Pokemon Printed Over 3.5 Billion Cards During the Pandemic

The Pokemon Company's latest financial report revealed just how many Pokemon cards were printed and sent to retailers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, The Pokemon Company released its annual financial report, detailing its annual sales for the first time. Additionally, the keeper of the Pokemon franchise also updated its annual tally of video games and merchandise sold, which revealed just how many Pokemon cards had been produced since March 2020. The Pokemon Trading Card Game produced approximately 3.7 billion cards between March 2020 and March 2021. According to the Pokemon TCG site PokeBeach, that's a record production since The Pokemon Company started providing these stats. Additionally, that's 500 million more cards than were made between March 2019 and March 2020.