TPC figures: ~10 billion cards printed Mar 2025–Mar 2026 amid a capacity ceiling
· Pokémon TCG — supply/print capacity context for allotment and retail drama
PokeBeach reported TPC’s latest figures: ~10 billion Pokémon cards printed worldwide from March 2025 through March 2026 — roughly the third consecutive ~10 billion year (except 2024), treated as a proxy for max print capacity while demand outran supply since early 2025. The piece ties the boom to Pokémon TCG Pocket (October 2024) and then Surging Sparks / Prismatic Evolutions sell-through, and notes Millennium Print Group’s December 2025 announcement of a huge new factory (completion 2027; full operations late 2028 per PokeBeach). The February 2026 Excell acquisition is a distribution landmark covered on its own — not a new row here.
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Macro supply context for why allotment, Costco, and Target fights persisted. Not itself a vendor fight.