Random: Pokémon Trading Cards Will No Longer Feature Iconic Yellow Border

I haven't played with the cards in decades, but I do like the new designs and I like that they increased the value of the booster packs along with the price. I wish it and other card games guaranteed better cards in booster packs years ago.

That's so sad, those are so iconic.

Look at what power creep has done to common basics. I'm not complaining, just observing.

Oh, they're more expensive. They know that’s not gonna stop me from buying some… wp

They can increase the price because they’ve printed more cards in recent years than they ever have. Thanks to embarrassing YouTubers hyping them up as an ‘investment’, this can only be an even more profitable avenue for TPC.

An Era has ended... 😢

SACRILEGE!!!! 😂 the yellow borders are iconic. 🤌

Wow they are that cheap in US Dollar?

Last time I saw them for €3,99 in my country was in 2005, nowdays they are €6,99~€7,49 a pack.

I've been out of the TCG for so many years, my heyday being Base Set through Jungle.

It blows my mind to see a base Fuecoco with 80HP and a 50 damage attack.

Power creep is real.

@Browny To get to that point a player has effectively neglected every other Pokémon on their team to power up one.

a ¢50 increase isn't bad

I would love if the three guaranteed holo cards meant the death of the reverse holo. I've recently gotten back into the TCG after the 2 year covid lockdown gap and remembered my infinite dislike for those cards.

Not that it matters since I don’t buy Pokémon cards but the new borders look fine. It would have been cool if every new generation they changed the borders.

@Wilforce
Well, what I recall most is anything with a 50HP attack was something that you had to carefully build up. I'm thinking Pinsir which required 4 energy for Guillotine, as an example. Scyther with 30HP damage for 3 energy is another example of a decent hitter for a base 'mon.

But yeah... how things change.

@Dr_Corndog

Fuecoco is practically an OG Charmeleon 😂

@Rayquaza2510 I used to buy fake ones from the seaside market aswell as fake Yu-Gi-Oh cards 😂

I've not really paid much mind to the card game in like 22 years anyway but I do think the new borders look better.

@Dr_Corndog Let's look at Fuecoco vs. base set Charmeleon. Both of them have 80 HP with a 50 damage attack for 2 fire and a colorless. But base set Charmeleon is a Stage 1 and you have to burn an energy for that 50 damage attack. It's wild how far we've crept.

Anyway, I haven't played the TCG since 2000, but the yellow borders will be missed. They were iconic!

But what about my gold bordered Meowth from the fruit roll ups that I got the day my mom let me leave school early to see POKÉMON THE FIRST MOVIE?

This is a much welcomed change. Japan has had the silver boarders for a long time and there's really no point in continuing the yellow border for us. IMO, PTCG has never been about nostalgia, and I grew up with the OG sets. Its a card game that continues to change and change is good

Finally, I always hated those borders! Japan has used a nice-looking silver border for years so this is so welcome for me.

Ahh yes because cardboard is becoming harder to produce during this economic crisis...oh wait..no it's not. They're just greedy.

@theModestMouse They are doing what literally every company is doing right now. Is it greed when everything has gone up in price? At least they are trying to compensate by giving players more bang out of their packs. And they never said it was because of cardboard shortages, that's just your own presumption

@solarwolf07

"Oh, they're more expensive. They know that’s not gonna stop me from buying some… wp"

"wp"?

Today I learned packs of Pokémon cards are only $4 in the US.

@Mario500 it stands for well played

Pokemon cards is probably one of the dumbest things to spend money on IMO, I mean they were appealing to me when I was a kid, but the older I got the more I realized how dumb it was to be buying them.

@JayJ Pretty narrow mindset you got there. You do know that physical Pokemon cards actually hold value right? I just sold one for $200 on eBay. If anything it can be an investment or you buy it so you know...you can play the game? Competitive tournaments are a thing too. Anyways you do you

This is just the Japanese card border brought to English cards

@drewber2635 Well that's exactly why I think they're so ridiculous. People pay good money for them, and most of them never even play the game, it's just some collectible. Considering today's values, I wouldn't consider them an investment unless you got them a long time ago, and by then it would be more of an asset, but the vast majority of the cards aren't worth much.

It's an outrage, probably.

They were five dollars back when I was really into it. ( x and y era) so the new price isn’t a big deal.
Sucks they increased it right when I got back into the cards though.

I have a whole heap from circa 2015/16 when I thought I would get a few to collect and play TCG with my son. Turns out I have an evolutions holo charizard that I put in an album and one of those went for $250 US on ebay. Thats close to $450 here in NZ. So I guess I “invested” without knowing.

The three holos per pack is brilliant! That’s the real headline here

Only a few months before the Charizard craze I threw out two shoeboxes full of these Pokémon cards and I‘m pretty sure there were a few Charizards in there. I don‘t care how they will look like because as you might understand, those cards pi** me off, lol.

@Duffman92 Haha I bet! It was actually my son who said “Do you realise that you have a charizard card thats worth a bit of money?” I was completely oblivious, just thought it was cool compared to other charizards. My son is an avid player and some of his cards are in a well used state which pleases me because he actually uses them. As for the borders, I’m not swayed either way, yellow is nostalgic and silver shows change and looks nice. So meh, cool.

About time! Never understood the difference.

@theModestMouse You do understand paper costs have grown exponentially over the course of the pandemic and the ongoing paper shortage. That is not to say they don't rake $$ in over cardboard, but cardboard still costs money, especially if you have to fight to source it.

@Rayquaza2510 I think the US prices are excluding tax, while the euro prices are including tax (21% for NL). Probably still more expensive though.

@booeygirl when the reverse Holo became a thing, is exactly when I stopped buying packs. Cheap ass reverse foils look lame asf.

Tbh back during Pokemons first season of 151, there was a dollar tree store here in FL. That sold full 11 card or whatever # booster packs from all sets, team rocket, base, fossil, etc. Each pack I shett you not besides being $1!!! Had like 3 holos in it or more. I was thru the moon with excitement. I bought all they had Everytime I visited my grandma in FL with my allowance. Lol.

Then ofc, 8 years later my sister steals/takes all my holos out of my binder while I'm sleeping and dumps them in a box hidden under other stuff, damaging/devaluing them from the years I put into protecting them. Killed my passion for it, and stopped collecting ever since.

I prefer the yellow border. Not a fan of this border colour for Pokemon.