While this is by no means the craziest Phil arc...it's still wild to me that Phil has spent so much money on something he isn't actually a fan of. Like, with Champions, he at least understood the product and has a known interest in barely clad muscle men, but Phil really doesn't like Pokemon. Or even understand it. Even after all the packs he's opened and the games he's played, I'd be shocked if he could name 10 pokemon off the top of his head, or explain the type matchups, or how you actually play the card game.
Like, the whole thing is just bizarre. I get that Phil has an addiction, but there's no shortage of gambling/gacha out there, surely, he could have found like, another wrestling one or latched onto any sort of gambling game or something he's at least vaguely interested in. Even when it comes to having an addiction, Phil somehow manages to mess it up.