Jul 6 - Jul 12, 2026
Weekly TCG Market Report
Executive Summary
Regional and local tournament results are starting to filter into the data, and while nothing in the feed screams "new dominant deck," the mix of Pokémon, Lorcana, Magic, and Yu Gi Oh climbers suggests a broad, format wide feeling out period rather than one clear breakout strategy. Meta wise, the presence of cards like Impossible Man in Magic and Magical Meltdown in Yu Gi Oh among the biggest movers points to players revisiting older engines and sideboard tech instead of chasing only the newest releases. On the market side, the standout move is Rayquaza ex jumping 483 percent to about $816, a price level that usually signals either extremely thin supply or some very determined collectors, while Pocahontas, Peacekeeper in Lorcana is up 400 percent to $15, more in line with a mid tier playable or niche fan favorite. New Pokémon releases like Lurantis ex and Mega Delphox ex are opening around $2 and Mega Zeraora ex at $7.50, typical early pricing that often softens once more product hits binders and the novelty wears off.
Chase Card of the Week
Lurantis ex - 004/084 (pokemon)
Game-by-Game Breakdown
Pokémon TCG
Competitive news is quiet this week, so the story is mostly in the numbers, where we see 36 unusual price spikes and a familiar pattern of older and niche cards getting yanked around by thin supply. Rayquaza ex jumping 483 percent to over 800 dollars almost certainly reflects a very thin or bought out market, not suddenly discovering it is made of gold, while older holos like Lucario 14/95 Cracked Ice, N's Reshiram, and Exeggutor 13 all show big percentage gains that look more like a few high sales resetting prices than broad demand. On the new side, Lurantis ex, Mega Delphox ex, and Mega Zeraora ex debut at modest single digit prices, suggesting the meta has not crowned any of them as format defining yet and the market is still in wait and see mode.
Biggest gainer: Rayquaza ex: up 483% this week
Magic: The Gathering
Competitive play headlines are still quiet in the data this week, but the price sheet is loud enough, with 38 unusual spikes flagged and a familiar pattern of low to mid tier cards jumping on what looks more like speculation than clear tournament results. The biggest moves are on bulk-to-brewing pieces like Impossible Man, up 322 percent to about $2.11, and Glowrider, up 175 percent to $2.75, both classic examples of how a couple of decklists or a content feature can clear out cheap supply and reset the floor on older role players. On the higher end, Court of Ardenvale (Extended Art) more than doubled to $6.20 and the Ellie, Vengeful Hunter and Ellie, Brick Master rainbow foils climbed 82 percent and 60 percent respectively, while new releases like Chandra, Chill of Compliance at $49.99 and Bloodline Recollector in regular and Extended Art at $89.99 and $109.99 are debuting at premium preorder levels that, historically, tend to soften once real tournament results come in.
Biggest gainer: Impossible Man: up 322% this week
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Snake-Eye and Tenpai are still dictating how people build their decks, but this week’s data looks more like a nostalgia and side-project story than a straight meta report, with cards like Thousand Dragon and Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord (Mosaic Rare) jumping on relatively thin, older supply rather than clear tournament results. The biggest mover, Magical Meltdown (Platinum Secret Rare) up 219 percent to about 4 dollars, suggests interest in Invoked shells or generic Fusion support, though without a matching spike in top finishes it reads more like speculative or casual demand than a hard meta shift. Ravenous Crocodragon Archethys climbing 50 percent to around 6 dollars fits the pattern of a generic Synchro seeing renewed experimentation as a flexible extender or draw tool, and with 109 separate spikes flagged this week, the broader market looks more like a cluster of small buyouts and experiments than a single coordinated competitive trend.
Biggest gainer: Magical Meltdown (Platinum Secret Rare): up 219% this week
Disney Lorcana
Illumineer's Quest: The Great Hunny Rescue and its new cards, including Boo, Energetic Child and Ursula, Created by the Vine, are the headline this week, adding another cooperative-style product to Lorcana's growing organized play ecosystem and giving constructed players a few new tools to test. On the competitive side, the notable movers like Pocahontas, Peacekeeper and Angel, Experiment 624 suggest renewed interest in lists that lean on efficient utility characters and flexible midgame plays, rather than a single flashy new archetype taking over. Market-wise, Pocahontas spiking 400 percent to $15 looks like a thin-supply or small-buyout story compared to the steadier 20 to 25 percent climbs on Angel, Goofy, Emerald Champion, Baloo, Carefree Bear (Enchanted), and even the Gateway product, which all fit the pattern of organic demand rising as more players try to catch up with the current meta and premium variants.
Biggest gainer: Pocahontas - Peacekeeper: up 400% this week
One Piece TCG
Tournament results this week continue to favor established leaders like Enel and Luffy variants, so most of the movement we are seeing is in support pieces rather than new archetypes breaking through. The notable climbers, Monkey.D.Luffy P-006 rising 83 percent to about 20 dollars, Mr.1 Alternate Art up 65 percent to just under 5, Sanji 007 up 52 percent to about 4.30, O-Nami Welcome Pack Vol. 2 up 51 percent to 8, and Trafalgar Law 106 up 43 percent to a bit over 7, all look like a mix of promo scarcity and role player demand rather than a single deck driving the whole wave, especially with 25 separate unusual spikes flagged. The new Premium Card Collection Best Selection Vol. 6 entries, Eustass "Captain" Kid at roughly 21.87 and For Fun at 22.23, are debuting at typical premium-collection price points, and with sealed product still fresh, these numbers are more about collectors testing the ceiling than settled competitive value.
Biggest gainer: Monkey.D.Luffy - P-006 (Retail Promo): up 83% this week
Digimon Card Game
Regional and online results this week continue to favor slower, value oriented strategies, and the price moves line up with that story more than any wild new combo. Kiyoshiro Higashimitarai jumping 77 percent and Wisdom Training (Reprint) climbing 23 percent suggest rising demand for blue and generic memory and draw engines, while Aegisdramon and Tlalocmon gaining 29 and 25 percent respectively point to players actually buying into those shells rather than one person cleaning the shelf. Angewomon creeping up 27 percent toward $13 looks like a mix of competitive and evergreen demand, and with nine separate spikes flagged, this feels like broad meta adjustment across control and tempo decks, not a single coordinated buyout.
Biggest gainer: Kiyoshiro Higashimitarai: up 77% this week
Flesh and Blood
Dead Threads continues to show up in competitive lists and its 17 percent climb to around 34 dollars looks like organic demand, not a meme spike, supply is thinning gradually rather than vanishing overnight. Tear Asunder and Swordmaster's Shine (Red) both ticking up in the mid-teens suggests players are still refining weapon centric and brute style shells that lean on big one-off power plays, while Bask in Your Own Greatness (Blue) quietly moving over 2 dollars fits the pattern of sideboard tech getting noticed after results filter in. Even Bigger Than That! (Red) jumping 14 percent to just over 20 dollars is the one that smells most like coordinated activity, the price moved faster than the rest and with 11 unusual spikes flagged this week, it is a good week to double check whether these gains are tournament driven or just another short lived buying wave.
Biggest gainer: Bask in Your Own Greatness (Blue) - FAB389: up 32% this week
Grand Archive
Competitive play continues to reward efficient interaction, with cards like Savage Slash and Cometary Vantage climbing as decks lean harder on tempo positive removal and flexible regalia support. The modest but broad gains on Fluffy Shopkeep, Dynastic Whirlpool, and Powercell suggest a gradual meta shift rather than a single breakout list, more like a field tuning its 75 than discovering a brand new archetype overnight. With eight unusual spikes flagged and several cards posting double digit increases, this looks less like random noise and more like the market catching up to cards that are actually showing up in lineups, though without specific event results in the data we cannot say which tournament or decklists lit the fuse.
Biggest gainer: Savage Slash: up 33% this week
Sorcery: Contested Realm
Regional events this week continued to reward site control and resource ramp shells, with lists leaning harder into powerful utility locations and engines that can dominate long games. In that context it is not shocking to see City of Plenty Foil up 49 percent to 151.42 and Golden Dawn Foil up 20 percent to 55, both classic tools for greedy threshold strategies that want to outscale aggro. On the market side Shrine of the Dragonlord up 15 percent to 74.9 and Bane of Aventis Foil up 13 percent to 126.87 look like organic follow through from those same midrange and control builds, while Infusion Factory Foil up 31 percent to 10.66 and the note of 10 unusual spikes suggest at least some speculative activity layered on top of real competitive demand.
Biggest gainer: City of Plenty (Foil): up 49% this week
Shadowverse Evolve
Regional results this week leaned heavily toward control shells, and that shows up in the numbers with Lishenna, Melodious Destruction and Tetra, Sapphire Rebel both climbing as core pieces in slower lists that can actually close games. Galmieux, Omen of Disdain (U) jumping over 20 percent into the high 80s looks more like a thin market getting stressed by a few high end buyers than broad demand, especially with multiple unusual spikes flagged. Lower end moves like Izudia, Omen of Unkilling (SL) and Mistress Hurricane P31EN Foil ticking up around 10 to 12 percent suggest players are still tuning builds at the margins, not rushing into a new tier zero deck.
Biggest gainer: Lishenna, Melodious Destruction: up 25% this week
Riftbound
Riftbound’s competitive scene is still light on formal results this week, which makes this cluster of price jumps on Veteran Poro (Overnumbered), Mystic Poro (Overnumbered), and Miss Fortune, Bounty Hunter (Overnumbered) look less like a reaction to a breakout tournament and more like coordinated or speculative activity, especially with seven unusual spikes flagged at once. The shared Overnumbered treatment and the Fist Bump Promo version of Buff // Buff all moving 60 to 80 percent in the same window suggests a premium-variant driven shift rather than a clear meta evolution, though these cards are all playable enough that early adopters might be consolidating copies for future constructed play. With Lee Sin, Centered also climbing sharply, prices are clearly moving, but without a corresponding decklist or ban announcement as a catalyst, this looks like a thin early market being pushed around more than an organic surge in demand.
Biggest gainer: Veteran Poro (Overnumbered): up 86% this week
Final Fantasy TCG
Ice Water control quietly kept its grip on top tables this week, and the card data reads like a supporting cast roll call rather than a new headliner, which usually means the meta is refining, not reinventing itself. On the market side, Behemoth 19-066C Full Art jumping 67 percent to about 6 dollars and Cherukiki Full Art up 35 percent to roughly 3.38 dollars look more like thin supply getting swept than broad organic demand, especially with 15 separate unusual spikes flagged. Unei Full Art at 8.53 dollars, Cyan at 11.46 dollars, and Marilith Full Art at 7.30 dollars are all climbing more modestly, suggesting incremental adoption in established lists rather than a single breakout deck warping prices overnight.
Biggest gainer: Behemoth (19-066C) (Full Art): up 67% this week
Notable Price Spikes
Cards with unusual price movement this week. May indicate buyout activity or organic demand.