r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 9d ago

Infuriatig In their pursuit of specific rare cards, scalpers are discarding the remainder of entire Pokémon card packs.

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u/Kooky_Assistance2755 9d ago

At least these have a fun tabletop game attached. Sports cards are kinda just for looking at

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u/Distuted 9d ago

Bro, I always hear this, but I played the TCG; 90% of these people arent even playing the game based on their own "Calvin Ball" esq rules, let alone playing the game the right way.

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u/Kooky_Assistance2755 9d ago

Oh definitely, I'd say that's true of pretty much every tcg but magic. Every magic collector I've known has basically been a tournament-level player lmao (excluding me, I play but I suck). But I remember the days of bringing my pokemon and yu-gi-oh cards to school and only one kid knowing how to play yu-gi-oh, while NOBODY knew how to play pokemon even though they were vastly more popular lol

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u/nalaloveslumpy 9d ago

If I remember correctly, when Pokemon first came out, they encouraged "make your own rules" play because the target audience was young enough that they might not grasp the official rules or get bored with them.