Post-launch SIRs · 30th anniversary hype peak · about six months
This is the Pokémon cards entry for Recent 2024-25 Pokemon SIRs (Peak Sell) — one of 75 card types rated on appreciation, liquidity, accessibility and risk instead of being given one vague grade.
Appreciation 52, liquidity 65 — a middling, workable profile. Nothing about the shape of it forces a decision, which means the price you pay decides whether it was a good idea.
Accessibility of 50 means you'll pay somewhat over the sensible number but not absurdly so. Worth watching, because this score moves faster than any of the other three.
Set against the 8 Pokémon card types scored here, its appreciation of 52 ranks 8th of 8, liquidity 65 ranks 7th, accessibility 50 ranks 3rd, and risk 45 is the 7th-lowest. The closest thing to it on the numbers is Perfect Order SIRs (Flip), which scores 68 and 85 on the same two axes — if you're weighing one against the other, the difference is in the reasoning rather than the scores.
The window is about six months. Long enough that one bad month doesn't settle it, short enough that you're betting on a specific stretch rather than a career. Six-month positions are where people most often forget they set a deadline.
Risk at 45 is the middle of the range: real ways to fail, none of them exotic. A role change, a slow start, or the hobby simply deciding to care about something else for a while.
Every entry gets four separate scores instead of one grade, because a single grade hides the thing you needed. Full explanation in the guide: what Kabooms, Downtowns and Color Blasts are worth.
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