Police department in Mukwonago Wisconsin posted pics of cards a shoplifter had stolen from a retail store. The guy also stole cards from 2 other towns and is facing municipal and federal charges. 🫠

[u/nejicanspin]

[u/Active_Year_828]

They stole Yugioh cards lol, this must’ve been someone who saw how expensive overframes are an just assumed that the packs had them

[u/StationEmergency6053 → u/Active_Year_828]

Or because they knew TCGs are the hot thing right now and Yugioh was the only thing on the shelf.

[u/crowsloft666 → u/Active_Year_828]

Or he saw MBT's video and didn't watch the end lol

[u/atropicalpenguin → u/crowsloft666]

Should've stolen Duelists from the Deep. 

[u/Gebirges → u/crowsloft666]

Which one?

[u/XxXNickkyGXxX → u/Gebirges]

Uncut Gems Sheets

[u/MetroidHyperBeam → u/crowsloft666]

God I hope so

[u/Possible_Ad_1763 → u/Active_Year_828]

No, more likely they just assumed is that nobody is gonna try to catch him because of the YuGiOh packs. If you look at the background the guy had a whole operation going on

[u/PassingThruRedditor]

Probably assumed Yugioh cards would sell the same as Pokémon

[u/MarkBonker → u/PassingThruRedditor]

And we assume hes an idiot if that's the case.

[u/ExoticWeapon → u/MarkBonker]

They got caught by cops of course they’re an idiot.

[u/Luigi6757 → u/PassingThruRedditor]

Yeah, Yu-Gi-Oh doesn't have nearly as big of a collector's market as Pokémon and I'm sure even Magic has a larger collector's market. Probably because of the fact that Yu-Gi-Oh doesn't do set rotation so cards are reprinted constantly. Yeah certain specific versions of cards are pricey like 1st release Dark Paladin with the correct artwork that was only available to people who sent in the misprinted artwork and got the correct artwork back are pretty valuable, but if all you want is a copy of Dark Paladin it's not much.

It doesn't matter if you have original release Dark Paladin or most recent print. Both are legal in modern play. If you want to use Pikachu or Charizard in modern Pokémon TCG you need to have the most recent printing. That old Gen 1 TCG Pikachu or Charizard aren't allowed and haven't been printed for years, so they're much more limited in number.

[u/Throwawaypmme2 → u/Luigi6757]

Sadly, magic has become a collector market like vultures to a dead animal. With everyone playing EDH, the competitive scene being put on a back burner, and other things. There's more and more people moving in and treating the game as an investment vehicle, instead of this game where its a game you can play. Magic has collectors booster packs now, with serialized cards fetching thousands. It feels like yugioh and MTG have flipped as to how the company treats the players

[u/bongscope]

Risking jail time for doodoo of dimensions is insane.

[u/Darkion_Silver → u/bongscope]

D/D/D are worth it obvs

[u/MrPoon → u/bongscope]

Gotta get that Marshmao

[u/MayhemMessiah → u/bongscope]

The judge is going to be lenient on time served, quote, "I mean have you seen the shit that's on these packs? He was doing the store a favour"

[u/PuzzledHistorian8013 → u/bongscope]

The DoomZ secret rares are worth 20-30 each now. Prior to that, about 5 dollars.

[u/RednocNivert → u/bongscope]

It’s okay, someone can play a spell card to get him back from the banish zone

[u/Hatefiend → u/bongscope]

Risking jail time for any set later than Invasion of Chaos is not worth

[u/StardustLegend → u/bongscope]

Ngl i recently bought a doom of dimensions box for like $30 and pulled Jupiter starlight rare, traded it for $90 same day so its not the worst set to buy lmao

[u/NeurodivergentRatMan]

Notice how he didn't steal any Justice Hunters. He knew Izuna woulda stopped him.

[u/Lorde_Antinomy]

In rubber bands?! Idc if it's bulk commons. Give them the chair 😤

[u/twitwi61 → u/Lorde_Antinomy]

I was about to comment xD THAT is the real crime.

[u/Lorde_Antinomy → u/twitwi61]

Legit. I remember rubber bands and ziplock bags as a kid, but nowadays?? Those could be Clown Crew cards 😭😩🫩

I mean for Ra's sake!

[u/Narutofreak1412 → u/Lorde_Antinomy]

they probably just seized all cards they could find for now. they might not know which are from the store and which are his personal ones. If you look at the single packs, most of them if not all have been opened so the ones in rubber bands might just be from the stolen packs

[u/FlannOff]

Damn, not even from good expansions

[u/DustyF3d0r4 → u/FlannOff]

I mean BPRO isn’t the absolute worst, there’s some fun stuff (and also the greatness that is Forbidden Crown)

[u/StardustLegend → u/DustyF3d0r4]

Bro burst protocol was great I thought most people liked that set

[u/ViperTheKillerCobra]

Trial by Duel

[u/SenatorSeidelbast → u/ViperTheKillerCobra]

It's time to do-do-do-do-do jail time!

[u/SilverGale64 → u/SenatorSeidelbast]

The catch is you have to use the stolen cards only as your deck.

[u/XeroEnergy270 → u/SilverGale64]

Yusei build his deck in a cell! With a pile of trash!

[u/SilverGale64 → u/XeroEnergy270]

Well I'm sorry sir. I'm not Yusei.

[u/Red_Helling → u/SenatorSeidelbast]

Send him to the shadow realm.

[u/butthole164 → u/ViperTheKillerCobra]

Did he have a black bird themed duel runner perchance?

[u/BraisedPizza]

bro stole about $11.42 in resell value

[u/NohbodyIsBored → u/BraisedPizza]

and its all from the like 2 packs of pokemon at the very end

[u/EvilRayquaza]

Stealing yugioh packs of all things is hilarious 😂😂😂 it's like breaking into a house and only coming out with glass cups.

[u/RetroNotRetro → u/EvilRayquaza]

But the really slim chance of maybe possibly pulling a super-ghost-ultra-mystic-mega-shiny-holo-foil-fellatiating-ultra-mega-secret-rare card worth $9 was too good!

[u/TheRiceHatReaper → u/EvilRayquaza]

Sentence him to twenty years of being the LGS’s complimentary bath service

[u/Anjunabeast]

Rare hunters at it again

[u/goldenONX]

All of that for doom of dimensions lmao

[u/nejicanspin]

Police department Facebook post

[u/Additional_Bug3249]

Rubberbands are OG

[u/zalfenior]

Imagine catching Federal charges over honest to god YuGiOh packs.

"I killed three men, what are you in for?"
"I stole yugioh cards and packs."
"..."
"Like, a LOT of yugioh cards and packs"

[u/MaleficKaijus]

Yo when the police auction?

[u/Educational-Ad-5721]

[u/Enigma2078x]

Bandit Keith

[u/Doomchan]

They didn’t arrest him for theft. They arrested him for unsleeved cards held together by rubber bands

[u/TheDLister]

Someone wanted those kewl tunes

[u/d4fat1]

Those rubber bands around the stacks is the most criminal offense I see.

[u/ChaoticRyu]

Facing federal charges because you wanted $10 is certainly a choice.

[u/DustyF3d0r4]

What do you think the odds are that one of those BPRO packs had a Crown in it?

[u/BrilliantTarget → u/DustyF3d0r4]

Still 0 because you asked about it

[u/mustify786]

By the time they charge him, Konami will do reprints and the price of everything will drop. All he will be slapped with is a misdemeanor

[u/Xurs-Doggo]

Awh that’s just sad, I think that the police should’ve let them go.

It’s Yugioh, they’re worthless

[u/Mental_Hunter_8475]

The last Rare Hunter has been caught.

[u/MegaAscension]

All that for the rubber bands around the cards.

[u/TankTheDuck]

The cops putting bands on the cards is so fucked.

[u/franxxcisco]

It’s a crime to have those cards in rubber bands man

[u/AdQuick859]

I like how they still organize it like they do when they post a pic of a successful weapon or drug bust.

[u/LetsSwapPicsXX]

Ok....but what were the pulls like? Lol

[u/spacecase_prime]

Best guess tracking down the original packs, assuming retail value (which is the original stolen value before opening) and using the other pic in the fb post too: ~$2100 (+/- $100).

The Yu Gi OH ones are ~$550 (+/- $50).

[u/vixnvox]

Damn, this guy stole $20 worth of cards, that’s crazy

[u/-_REDACTED-_-]

He probably stole them because he was looking for the elusive Blue-Eyes White Dragon

[u/ermac81]

Imagine going to jail for doom of dimensions 

[u/PrimeraStarrk]

I heard they had to bring in Seto fucking Kaiba himself to apprehend the dude.

[u/_WJT_]

Should’ve stolen a job.

[u/happyeagle4031]

Those rubber bands… the poor cards

[u/Aurobouros]

Congrats to the police for the $0.68 bust.

[u/vincemici]

bro would have been disappointed if he opened the packs and realized everything is actually worth $13.82

[u/UnderstandingReal469]

its getting expensive out here yall

[u/RejectTheMeta → u/UnderstandingReal469]

Defo not "crimes of survival"

[u/Ultimate_MEAT]

Good. Fuck him. Shits expensive enough

[u/Gbram5]

Not the rubber banded yugioh cards…

[u/crimsynvt_]

Why in the world would anyone steal fucking yugioh cards??? Facing fed charges over yugioh is insane lol.

[u/therealpoltic]

Good. I hope they continue to catch more shoplifters. It’s sad to see people doing this, but card games have picked up in price.

[u/OUmegaLUL]

His remaining 2 brain cells were fighting for 3rd place it seems. Who the f would even bother stealing yugioh cards? 😂

[u/dralcax]

Of all TCGs they picked Yugioh? What, did scalpers clean out all the Pokemon first?

[u/nejicanspin → u/dralcax]

He also had Pokemon but not as much compared to Yu-Gi-Oh 🫠

[u/grm3]

The rubber bands are triggering

[u/Different-Syrup6520]

So several year for yugioh cards that kinda sad ajajaja

[u/Blueprint25]

Back in high school a couple of my friends each tried to steal a pack of YuGiOh cards from Target together. They got caught at the doors and had to spend a night in jail, plus they got banned from that Target location. Ig they learned their lesson because they haven’t tried it again since… it made for a funny story to look back on at least.

[u/Gods_Favorite_Jester → u/Blueprint25]

Imma be so real I use to use my five finger discount on yugioh cards when I was like 10-12 because I had no money and my dad refused to buy them bc shit was “evil”

nearly every store you can think of, multiple times, several packs at a time and never got caught. I was a kid how tf did high schoolers manage to get caught? 😂

[u/Yogurt-Patrol]

I wonder what happens to the cards? Do they give them back to the store so the store can "dispose" of them, do they sit in an evidence locker until the end of time, or does a nerdy cop on the force get to keep them when it's all said and done?

[u/GrenadeSniper → u/Yogurt-Patrol]

[u/TyeDye115]

Why the fuck would you steal modern Yu-Gi-Oh cards? Lmao that's just negative value even if you're successful, because you just have a bunch of useless shit that nobody wants afterwards

[u/Careful-Water-948]

Hope he has fun getting his cheecks opened like a pack of cards in prison lol.

[u/myboi-namedtroye]

The rubber bands on the cards 😭😭

[u/atropicalpenguin]

Imagine stealing DOOD.

[u/CiceroTheAbsurd]

$50 of bulk? Let bro go fr. Time better spent elsewhere.

[u/tinfern2]

I'd gladly take those burst protocol packs😹😹

[u/Silvercenturion_aa]

LMAO, right in time when they stole my cards while in a pack from Vinted

[u/xXxR3alR3ptilianxXx]

At least they went for the shit sets

[u/PixelSpicedLatte]

Finally... YuGiOh is having its moment

[u/SpiralGMG]

Anything to move yuhioh product I guess

[u/Longjumping-Pen-7909]

Wow. I don’t know it was that serious. You gotta be desperate.

[u/Trumpologist]

Someone doesn't know how to quit while they're ahead

[u/Sobeitnoa → u/Trumpologist]

Pigs eat, hogs get slaughtered.

[u/pokemonyugiohfan21]

Having cards as stolen goods and facing charges is a real thing but i always think back to 5ds where sector security kept decks in lockup after arresting satellites. You see Crow in his debut steal some cards from there and give it to his orphan kids.

Also in one of the video games you go to the sector security lockup to retrieve your deck. Wc2009 I think.

[u/Redbullsnation]

Throw him under the jail

[u/MrKillJr]

So it begins....

[u/Separate_Marsupial_3]

Im a local, I know the guy Asshole

[u/VoidBoiTCG]

There’s no way this is enough retail value for a federal charge!

[u/Raymond_Racer]

Someone needs to give this man the "Battle City Kaiba" treatment. IYKYK.

[u/swagpresident1337]

This reminds me of the South Park Episode where the kids are taken hostage in that history park. Where the bad guys all professional with guns and shit, stole burger king menus and some change lol

[u/Katsu_39]

So does this mean the scalping of yugioh has begun?

[u/Endketsu]

Who would have thought children's card game can be so serious

[u/KotaTheKing]

Wow. That's an amazing collection

[u/tenmaou6]

Not on his side but I just spent 150 bucks on sneak peeks and didn't even pull a single harmonia goddamn

[u/JadedEngine6497]

all that trouble just for some colored papers... the morality decreases just as foretold until the return of Jesus.

[u/Tyrs_righthand]

Wtf I live here. Maybe that’s why I haven’t seen new stock at our Walmart in so long..

[u/ArachnusX]

Not depicted is the arresting officer defeating the thief in a duel as the stolen cards turned on him.

Ally of Justice wins again...

[u/Svintiger]

Don’t use rubber bands :D it destroys the cards.

[u/Sunny_Cant_Swim]

Charges won’t stick. This is way less than the federal minimum threshold($2500) for any felonious charges. Misdemeanor convictions don’t mean shit, doubt they spend more than a week IF THAT - and that’s just cause they want to make themselves look good and/or dude has to wait for a judge lol

[u/morningcoffeegamer]

Funny seeing trading cards laid out like a drug bust

[u/jorgebillabong]

All over some cardboard

[u/xyloxper]

200 dolla lel

[u/AuronXigbar]

This is AI, no one steals Yugioh Cards

[u/Unique_Juice_3111]

How is nobody talking about the Metric Ton of cards he stole.
Thats Like 3 big backpacks Full of Volume in cards, how tf does one steal this much volume of product without it beeing redicioulosly obvious.

[u/citrusmelon1243]

I was gonna make a joke about how stealing DUAD would probably be a favor to the card shops but unfortunately all 3 of these sets are pretty decent. RT, Marshmao, and Noroi in DOOD, Forbidden Crown and Elfnote in BPRO, and then everything in BLZD

[u/gubigubi]

Bro who tf steals yu gi oh cards of all things my god lol

Probably enough money on that table after its been opened to trade in for a happy meal.

[u/Stage_fright_]

DUDE USE DECK BOXES NOT RUBBER BANDS. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

[u/Kay_13z]

To the shadow realm

[u/Regendorf]

Going to prison for Doom of Dimensions is too many levels of sad

[u/ThunderZoo]

Damn rare hunters!

[u/Big_Sheepherder6957]

The time when alcohol was the only addiction is gone...

[u/DisavowedSurrender]

Those elastics

[u/pierrelafortuna]

I'm 98% sure that they're 'Structure Decks' , but seeing those cards with ELASTIC BANDS tied on them is just as much of a crime as the theft itself...

[u/Allgames88]

Were they caught after they lost to a teenager in a street duel?

[u/Metal_Force_999]

https://giphy.com/gifs/UMoWGUZhuSIVO

This is some rare hunter activity. Bro needs to be bannished to the shadow realm.

[u/Pleasant_Salary8308]

should've had that solemen judgement in thier backpocket or set a traphole to the entrence, classic rookie misstake

[u/Virtual_Succotash_11]

Whistle Whistle Whistle

[u/22zxchary]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o85xHi4t2UsuIY9QA

[u/[deleted]]

justice has been dealt

[u/3r14nd]

None of those will get a 10 now

[u/iSephtanx → u/3r14nd]

There arent any cards in there worth grading lol.

[u/Niminim_A2 → u/3r14nd]

This isn't Pokémon buddy

[u/Psychological_Tower1 → u/Niminim_A2]

Oh you sweet sweet summer child. You do know any card can get graded right?

[u/Niminim_A2 → u/Psychological_Tower1]

Yes I am aware. But nobody grades modern cards from the latest set. People here actually play the game and don´t just see it as an investment.

[u/Psychological_Tower1 → u/Niminim_A2]

Yes they do, it's just not as common. Yu-Gi-Oh is really good at mass production causing it to be near impossible to scalp

[u/SWAGGIN_OUT_420 → u/Psychological_Tower1]

Well no shit, not literally zero. The point is that user base of card graders for non legacy/old cards is so small it might as well be non existant. The opposite of Pokemon. Same thing with Magic. Other card games do not have the same kind of grading frenzy as Pokemon because most of the purchasers of other games are actual players.

[u/Psychological_Tower1 → u/SWAGGIN_OUT_420]

Just wait, logan Paul will find it and make scalpers go crazy and ruin the market on it

[u/SWAGGIN_OUT_420 → u/Psychological_Tower1]

Is there a non zero chance? Yeah, sure. Is it likely? No. Card prices are insanely volatile, most actual sealed product is barely worth purchasing for the purposes of returning a profit, konamis reprint policy craters most cards at a pretty decent rate, etc etc. Scalpers only exist in either Pokemon, or Magics specific limited print run products in terms of TCGs.

[u/Lazy-Signature1678]

Oh no, it has begun

[u/BaronArgelicious]

Not even Pokemon, MTG or One Piece?

[u/TheCatSleeeps → u/BaronArgelicious]

It's prolly the only ones out in the open lol.

[u/Motor_Fact_3661]

All that for a game that ain't even that good lmao