Discussion Is Tapu Lele GX Worth Buying Right Now?

It's an excellent card and buying singles is still cheaper on average than relying on pack pulls, so I would recommend buying them now if you can.
 
I remember seeing Tapu Lele GX for the first time, I immediately knew it was going to become very expensive staple. Then I stopped the TCG for a while. I so regret not buying a pair when they were normal priced! Now I'm not really willing to spend that kind of money on a single card. Tapu Lele is currently at its best though, I hope it gets a reprint before an alternative shows up. Anyway if you're committed to competitive play and you have the money than it's worth considering.
 
Are Tapu Leles worth it to buy right now? Or should we be waiting for the prices to drop?
The price will only drop if they get a reprint or outright replaced (which is completely unknown but probably not going to happen just look at Shaymin EX). The price is going to jump when GRI goes out of print as well.

Lele is still going to be in standard for 1.5 years as well so it will be a while until its price drops for rotating out of Standard
 
Are Tapu Leles worth it to buy right now? Or should we be waiting for the prices to drop?

What are you plans for playing?

If you're rarely attending anything more demanding than Pokémon League and you don't fancy yourself a very competitive play, then it isn't worth it. If you're trying to win at least some medium level events (or consistantly win smaller events), it is worth it.

If you are a competitive player but you're still mostly using it with Pokémon League and/or when playing with friends, consider how often you'd use it. Barring a surprise reprint or replacement for it, the investment will likely pay for itself within a year or two at most.
 
What are you plans for playing?

If you're rarely attending anything more demanding than Pokémon League and you don't fancy yourself a very competitive play, then it isn't worth it. If you're trying to win at least some medium level events (or consistantly win smaller events), it is worth it.

If you are a competitive player but you're still mostly using it with Pokémon League and/or when playing with friends, consider how often you'd use it. Barring a surprise reprint or replacement for it, the investment will likely pay for itself within a year or two at most.
I only really play at my local league and destroy my friends but other than that i dont play super competitive
 
Then you might be okay taking your chances.
This is the deck list i was going to use
Pokémon: 16

4 Gible ULP 97
2 Gabite ULP 98
4 Garchomp ULP 99
2 Riolu ULP 66
2 Lucario ULP 67
1 Tapu Lele GX GRI 60
1 Alolan Vulpix GRI 21

Items: 20

4 Ultra Ball
4 Puzzle Of Time
4 Rare Candy
4 Choice Band
2 Field Blower
2 Pal Pad

Supporters: 12

4 Cynthia
2 N
2 Sycamore
2 Brigette
2 Guzma

Energy: 12

8 Fighting Energy
4 Double Colorless Energy
 
For casual matches, you could use a proxy card. Pick a card that you wouldn't use in your deck (when I proxied Leles I chose a fairy energy, because Pink...even though Lele-GX is Psychic) and have the card printed off on the sidelines. Local non-POP people may accept it as well, but you should run that by whoever is running the event. Anything following POP rules won't allow proxies. as they're considered fake cards.

That being said, if you have a few money cards that you don't plan on using and don't particularly want, it's very worthwhile to trade up to a legit Lele.
 
For casual matches, you could use a proxy card. Pick a card that you wouldn't use in your deck (when I proxied Leles I chose a fairy energy, because Pink...even though Lele-GX is Psychic) and have the card printed off on the sidelines. Local non-POP people may accept it as well, but you should run that by whoever is running the event. Anything following POP rules won't allow proxies. as they're considered fake cards.

That being said, if you have a few money cards that you don't plan on using and don't particularly want, it's very worthwhile to trade up to a legit Lele.
Yeah I created a Trade thread on the trades forum for a lele
 
For casual matches, you could use a proxy card. Pick a card that you wouldn't use in your deck (when I proxied Leles I chose a fairy energy, because Pink...even though Lele-GX is Psychic) and have the card printed off on the sidelines. Local non-POP people may accept it as well, but you should run that by whoever is running the event. Anything following POP rules won't allow proxies. as they're considered fake cards.

That being said, if you have a few money cards that you don't plan on using and don't particularly want, it's very worthwhile to trade up to a legit Lele.

Plus, with casual play, World Championship deck cards are legal. I'm thinking they are going to contain some Tapu Lele-GX this year. XD Of course, we won't get them until what, November? Proxying is obviously less expensive (as it is next-to-free), but this gives you a semi-official proxy, if that makes any sense. XP

Yes, if @masterofmew has the skills to trade-up to one without too much effort, it makes sense. I know some amazing traders who can do that. I know some good traders who probably can as well, but I know a lot of average traders who may as well see if they can just pick up a few extra hours at work instead, because 10 hours of extra work versus 20 hours of trading to get the same card...
 
In all honesty if people are concerned about the price they shouldn't buy them. There are decks you can run without a Lele that still achieve success.

It's the same with Shaymin back in the day. If everyone who reluctantly bought a couple of Lele/Shaymin for a deck decided to build decks that didn't need them instead the prices wouldn't be so high.

The whole price spike thing is caused by people being greedy and other people buying into it. And TPCi realises this and won't give anything resembling a reprint until it rotates out because they know they'll make more off people buying boosters/boxes as opposed to a "collection".
 
In all honesty if people are concerned about the price they shouldn't buy them. There are decks you can run without a Lele that still achieve success.

It's the same with Shaymin back in the day. If everyone who reluctantly bought a couple of Lele/Shaymin for a deck decided to build decks that didn't need them instead the prices wouldn't be so high.

The whole price spike thing is caused by people being greedy and other people buying into it. And TPCi realises this and won't give anything resembling a reprint until it rotates out because they know they'll make more off people buying boosters/boxes as opposed to a "collection".
I don't care to buy 1 Lele and 1 Shaymin for a deck but when a Deck calls for 2-4 Tapu Leles its where I have to draw the line lol
 
In all honesty if people are concerned about the price they shouldn't buy them. There are decks you can run without a Lele that still achieve success.

It's the same with Shaymin back in the day. If everyone who reluctantly bought a couple of Lele/Shaymin for a deck decided to build decks that didn't need them instead the prices wouldn't be so high.

The whole price spike thing is caused by people being greedy and other people buying into it. And TPCi realises this and won't give anything resembling a reprint until it rotates out because they know they'll make more off people buying boosters/boxes as opposed to a "collection".

That is a combination of true-but-misleading and the factually incorrect.

If the price is too high for someone, they just shouldn't buy the cards; being "concerned" with the price isn't quite the same thing. Some would argue that you should always be concerned about prices, especially when something is "free". ;)

What is true is that some competitive decks do (or did) get by without Shaymin-EX (ROS). The card is nearly four years old, and the decks that worked well without it were intentionally avoiding having Pokémon-EX in them and/or included an alternative. The first of these alternatives, Octillery (BKT), released six months after Shaymin-EX. I was surprised that a few recent tournament results showed decks that were winning without Tapu Lele-GX. In Standard, one such deck made it to 9th place. In Expanded, one such deck took 20th place. The former was something I hadn't seen before, the latter was a Primal Groudon-EX update.

If everyone decided not to buy such, then yes, the price would drop. This is wholly unrealistic due to what I just pointed out. What is realistic is people learning to become more shrewd buyers, but that is still pretty unrealistic (sadly). :( Anyway, it isn't just "greed"; apathy, laziness, ignorance, etc. all contribute to such things. What is definitely wrong is how you think a reprint won't happen to "improve sales". Nintendo/TPCi sell to the vendors who sell to the vendors who sell average customers their cards. There are very few direct sales, certainly not enough to affect the decision whether or not to reprint a card. Sometimes, there are additional middlemen. The only way they make money off the indirect market is when speculation causes stuff to sell out well to the suppliers or prompts them to do another print run.
 
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