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The collecting projects, shop hunts and binder builds behind Dead Cold Cards.

Longer updates live here, including the challenge to collect the original 151 Pokémon from 151 different UK TCG shops, plus Shorts and vlogs covering the real process of building master sets.

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The 151 Shop Challenge: 151 Pokémon, 151 UK TCG Shops

I’m taking the original 151 Pokémon and turning them into a country-wide collecting challenge: 151 Pokémon, in Pokédex order, each sourced from a different UK TCG shop.

4 October 20266 min read

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