Pokémon is one of the biggest entertainment brands on the planet, and one of its most popular and profitable offshoots has always been The Pokémon Trading Card Game. Part of the TCG's appeal, appropriately enough, is that it's an ever-evolving ecosystem that constantly receives new sets and lines to keep the collectors happy. Unfortunately, a somewhat hapless thief's get-rich-quick scheme has enraptured the community, as well as opening a very specific old wound.
The drama began with a photograph posted on a closed Pokémon World Facebook group before acquiring traction on the PokémonTCG subreddit (thanks, Kotaku). It shows a table covered in 'hit' cards, which is to say rare and holographic pulls, from a Pokémon TCG series called Fusion Strike. The number of cards in the picture is impossible to say but the depth of the stacks and filled boxes suggest there are multiple thousands.
