This week, PokéBeach shared that Millennium Print Group (MPG), the TCG printing company wholly owned by The Pokémon Company International (TPCi), has secured a new 1.27 million square foot lease to expand their printing capabilities.
Just how large is this expansion?
MPG’s website states their current facility is more than 1.6 million square feet of space. The new 1.27 million square feet, assuming they keep their entire existing facility, therefore represents an 80% increase in their space and, presumably, their production capacity.
This is a huge expansion.
And it’s sure to benefit the Pokémon card market.
Because TCPi owns MPG, it’s safe to assume the majority of this new print capacity will be dedicated to printing Pokémon TCG products.
Finally, Pokémon fans can expect a significant new wave of Pokémon card products.
As of December 2025, we’ve now spent more than a year in the boom phase of the collectibles cycle, and throughout that time supply simply hasn’t been able to satisfy demand. I’ve written many times about how Pokémon simply hasn’t been printing enough.
The scale of this new lease suggests the issue may have been that MPG didn’t have the space to be able to print more. The new lease fixes this.
The problem?
It’s going to take a a long time before the market sees any new supply from these new facilities.
MPG’s new lease is made up of two facilities:
A 400,000 square foot space within an existing building, and
An additional 866,000 square foot space that will be provided through a brand new facility that is expected to be built sometime in 2027.
The reality is, it takes a long time to turn an empty warehouse into a productive factory. From the time MPG takes over each new space, it will take months to procure and install the machinery, and hire and train the staff necessary to begin printing, let alone optimize the operation to produce cards in high quantities.
And only the first facility, representing 400,000 square feet or ⅓ of the total new leased space, will become available in the short-term. This initial space will likely take a year or more to bring new product to the market.
And the larger 866,000 square foot space will take even longer.
All of this is great news for the Pokémon hobby, but this is a long-term move that will have no immediate impact on the market. We’re going to be waiting years for the results.
But, here’s the good news: I think this delay is exactly what the Pokémon Company needs to handle this expansion responsibly.
The Pokémon Company has a history of printing modern sets to oblivion in response to market booms.
They did this with the late Sword & Shield and early Scarlet & Violet sets starting in 2021, and 4 years earlier, they did it in 2017 by massively overprinting XY Evolutions and the Sun & Moon base sets.
Each time, TPCi has been responsible for ending the boom phase by overwhelming the market with supply. Despite the volatility this strategy has introduced to the market, there’s no question it has worked:
Pokémon cards are the most popular TCG on the planet.
Still, I don’t trust TCPi’s decision making when it comes to print volumes; I’ve simply seen too much drama from them in the past.
So the delay between securing this new lease and being able to actually get new product to market might be a gift: it gives the market time to calm down, allowing TCPi to make more conservative demand estimates and facilitate responsible, measured supply growth that eases the market out of the boom phase and towards the new foundation.
At least a guy can dream…
As usual,
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