When you guys collect sets do you collect the energy cards as well? Just wondering why some energy cards can be expensive when people don’t usually have energy collections.
For me personally, yes. I consider the energies part of the set.
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I’d say energy’s are part of the sets too. My question though is, which are actually expensive?
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What value do those CoL or Emerald have.
That’s what I was wondering, if it was completionists or players that make some set’s energy more than others. It just seems weird to me that common energy can sometimes be more than the common Pokémon themselves. On a side note, are there more energy cards printed than any other card in a set? I assume so.
The Call of Legends holo energies can go for like $10 - $30 each in NM condition depending on the type. They’re just “reverse” holo energies, but they have silhouettes of mostly popular 2nd gen pokemon in the background which might be why they’re worth more than your average reverse energy from other sets.
I get that they are cool reverse holos, but they are still commons. I would think there are enough of them to meet demand to keep the price down. There should be 100’s of thousands right? I’m talking ungraded not tens. Just curious.
I only opened 1 CoL booster box years ago and I got 4 of them in the 1 box. To be honest, I don’t even know if these energies have a non-holo version. Also, I heard CoL wasn’t a very popular set when it was released. I believe it was also in a time when the TCG was at a low point, so there wouldn’t have been nearly as much product printed as there is for modern sets.
edit: The set has become fairly popular as well in past few years.
For completionists energies do enter the collection. The expensive ones are from sets are generally the reverse/foil versions because they are numbered and have to be pulled from a pack (less availability). Because league players like to “bling” out their decks these are more desireable (higher demand).
Pre Generations these were mainly the CoL reverses, additionally because they had “artwork” and looked better, second to that the HGSS were the same and although non-holo still fetch a better than average price.
With Genrations then Evolutions sets were the 1st sets since CoL to have the reverse options then S&M brought the secret rare options.
So energy prices as you speak are driven mostly by player supply and demand.
Gotta include those energies.
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I collect the entire set; so yes, energies if numbered.
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I don’t collect sets, but I just finished organizing my collection on set release date. The Energies with just a release year and no set number/symbol are a loose category at the end of that year.
The first Japanese Sun & Moon era Energies I hate, though. I’m glad the next few SM era Energies had their copyright date again, but when I opened these cards I was kinda pissed at how useless they are for collectors when they not only lack a set number, but even a copyright year… 
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I remember for a few months after the set came out, people called it “Call of Losers” and couldn’t sell boxes at $50 a piece. The Pokémon community, whether it be players or collectors, always have a way of romanticizing the past!
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oh well I actually forgot about no rarity energy. time to hunt for them.
edit: did some research, look like they don’t have any because I can’t tell by corner