Pokemon 25th Anniversary Cards
So far, this set has been extra-hype for all Pokemon fans, and it’s easy to see why. First off, the cards are absolutely beautiful; stunning additions to display in any home. Second, fans can now experience the wave of excitement from pulling an original Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur from a pack, without having to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on sealed 1999 Base Set products!
Why Is This A Bad Investment?
You may have noticed the usual chaos surrounding Pokemon TCG releases with this set; big retailers selling out, smaller retailers drastically marking up MSRP, and scalpers flooding the secondary market. But, let us assure you, the long-term value of this set will be as bad as Battle Styles!
We are specifically referring to the following Pokemon Celebrations products:
# Singles (graded and raw)
# Packs and Booster Boxes
# Celebrations Mini Tin
# Celebrations Premium Figure Collection [Pikachu VMAX]
# Celebrations Collector Chest
# Celebrations Elite Trainer Box
# Celebrations Special Collection – Pikachu V-UNION
# Celebrations Collection – Dragapult Prime
# Celebrations Collection – Lance’s Charizard V
# Celebrations Collection – Dark Sylveon V
Pokemon Celebrations 2nd Wave (and beyond)
Like the Pokemon Evolutions & Generations 20th anniversary sets, Celebrations will be released in several waves. Given that this set marks 25th Anniversary Pokemon Cards, it will likely be overprinted in the upcoming waves, creating an overabundance of cards in the secondary market (once all the streamers finish cracking open packs). In fact, according to several people from the Pokemon TCG subreddit, many major retailers across the U.S. are already seeing large restocks of the product. The 2nd wave will officially arrive during the 2021 holiday season, with additional waves landing in early 2022!
The Print Quality Is Quite Good
This may seem like an odd reason, but it’s particularly important if you plan to grade your Pokemon cards. Some people are trying to do an apples-to-apples comparison of the Celebrations Charizard and the Evolutions Charizard, but this is incorrect!
A PSA 10 Charizard from Evolutions fetches a high price tag of $3000 today. This is only because the set had terrible print quality with only 315 PSA 10’s in existence. However, there are almost 10,000 PSA 9 grades on this card, which means that the PSA 10 grades would also be in the several thousand if this set had a better print quality. A more apt comparison would be to the Champion’s Path Shiny Charizard V, which has over 6000 PSA 10 grades and has realized a sharp decline in value since release!
Celebrate the greatest moments of Pokémon over 25 years of adventures alongside favorites from Mew and Ho-Oh to Lunala and Zamazenta!
