📊 Weekly Market Reports

Magic: The Gathering

News: Reality Fracture previews carried the week, with new rares and Draft pieces, a Multiverse Reforged Commander precon, token reveals, and a black Wish spell plus a white Hydra entering the file. Wizards also said its Jace card is an intentional callback rather than copied art, while coverage noted a green take on one of blue's most powerful enchantments, because color-pie arguments, like goblins, are never truly gone. Elsewhere, outlets examined Wizards' investment in the 2027 MagicCon schedule and the month's best-selling Secret Lair cards.

Tournament: Commander remains a familiar cEDH arms race, with Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy at 7.7 percent, followed by Kraum plus Tymna at 6.5 percent and Rograkh plus Thrasios at 5.4 percent, while Sol Ring appears in 97.8 percent of lists and Gemstone Caverns and Lotus Petal clear 90 percent. Modern is less settled at the top, where Atraxa Goryo's Vengeance, Overlord of the Balemurk with Witch Enchanter, and Devoted Druid with Leyline of Abundance are tied at 5 percent, with Steam Vents, Flooded Strand, and Wooded Foothills leading the mana-base attendance sheet.

Metrics: This week’s screen is full of large percentage moves with no verified trigger attached, which is usually a cue to check the dollar figures before writing the trumpet fanfare. Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign rose 1,549 percent to $11.05, while Ganax, Astral Hunter in Foil Etched reached $10 after a 213 percent jump, moves consistent with low starting prices and limited available copies rather than a documented format shift. At the higher end, Imperious Perfect hit $38.76 and Sphinx Ambassador $31.52, with 16 unusual spikes detected overall, so this looks like a market where a few sales can make the chart briefly forget its indoor voice.

Biggest gainer: Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign: up 1549% this week

Pokémon TCG

News: Baltimore’s 2027 Regional Championships are underway across Pokémon TCG, VGC, and Pokémon GO, with official livestream feeds available for the event, the sort of weekend where deck choices can become very public very quickly. On the product side, the Pokémon TCG’s 30th Celebration Mini Tins arrive October 2 in 10 collectible designs, while the broader franchise calendar includes Pokémon GO’s October update, City Safaris in Lisbon, Marseille, and Munich, and a Pikachu-bonus Fitbit Air Pokémon Sleep edition.

Tournament: Standard is led by Dragapult at 11.5% of reported archetypes, with Slowking at 6.8% and N's Zoroark at 6.7%, while Boss's Orders appears in a frankly unsurprising 89.1% of decks, ahead of Night Stretcher and Lillie's Determination. Expanded is more scattered at the top, with Regidrago at 9.3% and Ceruledge and Gardevoir tied at 5.6%, but Guzma, VS Seeker, and Hisuian Heavy Ball remain the format's most common glue cards.

Metrics: This week’s metrics show 12 unusual spikes, led by Bagon 50/97 from InQuest Gamer, up 115% to $64.49, while Cloyster (8) and Squirtle each gained 50% to roughly $76 and $65. With no verified catalyst, those large percentage moves, especially at already substantial dollar prices, are signals to watch rather than explanations in themselves. Wormadam 010/172 and Wigglytuff GX also nearly doubled from much lower bases, reaching $2.47 and $2.95, helping push the market’s average move to 44.9%, which is a lot of motion for a week with no stated reason attached.

Biggest gainer: Bagon - 50/97 (InQuest Gamer): up 115% this week

One Piece TCG

News: This week’s reading includes TCGPlayer’s guide to One Piece TCG colors, a useful primer for players sorting through the game’s color identities without pretending the answer is always simple. Card Game Base also reports that ST37 and ST38 decklists have confirmed new Leaders, which is the sort of reveal that gets deckbuilders reaching for sleeves before the full evidence has even entered the room.

Tournament: Dracule Mihawk sits well ahead of the Standard field at 22.3%, with Sabo at 12.2% and Rocks.D.Xebec at 11.4%, so the format has a clear frontrunner even if it has not yet become a one-leader town. Charlotte Linlin appears in 35.5% of decks, followed by Nico Robin at 32.2% and Monkey.D.Luffy at 31.8%, the sort of staple concentration that makes deckbuilding feel less like self-expression and more like filing paperwork.

Metrics: This week’s metric board is led by Ga Ha Ha Ha!!, up 46% to $4.43, a large percentage move on a still-low dollar base, where a handful of higher sales can make the graph look more dramatic than the market probably feels. The other risers were more measured, with the Rocks Special Foil DON!! reaching $48.14 and El Thor from Premium Card Collection -Best Selection Vol. 6- hitting $16.40, while 21 unusual spikes suggest uneven available supply rather than a verified competitive or product catalyst.

Biggest gainer: Ga Ha Ha Ha!!: up 46% this week

Yu-Gi-Oh!

News: This week’s Yu-Gi-Oh news includes OCG coverage of Tournament Pack and Winner’s Pack reprints, plus Tournament Pack 2026 Vol. 3, Round 1, while TCGPlayer published a look at what could be banned in the next banlist update. Elsewhere, Road of the King listed the 2026 Duel Links Speed Duel and Rush Duel World Championships, YGOrganization flagged an upcoming RUSH DUEL Limit Regulation announcement, a Duel Academia tracksuit jacket, and the winner of a LEGO Yu-Gi-Oh set contest, because apparently even the bricks have a bracket now.

Tournament: Elfnote leads the reported TCG field at 11.1%, with Kewl Tune at 9.4% and Blitzclique at 8.3%, which is a lead, not exactly a coronation. The deckbuilding story is even clearer: Mulcharmy Fuwalos appears in 61.5% of lists, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring in 59.4%, and Droll & Lock Bird in 50.6%, so more than half the room came prepared to make the opening turn feel like airport security.

Metrics: This week's 78.4% average move is doing a fair bit of work, led by Dedication Through Light and Darkness at 580% to $3.33 and the EU printing of Mesmeric Control at 236% to $34.92. Phantom Dragon Ultimate Rare reached $6.33 after an 81% rise, while Doomkaiser Dragon Purple and Fire Princess climbed to $5 and $2.25, respectively, but with 62 unusual spikes and no verified catalysts, these are price moves without a confirmed competitive or product story attached.

Biggest gainer: Dedication Through Light and Darkness: up 580% this week

Final Fantasy TCG

Tournament: Standard is split three ways at the top, with Ice/Wind, Fire/Water, and Wind/Water each taking 20% of the reported field, which is less a settled pecking order than three decks sharing the same microphone. Amaterasu and Leo appeared in 44.4% of decks apiece, while Shantotto reached 33.3%, making those cards the clearest common pieces across this early-looking spread.

Metrics: This week’s headline is Fina, Full Art Reprint, jumping 131% to $25.85, a dramatic percentage move in a market where 11 unusual spikes were flagged and a handful of sales can materially reset posted prices. Ifrit, Full Art, rose 21% to $72.21, while Y'shtola reached $5.96 after a 26% gain; Lilty, Full Art, and Krile added 21% and 13%, respectively, against an average move of 18.6%. With no verified catalyst, these are price and supply signals, not evidence of a Constructed breakthrough, however much we all enjoy pretending the spreadsheet has entered the Top Cut.

Biggest gainer: Fina (Full Art Reprint): up 131% this week

Flesh and Blood

News: This week's headlines include a September 2026 banned announcement and a TCGplayer report that a new rules update could change the game substantially, though the headlines themselves offer no specifics on legality or mechanics. TCGplayer also tied exclusive promo cards to Usurp The Shadow Throne, while another piece framed ten cards as pre-release purchases for that set, because apparently every new throne needs a shopping list.

Tournament: Classic Constructed is led by Malice, Domina of the Dead at 13.2%, with Levia, Shadowborn Abomination at 11.2% and Viserai, the Forsaken at 9.3%, a fairly concentrated top table before the usual pileup of decks below it. In Living Legend, Bravo, Star of the Show leads at 14.3%, ahead of Oscilio, Constella Intelligence at 9.3% and Zen, Tamer of Purpose at 6.1%, while Fyendal's Spring Tunic, Shelter From The Storm, and Sigil Of Solace each appear in 65% of decks across both formats, because apparently the metagame has collectively agreed that efficient cards remain efficient.

Metrics: Storm of Sandikai led the week, up 59% to $5.85, a large percentage move on a still modest dollar price that may reflect a few higher sales or limited available copies more than a settled market repricing. The remaining gains were comparatively measured, from Blitz Kicks at $7.24 to Levia, Redeemed // Blasmophet, Levia Consumed at $59.97, while the market averaged plus 12.8% and logged eight unusual spikes, enough to note the movement but not enough to assign it a story.

Biggest gainer: Storm of Sandikai: up 59% this week

Grand Archive

News: Grand Archive published its September 14, 2026 Ban & Restricted update, alongside a recap of Ascent Melbourne 2026. The event calendar also now points ahead to Ascent Kaohsiung 2027 and Ascent Auckland 2027, because competitive travel plans apparently begin before some of us have finished unpacking from the last one.

Tournament: Standard is closely packed at the top, with Wind Razorgale Arisanna and Water Genbu tied at 6.4% of the field, followed almost exactly by Fire Suzaku at 6.3%. That is not a format with one champion running away with the room, at least from these shares, and the supplied results do not include card-level play rates for a responsible list of the most-played allies, Regalia, or other staples.

Metrics: Grand Archive singles posted a broad average gain of 24.3% this week, with 15 unusual spikes detected, though the data offers no verified trigger for any of them. Red Hare, Unrivaled Stallion led at 83% to $25.50, a meaningful dollar move, while Jianye, Dawn's Keep, Tweedledee, Contrarian Poet, Singed Emotions, and Plutus, Fortune's Favor rose between 21% and 49% from much lower starting prices, where a few higher sales or limited listings can make the percentages look like they brought a marching band.

Biggest gainer: Red Hare, Unrivaled Stallion: up 83% this week

Sorcery: Contested Realm

News: Sorcery’s official updates this week point to a broad look at the Realm, the return of the Sorcery Shop, and a Community Spotlight on Sorcery Sweden. No ban, set, or event details are named in the gathered headlines, which is less dramatic than a rules bulletin, but the shop being back online is at least a concrete bit of infrastructure news.

Tournament: Earth Archimago led the reported Constructed field at 12.2 percent, with Fire Pathfinder at 10 percent and Air Avatar of Air at 8.6 percent, a spread that suggests no single Avatar has yet commandeered the Atlas. The supplied results identify the leading archetypes, though not individual card play rates, so any claim about the format's most-played cards would be, as they say, a little ahead of the evidence.

Metrics: The market average rose 26.2 percent, with 19 unusual spikes detected, though no verified catalyst accompanies any of them. Caelestis made the loudest percentage move, up 64 percent to $14.98, while Foil Psionic Blast and Foil Land Surveyor each gained 57 percent to $11.57 and $24.21, respectively, sizable jumps but still in price ranges where a limited number of sales can make the graph look positively theatrical. Arjaro Exorcist reached $5.20 after a 24 percent rise, and Dragonlord's Lair added 16 percent to $11.89.

Biggest gainer: Caelestis: up 64% this week

Shadowverse Evolve

News: Official Shadowverse: Evolve notices this week covered a Sidekick Leader update, reprint cards for the combined Academy Royale and Dusk of Calamity set, and release tournaments tied to that same combined product. The reprint notice is the item market watchers will read twice, because reprints have a way of making yesterday's scarcity story considerably less poetic.

Tournament: Constructed play clustered around Abysscraft at 20.6 percent and Swordcraft at 19.3 percent, with Runecraft a noticeable step behind at 12.5 percent. That is a fairly tight lead pairing rather than one craft running away with the room, though the card-level play data is not included here, so the usual suspects will have to remain unnamed for once.

Metrics: Badb Catha (Evolved) led the board, rising 50% to $34.42, a substantial move at an already meaningful dollar level, though the data offers no verified reason beyond a market where a few sales can redraw the map. Intertwined Resolve (SL) climbed 23% to $21.30, while Galmieux, Ardent Disdain (SL) added 11% to $28.23; with 14 unusual spikes detected and no confirmed catalyst, these look like price behavior worth watching, not a verdict from the metagame.

Biggest gainer: Badb Catha (Evolved) (U): up 50% this week

Riftbound

News: Riot’s September 15 ban list update names changes to both Standard and Constructed 2v2, while Riftbound.gg frames the fallout around bans to Ekko, Recurrent, and Stacked Deck. Elsewhere, Riot says Radiance, Set 5, begins preview season September 25 at the Los Angeles RQ, as coverage also tracks Vendetta’s simultaneous global launch and Heartsteel card information.

Tournament: Topdeck.gg’s Constructed results put Master Yi, Wuju Bladesman clearly ahead at 11.9% of the field, with Diana, Scorn of the Moon and Irelia, Blade Dancer tied behind it at 7.8% each. Across those decks, Chaos Rune appears in 45.4%, while Stacked Deck and Star-Crossed sit near 38%, suggesting the format’s most common infrastructure is more settled than the contest for its top Legend.

Metrics: Mirror Image led a sharply positive week, rising 340% to $17.58, a dramatic percentage move at a still modest dollar price where thin supply or a handful of higher sales can redraw the chart rather quickly. Elder Dragon climbed 98% to $23.76, while its Alternate Art gained 23% to $25.16, and the broader list, including Nidalee, Cat Form and Ezreal, Prodigy, helped push the market average up 39.3%, though the data gives us no verified reason to call this anything more specific than a broad repricing.

Biggest gainer: Mirror Image: up 340% this week

Disney Lorcana

Metrics: This week’s gains were led by Mickey Mouse, Leader of the Band, up 69% to $6.52, a large percentage move on a still modest dollar price where a few higher sales can move the marker quickly. At the premium end, Mickey Mouse, Amber Champion rose 23% to $245, while Minnie Mouse, Practical Traveler, Vixey, Expert Fisher, and Winnie the Pooh, Hunny Archmage also climbed, putting the average move at 22.4%, though the data offers no verified reason to call this competitive adoption rather than pricing in a relatively thin market.

Biggest gainer: Mickey Mouse - Leader of the Band: up 69% this week

Digimon Card Game

Tournament: Olympos XII is the clear Standard frontrunner at 34.4 percent of reported decks, with Medusa at 6.1 percent and Yellow ShineGreymon at 5.5 percent trailing well behind, which is less a crowded metagame than one deck casting a fairly large shadow. Asuna Shiroki appears in 23.9 percent of decks, Aegiomon in 22.3 percent, and Crimson Blaze in 19.1 percent, a set of staples that shows just how much the field is currently built around the Olympos XII conversation.

Metrics: This week's market average rose 17.9%, with nine unusual spikes, though the evidence offers no confirmed explanation beyond the price action itself. UlforceVeedramon (X Antibody) made the largest jump, up 49% to $6.21, while Alexandrite Memory Boost! climbed 41% to $2.10, moves at these dollar levels that can be amplified by limited listings or a handful of higher sales. Sukamon, Dracomon (Alternate Art), and Chronomon: Holy Mode also gained 31%, 27%, and 25% respectively, a notable cluster, but not yet proof of a broader competitive shift.

Biggest gainer: UlforceVeedramon (X Antibody): up 49% this week

Star Wars: Unlimited

News: StarWarsUnlimited.gg published “Cad Banned,” reporting a ban involving Cad, alongside “Defend and Destroy.” The headlines establish those two developments, though, as ever, a headline is not the same thing as a rules document, so the supplied material does not say which exact printing, format, or event details are involved.

Tournament: Premier results show Director Krennic | Amidst My Achievement leading at 13%, with Darth Maul | Sith Revealed and Ahsoka Tano | Trust in the Force tied behind it at 10% each, hardly a coronation but a clear early pecking order. Across those decks, Chimaera | A Frightening Reality appears in 54% of lists, ahead of Koska Reeves | Warrior of Mandalore at 52% and Pre Vizsla | Strong-Willed Ruler at 47.5%, suggesting these cards are the format's common infrastructure while leaders still split the spotlight.

Metrics: This week’s moves were led by The Mandalorian, Devoted Rescuer in Hyperspace Foil, up 29% to $17.41, a sizable jump at that price point, while its Prestige version added 7% to $21.55. Reforge rose in both Hyperspace treatments, 19% to $5.11 and 15% to $5, and Moff Gideon, Remnant Commander Prestige gained 12% to $4.20; with six unusual spikes flagged and no verified catalyst, the data shows scattered repricing and likely thin-supply sensitivity rather than a documented competitive or product event.

Biggest gainer: The Mandalorian - Devoted Rescuer (Hyperspace Foil): up 29% this week

Gundam Card Game

News: This week's Gundam Card Game headlines include an errata and card-description revision notice for Raging Onslaught ST12, plus the ST11 through ST14 Starter Release Event. Bandai also announced CARD GAMES Fest stops in London and Orlando and the WCS 26-27 Store Championships Season 2, while TCGPlayer marked the game's first anniversary with a feature on its first serialized card, because apparently one year is enough time for cardboard to develop a historical record.

Tournament: Standard results show a notably close lead between Shining Gundam, often paired with Master Gundam, at 12.2% and Strike Freedom Gundam with Victory Gundam at 11.8%, while Blue White Control trails at 7.4%. Across those archetypes and the wider field, Overflowing Affection appears in 52.6% of decks, followed by A Show of Resolve at 49.3% and Kira Yamato at 45.3%, which is the sort of broad card adoption that makes deckbuilding feel less like self-expression and more like filling out tax forms.

Metrics: This week’s gains were modest in dollar terms, with Graham Aker R+ rising 20 percent to $8.94 and Gaia Gundam LR+ adding 10 percent to $10.97, while the rest of the list remained below five dollars. The 11.2 percent average move suggests a handful of higher sales or limited available copies can shift these listings quickly, particularly for parallels, but there is no verified competitive or product catalyst attached to any of the increases.

Biggest gainer: Graham Aker (R+): up 20% this week