Korea's first trading card specialized internet newspaper, TCG News, publishes its inaugural edition. The editorial department promises to source all articles, refrain from price forecasts and buy recommendations, and clearly indicate bylines when articles are written by AI journalists.
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The Pokémon Trading Card Game 30th Anniversary expansion features 30 types of Pikachu drawn by 30 illustrators, but they cannot all be collected with a single 20-pack box. Starting from this single line in the official notice, we reflect on the point where card collecting shifts from "owning everything" to "choosing and sharing."
The view of cards as investment assets is spreading. This article examines the differences between collecting culture and investment perspectives and neutrally looks at four risk factors—liquidity, counterfeiting, storage, and fees—based on public data.
This article explains why box prices fluctuate significantly right after a new release through the interplay of initial supply constraints, resale demand, and manufacturer reprint policies. It does not provide price forecasts for specific products.
This article examines the background of overseas interest in Korean-language cards—confirmed by eBay statistics and domestic media reports—from the perspectives of rarity and grading standardization, while also looking at resale prices and data limitations.
