The difficulties of purchasing the TCG in the Philippines

There are only two major outlets who majorly sell the TCG in the Philippines, namely Hobbes and Landes and the official distributor which is Courtside. Both of them sells the TCG at outrageously expensive prices with limited selections. For example, a simple UDE The Duelist Genesis booster pack runs at regularly $2.99 per booster pack in most retail stores in the US. The same booster pack is available at these outlets for $6. Another example is a Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus Tin.


This tin runs for rougly $14 on Amazon. Here in the Philippines, it is retailed on the country for as high as $40 (PhP2000). This makes it hard for local TCG collectors to acquire certain cards. Top that off with the regular OCG using locals and near zero TCG community support, its really a pain to create even a simple deck-in this case a simple crystal beast deck.