📊 Weekly Market Reports

Magic: The Gathering

News: This week Magic news swung between nostalgia and experimentation, with Star City Games spotlighting Javier Dominguez headlining the 2026 Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame class alongside a TCGPlayer Infinite deep dive on the Hall’s history and a personal 2026 ballot. On the product side, Secret Lair dominated headlines, with reports of a leaked deck packed with staples, the full contents of Magic’s A Marvelous Mathoms Superdrop revealed, and WPN stores getting Star Trek themed events and promos. Wargamer noted that MTG’s developers are considering a new casual two player format, while The Spike Feeders’ The Hobbit Brews Championship and MTGGoldfish’s “The Hobbit Sees No Play* Post Bans” podcast underscored that the Universes Beyond Hobbit cards are now being judged in a very different post ban landscape.

Tournament: Modern this week is quietly being run by artifacts and value piles, with Kappa Cannoneer / Pinnacle Emissary decks showing up in more than one in ten lists and Atraxa, Grand Unifier / Faithful Mending strategies trailing as the main midrange alternative, while Agatha's Soul Cauldron / Badgermole Cub gives creature-based combo a smaller but real foothold. The mana bases tell the same story, with Steam Vents, Scalding Tarn, and Flooded Strand clustering around blue red and blue white shells that can support both tempo and grindy plans. In competitive Commander, Kraum, Ludevic's Opus paired with Tymna the Weaver narrowly leads Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy and Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh with Thrasios, Triton Hero, and the card usage numbers are about what you would expect from cEDH, Sol Ring in essentially every deck and fast mana like Gemstone Caverns and Lotus Petal close behind, a format where ramping from zero to dangerous happens on turn one.

Metrics: Prices wandered up the chart this week, with Tyvar, the Pummeler (Showcase) more than doubling to $8.18 on what looks like a strong move for a premium variant rather than a bulk flier. Essence Warden’s jump to $6 and Wirewood Lodge’s climb to $8 both suggest older, lower supply cards getting repriced after a handful of higher sales, while Hadana's Climb and Ruxa, Patient Professor posted more modest, still notable gains to the $2 to $3 range. With the market average up 55 percent and 18 unusual spikes flagged, this looks less like one big story and more like a cluster of thin listings being tested by buyers, where a few aggressive purchases are enough to reset what “normal” now costs.

Biggest gainer: Tyvar, the Pummeler (Showcase): up 121% this week

Pokémon TCG

News: This week is very much a “Pokémon everywhere you look” kind of news cycle, from cardboard to cameras. Pokémon TCG Pocket is in the spotlight, with a Team Rocket’s Ambition livestream scheduled for Aug. 26 and a keynote that was reportedly interrupted by a mysterious organization, all tied to a new Team Rocket themed set featuring evil legendary birds. On the main TCG side, a 30th Celebration product is revealing new Lugia and Ho Oh cards, Game Freak is peeling back the curtain on Pokémon Champions development stories in a Secret Base episode, and an immediate errata has been issued for Diancie from Scarlet & Violet Stellar Crown, while the broader scene looks ahead to the 2026 Pokémon World Championships Preview Show on Aug. 21 and a Pokémon plus Polaroid collaboration with special edition cameras inspired by Pikachu, Sylveon, and Poké Balls.

Tournament: Standard this week is defined by Mega Excadrill quietly edging out Dragapult and Slowking in representation, a reminder that the format is more than just psychic spread and control, there is still room for straightforward pressure and efficient trading. The real constants, though, are the trainers, with Boss's Orders, Lillie's Determination, and Night Stretcher showing up in more than four out of five lists, the kind of universal glue that tells you what every serious deck is actually doing under the hood. In Expanded, Regidrago sits clearly on top while Shadow Rider Calyrex and Gardevoir follow, and the backbone of the format remains the old reliables, Guzma, VS Seeker, and Quick Ball, a trio that continues to define how games are sequenced and closed out even as the big attackers rotate through the spotlight.

Metrics: The metrics this week read like a nostalgia tour with a few sharp turns. Low rarity cards such as Slakoth and Jigglypuff posted outsized percentage jumps, now at $5.67 and $18.50 respectively, which at these price points likely reflects a handful of higher sales tugging a thin market upward rather than a sudden strategic awakening for either. The standout story is Pikachu Corocoro Grey Star, reportedly climbing to $30 on Logan Paul driven attention to CoroCoro promos, a move that fits the pattern where influencer focus drains old promo supply first and the price chart catches up second, while smaller gains on Mystery Plate Delta and Dark Gyarados, now at $6.10 and $4.44, suggest broader interest across older cards rather than a single coordinated buyout.

Biggest gainer: Slakoth (#15): up 467% this week

One Piece TCG

News: Leaks for OPCG Booster Pack The Dominance of God OP-18 and ONE PIECE Heroines Edition vol.2 EB05 are already circulating, giving players an early look at where Bandai wants to push the game next, even if the details are still under wraps. On the currently released side, TCGPlayer is trying to tame OP-17 The World's Strongest Warriors with both a collector's guide and a breakdown of the best new Leaders, a pretty clear signal that this set has enough weight to warrant homework. Rounding it out, there is a dedicated explainer on Manga Rares, positioning that rarity as a distinct tier within the One Piece TCG rather than just another shiny version you pull and vaguely hope is good.

Tournament: Standard this week is basically the Straw Hat show, with Monkey.D.Luffy leading the field at 16.1 percent of top archetypes, narrowly ahead of Dracule Mihawk at 15.9 percent and Sabo at 12.1 percent. Across those lists the card usage tells the same story, Luffy shows up in 37.3 percent of decks, Roronoa Zoro in 37.1 percent, and Nami in 31.6 percent, so whatever leader you pick you are still largely playing the same core cast of characters.

Metrics: Prices in One Piece nudged upward across the board this week, with the market average up 16.6 percent, but a handful of cards are clearly sprinting ahead of the pack. Roronoa Zoro led the charge at $11.34 after a 31 percent climb, while Foxy Alternate Art and Lilith Alternate Art both posted sizable gains to around the $9 and $8.68 marks respectively, suggesting either a few strong sales or sellers disappearing faster than buyers can adjust their listings. Lower rarity pieces like Namule at $5.33 and Miss Doublefinger (Zala) Full Art at $13.50 also jumped 27 percent, and with 12 unusual spikes flagged and no verified external catalyst, this looks less like a single big meta event and more like a cluster of thin markets getting repriced on limited supply.

Biggest gainer: Roronoa Zoro: up 31% this week

Yu-Gi-Oh!

News: Magnificent Monsters is getting the full spoiler treatment in the TCG, with YGOrganization laying out what this next batch of creatures will bring to the table while Rush Duel fans get a look at alternate artwork for Arthenée the Defender of Sacred Silence and reference art for Headliner of Reigning. The ongoing Sinful Spoils Chronicles continues with Episode 1, and Clown Crew strategies reportedly receive new support via Assault Lion and BETB, suggesting more combo fuel for that theme. On the competitive side, TCGplayer is focused on the best Genesys decks in Yu-Gi-Oh right now, while YGOrganization’s “Magic Creates The Biggest Gems Among The Market” hints at spell based cards quietly shaping where value is accumulating in the card pool.

Tournament: Kewl Tune quietly sits on top of the TCG field at 14.9 percent of recorded decks, with Elfnote and Blitzclique trailing at 9.7 and 6.9 percent, so you are looking at a format where one engine is clearly the default choice going into events. The real story, though, is in the staples, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring showing up in 58.7 percent of lists, Mulcharmy Fuwalos in 53.1 percent, and Called by the Grave in 47.9 percent, which tells you interaction is mandatory and players are building around handtraps and graveyard checks first, then choosing their win condition.

Metrics: Traptrix Sera’s Quarter Century Secret Rare nearly tripled to $7.64, a 151 percent jump that, without any confirmed catalyst, looks like a sharp repricing rather than a slow burn. Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth (Purple) and Levia-Dragon, Daedalus both posted triple digit percentage gains to $10 and $5.18 respectively, the kind of move you usually only see when a few higher sales push up a relatively thin market. Cyber-Stein at $17.46 and Pre-Preparation of Rites at $3.48 rose more moderately at 50 and 39 percent, and with 87 unusual spikes flagged against a market average move of 41.7 percent, this week’s data reads less like a single meta story and more like a broad sweep of older and niche cards getting their prices recalibrated.

Biggest gainer: Traptrix Sera (Quarter Century Secret Rare): up 151% this week

Final Fantasy TCG

Tournament: Wind/Water quietly sat at the top of Standard this week at 18.2 percent of the field, with Fire/Ice/Earth and Fire/Water each trailing at 9.1 percent, so you are looking at a format where flexible multicolor shells are doing more work than narrow mono plans. The card data backs that up, with The Emperor, Zack, and Odin each showing up in 36.4 percent of decks, a trio that signals a shared core of powerful Forwards and Summons being splashed across archetypes rather than locked into one strategy.

Metrics: Prices in Final Fantasy TCG decided to stretch their legs this week, with the market average up 62.9 percent and a dozen spikes that look more like data you double check than celebrate. Yuna is the headline, jumping 752 percent to 17.04 dollars, a move this large with no listed catalyst that almost certainly reflects very few copies being posted and a couple of higher sales resetting the visible price rather than a sudden wave of broad demand. The Emperor LB, Zidane, and Goblin Full Art all climbed in a more modest band, up 15 to 43 percent to the 3 to 9 dollar range, which suggests rising interest but still playable territory, while Black Waltz 2 Full Art creeping to 36.48 dollars on a 14 percent gain shows how a high end Illustration style card can move sharply even when all we can see is thin supply getting thinner rather than any confirmed competitive or reprint news.

Biggest gainer: Yuna: up 752% this week

Flesh and Blood

News: This week the Flesh and Blood discourse is doing what it does best, arguing about the ban list and planning how to break the next product. TCGPlayer is openly asking whether Remembrance should be banned, while FaBTCG.gg is covering the announcement of the Mastery Pack Assassin, a clear signal that support for that class is still ramping up. Alongside that, TCGPlayer is publishing budget focused guidance on upgrading the Armory Deck Olympia for Classic Constructed, a snapshot of the best decks in Silver Age, and even a reflective piece on the lessons learned from going all in on Flesh and Blood, which together paint a picture of players thinking hard about both how they play and why they are here.

Tournament: Olympia, Prized Fighter and Hala, Bladesaint of the Vow quietly split the Classic Constructed spotlight this week, with Oscilio, Constella Intelligence showing up as the third pillar in both Classic and Living Legend, where it trails Iyslander, Stormbind and Zen, Tamer of Purpose. Blitz tells a similar story, Zen leading the pack with Verdance and Prism, Advent of Thrones close behind, but across all three formats the real constant is the equipment and blue glue, Fyendal's Spring Tunic, Shelter From The Storm, and Fate Foreseen showing up in well over half of all lists, the kind of universal role players that quietly define how games actually play out.

Metrics: Prices drifted upward across the Flesh and Blood market this week, with an average move a little over 10 percent and seven spikes that look more like data points than a full on gold rush. Golden Gauntlets and Golden Gait led the way, climbing roughly a quarter to $8.69 and $5.09, respectively, the kind of jump you usually only get when relatively few listings meet a handful of higher sales. Act of Glory LGS435 followed a similar pattern, up 22 percent to $7.77, while established staples like Spellbound Creepers at $56.92 and Double Down at $15.32 posted more modest 11 percent gains, suggesting a mix of thin supply adjustments and broader demand rather than a single clear catalyst.

Biggest gainer: Golden Gauntlets: up 24% this week

Grand Archive

News: Grand Archive officially posted a "Ban & Restricted , August 21st, 2026" update, signaling another round of format housekeeping that will likely ripple through deckbuilding once players digest the changes. Alongside that, the game pushed deeper into its .asphodel world with new ".asphodel/paradise Release Notes" and ".asmophel/paradise Release Notes," plus ".asphodel/cantabile Product Information," laying out how these products are meant to function and fit into the ecosystem. So the story this week is pretty simple, new .asphodel branded releases on the way, and a fresh ban and restricted list to make sure they do not break everything on arrival.

Tournament: Standard this week is quietly consolidating around three pillars, with Water Aetherwing Diana edging out the field at 7.5 percent, closely followed by Wind Seiryuu at 6.7 percent and Fire Oblation Ciel at 6.4 percent. That spread suggests no single champion is running away with the format, instead you have Diana control, Seiryuu tempo, and Ciel burn all sharing the spotlight and forcing players to prepare for a fairly diverse top end rather than one boogeyman deck.

Metrics: Prices in Grand Archive tilted upward this week, with a market average move of 12 percent and six unusual spikes clustered around a handful of cards that are already known quantities. Beastbond Boots led the pack, climbing 16 percent to 25.75 dollars, a level that suggests either a few high sales in a relatively thin market or a steady premium for players who really like turning allies sideways. Excalibur, Cleansing Light matched that 16 percent rise to 5.35 dollars, while Spirit of Fortuitous Wind jumped 14 percent to 2.37 dollars, both moves consistent with modest cards getting repriced rather than suddenly rediscovered. Jianyu, Fate's Premonition continued its gradual ascent at 9 percent up to 10.66 dollars, and Polaris, Twinkling Cauldron ticked up 6 percent to 12.65 dollars, together painting a picture of broad upward pressure rather than a single dramatic catalyst, even if the underlying reasons remain unconfirmed.

Biggest gainer: Beastbond Boots: up 16% this week

Sorcery: Contested Realm

News: Sorcery’s week in the spotlight leans heavily into community and organized play, with All Things Contested Realm featuring a fan-made magazine, The Ruby Core-ier, while the official channels celebrate “Mastery, Creativity, and Wonder at the New Zealand Grand Contest” and announce new Grand Contests for Gen Con 2026 and Melbourne. On the infrastructure side, Erik’s Curiosa is reportedly expanding retail access through Covenant Fulfilled, a practical move for getting more cardboard into more hands. Rounding it out, the game teases avatar flavor with “Meet the Frost Mage: Frost Mage vs. Lavamancer” and welcomes artist Paul Carrick to the Realm, suggesting the art bench is getting deeper just as the competitive calendar gets busier.

Tournament: This week’s constructed results show a fairly balanced field, with Water Necromancer edging out as the most played avatar at 12.6 percent, followed closely by Earth Archimago at 10.1 percent and Fire Pathfinder at 9.4 percent. In practice that means a lot of graveyard recursion and control coming from Water lists, Earth leaning on durable sites and efficient minions to grind out board presence, and Fire Pathfinder decks trying to shorten the game with aggressive burns and fast pressure, a triangle that keeps you honest no matter which avatar you sleeve up.

Metrics: This week’s Sorcery metrics show a broad upward drift, with the market average up 10.6 percent and nine separate spikes flagging as unusual. Foil staples like The Hexham Haunts and Deliverance climbed around 20 percent into the low 60s and low 80s respectively, a pattern that looks like a handful of higher sales nudging posted prices rather than a flood of new buyers. The SCGCon Promo of Swap and foil Archangel Michael both pushed higher as well, Swap up 14 percent to just under 50 dollars and Michael up 11 percent to nearly 500, while Moonsong Talagelum quietly joined the move at about 30 dollars, all with no verified external catalyst, just a week where already scarce premium and promo pieces were repriced upward across the board.

Biggest gainer: The Hexham Haunts (Foil): up 20% this week

Shadowverse Evolve

News: Shadowverse: Evolve officially detailed the "Sidekick Leader Update," signaling some attention on the leader side of the game rather than new sets or ban list drama this week. With only this update on the docket, it is a fairly focused news cycle, centered on how Sidekick Leaders will be adjusted and integrated, which should matter to anyone who cares about how their leader choices translate from flavor into actual play.

Tournament: This week’s constructed results paint a fairly tight field, with Abysscraft edging out Swordcraft at 20.6 percent of top finishes to Sword’s 19.3 percent, and Runecraft a clear but distant third at 12.5 percent. Abyss is still the default choice when players want inevitability and grind, Sword keeps pace by punishing any stumble with efficient leaders and low curve pressure, and Runecraft shows up as the combo and spell heavy option that rewards precise sequencing, which together gives you a metagame where you are mostly preparing for these three crafts and everything else is playing for scraps.

Metrics: Prices in Shadowverse Evolve ticked up across the board this week, with a market average move of 13.5 percent and seven flagged spikes suggesting a generally heated, not isolated, trend. Intertwined Resolve Starlight led the way with a 28 percent jump to 17.33 dollars, the kind of move that usually reflects either very few copies being posted or a couple of higher sales dragging the average up, while Adherent of Ardor Evolved climbed 20 percent to 6.99 dollars, a noticeable move for a mid tier playable. Rose Queen U and Avaritia Foil each rose 16 percent to 15.66 and 7.33 dollars respectively, and Orchis, Newfound Heart followed at 13 percent to 10.20 dollars, all without any verified external catalyst, which means what we are seeing here is price and velocity speaking for themselves rather than a clear tournament headline or ban list shock.

Biggest gainer: Intertwined Resolve (SL): up 28% this week

Riftbound

News: This week Riftbound’s official site is busy playing traffic cop for both cardboard and expectations, with multiple pieces breaking down the T1 Bundle draw schedule and explaining how the second draw went and when players can actually expect their shot at it. On the gameplay side, a Week 4 Vendetta meta tier list stakes out what the “best decks” look like, while deep dives on Jayce, Defender of Tomorrow and Ambessa, Matriarch of War try to formalize their roles and synergies in that emerging landscape, including a look at how Vendetta’s unit gear dual typing is reportedly warping removal math. Off in the “interesting if true” column, there is a speculative piece on whether Valorant cards could ever cross into Riftbound, plus a more general article arguing that clear symbols matter not just in trading card games but even in online slots, which is one way to remind everyone that readability is still a design feature, not an optional upgrade.

Tournament: Master Yi, Wuju Bladesman quietly sits on top of Constructed this week at 11.8 percent of the field, with Diana, Scorn of the Moon and Irelia, Blade Dancer each trailing at 8.3 percent, a spread that says “there is a best deck,” but not yet “you must play it or lose.” Across those lists, Chaos Rune is the real common denominator, showing up in 46 percent of decks, with Star-Crossed and Stacked Deck close behind near 39 percent, a trio of staples that looks less like cute tech and more like the early backbone of Riftbound’s competitive card pool.

Metrics: Riftbound’s market nudged up this week, with an average move of 11.4 percent, but a few cards ran ahead of the pack. Rengar, Trophy Hunter climbed 28 percent to 26.10 dollars, and its Alternate Art tracked alongside at 15 percent to 27 dollars, a pattern that looks like players and collectors pulling in the same direction rather than one odd sale. Blue Sentinel’s 22 percent jump to 215.24 dollars is more dramatic on paper, though at that price point even a handful of high sales can reset listings, while mid-tier staples like Bullet Time, now 3.52 dollars, and Sona, Harmonious at 33.74 dollars show steadier broad demand without any confirmed outside catalyst driving the week’s gains.

Biggest gainer: Rengar, Trophy Hunter: up 28% this week

Disney Lorcana

News: This week Lorcana coverage split neatly between cardboard and pixels. TCGPlayer Lorcana is asking whether Collector Boosters are a blessing or a curse for the game, while also laying out "The Best Decks in Disney Lorcana Right Now" for anyone trying to keep up with the meta. Wargamer is looking further ahead with a piece on how a new online Lorcana game could dominate 2027 if it does not drag its feet, and TCGPlayer Lorcana rounds things out with a rundown of "Everything We Learned About Disney Lorcana at D23 2026," signaling that the convention is still where big-picture announcements land.

Metrics: Enchanted cards quietly did most of the heavy lifting this week, with Kuzco's Palace, Home of the Emperor jumping 44 percent to 22.99 dollars, a move that looks like a thin market getting repriced rather than a sudden stampede of buyers. High end pieces like Mulan, Considerate Diplomat at 194.89 dollars and Genie, Of the Lamp at 174.3 dollars each climbed in the low teens, consistent with a few strong sales nudging averages up in a segment that never has deep supply. On the non premium side, Hades, Infernal Schemer rose 23 percent to 6.99 dollars and Dash Parr, Dodgeball Dynamo Epic ticked up 13 percent to 2.25 dollars, modest gains that fit the overall market’s 12.4 percent upward drift without any confirmed external shock, just prices and listings slowly adjusting to where players are actually willing to pay.

Biggest gainer: Kuzco's Palace - Home of the Emperor (Enchanted): up 44% this week

Digimon Card Game

News: TCGPlayer spotlighted long term scarcity this week with a feature on “10 Digimon Cards That Desperately Need Reprints,” a polite way of saying some staples are living on borrowed time in the binder. It is a reminder that older, out of print pieces of the game are quietly drifting out of reach, and that a single reprint wave can reset the landscape for both competitive players and collectors overnight.

Tournament: Standard this week belongs to Olympos XII, showing up in 17.4 percent of reported lists, with Vemmon and Xros trailing at 8.1 and 7.4 percent, a spread that looks less like a balanced field and more like everyone testing around a clear frontrunner. Across archetypes, the real story is the shared glue, Asuna Shiroki appears in nearly a quarter of decks, with Analog Youth and Crimson Blaze at 15.4 and 14.5 percent, which tells you that generic memory fixing and broad removal are quietly defining how these supposedly different strategies actually play out at the table.

Metrics: Prices in Digimon nudged up across the board this week, with a market average move of 12.2 percent, but a handful of cards overshot that curve in ways that look more like thin supply than a grand meta revelation. Evolution Cup promos were standouts, Cool Boy (Evolution Cup 2025 Vol. 1) climbed 30 percent to 8.47 dollars and Kuremi Detective Agency (Evolution Cup 2026 Vol. 2) rose 13 percent to 10.56 dollars, both in the kind of low seller environment where a few higher sales can reset posted prices. Among regular print cards, Lucemon at 3.06 dollars, Dianamon at 2.42 dollars, and Apocalymon at 7.99 dollars each posted double digit percentage gains, and with six unusual spikes flagged and no confirmed catalysts, this looks less like coordinated activity and more like a week where modest demand met shallow listings and the numbers jumped accordingly.

Biggest gainer: Cool Boy (Evolution Cup 2025 Vol. 1): up 30% this week

Star Wars: Unlimited

News: TCGPlayer sat down with Wesley Mouri and Ryan Serrano at Gen Con, giving Star Wars: Unlimited players a rare peek behind the curtain at how the game is being shepherded in real time. Over on StarWarsUnlimited.gg, coverage turned to Ashes of the Empire with a warning shot about Set 8 legendaries, arguing that the splashy, expensive cards on release are often price traps rather than must‑play staples, a reminder that early sticker shock does not automatically equal long term competitive necessity.

Tournament: Cad Bane on Still Faster Than You is clearly the premier bully this week, showing up in more than a quarter of the field, with Boba Any Methods Necessary and Luke Hero of Yavin trailing well behind as the backup plans rather than co-headliners. The card data tells the same story of a format defined by red pressure and efficient removal, with Aggressive Negotiations in nearly 60 percent of lists and both No Glory, Only Results and Pre Vizsla Strong-Willed Ruler just under 50 percent, so if you are not prepared for that trio you are basically volunteering to be the control group.

Metrics: Prices in Star Wars: Unlimited drifted up this week, with the tracked cards averaging a 22.1 percent rise and a cluster of 14 unusual spikes that look more like a general swell than one loud headline. The biggest mover was Reforge Hyperspace Foil, up 71 percent to just over 3 dollars, with Improvised Identity jumping 63 percent to 7.35 dollars, both levels where a handful of higher sales or thinner listings can noticeably reset the market. Premium treatments were a recurring theme, as Han Solo Hibernation Sick Hyperspace climbed 41 percent to 5.93 dollars, Lightmaker I Have An Idea Foil rose 33 percent to 3.98 dollars, and Galen Erso Destroying His Creation Hyperspace added 32 percent to reach 4.09 dollars, all consistent with collector facing variants reacting quickly when supply tightens even without a clear competitive or news catalyst.

Biggest gainer: Reforge (Hyperspace Foil): up 71% this week

Gundam Card Game

News: TCGPlayer spent part of the week zooming in on Kira Yamato, with a feature on “Collecting Gundam SEED's Kira Yamato In The Gundam Card Game” that treats the series protagonist as a proper chase target for fans who care more about pilots than raw efficiency. Alongside that, “Everything We Know About The Gundam Card Game's Phantom Aria (GD04)” tries to pin down details on the upcoming GD04 booster, suggesting that players are already looking past the current environment and into what Phantom Aria might do to shake up deckbuilding once it lands.

Tournament: Standard this week is quietly consolidating around a few known pillars, with Blue White Victory Unicorn leading the pack at 9.9 percent of the field, followed by Strike Freedom Gundam paired with Victory Gundam at 7.7 percent and White Green Operation Meteor at 6.6 percent. Underneath those labels the format looks even more homogenized, Overflowing Affection showing up in over half the decks at 55.3 percent, A Show of Resolve close behind at 49.2 percent, and Gundam Lfrith in 40.8 percent, which paints a clear picture of a metagame where the top strategies may differ on color pairs, but they are all drawing from the same core of efficiency pieces.

Metrics: Prices drifted upward across the board this week, with the tracked cards averaging a 22.5 percent move, but the details look more like a series of small, local stories than one big headline. Zeong and the R+ parallel of Citizens, Take a Stand! both climbed into the five dollar range, solid gains that suggest steady interest rather than a dramatic run. On the higher end, Event Pack 02 Quatre Raberba Winner jumped 30 percent to just over seventy dollars and Kshatriya GD01-044 rose 20 percent to the mid thirties, both at price levels where even a handful of sales in thin listings can reset the market. Victory Gundam LR+ continued to behave like a premium pull, up 18 percent to about forty seven dollars, a reminder that Legend Rare parallels tend to move in larger dollar steps even when the percentage change looks modest.

Biggest gainer: Zeong: up 50% this week