Pokemon cards outperformed $SPX by 9x over 20 years. Card Ladder index: +3,821% vs S&P's +421% (2004-2025). YTD 2025: Pokemon +28%, $SPX +13%, $BTC -27%.
Pikachu Illustrator PSA10 sold for $2.6B in Feb 2026 — highest trading card ever.
But here's the catch: the index tracks graded premium cards, not your dusty childhood box. The upside is concentrated at the top.
The market backing this? Massive. Pokemon card market: $10-15B globally. Japan's trading card market hit ¥302.5B in 2024 (2.7x in 5 years). Pokemon Co. revenue: ¥531.4B, net profit ¥120B in FY2026 — first time over ¥100B.
When cards become assets, you face 3 problems: authenticity, storage, liquidity. Solution: grading + vault + marketplace. But PSA grading is backed up — 10M+ cards waiting as of spring 2025. They stopped accepting lower-tier submissions in June.
Tokenization is solving the bottleneck. On-chain card gacha hit $324.6M in June 2026 (2x from March). Collector Crypt: $1.6B cumulative volume.
Deadstock launches Sep 16, 12:00 JST for Japanese PSA10 Pokemon cards. Partnered with Japan Trading Card Center (largest Oripa company in Japan). Each PSA10 card = 1 NFT for proof of backing. Physical cards stored in secure vault. You can list on marketplace (0% fees for now) or request physical delivery from Japan warehouse.
Launch promo: Pokemon 30th Anniversary Gacha — guaranteed win, minimum prize is a pack. Regular packs: ¥8,000 / ¥30,000 / ¥160,000. Card values range ¥4,800 to ¥5M.
No wallet needed. Pay with credit card / Apple Pay / Google Pay. No gas fees.
Backed by ATH Labs Ltd. (Abu Dhabi), raised ¥390M ($2.5M) from Bullish (US-listed). Sign up with email only.
Pikachu Illustrator PSA10 sold for $2.6B in Feb 2026 — highest trading card ever.
But here's the catch: the index tracks graded premium cards, not your dusty childhood box. The upside is concentrated at the top.
The market backing this? Massive. Pokemon card market: $10-15B globally. Japan's trading card market hit ¥302.5B in 2024 (2.7x in 5 years). Pokemon Co. revenue: ¥531.4B, net profit ¥120B in FY2026 — first time over ¥100B.
When cards become assets, you face 3 problems: authenticity, storage, liquidity. Solution: grading + vault + marketplace. But PSA grading is backed up — 10M+ cards waiting as of spring 2025. They stopped accepting lower-tier submissions in June.
Tokenization is solving the bottleneck. On-chain card gacha hit $324.6M in June 2026 (2x from March). Collector Crypt: $1.6B cumulative volume.
Deadstock launches Sep 16, 12:00 JST for Japanese PSA10 Pokemon cards. Partnered with Japan Trading Card Center (largest Oripa company in Japan). Each PSA10 card = 1 NFT for proof of backing. Physical cards stored in secure vault. You can list on marketplace (0% fees for now) or request physical delivery from Japan warehouse.
Launch promo: Pokemon 30th Anniversary Gacha — guaranteed win, minimum prize is a pack. Regular packs: ¥8,000 / ¥30,000 / ¥160,000. Card values range ¥4,800 to ¥5M.
No wallet needed. Pay with credit card / Apple Pay / Google Pay. No gas fees.
Backed by ATH Labs Ltd. (Abu Dhabi), raised ¥390M ($2.5M) from Bullish (US-listed). Sign up with email only.
