Logan Paul Challenges Young Pokemon Card Investors to Rethink Safety
Hey Pokemon card fans, if you are chasing those big hits like Umbreon VMAX Alternate Art from Evolving Skies, Logan Paul just dropped a bold call out to young investors like you. The YouTube star and boxing champ, known for his wild Prime energy drink hype and NFT plays, is pushing folks to stop treating cards as a safe, easy bet. He says its time to rethink the “safety” in your stacking strategy, especially with prices dipping hard right now.[1]
Paul has been deep in the collectibles game, flipping high-end stuff and building hype around scarcity. But lately, he is telling new collectors, many in their teens and twenties, that Pokemon cards are not the bulletproof investment they seem. Prices for top chase cards are sliding, like the Umbreon VMAX Alternate Art that fell over 155 dollars last month to around 2,063 dollars on TCGPlayer. That is the ultimate modern grail nearing sub-2,000 dollars for the first time in ages.[1] Even the Umbreon V Alternate Art shed about 140 dollars, sitting at 429 dollars.[1]
Why the rethink? Paul points out the market feels different for the biggest cards. While everyday packs and mid-tier stuff in the 10 to 80 dollar range keep strong interest from nostalgia buyers and gift shoppers, the ultra-rares are testing new floors.[4][3] Rayquaza VMAX Alternate Art is up to 701 dollars and surging, maybe challenging Umbreon soon, but others like Dragonite V Alternate Art at 405 dollars show the ups and downs.[1] Videos tracking 2025 values note cards dropping from peaks like 600 dollars down steady, with some flattening around 250 to 300 dollars support lines.[2][3]
Young investors often jump in seeing quick flips on social media, stacking sealed product or alternates thinking its low risk. Paul challenges that. He argues the hobby is volatile, with modern sets like Evolving Skies still king but facing pull rates, reprints, and shifts to games like One Piece pulling buyers away.[1][6] Forum chatter agrees, lots of modern cards from Surging Sparks to Temporal Forces are lower, packs lingering on shelves.[6] Paul says treat it like real investing: diversify, watch volume spikes on sites like TCGPlayer where buys shot a card from 1,350 to 2,400 dollars fast before it cooled.[5]
For PokemonPricing.com readers, this means eyeing dips as buy chances if you love the cards for play or display, not just resale. Espeon V Alternate Art at 169 dollars or Sylveon at 154 dollars could hold better long term in this top set.[1] Paul is not saying quit, just play smarter, question the “safe” label, and build with eyes open to trends like holiday peaks in December.[4]
