State of Pokemon right now

 McDonald's Dragon Discovery McDonald's released a promotion that started on January 21st until February 24th. Every happy meal will come with a Pokemon booster pack that has 4 cards. Three non holo and 1 holo card. They are reprints from previous sets. There are 15 total cards in this set to collect. This was an amazing move from Pokemon as the hype for it has been so huge this and last year. The holos has a cool design from McDonalds. It is a confetti holo. You can see below to see the pattern. This is a very cool collab and is fun. When you purchase you will receive a code for the new mobile game that came out to get rewards. This is a very fun collab that is worth checking out.  Link discussing more about it.

 The Glory of Team Rocket  This year is going to be very exciting for Pokemon. One of the sets set to release on April 18, 2025 is The Glory of Team Rocket. Everyone knows Team Rocket and everyone loves them. They are iconic. They have been around since the start of Pokemon. This year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the first Team Rocket expansion so its perfect timing for this set. The set is going to feature Rocket's Mewtwo ex and focus on the teams Pokemon. Everyone is going to be hype and looking forward to this set. This year is going to be stacked for amazing sets and artwork. Below is a link that talks more about it and the Japanese set releasing in March. Link to more information.

 Most Expensive Card in The World There is one card that is crazy expensive. That card is owned by Logan Paul. It was the Illustrator Pikachu that sold for $5.25 million dollars. Logan Paul bought this card in 2022. This card is so rare expensive because there were only 39 of them made in 1990. It was originally made as a prize for a Japanese magazine contest in 1998. This is one of the "holy grails" in the Pokemon community. Its value will continue to forever rise as this is one representation of Pokemon's cultural impact. Owning this card would be a dream for any collector, this card is a global phenomenon. Below is a video talking more about it and showing Logan Paul acquiring it.                                                                        Link to video

 Journey Together Pokemon TCG Set Journey Together is the next set in Pokemon TCG to release. The set will be available to the public on March 28th. This set is getting very hyped up which is no suprise because of the hype of the two last sets. This set will be a trainer set. A trainer set means the trainers from the game have them illustrated on the cards as well as their pokemon for example the promo card that comes with the packs will be N's Reshiram which is down below People love trainer cards and so far the artwork that we have seen from the cards look amazing. Each set keeps getting better and more exciting. This year is going to be very good for Pokemon as well as hectic. Down below will be a link that will get more into details about this upcoming set. .  Journey Together Information

 Costco Blooming Waters Incident Pokemon 151 came out on September 22, 2023. This is a special set in the whole expansion of Scarlet and Violet which is the two current games out right now. You might be thinking how could a problem happen with a set that came out so long ago. Well, with all the new people coming into the hobby this set has blown up even more than when it released. This set is very sought after though because it includes the generation 1 pokemon which is Charizard, Blastoise, Ivysaur, etc. All of the most popular pokemon. Now that I have explained this set I will talk about what happened at Costco last week. Information about the set and videos to the incident. This is the new bundle they have released. It includes 12 151 packs and it is $50. This is an amazing deal because just one pack goes for $10. The set has released at Costco early as it was meant for release of Feburary, 7th 2025. People are going crazy for this. They are getting into fights and running throu...

 Prismatic Evolutions 1/17/2025 Prismatic Evolutions is the most recent set to come out. It came out last Friday or January 17th. The hype for this set was unreal. It sold out pre-orders and normal drops everywhere in less than a minute. A huge reason this set is so popular is because it features Eevee and its eight evolutions. Eevve and the evolutions are very popular pokemon that everyone loves. It was a no brainer that this set would be very hyped up and wanted by everyone. It has been very hard to get as every store will be sold out very soon and unless you get there when it is getting restocked or have notifications for online restocks it will be almost impossible to get this set. Below I will attach videos of people opening the set and articles that talk more about it.                                                             ...

  The State of Pokemon in 2025 Hey everyone welcome to my blog. We will be discussing the state of Pokmon. Pokemon has always been popular ever since the debut of it back in 1996. The hype for it has never died down, Pokemon Go coming out in 2016 made the hype crazy but that is not even close to how it is now. Pokemon has recently came out with a new mobile game called Pokemon TCG Pocket. This game coming coming out has gotten alot of people back into the hobby and have made them start to purchase the real cards and get into collecting. The problem with this is it is very hard to find product now and there are so many bots and scalpers that ruin it. Scalpers are people who will buy lots of product and sell them for 3 to 4 times the msrp price. This kills everything because people who want to collect the cards do not have the chance too because of these people buying everything and selling it for way too much. The newest set that came out on Friday the 17th was sold out everywhere a...