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Manipulating or exploiting a grading company's population data to construct a false scarcity narrative around a card's rarity.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"That 'rare' pop count is population gaming, they just haven't submitted more yet."
LORE & ORIGIN
Collector-market critique term for deliberately exploiting or misrepresenting population-report data to inflate perceived scarcity.
FIRST SEEN
2026-08
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2026 (Collectibles Market Discourse)
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Related To:Population CountPop Report
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