Pokemon cards are kinda terrifying now...

pokemon cards will be the next currency mark my words

Did anyone actually know how to play pokemon cards as a kid or did we all just think they looked pretty?

business idea: fund the development of an actual time machine to go back and buy a load of Pokemon cards from 1999 to sell in the present

I work at Walmart, and yes, it’s insane what some people will do. We had to lock them up behind a register so that people wouldn’t steal them. And they’re still gone almost constantly

I remember back in about 2010-2016 me, my dad and my brother's used to love playing the actual card game together. We didn't care at all about the value or collecting them, we just wanted to have fun. Sitting at the kitchen table playing against my dad on a rainy day, flipping coins and hoping to pull a certain energy card I needed is such a happy, nostalgic childhood memory to me. I find it really scary now that collecting pokémon cards has become so serious and expensive, it kind of ruins it in a way. I don't even know what terms like 'secret rare' means or what the value of our small collection of older cards is worth. I wouldn't sell them anyway, even if it's a small fortune, because they're really sentimental to me.. I just find it kind of sad that such an innocent game from my childhood has become so daunting.. (That was way longer than I meant it to be haha, sorry)

Toby from Birdkeeper! I suspect he has no clue what he's talking about!

Makes me sad that people who want to get into collecting old cards a normal amount now won’t be able to afford it because of scalpers and “investors”

It makes me kinda sad that Pokemon Cards have seemingly never had their actual purpose. I remember wanting so, so, so badly to play the game, and could never find anyone to play with or who wanted to try to play. Now it really is just gambling. My cards will forever sit in my deck gathering dust.

It’s insane tbh how crazy people are acting over Pokémon. Imagine being a kid and finally getting some money and then go to a nearby store just to see adults fighting each other for the cards you want, OR the entire stock SOLD OUT.

"And I'll never open cards again" The new set called Evolving Skies involves all the Eeveelutions as the main cards of the set

Me and my mum went to the local target let’s say a month ago and we went up to the help station lady and my mum asked “ hello would you know where the Pokémon cards would be?” Then the lady pointed to a sign saying they weren’t selling them anymore because someone went insane and when someone bought the last pack they PULLED A GUN OUT ON THEM. I just am shocked when hearing this and I have so many questions “are they ok?” I ask the help lady of which she replies “yeah they handed over the pack but when the crazy guy realized he had a card box in one hand and a gun in the other he just drove off” and that’s the last time I asked for Pokémon cards at target.

Content creators that open boxes usually have good accountants and are able to write off the majority of the costs of packs and boxes as a loss and a business expense which helps make up a massive margin

Sounds about right tbh

Thank you for teaching me gambling is good and fun!

CandyEvie: Makes a point Also CandyEvie: Opens Pokémon cards to prove her point but ends up proving her wrong 😂

The whole craze has inspired me to go through my collection again. I have plenty of old cards, from flea markets and second hand shops, and the like. It's probably not gonna be possible to buy cards that way again, and that has me kinda sad. It was so fun as a kid, to find a person giving up their collection on a market, going through the cards, picking the ones that I thought prettiest. I have bought 100 cards for 10 € once. I really want to get back into collecting them, but... I haven't seen a booster pack in a while , and the newer gens aren't as interesting to me as the older ones. I hope there will be new sets with the Gen4 remakes. And I hope there will be a way to actually get my hands on some cards again.

Make way for the new Pokémon villains, Team Scalp-It!

Pokemon cards aren't scary, but the people that buy them are.

Actually most collectors don't collect full sets, they tend to choose something to specialize in like Japanese promo cards, full art trainers, specific pokemon/trainers, just to name a few options.

It made me so sad when Target stopped selling cards. Before they blew up I would buy a booster pack or two and got some good Tag Team cards sometimes. But now because people go crazy for them I can’t even be a casual card fan without shelling out for cards. It sucks, especially because I feel like those buying them up like crazy don’t even like pokemon