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A Pikachu Pokémon Card Just Sold For An Inexplicable $8.4 Million, The Second-Highest Price Of All Time

This represents a 5,340-percent increase since it last sold in June

By John Walker Published September 30, 2026

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Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration’s 15 Highest-Priced Cards (Including The $4000 RGB Mew)

The prices are so much lower than anyone was expecting, apart from those ridiculous Mews

By John Walker Published September 24, 2026

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Pokémon’s 30th Celebration Cards Are Causing Scalpers To Spectacularly Crash Out

The generous pull-rates have demolished resale prices, causing scumbags extensive misery

By John Walker Published September 21, 2026

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Pokémon TCG’s 30th Celebration Set Has Incredible Pull Rates, And It’s Demolishing Resale Prices

The prettiest cards are showing up five times more frequently than in years of recent sets

By John Walker Published September 17, 2026

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Super Ugly Mew Cards Are The Chase For Pokémon’s 30th Anniversary, And One’s Already Sold For $20k

The RGB Mew cards were at one point believed to be a hoax

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 16, 2026

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Pokémon Content Creator Gets Dragged After Opening Possibly Stolen Cards

Roush bought the unreleased box sets two months ahead of their official release

By John Walker Published September 16, 2026

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Thousands Of Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration Orders Suddenly Cancelled As Company Pushes Back Against Scalper Bots

While orders placed by bots appear to be the main casualties in the latest wave of cancellations, fans are reporting that their legitimate purchases are being caught in the crossfire

By Lewis Parker Published September 8, 2026

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Pokémon TCG Debacle Is Getting So Bad Walmart Is Resorting To A Lottery

It's a better system than gouging your customers, but far less than ideal

By John Walker Published August 31, 2026

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Fans At Pokémon World Championships 2026 Battle ‘Scalper Alley’ For Exclusive Merch

Another Pokémon merchandise release gets hampered by resellers

By Alicia Haddick Published August 28, 2026

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Pokémon’s 30th Anniversary Set Might Be Making A Mysterious New Mew Card The Rarest Ever

A new rumor claims the card will have a 1 in 20,000 pull rate

By Ethan Gach Published August 19, 2026

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Pokémon TCG Store Owner Puts Out $6,000 Reward For Card Thief’s Capture, But Only If They’re Apprehended ‘Alive’ And ‘Breathing’

Reverse holo Pokémon thief, hardly played/beaten, near mint–definitely PSA 10 worthy so no lowball offers

By Lewis Parker Published July 28, 2026

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Pokémon Company Strikes Blow Against Scalpers With Facial Recognition Checks To ‘Prevent Crime’ At Card Stores In Japan

In a bid to counter Pokémon TCG scalping and 'prevent crime,' Pokémon card stores in Japan are introducing a new facial recognition system

By Lewis Parker Published July 26, 2026

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Pokémon Card Collector Finally Finds Pitch Black Packs Only To Discover Someone Wrecked His Car In The Parking Lot

The moment of Walmart-based success was very short-lived

By John Walker Published July 17, 2026

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Pokémon’s Big 30th Anniversary TCG Release Is An Even Bigger Mess Than Usual

More Pikachus, more problems

By Rebekah Valentine Published July 15, 2026

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GameStop’s Australian Outlets Leave Pokémon TCG Customers Furious After Insane Bait-N-Switch Pricing

Fake 'outrageous' prices turned out to be a trick, leaving just about everyone annoyed

By John Walker Published July 10, 2026

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Target Seems To Be Artificially Increasing Prices On Pokémon TCG Products

Why let scalpers get all the extra cash?

By John Walker Published June 29, 2026

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Pokémon 30th Anniversary Set Is Officially Revealed For September, And Every Pack Features Pikachu

Every card in the packs will be a holo foil or better, and it'll feature some classic reprints

By John Walker Published June 1, 2026

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11-Year-Old Pokémon Card Collector Isn’t A Fan: ‘I Just Flip Cards’

For some younger folks, Pokémon is known less as a multimedia franchise and more as a profit opportunity

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 29, 2026

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The Pokémon Company In Japan Fights Scalpers By Demanding Government ID Checks To Buy Cards

For some reason the same restrictions will also be in place for entering Japanese Pokémon tournaments

By John Walker Published May 21, 2026

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GameStop Wants To Sell You Random Pokémon Cards For $5,000 A Pop

You, too, can help fund that eBay acquisition

By Rebekah Valentine Published May 6, 2026