Pokemon — Cardboard Police

October 02, 2026

Coinbase Says "Vault It or Ship It." The Pokémon Pack Platforms It Would Join Publish a Third Option: Sell It Back

On Sept. 28, Coinbase posted five short lines to X: "Your binder is about to get a major upgrade. Rip packs on your phone. Every pull backed by a real, physical card. Vault it or ship it. Soon on Coinbase." The text never names a card game. The imag...

Hobby Article Pokemon PSA Hobby Trends

CASE #0353 Informational

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September 21, 2026

Four Days Before a TCG-Only Card Show Opens in Allen, a TCG Channel Asked What Actually Sells There

CARDBOARD POLICE TraderJons published "What ACTUALLY Sells at Card Shows in 2026" on September 15. Four days from now, a Dallas Card Show event built entirely around trading card games opens in Allen, Texas — and the week in between produced the bi...

Video of the Day Pokemon Market Analysis Hobby Trends

CASE #0331 Informational

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September 21, 2026

A $2.2 Million Black Lotus Was Only Third in an $11.3 Million TCG Week — and Heritage Moved an Illustrator for $5 Million

A 1993 Magic: The Gathering Alpha Black Lotus in a PSA Gem Mint 10 holder sold for $2,208,200 on September 19. It was the third-biggest publicly tracked trading card game sale of the week. Sports Illustrated's Lucas Mast, working from Card Ladder sa...

Hobby Article Pokemon Market Analysis Million Dollar Cards Non-Sports

CASE #0329 Informational

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August 31, 2026

1999 Pokémon #4 Charizard 1st Edition — 123 PSA 10s in 5,375, and the Scarcest Print Grades the Cleanest

PSA has assigned a straight grade to 5,375 copies of the 1999 1st Edition Charizard, and 123 of them came back Gem Mint 10. The same grader has handled the Unlimited printing of the identical card 102,437 times — and the scarcer card is the one that ...

Card of the Day Pokemon Grading Card Prices Non-Sports

CASE #0296 Misdemeanor

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August 15, 2026

StockX Live Launches Trading Cards Sunday — Replay Sports Cards Debuts With a Pokémon Sealed-Pack Stream

StockX — the marketplace that built its name on verified resale — is finally entering the trading card live-selling race, and its first dedicated trading card seller goes live Sunday night with a stream built around Pokémon sealed packs. Replay Spor...

Hobby Article Pokemon Market Analysis Hobby Trends Industry Consolidation

CASE #0251 Informational

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May 28, 2026

Pokemon vs. Panini: Where the Smart Money Is in 2026

The numbers are in, and they tell a story most sports card collectors don't want to hear. Trading card games — led by Pokemon's 30th anniversary boom — are outpacing traditional sports cards in percentage returns, and the gap is widening. The Poke...

Hobby Article Pokemon Market Analysis

CASE #0015 Informational

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the cardboard chronicle

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Coinbase Says "Vault It or Ship It." The Pokémon Pack Platforms It Would Join Publish a Third Option: Sell It Back

Four Days Before a TCG-Only Card Show Opens in Allen, a TCG Channel Asked What Actually Sells There

A $2.2 Million Black Lotus Was Only Third in an $11.3 Million TCG Week — and Heritage Moved an Illustrator for $5 Million

1999 Pokémon #4 Charizard 1st Edition — 123 PSA 10s in 5,375, and the Scarcest Print Grades the Cleanest

StockX Live Launches Trading Cards Sunday — Replay Sports Cards Debuts With a Pokémon Sealed-Pack Stream

Pokemon vs. Panini: Where the Smart Money Is in 2026