📊 Weekly Market Reports

Magic: The Gathering

News: Secret Lair season is apparently a lifestyle now, with multiple outlets walking through the full contents of “A Perfectly Normal Superdrop” and the “most powerful Superdrop in the universe,” plus value breakdowns and previews for the Masters of the Universe themed drop. On top of that, Secret Lair x MSCHF is getting deep coverage, with Star City Games and EDHREC outlining a 121 card Zeta Set and what players “need to know” about it, which suggests this one is not just another four card novelty pack. In the actual game, Wargamer notes that “the best Green MTG card” was banned yet its deck is reportedly still running the tables, and EDHREC is already on to brewing, highlighting Seluma, Light of Aysen as a way to “break the rules” of mono white Angels in Commander.

Tournament: Modern and Commander both look like formats where the mana base is doing a lot of the heavy lifting. In Commander, Kraum plus Tymna leads the field at 8 percent with Kinnan and Rograkh plus Silas Renn close behind, and the real story is the usual suspects, Sol Ring in essentially every deck at 97.2 percent, with Gemstone Caverns and Lotus Petal both over 87 percent as zero and one mana acceleration continue to define high powered tables. Over in Modern, the top archetypes are spread across Kappa Cannoneer shells, Overlord of the Balemurk plus Witch Enchanter packages, and Mutagenic Growth with Slickshot Show-Off all clustered around 5 percent, while the most played cards are not flashy threats but the lands that cast them, Steam Vents in 37.7 percent of decks with Flooded Strand and Arid Mesa not far behind, a reminder that fetch shock mana bases are still the real format staples.

Metrics: This week’s metrics look like a grab bag of mid-tier cards suddenly deciding they are important, with the market average up 68.6 percent and ten separate spikes flagged as unusual. Gloin, Dwarf Emissary more than quadrupled to about $3.30 and Lindblum, Industrial Regency Borderless climbed 163 percent to around $3.50, both moves that suggest either very thin listings or a handful of higher sales pulling the averages up. Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma and the Showcase Ruzka, Terror of Point Lookout , Ayula, Queen Among Bears nearly doubled off low bases, and Teferi's Ageless Insight ticked up 64 percent to just over $5, all without any confirmed catalyst, which points less to some grand metagame revelation and more to a week where modest supply and a few assertive buyers were enough to move the needle.

Biggest gainer: Gloin, Dwarf Emissary: up 313% this week

Pokémon TCG

News: Worlds week is doing what it always does, turning Pokémon into a crossover between a card game, a TV launch party and a tech expo. On the competitive side, the 2026 Pokémon World Championships and PokémonXP are in full swing in San Francisco, complete with a special Greninja distribution and official livestream coverage for anyone not in the room. Around the edges, Pokémon TCG Pocket is teasing dual type cards like Mega Mewtwo X ex, Piplup ex and Fuecoco ex for October, while Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu keeps doubling down on its 2027 Disney Plus debut with new stills, a first teaser and, apparently, a Pichu with teeth. If that is not enough branding for you, there is also a Google Fitbit Air Special Edition Pokémon Sleep device with a Pikachu design on the way, plus new Pokémon chat badges on Twitch featuring Pichu, the Kanto starters and rewards tied to the World Championships.

Tournament: Standard this week looks like a three way split at the top, with Alakazam Dudunsparce and Dragapult each at 7.9 percent and Slowking close behind at 7 percent, so no single deck is running away with the format yet. The real story is the glue cards, Boss's Orders showing up in 90.3 percent of lists, Night Stretcher in 85.1 percent, and Lillie's Determination in 84.5 percent, which tells you players are converging hard on specific gust, recovery, and consistency packages. In Expanded, Regidrago leads at 12.5 percent with Shadow Rider Calyrex and Gardevoir trailing, but the format still revolves around classic engines, Guzma in 74.2 percent of decks, VS Seeker in 62.9 percent, and Quick Ball in 47.2 percent, a reminder that when you let the old toys stay in the sandbox, they tend to define how everyone plays.

Metrics: Pokémon prices drifted upward this week, with the market average up 62.4 percent, but a few cards leapt well ahead of the pack. The Target promo Treecko 016 nearly tripled to $18.80, a move that looks like a small promo supply getting cleared out rather than broad play demand, while both Eternatus VMAX 117/189 and Eternatus V 116/189 more than doubled to $175.99 and $27.88 respectively, big jumps in a lane where a couple of high sales can reset the going rate. Even lower tier cards like Mimikyu V, now $2 after a 91 percent climb, and a Pikachu at $26.49 after a 77 percent rise, joined a pattern of 20 unusual spikes that point less to a single clear trigger and more to scattered, thin-market moves across the board.

Biggest gainer: Treecko - 016 (Target Promo): up 190% this week

One Piece TCG

News: Bandai quietly stacked the calendar this week, updating details for BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest feat. ONE PIECE CARD GAME UTRECHT and announcing a new BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest in London scheduled for the 26 and 27. On the merch side, the Flame Flame Fruit Coliseum Edition is apparently getting its own little ecosystem, with an official playmat, premium card collection, limited card sleeves, and a matching storage box, alongside a separate Limited Card Sleeve Standard Orange Silver. Rounding things out, a card list for BOOSTER PACK -THE WORLD’S STRONGEST WARRIORS- [OP-17] has been announced, giving players a name to pin on the next wave of cardboard power creep.

Tournament: Standard this week looks like a three leader story, with Dracule Mihawk at 15.8 percent of the field, just edging out Monkey.D.Luffy at 14.5 percent and Sabo close behind at 12.6 percent, a pretty tight cluster for the top seats. Under the hood though, the card choices are much less diverse, with Monkey.D.Luffy showing up in 35.4 percent of decks, Roronoa Zoro in 35 percent, and Nami in 30.2 percent, which tells you that regardless of which Leader players register, a lot of them are solving the format with the same core package.

Metrics: Laboon 048 more than tripled to about 4.35 dollars, a classic case where a small number of higher sales in a thin market can yank the average up fast. Slow-Slow Beam Sword Pirate Foil and Brook from Tournament Pack Vol. 4 both doubled to the 3 dollar range, which, given their relatively low starting points and limited style printings, looks like a few buyers clearing out cheap listings rather than a broad stampede. The Kaido DON card climbed 63 percent to around 2.45 dollars and Alternate Art Hody Jones pushed past 10 dollars, and with no clear catalyst listed and 20 separate spikes flagged overall, this week reads like a cluster of small markets getting repriced rather than a single meta or product shock moving the whole format.

Biggest gainer: Laboon (048): up 237% this week

Yu-Gi-Oh!

News: Konami is apparently determined to keep Yu-Gi-Oh! on every surface of your life, with a "Yu-Gi-Oh! x Crocs Collection" joining the product lineup while YGOrganization also highlighted the "World Championship 2026 Trophy" and a free tournament on SimOrg for players who prefer their competition digital and zero cost. On the cardboard side, we got a "Headliner of Reigning" spoiler list, confirmed cards from the "BETB-EN" poster, and a look at "Sun God Fiendsmith Argostars, Servants of Ra, ft. IMPH Support" in CDP coverage, plus Rush Duel content with "Travel The Sea of Neuron with 'Dimension Linker'! [RD/CA01]". For the nostalgics, there was also a "Creators Interview 'GX' Scriptwriter Roundtable", a reminder that before every modern combo tree there was at least one anime writer trying to make it all sound like a normal high school activity.

Tournament: Kewl Tune quietly claimed the top spot in the TCG this week at 13 percent of the field, with Elfnote and Blitzclique trailing at 8.5 and 7.6 percent, a spread that says “tiered” more than “tier 0 panic.” What really stands out is the handtrap core, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring showing up in over half of all decks at 53.2 percent, with Mulcharmy Fuwalos close behind at 50.3 percent and Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit in 45.3 percent, a clear signal that regardless of whether you are tuning, elfing, or blitzing, everyone is still playing the same disruption package.

Metrics: This week’s metrics look like the market woke up in a nostalgic mood, with the average move up about 49 percent and 51 separate spikes, most of them on older cards where a couple of sales can move the needle. Dragonic Knight’s 386 percent jump to about $2.40 has all the hallmarks of a low-end card with thin listings where a few higher sales reset the floor, while Luster Dragon #2 leaping 47 percent to over $73 suggests a very shallow supply on a legacy print being repriced by just a handful of buyers. Mystic Box and Winged Kuriboh LV9 both climbed in the mid 40 percent range, to roughly $15 and $9, likely off limited copies changing hands rather than a broad surge in demand, and Magician’s Rod inching toward $6.25 on a 39 percent move fits the pattern of a staple-adjacent card tightening in supply rather than reacting to any clear competitive or product news.

Biggest gainer: Dragonic Knight: up 386% this week

Final Fantasy TCG

Tournament: Standard this week looks like a tale of two Fire shells, with Fire/Wind and Fire/Ice each taking about a quarter of the field while Water trails at 12.5 percent, more role player than main act. Across those lists Cloud shows up in a remarkable 70 percent of decks, with Odin and Gilgamesh each at 40 percent, which tells you that regardless of whether players pair Fire with Wind or Ice, they are converging on the same small core of power Forwards and removal as the default backbone of the format.

Metrics: Full Arts quietly did most of the work this week, with Rinoa’s August 2022 Full Art jumping 50 percent to a still modest 3.28 dollars, the kind of move you get when a few higher sales meet relatively light supply rather than a coordinated sweep. Enkidu and Mira Full Arts climbed 24 and 22 percent respectively, now at 11.11 and 23.07 dollars, both behaving like higher end Illustration style pieces where a handful of buyers can move the average quickly, while The Emperor LB and Y'shtola posted smaller but steady gains around the 12 to 14 percent mark. With the market’s average move sitting at 14.5 percent and 22 separate spikes flagged without any confirmed external catalyst, this looks less like a single meta or news shock and more like a cluster of thin listings getting repriced upward as buyers test what these cards can actually sell for.

Biggest gainer: Rinoa (Full Art) (August 2022): up 50% this week

Flesh and Blood

News: Flesh and Blood’s official channels spent the week laying track for competitive season and a darker kind of preview season, with “Usurp the Shadow Throne” getting both a dedicated preview feature and its own pre-release events announced. Organized play is clearly in full swing, with Pro Quest: London Events slotted into a broader “World Tour” schedule that now has both a September overview and a recurring “World Tour Weekly” update to keep grinders on the same page. On the strategy side, a “Masterclass: Hala” suggests the spotlight is turning to that hero for players looking to level up, while the “Silver Age Vote , IAR Season” hints that even the format rules are up for a bit of democratic tinkering.

Tournament: Classic Constructed this week is a three way argument between Hala, Bladesaint of the Vow at 8.7 percent, Olympia, Prized Fighter at 7.9 percent, and Oscilio, Constella Intelligence at 6.9 percent, with Living Legend and Blitz showing similar three deck clusters at the top, Zen and Kayo respectively leading their formats by a few points rather than a mile. Across all of it, the real winner is the equipment rack, since Fyendal's Spring Tunic shows up in 80 percent of lists and the generic defense suite of Shelter From The Storm at 75 percent and Fate Foreseen at 60 percent is basically mandatory, giving the format a very clear shared core even as heroes rotate through the spotlight.

Metrics: Flesh and Blood’s secondary market wandered upward this week, with an average move of about 19 percent and 29 separate spikes that look more like scattered flare ups than a single narrative. Roiling Fissure nearly doubled to $2.51 and Orb-Weaver Spinneret (Red) climbed 58 percent to $4.25, both at price points where a handful of higher sales can move the average quickly. Pile Driver and Blade Beckoner Gauntlets followed with gains in the 28 to 43 percent range, while the LGS411 version of Flying High (Red) pushed past $10, a level that often reflects thinner supply rather than a sudden wave of broad demand.

Biggest gainer: Roiling Fissure: up 70% this week

Grand Archive

News: Worlds 2026 and Ascent Worlds 2026 are getting the official recap treatment, which means the competitive season just had its big narrative stitched together for anyone who was not in the feature match area. Alongside that, Grand Archive is pushing lifestyle a bit with a Seaside Splash Merchandise Set, mentioned twice which suggests they really want you to notice it, and signaling the next organized play beat with the .asphodel/paradise Store Championships, giving local scenes a clear banner event to rally around after the world stage wrapped.

Tournament: Standard this week looks like a format still in flux, with Water Aetherwing Diana sitting at the top of the heap at 7.5 percent of the field, just ahead of Wind Seiryuu at 6.7 percent and Fire Oblation Ciel close behind at 6.4 percent. That spread is tight enough that no single champion is running away with the format, but it is clear that water control, wind tempo, and fire sacrifice strategies are the decks you actually have to plan for if you want to make it out of Swiss.

Metrics: Grand Archive’s metrics this week read like a quiet rally, with the tracked cards averaging a 13.8 percent climb and ten separate price spikes tripping the alarms. Divine Comedy led the move, jumping 33 percent to about 24 dollars, a shift that looks more like a few strong sales in a relatively thin market than a broad repricing, while Verdigris Decree, Diffusive Block, Censer of Restful Peace, and Purifying Thurible each rose around 11 percent into the 8 to 15 dollar band. With no confirmed catalysts in play, this pattern of multiple mid-tier staples ticking up together suggests sellers are adjusting listings upward after recent sales rather than reacting to a clear tournament or ban list shock, the kind of slow, slightly mysterious tide Grand Archive prices sometimes ride between big news events.

Biggest gainer: Divine Comedy: up 33% this week

Sorcery: Contested Realm

News: This week was a reminder that Sorcery is still very much a community project at heart, with All Things Contested Realm devoting an entire Episode 31 to poking around The Ruby Core-ier Magazine, a fan made publication that sounds like the kind of thing you only get when people are a little too into their cardboard. On the official side, the Sorcery TCG team issued "Important Updates on the Sorcery Play Network", a signal that organized play infrastructure is getting another round of attention, which usually means players will want to watch how events and support are structured going forward.

Tournament: Tournament results this week show a fairly even spread at the top, with Water Necromancer leading the field at 11.8 percent of Constructed decks, followed closely by Earth Archimago at 10.2 percent and Fire Pathfinder at 9.1 percent. That is not a single deck warping the format so much as three different avatars quietly arguing about the best way to win, Water leaning into recursion and control, Earth grinding value through board presence, and Fire pushing proactive pressure, which collectively keeps the meta from calcifying around one obvious best choice.

Metrics: Foil variants quietly did most of the work this week, with The Flood (Foil) jumping 71 percent to about $119 on very thin listings, the kind of move you get when a few buyers clear out the cheaper copies and the new floor gets set higher. Sacred Stag (Foil) and Unlikely Alliance (Foil) posted more modest but still notable gains, up 16 and 29 percent respectively, while Skeleton Mage (Foil) crept up 8 percent from a low base, a reminder that percentage moves on cheaper cards can look louder than they really are. Swap (SCGCon Promo) ticked up 9 percent to the mid 50s, consistent with a small, fixed supply promo card, and with 12 unusual spikes flagged and the overall market up 14.8 percent, this looks more like a week where a handful of thin markets got repriced than one driven by any single clear event.

Biggest gainer: The Flood (Foil): up 71% this week

Shadowverse Evolve

News: TCGPlayer is spotlighting the crossover crowd this week with a feature on "Collecting Princess Connect! Re: Dive With Shadowverse: Evolve," framing the set less as a pile of meta tools and more as a collectible lane for fans of both franchises. It reads like a gentle reminder that for this game, the cardboard story is not just about tournament play, but about how these collaboration pieces fit into broader Shadowverse collections.

Tournament: Tournament results this week show Abysscraft narrowly leading the field at 20.6 percent of top finishes, with Swordcraft close behind at 19.3 percent and Runecraft trailing at 12.5 percent, a spread that feels more like a jostling pack than a single deck running away with the format. The picture is of a meta where aggressive and midrange game plans from Abysscraft and Swordcraft are setting the pace, while Runecraft shows up often enough to matter but not enough to dictate tech choices, giving players a format that is centralized around those three crafts without feeling solved.

Metrics: Shadowverse Evolve’s secondary market drifted upward this week, with an average move of about 11 percent and a cluster of 12 flagged spikes hinting at a generally nervous price environment. Ever-Lively Table Starlight led the action, jumping 31 percent to 8.93 dollars, the kind of move that usually comes from a few strong sales in a relatively thin Starlight supply. Yui P71EN Foil and Flame Pillar Dragonewt Evolved followed with more modest climbs, up 27 percent and 13 percent respectively, while Ginsetsu Great Fox Evolved Starlight and Amelia Sunny Paladin Starlight posted single digit price tags with low double digit gains, suggesting broader but still measured demand rather than a single dramatic buyout.

Biggest gainer: Ever-Lively Table (SL): up 31% this week

Riftbound

News: Regional season is doing the heavy lifting this week, with coverage of the Riftbound Regional Qualifier in Barcelona dissecting top decks, metagame share, and which strategies actually converted into that elusive Top 8. The official channel is already looking ahead, framing Singapore as the penultimate Regional Qualifier of 2026, while also teasing Riftbound’s presence at PAX West 2026 and where players can track it down in Seattle. On the strategy side, Riftbound.gg is pushing deeper tools and content, from an Ornn, Fire Below the Mountain guide to help players slot the titan into real decks, to a crash course on tuning Vendetta lists with their deck builder and playtest features, and even broader thinkpieces on real-time information as a customer expectation and, for the economically curious, a detour into how one writer climbed from cheap CS2 skins to an AWP | Oni Taiji.

Tournament: This week’s Riftbound constructed results read like a greatest hits album for Ionia, with Master Yi, Wuju Bladesman quietly sitting on top at 12 percent of the field while Diana, Scorn of the Moon and Irelia, Blade Dancer trail close behind around 8 percent each. Across those shells, the real constants are the role players: Chaos Rune shows up in nearly half of all decks at 45.5 percent, with Star-Crossed and Stacked Deck each hovering just under 40 percent, suggesting that whatever champion you sleeve up, you are still playing a format defined by efficient, flexible staples rather than any single flashy finisher.

Metrics: Riftbound’s market drifted upward this week, with an average gain of 13.3 percent and several headline cards pulling harder than the pack. Zenith Blade climbed 27 percent to $6.74 and Kennen, Storm of Shuriken rose 20 percent to $2.89, moves that look like steady demand rather than a single outlier sale. On the premium side, alternate arts for Kha'Zix, Mutating Horror and Blue Sentinel gained 21 and 18 percent respectively, hinting at collectors quietly soaking up copies, while Darius, Executioner in Overnumbered treatment pushed to $46.99, an 18 percent jump that feels more like a thin supply getting repriced than a sudden rush of new players.

Biggest gainer: Zenith Blade: up 27% this week

Disney Lorcana

Metrics: Prices in Lorcana nudged up across the board this week, with the market average climbing 16.8 percent and a few usual suspects getting ahead of the curve. Anna, Braving the Storm led the charge, jumping 45 percent to 15.77 dollars on what looks like a small number of higher sales in a relatively shallow Epic inventory, while Mulan, Disguised Soldier quietly pushed up 20 percent to 31.67 dollars, suggesting steady demand rather than a single buyout. On the flashier side, Genie, Powers Unleashed Alternate Art and Kuzco, Wanted Llama each rose 32 percent to 7.96 and 3.96 dollars respectively, moves that line up with modest supply tightening, and Yen Sid, Powerful Sorcerer Enchanted crept up 18 percent to 53.01 dollars, a typical premium card pattern where a few missing listings are enough to move the posted price.

Biggest gainer: Anna - Braving the Storm (Epic): up 45% this week

Digimon Card Game

Tournament: Standard this week is very much an Olympos XII format, showing up in 17.3% of decks, with Xros at 7.9% and Vemmon at 7.2% playing the understudies rather than the leads. Across those lists the real constants are the staples, Asuna Shiroki sitting in a quarter of all decks at 25.1% usage, with Analog Youth in 16.1% and Crimson Blaze in 15.1%, which tells you players are leaning on cheap memory setup and flexible removal to keep pace with the big Olympus plays rather than trying to reinvent the wheel every round.

Metrics: Digimon singles drifted upward this week, with the market average up 13.7 percent and a cluster of 10 unusual spikes, mostly on cards where supply looks like it did not need much of a nudge. Rie Kishibe Alternate Art led the pack, jumping 62 percent to $11.47 on what appears to be a handful of higher sales in a relatively shallow listing pool, while Veedramon Reprint climbed 26 percent to $5.03, a typical pattern when a reprint version becomes the default playable copy. On the lower end of the dollar spectrum, Punkmon Limited Foil rose 16 percent to $4.35, Kudamon from the Digimon Royal Knights Card Set added 16 percent to reach $2.03, and God Grade Unleashed Limited Foil ticked up 14 percent to $3.82, all moves that look more like small markets adjusting to recent sales than a coordinated run on any one deck or strategy.

Biggest gainer: Rie Kishibe (Alternate Art): up 62% this week

Star Wars: Unlimited

Tournament: Premier this week is basically the Cad Bane show, with Cad Bane | Still Faster Than You making up just under a third of the field and Ahsoka Tano | Trust in the Force and The Mandalorian | We Can't Keep Running trailing far behind as the next-best options. The real story though is how homogenized the card choices look, with Chimaera | A Frightening Reality and Pre Vizsla | Strong-Willed Ruler each showing up in over half of all decks and Aggressive Negotiations not far behind, a sign that regardless of which leader you sleeve up, a lot of players are leaning on the same power cards to keep pace with the format.

Metrics: Prices drifted up across the board this week, with the market average gaining about 25 percent and nine separate cards tripping the “that looks weird” alarm. Improvised Identity nearly doubled to 8.50 dollars and Jendirian Valley, Refugee Freighter jumped to about 32 dollars, moves that look more like a few big sales in a shallow market than a wave of new decks suddenly needing playsets. On the character side The Mandalorian, Devoted Rescuer and its Hyperspace version climbed into the mid teens, and even Han Solo, Hibernation Sick in Hyperspace foil crept toward 5 dollars, suggesting a mix of modest supply thinning and collectors quietly cleaning up listings rather than some grand meta revelation.

Biggest gainer: Improvised Identity: up 70% this week

Gundam Card Game

Tournament: Standard this week is looking like a very blue and very white affair, with Blue White Victory Unicorn leading the field at 9.3 percent of decks, just ahead of Strike Freedom Gundam (Victory Gundam) at 8.2 percent and Shining Gundam (Master Gundam) close behind at 7.8 percent. The real story, though, is how homogenized the non suit cards have become, with Overflowing Affection showing up in 55.1 percent of lists, A Show of Resolve in 50.6 percent, and Kira Yamato in 41.1 percent, which suggests that regardless of which flagship you sleeve up, a huge chunk of the format is playing from the same emotional support package.

Metrics: Prices in Gundam Card Game crept upward this week, with the tracked cards averaging a nearly 20 percent move, but the story is more about how thin the shelves look than any obvious metagame earthquake. Zeong climbed 26 percent to $4.75, a classic mid-tier rare reacting to a handful of higher sales, while the C plus Resource (R-002) jumped 25 percent to $17.17 as premium parallel supply tightened. Financier (U plus) rose 15 percent to $9.02 and Messala (R plus) gained 13 percent to $11, both consistent with gradual price lifts in low listing environments rather than a coordinated buyout or a clear external shock.

Biggest gainer: Zeong: up 26% this week