Independent Research on the Business of Trading Card Games
How we researchOrganization
Printing & Packaging and Publisher in Pokémon TCG and Disney Lorcana.
Copag in Pokémon TCG, the first of 2 games; mostly in engagement.
Copag
Printing & Packaging
Develops packaging for gameManufactures product for gamePrints cards for game
Brazil
Publisher
Commercializes localized editionProduces localized edition
Brazil
Others on this stage
Manages game and brandGame operatorPublisher
outside Asia, outside Asia; regional publisher and operator attribution in existing research and user-confirmed
Game operatorPublisher
Copag
Distribution & Wholesale
DistributorOperates b2b platformOperates shop: Copag LojaSells game direct to consumer
Brazil
Others on this stage
Copag
Events & Fairs
Operates organized play with publisher and local organizers: Play! Pokémon
Brazil
Organized Play
Organized play operator
Brazil
Others on this stage
Copag has no documented role on this stage.
Others on this stage
Marketplace operatorSupports marketplace category for game
Dark: Copag in Pokémon TCG. Below it, other businesses on the same stage of Pokémon TCG. Acting in the same game or stage is not a business relationship; documented partners are shown in orange.
Its group. No relationship with another business is documented yet.
3 platforms and channels Copag runs itself.
Part of Cartamundi.
When its relationships started, ended or were announced; the latest first.
Jan 2011Starts
Copag distributes Pokémon TCG in Brazil. source
Dates as the sources publish them, at their precision; announcements and effective dates are separate events. A relationship without a dated source is not shown here, so the timeline is not a complete history. Parties without a profile appear under the name their source uses. † rests only on secondary sources.
Operates shop: Pokémon CenterDirect salesSells game direct to consumer
USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Australia and New Zealand

Provides player account and event locatorSupports event registration and player profiles
Japan
Digital platform: Pokémon China official portal
Worldwide
Company family
This company
Copag