Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Price of Pokemon Catcher's future

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BertNErnieCards

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First off, I am solely a collector and do not compete at all. I am not sure which cards are legal and which are not. My questions are, is the pokemon catcher an expensive trainer because its rare or very good in a deck?
And also, how far away is it from becoming illegal in decks?
And lastly, do cards like this only hold their value while they are legal, or do they maintain value afterwards.

I just got into collecting a couple months ago, since giving it up back around the Neo series. Thanks for any input
 
BertNErnieCards said:
First off, I am solely a collector and do not compete at all. I am not sure which cards are legal and which are not. My questions are, is the pokemon catcher an expensive trainer because its rare or very good in a deck?
And also, how far away is it from becoming illegal in decks?
And lastly, do cards like this only hold their value while they are legal, or do they maintain value afterwards.

I just got into collecting a couple months ago, since giving it up back around the Neo series. Thanks for any input
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They are expensive because they are a good card in decks.
Next rotation I presume? Since it was in Emerging Powers... (When they cut out Black & White, Call of Legends and Emerging Powers) Though, don't quote me on that.
I would say that it will hold it's value for a bit, but if you look at cards like Luxray GL Lv X it went from $60 to like $8, Gengar primes went from $40 to $3
 
Actually they'll be in rotation until Dark Explorers is rotated thanks to the reprint rule. While there's no guarantee, they'll probably still be legal for a couple more years at least.
 
Once they rotate you'll be able to get as many as you like for 25¢ each or less regular or reverse. The secret rare, maybe $5.
 
Dioxide said:
Why is an uncommon so expensive? Would it be better to just buy a box that has this card in the set?
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Because . . .

  • People play 4 in virtually every deck, meaning there is huge demand
  • Emerging Powers was a poor set so likely didn't sell that well, meaning fewer copies in circulation
  • People who have them are reluctant to trade/sell

Buying a box of the set is more expensive than buying 4 Catcher, and you aren't absolutely guaranteed to get 4 in a box anyway.
 
baby mario said:
Because . . .

  • People play 4 in virtually every deck, meaning there is huge demand
  • Emerging Powers was a poor set so likely didn't sell that well, meaning fewer copies in circulation
  • People who have them are reluctant to trade/sell

Buying a box of the set is more expensive than buying 4 Catcher, and you aren't absolutely guaranteed to get 4 in a box anyway.
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Really? A functional reprint of Gust of Wind is that good? Why didn't they just reprint Gust of Wind?
 
its a staple card and with the latest rotation in play the value of catcher has risen up alot.back during before worlds you could have gotten catcher for at least 5-7 the most but after it and since every deck needs at least 4 plsu they were pretty hard to pull even whe emerging powers came out.your not guarentee a full playset with a box you can get 1-2 or maybe none at all
 
Dioxide said:
Really? A functional reprint of Gust of Wind is that good?
Yes, it's incredibly good. Just like GoW was.

Why didn't they just reprint Gust of Wind?
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Why would they? It's a 12 year old card. The target audience for Pokemon wasn't even born when it was last printed.

Trainer-Items are now actual items. A gust of wind isn't really an 'item', while a gun that shoots a Pokemon catching web is.
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I don't think they had nearly enough info to make that conclusion. You would need results from hundreds of boxes, if not thousands.

I have more Catchers than I have Bianca, Max Potion, or Recycle from that set, though this doesn't prove anything either.
 
Expect the price of cards like Catcher and luxury cards (like shinies and full art reprints) to go up around tournament time. Catcher will be legal for play for a long time so the price will be relatively high for awhile still.
 
Unless they make a league promo Pokemon Catcher which has been rumored but unconfirmed. If that happens expect catcher to plummet in price.
 
baby mario said:
I don't think they had nearly enough info to make that conclusion. You would need results from hundreds of boxes, if not thousands.
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Fair enough. I will say that, using 223 packs, Nick15 did both a simple card count on that data--how many of each Uncommon users got out of 669 Uncommons--as well as a print run analysis, to determine the sequence of cards on each Uncommon sheet, and thus their frequency. He got identical results from both methods. As you mention, the error in the count frequency would be high; you are right that your own personal number of each card says very little. But, if the sequence of Uncommons is maintained in each pack, the print run data should not require hundreds or thousands of boxes (because it is not statistical). Nevertheless, Nick15 did write that his Uncommons analysis was incomplete, that it would be more reliable with more data.

But you all can read about it for yourself and decide. Interesting side note: Nick15 found Swadloon #5 is just as rare as Pokemon Catcher, but it does not cost $16.99 at T&T. :)
 
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