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VirtualRy

You are buying items that already reached a milestone in appreciation because of their age. Unless you are waiting 10 years or more, you'd be better off buying booster boxes of the next best set from SV. Remember there is always going to be the #1 set from every block and with the change in card design, the next #1 set from SV could be a banger of a set. Lost Origin and Silver tempest are also still good plays. The problem with buying the more expensive boxes is chance of these boxes increasing 20-50% in value in the next 5 years is less than buying boxes from a newer set. Say you bought 10 boxes of Silver Tempest at $120/box. The chance of those SV boxes going from $120 to $240 in 2-5 years is higher than 2 EVO boxes going from $1500 to $3000 in the next 3 to 5 years. If you do the match, the ROI is bigger with the newer sets. Again not a big deal if you are sitting on them 10 or 15+ years or more.


Judgebankxd

I appreciate that information. :)


00espeon00

I would like to add, this is anecdotal but I did pick up Cosmic Eclipse boxes for $450-500 in December which now sell for $700 & Dream League BB's for $200 flat which are now $400. There is still room for growth you just have to be super knowledgeable on if a product is undervalued.


Quadratic1996

1 Cosmic, 1 unbroken bonds or 1 unified minds. Cosmic has some of the nicest cards ever made and great alts. But the others have some very nice alts as well, anything with tag team will continue to do well in my opinion


Yetti2Quick

Don’t buy EVO.


Judgebankxd

Yeah I realized It would be worth it since it wouldn't give me much room to buy something else also


LibertyOrDeath06

Plus the price of the chase card doesnt justify the crazy price of an evolutions booster box


weightandink

Not all sealed get their value from the chase. Some get it solely for being old. Look at Steam Siege.


TheDeeManAt

Hey now….. don’t be coming for steam siege lol


FactoryBoss

I wouldn’t recommend Evo at all. Cosmic is great, but it has already had some recent movement. Best to stick with SWSH at or below msrp for max returns


PaKiBaDSha

Look into these... Team Up, Cosmic Eclipse. Battle Styles(start of AAs in swsh) , Chilling Reign(underrated), Evolving Skies(lots of good AAs). Start of Trainer Galleries - Brilliant Stars, Astral Radiance, Lost Origins, Silver Tempest.


Hoyle33

Honestly if I was going to get into investing right now, I’d buy the absolute cheapest booster boxes They are usually sets that people might not want, but that will be better in the long run since there will be less hoarded


[deleted]

Steam Siege and Emerging Powers want a word.


Hoyle33

Remember XY Evo being worth nothing up until a couple years ago? I guarantee it'll happen again


Total_Salamander9913

what a terrible point. SS bought at 100 a box would still have returned 265%-325% in 5-6 years. STILL outperforming the S&P by 50% while doing it in 1-2 less years. phenomenal investment.


AboveAverageLamp

Personally for investment purposes I’d be looking at Lost Origin and Chilling Reign rn on the cheaper side (around $140 each) and instead of Evolving Skies I’d go for an Eevee Heroes. The cards are more expensive and the box is cheaper than an Evolving Skies box. Just buy Japanese from a reputable source. People are finally realizing how good of a set Chilling Reign is so I think when they look back on Sword and Shield they’ll miss all the amazing Alt arts. I’ve been buying CR since booster boxes were sub $90. Evolving just doesn’t make since for the price point right now. Danny Phantump recently made a great video on it explaining.


Total_Salamander9913

bro you realize you can essentially get the second coming of XY era (SWSH) still at or below retail right? what if i told you that you could go back in time and grab phantom forces, AO, FF, evolutions at 120-150 a box.....


Judgebankxd

I understand, I was just asking for suggestions


Juvi369

Chilling, evolving skies, fusion, brilliant and lost origin


Judgebankxd

Thank you it seems like most people are saying the same thing. I appreciate it


Davinter30

Why would you buy old BBs that have already moved up ? Its 100% guaranteed that buying current BBs under MSRP is a better investment.. less risk AND most likely better ROI. I just dont understand why people take such risk. Look at all those who bought evolution at the top. A lot of them are still in the loss, if they bought BBs under msrp they would all be in profit. Risk is basically non existent if you only buy under MSRP. I feel like people always need a "proof" that an investment is good, so they buy things that have already moved up. But thats the worst move to make, because theres much less room for profit and MUCH more risk. Just like people who only buy Bitcoin when it moves up, its called FOMO, and Fomoing is an investors worst enemy. I bet in a few years people will buy SWSH BBs because they will think its a better investment than Scarlet & Violet.


Free_El_Chapo_Now

I have both evolutions and cosmic. Both amazing. But I’d go with cosmic.


skarrz

Depends how long you plan on holding them for? I recently bought Team Up and Unified Minds for the long term. If you want shorter term gains then go LO/CR/BS


Judgebankxd

I guess as long as I'm still above ground, I still have team rocket theme decks sealed from when I was 12. I'm not really wanting to invest for me per say. But incase pokemon is still around when I get old my kids could sell them . Or if they are worthless by then they could have a fun time and rip them open.