sell pokemon cards GameStop will buy and rare Pokémon — but it doesn't want to catch 'em all Is it Better to Sell
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Sounds exhausting, doesn't it
Not only does it snowball quickly by creating many copies of itself, but those copies can then also be used as sacrifice fodder
A PSA 10 (Gem Mint) can be worth 314x the raw card price and that premium only grows as a card ages
Why not pick up a 2 for 1 deal while you can
My following comments are speculation, but: The card designs could have been approved around the same time period as the first wave of 1996 cards, the contract could have enforced the release date of 1997 to stagger product hitting the market, the contract could have stipulated mew was to be withheld until approved, or indefinitely, or permission triggered by some other event such as a sales target
This is the official size used for gameplay, sleeves, and tournaments
