Palworld Card Bid Tops $10,000 — 5ch Users Smell a Fake

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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

5AnonymousSep 3, 2026 16:42
Turns out someone's just listing it at that price — looks like nobody's actually buying it.
24AnonymousSep 3, 2026 16:51
Re: #5
Same pattern as that wobbly 'Atashinchi' balance game (a Jenga-like toy used as slang for something shaky about to collapse)?
43AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:01
Re: #5
Isn't this just one of those fat-finger order mistakes you sometimes see on the stock market?
90AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:54
Re: #5
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 🤣🌱 lololololol
21AnonymousSep 3, 2026 16:50
The Japanese version's still sitting at 130,000 yen on Mercari, though.
27AnonymousSep 3, 2026 16:52
Re: #21
Is anyone actually buying it?
26AnonymousSep 3, 2026 16:51
If something really sells for $10,000, listing it for 130,000 yen on Mercari should sell instantly, right? (Note: it hasn't sold.)
28AnonymousSep 3, 2026 16:52
Re: #26
Wait, this one hasn't sold either? lol
30AnonymousSep 3, 2026 16:53
Re: #26
Stop it, that's basically 'the crime of stating an inconvenient fact' (a joking meme term).
86AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:48
Re: #26
Different language market, though.
31AnonymousSep 3, 2026 16:54
That 🐷 guy's Palworld inferiority complex just won't quit, huh
53AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:08
Re: #31
If anything, this article's the one flaunting a Pokémon complex — where'd Charizard even come from, lol
41AnonymousSep 3, 2026 16:59
It's already washed up, so just give up.

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Steam concurrent players
42AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:00
Re: #41
Guess it's back down to about the same level as before the 1.00 release, huh.
63AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:13
Re: #41
There's a sudden spike around August 15 — did something happen then?
49AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:03
Looks like the 🐷 guy can't read the English in the original source.
50AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:06
Re: #49
It literally says 'auction' right in Re: #1, so he probably doesn't even know what an auction is.
51AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:07
That's the whole point — it's PSA10. That alone can make it worth more than 10x a raw copy. Guess a pig wouldn't understand PSA grading, lol
59AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:11
The ID's been changing over and over — scalpers sneaking around in here, lolololol

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
64AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:13
Re: #59
Haha, the 🐷 guy's getting all worked up
Is it bugging you that there are already 61 bids? lol
79AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:40
Here's the current state on eBay — the one that's actually getting bids is the ¥420,000 listing below.
82AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:44
🐷: Paaal, Paaal, Paaaal! 💢💢💢 (mocking cry of frustration)
87AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:49
Re: #82
Saying that in a Palworld thread is just… painfully sad.
83AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:45
Nah, that's small potatoes — a rare Pokémon card sold for $16 million (about 2.5 billion yen).
88AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:53
Re: #83
At card shops, stuff like Umbreon and Espeon actually goes for quite a bit too.
91AnonymousSep 3, 2026 17:57
One PSA 10 copy briefly had a $10,350 bid placed on it. That said, at that point the auction hadn't ended or been settled yet.

So the bidding's still ongoing, then?
106AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:23
Re: #91
If it's 'temporary,' does that mean it can be withdrawn?
93AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:02
[Sad News] Palworld TCG launch day: a flop start at #17 on Amazon's bestseller ranking 😭
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.
94AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:04
Re: #93
On Amazon now you can only get it from scalpers — guess you were too slow, lol
95AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:10
Word is someone probably typo'd $1,000 and added an extra digit by mistake.
Sounds like it'll get treated as a cancellation and fall through.
98AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:13
Re: #95
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.
101AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:17
Re: #95
Re: #96
Replying to your own 'lie' within a minute — that's a pretty transparent bit of sockpuppeting.
105AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:19
Just a little while ago everyone was making a huge fuss about how there's no way Palworld cards would sell, total flop 🤪
Are the Geha trash losing again? 🙄
Is there anything these old guys can actually win at? 👴
108AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:25
Re: #105
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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