Card Lounge Podcast

The TCG Boom is Just Starting - ft. Alex Ketchem @ Card Lounge Live | Ep 86 | Card Lounge

Pokémon content creator Alex Ketchum joins Card Lounge LIVE at Card Party to break down 7 years of content creation lessons going viral with "I was minding my own busines

We Have Real BEEF With Pokemon Worlds & 1M Rayquaza Sale | Ep #85 | w/ Roboskillz & TBJake

Jake and Rob are back from Pokémon Worlds in San Francisco with a full recap, the good, the bad, and the lines to get into lines to get into lines. Plus: a Rayquaza Gold

Every TCG is Going SERIAL & Things Get Heated over Lorcana | Ep #84 | w/ Roboskillz & TBJake

Every TCG out there is scrambling for the same thing: rarity. Yu-Gi-Oh, Riftbound, Union Arena, and Lorcana are all leaning on serialized cards to create chases but Pokem

The Money Laundering Crack Down BEGINS & The Rarest Pokemon Card Appears! | Ep 83 | Card Lounge

Pokemon cards are officially caught in a money laundering crackdown and right as Japan tightens the rules, a mysterious new RED Mew card has surfaced with almost no verif

The Hobby Just SPLIT: New Highs & New Lows! | Ep #82 | Card Lounge

The trading card hobby just split: a $713K One Piece Luffy card broke Pokémon's own sale record, PSA and BGS both jumped grading prices to $80, and vintage Pokémon keeps

Everyone is Buying WAY Too Early ($1,000 For a Naruto Energy Card?) | Ep #81 | Card Lounge

People are paying $1,000 for a Naruto energy card from a game that doesn't release until summer 2027.On this episode of Card Lounge, Jake and Robo break down the Gen Con

The Hobby Is Moving TOO Fast (Sellers Are Panicking) | Ep #80 | Card Lounge

The card market is moving at record speed. On this episode of Card Lounge, Robo and Jake break down West Coast Card Show, why booster box prices are crashing within hours

Is The Pokemon Crash FAKE & Endless 30th Leaks | Ep #79 | Card Lounge

The Pokemon crash videos flooding your feed right now are wrong, and the people making them benefit when you panic sell. In this episode we break down why the "mini crash

Insider Information Decides Who Gets Rich in The Pokémon Hobby | Ep #78

There's a version of this hobby running in the background that most collectors never see, and by the time you notice it, the play is already gone. In this episode, Robosk

Are $600 UPC and $1,000 Luffy The New Normal | Ep #77 | Card Lounge

GameStop is pre-ordering the Pokemon 30th anniversary UPC at $600, triple MSRP, and the ETB at 3-4x retail. Jake and Rob break down whether any of it is worth it: the new

WTF Is Going On With the Hobby | Ep #76 | Card Lounge

GameStop just posted its best operating quarter ever and collectibles beat video games for the first time. Jake and Rob break down the Q1 FY2026 numbers, why they couldn'

People Are Camping Out All Night For Pokemon ft. MeesterKeem | Ep 75 | Card Lounge

Twitch IRL streamer Mr Keem joins the Card Lounge to break down the viral Target ghost chair moment, why he waited overnight for Pokemon, and how he hit top 150 sub count

You Are Not Bidding Against Collectors Anymore | Ep #74 | Card Lounge

PSA just made $80 the cheapest way to grade one card and the value tiers are frozen, so where does that leave the rest of us? Robo and Jake break down the PSA backlog, th

How a Bubble Mew Sold For $236k & 30th Anniversary Reaction | Ep #73 | Card Lounge

The 30th Anniversary Celebration set just dropped and we break down every reveal: the futuristic chrome rares, the 30-card Pikachu subset, the Classic Collection reprints

Card Lounge Live @ Card Party ft Danny Phantump | Ep 72 | Card Lounge

Recorded live at Card Party 4, Jake and Rob sit down with Danny Phantump for a wide-ranging conversation on what it actually takes to run a Pokemon card business in 2025,

Julien Joins Jake & Robo to Break Down the TCG Market Boom | Ep 71 | Card Lounge

Julien Maranda from BTSM (Black Tiger Sex Machine) returns to the Card Lounge Podcast to talk collecting, grading, and the current state of the TCG market. Julien breaks

Chaos Rising in The Hobby & Hidden Pikachu Buyouts | Ep #70 | Card Lounge

Chaos Rising drops Friday and the chaos doesn't stop there. Jake and Rob crack open a Chaos Rising ETB early, break down why every grading company is struggling right now

GameStop Put a $15 Slab in a $150 Pack & Now They Want to Buy eBay | Ep 69 | Card Lounge

GameStop stuffed a $15 slab into a $150 power pack and now they want to buy eBay. Jake and Rob break down what GameStop's $9 billion cash pile actually means for the hobb

The NFL's Foil King: Cassius Marsh on Cards, Cash, and Building a Store | Ep #68 | Card Lounge

Cassius Marsh 7-year NFL veteran and founder of Cash Cards Unlimited joins Jake and Rob to talk about building one of the most recognizable brands in Magic: The Gathering

Are Rich People Using Pokemon Cards to Launder Money | Ep 67 | Card Lounge

Rob returns from Japan with a reality check: Pokemon cards are impossible to find even at the Pokemon Center. What he discovered explains why card prices are climbing glo