Key Takeaways
- Pokemon TCG fans can get lucky asking to buy entire card displays from stores.
- Store displays often get returned or tossed after promos, so fans may be doing stores a favor.
- Some collectors share envious reactions over rare and cool Pokemon TCG store display finds.
A fan of the Pokemon Trading Card Game walked into a store and ended up leaving with something very special, plus a bunch of card packs. The discovery has some Pokemon TCG fans envious, while others are sharing their own similar finds.
Pokemon TCG has been popular from the get-go, and the extreme value attached to some Pokemon cards has kept fans trying their luck. Some fans want to play the game with the useful cards they pull, but others are more interested in collecting and selling the cards they find for profit. Regardless of what the reasoning is for buying Pokemon cards, this fan walked away with more than a usual customer would.
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Over on Reddit, Pokemon TCG fan Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood shared their 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 Pokemon cards for sale from the recent Surging Sparks expansion. With roughly 20 packs on display, Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood got the idea to simply ask the store clerk if they could take the store display if they bought all the card packs being shown on it. The store clerk agreed, and the result is seen in the Reddit post’s photo, with the store display stashed in the back seat of the fan’s car.
Pokemon TCG Players Share Their Own Loot
Some Pokemon TCG collectors responding have been a bit envious, and hadn’t considered asking for something like this previously. However, several others shared photos of their own store displays that they’d been able to bring home, including one fan with another Surging Sparks store display, and another with a Pokemon TCG Sword & Shield Fushion Strike display. In some cases, fans have asked for the display like Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood did, while in others, store clerks have simply offered them to fans.
Generally, store displays like these tend to get tossed or returned once a promotion is over. Some Pokemon fans with retail experience expressed that taking home a store display like this could actually be doing the gas station a favor, as they don’t have to deal with breaking it down themselves now. While Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood sadly didn’t find the Special Illustration Rare Pikachu card in the numerous packs that were included on the display that they were looking for. That particular card has been at the top of many fans’ wishlists, and buying it solo has been quite expensive for some collectors. While it’s a shame they didn’t get exactly what they wanted, for some, what Cpt_JimBob_Sherwood came away with is still pretty rare and cool.
Pokemon TCG
Pokemon TCG (Trading Card Game) is a collectible and strategy based card game based on Nintendo’s Pokemon franchise. Two players face off against one another, battling one Pokemon at a time and attempting to knock them out 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