The Pokémon Company Now Printing More Cards To Combat Scalpers
Pokémon fans fed up with not being able to get their hands on the Trading Card Game’s latest and greatest products finally have some good news.
For those not aware of the situation, The Pokémon Company, which directly oversees all things concerning the popular hobby, has been struggling for some time to meet a huge increase in demand for the fancy cardboard. The surge in popularity, while not attributable to any single event, is largely believed to have gained increased exposure thanks to a wave of YouTube influencers such as Logan Paul getting in on the nostalgia rush of opening vintage packs produced by Wizards of the Coast.
Sealed Box Of Rare Pokémon TCG Cards Sells For Record-Breaking $400,000
No more than a day following the news that a single card – of which only two are believed to have ever been produced – managed to fetch a whopping $360,000 at auction, Heritage Auctions has just finalized an even more outlandish transaction. The website, which acts as an intermediary for the sale of various collectibles including cards, comics and video games, recently confirmed that a sealed box of Pokémon TCG Base Set has been sold to an anonymous individual with deep pockets for $400,000. Containing 36 booster packs with 11 cards each, this particular lot was for a 1st Edition printing of the card game’s first-ever release, a label that mandates massively inflated prices over unlimited versions.