Is this how Bandai resolves the Supply Issue in the One Piece TCG? 

my only way around is simple....pre-order whatever you want to get as soon as its possible, save money and the headache

@@MMK86 Completely understand why you would do that. But have you looked at pre-order prices? OP07 (the one not coming out till June!) is already hitting $200 a box. That's crazy. Who wants to tie up that much money almost 6 months in advance. But it's not only that. You got to pre-order OP06, EB01, and starters too. It's an expensive game no matter how you do the math. Even for a TCG.

Absolutely, prices are ridiculous. I’ve been collecting since OP01. Most likely will be taking a break for a while.

@@DefiasBrotherhood you are right the prices on pre-orders have moved quite a bit the past few weeks, OP-06 was 129 around here, now all sold out at 180-199 and only one place has em at 240...OP-07 same, 129 preorder then climbed to 180+ with no stock in sight...hey at least the new decks are partially in stock lol

Yeah it's been fine at certain times, but I really feel for new players trying to get into the game. I have friends interested and it's rough to see them turn away the game because of the cost of everything

Agreed. Like a notable stamp or difference in the card could alleviate everyone's issues

Exactly!! It's wild haha. No more please 🤣

Dude for real

Agreed! It would be a big dub for everyone

Would love to see it!

Never gonna happen

I think some of the distributors are based here aren't they? I could be wrong. I know there's quite a few in the EU at least

@@TheLuffyTCG i guess i meant in amount. They need to heavily invest in that aspect. There’s some. Just definitely not enough plus Bandai Japan still controls the majority of it

@@TheLuffyTCG There are 2 distributors in the US, and 1 in Canada... For NA. The bigger one, in the US, is majorly scummy. They, allegedly, hold stock of a lot of their products and resell later. Also, ALLEGEDLY, certain employees who handle cases for stores, make side deals for products such as: cases, starter decks, pre-release starter decks, and tournament kits. GTS is one of them, and Alliance is the other (FOR THE US). The larger, is allegedly, scummier than the smaller.

I dont think you know what you talking about tbh. ​@TheLuffyTCG

That'd be great. We'll wait and see but I hope that's the idea with the tournament packs

Price gouging definitely isn't helping. I'm glad I bought before it came out, but even preorders are getting ridiculous at this point

Stores literally are selling 200%+ msrp.... blame scalpers lol

@@Opinionated-By54nder unfortunately it's both at fault. Scalpers set the prices on TCG as people pay for them and then stores copy more or less. Kinda sucks as an endless cycle 🤣

@@Opinionated-By54nder Yeah but stores price it based on tcgplayer/online prices and when scalpers buy out the product supplies go down when demand is going up so prices goes up. Not totally blaming them but they play a factor in prices.

@TheDengmaster415 but why punish ppl that decided to invest early have thier money tied up for 6-7 months and decide to recoup money that was invested in Bandai to make more product

Love this idea

Yeah that'd be cool! We do have the double packs and the collection boxes so there's many ways to make this work in the future :)

Very true. Although I think the EB sets are gonna be a lower MSRP because of only doing half the cards in a set. I could be wrong but I believe that's the case.

That's one move i don't understand from Bandei.Why are they making a special set like EB and it's literaly just a normal set with a few cards less. This could have been a great way of making reprints of old staples in a different artwork, bringing down prices of singles from op04 and older (as well as some promo exclusice cards). I mean they won't sell those old products anymore, so they wont miss out money by reprinting cards of those sets. Making this set a reprint set and maybe add some nice collectible artworks in there, this set would sell perfectly and make the game way more affordable to sustain the playerbase long-term. 1 reprint set every year with all expensinve singles from the previous year would be awsome and help the game being affordable.

@@Cedric25397the only reason I can see for them not doing that is because sets are designed a year in advance and they couldn’t change the product in time to fit the current demand.

@@Xros808 Yeah, you are probably right. But still, this isn't Bandeis first TCG and also not the first time they have issues with a TCG like this. Why not have some spare reserve in the planning so ghey can adress problems in a 2-3 months time frame? Also planning a reprint set for after a year could have been done in advance and i think the card list could be flexible more short-termed. It would also have been possible to postpone some planned, but not yet announced products to create some capacity for reprints.

Yeah not being matched with the eastern releases is causing too much market speculation and it influences a lot

@@TheLuffyTCG The market speculation based on easters releases is something im used to as an old time YGO player, what i would really want is more reprints compared to the easters market considering how well the game is doing xD

😂😂😂😂

Legendary comment haha

Yeah I'd like to see that in the future of this game. Through tournament packs or through included packs in future booster boxes

Damn. It's not too different here in the states. Many places don't even get 3 cases. But others get like 20. I don't understand how it works honestly lol

I don't blame you but hope to see you back at some point! I am optimistic for the future but want to see some changes

Yeah lucky I got everything when it came out or on preorder. Very tough to get those prices now

This is always the way. Has been since yugioh decades ago

We'll see in a year if it's looking a bit better :)

Yeah I'd like for everyone to be able to get their hands on any necessary cards. Fingers crossed we see some solutions in the near future

Yeah that'd be an easy solution honestly. I'm optimistic but we'll see I guess

Oh definitely never reprint the same AA into packs, I just mean base rarity or even different art with no holo on a tournament pack card.

Easy solution for sure!

Interesting I didn't think about that. But I understand that they wanted to keep them as a certain rarity chance.

@@TheLuffyTCG like we get what around 7-8 SRs per box make it around 12 and 1 sec and 3 alts per box that would help get the card out there and there would be a lot out there so buying singles wouldn't be crazy

@@yosanto1317 that's fair, I think 3 alts per box might be a little much but the lower rarity cards I like the idea.

That's fair, however queen has been a card throughout the whole game now. Every purple deck in the game has used that card so far. It's a bit surprising that they didn't have that included in a TP over other cards that have 6 different arts out in the game

Same :) I collected one and saved it from blue bottom period too

Yeah staples in tournament packs would go a long way. We already have a few but some of the pricier ones would help a ton

for digimon in the past they did infact re stock all the booster uptill BT 06 so more product can be bought that because we complain

I heard their earlier sets were reprinted at one point in mass, but I didn't play the game so I can't give a truthful answer on that

Agreed! Get rid of the cardboard divider and throw in some goodies! Would love to see that

My double packs have not been good either, but I'd still try one at retail if I could find it.

I think if they went that route, it would be a new game type or something like buddy battle. But idk. That could be interesting in the future

Yeah I can agree. It becomes challenging to get product anywhere honestly

LOL this would have been amazing..

LMFAO that'd be perfect! I totally would have

Lmao 🤣 now that's perfect haha. Your mind works in the perfect way

That'd be perfect but I doubt that would ever happen. We can hope though :)

Yeah what the hell is the deal with that? Ive seen so many whatnot streams doing that. How do they get allocated so much!? It's crazy

Yeah getting rid of alt arts might be the play honestly. It's a good time to do so

@@TheLuffyTCG I’ve basically used every alt art I’ve gotten as trade bait for stuff from older sets lol I think I managed to trade a Wanted Poster Luffy I got for a Kat and Kuzan lol

I believe they'll correct it in the future. Just hoped it would have been done sooner

Oooo that'd be nice. Yeah other tcgs got it figured out so we'll see in time. I'd love for some progress in that regard.

Totally fair. I hope to see SRs at a decent price like OP05 in the new set but we'll have to wait and see. SRs and lower should never be hitting over $20. That's just wild honestly haha

Yeah I'm optimistic for some relief to everyone's wallets in the future. I'd just like to see it happen sooner than later

Yeah a reprint with a notable symbol or difference to the card would do the trick easily. A win for everyone

Non Holo cards in tournament packs seems like the best idea :) or additions to gift sets or stuff like that.

@@TheLuffyTCG yea non holos makes sense pokemon made some like this and it worked

Yeah I don't envy any player that didn't get their hand on product at the beginning of the game. I was lucky that I got everything MSRP, but now pre-orders all the way to set 8 are insanely high priced which is ludicrous

Yeah I think it'd be a great way to get cards in players hands :)

They literally already are... hearing this as a new idea is insulting lol😊

@@lifeunderthestarstv what high value staple is being reprinted in TPs? Also SRs from OP01-OP05? It's just starter deck cards and random promos. We haven't even gotten queen as a tp card yet 🤣 that's causing massive inflation alone on a starter deck that otherwise isn't all too useful

Yeah it would be pretty cool to see honestly:) I like that MTG does something similar to that

Yeah that's what I mean, preorders shouldn't be that high at all. Kinda crazy honestly

Oh yeah bro, apparently set 6 has a smaller print run than set 5 so that zoro is hitting 3k EASY

@@Xros808 I've seen rumours of that but I don't know if it's true. I couldnt imagine they'd short print a set after the sales they've had

Yeah that's wild. I'd sell it if I had an AA personally.

@@TheLuffyTCG I’ve definitely been considering it 😂 but the artwork is so clean

Agreed! It would be a great solution

Yeah definitely not making it good for the rest of the community. But we'll see what direction it goes. I do think some reprints would help and it wouldn't effect market too much honestly

Yeah they're pretty wild. Buying singles isn't too bad but getting sealed product is wild haha

Same! I think I might have even got it for $12 if I'm being honest

I loved them! Would love to see them make a come back :)

That would be awesome!

Wow I didn't know about the discord practice. That's crazy. I figured it was just hype that was causing buyouts for some things

Yeah I've seen that before. A lot of the places I play at have them constantly because people sign up via the bandai app. I also believe it's on the store to order them, so might be worth asking if they can keep up with the orders

Yeah interest in the game is insane so getting into events is super hard. I gotta plan out whole days just to register for stuff lol

Yeah it's limited to English only per the rules. But if you used one at locals I'm sure that no one would bat an eye.

Good luck with that

@@kazanyemmi it worked with Chronicles. Then WOTC made a terrible mistake.

I like the idea but I don't think they'd go this route. It'd be great, don't get me wrong! But that would be a whole different print line. I'm optimistic for some remedies in the future though!

My collection is worth more also but if we have more people playing and less people leaving because of prices, then the longevity of the game would make our early cards worth even more! Gotta think about the long game my friend

Appreciate it my friend

100% that would be something I'd hope they would do in the future

@@TheLuffyTCG I hope so. It's my first bandai card game so I don't know how they've handled it with their other properties. Every other card game has done reprints and the prices of the original cards still hold their values.

I've seen those. It's pretty frustrating. This was the one time I got a case and I'll never be able to afford one again lol

Agreed let's see some one piece mass printing! And congrats on the uta games! I'm looking forward to some of the ones I got into also :)

Welcome to the game, the community is pretty dope but yeah product is rough right now. I think this was the most hype set though because of 3 mangas but we'll see if everyone can get their hands on set 6 well enough

Yeah there's no reason starters should be costing that much. It's actually insane

Hope so! That sounds like it would alleviate a lot of issues for people :)

Love the idea! Very cool and provides interest for people needing certain niche cards!

That's totally fair. I was more expecting the players to understand what the cards do when they are played. But if not that's totally fair. And it might just take the slot of one card out of 4 that they don't have possession of, you know?

He bought the Japanese starter deck but I don’t think that you should recommend this to new players because the cards being expensive and Japanese ones not drove him away from playing the game

@@cardlover7817 oh I didnt recommending this to anyone lol. You can't use them legally at the moment. But if we could, it could be a cheaper alternative

True but if someone is reading this only use the MUCH cheaper Japanese cards that everyone knows and it does become legal don’t make a full deck with Japanese cards lol

Also sorry if I came off as rude was not trying to ❤

Yeah it's tough honestly. I don't think Bandai can do much about it, but the game has a lot of promise. Future sets should have this issue alleviated

It's playable but you gotta drop a paycheck to get some of the cards if you didnt get in from the beginning

I don't think banning or restricting them is necessary. At least not borsalino and Katakuri. But the blue cards from the sabo event maybe. They're almost impossible to find lol. Very low amount of them in circulation

For sure, if its a big event with prizing totally understandable. At locals though for 3 packs, nah you can play with a drawing for all I care 🤣

Those games just don't have as good of an IP or a play style. Having more supply in this game would be good for players and collectors. More interest brings more money to it and that will drive up prices of individual cards but simultaneously allow players to get hands on staple cards.

You can't blame them for the pandemic. There wasn't enough printers

@@hieinh 100% agree but after a certain point p-bandai became the focus point for scalpers which was a way better way of getting some of the cooler stuff they released. There wasn’t any safeties set in place until much later which is what some places have done with OPTCG. Bandai is outdated in its methods. At least at the bandai stores they’ll unwrap booster boxes when you check out but those stores aren’t as common as they should be.

Yeah I think this is easily the golden egg that they are sitting on and could make a killing by printing more honestly. It would help everyone involved. Even collectors would still have wave 1 product and that's worth more inherently

I will say from an investment standpoint, I'm up personally. Definitely profit if I sell, but I got all my stuff around MSRP when the sets were first launched. I'd like to see more promo packs, tournament packs, and extras in the near future that contain those staples. It would help the longevity of the game.

@@TheLuffyTCG at this point me too. I’ve got most of my stuff at MSRP. A few items I payed more for, very least LGS markup (like $20 for a starter for example). Got in a month late but able to complete most sets by getting the singles “cheap”. OP1 being the most while others like 2-4 cards. I don’t bother with AA unless it’s cheap to buy or I pulled it. But with what I do have opened and sealed I’d definitely make profit now haha. Like the SEC Kata I payed $30 for 😂. But yeah they need to do something. I was kinda hoping when they announced the Memorial Set they would’ve did that. Similar to the Mythic Booster in DBS. Just a reprint set, revisions packs to a big scale! Which those were weird seeing how they released another wave of the first 4 decks a month later that were revised as well. But yeah also agree on the reprints with different art. Mainly because it doesn’t help the older prints go down in price and that artwork they could use later for new cards. Instead of making it confusing when one card has four or more artworks. Another thing to have to remember in tournaments besides card text for each card. I’ve seen people cheat using the same card at a total of 8 because it’s different arts 🤦‍♂️ So yeah reprint older cards in a way to keep this game alive! It’s a fun game and I’d hate to see it die off in a few years because Pokémon and Lorcana scalpers entered the chat

Yeah that's fair. There are some cheap decks that you can get though.

Hey I don't blame you. I was lucky enough that I got into it from the beginning. But building a meta deck now is not easy if you're getting into it. Hopefully things change!

@@TheLuffyTCG thanks man! I hope so.

I understand, other people feel the same way too. I was more thinking of it as a player having 3 of a card but can't get their hands on the 4th so instead they use a Japanese card. Not like the whole deck haha.

I could see that. I wish that the normal cards and most AAs were a little lower because I don't think that would effect manga prices but who knows anymore 🤣

Agreed we have so many of each of those 🤣

Yeah I know they've had their own issues but it'd at least be a cheaper alternative for some players haha

The thought is that people understand what the card action does. So if you don't have the actual card you could still play

How do you figure? Demand and player base is already massive and the show is getting more popular. It's almost like they're trying to make it fail but can't

Hmm interesting. It seems to be thriving. Just not enough product to supply newer players

​@ericsilvestrin1662 demand is high right now, but if supply doesn't meet it, then people will leave in frustration.

@@matttran7161 over time, I agree. But right now, there's no signs of it slowing down

@ericsilvestrin1662 yeah I want to be wrong. It's so frustrating because Pokemon already solved for this. Can you imagine how cool a OP Trainers Toolkit would be? Like nonfoil staples, a handful of packs, and a nifty promo.

Sorry to hear that :( I know that at the current moment japanese cards are illegal in our format. But realistically for a local tournament I dont know why it would be an issue. I do think this is one of the last resorts that I'd like to see, but we'll see!

No thanks

I know you're hinting at scalpers looking for more to resell or horde or what not, but I really do have a ton of people at my locals that have a hard time getting their hands on older cards or even some of the new OP05 cards because of the lack of product available. Buying singles is the best option at the moment, but some of the singles are outrageous :( I really would love to see a large reprinting of Sets 1-5

@@Amaru2000 hello "new player"

Hahaha it's just an option :) anything to alleviate some financial pressure new players might feel

I'm thinking you might have not watched the whole video 🤣 because that's what I talked about with tournament packs and gift collection sets being reprints of singles not sets.

Secret rare is one thing in my opinion. That's not an easy pull. I wouldn't be surprised if many people didn't have playsets. But normal rares or super rares? That's a bit of a stretch. More product wouldnt effect the big cards. So our manga rares would still be very worth while and profitable. It's a win win for everyone

I totally agree on normal rares and super rares, hell even somehow on secret rares if that card is the only available option The game should not be that expensive to play, so cards like Katakuri have to be reprinted in my opinion. With diffrent art and if they have to make it lower rarity, its for the sake of gaming. They alrdy reprinted luffy and nami plenty of times so why not do it with cards that are needed to play the game. I feel lile it would be the best option, no need to print sets as much as disney does, collectors will lose interest and they are part pf the tcg, thats also what bandai intended when putting in AA and mangas

@@OgIsonn ok that's fair, that was basically my point with the idea of the tournament pack reprints.

Value will stay the same 🤣 prices are super inflated and it would bring them down for the first few weeks of being reprinted and then it would become as high as previously and continue to climb lol. It just alleviates the stress of normal cards like SRs. Those cards shouldn't cost more than $10

Scalpers are so dumb smh

Big L take. Your cards would still remain super valuable. As the players grow for the game the value grows. So printing more won't effect the price as much because the supply and demand would continue to be very high. Getting more product into new players hands will only help the community in multiple ways.

Yeah that's what I was getting at with the tournament pack participation prizing as far as singles are concerned. But if you don't mind me asking, (as far as the collectors that would leave) why would they leave if more was printed? They would have cheaper availability to obtain cards for their collection?

@TheLuffyTCG when I here reprints it’s like get your game up and protect the value of the game. Common leaders turned me off at first to the game . I get it allows playability for early players but also deters you from buying the good stuff when you can win n get it free

Damn bro who hurt you 🤣

I'm not sure if I understand what you mean

Interesting, you don't want players to be able to play the game. That's a take I wasnt expecting 🤣

Yeah couldn't agree more. The stores mimicking the scalped prices is not helpful at all but it is what it is. Would love to see more prints in the near future or tournament packs to alleviate problems with certain singles

Yeah missed business opportunities for sure. Could be done at an affordable price and they would make so much money for necessary cards