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Originally Posted by f2tornado
I agree with this. I graded a lot of Pokémon from 2018 to early 2023 and very little since then. There was seemingly too much price manipulation going on in the raw market in 2023 while the overall gem premium was falling. Further, the quality of S&V is terrible relative to previous series making it more difficult to acquire supply. I now mainly stick to Pokémon I stumble upon at various card shows and good raw is getting more difficult to find at those events too as most dealers have showcases full of PSA 10 stuff, suggesting they already cherrypicked the good stuff.
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My family has been opening 2-3 boxes of every release and the number of illustration rare or better cards that we're opening that are 10 candidates is ridiculously small considering that these are coming out of fresh, sealed cases.