Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Odds of getting the Time-Space Distortion trainer #124/123 Holo??

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I found 1 in a case and a 2nd in the seventh box I opened. I like it that the card is so rare and playable, makes for a lot more drama and polarity between the one's who get one and those that don't. It's like a snotty kid prodding a zooed lion through its cage with a long stick - a cruel tease with lots of clawing, roaring, and manic laughter. What's the bet it will be reproduced in POP 6?
 
It's not a good thing it's so rare. One of the good things about pokemon is that the good cards have always been accessible- ALWAYS- but making 1 card every 4-6 boxes is not good, especially a playable one. It's most money and most luck wins... Yu-Gi-Oh! was once like this... it was not pretty.
 
I know my friend pulled 7 out of 4 cases. 1 of his had 0.

I havent been as lucky. I have opened about 2 boxes personally for myself and about 26 for my store so far. I have only pulled 3, which imo is not good. So far either 1 or 0 per case.

Drew
 
ryanvergel said:
so was P5 mew.
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but this one is...shiny...and...cool-like...
im not sure if tsd was a battle road prize. i know it was a tournament prize for SOMETHING in japan, but i don't remember what.

anyways, at the pre-release, i paid for a friend to pay for me (meaning i kept the cards ;p), and he pulled one. then i got a box for judging and pulled another with an electivire lv x lol.

oh, and my friend pulled one at the prerelease the week after, so that was cool.
 
I don't mind something so good being so rare and valuable; considering there are no longer any EX or * cards, it's essentially a fair trade-off. I sort of hope they continue to package one card with sets like this, it makes going to prereleases even more enticing.
 
I had 18 packs and pulled one from mine. I opened half of two separate boxes. So I guess I was just lucky.
 
wow 3 were pulled out of about 4-6 boxes at our pre-release

2 in actual prerelease, 1 in a booster draft afterward ( It was Pokepop's son, who was sitting next to me...grrr...almost mine...:nonono:)
 
RI 34 people & 1 draft - 1 TSD. NH 38(?) pre & 1 10-person draft - 0 TSD.

TJ's prerelease 69 people, 4 booster drafts, i believe 4 or 5 were pulled. My middle son pulling one.

Out of NH - 5 pre's, 4 drafts, RI 4 pre's, 4 drafts, MA 4 pre's, 3 drafts, & 8 boxes - 2 pulled.

Hope 1 more is in the sealed box i have left!
 
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At a pre-release, we opened 2 cases and got 1 card. Next day, we opened another 2 and got 1 card.

The following weekend we opened 3 cases and found 5 cards.

PUI must hate us. Or they just know that we are crazy for good cards that are hard to get.
 
ryanvergel said:
Wowz...

This, IMO, was a really bad move. This is like 10x worse than P5 mew. P5 mew when it first came out could fetch a LOT of green because it was so rare and so playable. This card is a phenomenal card but insanely rare. Why would they make such a good, playable card so rare?
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Seems like a standard marketing tactic to boost sales. Surely another card that accomplishes a similar effect in the same capacity will be printed. Pokemon obviously knew crazy Americans would shell out serious money for a must-have secret rare, and so as not to disadvantage players from Japan the card [or its effect] will be made more readily available in some fashion by worlds. Just a guess..
 
drrty byl said:
Seems like a standard marketing tactic to boost sales. Surely another card that accomplishes a similar effect in the same capacity will be printed. Pokemon obviously knew crazy Americans would shell out serious money for a must-have secret rare, and so as not to disadvantage players from Japan the card [or its effect] will be made more readily available in some fashion by worlds. Just a guess..
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its already in japan though, so it shouldn't really be an issue.
i don't expect a reprint like, ever. i say people just need to deal with it. =/
 
Opened 2 boxes last weekend, one box had TSD & Magmortar lv X. The other box had 2 Electivire Lv X!
Kids and I opened over 2 boxes of loose packs over the course of 3 Pre's w/drafts and got no TSD and only 2 Lv X's. No complaints here, I'm looking for 3 more TSD for my deck! I did see several TSD opened at the Pre's I attended, so they are out there.
 
As of today, can't buy it for under $50. w/ shipping. And auctions ending anytime soon
are between $40. and $45. ( with a day or more left)

Someone calculate those odds !

I have 4 so i'll keep my opinion on this card and the way it was released to myself.

Not cheap- and wont be for a while.
 
I got my 2 box's off ebay and got one in each both along with electivire lv .x and lucario lv. x so I guess I got really lucky.:thumb: I have heard it is 1 in 3 box's though.
 
Benlugia said:
im not sure if tsd was a battle road prize. i know it was a tournament prize for SOMETHING in japan, but i don't remember what.
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Not Battle Road prize, but almost.

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At each of these 8 Battle Roads, there were several winning teams, and each winning team got one copy of TSD for each team member. So there are probably more copies of TSD in existence in Japan than the typical Battle Road prize card, but still much less than the massive amount of English TSDs in existence. :p
 
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