Pokemon Card Collecting Just Changed Forever

The future is now.

Last week you learned about CT Scanning Pokemon Booster Packs. This week you're learning about CT Scanning Booster Boxes - and not just Pokemon. They're blasting X-Rays at One Piece, Digimon, YuGiOh, Lorcana and Sports Cards. It's difficult to process the repercussions this has on the Trading Card world, the collecting hobby, the sealed and vintage Pokemon Card market, and Pokemon and Sports Card investments.

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[KetchumAllCollectibles]

Can't wait for the negative feedback on eBay "he must have CT scanned this twilight masquerade box, no greninja"

[raccoonandfox]

So heavy vintage packs should begin to see a spike as people look to pick them up before they're scanned, before dropping drastically as everyone will suspect them to be scanned.

[MisterrSZ]

this is a sad day, hope Pokémon and other TCGs see this asap and deal with it for the future

[saturninebear]

This is depressing. I hate people. Dogs would never ruin life like this.

[esbainter]

The last half a decade has been a rollercoaster for us Pokemon card collectors. All we can do is strap in and find a way to try and enjoy this ride.

[Mr.MimeisFrench]

This business model would do best at conventions.

[proxySamurai]

So basically buy retail only. They just shot themselves in the foot if they selling none singles online.

[KyleLeeman]

People can’t just leave a good thing as a good thing 💀

[nexttcgshop]

Can you trust the service though? you send a booster box, it has a valuable cards and they send you back an equivalent with low cost already scanned card. Next scenario, pokemon change the packaging of both booster and box by adding either a layer or particle that disrupt the scan. Third, man there are people dying they cannot afford a CT scan to detect human disease..and some people take the time to spend on fraudulent activities, that's how low the hobby has gone.

[CoopsCollection]

Pokemon company gonna start putting magnets in their packs

[Faberk]

Scanned should equal open. If its scanned, it should need to be damaged or marked in some way to make it known forever.

[de]

Obviously the TCG makers are going to review the x-ray tech and then develop a material that will block or interfere with the scans, making it unreliable. And then it's going to be a cat and mouse game of the x-ray tech getting better, and the TCG companies having to invent new blocking material. It's just going to be a mess.

[madslikescardboard]

How much do you want to bet they’ll scan a sealed product, find a big hit, then send images of a dud box they have on hand to send back to the customer?

[Lostpoptart]

Can you imagine sending them your booster pack in good faith and it has a $100, 000 card and they swap the pack with a junk holo pack and keep the booster and just say it had the junk pack.

This opens up to a whole new market of scamming.

[kingcoconut]

You should scan a booster box of Pokémon with Gi Joe booster pack in there

[commandershepard]

For those who want to find a way to block a CT scan. A CT scan uses x-rays to detect deformities. To sufficiently block X-rays from a CT scan, three feet of lead thickness may be needed. The only way to control a problem such as one in this video, is to set a law to ban such use of a CT scan.

[MrDarkparakeet]

The value of vintage raw cards is about to grow because people will no longer trust “Sealed packs”

[AlphaStoutland]

This is not good for the hobby, it's absolutely crazy to see you defending this and even being excited about it.

Sealed vintage is dead, and I truly fear for the fiture of the Pokémon hobby now, and any other big TCGs like One Piece, Magic and Lorcana. People WILL abuse this technology, no doubt about it!

[stevestevens]

they should scan jluvs head see if there are any good pulls

[FunnyrNot]

Now plug a machine learning model in to search the files and the whole hobby goes to shit. Good buy 👋