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It's not a fake craze totally pumped up by marketing, if that's what you mean. Pokemon cards are definitely at a fever pitch right now. Just go to your local Wa

It's not a fake craze totally pumped up by marketing, if that's what you mean. Pokemon cards are definitely at a fever pitch right now. Just go to your local Walmart and watch people camping out for them every week. My theory is that people like Logan Paul are involved with them because they are currently hot and zooming up in price, not the reverse. But I guess them being involved amplifies the hype and keeps the hype train rolling, so who knows where it begins and ends.

tigger0jk 5y ago
People are excited to watch card pack openings, more content creators start making that content since it's popular, demand for old sealed product goes up driving price increases which also makes it more exciting, not to mention the increase in content introduces a broader audience, and then again more people interested leads to more content and demand and price increases. It's a feedback loop, hard to say exactly what got it going, how big it can get, and what happens when it slows or stops, but for now you can enjoy the mania. Matt Levine might credit this to his "boredom markets hypothesis" during the pandemic. If you can't go out to a bar or a movie or a casino, then speculating on stocks or crypto or Pokemon cards is more fun compared to the now more limited options you have available, so more people will do that. https://archive.is/X8qY6 https://archive.is/X8qY6