Walmart's Policy Alone Won't Stop Pokmon TCG Scalpers If Other Major Retailers Follow Suit, Change Might Be Possible Ultimately, while Walmart's new policy is a good sign for collectors ahead of the holiday season, it's not going to be enough to mitigate scalping across the board
They arent a part of the actual game
Cyber Judge has a clearer story than many generic mid-era boxes, but that does not remove restock, reprint, or demand risk
Meganium: Staff Promo $72.59 Rise And Fall Meganium jumped out to an impressive value in the high $70 range but has been slipping since, yielding its position to a Pokemon Center exclusive promo that might have been destined for greater things anyway
White may have had a few new ramping tools in the last few years, like Archaeomancer's Map, it's still useful to have a few lands in hand to ensure you're always playing one every turn

Sheeshhh Self-graded a whole 300+ card set seems crazy to graded card collectors, but for this one its pretty reasonable given the conditions: Modern Japanese cards are easier to get 10s from the start Im able to visit local card shops and pick the cards myself The cards were just released or still printing, so there are plenty of stock in stores for hand-picking Nobodys fighting you over the cards in shops - grading was less known in Japan when I started, so there were very few individuals/stores scooping up large quantities of chase cards and submit them, leaving only bad-conditioned cards in shops (this was how Irida got to PSAs top 10 list last April) PSA had quality issues in 2020 when theyre rapidly expanding to deal with market needs, and Id been getting cards with plastic shards inside frequently and even cards creased by slab edges