Tag: Cards

By: Lottie Bynum

Pokemon’s popularity has ebbed and flowed during its time. With shows, movies, and games, the company has a wide range of audience from adults to young children. This year has been declared the year of the eevee/eeveelutions, a pokemon that has several different evolutions and is quite popular because of its cute appearance. With this declaration they have released special card packs with full art cards which can sell for over a thousand dollars, however due to the popularity of the cards many people have taken to buying as much as they can and reselling the cards for more than they have sold from if bought directly from the pokemon website. Some can double in price. Pokemon the company has commented on the bulk buyers and tried to crack down on them so consumers can buy their cards at fair prices. The wider child audience or casual collectors try to find fair prices during this time.

Some of the ways pokemon bulk buyers make so much money is that they buy the newest sets of cards out of all their local stores as well as on the pokemon website. While pokemon does say they are cracking down on bulk buyers their limit for the amount of the same packs bought is twenty-five. It is a limit but it’s still quite a lot for some people to buy. For example Pokemon Surging Sparks and Prismatic Evolutions, two recent packs, sell for over $5.30 and $10 versus what a regular price of $4.50 per pack. 

People love pokemon and their continued interest drives bulk buyers because of the value of some of these cards. Old or new, cards can be valued over hundreds or thousands of dollars. For example an ungraded mega lucario can go for $55, or a full art card whether EX or just a full art can go for$ 50-70 or even over that cost. Foil art or reflective shiny cards are usually 32 cents a card, but that can build up over time amassing large sums of money.