Should you catch them all – on the blockchain?
Card collecting platform Courtyard is giving away hundreds of mystery card packs containing tokenized Pokémon cards, sharing the market exclusively Declutter‘s GG. Each digital pack contains an NFT tied to one particular Pokémon card, which can then be traded if they wish.
On November 21, card collectors can open their virtual packs and see which Pokémon card they have ‘caught’. Digital cards can also be exchanged for their physical versions, which are stored through a vault company Brink’sif desired.
The Pokémon cards available include vintage base set cards, modern cards and promo cards, with a 2020 Sword & Shield Shiny Star Charizard and a 1998 Starter Red Green Gift Set Holo Scyther hidden among the packs. All cards are graded, meaning their condition has been assessed by a third party company and the card is sealed in a case.
Two of the cards found in the mystery packs. Image: courtyard.
Courtyard has partnered with crypto-tech startup Privy and Ethereum NFT Collection Chimpers to release the free collection, which will be given out for free as an early Thanksgiving gift in multiple drops.
How many card packages are offered? Courtyard is giving away 100 packs per day across four daily drops, meaning a total of 400 packs will be offered to the public between Tuesday, November 14 and Friday, November 17.
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Courtyard plans to set aside 10 packs for collectors who write the best answers to Thanksgiving-themed questions, according to company details.
Previously, Courtyard saw nine similar card drops sell out across 1,700 cards, the company said, releasing $200,000 worth of rated Pokémon onto the blockchain as tokenized real-world assets.
Courtyard’s “Web3 Week of Thanks” packages. Image: courtyard
Why put Pokémon cards on the blockchain? Well, tokenization and NFTs create digital scarcity and unique identification for digital assets, making their crypto component virtually impossible to replicate. Such technology allows marketplaces like Courtyard to offer tokenized versions of real Pokémon cards as certificates of authenticity, which can be exchanged for the real thing.
Last year, Courtyard increased $7 million in seed funding from New Enterprise Associates, Y Combinator, OpenSea Ventures, VaynerFund, Brink’s and others.
Edited by Andrew Hayward