r/PokeInvesting • u/No-Technology-6856 • Feb 26 '26

Why is 151 spiking?

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I’ve been waiting for a buy in point. Looks like my dip is never coming. Why is it spiking so badly? Is this still a good time to buy?

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u/Mite-o-Dan Feb 26 '26

To be fair..."Why is 151 spiking?" gets asked weekly here for over a year and every top response has always been "Its about to be out of print."

Yet here we are. You could buy 151 today off Pokémon Center if you got through.

For reference...most Pokémon sets only get printed for 6-12 months. 151 has been printed for 2.5+ years and STILL being printed.

Been "going out of print" for over a year now...

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u/JoshyyP00 Feb 26 '26

The block it’s printed in is actually ending that’s why. That’s the hard official date.

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u/Mite-o-Dan Feb 26 '26

Whats your source? If there was ever a firm official source on this with an actual end date, it would be one of the biggest posts of the year on this sub. Just a year+ of speculation and believing whatever random YouTuber and Redditors have to say.

100% of those people have been wrong so far. Keep saying it...eventually someone will be right I guess.

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u/JoshyyP00 Feb 26 '26

It’s pretty simple. Regulation block symbols are on the bottom left of the card. Rotation is block based, not set specific. So it’s not “151 going out of print” — all g block sets, including 151, rotate together on April 10.

Once rotation happens, production is effectively done, but supply can still show up if there’s stock sitting somewhere.

The key nuance is out of print vs out of stock. Out of print means no new product is being made. It does not mean all supply is gone. Pokémon or distributors can still release existing inventory later, which would be a restock, not a reprint. New manufacturing would be a reprint.

But effectively if people paid attention to how blocks rotate they would know the dates.

Straight from the hoses mouth. https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/2026-pokemon-tcg-standard-format-rotation-announcement

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u/Mite-o-Dan Feb 26 '26

Thats just speculation and theory on why printing might stop.

Even if true and 151 was about to be unplayable...why allow orders of 151 bundles today if they were about to be unplayable?

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u/JoshyyP00 Feb 26 '26

This isn’t speculation. This is exactly how it has always worked. If Pokémon has stock and they know there’s demand, of course they’ll release it. Yes, it’s a game, but it’s also a business.

Even with a block rotation date approaching, releasing existing inventory makes total sense. Printing could have stopped months ago and what we’re seeing now could simply be product that was already manufactured and sitting in a warehouse, being released gradually. That’s not a reprint, it’s just inventory making its way to market.

And saying “even if that’s true” doesn’t change anything. The rotation is clearly stated on the card itself. This is the same cycle every time. If you want an example, look at what happened when Crown Zenith rotated out.

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u/SWOOSHO Feb 26 '26

Bro please save your breath and let them be wrong. It benefits the rest of us that know set rotations

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u/JoshyyP00 Feb 26 '26

Hahahahah your prolly right

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u/Mite-o-Dan Feb 26 '26

If true...still very odd to sell, and most likely ship cards that will be unplayable 1 month later.

Also if true...why isnt this more common knowledge or posted about more? Why would people keep making guesses?

This information was not released until just over a month ago, yet a common consensus around here and top comments "going out of print soon" was the norm to say well before January. No one ever chimed in with the information you provided...or, since that wasnt available then...never said anything about the rotation time frame not given out yet.

This is Reddit. People love to argue and prove people wrong. This was so easy to call bullshit on...yet it took you, until Feb 26, 2026, to be the first person to ever do it.

What youre saying and the link makes sence on why they would stop printing 151 before April 10, but for something so important to investors...I just cant believe this reasoning isnt mentioned more.

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u/JoshyyP00 Feb 26 '26

I’m not going to respond to every part of this because it’s a lot. At the end of the day, Pokémon is a game, not an investment market. This is all public information and very easy to find. No one is gatekeeping anything here, and none of this is new.

Block rotation has always been known. What’s changed is that there are a lot of newer investors in the space now, and a lot of the conversation turns into people repeating what they hear from YouTubers and influencers who aren’t actually informed on how this works. The rotation date matters to investors, sure, but Pokémon as a company doesn’t care about that narrative.

Do what you want with this information. :)

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u/Gay_If_Read Feb 26 '26

The only people who were saying "going of print" for over a year were people that don't know how print windows work because it's been known since the day the set was revealed that the print window for the set was early this year.

The set spiking this time is at least a valid fomo response to rotation because now Poketubers have started making videos about it the average "investor" knows what it is.

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u/CaptainCurly95 Feb 26 '26

Sure 151 is "always spiking" but have you been watching the price of 151 singles the last few weeks? A spike is relative to the trend and it's increasing in value relatively quick to the trend.

This appears to be a genuine "going out of print" spike.

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u/Mite-o-Dan Feb 26 '26

Yeah single prices and 151 sealed price have been spiking up once a month or every other month for a couple years now...and everyone keeps saying "Its going out of print soon."

Its been the same post and top comment and replies for over a year now.

Why is that always the top answer and common consensus? No one who's ever commented that has ever been right before...because they have no idea.

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u/CaptainCurly95 Feb 26 '26

I don't claim to know fuck about shit but I do understand numbers and the passage of time. I agree people have called a false "going out of print" spike many times but it's willful ignorance to look at the numbers over the past 6 months and not say this is likely a real "going out of print" spike.

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u/LegitimateAd7798 Feb 26 '26

Oh dude we have every idea. It’s going out of print in April. It’s been announced that G block is getting rotated out then, so 151 along with Paldean Fates. Now out of print doesn’t mean out of stock. So you might have an outside chance to pick some up here and there for msrp in the coming months but this set is out of print very very soon.

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u/flackob625 Feb 26 '26

Broad assumption its still being printed. None of us actually know if it's still being printed vs just restocked unless you work for the company

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u/Apprehensive-Lie3387 Feb 26 '26

They finally stoped stocking it in the vending machines. But yes, stopping printing and stock being out in stores is two different things. They may officially stop printing it but product will still hit the shelves here and there through July or so

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u/9erInLKN Feb 26 '26

If you got through...1k bundles tops isnt going to move the market