Sign in to your Polygon.com account It's a miserable time to be a Pokémon trading card fan. Unless you're getting in line a day before a retail drop, or are willing to pay for an army of bots, it's incredibly difficult to buy Pokémon cards without resorting to resellers. …
… In the weeks leading up to the announcement, a number of stores that maintained the trading card kiosks claimed they were pulling the machines due to safety concerns. Sadly, despite all the commotion surrounding them, some people do rely on vending machines to get Pokémon cards. …
… While eBay's marketplace reaches far beyond games and collectibles, this acquisition would be particularly brutal for those markets. eBay is one of the primary secondhand markets for trading cards, retro games, and consoles. …
… MagicCon is a great place to bring a ton of cards you want to get rid of and get a fair price all at once, which beats trading them in one by one at a local game store or selling them online. …
… But with the resurgence in popularity of trading cards, those with disposable income have developed a unique coping strategy: opening Pokémon trading card packs. …
… The “more tradability” comment from Cocks is also interesting, because you can’t trade cards in Arena . What does a digital version of Magic look like that’s a better representation of a true “trading card game”? …
… It’s not just the complex rules and mechanics, but the expectation that players have to build decks from a pool of cards numbering in the tens of thousands. “ Magic is a complicated game,” Rosewater said during the preview, explaining that he wanted to figure out how to make a simpler trading card … …
Jump Links Most counterfeited Pokémon cards How to tell if a Pokémon card is fake The more Pokémon trading cards pop off , the more potential players and collectors have to worry about one thing: counterfeit cards. …
… The pandemonium began with a video of an apparent Target manager, who was filmed ripping open brand-new boxes of Pokémon trading cards before they were put on shelves. …
… The Pokémon Company has tried addressing its issue with trading card game scalpers in a number of ways. Print production has grown exponentially ; last year alone, The Pokémon Company created billions of cards. …