>>48416869>It's pure cope. No cards made past 2006 with EVER be worth ANYTHING.Not true. Right now 1st Ed Zard is worth the most because it has so much nostalgia and rarity value to millennials. However, millennials stopped collecting cards after the neo/legends set (obviously generalizing here, but ask how many people -- that collected cards as a kid -- collected past neo. Most stopped early). So that's why most modern cards have no value to millennials, because they never experienced them.
In 20 year's time, the zoomers will have money and think back to 2012 Garchomp and how it was the sickest fucking card for them but their brother had it and never let them look at it and then they moved homes and their mom threw everything out and now they want it for their own collection. Same shit that happened to us will happen to them.
Does this mean that zard or any of the base set cards will devalue? Probably not. They'll likely still be the most valuable even in 20 year's time. But the modern cards will appreciate significantly. Just because we keep the cards in good condition doesn't mean that zoomer and iChildren do. Kids still fuck cards up like we did when we were younger.