Pokemon TCG Insights

I was at my LGS last week. Three regulars were arguing about which version of Mewtwo ex was better — regular art or alternate art. They'd been arguing for weeks. On Discord, on Facebook, in person — they couldn't agree. Then, finally, they agreed to settle it. One bought the regular art for $15. The other bought the alt art for $150. They sat do...

Pokemon TCG Pocket dropped last month and the response was... unexpected. Everyone expected it to flop. It's digital, right? Who cares about digital Pokemon cards? People want physical cards. Real cards you can hold. Real cards you can flip. But here's the thing: Pokemon TCG Pocket is actually good. The app is smooth. The card animations are bea...

My wife asked me to count how many binders we own. I stopped counting at 12. She laughed. I laughed. Then I realized how ridiculous that was. We're a family. We have a mortgage. We have kids. And somehow, we've spent tens of thousands of dollars on Pokemon cards. Not all of it was bad. Some of it was investing. Some of it was building collection...

I was at my LGS last week. Three regulars were arguing about which version of Mewtwo ex was better — regular art or alternate art. They'd been arguing for weeks. On Discord, on Facebook, in person — they couldn't agree. Then, finally, they agreed to settle it. One bought the regular art for $15. The other bought the alt art for $150. They sat do...

I was at my LGS last week. Three regulars were arguing about which version of Mewtwo ex was better — regular art or alternate art. They'd been arguing for weeks. On Discord, on Facebook, in person — they couldn't agree. Then, finally, they agreed to settle it. One bought the regular art for $15. The other bought the alt art for $150. They sat do...