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...

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...

Last week I lost $300 to a scammer. Not "I got ripped off by a seller who said their card was PSA 10 but it turned out to be 7" — that's a bad transaction, not a scam. I mean actual scammer. The guy took my money, never shipped the card, and when I messaged him he blocked me. This is why I never trade online without protection. Trading Pokemon c...

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...