Card Men Podcast

Can you trust a graded Pokémon card when the card may be real but the PSA slab is fake? In Card Men Podcast episode 34, Morgan and CardBaba discuss reports of “super clone” slabs, the Dragonite and Rayquaza examples circulating in the hobby, and what collectors can learn from label details, certification numbers, and matching a card to its scans. They debate whether counterfeit slabs threaten Pokémon collecting and who should be responsible for authentication when cards move through auction houses such as Fanatics Collect.The conversation continues with viewer questions about why dealers won't price an entire collection for free, the tradeoffs of uncrackable slabs, and whether owning a fraction of a Charizard makes sense for collectors. Then Gold Star or Bust puts Gold Star Charizard up against vintage favorites, including EX Dragon and Power Keepers, before a card-restoration update._____________________________________________________________🔴JOIN OUR WEEKLY STREAMS🔴Fri, Sat, Sun @8pm: https://www.tiktok.com/@card_baba_🏢VISIT OUR CARD SHOP🏢CardBaba - 501 Pedernales St #1d, Austin, TX 78702Mon - Fri 12-7📩Connect with Damaged Cards📩https://www.instagram.com/damaged.cards/https://www.youtube.com/@DamagedCards/📩Connect with Card Baba📩DM for CARD RESTORATIONhttps://www.instragram.com/card_baba_/https://www.youtube.com/@CardBaba/_____________________________________________________________Card Men 3400:00:00 This Week on Card Men...00:01:56 What are Super Clones?00:07:39 Will Fake Slabs Kill the Hobby?00:13:11 Who Authenticates Auction-House Slabs?00:23:08 How Fanatics Consignment Works00:27:54 Answering Your Comments00:30:01 What Is a WeWork?00:32:30 Why Vendors Won't Comp Your Collection00:36:07 Uncrackable Slabs: Security vs. Flexibility00:38:23 Fractional Pokémon Ownership00:45:27 Gold Star or Bust: Charizard_____________________________________________________________⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Always do your own research before making any investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. @CardBaba @DamagedCards @rageqzbass #pokemon #tcg #business

After vending Dallas Collect-A-Con, Damaged Cards returns with stories about high-end Pokémon deals, cautious buyers, and the affordable cards collectors actually wanted. On Card Men Podcast, he and Card Baba explore the gap between a card’s last sale and finding a buyer, the appeal of Topps movie cards and Dragon Ball, and what they would do with $1,000 in modern Pokémon.They also discuss the reported FedEx theft involving PSA-graded cards, shipping security, and how hypothetical uncrackable slabs could change the hobby. Plus, Damaged Cards visits Cassius Marsh’s Cash Cards Unlimited, gets humbled at the airport, and joins a Gold Star or Bust debate comparing Gold Star Umbreon with Karen’s Umbreon, Neo Discovery, Skyridge, and other favorites._____________________________________________________________🔴JOIN OUR WEEKLY STREAMS🔴Fri, Sat, Sun @8pm: https://www.tiktok.com/@card_baba_🏢VISIT OUR CARD SHOP🏢CardBaba - 501 Pedernales St #1d, Austin, TX 78702Mon - Fri 12-7📩Connect with Damaged Cards📩https://www.instagram.com/damaged.cards/https://www.youtube.com/@DamagedCards/📩Connect with Card Baba📩https://www.instragram.com/card_baba_/https://www.youtube.com/@CardBaba/_____________________________________________________________Card Men 3300:00:00 Guess Who’s Back?00:01:24 Visiting Cassius Marsh and Cash Cards Unlimited00:04:30 Vending Dallas Collect-A-Con00:07:59 The Market Is Changing Week to Week00:11:33 Affordable Cards and Changing Collector Tastes00:18:05 The Dragon Ball Men Podcast00:25:46 $1,000 in Modern Challenge00:32:39 FedEx Card Theft and Uncrackable Slabs00:49:26 Gold Star or Bust: Umbreon_____________________________________________________________⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Always do your own research before making any investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. @CardBaba @DamagedCards @rageqzbass #pokemon #tcg #business

What’s really driving Pokémon card prices: collectors, scarcity, or the chase for the next record sale? On episode 32 of the Card Men Podcast, Card Baba welcomes Card Oppa, formerly Slab Daddy Master, while Damaged Cards is away. They discuss the wildly different Gliscor auction results, speculate about market manipulation, and explain how headline sales influence prices for lower-grade cards—including the story behind their own $18,000 Pikachu listing.Card Oppa shares what buyers actually want at card shows, his experience hunting for cards in Japan, and why PSA population counts deserve a closer look. The conversation moves from overlooked vintage cards to One Piece fandom, RGB Mew, and a hypothetical $1,000 modern Pokémon strategy, asking whether collectors love the cards or their price tags. Then, in Gold Star or Bust, they compare Gold Star Latios with vintage alternatives and debate which artwork deserves the spotlight.

🔴JOIN OUR WEEKLY STREAMS🔴Fri, Sat, Sun @8pm: https://www.tiktok.com/@card_baba_🏢VISIT OUR CARD SHOP🏢CardBaba - 501 Pedernales St #1d, Austin, TX 78702Mon - Fri 12-7📩Connect with Damaged Cards📩https://www.instagram.com/damaged.cards/https://www.youtube.com/@DamagedCards/📩Connect with Card Baba📩https://www.instragram.com/card_baba_/https://www.youtube.com/@CardBaba/_____________________________________________________________Card Men 3100:00:00 This week on Card Men...00:01:15 PSA simply needs more money from us00:07:10 Gold Star Vaporeon or Expedition Mewtwo?00:13:35 King Gary's $49 million listing00:15:30 The BlackRock of Collectibles00:20:40 Who wants a Pokémon investment fund?00:29:26 Masterworks: owning art versus owning shares00:33:57 Pokémon versus the S&P 50000:37:23 Investing in cultural collectibles00:40:42 Gold Star or Bust: the original Eeveelutions00:43:25 Dark, Skyridge and Sandstorm Eeveelutions00:47:12 Finding Unseen Forces favorites00:49:29 Japanese promos and connecting artwork00:51:12 VS Series and Delta Species00:54:31 The verdict: which cards beat Gold Stars?_____________________________________________________________⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Always do your own research before making any investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. @CardBaba @DamagedCards @rageqzbass #pokemon #tcg #business

JOIN OUR WEEKLY STREAMSFri, Sat, Sun @8pmhttps://www.tiktok.com/@card_baba_VISIT OUR CARD SHOPCardBaba501 Pedernales St #1d, Austin, TX 78702Mon - Fri 12-7Follow Dragonatehttp://instagram.com/dragonate_tcg/Connect with Damaged Cardshttps://www.instagram.com/damaged.cards/https://www.youtube.com/@DamagedCards/Connect with Card Babahttps://www.instragram.com/card_baba_/https://www.youtube.com/@CardBaba/_____________________________________________________________Card Men 3000:00 This week on Card Men...00:38 The most jacked vendor in Pokémon03:11 If you're not dealing in high end you're leaving money on the table05:37 How do you get into high end cards?12:39 Consignment and auction fees explained18:13 Why high-end Pokémon is booming21:03 We're grading graded cards now29:28 Who is buying these cards? (coinbase announcement)38:15 A new generation of wealthy collectors42:58 NOT financial advice for following the high end_____________________________________________________________⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Always do your own research before making any investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. @CardBaba @DamagedCards @rageqzbass #pokemon #tcg #business

JOIN OUR WEEKLY STREAMS and get a BABA MHYSTERY PACKFriday's and Saturday's, 8pmhttps://www.tiktok.com/@card_baba_VISIT OUR CARD SHOPCard Baba501 Pedernales St #1d, Austin, TX 78702Mon - Fri 12-7Connect with Damaged Cardshttps://www.instagram.com/damaged.cards/https://www.youtube.com/@DamagedCards/Connect with Card Babahttps://www.instragram.com/card_baba_/https://www.youtube.com/@CardBaba/_____________________________________________________________Card Men 2900:00 This week on Card Men...00:19 We're have a shop! (COME BUY CARDS)02:20 30th has cannibalized the market10:13 The high end market28:56 The middle class of Pokémon is dying41:33 Gold Star or Bust: Gyarados_____________________________________________________________⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Always do your own research before making any investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. @CardBaba @DamagedCards @rageqzbass #pokemon #tcg #business

JOIN OUR WEEKLY STREAMS and get a BABA MHYSTERY PACKFriday's and Saturday's, 8pmhttps://www.tiktok.com/@card_baba_VISIT OUR CARD SHOPCard Baba501 Pedernales St #1d, Austin, TX 78702Mon - Wed, 1pm - 7pmThur - Fri, 12pm - 8pmConnect with Damaged Cardshttps://www.instagram.com/damaged.cards/https://www.youtube.com/@DamagedCards/Connect with Card Babahttps://www.instragram.com/card_baba_/https://www.youtube.com/@CardBaba/_____________________________________________________________Card Men 2800:00:00 We're Back (But Baba Said It This Time)00:01:35 Dipping Our Toes in Other TCGs00:13:17 Can Disney Build the Next Big Card Market?00:23:10 Mewtwo: Gold Star vs. the Field00:36:35 What Makes a Pokémon Collectible?_____________________________________________________________⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Always do your own research before making any investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. @CardBaba @DamagedCards @rageqzbass #pokemon #tcg #business

JOIN OUR WEEKLY STREAMS and get a BABA MHYSTERY PACKFriday's and Saturday's, 8pmhttps://www.tiktok.com/@card_baba_Connect with Damaged Cardshttps://www.instagram.com/damaged.cards/https://www.youtube.com/@DamagedCards/Connect with CardBabahttps://www.instragram.com/card_baba_/https://www.youtube.com/@CardBaba/_____________________________________________________________Card Men 2700:00:00 Target scalped Morgan?? (30th is finally here)00:05:52 Pull Rates, Hype & Reprint Worries00:09:50 Is Modern Pokémon Art Too Much?00:12:12 Our Card Shop Is Finally Opening00:16:29 New fans in Pokémon00:23:27 Morgan's Custom VeeFriends Jersey00:26:26 Morgan's Hollywood agent scammed him00:29:49 Baba's bad take00:43:10 Rayquaza - Gold Star vs. the Field00:54:36 Are Neo Shining Cards Overrated?00:58:48 Shop, Streams & What's Next_____________________________________________________________⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Always do your own research before making any investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. @CardBaba @DamagedCards @rageqzbass #pokemon #tcg #business

JOIN OUR WEEKLY STREAMS and get a BABA MHYSTERY PACKFriday's and Saturday's, 8pmhttps://www.tiktok.com/@card_baba_Connect with Damaged Cardshttps://www.instagram.com/damaged.cards/https://www.youtube.com/@DamagedCards/Connect with CardBabahttps://www.instragram.com/card_baba_/https://www.youtube.com/@CardBaba/_____________________________________________________________Card Men 2600:00:00 We got our PSA submissions back!00:03:24 Pokémon is ripping off Yugioh??00:09:06 Morgan is collecting...00:11:11 EXStar announced00:14:09 Our mid-life modern crisis00:23:52 The emotional side of the market (Morgan's an idiot)00:29:33 Horrible Facebook Marketplace chat (Morgan's not an idiot actually)00:44:40 Stickering post-restoration00:53:20 Scarlet & Violet master-set update_____________________________________________________________⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Always do your own research before making any investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. @CardBaba @DamagedCards @rageqzbass #pokemon #tcg #business

JOIN OUR WEEKLY STREAMS and get a BABA MHYSTERY PACKFriday's and Saturday's, 8pmhttps://www.tiktok.com/@card_baba_Connect with Damaged Cardshttps://www.instagram.com/damaged.cards/https://www.youtube.com/@DamagedCards/Connect with CardBabahttps://www.instragram.com/card_baba_/https://www.youtube.com/@CardBaba/_____________________________________________________________Card Men 2500:00:00 Morgan is no longer a LARPer00:07:08 Nerds vs Dorks00:13:42 Morgan's ESPN commercial00:17:20 Joe Jonas pulls crazy grail00:27:00 Mo Bamba opening card shop in Austin00:38:39 RGB mews real or fake00:40:24 tier listing all the good Pokémon_____________________________________________________________⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Always do your own research before making any investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. @CardBaba @DamagedCards @rageqzbass #pokemon #tcg #business