When Pokémon cards first started taking the United States by storm, I was a new kid in a new school in an unfamiliar city. I didn't know anyone, and because I'd started at my new school halfway ...

For over 18 months, the Pokémon TCG has been extremely difficult to buy, let alone collect. As the feedback loop of scalpers and collectors has driven prices on new and re-sale cards into outer space, ...

Now is kind of lowkey highkey maybe the worst time to get into collecting Pokémon cards. The prevalence of scalpers, and The Pokémon Company’s insufficient response to said resellers, has rendered ...

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