Pokémon cards, UK
This is the front door for everything Pokémon we will carry. Three ways in, and we are opening them in this order.
Sealed first. Booster boxes, Elite Trainer Boxes, booster bundles, single packs, tins and collection boxes, every one of them English-language and listed under the set it belongs to. We will source from UK and EU distributors and from retail, never from a listing we cannot trace, and we will say on each product page where a box came from.
Singles second. Individual cards from every set we stock, described to the condition standard on this site rather than to whatever the last seller called it. Near Mint will mean the same thing on a Base Set Charizard as on a common from last month.
Graded third. PSA, CGC and other slabs, each one checked against the grader's cert lookup before it is listed and photographed front and back so you see the exact card, not a stock image.
A few things a UK buyer should check before paying anyone for Pokémon cards, us included: that the shop names the person behind it and gives a postal address; that it tells you which printing you are getting (1st Edition, shadowless and unlimited Base Set are three different cards); that the condition language is defined somewhere you can read; and that sealed product is sold in its original shrink wrap with the factory seal described, not just "sealed". We have written our answers to all four on the about, condition and authenticity pages.
Below are the product types, the three sections, and the fifteen sets we will fill first. Every other English set has a page too, reachable from the set index.
Sealed products by type
Singles and graded
Sets we will carry first
Questions we get asked
Is any of this available now?
No. We have not opened. Every page on this site describes what we will carry and how we will handle it. The banner at the top of every page stays until the first product is on a shelf.
Do you sell Japanese cards?
Not at first. Everything listed here is the English-language print. Japanese product has its own section planned for later, and we will not mix the two on one page.
Can I ask for a specific card or product now?
Yes. Every set page and product page has an email link. Tell us what you want, with the card number if it is a single, and we keep it on a list. You get one reply when we have it, and no other email.
Why build the site before the shop opens?
So the rules are public before the first sale, and so you can tell us what to carry before we buy it. A shop that writes its standards after it has stock tends to write them around the stock.