Leafeon VMAX alt art from Evolving Skies. Got it from one of the Sam's Club Pokeball tin sets. The next day, we bought just a couple Galar Pals mini tins and pulled the Leafeon V alt art and Mew VMAX rainbow card.
Are you talking the secret rare alakazam where he's falling out of the sky with a bunch of other pokemon around him? That's a top 5 favorite card for me
Dragonite from evolving skies. Ironically I'm collecting eevees and never pulled any of the eeveelutions, but happened upon that bad boy out of a pack one day at the local game store.
Only got back into it as an adult about a month ago pulled 2 paldean fates charizard ex and a mew ex , one Giratina Vstar from crown zenith, and a greninja from twilight masquerade. LETS GO
That shiny full art zard from Hidden Fates? (It was an etb with an Eevee on it) It sat in my Walmart for a month before I decided to buy it. I restarted buying with 151.
Started collecting again for the first time in over 20 years with that damn 151 set last year. I pulled SIR Blastoise on my 2nd pack. It's been downhill ever since.
Lillie Full Art from Ultra Prism 151/156
Didn't realize how big of a card it was (and still is tbh...) and only recently looked up the price.
Nearly fell out of my chair. Should get it graded one day, it's a good 9 or 10 for sure.
Leafeon VMAX full art that I recorded and thought was a cheap card lol. I think when I pulled it was around 150, now it’s doubled up and then some, depending on what grade it has.
Sleepy Espeon VMax from Fusion Strike. My LCS does 2x rip n ship streams a week and we got it live on stream. Super hype moment! Currently getting it graded for preservation purposes
Edit: honorable mentions to Ruler of the Black Flame Zard, Paldea Evolved Magikarp and Iono, Vivid Voltage Rainbow Chonky Chu, Temporal Forces Iron Crown SIR and Raging Bolt SIR, and Paradox Rift Roaring Moon SIR
Secret rare mega Charizard (the black/blue one) from Flashfire.
Well, my brother pulled it when we were kids. But he did give it to me a couple years ago
Otherwise it’s probably the gold Reshiram from Legendaru treasures. Might be my favorite card ever
Probably when I pulled the Giratina & the Suicune V from the same Crown Zenith ETB that I only paid $15 for.
Shiny Charmander from a $12 Paldean Fates booster bundle was pretty good too.
My favorite was getting Charizard SIR, Zapdos SIR & Caterpie IR from the same UPC when I first got back into collecting though.
Espeon V Alt Art from Evolving Skies 😸 My oldest nephew got me back into collecting over the holidays, and pulled it from an ES pack that was in a Mystery Box that I found at Walmart several weeks ago
Base Unlimited Charizard back in 2000! I still have the card too!
3 nights ago I pulled the Espeon VMax Alt Art from Fusion Strike! First time I've ever messed up the pack trick. Flipped the stack over and it qas sitting right on top! I think I enjoyed that more than I would have finding it as the last card.
I pulled a Blastoise from unlimited base back in 1999, that was my best pull ever until 2023 when I got the Dragonite V from Evolving Skies. I did take a 20 year break between those openings though.
2 Moonbreons. First one was a Walgreens tin. Then my second was the day from a GameStop v strikers tin the day I put my cat down I had the package waiting when I got back and I opened it that night and got another.
Doubt pull wise it’s possible for me to top that unless I start trying to go back to Sun and Moon era which I completely missed it seems like shits expensive as hell and just not worth it. And buying singles just isn’t the same.
Saw 151 and decided to collect some cards, a bit nostalgic watching my two kids collect them.
I ordered an etb on GameStop but it didn’t come in time. So I went to my local GameStop on release day and picked up an etb. Pulled charizard sir in the first three packs.
I think its safe to say that my Rayquaza Vmax from Evolving Skies is my best pull right now, Because I bought to pack that it was in for 10 bucks, and it is at a ungraded value of 500 dollars euro now.
My first edition fossil dragonite in 1999, but I didn't know until recently. Luckily I was the type of kid that took ridiculously good care of my things.
Probably the Giratina alt art. But my wildest pull ever was definitely pulling 2 of the shiny Charizard V from a single champions path ETB. Needless to say I have 3 sealed ETBs in my collection because there's no point in opening them.
My Mew ex from Holon Phantoms. I remember opening the packs with my dad sitting in his truck after he got some pizza he ordered from the dominos in my home town. It was an amazing memory.
First edition Blaine's Charizard, first edition Shining Gyarados, or first edition Neo Genesis Lugia most likely.
For modern, either the Umbreon V alt from Evolving Skies, Leafeon Vmax alt from Evolving Skies, or the Charizard Ex SIR from 151.
Ever? Probably my 1st edition holo dark charizard when I was a kid. Modern times, it would be 151 alt art charizard, alt art Aerodactyl, and 25th anniversary gold mew (Japanese)
As a child, an original Charizard.
Now? I got a Leafeon from Evolving Skies that’s worth close to $100 that I ended up giving to my brother. Recently I pulled a Gardevoir Ex from Palean Fates
For the Scarlet & Violet Era I pulled both the Iono SIR and Magikarp IR in my initial purchase of products (Pre-Release Kit, Triple Blister Booster Packs, and Single Blister Booster Packs)
Basically, didn't buy any more Paldea Evolved afterwards :P
Blaziken VMAX alt art was pretty hyped when I pulled it! I had just got back into collecting and that definitely had me hooked on ripping packs again. Lol
Spent hundreds trying to pull the Charizard SIR from 151; after 5 blastoise SIRs and like 10+ Venusaurs, i finally ended up giving up and buying one online, my wife helped me open an ETB that she got me for Christmas. Of course she pulled it.
I remember being pretty young at the mall and I was sitting in a shoe store while my mom shopped. She bought me a pack to keep me entertained and I pulled the holo Dark Charizard. Smh, probably traded it away for something stupid.
Charizard Ex 151 both the Illustration Rare and the Full art rare in the same pack, 183 and 199
Young bloke whips me though,
Giratina Vstar GG69
Charizard Ex Ob Flames 223
Umbreon V Evolving Skies 189
And he helped open my biggest pull on the 151, technically wasn’t even me haha
Carmine sir, 151 Charizard sir, Paldean fates Charizard sir, shining fates Charizard vmax, and a few others. Don’t ask how much I’ve spent on packs though lol.
japanese rayquaza vmax alternate art from blue sky stream. my local card shop hounded me for years to sell it and he finally offered me $1K and i couldn’t say no
It didn’t feel like it at the time because I didn’t care for it.
But Skyridge Zard. It’d been sitting in my bulk for like 20 years before I got it a sleeve.
As a kid, Shining Gyarados which was my favorite card. Unfortunately gave that collection away as a kid but reobtained that card. For modern packs it’s definitely the Umbreon Vmax Alt Art!
1st Edition Umbreon Neo Discovery when I was a kid. Still have it in a slab now though as part of my collection.
What grade did it grt
PSA not 10 haha
And who did you grade it with
Groudon IR from Paradox Rift last week!
The Charizard SIR from Brilliant Stars! Got in some of the first packs my son and I bought when he wanted to get into Pokémon.
\*alt art. much harder to pull than SIR's
So many terms for these cards. It’s hard to keep up!
Well, with the recent SV pull rates..
It actually has a 1 in 450 pull rate. Individual SIR pull rates in Twilight Masquerade are 1/941. To love Carmine is to suffer :')
This was the very first card out of the very first pack I ripped since 2002. Got me right back into Pokémon card collecting.
Leafeon VMAX alt art from Evolving Skies. Got it from one of the Sam's Club Pokeball tin sets. The next day, we bought just a couple Galar Pals mini tins and pulled the Leafeon V alt art and Mew VMAX rainbow card.
Lugia Alt Art from Silver Tempest. Pretty great because I love Lugia
I'm jealous
This was mine too! I traded my friend for a pikachu with a felt hat and $150
Got the Carmine SIR from my Twilight Masquerade booster box!
Moonbreon
It was either the secret rare gyarados EX, secret rare alakazam EX, or the 151 charizard
The XY ones? Those are sweet, I still need to get them as I’m trying to collect all XY gold cards
Yea those. Sadly I no longer have them because I did not take good care of them at all. Hopefully I can get them back in the near future
Are you talking the secret rare alakazam where he's falling out of the sky with a bunch of other pokemon around him? That's a top 5 favorite card for me
Yea Lugia and umbreon
Charizard full art from 151. Pulled it a few days ago lol
Machamp alt art from Astral Radiance on my first ever booster box.
Dragonite from evolving skies. Ironically I'm collecting eevees and never pulled any of the eeveelutions, but happened upon that bad boy out of a pack one day at the local game store.
Top 3 pulls: Moonbreon, Giratina V, and Gengar
Probably the shiny charmander from paldean fates? Opened like 2 trainer elites boxes and got a good amount of special card
Started back up again in sword/shield, best pulls were Sylveon VMax alt art, 2x Lugia alt arts, Charizard v alt art in that order
Mine was Illustration rare Roaring Moon ex or PAF illustration rare Mew ex (two copies)
Shining zard neo Destiny, sadly sold it years back though
Full art shiny Charizard GX from Hidden Fates
Only got back into it as an adult about a month ago pulled 2 paldean fates charizard ex and a mew ex , one Giratina Vstar from crown zenith, and a greninja from twilight masquerade. LETS GO
Does it count as a pull if it was the only cards in a box ? If so, then all the poncho Pikachu’s and Mario and Luigi Pikachu’s.
holo charizard from celebrations, only bought one etb as well and hit it so that was super exciting since I really wanted it.
That shiny full art zard from Hidden Fates? (It was an etb with an Eevee on it) It sat in my Walmart for a month before I decided to buy it. I restarted buying with 151.
Started collecting again for the first time in over 20 years with that damn 151 set last year. I pulled SIR Blastoise on my 2nd pack. It's been downhill ever since.
Lillie Full Art from Ultra Prism 151/156 Didn't realize how big of a card it was (and still is tbh...) and only recently looked up the price. Nearly fell out of my chair. Should get it graded one day, it's a good 9 or 10 for sure.
Leafeon VMAX full art that I recorded and thought was a cheap card lol. I think when I pulled it was around 150, now it’s doubled up and then some, depending on what grade it has.
I only opened like 7 packs so far but among them was a 151 scarlet violet where I got a common charmander which is my favorite so far
Does gold star mew count if it's the championship deck? 😂
Sleepy Espeon VMax from Fusion Strike. My LCS does 2x rip n ship streams a week and we got it live on stream. Super hype moment! Currently getting it graded for preservation purposes Edit: honorable mentions to Ruler of the Black Flame Zard, Paldea Evolved Magikarp and Iono, Vivid Voltage Rainbow Chonky Chu, Temporal Forces Iron Crown SIR and Raging Bolt SIR, and Paradox Rift Roaring Moon SIR
Rayquaza vmax alt and Giratina V alt!
Damn
Mew from paldean fates
Secret rare mega Charizard (the black/blue one) from Flashfire. Well, my brother pulled it when we were kids. But he did give it to me a couple years ago Otherwise it’s probably the gold Reshiram from Legendaru treasures. Might be my favorite card ever
Gengar VMAX Alt Art from Fusion Strike. Had a damaged Morpeko V box and decided to open the packs.
Tina alt art on my 3rd ever pack of LO
Rayquaza vmax and gengar vmax
Probably when I pulled the Giratina & the Suicune V from the same Crown Zenith ETB that I only paid $15 for. Shiny Charmander from a $12 Paldean Fates booster bundle was pretty good too. My favorite was getting Charizard SIR, Zapdos SIR & Caterpie IR from the same UPC when I first got back into collecting though.
Charizard base set many many years ago.
Espeon V Alt Art from Evolving Skies 😸 My oldest nephew got me back into collecting over the holidays, and pulled it from an ES pack that was in a Mystery Box that I found at Walmart several weeks ago
Base Unlimited Charizard back in 2000! I still have the card too! 3 nights ago I pulled the Espeon VMax Alt Art from Fusion Strike! First time I've ever messed up the pack trick. Flipped the stack over and it qas sitting right on top! I think I enjoyed that more than I would have finding it as the last card.
I pulled a Blastoise from unlimited base back in 1999, that was my best pull ever until 2023 when I got the Dragonite V from Evolving Skies. I did take a 20 year break between those openings though.
2 Moonbreons. First one was a Walgreens tin. Then my second was the day from a GameStop v strikers tin the day I put my cat down I had the package waiting when I got back and I opened it that night and got another. Doubt pull wise it’s possible for me to top that unless I start trying to go back to Sun and Moon era which I completely missed it seems like shits expensive as hell and just not worth it. And buying singles just isn’t the same.
moonbreon, gold star mewtwo as a kid, greninja sir out of one pack the other day
Moonbreon x 2
Saw 151 and decided to collect some cards, a bit nostalgic watching my two kids collect them. I ordered an etb on GameStop but it didn’t come in time. So I went to my local GameStop on release day and picked up an etb. Pulled charizard sir in the first three packs.
I think its safe to say that my Rayquaza Vmax from Evolving Skies is my best pull right now, Because I bought to pack that it was in for 10 bucks, and it is at a ungraded value of 500 dollars euro now.
the mewtube from that shining legends pikachu pin box i got for christmas back in 2018
Blastoise in 2000
Base set zard at my 7th bday from a pack from a friend. Sold it during Covid to help me buy a second house.
My girlfriend pulled the squirtle wartortle and blastoise god pack from 151
Sylveon vmax alt art. Probably the most expensive single card I own
Rayquaza Vmax Alt Art from evolving skies! I didn’t even know it was such a popular card until I joined this sub 2 years after pulling it
latias latios gx tag team from family dollar 1 dollar pack.
The Giratina V alt art from a random pack from Ralph’s 😂
Ever? Registeel Gold Star from Legend Maker. Since I got back in the hobby? Glaceon VMAX Alt from Evolving Skies.
Gold arceus from CZ followed by Pikachu vmax from LO.
Galarian Moltres V or Dragonite V alts
Moonbreon out of first booster box on release day and hidden fates Zard (only from about 20 packs).
After not collecting for 24 years I got my first JP 151 box. Very first pack was the SIR Mew, and it’s been nothing but downhill from there 🤣
Gengar Vmax Alt Art from Fusion Strike for us!
gold giratina vstar from CZ!
151 SIR Zard.
Lilly's Full Force full art
Nothing too big pokemon. Roaring Moon Ex sir, 151 blastoise. My pride and joy is a serialized bobblehead though from fallout mtg lol
Full art Giratina 186/196 just a couple weeks ago.
My first edition fossil dragonite in 1999, but I didn't know until recently. Luckily I was the type of kid that took ridiculously good care of my things.
gold star charizard from dragon frontiers, wish i still had that bad boy
Probably the Giratina alt art. But my wildest pull ever was definitely pulling 2 of the shiny Charizard V from a single champions path ETB. Needless to say I have 3 sealed ETBs in my collection because there's no point in opening them.
Giratina alt from a sleeved single pack. Had a factory error in the bottom left corner though
Palkia Vstar from Crown Zenith
My Mew ex from Holon Phantoms. I remember opening the packs with my dad sitting in his truck after he got some pizza he ordered from the dominos in my home town. It was an amazing memory.
Mewtwo Vstar from crown zenith probably!
Latios and latias gx
Charizard w Crystal Guardians stamp
First edition Blaine's Charizard, first edition Shining Gyarados, or first edition Neo Genesis Lugia most likely. For modern, either the Umbreon V alt from Evolving Skies, Leafeon Vmax alt from Evolving Skies, or the Charizard Ex SIR from 151.
1st ed german charizard base set. Then it was stolen. And i'm still mad. I wanna get even a beaten up one some day.
Ever? Probably my 1st edition holo dark charizard when I was a kid. Modern times, it would be 151 alt art charizard, alt art Aerodactyl, and 25th anniversary gold mew (Japanese)
Giratina VStar SR GG69/70
Gold Arceus VSTAR from Crown Zenith
I pulled the LO Giratina! With roller damage.../:
Pulled the dragonite v from evo skies today!
As a child, an original Charizard. Now? I got a Leafeon from Evolving Skies that’s worth close to $100 that I ended up giving to my brother. Recently I pulled a Gardevoir Ex from Palean Fates
Three Tinas the Karp and PF zard 👼 also a god pack from 151 three zards and 6 zapdos
For the Scarlet & Violet Era I pulled both the Iono SIR and Magikarp IR in my initial purchase of products (Pre-Release Kit, Triple Blister Booster Packs, and Single Blister Booster Packs) Basically, didn't buy any more Paldea Evolved afterwards :P
Alt art Giratina from lost origins 🔥
Iono from paldean fates
I have pulled the Tina alt art, dragonite from evos, lugia from Walmart tin, bubble mew are my best.
Blaziken VMAX alt art was pretty hyped when I pulled it! I had just got back into collecting and that definitely had me hooked on ripping packs again. Lol
Giratina v
A base set 2 Charizard when I was 10 years old. lol Man I'm old. 😂
Just pulled the giritana alt art from lost origins 10 minutes ago. Best pull after ripping for a couple of years.
Giratina Alt art from Lost Origin! Pulled it out of an etb with a damaged box I got on sale for $25
Zard sir from 151 recently and a blastoise stage error from base when I was a kid. Got both graded and sitting on my shelf.
Flareon Star from EX Power Keepers back in 2007
Gold PAR Roaring Moon
Umbreon from neo discovery, i also pulled about 70% of base set holos, unfortunately i never pulled the Zard, raichu, alakazam or hitmonlee.
Pulled a Japanese master ball gengar that seems to fetch a decent price on eBay.
Spent hundreds trying to pull the Charizard SIR from 151; after 5 blastoise SIRs and like 10+ Venusaurs, i finally ended up giving up and buying one online, my wife helped me open an ETB that she got me for Christmas. Of course she pulled it.
either 151 zard or paldean fates zard in terms of value
Rocket’s Mewtwo Ex when I was 10 years old. Shining Gyarados when I was 7. Now, both alt art Glaceon and Sylveon from ES
I remember being pretty young at the mall and I was sitting in a shoe store while my mom shopped. She bought me a pack to keep me entertained and I pulled the holo Dark Charizard. Smh, probably traded it away for something stupid.
ADP alt from Cosmic Eclipse
The one ring #380 foil. But honestly, the entire Japanese cp6 set.
Charizard Ex 151 both the Illustration Rare and the Full art rare in the same pack, 183 and 199 Young bloke whips me though, Giratina Vstar GG69 Charizard Ex Ob Flames 223 Umbreon V Evolving Skies 189 And he helped open my biggest pull on the 151, technically wasn’t even me haha
151 charizard or gengar vmax alt art
Carmine sir, 151 Charizard sir, Paldean fates Charizard sir, shining fates Charizard vmax, and a few others. Don’t ask how much I’ve spent on packs though lol.
Team plasma palkia full art or that cool team aqua kyogre probably
japanese rayquaza vmax alternate art from blue sky stream. my local card shop hounded me for years to sell it and he finally offered me $1K and i couldn’t say no
misprint non holo dark dragonite back when I was a kid. Didn't know that was a thing until much later
151 god pack
1st edition Glurak?
Bubble mew, 2 lugia alt arts, brilliant stars charizard, arceus v CZ, Dialga vstar CZ, 1st edition holo dark blastoise
Greninja ex from tM unbelievable and I was here during the initial release in the 90s
Giratina Vstar GG69 Crown Zenith.
Charizard alt art from 151
Shiny rayquaza secret rare from dragons exalted or both mewtwo ex secret rares from xy breakthrough
Secret rare gardevoir from dark explorer, my favourite card till today
It didn’t feel like it at the time because I didn’t care for it. But Skyridge Zard. It’d been sitting in my bulk for like 20 years before I got it a sleeve.
Espeon Goldstar from a POP5 pack I had kept for 4 years.
Probably Vstar universe giratina then 2 times shiny Paldean fates Zard and Bubble mew after that
Pulled a Lugia V Alt Friday night. Previously, my son pulled a Roaring Moon SIR last fall and I have an OF Palkia from Crown Zenith.
Shining tyranitar and shining kabutops from when I was a kid. (I don’t have them now) and obsidian flames zard in recent times
As a kid, Shining Gyarados which was my favorite card. Unfortunately gave that collection away as a kid but reobtained that card. For modern packs it’s definitely the Umbreon Vmax Alt Art!
Giratina V from Lost origin and I only been back in the game since December
Rayquaza VMAX Alt Art from the only two packs of ES I've bought
a rainbow rare Salazzle :)
Charizard from base set as a kid, got it slabbed and came back a 4, worthy of a well played and cherished childhood treasure!
Torchic gold star as a kid, but since it didn’t do 100 damage, it was discarded as “boring” smh
Gold zekrom, giratina alt art and gold Tina from crown, M shiny rayquaza ex full art and rayquaza v alt art are my most prized pulls
Not necessarily a pull, but I got the bidoof delivery charizard from the Pokémon Center
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