The key to collecting anything is collect what you like not what you hope will make you money

At 41 years old, I'm getting into pokemon cards because my 13 year daughter has been collecting them for years. We went to a local card shop and talked to the young owners. They were great and offered to help us learn to play the card game and to build our decks. We are already having fun collecting and trading at home. Now my 6 year old son wants to collect them. I am loving this so much.

Found this very helpful, thankyou. Loved collecting pokemon as a kid in early 2000s, been around 20 years since I last collected pokemon cards but started with the lost origins earlier this month. Loving how much detail is in the rare hollow cards nowadays!

I was in junior/primary school when Pokémon came out and was obsessed. Probably one of my best memories as a kid. It was incredible being that age when it took off. Watching the original anime every morning before school, playing Blue on GBC and collecting cards, but we were too young to understand how to actually play. As the year hit 2001, I moved into Secondary school and the second gen came out, the craze had slowed a little in the UK and I grew out of it and sold my cards like many did. Luckily I remember my best card was a shiny Alacazam so nothing crazy. I've now started collecting again. I'm only looking at Base set, Jungle and Fossil as these were what I collected as a kid. It's amazing to be able to get that sense of nostalgia and again, I'm so grateful I'm able to feel that due to the age I was at the time. It's amazing that everyone can have their own personal experiences and different things that are special to them with Pokémon. Good luck collecting everyone and making more memories!

Hi! First video that I've watched from you. Got back into collecting over the last year and defintely wouldn't mind another video or two like this. Thank you!

Good video, very helpful. A lot has changed since I had pokemon cards 20 years ago. The other week my 8-year-old son came home from school talking about Pokémon and that he wanted to start collecting/playing. I was excited for him. I remember the buzz and hype when I was a kid. The feeling you got when your mom/dad bought you a pack for getting a good report card or hitting a home run in a little league game. Showing and comparing cards with friends at school. The feeling of trying to find or trade cards to complete that certain set. Ohh man, the memories. It's crazy how things come full circle. I was around my sons age when It came out, and I started collecting. These cards today leave me scratching my head lol. I didn't really know where to begin. we officially have got our first packs. Let the ride begin. Thanks for your help!

Thank you!! ^^ This helps me a lot, getting more organized when thinking about being a more knowledgeable and at least moderately committed collector. With the very few cards that I bought already in the past 4ish years of when I finally decided to try to start collecting, I was literally going by rather at random and just buying what I thought would be cool/would be right for a beginner like me, with pricings and such. A goal would rlly help me…Not really sure what that could be really! I guess I not only want to collect cards (if I could find some of the rarest cards, that’d be AWESOME), but also learn how to build a great and powerful deck for actual play. 😁 Been wanting to try it for years now actually! Just seems to be very few ppl out there that would actually care and love themselves to do so anymore. But anyway, thanks again!!!! ☺️❤️

I'm a bit over two years in the game and made a lot of money in early 2021 selling graded Pokemon cards👍🏾 Great information!! Thank you👍🏾

I've been in the card business for years and this is by far one of the best videos I've seen. I'm mainly well versed in the sports card hobby and always collected pokemon on and off since I was a kid but it's only been recently that I've been learning about the ins and outs of pokemon cards. This is THE perfect beginners guide to any type of card hobby. The way you explained everything so simply yet in depth is a talent. The one thing that I would love to see you touch on, which I think would be really helpful, is explaining the different Pokemon eras such as Sword and Shield, Scarlett and Violet, and how they correlate to each release. I've found that to be the most confusing.

Thank you for sharing this video! - Just bought my first set today & it's one of the sets you mentioned around $20-$40 - I will watch more of your videos to learn what's the correct sleeve to buy since I plan to play in tournaments or with friends

Thank you for this video as I am actually just started collecting pokemon cards and I'm glad that I knew what I'm doing as a beginner I did a good job as of now.

Great video man, keep it up! I haven't been collecting for over 15 years and me and some friends just started collecting again. Amazing content

This is solid content for newer collectors, thanks for making them. Any other videos you recommend for your viewers?

Thank you for the guide, as someone who's been very into tcg before, it was still very useful and helped me remember some old tips I used to know.

Gooe vid. Very wel structured! Im subbing now! I would like to see a video exlaining how generations,sets,expantions etc. Work.

Thanks for the info! Great video dude

Iiked and subscribed! This was awesome 👌

Very useful information layed out in an easy to digest way. After getting an itch to collect Pokemon cards I headed out to my local card shop and asked about/read up on what packs are out there as well as which Pokemon each pack has to see the art & know which packs have more common & uncommon cards I'd be happy getting to enjoy the outcome. (Mainly seeking cute & pretty art). On the 5th day I bought a single pack of Evolving skies from my local grocery store & got an adorabubble reverse holo Emolga! Then the following day I bought the Giant pika promo box ($20 USD) I had been eyeing which had the cute holo Mimikyu card (the reason I bought the box) and ended up opening another cute reverse holo Plusle along several other cute cards & a holo Moltres so I was quuuite happy with my purchase! I like or highly loved nearly half of the cards I've opened & only got one duplicate card which is of a card I love so it's going great so far. I did break one of the rules by splurging on Marnie's Tournament milk-carton-like box paying above MSRP for her ($53+$12 shipping USD) tho still within my $100 budget. I love her character design so much and know I'll put her sleeves and deck holder to good use! (Learned sleeves with characters or designs can get rather expensive on their own) I also reeeally love her promo cards! She's so precious. Will come with packs for Battle styles, Chilling rains or Darkness Ablaze which I've yet to open so it'll be a pleasant little card boost to my collection too. Am bound to get some other cute ones I like among them but even if I don't, Marnie costs so much to buy on her own so at least this gives me a way to get her along with so many other goodies.

Enjoyed this vid bro already know this info but still its great advice just sub look forward to more content

Best advice video out there. 10/10

as someone who's just started collecting Pokémon cards and is very scared that he'll mess up,the video was so informative so thank you :D

Pretty decent straight forward video. I liked it.

TYSM I REALLY NEEDED THISS i used to collect a bunch back in 2016 and I wanted to get back into it, i was about to buy and old series booster box for wayyyyy higher than what I should spend in my first month back into this, so thanks. also yes, Amazon in sketchy.

i'm trying to get into pokémon card collecting and you really helped me

great video, thanks!

Thank you so much man I used to collect Pokémon cards in the ex and mega ex days but anyways this was very helpful 😀

Just wanted to add and you wouldn’t think but at least in my area a fusion strike etb that comes with like 8 reverse cards is selling for 30 dollars at sams. I bought 2 and got the best card in the second (arguably) and the 6th best (both alt arts)

Fantastic video. So much useful info

Well it depends on what you want collecting cards. In order to have fun at anything, games or sports you must win. There is no fun in losing or missing and having duds for a whole booster box. So in order to have fun collecting be aware of people weighing packs for you to get absolutely nothing. This is a great time to start because Crown Zenith pull rates and ETB ratios are the best in the history of Pokemon cards.

Good solid advice and information.Thank you.

I just kicked off collecting the other day, I started by getting a Dragon Vmax box (To open), and Pokemon GO Instinct set for display purposes. I am both buying boxes for the box display, and buying boosters to open for fun. I got a little lucky and pulled a Giratina Vstar in my first large box. Now I'm thinking about how I want them to be displayed, because I am thinking you can do some pretty crazy things with jumbo cards. I'm also saving up, so you are 100% right about budgeting. Pokemon are fun but it's still nice to have money in the bank for rainy days and good times. Overspending could also impact your love of the hobby, spend too much and you will make yourself miserable which can in turn make Pokemon less enjoyable - so play it safe everyone.

Awesome video thank you for the time putting this together

I just started collecting Pokemon cards and this video was so helpful. Thanks for making it!

Thanks for the help.

Awesome info thank you!

Thanks for this video, I'm actually still thinking of collecting because I'm already doing it with Dragonball Super CCG.

Awesome video brother thank you 🙏🏽

Holy crap I have never watched a tutorial on KZfaq that is this easy to understand and is a video this short

This was so helpful thank you

Thank you!

Bro this is actually we actually do family game night and each of my family members have Pokémon cards but this is actually the important tips thanks for the advice Bro❤

This helped me be more passionate. thanks

Great video! Personally I buy etbs and other cheap products to casually collect.

I don't care about profit, I just like to collect. It's more like a hobby for me because Pokémon is the definition of my childhood :) thanks for this video

halfway through this video so far and its very wholesome. much love to pokemon card collectors and fans

Wow! This video was so good, and only 160 subs?

Amazingly well done. Very informal and super helpful.

Great Video, I hope that Your channel will grow fast, I've started my card story 5 days ago with one booster from McDonalds 25th anniversary, I forgot about it and found it in my car, opened and kind of wanted whole set, so I've bought some boosters from auction site. My goal is completing sets so This video is very informational for me as a newbie in PTCG I think that I will focus on sets that I can still buy new, I am afraid of buying used cards with amount of fakes You can buy online.

Great vid!

Great video for any one looking for some info! Cheers

This is an awesome video, I use to collect when I was younger as a kid and idk where they all went I had tons. Now that I got adult money I want to start getting into it again just for fun. You’re video is amazing and I’ll be watching more to learn as much as I can!

Mantap! Semoga 2023 bisa jadi tahun dimana koleksi Pokemon Cardsku jadi semakin keren. Let's catch 'em all!

I got into pokemon cards because my dad got me the old team rocket fossil etb box before he died when i was 12 then. it was his last gift to me that i still have this to this day.

I don’t usually comment on videos but man this was great. Thank you for your time and effort. This was exactly what I needed. And also a shout out for mentioning to people only using EXTRA money. Bills and other necessary priorities come first 👍

Silver tempest has to be my favorite set.

thx bro! you deserve a sub. keep up the good work, i really want cards but my mom wont get me sum

Thank you 💕✌🏾

Can you like go into which packs are better , what they have and what are the values of the card you get from the pack?

Nice.

Great video! I used to own many 1999 cards but that was years ago lol. I have no interest to invest in anything, just wanna start collecting but soon realized there seems to be so many different editions I can't tell which ones work together or if all these different decks are for different pokemon card games lol. For example if I get a desk from Sword and Shield but then get a desk of cards from Sun&Moon are those the same card game and playable together or totally different and they have different pokemon that you can't get in other editions? For exmaple, if I want like gen 1 pokemon like pikachu, squirtle, chameleon and all their phases (so the original 9) and stuff do they have them in these new editions sets or is it just a bunch of new pokemon? I've probability never seen or heard of all the new things lol. I don't care for rarity in terms of how much they'd sell for. If I could buy and get a ton of gen 1 pokemon that I knew about from the 1990's that would be good enough for me (I think it was the original 151) lol

Danke,nice tips

I collect full art v cards from sword and sheild era. I have almost all of them, 154 in total so far. I also have my money box which is a etb box full of nicer cards valuing around 2000 bucks total.

a secret tip is that stores will actually matchmake with other stores lets say i go into target to grab an etb and its maybe $55 you can go online to maybe walmart and see if they have the same thing for cheaper lets say $45 if you show them at the checkout that its cheaper at walmart they will change the price to the cheaper price (walmart in this case)

Definitely into collecting holos and rares and ultra rares and cards of that variation🙂I started today June 30th and I'm putting every holo variant into sleeves and adding my rares I find in sleeves🤗 and I have plenty of common and uncommon cards🤗💗so I'm definitely gonna hold onto the holos and rare variants🤗💗I also used to have 200+ pokemon cards in middle school and had the full team rocket dark collection and I had a dark charizard holo that I traded for a regular charizard that got ruined🙄and I gave away a shining raichu from the 2000s🙄and it's lost forever🙄so I highly regret giving away my collection🙄so now I'm collecting again and keeping them all🤗some of the new cards of the original oldest pokemon bring back such nostalgia🤗and I've also seen some pokemon on pokemon go on some of the cards🤗so much has changed with pokemon and the cards🤗so I'm learning more about what cards are good and may have value🤗💗

I used to have a lot of Pokémon cards when I was in 3-4th grade but stopped and I’m trying to get back into it and all I have is 3 promo Japanese cards but I don’t know which packs to buy for the best pulls

i just bought a base set 2 charizard and finished my set i started as a child haha, past me would be proud

My bf got me a silver tempest pack for my birthday this year and I can 100% see it’s a slippery slope, I’m collecting bidoofs now

Bro can you tell me were to to buy ETB which is original and best sites and how to know that card is rare etc..

If you are gonna get into collecting vintage holos... Good luck fr and hopefully you have a big wallet because it's definitely not as cheap as when I started. I recommend everyone to just start collecting modern 🤷‍♂️ price points are everywhere and lots of sets for beginners to chase, I've personally moved on to diecast collecting after finishing my entire collection.

great video

Thanks for the video! One question...why not buy PSA cards? Anyways, I collected the cards back in the day and I finally dug them out. I have complete sets of the first 5 sets. Some 1st editions. I've stopped at a few different card shops and found one place that was really helpful. They will make recommendations and send in your cards to get graded. You are correct about sending cards in to get graded, it's about $30 a card. I'm mainly interested in the older cards and graded cards. I ask about buying PSA graded cards, because I made my first purchase today. I got some boxes, sleeves, top loaders, 4 packs, and a PSA graded card. The card I bought was just a simple 1st edition. It was $12. Here's the thing tho...I want graded cards, I'm not trying to make a profit. Someone paid $30 to have the thing graded...I bought it for half that, so basically I got it for half price. I'm looking to buy 1 graded card and about 4 packs every couple weeks. One random question...what should I do with energy cards? I don't play the game, but would consider it in the future. How many energy cards should I really keep around? I have roughly 75 each of the main types. Thanks!

this vid is good

Great Video! You said good tips for people and making them think about everything before getting started. Just one thing once you start there is no going back. Pokémon will keep pulling you in. I believe Pokémon Go is a good starting collection. It's only 78 Cards that are price reasonably. Your right you will buy A LOT of sleeves.

I wanna get into card collecting but I’m low-key scared I’ll do it wrong 😂 like no matter what- I’ve been watching videos on them and I’m still like nah what if I get the wrong things

Coming back after the late 90s school yard days. I was wondering - is there a full art or special ed Arbok? I was looking at some of my childhood faves and there seems to be something for every classic pokemon except Arbok, which is sad. My fave is obviously not popular with anyone involved in the game.

Great video. In Europe it's 5€ a booster pack

I have 0 knowledge of collecting cards, but I'm a videogame and console collector themed on pokémon for 8 years already and I'm based in Italy, and I personally can be wrong on what I'll be saying now so you can disagree with me (as long as is a respectful conversation). First of all, as he said, set precise goals and imo is better to NOT get into too expensive sets or old cards just now, so getting the latest cards is more cheaper and affordable, mostly because are way more easy to reach and to get good deals, also in my opinion, entering in the collection can be easy if you also have some friends or relatives with some cards that are taking dust somewhere else in the house, so if ya can buy some stuff from them or getting for free, do it, garage sales are good places to find nice things for cheap prices, so do that too. Secondly, be patient, don't get immediately an item cause you see that is available because one day you can see it for a cheaper price, so search a lot for good deals, sometimes take a LOT of time but is worth the wait, I collect for 8 years and I got my GBA limited of latios and latias for 600€ before we entered in the pandemic and is in very nice conditions, so this is important, be patient for get good deals, one day will arrive. Third, if you want to buy old booster packs of pokémon please keep them sealed, I've seen too many people open very old booster box and cards and the money that they lost for that is way too much, sometimes the closed item is WAY more valuable than the single card it self, I do understand the exiting moment of opening cards and hoping to find something incredibly rare, but even with the latest sets if you are not lucky you have to waste a lot of money in multiple booster box for complete the whole collection of that set, so keep this in mind, buy some extra booster box to keep sealed and never open, can get high value one day. (also little spoiler, opening old booster pack of pokémon card will increase drastically the value of the item as closed, this is because the quantity of sealed product decrease drastically that if was already expensive a 1000$ booster pack, imagine if reach the 3000$... or even more) Last point, do always safe transition, be careful of what you see online, ask for multiple pictures if needed and if you can do it, move it for get the deal by hand, sometimes people will use the pictures of others for scam, mostly now that the pokémon mania is way too high, too many ppl want to get into collecting in those times and the consequence is buying stuff for over priced or even with an high risk of being scammed, unfortunately this happen too much so be careful :( Probably arrive one day where those cards will continue to get an high value, but I don't know for how long this can go, but be careful and think a lot of the card collecting is for you or not, I personally noticed that wasn't for me since I was a kid, like ok yeah cool the cards but can be damaged very easily, even with a little defect can decrease the value- Out of this, have fun, stay safe, and take care! Good luck to all the newbie collectors

Would love to do a pack opening with you since im a smaller youtuber would be great experience

Is there an update to this? Bother and I want to start collecting sets, both early 30s and live in Australia

I just my charizard rainbow 🌈 v star back from grading it came back a 10

Hahaha, I watched this video a while ago and I just recently bought a booster box to start and you said don't buy a booster box to start lol.

thank u

Pawn shop has fusion strike for 4 bucks each plus tax I bought one I think I'm gonna buy more

Good Video. Personally I like collecting single individual cards since you know exactly when you are getting though. I just feel pack openings aren't worth it as as you rarely get what you want.

With Amazon as long as you've bought from Pokémons official Amazon store you should be fine, I've bought from there and haven't had any issues

Just bought two Stadium boxes for 82.00 after shipping and taxes... Thank you for the info

What site to buy Pokémon cards.?

I’m young and I’m collecting cards for fun and maybe when I’m older I’ll sell them for money. I only have 2 cards rn cause my friend who collects them gave 2 to me.

Pokémon booster pack msrp increased to 4.49 from 3.99

Amazon is a good site if u know it well just check the additional information and it will say Pokemon because if another person sells as a manufacturer as Pokemon then that would be copyright i think then they would be blocked but idk i just think amazon is decent

Great video . I’m just new and getting into Pokémon collecting . Just curious you set a few of the sets are cheap and some will get expensive . What makes a particular set of Pokémon more cheap or more expensive . As I believe the Pokémon sets are standard priced when released from Pokémon company so what makes one set more expensive / more popular than another set . Just curious as I’m trying to understand what makes one more rare or expensive than another

I'm new and too old for this lmao But i decided to collect psa 10 mew cards So far i bought 2

Step 1: Buy Pokemon cards. Step 2: Keep them.

A psa 7 charizard is still worth it to grade.

What is going on? I just wanted to buy some gen 1 or gen 2 pokemon cards to play with my kid like the ones I used to have when I was young. I guess this is impossible without spending hundreds or thousands of dollars?

So your last point about buying individual cards of a new set is a thing to avoid. But what about buying booster packs of a new set. For me, I'm completely new and I would've thought I should start at the newest set. And this currently being Paldea Evolved. Should I not buy these packs then or do you only mean individual cards?

I never got into the cards when I was in school in the 90s. Took a lot of crap just for liking video games so I wasn’t gonna bother with a tcg. Now I wanna get into it with my kids, Walmart typically has different stuff available. Do I buy the tins or booster boxes? Basically can I make a mistake just walking into the store and grabbing a box. I see a lot of tins and multipacks on clearance as well. Is it as simple as just opening cards regardless of what set they are from?

Still waiting for The graded cards guide

Here's how, by spending a lot for overvalued product.

Apparently I’m a parent… I’ve got a bunch of sealed and the kids open 😂