New Palworld card game already ruined by scalpers
The Palworld Official Trading Card Game, launched by developer Pocketpair as an official TCG adaptation of the popular monster-collecting game, has been overrun by scalpers just one day after its release. Secondary market listings on eBay show individual cards selling for thousands of dollars, with sought-after cards like Cattiva, Chillet, and Jormuntide commanding prices that rival modern Pokémon chase cards. The speculation and price inflation has been swift and dramatic, leading to immediate shortages at local card shops across the market. This situation exemplifies a growing problem within the trading card game industry: the difficulty that casual players and genuine collectors face in acquiring products at reasonable prices due to high-volume speculation and resale markets. The rapid scalping of the new Palworld TCG suggests the monster-collecting card game could follow a similar trajectory to Pokémon and other popular TCGs, where secondary market dynamics make the game increasingly inaccessible to average enthusiasts.