pokemon card stores in new york city I went to the BEST Shop City! The BEST Pokemon Card Shop

Before I left, I caught up with 35-year-old store owner, Ben Thyer, who described the current boom as a "perfect storm" created by a rise in Pokmon card streamers, flashy celebrity headlines like Logan Paul's $16 million Pikachu Illustrator record auction, and the fact that 2026 is the 30th anniversary of the card game

According to the official Pokmon website, each player uses a deck of 60 cards while playing two players at once

Once you have the poison engine going, Brimaz effectively turns all your Phyrexians into rattlesnakes, since using even just one to chump-block means that you get to proliferate at the next end step

Although this takes a bit of self control, it's a very easy way to knock the Zard collection down to $139.99

Value: $20,000 - $50,000 That's it

There would be several cards with PSA grade 9 or lower in circulation though