📊 Weekly Market Reports

Magic: The Gathering

News: Secret Lair is doing a lot of the talking this week, and not all of it flattering. Multiple outlets are dissecting the Secret Lair Zeta Set sale, with Wargamer reporting that MTG itself called the sale "a disaster" and EDHREC asking bluntly what happened, while Star City Games covers Wizards changing its stance on Pauper legality for the Zeta Set commons, a reminder that even format rules are not as fixed as they sometimes seem. Elsewhere, Star City Games laid out the full preview schedule for Reality Fracture, MTGGoldfish is debating whether bringing Commander to Arena is bad for the format, and also running a nostalgia bracket pitting Simic Oko (2019) against Selesnya Badgermole (2026) for Best Standard Deck Ever, all while TCGPlayer Infinite tracks the top ten best selling Secret Lair cards and Card Game Base keeps the Universes Beyond train rolling with over 50 new Star Trek spoilers.

Tournament: In competitive Commander this week, the usual suspects are still at the top, with Kraum, Ludevic's Opus paired with Tymna the Weaver edging out Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy and Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh with Silas Renn, Seeker Adept, all clustered within a few percentage points, which suggests a fairly tight cEDH field rather than one deck running away with it. The card data is even more blunt, Sol Ring showing up in 97.1 percent of decks, Command Tower in 86.5 percent, and Lotus Petal in 86 percent, a reminder that the format is defined by cheap, explosive mana. Modern tells a similar story of convergence, with Atraxa, Grand Unifier / Goryo's Vengeance, Kappa Cannoneer / Pinnacle Emissary, and Overlord of the Balemurk / Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow each sitting at 5 percent, while the most played cards are not flashy win conditions but lands, Steam Vents, Flooded Strand, and Wooded Foothills, underlining that in this format your mana base is doing as much heavy lifting as your threats.

Metrics: This week’s metrics read like a greatest hits list for eternal formats, with the market up a hefty 41.3 percent on average and fifteen separate spikes raising eyebrows. Baleful Strix (Retro Frame) led the charge, reportedly climbing 177 percent to $2.77 following the Secret Lair Zeta Set spoiler that touched off Pauper legality chatter, a reminder that even a rarity shift can jolt prices. Wasteland (J15) jumped 84 percent to $68.86, the kind of move you usually see when a limited Judge promo listing or two gets bought out, while Sphere of Safety at $3.09 and Talisman of Indulgence at $6.98 both posted solid gains that look like broader demand pushing up mid tier staples. Even Avengers Monitoring Station Herald's Horn (Surge Foil) joined in at $2.76, up 38 percent, a small but notable move in what is clearly a week where relatively thin supply magnified every uptick.

Biggest gainer: Baleful Strix (Retro Frame): up 177% this week

Pokémon TCG

News: Worlds 2026 is clearly the center of gravity this week, with the Pokémon Blog detailing results across VGC, TCG, GO and UNITE and spotlighting GGS489HIROMARU as the Pokémon GO World Champion. The closing ceremony pulled double duty as a teaser reel, reportedly revealing Wild Card, Z Mega Evolutions and the 2027 Worlds, while separate posts introduced Pokémon TCG’s Mega Lucario Z ex and the new ex★ Series and confirmed Z Mega Evolutions coming to Pokémon Champions ahead of a September update. Around the edges, Nintendo is running a final chance My Nintendo Classic Fun Sweepstakes for retro swag, Pokémon Center is leaning into spooky season with Zorua and Zoroark Halloween plush, and Pokémon Sleep quietly expanded its official Spotify playlist with 20 new tracks, presumably for people who like their lullabies branded.

Tournament: Standard is still Dragapult’s format, with the main list at 11.7 percent of the field and a Dragapult Dusknoir variant at 6.8 percent, while Alakazam Dudunsparce quietly holds a solid 8 percent share as the main alternative game plan. Under the hood, the card usage is even more centralized, with Boss’s Orders showing up in 93 percent of decks and Night Stretcher and Poké Pad both over 80 percent, a pretty clear sign that gust effects and recovery tools are the real glue holding this metagame together. In Expanded, Regidrago leads at 10.9 percent with Ceruledge and Mew Genesect tied at 4.7 percent, and the format’s personality is defined by staples like Guzma in 71.8 percent of lists, VS Seeker in 60.3 percent, and Quick Ball in 48.7 percent, which is about what you get when you let every good search and reuse card live in the same sandbox.

Metrics: Prices drifted upward across the board this week, with the market average up 27.1 percent and a dozen cards showing unusual spikes, the kind that make you double check the graph to be sure it is not a data glitch. Slowking is the clear outlier, jumping 51 percent to just under $287, a level that usually reflects very thin listings where a couple of high sales can drag the average skyward. Ludicolo 010/107 climbed 82 percent to $17 and Pikachu is up 36 percent to $23.17, both big moves that look more like older cards with limited supply being repriced than a rush of new demand, while smaller cards like Altaria at $2.07 and Miracle Energy at $23.85 rose 39 and 33 percent respectively, consistent with a week where posted prices are being adjusted upward rather than any single obvious catalyst driving play or collecting.

Biggest gainer: Ludicolo - 010/107: up 82% this week

One Piece TCG

News: This week is mostly housekeeping for the cardboard faithful, with Bandai rolling out more accessories and content to frame the game we already have. Premium Card Collection -6 assort vol.2-, the Playmat & Card Set -Luffy & Bonney-, and two new Limited Card Sleeve offerings including Championship 26-27 KV and ONE PIECE Heroines Edition all point to a focus on cosmetic upgrades rather than rule changes. On the information side, Card Game Base is cataloging all 44 One Piece Starter Decks, while TCGPlayer is busy ranking both the 10 most expensive cards in The World's Strongest Warriors OP-17 and what it calls the best decks in the game right now, a reminder that even in a quiet news week people still want to know which leaders are actually winning games.

Tournament: Standard this week is defined by a trio of control leaning leaders, with Dracule Mihawk showing up in just over a fifth of the field, Sabo close behind, and Rocks D Xebec rounding out the top tier. Across those archetypes the card choices are remarkably consistent, Monkey D Luffy appears in roughly a third of decks, with Roronoa Zoro and Charlotte Linlin right next to him, so regardless of which leader you sit down across from, you are still playing into the same core package of threats.

Metrics: Prices in One Piece shuffled upward this week, with the tracked cards averaging a sizable 23.5 percent move. Rodo led the pack at $4.35 after a 74 percent jump, the kind of shift that usually points to either very few listings or a couple of higher sales pulling the average up. Both Roronoa Zoro versions, 095 at $11.74 and 038 at $11.89, climbed more moderately at 52 and 32 percent, suggesting broader demand rather than a single outlier sale, while Miss Doublefinger (Zala) Full Art at $23.61 and Charlotte Oven at $8.91 posted smaller but still notable gains. With 15 unusual spikes flagged and no confirmed catalyst, this looks less like one big event and more like a week where multiple listings got repriced upward at once.

Biggest gainer: Rodo: up 74% this week

Yu-Gi-Oh!

News: This week’s Yu-Gi-Oh! beat is a mix of cardboard and pixels, with the OCG’s “Booster Limited Tournament” drawing attention to constrained pool formats while “New Reveals from Master Duel” continue to nudge the digital meta forward. Konami is already looking ahead, showing off the “World Championship 2026 Trophy,” and the “Headliner of Reigning” spoiler list adds another drip of upcoming set information for people who like planning their combos a year in advance. On the art side, YGOrganization highlighted new reference pieces for “Raise Moon Starter Squeeze & Cielo,” “Emptiness Devouring Xenovader△ Jahannam,” and “Zenet Prophet , Nefertari & Sphinx,” plus a “[Tournament] Free Tournament on SimOrg,” which means even the proxy crowd gets a structured place to misplay in peace.

Tournament: Kewl Tune is quietly sitting at the top of the TCG field at 13.1 percent of decks, with Elfnote and Blitzclique trailing at 9.8 and 7.5 percent, so we are looking at a format with a clear front runner but not a true tier 0 boogeyman. The real story is in the card choices, though, with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring showing up in 57.3 percent of lists, Mulcharmy Fuwalos close behind at 51.2 percent, and Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit in 44 percent, a trio of handtraps and utility that essentially defines what “standard interaction” looks like right now.

Metrics: This week’s metrics read like a tour through older card pools and a modest modern chase, with prices climbing an average of 37 percent and 42 separate spikes flagged. Smashing Ground’s 203 percent jump to just over 3 dollars and Cyber Prima’s 88 percent move to the mid 5 dollar range look like lower value cards reacting to a few higher sales rather than a new staple trend, while Gravekeeper’s Spy nudging up 34 percent to about 3 dollars suggests broader but still modest interest. At the high end, Ultimate Offering’s surge to roughly 138 dollars on a 52 percent gain is typical of a very thin market where one or two sales can reset expectations, and Nightmare Apprentice in Starlight Rare quietly adding 33 percent to reach 4 dollars shows mild collector attention without any confirmed outside catalyst driving it.

Biggest gainer: Smashing Ground: up 203% this week

Final Fantasy TCG

Tournament: Standard this week looks more like a three way staring contest than a clear hierarchy, with pure Water, Ice/Water, and Ice/Lightning each sitting at about 10 percent of the field. The real story is in the card choices, Leo showing up in nearly half the decks as a universal Forward glue piece, with Tidus and Lunafreya close behind in over a third of lists, signaling that Water based packages are quietly defining how people build even when the archetypes themselves are split across different elements.

Metrics: This week’s Final Fantasy TCG metrics look like a general uptick rather than a single card stealing the spotlight, with the market average move at +11.3 percent and 17 unusual spikes flagged. Griever (Full Art) leads the pack at $10.64, up 18 percent, and Cloud continues its familiar role as a premium staple at $33.23, up 11 percent, both moves consistent with relatively thin higher-end supply getting repriced by a few sales. On the lower end, Noctis EX at $3.20, Edge (Full Art) at $6.07, and Amaterasu at $2.13 all climb between 9 and 10 percent, modest increases that look more like broad, incremental demand than a single dramatic buyout, especially in the absence of any confirmed tournament or ban list catalyst.

Biggest gainer: Griever (Full Art): up 18% this week

Flesh and Blood

News: World Tour coverage dominated the headlines, with FaBTCG.gg offering a wrap up of the Kansas City stop while Flesh and Blood Official continued its broader "World Tour Weekly" series. The official site also dug into competitive strategy with a "Deck Dive" focused on lists from Calling events in Hamburg and Kansas City, giving players a closer look at what succeeded on those stages. Rounding things out, "Pro Quest: London Events" highlighted upcoming or ongoing qualifier play in London, a reminder that while the World Tour grabs the spotlight, the grind for Pro-level seats continues in local halls.

Tournament: Across formats this week the competitive picture is less about one deck running away with things and more about a familiar cast of heroes jostling for space at the top tables. Classic Constructed shows Hala, Bladesaint of the Vow slightly ahead of Olympia, Prized Fighter and Oscilio, Constella Intelligence, while Living Legend leans on Zen, Tamer of Purpose with Iyslander, Stormbind and Enigma, Ledger of Ancestry close behind, and Blitz is still Kayo country with Dromai and Dorinthea, Quicksilver Prodigy trailing. Underneath all that variety, the card choices are remarkably unified, with Fyendal's Spring Tunic, Shelter From The Storm, and Sigil Of Solace appearing in roughly 65 percent of decks across the board, a reminder that whatever hero you sleeve up, the shared toolbox of generic staples still quietly defines how games actually play out.

Metrics: Prices drifted upward across the board this week, with the market average up just over 20 percent, but a handful of cards clearly did more than just follow the tide. Harvest Season (Red) LGS367 nearly doubled to 5.45, the kind of move that usually comes from a few larger sales colliding with already thin local game store promo supply, while Frostbite FAB081 climbed 18 percent to 57.98, a number that suggests a very shallow high end market rather than broad new demand. Soul Shield jumped 70 percent to 3.4 and Storm of Sandikai rose 40 percent to 2.22, both in the range where a small cluster of higher priced listings can reset averages, and even Earthlore Bounty Extended Art nudged up 19 percent to 3.5, contributing to the 14 unusual spikes flagged without any confirmed external catalyst to blame, which is always slightly less exciting than it sounds.

Biggest gainer: Harvest Season (Red) - LGS367: up 98% this week

Grand Archive

News: Worlds 2026 and Ascent Worlds 2026 are getting the spotlight this week, with official recaps promising a closer look at how the game’s biggest stages actually played out rather than how social media remembers them. Alongside that, the repeated mention of ".asphodel/paradise" and the ".asphodel/paradise Regionals" suggests this project or product is moving from announcement into organized play support, with Regionals signaling a more formal competitive track tied to that name. It is the kind of pairing that usually matters long term, a marquee event recap on one side and a branded Regional circuit on the other, both quietly defining what “serious” Grand Archive play looks like heading into the next season.

Tournament: Standard this week looks like a three element standoff, with Wind Razorgale Arisanna, Water Genbu, and Fire Suzaku all clustered tightly around the 6 to 7 percent mark, no single champion breaking away as the clear best deck. That kind of spread usually means players are still tuning lists and sideboard plans, with Razorgale leaning into aggressive Wind lines, Genbu holding down the reactive Water role, and Suzaku providing the proactive Fire pressure, so you get a format where matchups matter more than raw power level and every top table is a different flavor of elemental slugfest.

Metrics: This week’s Grand Archive metrics read like a reminder that numbers can be loud even when the news is quiet. Trained Hawk more than doubled to $12.32, a move that in a small market usually means a few high sales clearing out the cheaper listings, while Snow White, Weiss Queen inched up 9 percent to $18.72 on steadier, higher tier pricing. Jueying, Shadowmare and Camelot, Impenetrable posted more modest gains, up 21 and 8 percent respectively, and with the market average move sitting at a hefty 35.9 percent plus eight flagged spikes and no confirmed catalysts, this looks less like a single event and more like a week where thin supply and scattered demand pushed several cards up at once.

Biggest gainer: Trained Hawk: up 106% this week

Sorcery: Contested Realm

News: Sorcery’s official channel took a deep dive into design this week with “Three Names, One Slam: Designing Ground Slam,” unpacking how the card went from concept to finished spell. It is the kind of peek behind the curtain that shows the naming and mechanical iteration process, reminding players that every dramatic board wipe they cast started life as a messy designer brainstorm.

Tournament: Constructed this week was a story of avatars and their favorite elements, with Earth Archimago quietly leading the field at 12.5 percent of top finishes, followed by the more aggressive Fire Pathfinder at 9.7 percent and the ever-flexible Air Avatar of Air at 9.1 percent. That spread suggests a meta where site control and board presence from Earth builds are edging out the burn and tempo tools of Fire and Air, but not by enough to call it a solved format, more a three way argument about the best way to win the same game.

Metrics: Foil premiums quietly marched upward this week, with Aramos Mercenaries posting the loudest move, up 43 percent to roughly 19 dollars, a jump far larger than the market’s 10.8 percent average and likely reflecting a few strong sales in a relatively thin listing pool. The big foil sites and legends followed with more modest but still notable gains, as Old Mortimer's Den, Saintweald, Mount Ussar Sanctuary, and Returned King all climbed in the 7 to 12 percent range into the 50 to 160 dollar band, movements consistent with high end, low supply Illustration Rare and Starlight style cards where even small shifts in demand can push prices. With eight unusual spikes flagged and no verified catalysts, the story this week is not a new combo or ban list drama, just the math of scarce foils getting a little scarcer.

Biggest gainer: Aramos Mercenaries (Foil): up 43% this week

Shadowverse Evolve

News: Shadowverse: Evolve’s official channels spent the week firmly in crossover territory, spotlighting the upcoming Granblue Fantasy collaboration set and offering recommended decks for the Princess Connect! Re: Dive crossover. The message is pretty clear, even without a press release attached, the game is leaning hard into its tie in sets and is now actively shepherding players toward specific Princess Connect builds as those products come online.

Tournament: Abysscraft and Swordcraft are essentially co headliners in constructed this week, sitting at 20.6 percent and 19.3 percent of the field, with Runecraft a clear but distant third at 12.5 percent. That spread paints a format where proactive midrange and tempo lines are setting the pace, and spell heavy Runecraft lists are more about checking those leaders than defining the room themselves, a metagame that feels less like one deck running away with things and more like three big crafts jostling for who gets to be the default you have to plan for.

Metrics: Prices in Shadowverse Evolve nudged upward this week, with the tracked cards averaging a 18.4 percent move, though the story is more about odd ripples than a single clear trend. Aleister, Argenteum Astrum jumped 50 percent to 3 dollars, a level that still suggests a low base price where a handful of higher sales can move the needle, while foil promos like Princess's Strike P09EN at 2.98 dollars and Haven Fire P23 at 5 dollars climbed more modestly, consistent with relatively thin but active supply. Starlight versions such as Dark Angel Olivia at 2.04 dollars and Galmieux, Omen of Disdain (Evolved) at 2.12 dollars posted single digit gains, and with 30 unusual spikes flagged and no verified catalysts, this looks more like scattered adjustments across a shallow market than a coordinated rush into any one deck or archetype.

Biggest gainer: Aleister, Argenteum Astrum: up 50% this week

Riftbound

News: Regional competition is driving most of the Riftbound conversation this week, with Wuhan and Barcelona both under the microscope as tier lists and metagame breakdowns try to explain how Vendetta decks and Ornn strategies converted into Top 8 finishes. While Riftbound.gg is busy ranking the best Vendetta lists and dissecting why esports is suddenly making “major waves,” Riot’s official channels are quietly laying the infrastructure, teasing the new PlayRiftbound.com tools for Organized Play, updating how product works on the Riot Merch Store, and confirming that Korea’s Rift opens later this month. Rounding it out, Riftbound.gg is already tallying the most expensive Vendetta cards, a reminder that every regional result now has a companion piece tracking what the metagame is doing to the market, even if nobody is saying the numbers out loud yet.

Tournament: Tournament results this week paint a pretty clear picture of Riftbound’s early constructed meta, with Master Yi, Wuju Bladesman sitting on top at 12.2 percent of the field and Diana, Scorn of the Moon plus Irelia, Blade Dancer trailing as the other major archetypes. Across those decks the real story is the staples, with Chaos Rune showing up in 45.2 percent of lists and Star-Crossed and Stacked Deck close behind in roughly 38 percent of decks, suggesting that whatever flavor of aggression or tempo you prefer, you are probably starting from the same small package of core cards.

Metrics: Riftbound’s market drifted upward this week, with an average move of 27.9 percent and all four tracked cards in the green, though the story is very different at the top end than in the bulk. Irelia, Fervent (Overnumbered) and LeBlanc, Deceiver (Overnumbered) both climbed sharply into the mid 140s and low 150s respectively, the kind of percentage jump you usually only see when a few high priced Illustration Rare style sales clear out already thin listings. Immortal Phoenix’s 39 percent rise to 5 dollars and Rengar, Trophy Hunter’s 18 percent move to 32.50 look more like broad demand nudging up playable staples, a quieter but steadier kind of strength that does not require a buyout narrative to explain it.

Biggest gainer: Irelia, Fervent (Overnumbered): up 47% this week

Disney Lorcana

News: TCGPlayer Lorcana spent this week looking back at the North American Championship, spotlighting what it calls the best decks from that event, a pretty clear sign that competitive players are getting a metagame postmortem packaged for easy digestion. Alongside that, they ran a feature on the best selling cards in Disney Lorcana, tying the tournament narrative to what is actually moving through their marketplace, so you get the usual one two punch, what won and what people are buying to try to imitate it.

Metrics: Stitch, Carefree Surfer is the clear outlier this week, jumping 188 percent to $12.37, a move that looks like a handful of higher sales pushing up a relatively thin market rather than some grand revelation about amber aggro. Elsa, Exploring the Unknown and Kuzco, Wanted Llama both show more modest climbs, up 24 and 10 percent respectively, with stable looking prices that suggest broader interest in their Epic versions rather than a sudden buyout. On the premium side, Carl Fredricksen, Loving Husband in foil and Baymax, Armored Companion each gained about 10 to 24 percent, with Baymax now at $61.48, a level that implies collectors are quietly soaking up copies even as overall card movement sits at a fairly warm 23.9 percent average rise.

Biggest gainer: Stitch - Carefree Surfer: up 188% this week

Digimon Card Game

Tournament: Olympos XII continues to define Standard this week, showing up in nearly a quarter of reported decks, with Xros and Vemmon trailing far behind as secondary options rather than true co-headliners. Across those lists, Asuna Shiroki is quietly the real staple, appearing in over a quarter of decks and giving a consistent backbone to memory and security plans, while Crimson Blaze and Analog Youth hover in that 15 percent range as flexible role players that slot into multiple shells. The picture that emerges is a format where one macro archetype is clearly on top, but the shared infrastructure of powerful option and tamer cards is doing just as much work as any single Digimon line.

Metrics: Prices in Digimon this week climbed more than usual, with the market average up about a third and eight different cards showing abnormal jumps, most of them looking more like thin markets being pushed than broad demand. The standout is Ceresmon // Famis Alternate Art, now just under thirty dollars after a 189 percent move, a pattern that fits a small number of higher sales hitting limited Illustration Rare style supply. Lower rarity playables followed with more modest but still sharp increases, Titamon and Jesmon both rising on relatively low absolute prices, while Veedramon’s reprint and the limited foil Thundermon saw 40 to 44 percent gains that suggest sellers being cleared out at the old numbers then relisting higher rather than any single obvious external shock.

Biggest gainer: Ceresmon // Famis (Alternate Art): up 189% this week

Star Wars: Unlimited

Tournament: Premier results this week paint a pretty clear picture, with Director Krennic | Amidst My Achievement sitting at the top of the archetype heap at 17 percent of the field, ahead of Ahsoka Tano | Trust in the Force at 11 percent and Lando Calrissian | Full Sabacc at 9.5 percent. Under the hood the format looks even more homogenized, since Pre Vizsla | Strong-Willed Ruler, Chimaera | A Frightening Reality, and Koska Reeves | Warrior of Mandalore are all hovering around the 50 percent inclusion mark, which suggests that no matter which leader you sleeve up, a big chunk of the card pool has quietly agreed on the same Mandalorian and flagship core.

Metrics: Prices drifted upward across the board this week, with the market average up just over 20 percent, and a cluster of nine spikes that look more like a series of small fires than one big blaze. Neel, The Cutest Boy led the pack, jumping 65 percent to $3.85, and its Hyperspace version followed with a more modest 14 percent rise to $6.32, a pattern that suggests a few higher sales pushing both regular and premium listings up rather than a full scale buyout. Jar Jar Binks, Mesa Propose in Prestige climbed 55 percent to $4.64 and The Darksaber, Icon of Leadership edged up 27 percent to $7.64, with Improvised Identity Hyperspace up 23 percent to $5, all moving without any confirmed external catalyst, so what we are seeing is simply prices resetting in a thin market rather than some clear meta or news driven story.

Biggest gainer: Neel - The Cutest Boy: up 65% this week

Gundam Card Game

Tournament: Standard this week looks like a tale of three pillars, with Strike Freedom Gundam paired with Victory Gundam edging out Shining Gundam with Master Gundam, and Blue White Control quietly holding a solid third share of the field. Across those archetypes the real story is in the staples, Overflowing Affection showing up in more than half of lists, A Show of Resolve close behind, and Kira Yamato in nearly as many decks, which signals that whatever flavor of Gundam you are piloting, you are probably starting from the same core package of cards.

Metrics: Financier U+ quietly led the week, jumping 35 percent to 16.61 on what looks like a typical parallel pattern, a few higher sales in a relatively shallow market pushing the average up rather than some grand revelation about the card. The real eyebrow raiser is Freedom Gundam from Newtype Challenge 2026 Mission 1, up 14 percent to 2410.86, where the tiny supply of a mission promo means even a couple of strong sales can move the number by triple digits. Tournament Winner Pack promos followed the same script, with Momentary Respite climbing 12 percent to 14 and Unforeseen Incident up 11 percent to 189.37, both behaving like low print reward cards where posted prices adjust as copies disappear. Rounding things out, Stellar Loussier R+ rose 14 percent to 13.71, a modest but broad move that fits the overall market average gain of 17.4 percent, more a gentle tide lifting premium parallels than a coordinated rush on any single card.

Biggest gainer: Financier (U+): up 35% this week