>>46606418Thats one way of looking at it, another is that it rewards you the longer you have been a fan. Base set 1st eds are never going to be affordable and thats just what it is - but its not too late to grab some of the very nice vintage and promotional pieces that are mcguarenfuckingteed to x10 or more in price over the coming decade, likely much more as is with cards such as
>>46606058Buy in now, start with the Magikarp if you really can't afford much, or one of the other $1-200 pieces found in this thread and just hold hold hold hold. Then one day, not too far in the future you will be the person sat with the juicy pokemon cards that you paid $20-200 for and are now worth thousands, some tens of. It is just the nature of the world anon, collectables have always been this way since you were a kid chasing cards on the school yard looking for mint or shiney pokemon cards and valuing them over damaged, scratched or non-holo cards.
here is another inside tip, buy these 3 1999 Japan airlines promos. There is also 2 alternative art flying pikachus that are in the set with planes behind them. These cards will spike, the purchase history is you had to fly on a Japan airlines flight within pokemania and buy an on flight envolope of 2 cards, the 3 best ones are the legendary birds that together make a single image. Then there is also the Pikachus, and then also some other not as nice cards. Birds good, buy birds - Pikachu mascot, buy every Pikachu card basically.
