Pikachu with Gray Felt Hat Pokemon TCG card gets “disgusting” rerelease

Pikachu with Gray Felt Hat is coming back this February to retailers in the Netherlands, but only 100 copies of the Pokemon TCG cards will be issued per store.

The long-awaited rerelease of the most expensive Pokemon TCG card of 2023 will take place in mid-February. With only 100 copies of the card going to each retailer, Pokemon fans, collectors, and investors were divided on the news. Some fans expect a repeat of what many described as a farcical launch.

One Pokemon TCG fan said the limited distribution of Pikachu with Gray Felt Hat is “A band-aid for a bazooka wound.” Another called TCPI “absolutely disgusting” for refusing to print the cards to demand.

Only 100 Pikachu with Felt Hat cards per store will be rereleased

To get the card, customers must first qualify by spending at least 30 euros at a local gaming or card shop. Many Pokemon fans were upset. One affected fan asked: Why do they keep beating this dead horse?”

When Pikachu with Gray Felt Hat was originally released at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, scalpers endangered staff and fans.

The scenes above are from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam when the the card was launched. On the same day, the Pokemon Center website catastrophically went down from overwhelming traffic that many attributed to scalpers.

The price of the Pokemon product dropped soon after news of the redistribution was announced to store owners.

As the supply will soon increase, many sellers have already jettisoned their copy of Pikachu with Gray Felt Hat. It remains to be seen if others will buy the dip.

Other fans were more optimistic, one offered this positive opinion: “Hopefully this is the start of even more reprints of this card, it’d be nice to not have to wade through a mob or pay scalpers for a copy.”

Given that the Van Gogh Pikachu promo drama has involved couriers, gallery attendees, and, literal children, the suspense leading up to this rerelease is palpable.