The Pokémon Company updated its annual figures and, to nobody’s shock, the franchise continues to dominate the world. It’s now printed over 85 billion Pokémon cards since the TCG launched in 1996. Over 10 percent of those were produced in the last year alone. And yet it’s still not enough.
The Pokémon Company had distributed 75 billion cards as of May 2025, meaning it produced another 10 billion over the last 12 months (thanks Gamesradar). These cards came from sets like the incredibly popular Scarlet & Violet–Prismatic Evolutions expansion, divided up across tons of different boxed products. Wizards of the
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