#Lugia Alt Card Silver Tempest

[retroquarium]

I wanted to show all the cards I traded for at Collect-A-Con in Houston this year!! I had fun but I wish there were spots for individuals to trade, I only really traded with vendors (most of them were nice tho)

Closer looks and nerdy explanations under the cut :)

So first of all I FINALLY HAVE THE GRUSHA CARDS

I love him he’s definitely going next to my Gordie collection

I picked up this beauty to go with my Mewtwo Vstar alt art from Crown Zenith I pulled. Ever since I found out about this promo I wanted it so they could be together and now I have them :)

These guys went STRAIGHT into my kawayoo collection. I love kawayoo’s cards and finally getting some V’s and ex’s for it is nice

Here’s the other V’s I got. The Vikavolt is for my main collection of completing the Pokédex through cards, the Ho-Oh is technically also for that (mostly wanted it to go with the Lugia V from Silver Tempest I pulled), and the Dark Sylveon is for fun, I think it’s a cute promo :)

FINALLY got my hands on some GX’s. I missed out on the Sun and Moon card era as I wasn’t really into the cards then, despite Sun and Moon being my favorite gen

And finally the trainer galleries and art rares. I’ve been wanting that Palafin since it came out and decided to just buy it since that’s the only card I wanted from Obsidian Flames. The Miraidon promo looks great with my Koraidon one. Flareon and Blue now complete my set of Blue and the Kanto Eeveelutions (they look wonderful together). The other trainer galleries were just general ones I wanted and they also look amazing :)

Overall I had fun trading cards! The first day was great for it but the second day vendors really tried to scam or rip me down (don’t even get me STARTED on the guy who wanted my two playable gold rares for a single card he was selling for $3). I hope I get to do more trades soon :)

[nickwasheree]

i know half of the people who follow me will not be interested but allow me to explain a small story that just happened

Be me and my father, going to circle k to get my grandma some cigs. i go inside with my grandma for my dad to check if there are any silver tempest packs. i dont see any at first but find some hidden with the candy so i tell my dad and he buts all of them. he gives me a singular pack to open and we get home. i open it, see that theres a V card (they have a special border. i get to that card and GUESS FUCKING WHAT. ITS A FUCKING LUGIA V FULL (AND ALT) ART CARD. THE MOST VALUABLE CARD IN THAT FUCKING PACK. WE WERE LIKE. NO FUCKING WAY. IM STILL IN FUCKING SHOCK WTF😔

[super-artydragon]

[cardtorius]

My luck has been so crazy this week with cards. Thursday got silver tempest unknown v alt AND lugia secret vstar. Lastnight said screw it and got an el dorado box from B&N and got accesscode talker gold rare. Its not as valuable as early printings of accesscode but still like a 40 dollar card.