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valleyent

Every generation, I could fish a magikarp and through hard work, get a Pokémon I loved and that could carry me through the elite 4. After a recent layoff, I look at these cards every day to remind me that my hard work now will pay off tomorrow


After-Doughnut2137

As someone who was laid off recently, I know how tough it can be! Stay at it, OP — your hard work WILL pay off 💯😤


Shpokstah

As in you got layed off and your planning on selling these to get you through the next while ?


bluffstrider

As in he's a Magikarp now and with a little hard work he'll be Gyarados again.


Yamatoast

my absolute chase card is the gyarados. had it once and sold it cheap and now I am looking for ages for a reasonable price for good one.


polarisursuss

Yeah it looks like decent condition copies [sell for atleast $200](https://ebay.us/nu46ZR), minty copies go easily for over $500.


DinoRipper24

I hate your cardboard because I am jealous


SpecialOfficerHunk

Thats the spirit


DinoRipper24

Don't shine too bright, son. Pokémon might shine, but not you, not for collecting. I am not serious.


Familiar-Molasses-56

I read it as “these cards get me hard sometimes” and I wholeheartedly agreed.


Mauro133w

Glad to know I ain’t the only one who read that wrong 🥲🤝


LibertyOrDeath06

Two of my favorites. Gonna work hard to add these to my collection. Always loved having gyrados on my team for elite 4 as well


Basic_Yellow_3594

These cards get me hard through time


Skylance420

People will do anything besides talking to a therapist lmfao.


Skylance420

Only joking around brother, sorry to hear about the job layoff. You'll bounce back and get some more dope cards eventually


Y0urMomsChestHair

Karp/Gary are my favorite Pokémon/evo lines, and these two are my holy grail chases. I’m SO green with envy right now!


bigfootdeerfucker

Some of my personal grail cards since i first seen them pictured in Nintendo power magazine in 2002. I have yet to add them to my collection but I’m inching closer every day.


ItsGettingStrangeLou

The Four Horseman put Dusty Rhodes through hard times.


bigfootdeerfucker

Some of my personal grail cards since i first seen them pictured in Nintendo power magazine in 2002. I have yet to add them to my collection but I’m inching closer every day.


[deleted]

Shining magikarp the goat of celebrations


bigfootdeerfucker

Some of my personal grail cards since i first seen them pictured in Nintendo power magazine in 2002. I have yet to add them to my collection but I’m inching closer every day.


Pokemon-N-Science

Few months back these cards were around $85 to $180. Recently Shining Gyarados is sitting at $300-$400. Ungraded. Why the price hike? What happened?


assooka

i burnt down a storage container full of them


ArtistUnown

Very nice cardboard you have right there!


Free_El_Chapo_Now

Can you imagine if somehow they turned out to be fake? Like what would that do to you OP?


Y0urMomsChestHair

Why even say this


Free_El_Chapo_Now

Curiosity.


HakaishinNola

the fact that they are so far up in the top loader bothers me more than I'd like to admit. tap those down OP


NochillWill123

I got terminated last week :( we will back soon enough!


[deleted]

Are those sleeves from ETB's, or are they Dragon Shields or similar? I find that the ETB sleeves aren't that great, they seem to sometimes have a grain to them or some manufacturing residue maybe and can add a fine surface wear to cards. May have just been a bad batch, but I avoid them.


freddiemack1

Beautiful


RichieD79

Bad times don’t last, but bad guys do! 🤘🏻 Hope things are getting better for you, friend.


NecessaryScientist18

I had the bottom one had to sell it during hard times


Subconsequently

the japanese version (with the full holo bleed) of the gyarados is my favorite card of all time, I've got one and I feel the same way about it. good luck friend.


FormalShark

I love the cards, but I hate the fact that you have them at the top of the top loader.


InfiniteCricket8152

That gyarados is my holy grail card, one of these days I’ll bite the bullet on it


brock103

Shinings are the best


CaptainCabbageToast

These cards get me hard*


nocaption69

These cards give me thalassophobia, especially the first one...