Police say Joseph Quach of Las Vegas stole the cards, worth $9,600 from a vendor at the Javits Center on Friday.
What would you pay for a vintage Pokémon card? Hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars?
Two Los Angeles police officers who were fired in 2017 for playing the video game Pokémon GO while on the job, have been denied reinstatement by a judge.
"Out of an abundance of caution, we've decided to temporarily suspend the sale of MLB, NFL, NBA and Pokémon trading cards within our stores," Target said.
One avid Pokemon player was caught trying to "catch them all," right on the side of a freeway.
Movies based on video games have a bad track record when it comes to producing worthwhile film, but even by those standards, "Pokémon Detective Pikachu," is one of the worst.