We buy monster boxes.
Counted by hand $20/1,000 and up01Trade your bulk for expensive cards!
Mail in the box you stopped looking at. We recount every card by hand, and taking the offer as store credit instead of cash is worth 20 percent more. Spend it on graded slabs, or on any stack in the shop.
02Deep stock
Shop all cardsThe first buylist wave stocks this row. Every box we buy gets sorted by card, and the tallest stacks land here with rates that fall as you take more.
Sell your bulk03One pile of cardboard, five stops
A monster box of bulk you stopped looking at. Start a submission and mail it in.
We recount every box by hand. Your count and ours both show on your status page.
Accept the final offer and get paid by PayPal, or take store credit worth 20 percent more.
Every box breaks down by card. Two hundred copies of one common become one deep stack.
Every card returns to the shelf counted, priced by the stack: take more copies, pay less per card.
04Today’s buylist rates
Full rates and rules| Category | Cash per 1,000 | Cash per card | Credit per 1,000 | Credit per card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commons and uncommons | $20 | 2c | $24 | 2.4c |
| Non holo rares | $30 | 3c | $36 | 3.6c |
| Holo and reverse holo | $50 | 5c | $60 | 6c |
| Cosmos holo | $100 | 10c | $120 | 12c |
| Amazing Rare | $500 | 50c | $600 | 60c |
| Basic energy | Not accepted. Pull it before you ship; energy adds weight and nothing else. | |||
Rates as of September 14, 2026. Store credit pays 20 percent more than cash. English, Near Mint, sorted by line.
05Pokemon bulk, bought and sold under one roof
Most shops touch one side of the bulk market. A buylist page here, an eBay pile there, rates hidden behind a counter somewhere else. Monster & Shield runs both sides on purpose. We buy bulk Pokemon cards by mail at rates published right on the page, sort every box BY CARD, and sell each card back out with its own page, its real stock count, and price breaks that fall as you stack copies.
That loop matters for you no matter which door you walk in through. Sellers get a real number before shipping anything, a tracked status page from arrival to payout, and the choice of cash or store credit that pays 20 percent more. Buyers get the exact card they came for instead of a pile scooped by weight, Near Mint English in every listing because our buylist only accepts Near Mint English cards, and a per card rate that drops at 4, 10, 25, and 100 copies of the same card.
We run the shop from North Charleston, South Carolina, and the status lights at the top of every page tell you the truth in real time: when the BUYLIST light is green we are accepting submissions, and when the SHOP light is green the cards ship. No stale listings, no guessing.
06Questions collectors ask
What is Pokemon bulk?
Bulk is the pile every player and collector builds without trying: the commons, uncommons, and cheap holos left over after the good pulls come out of packs. One person’s leftovers are another person’s trade binder, classroom prize box, or first collection, which is why bulk gets bought and sold by the thousand.
How much is Pokemon bulk worth right now?
Our buylist pays $20 per 1,000 commons and uncommons in cash, $24 in store credit, and non holo Trainers are counted on that same line. It climbs from there: anything that shines earns $50 per 1,000, and the special frames earn 50 cents to $2.00 each. The full table with every category lives on the sell page and updates whenever our rates change. Every box has to arrive sorted by rate line, because the count is the categories.
How does buying cards in bulk work here?
Every card in the shop is a specific card with its own page, stock count, and price break table. One to three copies cost the base price, and the per card rate steps down at 4, 10, 25, and 100 copies, down to 40 percent off. Stack the exact card you want; the page shows the math before the cart does.
Why would I buy 100 copies of one card?
Playsets with tradeable extras, tournament staples for a shop shelf, classroom prize boxes built on one recognizable Pokemon, craft projects that eat one artwork in volume, or a plain bet on a common you think matters later. The deep stock row exists because monster boxes really do produce two hundred copies of the same card.
Where does your inventory come from?
From collectors like you. We buy bulk by mail at published rates, recount every box, sort it by card, and shelve each card with its real stock count. The buylist is the supply chain, which is why the deepest stacks follow the biggest buylist waves.