It all started when my friend was watching a youtube video of a booster box opening. His absolute favourite Pokemon is Charizard and he got hyped when he witnessed the youtuber pulling out a beautiful rainbow rare Charizard GX from the Burning Shadows booster box. It was at this moment when his mind was switched on and extremely determined to possess the card.
He asked me if I was interested in opening the Burning Shadows booster box together with him. Hence, this was how the mini-adventure began 2 weeks ago! Finally, there was someone else who could encourage me to pursue my card collection interest to the next level.
I sourced for cheap booster boxes in Carousel and bought the BS booster box for a hefty price of $145. I then proceeded to outside my friend's home with much excitement and anticipation. Initially I thought we were opening it inside his home, but resolved to do it at a secluded area such as West Coast Shopping Mall's Long John Silvers.
Just before the unveiling, I told my friend to lower our expectations so that we would not be too disappointed if we did not get his dream card. Despite that, I displayed my collection album so as to get him all hyped up :), With everything according to plan, we started ripping off the wrapping of the 36 booster packs from the box and shuffled 4 cards from the back to the front, so as to reveal the rare card last. This rare card could either be a non-holo (boo..), a foil card, a regular GX card, a full art card, a rainbow rare card and best of all, a Secret Rare Gold Card! The standard procedure will be to slowly lift up the card in front of it... if the edges are shiny, then you know that you have hit the jackpot!
The best moment of this was that halfway through the card opening, my friend obtained a.. drumroll...
a RAINBOW RARE MARSHADOW GX!
We totally did not expect this as there is a chance that there is no rainbow rare in a booster box! To get it in our first opening was stunning. The card had a really nice texture and it was beautiful coated with rainbow-coloured gloss. Without any hesistation whatsoever, my friend put it in a sleeve. Our loot is shown below:
At this point my friend was getting REALLY excited. He frantically asked me if I could purchase any booster box. After much consideration, I agreed. I was fortunate to source for a Sun and Moon series booster box worth only S110! Because we were highly superstitious, I wore the same clothing and my friend drove the same car to the same location. WHEN ALL THE STARS WERE MET, we went about our standard procedure. Halfway through and no sign of any rainbow rare cards.. my friend was becoming nervous. We were prepared to leave disappointed when all of a sudden, my friend literally froze, and was beaming with excitement at the same time. He showed me the golden border on the bottom of the card and my heart was racing as well. I think it was the second last pack.. We decided to reveal it at the final draw... Earlier on I showed him the pokemon TCG book and was eyeing on that ultra ball. Yes, it is indeed the most valuable card in the booster set, but there was a possibility of other trainer cards that are secret rare.
After we "sort of" calmed down, my friend slowly and carefully revealed the card...
OMG!
It was THE Card, the HOLY GRAIL.
It was like striking TOTO first prize.
So Freaking Lucky!
My friend then cautiously placed his precious Sacred Ultra Ball golden plated card in his card sleeve. We went back home feeling 200% satisfied, as there simply could not be a card opening as epic as this.
Anywayz, our main loot is shown below:
