I’m at a trade night hunting for gold Pokemon cards can I see what’s for trade oh yeah for sure and yeah that’s me dressed up as a giant Pokemon binder which is exactly what you do when you get a free booster pack for showing up in a costume which I almost didn’t get because I could barely fit through the door my handmade costume seems to be a hit with the crowd tonight but what these people don’t know is that finding gold cards is just a small part of a much larger Quest that I’m on tonight I’m really here to get my 900 Charizard back it’s not here at the card shop though it’s here at home hanging around my Arch enemy’s neck oh yeah he happens to also be my son who won my PSA 10 hidden Fates Charizard in a challenge with a super debatable ruling does this count does this count well that part no and in another challenge where I could have won it back I lost in the last minute no today however I got myself another chance here’s what happened flashback I was putting the final touches on my costume when all of a sudden my son walks in and he says hey and I was like hey and then he’s all dude that’s a big binder dude that’s my Charizard [Music] then he said I’m gonna give you another chance to win it back okay at train night tonight I want you to get 15 gold cards 15.
Easy but all of them must be gold Pokemon cards not item cards okay and then he said and one of them must be the gold Pikachu from the ultimate premium collection box and I was like of course alright so I’m a giant binder and this is a little embarrassing that said I’m actually more worried about this gold Pikachu that I have to find it’s a special Pikachu that came in the 25th anniversary Ultra premium collection box and it’s metal when people bring a metal card to a trade night because they don’t really fit in binders like normal cards either way I need 14 other gold Pokemon cards so let’s get going now I thought this costume would be cool to wear and trade at the same time and people did enjoy the costume but whenever I opened up the binder to trade yeah it just looked wrong it does feel illegal and like really wrong so instead I got out of the costume put it on a table and it actually became a huge centerpiece that everyone started to gather around including my guy Mike Mike helped me out a while back when I was trying to complete base it within 24 hours and immediately he took interest in some of my cards especially this reverse Crystal Ho-Oh from Skyridge oh and this guy the one who looks like he could crush me yeah he comes into play later so keep that in mind anyway Mike handed me his binder to trade and yo I think this is a sign and I’m your twin brother flipping through boom a gold gallerian Zapdos exactly the kind of thing I’m looking for and next a gold alternatus V the golds were nice but the crystal Ho-Oh is definitely worth a lot more even though it is a bit damaged so I kept looking in the binder and yo a prime Umbreon this is what I’m talking about I pulled out my calculator and yep we’re still a little under so I pulled out a prime Typhlosion and a prime Espeon this was starting to look a lot better but then Mike started to get cold feet he just couldn’t imagine giving up his Umbreon Prime all the while this guy to my left was literally pulling out a bunch of other ho-ohs that I had in the binder I guess all the hojos are coming out tonight another person gave me his binder and as soon as I flipped to this page yo where are these from oh and look down there Charizard promos what up so I pulled those gold cards out and then I find a gold houndoop but I totally missed the gold obstacle that’s right next to her I’m just so over stimulated at this point Sorry everybody I’m just like all over the place right now and I also pull out that Gengar Vmax altar just in case okay let’s get organized here because I literally have zero gold cards in my hand out of 15 that I need so let’s get back to Mike and close that deal first he doesn’t want to give up that Umbreon which is unfortunate but he said he’d pay the difference to me on venmo so the trade was even and I was like sure First Trade done and I got two gold Pokemon cards and two cool Prime cards as a bonus now we are over here yes yes all right this was the guy with the three gold cards I picked a second ago these are so dope you were looking at the screen Eevee okay that’s right a monk EV scream promo these things go for a pretty penny for sure which is why I said and we got a little work to do yeah yeah so we checked out his binder again to see what I could find oh guy over there still waiting patiently and then the hose you’re looking at right yeah yeah so I looked through the binder again and yep I actually spot the golden obstacle in this time thankfully it’s kind of amazing what happens when you focus on one thing at a time with that said I’m noticing with the cards that I pulled out they just don’t quite match the value of the EV screen promo yet but then she lets me look at her binder and I think they came together and hopefully I can find something to add to the lot and yo this binder is not only cute it’s stacked with some really good stuff in it look at this Latios latius tag team Altar and the Snorlax Evie tag team Altar and this funky looking Eevee over here and you’ll right there in the corner a gold Mew V maximum Fusion strike let’s pull that one out for sure and oh my gosh Pikachu’s Galore yes I personally collect Pikachu promos and I think we can do something here let’s pull this one out let’s also pull this Pokemon Center surfing Pikachu out oh whoa look at that one that’s cool all right no more gold cards what are you doing to my binder oh yeah this guy’s still here I thought guns weren’t allowed in this store yo okay okay back to business breaking out the calculator now there’s a little conferencing going on between the two of them the screen promo is such a dope piece of art but I need my Charizard back while waiting I popped the gold cards I already had into this baby binder so we can keep track of everything we get to the Alternatives V and the Zapdos go in first and I popped the primes I got from Mike back into the giant binder just in case we can use those for trading later finally all the calculations are done so we’re at like 140.
145 here and this was what 130. I mean if you’d be down for that we could we could just do that at this point all I could do is hope and then all of a sudden yeah you’re good yeah high five thank you so much thank you we got him five more gold cards to add to the list the gold Mew let’s pop the Houndoom in there the golden obstacoon the shaman ex the Alakazam ex and I’ll pop these Pikachu Promos in the back because I’m definitely not going to be trading those today we’re at 7 15 gold Pokemon cards but I still have not seen anybody with any metal cards yet that could bite me in the butt later first I have to say thanks to the Chipmunk family here because they waited so patiently and all they wanted was an autograph oh I’d love to sign in are you sure that’s okay and on the plastic or the actual card so I signed this card for her and oh my gosh these costumes are actually the best and dude that’s a Mike Wazowski costume from Monsters Inc deep Pocket Monsters Inc I don’t think it’s a coincidence anyway it’s time to say hi to Ho-Oh guy all right thanks for waiting I’m sorry yes now I’m curious I really want to see his collection do you have your collection of ho-ohs here uh I left it at home it’s all good probably a smart thing to leave all the ho-ohs at home I really gotta enunciate when I say that by the way dude dude this guy is making me super nervous what’s he calculating probably how to destroy me so Ho-Oh guy gives me his business card he’s actually known as Pika dude I think he needs to change his brand to like Ho-Oh Joe or something even though his name is Ulysses anyway he pulls out a Japanese Ho-Oh ex from 2005 a shining Ho-Oh promo from shining Legends and this Ho-Oh ex from breakpoint my guy you got tats too okay I guess you’re next in line to fight I mean trade and at this point Ulysses starts pulling out Pikachu promos from a little container he had I think he heard me say I like them from a previous trade oh hey and I got that surfing one already we’re talking like 60 to 65 across these three I’m looking and I’m looking and I don’t know I need gold cards more than anything but let’s see if there’s just something I need out of here and really out of this lot just this one promo caught my eye I’m interested in the t-ceremony one then all of a sudden this guy appears you look familiar uh yeah deep pocket monster yeah yeah nice to meet you yeah I love meeting new people this is awesome okay back to the trade so there’s about a 15 difference here I mean I Could venmo you 15.
um [Music] my favorite sound cool no gold cards but yet another trade for a pika promo I’m gonna take it and then the inevitable happened hi you are a big man nice don’t don’t beat me up please don’t don’t beat me up please um what are you looking at oh snap wait he’s got gold cards and they’re already out for me this guy is a buff tattooed Saint now some of the cards I already picked up but this flaffy and this ice rider Cali Rex I definitely need he’s got his eye on this Groudon EX from double crisis but I’m gonna need a few more cards from him to match the value so he brings me a couple boxes and then this happened oh dude I thought I saw that in there was the Moltres in there or was it it was those Aptos oh my man what are you doing yeah bro bro bro that was pretty cool but I didn’t find any more gold but I did find a Raichu V to make up the difference of the cost here and Yep this is what’s on the table hi big guy boom Another trade down and three more to add to the list and then without even time to think I hi another person who is waiting patiently who already pulled out this Cubone Holo and from what set I don’t even know yes please yes please looking through a binder it didn’t take long there he is the gold chunk of chew I don’t know what the prices are of these but I would do that okay cool thank you so much did you like that the gold chunks has been acquired and we’re at 11 out of 15 in our challenge too bad it wasn’t the gold medal Pikachu and again I’m still scared We’re not gonna find this because I haven’t seen it yet tonight let’s hope we find one soon right after that somebody else came by with a pack fresh delirium Articuno another gold card to round up the golden Trio of birds and he wanted a not so pack fresh Japanese Misty’s Gyarados that I had and I was like yeah let’s do it in the binder it goes and now we’re at 12 out of 15.
Then this guy came by his name is Amon kind of like Pokemon and he wanted to trade for my team aqua’s Kyogre ex unfortunately he didn’t have any gold cards but he did have his PSA 10 sleepy Dragonite from evolving Skies which is such an awesome card looking at it closely though it does look a little off-centered even though it’s still a 10. so we made the trade and I paid him a little bit extra for the difference in value and then finally I had a moment to look up and take a breath the rush was over but my challenge wasn’t and that’s when I found Terry how’s it going he’s the one who set up this entire trade night tonight and he’s helped me out in previous challenges too and I’m hoping he can help me out again today I’m collecting gold cards gold Pokemon cards you do I need it Terry knew I was looking for gold cards and then he showed me this uh no what the heck is that that is a shiny sheets a shiny Shinx I’ve never seen this card before number sh12 from Platinum Arceus I mean it’s gold colored and it has gold Hollow and then he handed me a bunch of other gold cards which I already picked them all up from earlier so I would be down yeah all right I don’t know if I could trade for it if you’re not wearing it so yeah you know what happened next all right [Music] and it was time to trade I remembered exactly why I felt so awkward earlier eventually Terry pulls out my Gyarados ex I get out of my binder and then we get down to business as I’m looking through more of Terry’s stash just in case I come across these two amazing cards that are obviously not gold cards but I’m picking up some really good stuff here tonight so here’s the trade the cp2 Latios and the cp2 Palkia and the shiny Shinx for the Gyarados ex which is a joke card but I already have one that’s graded and it’s Terry thanks man thank you appreciate you and that Shinx is now number 13 out of 15 and looks really really cool we are coming down to the wire now then Terry calls me over and was like yo how’s the challenge going where are you at yeah yeah I need one more gold plus that Pikachu anniversary yeah you don’t have that one Jerry I you’re my guy and although he didn’t have the metal Pikachu he did have a couple more gold Pokemon cards he was willing to trade and I was like well what do you want for them this will definitely help yeah this is the smallest thing you got on this I don’t know all right I’ll trade for the cram Ram but you have to sign it are you sure because I want to give it to a buddy he’s a cranberry corrector oh cool I’d love to yeah so I signed the cram rant and bam yeah dude thanks man that’s awesome thank you we caught 15 to 15 gold but we don’t have the Pikachu we need the Pikachu the anniversary Pikachu the big one that’s that’s I knew it was going to come down to that but we got 15 now I didn’t see any metal Pikachus the entire night but I had an idea this evening’s event is at TC’s rockets and at TC’s Rockets there’s someone that always comes through for me I think you know I’ll walk over to the cabinets I don’t see Brad yet but I thought I saw something in the cabinet here oh oh come on whoa gosh Brad scared the crap out of me I need of one card to finish this challenge okay what card it is a gold Pikachu 25th anniversary like the promo that comes in the um the the UPC oh oh you don’t have that bro no bro you’re supposed to be the guy let’s go no okay um that was like the only requirement tonight I have 15 gold cards one of them had to beat okay I gotta keep asking around over here I found a gold star Rayquaza but no gold Pikachu then I asked this guy do any of you guys have a gold medal Pikachu from the uh Ultra premium collection then I find Mike yeah not for trade no gold Pikachus here there are no gold Pikachus anywhere did my son just pull the ultimate troll the one gold card that he knew just was probably not going to be here tonight will I ever get my Charizard back I looked through more binders and more binders and more binders and I just wasn’t finding anything I was beginning to lose hope when I remembered something in my bag I had something trick up my sleeve if you will yo Terry can we like hand these out and just open them for fun yeah if I was gonna lose this thing you know what I can still help people and have fun doing it so I handed out packs of Japan’s new set Paradigm trigger to everyone in the room and I even forgot to bring my camera with me I love this community so much and this is the least I can do to give back as this channel continues to grow and more and more I just find that there are real genuine awesome people in this space from all different ages and backgrounds people with genuine love for this thing we call Pokemon and then every once in a while when you least expect it like when you’re opening a pack of cards and you find the Chase card that you’ve been looking for magic really does happen I have the uh the gold one I love this one but oh wait um I don’t I I I’m stunned like how did that how did that just happen what do you want I’m eyeballing that Gyarados right there dude I cannot believe you just pulled us out I I cannot believe this no shot this is in my hands right now where like I swear the universe if you give it just gives back to you like it just works like that and then all of a sudden it was done dude I completed the challenge I get my Charizard back now for my son all right so I went to trade night and I got four gold cards 8 12.
13 14. 15 gold cards where’s the gold Pikachu oh thank you so much appreciate that oh that’s good good game good game thanks so much uh when do I get the gold cards I never said you’re gonna get them wait hey now this isn’t over [Music].