"During these revolting times, what we need are heroes. Step forward one such person, offering a bright light of hope into our murky days: the Kabuto King. This anonymous figure (because all the best superheroes are) appeared from nowhere in August this year, with a single and singular goal: to collect every first edition Kabuto card from the Pokémon TCG 's Fossil set. He's currently at 1,748."
"Not one of Ken Sugimori's most inspired designs, the creature first introduced in the original Pokémon games is essentially just a brown horseshoe crab with glowy red eyes at the front. Kabuto first appeared in the Pokémon TCG in 1999's Fossil set, in the ignominious position of 50/62, tucked between the similarly unimaginative Horsey and Krabby. It received no holo pattern, and until the last few months-even with a 1st Edition badge-was of almost no value."
An anonymous collector known as the Kabuto King began in August to acquire every first-edition Kabuto card from the Pokémon TCG Fossil set and has amassed 1,748 so far. The collector seeks copies in any condition, graded or loose, with the explicit aim of buying up every available card. Most Pokémon collectors gather one of each variant rather than every copy of the same card. Kabuto is a relatively plain, horseshoe-crab-like design first printed at position 50/62 in the 1999 Fossil set with no holo. The card's value rose from under $1 in July to over $28 recently, and collectors are rummaging binders to contribute spares.
Read at Kotaku
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