From what I’ve seen, there’s a divide between collectors on this topic. I lean towards the side that the abundance of SIR’s and easy pull rates is bad. I love to open packs in hopes to pull a card I wouldn’t dare buy outright. To me, if the top chase card is $40 or below, it completely takes out the point of opening a pack. Like why risk it? Just buy the card. And just buying the card isn’t FUN to me. On the other hand I understand how some collectors are enjoying the cheap cards, but (no offenses to them) at that point it doesn’t feel like a real tangible collection that has any value to it. That’s just me!
I agree to a lot of your points! The cheapness of SIRs does take away from the excitement of pulling it. This is coming from someone that has pulled the Spidops EX SIR twice 😭 luckily just from single packs and not a booster box.
yea I agree but I feel that way anyway why spend thousands on trying to pull a 200$ card or whatever makes more sense to just keep stuff sealed and buy singles
Bought a booster box of twilight mascerade and got absolutely trolled, pulled the greninja ex ultra rare and the full art version with ZERO SIR’s in the whole box 😭 got 3 SI’s and two full arts 😫
Personally dont think this is a problem, cheaper and less rare cards means i can own most of them without spending an insane amount of money on cardboard. If someone is taking a monetary drop in their "assets" its on them for investing on a kids game
Agree somewhat. I try to master a lot of sets, so it's nice to not have to send $1k+ to do so, but if you're ripping open packs, it's a bummer to know that even if you open a booster box and get the #1 chase card of the set, you still won't get your money back in a lot of SV sets right now.
