A dispute over Pokémon trading cards erupted into shocking violence outside a GameStop in California, leaving one man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being bashed in the head and stabbed with shards of glass.

“Upon arrival, officers located one victim with lacerations to the head and multiple stab wounds,” police confirmed in the statement. “Officers immediately began to render medical aid to the victim at the scene, and he was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. The victim is currently in stable condition.”

Pokémon tend to sell for an obscene amount online, both because of the price gouging spurred by scalping and the sheer ludicrous worth of some “special illustration rare” and