r/PokemonTCG_UK

For the new people who are buying graded slabs on eBay, please be careful of a guy named Pokexki doing live auctions selling 'Aura grading' slabs. He is constantly hyping up how the slabs are so valuable when it's a 30p card slabbed in plastic. The business is likely owned by the guy promoting them(seeing that the address is right next door to each other) and he bans any mention of people mentioning Aura being worthless. From what I've also checked online he is likely a streamer banned on whatnot that turned to eBay I've checked with the companies house's website and Aura grading Ltd was officially incorporated on 30/05/2026, which doesn't correspond to what the website is stating. I've also searched up the address of Aura Grading and it seems to be some sort of warehouse, not a grading company. Be careful everyone.

The back of the card is completely white and I can’t find much information online and so whatever you incredibly knowledgeable people can tell me would be much appreciated!

So I dont usually keep things sealed as I like ripping packs like I used too when I was a kid but I left this sealed when I kept seeing people saying the packs inside are expensive but I want to know why it shot up in price and by a lot!

After a lot of evenings and weekends, my first iPhone app finally went live today.

The whole idea came from card shows and my local card shop. I was forever waiting while someone disappeared to search eBay sold listings or jumped between different apps just to work out what a card was worth. It always felt slower than it needed to be.

So I decided to build something myself.

It's called TCG Radar. The scanner is genuinely quick (typically under half a second on my test devices), very accurate, and can recognise over 63,000 Pokémon cards. Point your camera at a card and it identifies it almost instantly, then shows pricing from eBay sold listings, Cardmarket and TCGplayer in one place.

It also has binder scanning, collection tracking and an AI-assisted condition estimate if you're thinking about grading.

The app is free to download, with a limited number of scans included so people can try it properly before deciding whether it's worth paying for.

I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback from collectors. If there's something that annoys you about existing scanner apps, or a feature you'd like to see, let me know. I'll be reading every comment.

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tcg-radar-poke-scanner/id6782630096

Demo Vide:

https://youtu.be/YO-W-fG93uo

**edit - sorry I think I was unclear - I’m collecting pokemon cards it’s just these specific ones I am not really interested in in terms of the art and the pokemons!!

so I pulled the mega greninja ex twice, as well as froakie. I’m fairly new to collecting, just not sure what to do with these cards. Do they hold their value? I’m not super interested in keeping them, as they’re not really my style.

Would grading them be worth it? Would they actually sell? It seems like there are a fair few ebay listings and they don’t seem to be shifting. The cards are mint, although one of them is maybe slightly off centre.

WWYD? Any advice greatly appreciated!

I complained a few weeks ago about the difficulty I had with finding First Partner Series 2. The online drops were a mess, store drops were rife with scalpers.

But with a bit of perseverance (and trading at a LCS when I pulled a dupe of Gen 2) my series 2 is complete!

It can be done, folks 💪

For context, I managed to catch a PE 3x blister from a restock ping back on 05/05/26. So stoked to rip, but it never came. Amazon first told me to "just reorder" and sent me the link to the Amazon scalper price at £40. Now, apparently, I have to pay the scalper £40 and then contact the Amazon team once delivered to get my refund of the difference. I don't really want to pay a scalper tho - has anyone else had this situation before / is this the best outcome??

Finally managed to get a First Partners box at retail after failing again and again.
Johto is my baby. Pokemon Crystal was my foot in the door to the Pokémon world so I was crossing fingers and toes and…… RESULT!!! So so happy.

Popped into hmv blackpool around 10 and found this!!

I opened this crown zenith pack fresh out of the 3 pack blisters I i pulled this Charizard but, it has this massive crease on it. No other card in all of the 3 packs has this. Also, on the back of it (idk if the pictures show it) theres this horizontal line across the card. The line, I can assume factory error but, the crease I’ve never seen something like it fresh out of a pack. Specially considering that the card itself is not bent, it’s flat and no other card in the pack has any creases, bends or issues.

i’m prepared to never open another pack