"After the destructive shitstorm that happened when collaborated with Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum in 2023, I'm surprised any esteemed establishment wants to partner with Pikachu and friends. Videos of scalpers pulling a Black Friday-level raid on the museum's store are still lodged in my brain, and when I heard the Natural History Museum in London was going to have a exhibit later this month, I started bracing myself for a repeat."
"The "Pikachu at the Museum" promo card is super cute, and shows the little yellow guy excitedly walking through a museum adorned with what look like fossils of Aerodactyl and Tyrantrum. At a glance, it doesn't look like a great card for competitive play, with reasonably low stats and good but not great damage output for the amount of energy cards you'll have to feed into it, but none of that actually matters because this card won't be used in a deck."
"This is significant because jumbo cards tend to go under scalpers' radars, specifically because they're often harder to sell. Though its rarity may still bring in vultures, fans are hopeful this choice will take the wind out of resellers' sails. On top of this, the card will be available at select UK retailers on January 30, so if scalpers want it that badly, they might have better luck bothering a store than a museum."
A previous 2023 museum collaboration drew intense scalper activity and alarmed many fans. The Natural History Museum will distribute a jumbo "Pikachu at the Museum" promo card at an upcoming exhibit. The card is oversized, not usable in competitive play, and not suitable for standard collector binders. Jumbo format typically reduces scalper interest because such cards are harder to sell, though rarity could still attract resellers. The card will also be available at select UK retailers on January 30, offering alternate distribution points that may divert scalper attention away from the museum.
Read at Kotaku
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