Pokémon's 30th Set Just Broke the Scalpers

Pokémon's 30th Anniversary card set is so generous it's crashing resale prices — and the scalper panic is the best show in tech this week. The TCG 30th Celebration set stamps a Pikachu on every single card and hands out the chase cards at rates nobody saw coming. Kotaku calls the pull rates "incredible," and the market already agrees.

The 30th Celebration card lineup, holographic foil catching the light

Thirty years of the franchise, stamped into every card. This set does not skimp.

A sealed 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box on a store shelf

Elite Trainer Boxes are already selling under market price — one day after launch. When has a hot Pokémon set ever done that?

Collectors queuing outside a shop for the 30th Celebration launch

Glastonbury-style launch crowds, per the BBC. Real humans, lining up around the block — for cardboard. Good.

The only people upset are the scalpers who funded rent off Pikachu markups. Your childhood just got affordable — deal with it. I break down the pull rates, the price crash, and why this is the healthiest thing to happen to the hobby in years in the video above.

Source: Kotaku