so you're like the most of us you've got
a bunch of loose pokemon cards
maybe they're old collect phone when
you're younger
or maybe they're new haven't just gone
to hobby recently
but whatever the case all you want to
know is if any of these cards
are worth any money
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what's up guys vidcom here and if like
so many people that's your question
well then you come to the right place
welcome back to the next episode where
i'll be showing you guys how to find out
if your pokemon cards are rare or
expensive
now i'm going to be dividing this video
into two parts both of which are gonna
be linked in the description below
if you'd like to skip to a specific part
now part one is going to be about how to
find out if your pokemon cards are rare
and part two will be how to find out if
your pokemon cards are expensive
again if you only come for one of these
then head over to the description
and if not then enjoy the video
all right so first of all i think most
of us want to be able to tell the rarity
of our pokemon cards
doing this is actually a lot simpler
than you might think as you can see here
i've got a bunch of different pokemon
cards all of them looking slightly
different in appearance
now in order to determine its rarity you
must simply look at the bottom of the
card
and you will see one of three symbols a
circle
which means that it is common
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a diamond which means that it is
uncommon
or a star which means that it is rare
there's also one more symbol you might
see but we'll get into that
a little bit later in the video now as
you can see
it's important to note that depending on
the generation of your card this
information may be in a different place
this is as throughout the years the
designs of the cards have changed
however regardless of age it will always
be at the bottom
either on the left or on the right but
no matter where the symbol is
the symbol itself will never change a
circle always beating common
so as you can see here i've got the same
couple pokemon cards as before
this first one is a reprint of the base
set from x white evolutions
this next one is a sun and moon pokemon
card
and the one after that is from x and y
all these cards look a little bit
different but if we look at the bottom
again might be a different place but all
of them
have circles this means that they're all
common
any card with a circle regardless of how
it looks
is a common so next
we've got a couple cards here and if we
look at the bottom of these cards
they all have diamonds this means that
all of these cards
are uncommon
and finally if we look at the bottom of
all these cards they'll have stars
meaning that they are all rare
and next there is one more symbol that
you guys might see and is this one right
here
this is a black star with the words
promo written across it
simply meaning that this was a
promotional card it was obtained from
the front of a box like this one
or it was even received in an event
basically
any card with the words promo on it was
not pulled from a booster pack
as you can see here both this decidueye
and the scar chomp
have black stars with promo written
across it even though
it may be in different spots and even
though all these cards look very very
different
alright so now we know the most simple
ways to determine a card's rarity
however
there are also a couple other variables
that contribute to its overall rarity
first of all pokemon cards come in three
different variations
normal print which looks like this one
right here it is a standard pokemon card
nothing too special about it at all
next we have a reverse holo with the
entire card being made of some kind of
most usually shiny foil all aside from
the picture
since every pack is guaranteed at least
one reverse foil they aren't worth too
much
however they're definitely more visually
appealing
and next there's our hollow cards unlike
reverse holo cards which can come in any
rarity
most all hollow cards are rare with only
a few exceptions
as you can see rather than the whole
card being shiny only the picture is
now the ratio of pulling a hollow card
is typically one for every three booster
packs
making them far more desirable than
their regular normal print counterparts
i think a rare card is cool especially
now that you're able to identify them in
their three different variations
but the part i'm sure most of you are
waiting for is how to find out if your
pokemon cards are ultra rare
or even secret rare now ultra rare cards
are full foil and it's usually pretty
obvious if you've got an ultra rare card
based on its dramatically different
appearance as you can see here with this
primal groudon
most ultra rare cards have something
written next to pokemon's name such as
level x
ex or gx in addition if you're more
comfortable looking at the symbol on the
bottom
they will most often have a shiny gold
or silver star
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and finally the last possible rarity of
a pokemon card
is secret rare the most rare variation
of a pokemon card possible
ultra cards have a pull rate of around
one for every six or seven booster packs
while secret rares are pulled in one for
every two to three booster boxes
now to put that into perspective a
booster box has 36 boosters
so at best that's one secret rare for
every 72 booster packs
that's a lot of booster packs now in
order to identify secret rare you must
look at the bottom of the card
next to this rarity symbol and you'll
see two sets of numbers the first is the
card's number in the set
and the next is the number of cards in
the set seeker rares
will have a set number that is higher
than the number of cards advertised in
the set
so they essentially don't exist in the
set but you've managed to pull it
they can look like anything but like
ultra rares they usually have a unique
foil-like appearance the color gold
seems to be relatively common in secret
rares
though not always and again they could
look awesome like this
or they can just look like a regular
pokemon card so it's always kind of
useful to check
so again in case that was confusing for
any of you
basically if the first number is higher
than the second number
it's a secret
all right so that is all we've gone over
every single radio pokemon card
and hopefully now you were able to
identify a couple rare cards in your
collection
and now that you've done this i'm sure
you're wondering if any of these cards
are worth money
well like most collectors items pokemon
cards are only worth as much as someone
is willing to pay for them
your cards may go up in value at one
point or they may go down
a general rule of thumb is that rare
cards are typically worth more
although this is not always the case not
all rare cards are going to be worth a
lot
and not all common cards are going to be
cheap however this is usually a strong
indicator as to card's value
now there are multiple resources online
for a tournament card's value and i'll
have a couple link below
a couple of my favorites but my personal
favorite is ebay
so as you can see here i've got this
florigas card and if we go on ebay
and we look up the name of the card so
in this case floorgiz
and we look up the set number so it's
the same number in the bottom
usually right hand of the card or left
next to the rarity symbol
that also tells us to record a secretary
you stayed for part one
if you look up name of your card and
that number you'll get a bunch of
listings for that card
now it is important to remember that
anyone can list their regular comm peek
to for a hundred thousand dollars
but it's not always worth that so it's
important to scroll down
and hit sold listings under sold
listings
you're able to see what people are
actually paying for the card at the
moment
then you can take the average price and
safely estimate what your card is worth
another good website i like to use is
called tcgplayer.com
and very similar to ebay just look up
the name of your card so
again floorga's ex and usually the set
number or
click something like that and you'll be
able to see what your card is worth so
if you go over here
you can see in the top right and also
make sure to hit view more so you can
see what other stores are selling the
card for
usually i like to use this website to
double check and it usually matches up
so as you can see here we've got this
very expensive charizard
or card that i'm actually trying to get
and it's important to note that you may
notice cards like these
cards that aren't graded and these are
selling for significantly more than
their ungraded counterparts
and though explaining this would require
its own video grading a card is
essentially sending it into a company
where you will get it graded based on
its condition
on a scale of one to ten ten being
absolutely flawless
and one being probably partially burned
in a fire and then extinguished with
coffee
if you have an expensive card in great
condition it may be worth sending your
card into a company like psa or
vgs to be graded as a good grading can
significantly raise the value of your
card as you can see with this charizard
it's worth way more
graded than ungraded not that it was
specifically
cheap before and again if we want to see
the value of this card we can just take
the average and see that it's worth a
cool
700 plus nothing too crazy at all of
course
and going back to tcgplayer we can
double check look up the name of the
card and see that
it checks out so definitely an expensive
card
alright so thank you guys so much for
watching this video where i showed you
how to determine if your pokemon cards
are rare or expensive
now some of you og fans may have
actually picked up on the fact that
i already made a video pretty similar
this one on my channel and it's actually
my very first video
so i figured i'd refresh it make it
better and include some extra
information
anyways thank you guys so much for
watching this video and as always stay
tuned for the next episode
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