EBay plans to acquire trading card vendor TCGplayer for $295 million

For the past few years, Pokémon surged in value on the auction site due to gaming influencers and content makers popularizing the unboxing trend, where creators record themselves opening decks in hopes of finding rare and valuable cards. In June, the company even established a temperature controlled, 31,000 square foot facility called the eBay vault to store particularly precious cards which have been purchased for $750 or more.