Recent content by The Binder Guy

I’m not a big fan of seeing new rarities being dropped without any hints of a pull rate but I have a feeling they’ll be the same or similar as the gold Secret Rares we get. Seeing Prism Energy and Dynamotor Eelektric being reprinted is interesting. Prism looks usable but in a Stage 2-heavy...

And the BW-themed dual sets finally get a reveal, I was getting worried we wouldn’t see it just yet. The reveals are nice to see, Serperior being the only Starter to get an ex is irksome but other things about the set make up for it, especially the return of Inferno Fandango Emboar and Samurott...

Eh, we’ve seen ‘em in Japanese so seeing them in other languages isn’t as exciting. I’ll wait for a proper setlist drop before making any decisions. That was kind expected since it’s a Gym promo, those aren’t usually released until 6 months after their release in Japan and they were only...

There are some decent art rares here but the same was said of Journey Together, I assume that Destined Rivals will probably end up in the boat pending any amazing screw-ups by TPCi regarding production. Armored Mewtwo is an anime-only thing, expecting Creatures Inc. to incorporate that into a...

I’d consider TR’s Crobat ex a combination between that and the Crobat from Phantom Forces, the amount of damage dealt and the amount of Pokémon it deals said damage to matches Inteleon VMAX but what triggers the Ability is taken from Phantom Forces Crobat. Heck, Phantom Forces Golbat and Team...

Same here, their card sleeves are the ultimate example of that.

Meh, I would’ve loved the Roaring Moon stuff were it not for it going halvsies with that silly robo-waifumon.

It seems that market value for Journey Together seems to be dropping a fair amount, one reseller that was trying to hock off a $1,100-$1,200 valued JTE bundle at $2,500 and changed the price to $1,900 after 24 hours. As to why scalpers seem to be dropping this set for a quick sale I can only...

I did, you could easily find it with the search feature that the Inspect Element should have. And as far it having anything to do with the actual queue is concerned the value itself would go down as time went on. The only way I could see that happening is if short-term investors managed to...

Oh, and as far as bots are concerned I can only see two things stopping them: Legislation banning their usage or sites putting more stringent bot-blocking technology on their web stores. And I don’t really see either happening. The former tends to happen every once in a while but the bills...

Yeah, I’ll believe it when I can see these products stay in stores and extend beyond ETB/Booster Bundle restocks. Print that Prismatic Evolutions Super-Premium Collection to the ground like you did with the 151 and Charizard ones and then keep doing that until the investors heck off. Also, the...

Unfortunately some people are finding ways around the queue, mostly through actively browsing the site before a drop occurs. Which is kind of bad news for some Worlds competitors, making your deck as flashy as possible is seen as something you just do in some circles. It wasn't as bad as it...

There really isn’t much that TPCi can do regarding distributors and retailers. The best that they could do is discontinue working with distributors that pump up the prices of products but that also means poisoning the TCG’s reach (with MJ Holdings being an unfortunate reminder of that, they’re...

It was basically nonexistent for the first half of the year, you had the usual prerelease hype prices for certain chase cards but they'd eventually go down. That slowly started to change with Obsidian Flames and 151 but finding product wasn't too hard if you knew where to look whilst Paradox...

Yeah, I don't think anything is going to happen in regards to getting more product into peoples' hands. The most this'll amount to TPCi dropping more regular ETBs and booster bundles, any other product is going to get left in the dust due to the additional products they include and the way...