Pokémon Cards Completely Sold Out in Japan

The Pokémon Card Company has officially declared that their collectible cards are completely sold out in Japan due to a set of hard-to-find cards. On April 14, The Pokémon Company released a new expansion pack for the trading card game centered around Scarlet and Violet’s four Treasures of Ruin within the game’s Paldea region. The expansion pack, which includes the Clay Burst and Snow Hazard sets, contains some cool EX cards and has combined the Japanese Triple Beat set into one set known as Paldea Evolved. However, the sets are distinct from each other because of the cards available in each pack. For example, Clay Burst contains a Special Illustration Rare card of the Pokéfluencer Iono, which collectors in Japan are going wild for. The line for the sets’ midnight release in Tokyo’s Akihabara district was reported to be “insane.” The situation has become so out of hand that The Pokémon Company has issued a statement apologizing for the inconvenience to customers and promising to bolster production systems to promote the reproduction and shipment of their products. The Snow Hazard pack contains a Special Illustration Rare of Grusha, making it unclear when things will return to normal for the Pokémon trading card game scene.