In Southern California, the fervor around Pokémon cards has led to strings of break-ins in recent months at trading card stores that have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses and even some collectors robbed at gunpoint.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
Players match cards to build bridges while using disruptive WILD power-ups to sabotage opponents, block paths and create chaos.
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