So, like, there’s this crazy thing happening with Pokémon TCG cards right now, and it’s like a whole big deal. The value of these cards is like, at an all-time high, which is pretty wild considering the game has been around for, like, 30 years. And because of that, getting your hands on new cards is getting super tough, you know? Some of the classic cards are worth way more than gold now, which is just nuts.
And get this, some dude in Australia, in this place called Wollongong, had this card that was worth like $5,000. He was gonna sell it to some random person in a parking lot in this place called Warilla, which is like 20 minutes away. But instead of making a sweet deal, he got straight-up attacked by the person he was meeting. Like, physically assaulted, man. And to top it off, the attacker straight up stole the card and dipped in a red Ford Mustang. Like, what the heck?
The police report says this whole crazy incident went down on March 28, but now they’re asking for help to find this Mustang. They even posted this super blurry pic of the car on their page, along with some weird Pokémon references. It’s like they’re trying to be funny or something, which is kinda odd considering what went down. But hey, maybe they’re just trying to lighten the mood, who knows?
The card that got stolen was a Base Set Unlimited holo Charizard, graded 9. Now, I’m not really sure why this matters, but non-1st edition Base Set Charizards usually go for around 1,500 USD. You gotta have a PSA 10 to hit those big numbers, like almost 9k. My guess is that this stolen card was some super rare “shadowless” version, which can go for nearly 5,000 USD. That’s like 8,000 AUD, man. Crazy, right?
Pokémon TCG card thefts are happening more and more these days. In Australia, Melbourne has seen a bunch of card burglaries, with over a million dollars’ worth of cards swiped in just six months. And it’s not just happening down under. In Cheyenne, Wyoming, this dude named Justice Earl Geho got arrested for jacking a $3,300 card. And up in Calgary, Canada, a card shop got hit for over $5,000 worth of cards. It’s like a crime wave, but for Pokémon cards.
It’s pretty wild to think about how these little pieces of cardboard can cause so much chaos and violence. But hey, that’s the world we live in now, I guess. People will do some crazy stuff for a piece of shiny card with a cute little creature on it. Not really sure why this is happening, but hey, it’s definitely making things interesting in the Pokémon world.
