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Pokemon card packs, can someone help me? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 week ago by FenrirIII to c/[email protected]

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I know nothing about Pokémon; it completely skipped me somehow growing up in the 90s. Now, my nephew is asking for Pokémon card packs for Christmas. I looked on Amazon, since I'll need to ship anyway, but was royally confused by colors and boosters and foils.

He has like a dozen cards now, but wants more to play with friends at school.

What the hell am I supposed to be looking for?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not exactly a direct answer to your question, but on my local 2nd hand website are a lot of pokemon cards for sale for cheap.

I guess they're from collectors that buy a lot of packs in order to find the rare ones. Then sell the rest at loss.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

This. Get him a pile of cards from craigslist or a similar 2nd hand side. I'd probably go for private sellers that are just quitting the hobby, so you have a better mix of good and ordinary cards compared to what @[email protected] described. But I would say especially younger kids can be impressed by quantity far more than quality.