Awesome looking themed collab with One Piece and the Lakers! Bummer it doesn't look like they're doing any so far in New York, but they have another collab night in Boston this summer.

Looks like I'll miss my chance to snag one of these awesome posters and tshirts. Would love to see if any Mantel members end up going.

Love to see more of this stuff!

https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2025/2/25/one-piece-los-angeles-lakers-game-night-includes-special-animation-art-and-apparel?srsltid=AfmBOoqtOc1DrErJEJkWxYqAK_dbjF9JMxAhTPqszboanQJ7wDPwqCIf

I've always had a soft spot for Yuka Morii's clay sculpted Pokemon cards, ever since they debuted back in the Neo Discovery booster set, my original favorite being the Caterpie (53/75). Today, I really enjoy her Ditto series, and my favorite I've ever pulled is the Piloswine (H22/H32) Holo Rare from Skyridge.

Currently working on trying to get a complete set of her cards, which is proving to be a long endeavor as she has 200+ and counting!

Anyone else have a favorite artist? I think the variety of artists in the Pokemon TCG is one of the things that makes it great for collectors.

Recently found out you can get trading cards from your captain while flying Delta, and that this has been around for years! I am surprised as a TCG collector to be just hearing about this. A cool memento to add to your collection.

https://people.com/delta-air-lines-has-secret-trading-cards-8412200

This collaboration came out sometime last year for an MSRP of $120. The exclusive Dark Magician Prismatic Secret Rare Promo held a market price of $180+ for well over a year after release, and still today is a market price of $128, over original retail, not even including the sneakers. An interesting collab, would be cool to see more companies doing things like this!

https://www.complex.com/sneakers/a/cmplxvictor-deng/yu-gi-oh-adidas-adi2000-yami-yugi-release-date-h06442

With The Lord of the Rings and The One Ring, along with some Doctor Who collabs, MTG has been on fire with cross branding appeal in the past year or so!

Think these types of cards would do well here at On Mantel, hope to see them and other TCGs outside of Pokémon integrated in the near future.

https://www.polygon.com/23817181/mtg-one-ring-card-post-malone