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The story
A post by an overseas collector claiming a PSA10-graded gold “Kattiva” card from the Palworld TCG (Trading Card Game) had received a $10,350 bid went viral. The post declared that “a card only 34 days old just beat out Charizard, which carries 10 years of history,” but reactions on 5ch were largely skeptical. Users pointed out that the same card’s Japanese version was still sitting unsold on Mercari at 130,000 yen, and that the auction hadn’t actually closed at the time. Comments questioning the story followed, like “Nobody’s actually bought it” and “Isn’t that just a typo for $1,000?” Meanwhile, data suggesting Palworld’s own popularity is fading also drew attention, feeding a broader debate over the card’s price tag versus the game’s momentum.
A card that’s only 34 days old just beat out Charizard, which carries 10 years of nostalgia.
Rarity doesn’t need history. It just needs everyone to agree “this is the one.”
Palworld’s Gold Kattiva card broke $10,000 just 34 days after the TCG’s release.
Source: x.com / original post here
What people said
Same pattern as that wobbly 'Atashinchi' balance game (a Jenga-like toy used as slang for something shaky about to collapse)?
Isn't this just one of those fat-finger order mistakes you sometimes see on the stock market?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 🤣🌱 lololololol
Is anyone actually buying it?
Wait, this one hasn't sold either? lol
Stop it, that's basically 'the crime of stating an inconvenient fact' (a joking meme term).
Different language market, though.
If anything, this article's the one flaunting a Pokémon complex — where'd Charizard even come from, lol
Google Trends
Steam concurrent players
Guess it's back down to about the same level as before the 1.00 release, huh.
There's a sudden spike around August 15 — did something happen then?
It literally says 'auction' right in Re: #1, so he probably doesn't even know what an auction is.
If you want to talk about a crazy market like this, take it to a TCG thread, not the console-war board (Geha)?
On Geha, it's long been settled that stuff like this has zero value, lol
Haha, the 🐷 guy's getting all worked up
Is it bugging you that there are already 61 bids? lol
Saying that in a Palworld thread is just… painfully sad.
At card shops, stuff like Umbreon and Espeon actually goes for quite a bit too.
So the bidding's still ongoing, then?
If it's 'temporary,' does that mean it can be withdrawn?
https://krsw.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/ghard/1785394164/
Threads tracking 'current rank: #whatever' used to pop up regularly after that one, but they stopped once it dropped off the charts entirely.
On Amazon now you can only get it from scalpers — guess you were too slow, lol
Sounds like it'll get treated as a cancellation and fall through.
There they go again with another dumb lie.
Just look at the bid count, it's obviously real — there's 61 of them. Not too bright, are you.
Re: #96
Replying to your own 'lie' within a minute — that's a pretty transparent bit of sockpuppeting.
Are the Geha trash losing again? 🙄
Is there anything these old guys can actually win at? 👴
Nothing's changed, it's still the same — there's no way this actually sells, you idiot, lol
Background and Key Points of This Story
The original source is a post on X by overseas TCG collector Jared K. Tartre, claiming that a PSA10-graded gold “Kattiva” card from the Palworld TCG had received a $10,350 bid. However, posters in the thread noted that “the auction hadn’t ended or been settled at that point,” so it’s worth remembering that a bid isn’t the same as a final sale price. In fact, the same card’s Japanese version is listed on Mercari for 130,000 yen and remains unsold, and other eBay listings haven’t drawn much bidding action either. On 5ch, some floated the theory that it was a data-entry error (“maybe they meant $1,000 and added a zero”), while others pushed back, citing a bid history of 61 entries — leaving the truth of the matter unresolved as the discussion went on. In the background is data suggesting the Palworld TCG has slid out of Amazon’s sales rankings after debuting at #17 right after launch, alongside Steam and Google Trends figures showing interest has dropped back to pre-launch levels — meaning the debate has partly turned into a muddled argument that conflates one card’s price tag with the game’s overall momentum.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “Palworld card hits $10,000 in 34 days! Overseas expert says ‘It beat Charizard! Rarity doesn’t need history!’“.
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