Pokémon card resellers have turned collecting into an online blood sport

Earlier this month, Pokémon card content creator Natalie Roush posted a video to her YouTube and Instagram pages that enraged the larger postulation community. In the now-deleted video, Roush shows disconnected 2 premium boxes of cards that had not yet been officially released, and implores viewers not to beryllium mad. But they were; different creators claimed that cards Roush had purchased were stolen from the shaper and mocked her for trying to merchantability them astatine exorbitant prices. The Roush concern was a high-profile illustration of the mode Pokémon card collecting civilization has been upended by the influencer system and radical trying to nett disconnected the hobby. Th …

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