@DannyPhantump Жыл бұрын

Thanks Aaron!

@craiglittle3779 Жыл бұрын

This was a very informative video. Thanks Danny!

@paper_claws Жыл бұрын

Spot on content!!!

@simon_crook Жыл бұрын

Danny you hit this well Thank you for talking about new people in the hobby. Pokemon is my escape too

@stephaniemcclure9801 Жыл бұрын

I collect Pokemon because of how much I love it. It brings me joy and of course nostalgia since I was a kid when Pokemon was first introduced in the US. I do keep sealed product but I open most of what I buy because I can't help myself lol the great thing about collecting products I love is that if in the future, my stuff isn't really worth anything, I just get to open it all up 😊 so either way I'm happy and excited about the hobby ❤

@Turrent Жыл бұрын

Great stuff thanks Danny

@pokemaniacdavid Жыл бұрын

I’m mostly just going along for the ride. Recently started making content just to help justify the money I’m blowing on random product haha. Not looking to make a return anytime soon, I just feel a lot of joy opening packs and interacting with the community. It’s very fulfilling in a cold silly world.

@stevenno101 Жыл бұрын

I just bought a whole bunch of full art trainers that are like 2-5 dollars. As a collector it feels amazing buying what I want at the price of buying one or two sealed products