TLDR
- Coinbase teased phone-based Pokémon pack openings backed by real, physical cards on Sept. 28.
- Customers will be able to keep cards in vault storage or have them shipped home.
- GameStop already sells digital Power Packs with graded physical cards priced from $25 to $2,500.
- Platforms like Courtyard use NFTs to track ownership of vaulted cards, but Coinbase has not said if it will do the same.
- Coinbase has not shared prices, pull odds, fees, a launch date or a licensing deal with The Pokémon Company.
Coinbase is planning to let customers open Pokémon card packs on their phones. Each digital pack will be backed by a real, physical trading card.
The crypto exchange teased the product on Sept. 28. Customers will be able to keep their cards in vault storage or ask for them to be shipped home.
The first announcement did not name Pokémon. Coinbase later confirmed the connection in a reply to a user on X.
Your binder is about to get a major upgrade.
Rip packs on your phone.
Every pull backed by a real, physical card.
Vault it or ship it.Soon on Coinbase. pic.twitter.com/Utfwq30DSj
— Coinbase
(@coinbase) September 28, 2026
What Coinbase Has Shared So Far
The promotional artwork showed five Pokémon-themed packs numbered 01 through 05. Each pack had a different color, but Coinbase has not said what the colors mean.
They could stand for price tiers, card categories or something else. The company also gave no firm launch date.
Coinbase linked the product to its “Everything Exchange” plan. That plan aims to expand the company beyond regular cryptocurrency trading.
How Other Platforms Handle Card Collecting
Other companies already sell digital packs tied to real cards. Courtyard keeps each physical card in custody and issues a non-fungible token, or NFT, that represents that exact card.
Owners can keep the card in the vault, sell it on Courtyard’s marketplace or request delivery. Because the card stays in one place, it can change owners without being shipped each time.
To get the physical card, Courtyard requires identity checks and payment of shipping costs and taxes. It then destroys, or “burns,” the token so no digital claim stays tied to a card that has left the vault.
GameStop opened its Power Packs to the public on April 15, 2026. The packs contain physical cards graded by PSA, a company that checks authenticity and condition.
Power Packs cost between $25 and $2,500. Categories include Pokémon, football, basketball and baseball.
Customers can sell cards back, have them delivered or keep them vaulted. GameStop’s launch materials describe real cards and custody, but they do not describe an NFT system like Courtyard’s.
Phygitals, another platform, offers instant buybacks at 85% to 90% of a card’s estimated fair market value. On a card valued at $100, a buyer would get back $85 to $90, no matter what the pack cost.
Phygitals also uses a random selection process that can be checked with cryptographic proof. This shows how a card was picked, but it does not mean the card is worth more than the pack price.
Coinbase has not said whether its product will use blockchain technology like Courtyard does.
The company has also not shared pack prices, pull odds, storage fees, shipping details or which countries will be eligible.
It has not named a custody provider, confirmed grading standards or said whether customers can resell cards through the service. A licensing deal with The Pokémon Company has not been announced.
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