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>>21123768
hahah, check the OP my man!

>>21123783
I really want to get my hands on some of the Mario Pikachu promos but they are going for crazy amounts now.

The new set of pokemon releasing on August 14th - Darkness Ablaze, contains the first Charizard card (always increases the value of the set) for the Sword & Shield series. Followed by the Champion's Path sets later this year, my retailed is already sold out of the Elite Trainer Boxes, so people are really rushing to this set for some reason. There won't be any booster boxes released for it, so I think it will occupy a Hidden Fates/Shining Legends type niche, where the sealed booster packs will drive high secondary prices.

Lastly a new set released in Japan 2 weeks or so agao- Legendary Heartbeat, that had a new rarity of cards, and those have been doing quite well. I'm able to jump through the hoops and order boxes from Amazon JP for like $80CAD and they could be flipped for probably around $120-150/box. Though I'm on the fence on whether to hold or sell.

In the mtg front the new Double Masters and Double Masters VIP boxes dropped. The regular booster boxes were preselling for $360 and the second wave has gone up to $400 already, so I expect upwards of $500/box in a few months. The VIP boxes (premium collection of cards potentially including the Force of Will card I mentioned earlier) are selling for $140 each, though the jury is put on whether these boxes were valued properly.

The Jumpstart set came out earlier this month and was selling for $129/box and has since jumped to $250-300/box. Good investment if you got sealed boxes early.

Lastly Zendikar Rising will be releasing in late September. Zendikar is a popular set in mtg, so I expect that will drive prices up a bit, but the big kicker is that this set will have a new box type "set boxes" that are themed, but also have the potential to include premium signed art cards as a extremely rare pull.