Collector Crypt occupies over 95% of the market share in the entire crypto card field.

Written by: Umbrella, Deep Tide TechFlow

Once popular worldwide, Pokémon cards are now experiencing a resurgence on the blockchain.

Yesterday, the price of the token CARDS from the on-chain collectible card trading platform Collector Crypt, which integrates the RWA concept, skyrocketed, attracting countless investors to the crypto card sector.

In fact, crypto cards are not a recent narrative; on-chain data shows that the total trading volume of TCG (trading card game) on the Solana chain alone has exceeded $95 million.

What sparks will fly when crypto meets cards?

Let’s delve into the Crypto + TCG (trading card game) field and see which projects and assets are worth paying attention to.

Collector Crypt: The TCG King of the Solana Ecosystem

Founded in 2021, Collector Crypt has established an undisputed leading position as one of the earliest TCG RWA platforms on the Solana ecosystem. The project generates over $1.2 million in monthly revenue, with annual revenue nearing $40 million, capturing over 95% of the entire crypto card market share.

The core innovation of Collector Crypt lies in its Gacha mechanism, akin to blind box purchases in the real world. Users can pay about $50 to receive a random Pokémon NFT card, with each NFT corresponding to a real physical card valued between $30 and $5,000. This mechanism cleverly combines the thrill of card draws with the satisfaction of collecting.

As of now, over 3,000 independent wallets have cumulatively spent over $49.6 million on Gacha draws on Collector Crypt, with an average spend of up to $16,500 per user, far exceeding data from other platforms, reflecting users' high recognition and strong consumption enthusiasm for this model. Among them, two Pikachu cards dressed in cloaks were sold for high prices of $15,099 and $16,750.

On August 29, 2025, Collector Crypt officially issued the CARDS token, becoming the first Pokémon trading platform to have a token. According to Coingecko data, its token price surged by 260% and 212% in the past two days, with a current market cap of $84.25 million and daily trading volume doubling to $118 million for two consecutive days.

The uniqueness of the CARDS token lies in its backing by a stock of Pokémon cards worth millions of dollars within the platform, providing investors with tangible asset support.

In addition to the Gacha mechanism, Collector Crypt also offers an industry-leading eBay sniping tool, helping users purchase their desired cards at the lowest prices. This comprehensive service ecosystem makes it not only the largest crypto card trading platform but also a comprehensive service center for card enthusiasts.

Courtyard: Cross-Chain Trading Card Financial Exploration

Courtyard is another trading card platform launched in 2021, which set a global NFT market trading record in mid-April this year, with a weekly trading volume reaching $20.7 million, even surpassing the total NFT trading volume on the ETH network.

Courtyard's core competitive advantage lies in its Web2 native user experience design, supporting credit card top-ups and zero storage fees, along with a clear and straightforward trading interface, significantly lowering the entry barrier for traditional collectors into the crypto space. The platform currently maintains a daily trading volume of over $1 million.

Unlike other crypto card platforms, Courtyard focuses on the card grading demand that card collectors care about. Every NFT card on the platform has a complete PAS certification record and insurance protection, attracting a large number of high-value card holders to use the service.

Phygitals: The Fastest Growing Emerging Force

Although Phygitals officially launched in December 2024, its growth rate is remarkable. Since the end of July this year, the platform's weekly revenue has surged, generating over $665,000 in Gacha revenue. In just a few months, it has attracted 6,200 independent wallet users, with 63% being new users in 2025.

Compared to the Gacha model of other platforms, Phygitals innovatively introduced the "LuckyDraw" lucky draw mode at the end of May this year: users can purchase "tickets" for high-value cards at a very low price, and after ticket sales end, lucky users will win high-value cards; high-value card holders can issue tickets for their cards for other users to participate in the LuckyDraw. The logic of the draw, the number of tickets issued, and the end time are all written into Solana smart contracts to ensure transparency.

This innovative model allows users to gain instant satisfaction through more frequent and smaller draws while lowering the participation threshold, leading to a threefold increase in daily trading volume on the Phygitals platform at that time.

Phygitals also places special emphasis on building social elements, allowing users to unlock achievements and participate in leaderboard competitions through card collecting, and supports users in instantly exchanging NFTs for physical cards. This gamified social mechanism design transforms collecting from a solitary activity for collectors into a bridge for communication among all collectors, providing an excellent community experience for every collector.

TCG Emporium: The Rising Star's Breakthrough Path

TCG Emporium officially launched on May 6, 2025. Although it entered the market later, its performance is impressive, achieving a trading volume of $36 million within just 90 days of its initial phase, capturing 38% of the entire Solana TCG ecosystem market share.

Compared to its predecessors in this sector, TCG Emporium adopts a lower platform fee strategy, quickly gaining market share through a low-margin, high-volume approach. It has also introduced a unique "buy-the-dip" repurchase mechanism, where the platform actively buys high-value cards that have been listed on the secondary market for a long time without interest at 60% of the oracle price, effectively reducing price discrepancies in the secondary market and improving market liquidity.

In terms of marketing, TCG Emporium showcases high-value cards drawn through Gacha to create a viral spread effect, including a Pikachu card featuring Mario that sold for a record price of $11,300. This strategy has also effectively promoted the platform's brand.

Other Types of Projects in the TCG Sector

In addition to the aforementioned TCG trading platforms, the collision of TCG and blockchain has also given rise to other types of projects.

Project O

Launched in 2024, Project O is a mobile trading card battle game that also offers limited edition physical cards. Each game lasts 7-9 minutes, with players using 13 cards to battle on a three-line battlefield.

SolForge Fusion

SolForge Fusion is designed by Richard Garfield, the founder of the globally renowned card game "Magic: The Gathering," and adopts an innovative "hybrid construction" model, where each physical initial card set has a corresponding NFT version. Players can scan physical cards to NFT-ify them, achieving over 40,000 unique card combinations.

From these projects, we can see that the current crypto card market is on the rise, and this rise is rooted not only in the integration of technological innovations but also in the emotional investment of countless collectors in the fusion of crypto.

The traditional TCG trading market faces issues such as fragmented liquidity, difficulty in distinguishing authenticity, and high transaction platform fees. However, when this market moves to the blockchain, it not only addresses these pain points but also injects unprecedented vitality into this multi-billion dollar market through smart contracts, NFTs, and DeFi mechanisms.

It has been said that "the best Web3 applications are often not entirely new concepts but upgrades and financial transformations of existing behavior patterns." Perhaps for the trading card collecting industry, crypto could serve as an effective solution to its industry pain points, and as this global wave sweeps into the crypto market, we as investors should also pay attention to the subsequent developments in this sector.

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