YouTuber Logan Paul’s Latest Pokémon Scheme Was A Total Flop – Polygon.com

Published Sep 21, 2026, 5:01 PM EDT Patricia is the former editor-in-chief of Kotaku, where she spent a decade writing and editing. Prior to that, she served as the Culture Editor at Polygon, and as a reporter at The Verge. Hernandez specializes in Pokémon TCG, Nintendo, and offbeat internet culture stories. The controversial influencer vowed to broadcast his Pokémon shiny hunt, regardless of how long it took Image: Logan Paul/YouTube Just days after a bewildering visit to the Pentagon, controversial YouTuber Logan Paul embarked on a brand-new Pokémon ploy. His new venture would be tougher than anything he’d attempted before, he claimed — a list that includes selling a Pokémon card for a lot of money. This time, Paul wanted to try his hand at shiny hunting in front of a live audience. It didn’t go as planned. Shiny hunting refers to the practice of forcing a Pokémon game to generate a special monster. These monsters, called shinies, come in alternate colorways: A shiny Charizard, for example, has an edgy black and red coat. Shiny appearance rates vary from game to game, but they’re normally extremely rare. Players have ways to improve their chances at catching one, but that could still mean spending weeks doing
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