Pokemon Collector as a League Promo

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Card Slinger J

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How come it hasn't happened yet? In the last format Roseanne's Research was reprinted as a League Promo yet now with it already rotated out we got Collector which needs to be reprinted cause it's going up in price lately.

What can we do to convince TPCi to do this or Pokemon USA?
 
While I do think it is going to happen eventually, we might not see it until after the rotation. While the league promos (for the most part) have been amazing, I think they want to pace how many good cards we get per season. So Collector might be one of the first promos for next format.
 
Since this thread doesn't involve the competitive TCG a lot, it belongs in the TCG News & General Discussion forum.

*Moved*
 
This might occur, but not until it is almost rotated out of format as you see that with both Uxie, Claydol, Roseannes Research, and Azelf
 
Uxie LP was released almost a year ago and has survived for 1 rotations, so it doesn't count. i.e. it was released when LA was fairly recent.
 
LA was far from recent when Uxie was released as a league promo; HGSS had just been released, which is two whole blocks past LA. Still, I think for the sake of the league community, Collector needs to come out as a league promo soon, or be reprinted. Better yet, just reprint Roseanne's and watch the market scramble.
 
Pokémon Collector in Promo will cause many more competitive play but I think it gives everyone a fair shot since not everyone can afford one.
 
I have like 30 collectors XD and alot more WC ones as proxies

I would like it to be a lp, so I could trade all my league kids for theirs
 
I agreewith 123wert50. It will be made a promo soon before its rotated.
 
But why wait so late in the season just to reprint it? Isn't that just arrogance on POP/TPCi's part? Not everyone can afford a playset of Collector's and they've been going up in price on eBay lately.

I had to get the rest of mine from the HGSS Gyarados/Raichu Trainer Kit that comes with 1 of each included. If that doesn't tell you how scarce Pokemon Collector is getting then I suppose nothing will convince you.

Sure I wasted a whole bunch of those Trainer Kits for that 1 Supporter but it was worth it without having to buy them on eBay where they're probably more expensive.
 
Oh my bad it did come with 2 Pokemon Collector's but only on the Raichu Trainer Kit hence the Expansion Logo on the bottom right of the card. The Gyarados Kit has different cards in it.
 
I almost lost one of my Collectors once. It was in my other deck, and I didn't remember putting it in there. Anyway, I was SOOOO scared I almost started crying, and nearly wet my pants. It was one of those moments when everything you drink for the past month threatens to come out...

To second Card Slinger J, when having to throw out your boxers because of 1 card that you missplaced tells you something.
 
Card Slinger J said:
But why wait so late in the season just to reprint it? Isn't that just arrogance on POP/TPCi's part? Not everyone can afford a playset of Collector's and they've been going up in price on eBay lately.

I had to get the rest of mine from the HGSS Gyarados/Raichu Trainer Kit that comes with 1 of each included. If that doesn't tell you how scarce Pokemon Collector is getting then I suppose nothing will convince you.

Sure I wasted a whole bunch of those Trainer Kits for that 1 Supporter but it was worth it without having to buy them on eBay where they're probably more expensive.
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I agree with you. Pokemon collector is a great card BUT it does not deserve being worth $5! A lp version of it would cut the price as well as make it easier to get esspecialy for new players.
 
Why should it be reprinted, i mean if you don't have 'em trade for them. I mean you don't see Magic or YGO just reprinting their best cards to make it cheaper, but oh well, tbh i'd rather have the new B&W be LPs.
 
To be fair, though, the people that do have lots of Collectors generally hoard them, leaving the people that need them behind. Collector's actually a pretty hard card to find, and I really don't care if the value decreases. It's just a piece of cardboard, after all. So why hoard all the better pieces for yourself when you can trade off your extras?

Stupid arrogant jerks causing widespread chaos for everyone else. grumble grumble.

In summation: I'm definitely not adverse to the idea, but I think at this point in time, it wouldn't make sense. Maybe if they sold it in the Professor Store...
 
CFOURCOLTSFAN said:
Why should it be reprinted, i mean if you don't have 'em trade for them. I mean you don't see Magic or YGO just reprinting their best cards to make it cheaper, but oh well, tbh i'd rather have the new B&W be LPs.
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Actually they have. With Magic, Birds of Paradise got reprinted like 3-4 times since it was brought back in Ravnica block, Wrath of God was reprinted a bunch of times before getting the shaft from Day of Judgment due to religious issues.

Magic also had a From the Vault: Exiled Cards Collector's Set where they reprinted their best cards from past sets such as Tinker, Berserk, Balance, Necropotence, Lotus Petal, Channel, Gifts Ungiven, Sensei's Divining Top, Mystical Tutor, etc. but definitely not the Power Nine since they're on the Reserve List and that doesn't include Force of Will either. Those reprinted cards are not tournament legal btw.

Yu-Gi-Oh! I know has reprinted cards like Mirror Force, Limiter Removal, Monster Reborn, Call of the Haunted, Swords of Revealing Light, among others but changing their rarity to apparently make it easier for people to get ahold of despite keeping the original rarities and dropping the prices on them.
 
yeah collector is pretty pricey right now and making it an lp would be nice with lowering the cost a little. I didn't have any collector's in my deck then bought 4 of them and swapped them in, and it's a very very noticeable increase in winning percentage. At league I'd win a little more than 50% without them and now win about 75% with them.
 
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