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In this next installment of A Holographic History of the Pokmon TCG , let's take a look at a style of card that seemed to come and go overnight: Pokmon

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This demonstrated again how regional supply and cultural demand can diverge: a character hugely popular in Japan might drive Japanese card prices sky-high, while outside Japan it may not sustain the same level

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The CGC 10 sale for $2.2 million, just one day later, confirms this

Instead, it took place in a world closer to our own, where the Pokmon card game was the only thing that mattered