This forgotten common card from the 1999 Pokmon Fossil set wasn't supposed to matter
For someone brand new to all of this having a place you can physically walk into, hold things, ask questions, and leave with something that actually makes sense for you thats a different experience than trying to figure it out from search results alone
The TCG is still young, the IP is the best-selling manga of all time, and the Netflix series drives mainstream interest
It's such a fun and flexible mechanic, evidenced by how it's returned in all three Modern Horizons sets
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Even normal collectors who just wait for a product to go live may miss out because the bots can immediately checkout hundreds or thousands of products in seconds. Again, the role of scalpers is nothing new, but just as with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X last year, a new generation of bot technology can make online purchases of Pokmon TCG cards from certain outlets nearly impossible