Pokemon TCG enthusiasts were outraged after a viral image depicting hundreds of allegedly “stolen” rare Fusion Strike cards went viral, but what happened to these valuable cards? Viral posts spreading over social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit caused the Pokemon Trading Card Game community to panic.
Many people believed that the high-valued cards in these posts, which featured hundreds of rare cards from the Sword & Shield Fusion Strike expansion, were taken directly from a card manufacturing plant.
Fans now have a better understanding of what is truly happening in the viral photo that led some fans to worry that Fusion Strike packs may have been corrupted when they were first released due to some insider information from various content providers in the Pokemon industry.
What happened in the viral Pokemon TCG Fusion Strike picture?
If anyone wants to know why Fusion Strike had no hits, it turns out that a printing facility employee stole all the hits shown below and tried to sell them to TCW. This information was spread by users on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. So, below are everyone’s FS hits. They were reportedly all snatched up by Pokémon. But I’m not sure what they did with all the hits. Amazing to see this all.
Due to the lack of specifics, many fans immediately made assumptions and believed that the theft significantly affected Fusion Strike pull rates. But as time passed, more details about the picture in the above post emerged. The image in question was initially captured in September or October of 2021 by a card shop in Texas, according to information acquired by Pokemon video game producers, including Rattle Pokemon and SBCoop.
The two employees who are visible in the picture provided information on the incident in Rattle’s explainer video, which he conducted with them. The employees he spoke to stated that all the cards they received were taken by someone in January 2022, most likely a private detective retained by The Pokemon Company International. The boxed cards were not transported from North Carolina, where the Millennium Print Group plant is located, according to the card shop, who said they did not buy these cards directly from someone who may have stolen them. Furthermore, it appears that no money was ever exchanged for them.
The boxes the cards were placed in, however, are conspicuously identical to those found on the assembly line at these card-making plants. In order to conceal their position, the vendor may have moved the item around.
Has the thief changed the rarity of Fusion Strike cards?
It’s likely that this thief did not affect the distribution of rare cards in the Fusion Strike expansion based on the allegations made by the Texas card shop employees and the boxes the cards were transported in.
It’s difficult to establish for sure what exactly occurred because the alleged thief’s name is still unknown. However, the card boxes, quantity, and layout strongly imply that the cards came straight from a print shop. Finally, because the cards were taken by someone acting on behalf of TPCi, it is likely that they were destroyed so as not to affect their future market value.
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