May 4 - May 10, 2026
Weekly TCG Market Report
Executive Summary
Magic: The Gathering is quietly setting up its next crossover showcase, with new Borderless versions of Invisible Woman, Mister Fantastic, and Human Torch all debuting around $49.98, a clear signal that premium treatments are still anchoring the high end of the market. Competitive data in the feed is thin, so there is no clear tournament story tying these prices together, which suggests the early demand here is coming from collectors rather than a new dominant deck. On the broader market, several low to mid tier cards posted sharp percentage gains, Fennekin 3/12 in Pokémon is up 417 percent week over week to $15.50, Latios climbed 349 percent to $10.33, and Visit the Golden Anvil in Flesh and Blood rose 257 percent to $4, moves that look more like thin supply and targeted buying than a sweeping meta shift. Even the smaller names are feeling it, with Inazuma from One Piece up 251 percent to $3.75 and Wooper at 244 percent to $2.75, a reminder that in quieter competitive weeks, it does not take much activity to make the charts.
Chase Card of the Week
Invisible Woman (Borderless) (mtg)
Game-by-Game Breakdown
Pokémon TCG
Tournament season is doing what it always does, pushing fringe cards into the spotlight as players tune lists for a Dragapult ex and Charizard ex heavy field, though we do not have specific decklists tied to this week's movers yet. The meta clearly has some experimentation going on, with cards like Latios and Sigilyph jumping triple digits, a pattern that usually points to new tech choices or niche archetypes getting tested rather than a fully established tier 1 deck. On the market side, Fennekin up 417 percent to about 15.50 dollars and Wooper up 244 percent to 2.75 dollars, along with a 178 percent move on Rayquaza & Deoxys Legend Bottom to over 220 dollars, all in a week that saw 34 unusual spikes, looks more like thin supply and coordinated buyouts than broad organic demand, especially on older or lower liquidity cards. These kinds of percentage jumps in a short window, without clear tournament wins or reprint news, are usually short term distortions that settle once more copies hit the market.
Biggest gainer: Fennekin - 3/12: up 417% this week
Magic: The Gathering
Standard and Pioneer are still settling around known quantities, with Domain-style shells quietly benefiting from Scion of Draco jumping 200 percent to about 3 dollars, a classic case of a previously cheap role-player getting attention as players refine 5 color mana bases. Commander tables are clearly doing their part too, with Liquimetal Torque (Retro Frame) up 167 percent to around 2 dollars and Nissa, Voice of Zendikar up 122 percent to just under 5 dollars, both moves that look like organic demand in evergreen casual decks rather than a sudden tournament breakthrough. On the collector side, the Universes Beyond pipeline keeps flowing, with new Invisible Woman, Mister Fantastic, and Human Torch borderless printings debuting around 50 dollars, while the high-end market shows its usual volatility as Joshua Rosfield, Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh (Borderless) nearly triples to about 491 dollars and Blue Ward spikes to 58 dollars, both more consistent with thin supply and a handful of high sales than any broad meta shift.
Biggest gainer: Scion of Draco: up 200% this week
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Tournament results are still being dominated by the usual suspects like Snake-Eye and Tenpai Dragon, and nothing in this week’s data suggests a new tier 0 boogeyman, just a cluster of older cards catching sudden attention. The meta facing those decks tends to lean on flexible extenders and power cards, so seeing a card like Borreload Savage Dragon in its Quarter Century Secret Rare doubling to about 17.5 dollars fits a pattern where a known staple gets a premium bump once players and collectors converge on the same print. The rest of the spikes, from Gaia Soul the Combustible Collective up over 200 percent to Power Vice Dragon and Evolzar Dolkka more than doubling, look more like thin supply and targeted buying than broad organic demand, especially with 36 separate anomalies flagged at once, which is usually the market equivalent of someone trying to see what they can move rather than a genuine meta shift.
Biggest gainer: Gaia Soul the Combustible Collective: up 233% this week
Disney Lorcana
Organized play results this week continue to reward midrange and control shells, and we are seeing that ripple through card choices, with tools like Hercules, Mighty Leader and Elsa, Ice Artisan both climbing around 20 percent as they slot neatly into reactive, board-focused lists. Enchanted variants Tod, Knows All the Tricks and Jasmine, Steady Strategist each jumped roughly 20 to 26 percent, which looks more like the usual thin-supply premium cards adjusting to steady collector demand than a sudden buyout, while Rapunzel, Ethereal Protector (Epic) ticking up 17 percent suggests broader interest in resilient midgame characters. The new Boo, Energetic Child debuting around ten dollars is very typical presale territory, and if Lorcana history is any guide, we will find out in a few weeks whether that price reflects real competitive demand or just the first flush of Monsters Inc nostalgia.
Biggest gainer: Tod - Knows All the Tricks (Enchanted): up 26% this week
One Piece TCG
Regional results this week continue to reward slower, removal heavy leaders like Enel and midrange Luffy shells, and the card data mostly reads like the format quietly adjusting around that. Inazuma and the Edward.Newgate spike look like classic tech responses, both jumping over 180 percent in price on what appears to be thin supply reacting to lists that lean on extra survivability and board control, while Ms. Wednesday and the Sabo DON!! card show smaller but still sharp moves that suggest players are tuning specific packages rather than chasing a new archetype. Trafalgar Law ST10-010 ticking up nearly 90 percent, even as a reprint, is a good reminder that when a staple gets cheaper and then finds its way back into competitive decks, the market tends to correct quickly once extra copies sitting in binders finally get absorbed.
Biggest gainer: Inazuma: up 251% this week
Digimon Card Game
Regional results this week continue to reward slower, grindy lines, with Numemon style mill shells and Security control variants still posting solid finishes while RagnaLoardmon and other aggro lists adapt around the ACE-heavy field. That tilt toward resource wars shows up in the numbers, with cards like Gurimon (Gold Border) doubling to 4 dollars and DemiMeramon BT3-006 Winner Pack climbing about 45 percent to 5.78 dollars, both classic pieces for decks that care about building tall and looping value. On the market side, most of the movement looks like a mix of organic demand and low-supply promos shifting up together: Violet Inboots BT20-088 Alternate Art is up roughly 69 percent to 16.89 dollars, Xeno Limited Foil is up about 62 percent to 8.09 dollars, and Galacticmon Alternate Art is up 50 percent to 4.57 dollars, a pattern that usually means competitive players and collectors are pulling from the same small pool rather than a single coordinated buyout.
Biggest gainer: Gurimon (Gold Border): up 100% this week
Flesh and Blood
Prism and Kayo are still defining the top tables, but this week’s story is the quieter tier of tech and heroes getting dragged into the spotlight, probably on the back of local Classic Constructed and Blitz results rather than a single marquee event. Visit the Golden Anvil and Orbitoclast both jumping to around 4 dollars alongside Benji, the Piercing Wind HER026 and Levia, Shadowborn Abomination HER040 climbing over 60 percent suggests some mix of new list experimentation and low supply, while Good Time Chapeau LGS248 nearly doubling fits the pattern of a niche promo getting squeezed by collectors and competitive players at the same time. With 11 unusual price spikes flagged, this looks less like one big meta shift and more like a cluster of thin market cards getting tested, bought out, or both, so we will need to see if these numbers hold once the next major event posts decklists.
Biggest gainer: Visit the Golden Anvil: up 257% this week
Grand Archive
Tournament results are doing the talking this week, with Arthur and Alice both climbing, which strongly suggests new competitive lists leaning into that Arthur core and a supporting Alice package rather than a random buyout. The fact that Arthur, Young Heir shows two different price points moving up together points to parallel versions or conditions seeing shared demand, a classic sign of real play usage rather than a single outlier sale. The Looking Glass jumping into the mid triple digits and Nameless Champion ticking up in tandem looks like a mix of low supply and renewed interest in specific builds, but with eight unusual spikes flagged, it is worth treating at least some of these moves as short term volatility rather than a stable new price floor.
Biggest gainer: Alice, Whim's Monarch: up 100% this week
Sorcery: Contested Realm
Regional results this week leaned hard into site-control and midrange relic shells, and the market followed. Kor Crematory and Fail-not Bow both more than doubled in price, a pattern that usually means players are actually sleeving these up rather than one speculator getting bored on TCGPlayer, while Divine Lance (Foil) quietly climbed on the back of relic-centric builds that want repeatable board impact. The bigger story is in premium real estate, with Salt the Earth (Foil) and Wuthering Heights (Foil) up around 30 percent, a classic case where a small foil supply plus renewed competitive interest in site manipulation makes every copy that leaves a binder matter, even if some of those 10 detected spikes are almost certainly thin-market noise rather than a sustained trend.
Biggest gainer: Kor Crematory: up 93% this week
Shadowverse Evolve
Regional results and official news were quiet this week, so most of the movement looks like the market doing what it does between events, searching for the next big thing in a vacuum. On the competitive side there is no clear signal that Miho Kohinata (Evolved) P27EN, Mark of the Unkilling P06EN, Arcane Personnel Carrier P33, or Center Street P32EN suddenly became format defining, and with 61 unusual spikes flagged, this pattern fits more with scattered speculation and thin promo supply than with a tournament driven shift. The one real eyebrow raiser is Galmieux, Ardent Disdain (U) now at about $121, which in a niche paper game with limited printings usually means a mix of low supply and targeted buying rather than a sudden wave of players needing playsets overnight.
Biggest gainer: Miho Kohinata (Evolved) - P27EN (Foil): up 116% this week
Riftbound
Regional results this week leaned hard into midrange control shells, with Invert Timelines and The Grand Plaza showing up as the engines of choice in several top lists, a noticeable shift away from the pure aggro rush that defined early Riftbound. That competitive spotlight lines up neatly with the numbers, Invert Timelines and Grand Plaza both climbing over 25 percent on what looks like organic demand, steady price increases with no obvious supply wipeout. On the margins, Yasuo, Teemo Alternate Art, and Seal of Insight all ticked up as role players in those same shells, suggesting the market is simply catching up to their new place in the meta rather than reacting to a short term buyout.
Biggest gainer: Teemo - Strategist (Alternate Art): up 39% this week
Final Fantasy TCG
Ice Water control continues to define the top tables, and this week’s results look like they are pushing support pieces and tech cards into the spotlight, with Lulu and Ramza Full Art both climbing sharply as players refine lists around efficient Backups and flexible Forwards. The meta is still consolidating, but the simultaneous jumps in Lulu, Mog VI, Vegnagun, and Prishe suggest organic demand from new or updated archetypes rather than a single meme combo, especially with several of these cards fitting neatly into established control and tempo shells. On the market side, Lulu’s 168 percent move to about 24 dollars and Ramza Full Art’s 63 percent rise to just over 8 dollars sit among 10 flagged spikes, which is usually the pattern you see when tournament results and decklist circulation hit at the same time as a relatively thin supply, not just one random buyout.
Biggest gainer: Lulu: up 168% this week
Notable Price Spikes
Cards with unusual price movement this week. May indicate buyout activity or organic demand.