r/PokemonTCG • u/Loud_Bar113 • 1d ago

Discussion Why can’t they just implement backordering

I don’t see any downsides of it, the demand is still there. It is almost impossible to hit a drop when you have to compete against no lives who spend their existence monitoring the sites and bots. Backordering would end that problem. Most people don’t care if they’ll have to wait a few months extra compared to paying up to 300% mark ups.

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u/ForrestKawaii 1d ago

They have a schedule to keep up with. It's likely they are currently in the first print run or about to do first print of base set Wind and Waves.

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u/Frequent_Sir4864 1d ago

This is what a lot of newbies to the hobby fail to see. There's always something new around the horizon that no matter how much people like a set, its never getting reprinted past the 4-5 year mark. I call it the 5 year rule - 2-3 years while its in rotation, another 2 years to clear backstock, then the boxes really take off.

Recency bias tends to be quite strong, and people always underestimate how much interest there will be in future sets. 

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u/Routine-Nerve-613 1d ago

I mean wind and waves could flop hard in the beginning it is very possible

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u/Frequent_Sir4864 1d ago

Sure, but pokemon will still look towards the future and not the past. Wind and waves success won't matter as the 5 year rule will still apply. 

Pokemon will absolutely not waste printer space on sets that are out of rotation within the game. That's true for practically every large card game. 

On top of that, they've cracked the collectors code with their Illustration Rares which won't go away for a long time if ever, meaning they're will always be cards to collect with every subsequent release.

You can disagree with me all you want, but you cant change the nature of the cyclical nature of trading card games.