Key points
- Pokemon TCG fans can get lucky by asking to purchase entire displays of cards from stores.
- Store displays are often returned or thrown away after promotions, so fans may be doing the stores a favor.
- Some collectors share envious reactions to the rare and fantastic artifacts displayed in Pokemon TCG stores.
A fan of the Pokemon trading card game I walked into a store and walked out with something very special, plus a bunch of decks of cards. Discovery has some Pokemon TCG envious fans, while others share their own similar findings.
Pokemon TCG it has been popular since the beginning and extreme value placed on it by some Pokémon card prompted fans to try their luck. Some fans want to play with the useful cards they draw, but others are more interested in collecting and selling the cards they find for profit. Regardless of what the reasoning for the purchase is Pokémon cards, this fan walked away with more than a normal customer would.
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On Reddit, Pokemon TCG fan Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood shared his new bounty with other players and explained how it came about. Apparently, Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood walked into a gas station and saw a display with Pokémon cards on sale from the recent Surgeing Sparks expansion. With about 20 packs on display, Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood had the idea to simply ask the store clerk if he could take the store display if he purchased all the card packs shown on it. The store clerk agreed, and the result can be seen in the photo from the Reddit post, with the store display hidden in the backseat of the fan's car.
Pokemon TCG players share their loot
Some Pokemon TCG the collectors who responded were a little envious and had never thought to ask something like this before. However, many others shared photos of their own store displays that they had managed to take home, including one fan with another Impetuous sparks store display and another with a Pokemon TCG Sword and Shield Fushion Strike display. In some cases, fans asked for the displays like Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood did, while in others, store clerks simply offered them to fans.
Typically, store displays like these tend to be thrown away or returned once the promotion ends. Some Pokémon fans with retail experience said that bringing home a store display like this could actually do the gas station a favor, since they don't have to deal with taking it down themselves now. While Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood unfortunately did not find the Special Illustration Rare Pikachu card in the numerous packages included on the display they were looking for. That particular card has been at the top of many fans' wish lists, and purchasing it alone has been quite expensive for some collectors. While it's a shame that they didn't get exactly what they wanted, for some, what Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood achieved is still pretty rare and cool.
Pokemon TCG
Pokemon TCG (Trading Card Game) is a collectible and strategic card game based on Nintendo's Pokemon franchise. Two players face off, battling one Pokemon at a time and attempting to KO it to claim one of six prize cards. The cards have also become highly collectible, with some in particular selling for thousands of dollars.
- Original release date
- October 20, 1996
