Apr 13 - Apr 19, 2026
Weekly TCG Market Report
Executive Summary
Marvel crossover cards continue to set the competitive and collector conversation, with Invisible Woman (Borderless), Mister Fantastic (Borderless), and Human Torch (Borderless) all debuting at $49.98, early signals that players are treating them as premium chase pieces rather than throwaway tie ins. On the meta side there is no single breakout deck in the data, but the attention around these new cards suggests players are already testing them in constructed formats, which usually shows up in tournament results within a week or two. Market activity is headlined by Cloud (Full Art) from Final Fantasy TCG jumping 1030 percent to $100, while Yu-Gi-Oh's S-Force Bridgehead and S-Force Rappa Chiyomaru are up 996 percent and 600 percent respectively, classic signs of either a newly discovered synergy or a very enthusiastic buyer cleaning out cheap listings. Even Pokémon is not sitting this one out, with Pidgeotto (#23) climbing 307 percent to $6.11, a reminder that even mid tier cards can move sharply when supply gets thin.
Chase Card of the Week
Invisible Woman (Borderless) (mtg)
Game-by-Game Breakdown
Pokémon TCG
No major tournament results or ban list shifts are indicated in the data this week, so these moves look disconnected from current Standard play and more like older card and casual demand noise. The biggest climbers like Pidgeotto #23, Metagross 4/95 Cracked Ice, Ninetales, and Zoroark BW19 are all cards where a thin market means a few higher sales can reset prices, and Galarian Articuno nudging up fits more with niche play or collector interest than a meta breakthrough. With 39 unusual spikes flagged at once, this pattern suggests scattered buyouts or low-supply adjustments rather than a coordinated response to new decks or results.
Biggest gainer: Pidgeotto (#23): up 307% this week
Magic: The Gathering
Competitive play took a back seat this week, with no major reported tournament results or ban list changes driving the numbers, so what we are seeing is mostly Commander driven movement and some speculative pressure. Galadhrim Brigade (Borderless) jumping 202 percent to $10.57 and Ondu Spiritdancer up 202 percent to $4.77 both look like organic Commander interest in go-wide and enchantment shells, while Zo-Zu the Punisher climbing 146 percent to $2.46 and Blood Artist up 125 percent to $2.68 suggest renewed attention on punisher and aristocrats strategies, likely without a single clear tournament catalyst. The Talisman of Unity (Surge Foil) move, up 132 percent to $12.35, fits the pattern of premium mana rocks tightening in supply, and the high initial pricing on the new Invisible Woman, Mister Fantastic, and Human Torch Borderless cards near $50 each looks like typical early Universes Beyond presale behavior that usually cools once real supply and play patterns show up.
Biggest gainer: Galadhrim Brigade (Borderless): up 202% this week
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Regional results and official news were quiet this week, so the story is in the lab work, players are clearly testing fringe strategies and older engines, which is how you end up with S-Force cards like Bridgehead and Rappa Chiyomaru posting 996 percent and 600 percent jumps without any marquee top cut to point to. Those two look like classic low supply plus small-group experimentation, a few playsets leaving the market can move the average when the starting price was near bulk, while Degenerate Circuit Ultimate Rare and Ice Ryzeal show similar “someone found a combo” behavior rather than broad meta adoption. Toon Bookmark climbing 200 percent to about 7.50 fits the pattern of a collectible, still in print adjacent card getting attention again, but with 80 separate spikes flagged this week, the signal is more about scattered speculation than a clear new tiered deck emerging.
Biggest gainer: S-Force Bridgehead: up 996% this week
Disney Lorcana
Competitive play this week is tilting even harder toward Amber and Steel shells, with Donald Duck, Pie Slinger and Tiana, Restaurant Owner both jumping around 50 percent as players lean into efficient Amber bodies that stabilize the board and pressure lore in the midgame. Control and tempo lists are also clearly testing new tools, with Flotsam & Jetsam, Entangling Eels up 34 percent as a cheap interaction piece, while Robin Hood, Champion of Sherwood (Enchanted) and And Then Along Came Zeus (Enchanted) climb over 30 percent, a typical pattern when already desirable Enchanted cards start seeing more serious table time. New releases Boo, Energetic Child, Buzz Lightyear, On the Way, and Mrs. Incredible, Super Stretchy are entering right at premium single prices, which is standard early, and we will find out quickly if those numbers are real once they either post results or quietly join the bulk of our binders.
Biggest gainer: Donald Duck - Pie Slinger: up 49% this week
One Piece TCG
Tournament news is quiet in the data this week, so what we are mostly seeing is the market doing its usual Sunday improv routine, with six flagged spikes and no clear competitive catalyst attached. None of the listed cards are reported as newly topping events or being part of a documented winning Leader build, so jumps like Kaido (118) to 2 dollars and Roronoa Zoro (Welcome Pack Vol. 2) to 2.42 dollars look more like low baseline cards getting nudged by thin supply than a meta breakthrough. The bigger moves, Tony Tony.Chopper (ST01-006) Full Art at 39.90 dollars, Tsuru (Winner Pack 2025 Vol. 4) at 6.25 dollars, and Conis at 11.62 dollars, all fit the pattern of limited or older printings where a few aggressive purchases can reset prices upward without any confirmed shift in Standard play.
Biggest gainer: Kaido (118): up 74% this week
Digimon Card Game
Regional results and early BT17 testing are clearly pushing the format toward heavier ACE and removal packages, and that is showing up in this week’s numbers. CresGarurumon and Volcanicdramon more than doubled in price, which strongly suggests a real shift in competitive demand rather than a random buyout, with players gravitating toward powerful midgame stabilizers and board wipes in response to Numemon mill and RagnaLoardmon aggro. Lower priced pieces like Kokomon and alt arts of Galacticmon and BlitzGreymon also jumped, but at these dollar levels and with 24 total spikes flagged, some of that movement is likely thin supply and speculative copying rather than a fully settled new tier deck.
Biggest gainer: CresGarurumon: up 188% this week
Flesh and Blood
Competitive play continues to revolve around established pillars like Prism and Kayo, but this week’s data quietly points to brewing tech and sideboard experimentation rather than a clean new tier 1 deck. Cards like Amnesia (Red) (ANQ011) jumping 57 percent to 3.69 suggest renewed interest in disruptive tools that punish hand sculpting, which fits neatly into a meta trying to slow down Dash combo and Briar turns. On the market side, Hyper Scrapper nearly doubling to 9.49 and Sunken Treasure up 62 percent, along with Riptide, Lurker of the Deep (HER078) up 50 percent to 10.95, look more like targeted buyouts or niche deck testing than broad organic demand, especially with 21 separate unusual spikes flagged at once. Call to the Grave rising 74 percent to 6.97 rounds out a pattern where price is moving faster than we are seeing confirmed top finishes, so we are likely in the “speculation first, results later” phase of the cycle.
Biggest gainer: Hyper Scrapper: up 96% this week
Grand Archive
Competitive play this week continues to lean on efficient interaction and high impact regalia, with control and midrange shells quietly tightening their tools. Incapacitate and Covert Manipulator both climbing sharply suggests more lists are prioritizing clean answers and tempo positive swings, while Ignis Deus and Fractal of Polar Depths gaining points to renewed interest in explosive finishers and value engines. On the market side, Incapacitate moving 49 percent to just under 3 dollars and Covert Manipulator rising 29 percent above 10 dollars look like organic responses to increased play rather than a thin bulk spike, and Fabled Sapphire Fatestone // Genbu, Black Tortoise jumping 40 percent to the mid 30s reflects sustained demand for premium regalia in established archetypes. All of these were already playable cards, so this is more the metagame catching up to their utility than a sudden fad.
Biggest gainer: Incapacitate: up 49% this week
Sorcery: Contested Realm
Regional results this week continue to reward slower, value oriented builds, and that is starting to show up in card choices, with more lists leaning on grindy site control and long game engines rather than pure aggression. The Immortal Throne (Foil) jumping 75 percent to about 15 dollars looks like players and speculators converging on a late game centerpiece, while Twilight Bloom (Foil), Willing Tribute (Foil), and Sjaelstrom (Foil) all climbing over 20 percent suggests broader interest in foil role players, not just one pet card. Hellmouth ticking up 21 percent to the mid 4 dollar range, plus eight separate spike flags, points to a week of sharp moves that is more likely a mix of targeted buyouts and thin foil supply than a sudden, unified shift in the meta.
Biggest gainer: Twilight Bloom (Foil): up 31% this week
Shadowverse Evolve
Tournament results are not in this data, but the pattern looks like competitive experimentation around Mysteria lists and Neutral shells, with Mysteria, Magic Founder (SL) up 151 percent to 14.68 and Lizard Runner, Undeux up 49 percent to 4.46, suggesting real demand rather than a single stray sale. The climb on VII. Oluon, The Chariot (U) to 15.42 fits that same story, a utility piece getting pulled into more lists and dragging its uncommon price along with it while supply quietly thins. The smaller moves on Syuko Shiomi P29EN (Foil) and Zwei, Murderous Puppet (Evolved) P02EN (Foil) look more like promo and foil scarcity, and with 65 unusual spikes flagged overall, at least some of this week’s chart is likely noise or small-supply manipulation rather than a broad market shift.
Biggest gainer: Mysteria, Magic Founder (SL): up 151% this week
Riftbound
Riftbound’s competitive spotlight this week is on efficient aggro and tempo tools, with Spinning Axe, Downwell, and The Zero Drive all climbing after showing up more often in aggressive shells that try to close games before the slower control lists stabilize. Teemo, Strategist (Alternate Art) and Fury Rune (Alternate Art) rising together suggests players are tuning more refined, combat-math-heavy builds, not just chasing shiny cardboard. On the market side, those gains sit in the shadow of the new Baron Nashor release at a steep 100 dollars, which looks like a classic early adopter premium while Lillia, Bashful Bloom and Kha'Zix, Voidreaver enter at a modest 3 dollars and wait for the meta to decide if they are format staples or just flavor.
Biggest gainer: Teemo - Strategist (Alternate Art): up 42% this week
Final Fantasy TCG
Competitive chatter this week is all about whatever Cloud Full Art is doing, because a 1030 percent jump to 100 dollars is the kind of number that usually follows a big decklist result or a new combo, although with no event data here and a known chase character, this smells at least partly like a thin market getting swept and relisted higher. Freya, Xande, Luso Full Art, and Hope all more than doubled on paper, but at 2 to 11 dollars and with 12 total unusual spikes flagged, this looks less like a broad meta shift and more like a cluster of targeted buyouts and low-supply adjustments rather than organic demand from tournament play. In other words, prices moved first and the justification, if there is one, will have to catch up.
Biggest gainer: Cloud (Full Art): up 1030% this week
Notable Price Spikes
Cards with unusual price movement this week. May indicate buyout activity or organic demand.