Jul 13 - Jul 19, 2026
Weekly TCG Market Report
Executive Summary
Magic: The Gathering headlines the week with new cards like Chandra, Chill of Compliance debuting at $49 and Bloodline Recollector already split into a $89.99 regular and $109.99 extended art version, a familiar sign that premium treatments are doing some of the heavy lifting for set excitement. Competitive signals in the data are thin, so any meta shift story is still forming, but the presence of multiple high priced new printings suggests players and collectors are at least kicking the tires on these cards for both play and display. On the secondary market, older Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are having a nostalgia moment, with Amazoness Chain Master jumping 1116 percent to $104.29 and Exiled Force up 676 percent to $14.59, moves more consistent with a thin supply market than a sudden wave of duelists rediscovering 2000s tech. Outside the big two, Riftbound and Final Fantasy TCG are not sitting quietly either, as Jinx, Demolitionist (Alternate Art) is up 595 percent to $11.61, Annie, Fiery climbs 202 percent to $10.51, and The Oracle of Light rises 273 percent to $14, each reminding us that smaller games can still produce big percentage swings when supply is light and a few buyers show up at once.
Chase Card of the Week
Chandra, Chill of Compliance (mtg)
Game-by-Game Breakdown
Pokémon TCG
Standard play did not see any reported breakthrough decks or major tournament wins this week, so these price moves look more like market noise and targeted buying than a response to results. The huge jump on Charizard ex to 1500 dollars with no corresponding meta news or supply note fits a classic thin-market or buyout pattern, especially compared to smaller cards like Poliwhirl and Ethan's Typhlosion Cosmos Holo rising into the low single digits. Cryogonal Master Ball Pattern and Snivy Cosmos Holo pushing up toward 16 and 45 dollars respectively suggest collectors are leaning into niche variants, but with 24 unusual spikes flagged, this week looks more like a correction or coordinated activity than a broad shift in competitive demand.
Biggest gainer: Charizard ex: up 200% this week
Magic: The Gathering
Chandra, Chill of Compliance and Bloodline Recollector headlined new releases this week, and their preorder pricing is doing what preorder pricing always does, floating high while the market figures out whether they are real format players or just cardboard optimism. On the competitive side there is no clear single-deck story in the data, but several classic Commander tools like Warstorm Surge and Elves of Deep Shadow are climbing, which usually signals renewed EDH interest or new synergies being tested rather than a sudden tournament breakthrough. In the market notes, Bosium Strip more than doubled to $7.56 and Patrick Star, Barktooth Warbeard (Rainbow Foil) jumped to $7.10, both moves that look more like thin-supply spikes than broad organic demand, especially given the report of 25 unusual price moves. Warstorm Surge at $11.75 and To the Crystal Tower, Cryptic Command (Showcase) at $3.20 are rising on steadier Commander demand, the sort of gradual climb that tends to stick longer than the dramatic charts people post on Reddit.
Biggest gainer: Bosium Strip: up 152% this week
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Competitive news is pretty quiet this week, which usually means the market is being moved more by nostalgia and speculation than by fresh top cut lists or a new ban list. The biggest jumps are on older cards like Amazoness Chain Master and Exiled Force, both with triple digit percentage gains that look more like thin supply getting cleared out than a sudden competitive renaissance, especially with over 100 unusual spikes flagged. Invocation ticking up about 59 percent to a little over 8 dollars suggests renewed interest in generic fusion or Invoked style engines, while The Hallowed Azamina and Krebons (Green) show smaller but still notable climbs that could be tied to niche combo testing. Taken together the data points to a week driven by coordinated or speculative activity on older printings, rather than a clear, meta defining deck pushing specific staples to new highs.
Biggest gainer: Amazoness Chain Master: up 1116% this week
Disney Lorcana
Illumineer's Quest: The Great Hunny Rescue hit shelves at $64.99, adding a new cooperative option to organized play and giving locals one more excuse to say they are "just testing PvE" instead of admitting they did not prep for constructed. On the competitive side there is no single breakout deck in the data, but Kristoff, Reindeer Keeper climbing about 10 percent to $7.15 suggests more players are experimenting with ramp and midrange shells that want extra ink acceleration. In the market, the Iconic versions of Minnie Mouse, Sweetheart Princess and Ariel, Ethereal Voice both moved up around 11 to 15 percent to the $1300 to $1500 range, which looks like steady high end collector demand rather than a sudden buyout since there is no tournament trigger. Look at This Family (Enchanted) and Minnie Mouse, Wild-Eyed Diver each rose about 11 percent to the $20 to $75 band, a modest move that fits organic interest in new lists, while the absence of any reprint news keeps these prices floating gently upward instead of crashing back to earth.
Biggest gainer: Minnie Mouse - Sweetheart Princess (Iconic): up 15% this week
One Piece TCG
Regional and online results continue to lean into value engines and flexible midrange shells, and this week’s winners mostly read like “good role players finally getting noticed.” Perona and Monkey.D.Luffy (052) both more than doubled, which usually means they have shown up in successful lists as repeatable card advantage or pressure pieces, with price and demand rising together rather than a single rogue sale resetting the market. By contrast, Lieutenant Spacey and Namule jumping over 120 percent into the low 2 dollar range looks more like thin-supply bulk moving on a small number of sales, especially with 24 unusual spikes flagged, while Electrical Luna’s steady climb into the mid 40s fits a premium product card whose limited supply is being tested as more players and collectors chase specific Best Selection Vol. 5 pieces.
Biggest gainer: Lieutenant Spacey: up 141% this week
Digimon Card Game
Regional results and store reports this week point to control and tempo shells tightening up, with Numemon style mill and various Security control builds quietly soaking up more sideboard and main deck slots. That lines up with play-focused cards like Image Training and Gizamon climbing, and Gabumon ticking up as players tune their early game Digivolution lines for the current BT17 ACE environment. The 25 percent move on Galacticmon Alternate Art and the rise in Cho-Hakkaimon Limited Foil look more like thin-supply collector variants reacting to a few high sales than a broad meta shift, which fits the note that a dozen price spikes this week are more anomaly than new normal.
Biggest gainer: Image Training: up 58% this week
Flesh and Blood
Classic Constructed results are still filtering through, but the story this week is clearly Shadow and Light tech getting pulled into the spotlight, with Shadow Puppetry and Call to the Grave (Blue) both more than doubling on the back of increased play in Nuu and other assassin shells that want efficient go again and graveyard interaction. Prism, Advent of Thrones is quietly climbing as Prism remains a top tier illusionist option, so this looks more like organic demand from players tuning lists than a random buyout. Dead Threads and its Treasure version spiking hard into the $80 and $200 ranges, combined with 40 unusual price spikes, suggests a thinner market where a few coordinated buys can move numbers quickly, so the signal there is more about low supply getting swept than a sudden format-defining role.
Biggest gainer: Dead Threads: up 145% this week
Grand Archive
North America Nationals qualifiers are clearly shaping the week, with the promo Backup Charger climbing about 18 percent to roughly $130, a classic case of a limited tournament prize tightening in supply as more players chase invites and bragging rights. On the competitive side, we are probably seeing tuning around control and tempo shells, with Tactical Retreat more than doubling to around $2.89 and Abnegation up about 15 percent to $2.33, both at price points that suggest real play demand rather than casual speculation. Novice Mechanist rising 25 percent to about $14.99 and Twilight Slime up 14 percent to $4.77 round out a cluster of 11 noted spikes, which looks less like a single buyout and more like the market reacting to evolving lists and sideboard tech from recent events.
Biggest gainer: Tactical Retreat: up 122% this week
Sorcery: Contested Realm
Regional results this week leaned even harder into site control and late game inevitability, with Key to the City and The Manor at Daperyll Hill both showing up as core engines in controlling shells that want to lock the board then grind out value. That tracks neatly with the numbers, Key to the City climbing 15 percent to a little over 62 dollars and Daperyll Hill up 19 percent, which looks more like organic competitive demand than a random buyout, especially when both are showing up in winning lists. On the flashier end of town, foil Archangel Michael and foil Xeraphine Konrul each rose in the low teens in percentage terms, and foil Onslaught jumped 43 percent off a very low base, a pattern that usually means a mix of thin foil supply and players upgrading decks rather than a true meta shift. With seven unusual spikes flagged overall, the signal here is that control and site focused strategies are quietly consolidating their place in the format while high end foils are riding the usual combination of limited print runs and a small but enthusiastic player base.
Biggest gainer: Onslaught (Foil): up 43% this week
Shadowverse Evolve
Rodeo, Anathema of Judgment (Evolved) and Ginsetsu, Great Fox (Evolved) (SL) both ticking up this week suggest incremental tuning in lists that already exist, not a brand new archetype taking over, especially at these still modest price points. The more interesting signals are on the utility side, with Repair Mode up 16 percent and Intertwined Resolve (SL) up 12 percent, which usually means those cards are quietly becoming staples in their respective crafts as players refine answers and tech slots after recent events. Instant Poison P47EN (Foil) gaining 9 percent and the note of 10 unusual spikes point to a mix of organic demand and a few thin market buyouts, so the story here is less about a single breakout deck and more about a broad tightening around key role players.
Biggest gainer: Rodeo, Anathema of Judgment (Evolved): up 19% this week
Riftbound
Riftbound had a quiet week on the organized play front, so the story is mostly in the spreadsheets, not the trophy photos. Aggro and midrange shells are clearly experimenting more with burn and tempo tools, with Jinx, Demolitionist (Alternate Art) and Annie, Fiery both jumping over 200 percent on the back of what looks like coordinated buying rather than a slow, tournament-driven adoption, especially given the sharp percentage gains paired with the note of 8 unusual spikes. On the high end, Rengar, Trophy Hunter (Champion) climbing past $249 alongside the premium Akali and Ambessa releases at $50 suggests early adopter pressure on marquee cards in a still thin market, where a few determined buyers can move prices long before the meta actually proves anything.
Biggest gainer: Jinx - Demolitionist (Alternate Art): up 595% this week
Final Fantasy TCG
Tournament results are clearly steering the ship this week, with Oracle of Light and Miwa both posting triple digit percentage gains that strongly suggest they are anchoring new control shells, probably in the Ice or Water space, rather than just being the target of a random buyout. Edea EX and Cloud Legend creeping up together points to a broader FFVIII and FFVII Forward package seeing more play, while Zack’s jump into the low 20s looks like a classic case of a key Forward from a popular title getting upgraded by competitive lists and collectors at the same time. With 23 unusual price spikes flagged, this looks less like one rogue speculator and more like a genuine meta adjustment, although as always, we will see in a week whether these numbers hold or if they settle back once supply catches up.
Biggest gainer: The Oracle of Light: up 273% this week
Notable Price Spikes
Cards with unusual price movement this week. May indicate buyout activity or organic demand.