Why Paying "Market Price" for Rare Pokémon Card Sets Somehow Became The New Normal

✍️ What we know so far

Automatic note by LuaCat Games, built from what we know about the coverage (who reported it, how many sites, the story’s history) — not a translation or copy of the source.

The report is IGN's, on its own for now. They usually verify before posting. Few names pull a crowd like Pokémon. In the 30 days before this one, 123 other Pokémon stories ran here.

Bottom line: The core of it should hold; if another outlet tells it differently, that shows up below.