Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Pulse: Laboon (048) went orbital at +229.5%
Market Mood: NeutralSummary
Laboon (048) is back on the wave, reportedly up another 229.5 percent, which is what happens when a niche One Piece card keeps getting name-checked in market chatter and supply is already thin. Seller counts look more like a coordinated sweep than a slow burn, so this smells like a buyout riding the broader One Piece nostalgia tide. Inferno Fire Blast (UTR) in Yu-Gi-Oh! is up 142.4 percent, likely a mix of old ultimate rarity scarcity and renewed meta curiosity, while Origin Forme Palkia V climbing 124.0 percent in Pokémon looks more organic, tied to playable demand in still-printed sets rather than a sudden shortage. Zooming out, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma up 113.0 percent suggests Commander players have rediscovered their love of big green things, and that is rarely a short-lived romance. Brook (Tournament Pack Vol. 4) up 110.7 percent fits the limited promo pattern: tiny print run, a few sales, and the average rockets, no mystery required. On the buyout front, Wigglytuff (#14 Non-Holo), Nin-Ken Dog, and Charizard Star (Delta Species) all flag as critical, with seller counts dropping first and prices following, which is classic speculator choreography. HeavyMetaldramon ACE (Textured) showing a modest -8.3 percent predicted slide feels more like presale hype cooling than a crisis, proving at least one card remembered gravity still exists.