📊 Weekly Market Reports

Magic: The Gathering

News: Reality Fracture previews dominated the week, with Star City Games and MTGGoldfish both tracking the set’s rolling reveals, from Thursday and Friday spotlight pieces to weekend spoiler roundups that highlighted Emrakul’s return and a surprising number of paired cards. MTGGoldfish also flagged a Jace Planeswalker token, Elder Sphinges, and a Green Obliterator, while Wargamer zeroed in on a Reality Fracture commander that reportedly churns out Black Lotus tokens, the sort of design that makes Commander players sit up and rules managers reach for aspirin. Away from the spoilers, Wargamer reported Gavin Verhey’s comment that other TCGs are “great” for Magic and help create “some of our big booms,” and Star City Games closed the loop on competitive play with a rundown of top decks and winners from SCG CON Dallas.

Tournament: In competitive Commander, the usual suspects are still running the table, with Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy leading the field at 7.3 percent, followed by the classic Kraum, Ludevic's Opus plus Tymna the Weaver partnership at 6.5 percent and Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh plus Thrasios, Triton Hero at 4.6 percent, a reminder that efficient commanders and easy access to cards still rule the format. Under the hood, the mana engines are almost universal, with Sol Ring appearing in 97.7 percent of decks and fast mana like Lotus Petal and Gemstone Caverns sitting just under 90 percent, so if you are not accelerating, you are probably losing. Modern, meanwhile, is in a very combo heavy moment, with Atraxa, Grand Unifier tied to Goryo's Vengeance, Overlord of the Balemurk paired with Witch Enchanter and Witch-Blessed Meadow, and Devoted Druid with Leyline of Abundance all at 5 percent, while the most played cards are not flashy finishers at all but the fetch shock infrastructure, led by Steam Vents, Flooded Strand, and Wooded Foothills, quietly doing the real work of making these decks function.

Metrics: Prices were unusually jumpy this week, with an average move north of 130 percent and 22 separate spikes, the kind of pattern that suggests more than one outlier sale but not necessarily a coherent story. Kasmina, Enigma Sage (Borderless) led the pack, jumping 994 percent to about $5.80, a classic case where a low starting price means a handful of higher sales can rewrite the market. Cut Down climbed 259 percent to $3.84 and Baleful Strix doubled to $5.31, both moves consistent with broad interest across multiple listings rather than a single buyout. On the premium end, Captain Marvel, Earth's Protector (Borderless) (0342) rose 119 percent to $4.36 and the Ichormoon Gauntlet Oil Slick Raised Foil pushed past $42 after a 103 percent gain, both behaving like higher end variants where thin supply magnifies each new sale.

Biggest gainer: Kasmina, Enigma Sage (Borderless): up 994% this week

Pokémon TCG

News: The Pokémon news cycle this week is doing its best impression of a variety show, with everything from a grumpy Snubbull clip from Pokémon: The Johto Journeys to a full recap of what went down at the Pokémon TCG World Championship. Competitive players got a concrete milestone with 2027 Pokémon Latin America International Championships registration dates announced for São Paulo, while collectors and retail hunters now have a new target in the form of a Mewtwo promo card arriving alongside the Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration and its newly revealed Illustration Rare and Special Illustration Rare cards. Around the edges of the franchise, Pokémon Night Out is leaning into music and merch with Marshmello and Alison Wonderland, and the broader Nintendo ecosystem is making noise with announcements like Metroid Ravenous, Kirby and the World Beyond, and a Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary slate that includes an Ocarina of Time remake and new Switch 2 hardware.

Tournament: Standard is still very much a Dragapult format at 12.4 percent of the field, but it is not running away with things, with Alakazam Dudunsparce and N's Zoroark close behind at a little over 7 percent each, which keeps the top tables from feeling like pure mirror match territory. The real story is the glue cards, though, with Boss's Orders showing up in nearly 90 percent of decks and Night Stretcher and Poké Pad both clearing 80 percent, a sign that targeted gust effects and efficient recursion are basically mandatory tools rather than tech choices. Expanded, predictably, looks like the wild west, with Regidrago leading at 9.4 percent and Ceruledge and Mew Genesect tied at 4.7 percent, while old standbys like Guzma and VS Seeker plus Hisuian Heavy Ball define a format where you can play almost anything, as long as you also play the same handful of hyper efficient trainers.

Metrics: Prices drifted higher across the board this week, with the tracked cards averaging a 28 percent move up, but the action was concentrated in a few standouts. Rayquaza climbed 61 percent to about $153 and Palkia LV.X jumped 50 percent to roughly $188, both levels that suggest a small number of high sales in a relatively thin market rather than a flood of new buyers. Lower priced pieces like Raikou, up 35 percent to $5.40, Cleffa, up 34 percent to $43.30, and Charizard ex -196, up 34 percent to $3.28, look more like broad repricing on modest demand, and with 11 unusual spikes flagged and no confirmed catalysts, this week reads as a recalibration of posted prices more than a clear shift in the competitive meta.

Biggest gainer: Rayquaza: up 61% this week

One Piece TCG

News: Bandai spent the week quietly rearranging the furniture, with BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest feat. ONE PIECE CARD GAME DALLAS getting an update while a new Premium Card Collection -6 assort vol.2- and a Playmat and Card Set -Luffy and Bonney- were both announced. Accessories are clearly on the menu, with a Limited Card Sleeve Championship 26-27 KV and Limited Card Sleeve ONE PIECE Heroines Edition also revealed, giving players more ways to dress up their DON. On the gameplay side, TCGPlayer highlighted “The Best Budget Decks for the One Piece Card Game,” Card Game Base confirmed new leaders via One Piece ST37 and ST38 decklists, and BOOSTER PACK -THE WORLD’S STRONGEST WARRIORS- [OP-17] received an update, keeping future set watchers busy.

Tournament: Standard this week is looking like a three leader format, with Dracule Mihawk quietly sitting on top at 20.8 percent of the field, followed by Sabo at 14.3 percent and Rocks D Xebec close behind at 13 percent. Under the hood, the card choices are even more telling, Charlotte Linlin showing up in 35.7 percent of decks, with Monkey D Luffy in 31.8 percent and Roronoa Zoro in 31.1 percent, which suggests that regardless of which leader people sleeve up, they are converging on the same high impact threats to actually close games.

Metrics: Prices in One Piece this week crept up across the board, with a market average move of 18 percent and a few standouts quietly pulling ahead. Jewelry Bonney from the Heroines Battle Pack led the pack, jumping 53 percent to 4.19 dollars, a move that looks like a small pool of listings getting cleared out rather than a tidal wave of copies changing hands. Uta and Usopp Alternate Arts climbed 44 and 29 percent respectively, now at 5.38 and 16.72 dollars, both behaving like cards where a few higher sales are resetting expectations rather than a classic buyout pattern. Rodo at 5.94 dollars and Captain John at 2.13 dollars gained 28 and 24 percent, modest prices but steady enough that this week feels less like a single spike and more like a gentle ratchet upward on mid tier staples.

Biggest gainer: Jewelry Bonney (Heroines Battle Pack): up 53% this week

Yu-Gi-Oh!

News: Konami spent the week reminding everyone this game is somehow both 20 years old and still adding new rulesets. Rush Duel got the spotlight with “Diabellstar” confirmed for RD/CA01 and a Duel Marker plus high definition artwork illustration campaign tied to the same product, while the OCG quietly queued up its next Limit Regulation announcement, which usually means someone’s combo deck has had too much fun. On the digital side, Master Duel picked up a Dice Rally event and a roadmap toward the Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel World Championship 2026, alongside the broader Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2026 news, and for anyone who still remembers UMD saves, Yu-Gi-Oh! TAG FORCE GX, a remake of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3, was unveiled, because apparently we are remastering our misplays now too.

Tournament: Tournament results this week paint a pretty familiar picture, just with new names on the marquee: Kewl Tune leads the field at 11.7 percent, closely trailed by Elfnote at 10.8 percent, with Blitzclique hanging on as the third pillar at 8.5 percent. Under the hood though the format is being held together by the usual suspects, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring showing up in 59.7 percent of decks, Mulcharmy Fuwalos in 55.6 percent, and Droll & Lock Bird in 48.3 percent, which tells you that no matter which shiny new engine you pick, you are still playing a handtrap war first and a theme deck second.

Metrics: This week’s metrics read like a greatest hits album for unexplained spikes, with the market up an average 74.6 percent and 57 separate cards tripping the anomaly radar. Majestic Mech, Ohka nearly tripled to about 15 dollars and D.D. Scout Plane climbed to a bit over 2 dollars, both moves that look more like small, thin markets getting repriced by a handful of higher sales than any broad surge in demand. On the higher end, the blue Right Leg of the Forbidden One pushed past 32 dollars, while Quarter Century Secret Rares for Salamangreat Circle and Salamangreat Raging Phoenix roughly doubled, suggesting that the premium variants in particular are seeing listings dry up first, then prices follow, even without any confirmed competitive or product news to point to.

Biggest gainer: Majestic Mech - Ohka: up 196% this week

Final Fantasy TCG

Tournament: Standard this week looks like a three way split, with Lightning Water, Fire, and Wind each showing up at 11.1 percent of the field, so no single archetype is running away with the format yet. The real story is in the card choices, where Amaterasu, Zack, and Vincent all appear in 40 percent of decks, suggesting players are converging on a shared core of high impact Forwards and interaction even as they disagree on which element pairing should actually carry them through a long tournament.

Metrics: Full Art cards quietly led the market this week, with Luso LB climbing 24 percent to $37.76 and Kuja’s Full Art reprint up 15 percent to $18, both moves consistent with a small number of higher sales in a relatively thin premium market. More playable midrange pieces like Tifa and Folka each rose 22 percent, to $7.14 and $5.56 respectively, suggesting broader demand rather than a single buyout, while Dorgann Full Art posted a more modest 11 percent gain to $4.77. With the market average up 16.7 percent and 25 unusual spikes flagged, this looks less like one big story and more like a cluster of individual listings getting repriced upward as sellers test how far Illustration Rares and other staples can be pushed before players stop clicking "add to cart."

Biggest gainer: Luso LB (Full Art): up 24% this week

Flesh and Blood

News: World Tour Weekly keeps Flesh and Blood’s official spotlight on the organized play circuit, a reminder that the game’s competitive calendar is still the main character in this story. Alongside that, Rules Reprise: Usurp the Shadow Throne Limited signals a rules-focused revisit of that format, the kind of housekeeping article that quietly shapes how players interpret corners of the game long after the headline scrolls off the front page.

Tournament: Classic Constructed this week looks like a slow-motion horror film, with Malice, Domina of the Dead leading the field at 9.6 percent, followed by Viserai, the Forsaken at 6.9 percent and Ser Boltyn, Breaker of Dawn at 5.6 percent, while in Living Legend it is the old guard of Bravo, Star of the Show at 7.5 percent, Dash I/O at 6.4 percent, and Nuu, Alluring Desire at 5.9 percent. Across both formats the real winners are the usual suspects in cardboard, Fyendal's Spring Tunic, Shelter From The Storm, and Sigil Of Solace all showing up in 65 percent of decks, a reminder that no matter which hero you sleeve up, the core of the format is still defined by the same generic engine pieces.

Metrics: Prices crept up across the board this week, with the market average gaining 11.9 percent and a few usual suspects sprinting ahead. Deadwood Dirge (Red) Extended Art and Arcanite Fortress posted the biggest jumps, up about 20 percent to the mid teens and mid twenties respectively, which looks more like a handful of higher sales pushing a relatively thin Extended Art and equipment market upward than some grand revelation. Storm of Sandikai and Money Where Ya Mouth Is (Red) both climbed in the low teens on percentage, but they are still low single digit cards, so small absolute moves show up loudly, while the Rhinar, Reckless Rampage promo nudged toward $17 as supply on niche hero printings tightened. With seven unusual spikes flagged and no confirmed catalysts, this week reads less like a meta earthquake and more like a reminder that low listing counts and a few motivated buyers can move Flesh and Blood prices quickly.

Biggest gainer: Deadwood Dirge (Red) (Extended Art) - LGS363: up 20% this week

Grand Archive

News: Grand Archive continues to plant flags on the competitive map, with "Ascent Kaohsiung 2027" and "Ascent Auckland 2027" both announced, signaling that the Ascent series is not staying homebound. Two different regions getting named events this far out suggests the organized play team is thinking in airplane routes and hotel blocks now, not just local shop nights.

Tournament: Standard this week looks like a three element standoff, with Wind Razorgale Arisanna and Water Genbu each at 6.5 percent of the field and Fire Suzaku just behind at 6.2 percent, a pretty tight spread for decks that approach the game in very different ways. Rather than one list running away with the format, you have a cluster of top archetypes trading small edges, which usually means players are still tuning their champions and regalia packages rather than the meta being solved.

Metrics: Grand Archive’s secondary market tilted upward this week, with a 14.3 percent average move and six notable spikes, but no confirmed external trigger to blame or credit. Purifying Thurible led the pack, climbing 27 percent to $12.84, a jump that looks like a few higher sales pushing up a relatively shallow supply rather than a broad repricing of the entire card pool. The CSR version of Fabled Ruby Fatestone // Suzaku, Vermillion Phoenix nudged up 11 percent to $372.50, a modest move in percentage terms that still represents serious cash in a niche slot, while Red Hare, Unrivaled Stallion added 6 percent to reach $13.41, suggesting steady demand in a market where even small shifts are magnified by limited listings.

Biggest gainer: Purifying Thurible: up 27% this week

Sorcery: Contested Realm

News: Sorcery’s week looked like a convention schedule taped to a fridge, with the game officially heading to SCG CON Dallas while Germany’s Grand Contest pulls players together in Gelsenkirchen. On the content side, the team laid out every card in Frost Mage vs. Lavamancer, teased that more Gothic is on the way, and walked players through how to experience Avatar of the Realm. Behind the scenes, the Sorcery events system is getting "new tools," which, if you have ever tried to report standings on a napkin, sounds less like a feature and more like a mercy.

Tournament: Earth Archimago quietly put up the best numbers in Constructed this week at 13.1 percent of the field, which is what passes for dominance in a format that still pretends it is wide open. Fire Pathfinder at 8.9 percent and Air Avatar of Air at 8.4 percent round out the top archetypes, a pretty clear sign that players are still gravitating toward efficient, proactive avatars rather than deep combo experiments. The takeaway is less about a single deck running away with things and more about a familiar triangle of earth control, fire aggression, and air tempo defining how people are actually winning games right now.

Metrics: Foil variants quietly did most of the heavy lifting this week, with Shrike Orchard and Bladedancer up 22 percent and 14 percent respectively, both now in the low to mid 70 dollar range where a couple of strong sales can move the whole average in what looks like a thin market. Adtonitum climbed 16 percent to just under 27 dollars and Sturmgeist Foil ticked up 12 percent to 73 dollars, again consistent with higher priced cards where small shifts in supply show up quickly. The outlier is Captain Baldassare, jumping 42 percent to 13.41 dollars, a move that looks more like a handful of listings disappearing than a broad rush of demand, with the overall basket of risers averaging a 17.7 percent gain that suggests a modest upward drift rather than a full blown stampede.

Biggest gainer: Captain Baldassare: up 42% this week

Shadowverse Evolve

News: Shadowverse: Evolve is hitching a ride with the digital game to Singapore, with the Shadowverse International Championship 2026 explicitly calling out the physical TCG, a sign the paper format is getting a seat at the big kids table. On the product side, officials quietly dropped card details and Q&A for the combined set titled Eightfold Retribution & Omens and Heirs, as well as for the Premium Card Set, Summer Edition Vol. 1, giving players and collectors a first structured look at what those releases actually contain and, more importantly, how they are supposed to work.

Tournament: Tournament results this week paint a pretty clear picture, with Abysscraft quietly edging into the top slot at 20.6 percent of the field, Swordcraft close behind at 19.3 percent, and Runecraft a step back at 12.5 percent. That spread suggests a format where Abysscraft and Swordcraft are doing most of the heavy lifting in Constructed, trading off between proactive pressure and flexible midrange lines, while Runecraft shows up often enough to matter but not enough to dictate deckbuilding in the same way, a classic case of two decks setting the pace and a third trying to solve them without quite taking over.

Metrics: Shadowverse Evolve’s secondary market tilted upward this week, with an average move of 8 percent and a cluster of 17 flagged spikes suggesting a noisy, somewhat fragile tape rather than a calm grind up. The headline is Octrice, the Eighth Omen jumping 10 percent to about $550, a price level that almost certainly reflects a very thin high end market where a couple of strong sales can reset expectations, while Ever-Lively Table Starlight and Taketsumi, Aconite Paladin each gained 8 percent to the mid teens and low double digits on steadier looking climbs. Eleanor, Glorious Flower Starlight and Adherent of Ardor Evolved rounded out the risers with 9 to 12 percent gains into the 5 to 8 dollar range, and with no confirmed external catalyst on record, this week looks like a mix of low supply pressure at the top and broad, modest firming across competitive and premium slots rather than a single narrative driving everything.

Biggest gainer: Eleanor, Glorious Flower (SL): up 12% this week

Riftbound

News: Riftbound’s news cycle this week reads like a travel itinerary, with the Singapore Regional Qualifier in the rearview and Los Angeles already on the GPS. Riftbound.gg and the official site are dissecting Singapore’s metagame with a full Top 8 breakdown, win and conversion rates, and a post-event meta tier list headlined by Gorica’s Akali list outpacing a Kennen-heavy field, while Organized Play articles frame that as the benchmark heading into the final Regional Qualifier of 2026 in Los Angeles. Around the edges, Riftbound.gg is publishing think pieces on hobbies outside gaming and on genre choice, and the Secret Garden Bundle is getting its own announcement laying out exactly which events will feature it through the end of the year, because even in an early meta, someone has to schedule the merch.

Tournament: Tournament results this week paint a pretty clear picture of early Riftbound constructed, with Master Yi, Wuju Bladesman decks taking a commanding 12.1 percent share while Diana, Scorn of the Moon and Irelia, Blade Dancer trail as the next best options at 7.9 and 7.7 percent. Across those shells, the real story is the glue cards, Chaos Rune showing up in 45.5 percent of lists and Star-Crossed plus Stacked Deck each in 38.6 percent, which suggests the format is quietly being defined less by which champion you register and more by this shared core of efficient, broadly playable tools.

Metrics: Riftbound’s metrics this week read like a love letter to alternate arts, with Master Yi, Tempered (Alternate Art) jumping 150 percent to a still modest 2.50, a move that looks more like a few higher sales clearing out cheap listings than a breakout staple. Rift Herald (Alternate Art) climbed 23 percent to 9.99 and Rengar, Trophy Hunter ticked up 19 percent to 45.28, both consistent with higher end cards getting nudged upward as supply at the old price disappears rather than any documented metagame shift. The twin 16 percent gains on Kennen’s Storm of Shuriken and Keeper of Balance alternate arts, now at 3.50 and 2.90 respectively, round out a market that is up an average of 32.3 percent, driven less by a single clear catalyst and more by steady pressure on posted supply across multiple mid tier and premium slots.

Biggest gainer: Master Yi, Tempered (Alternate Art): up 150% this week

Disney Lorcana

Metrics: Lorcana prices drifted upward this week, with a market average move of about 20 percent and a familiar cast leading the charge. Tinker Bell, Giant Fairy and Boo, Energetic Child posted the biggest gains, up 54 and 39 percent respectively, which looks like broad demand lifting mid tier staples rather than a single outlier sale. Mickey Mouse, Brave Little Prince (Iconic) crept another 17 percent higher to an eye watering 3552 dollars and change, behavior you only see when an Illustration Rare level chase card has almost no copies actually for sale. Belle, Strange but Special and Hades, Infernal Schemer also notched double digit gains, and while a buyout of the Archazia's Island Complete Puzzle Set puzzle insert has reportedly pushed that specific 710995 printing, the overall pattern here is a thin market where even modest buying pressure is enough to move prices across multiple playables and collectibles at once.

Biggest gainer: Tinker Bell - Giant Fairy: up 54% this week

Digimon Card Game

Tournament: Standard this week is basically the Olympos XII format, with that deck showing up in just under a third of the field and the next best options, Yellow ShineGreymon and Medusa, trailing far behind at single digit shares. Across lists, Asuna Shiroki is the real glue card, appearing in about a quarter of decks, with Aegiomon and Crimson Blaze not far behind, which tells you the shared card pool is doing a lot of the heavy lifting even as pilots argue about whether they are an Olympos player, a Shine enjoyer, or that one person still insisting Medusa is secretly cracked.

Metrics: Veedramon’s reprint version quietly tripled to $16.42, a 167 percent jump that looks more like a thin market getting reset by a few high sales than a groundswell of players suddenly sleeving it up. AeroVeedramon nearly doubled to $7.18 and Rina Shinomiya’s Alternate Art climbed 34 percent to $26.88, both moving in step with a market that averaged a hefty 31.8 percent rise and logged 11 separate spikes, suggesting broad upward pressure rather than one isolated outlier. On the cheaper end, Huckmon from the Versus Monsters Legend Pack 2025 and Jesmon both climbed around a third or more, to $2 and $3.75 respectively, which is exactly the kind of percentage jump you get when low dollar cards meet shallow supply and a few motivated buyers.

Biggest gainer: Veedramon (Reprint): up 167% this week

Star Wars: Unlimited

Tournament: Premier this week looks like a Krennic show with Amidst My Achievement sitting at 17 percent of the field, Ahsoka Trust in the Force trailing at 13 percent, and Luke Hero of Yavin a distant but relevant third at 7.5 percent, so you are basically choosing your flavor of midrange-control and hoping the mirror breaks your way. Under the hood the format is even more homogenized, with Koska Reeves Warrior of Mandalore showing up in nearly half of all decks at 47.5 percent, Chimaera A Frightening Reality close behind at 45.5 percent, and Pre Vizsla Strong-Willed Ruler in 42 percent, which tells you that regardless of leader choice most players are converging on the same Mandalorian and capital ship core as the default Premier power package.

Metrics: Prices in Unlimited tilted upward this week, with a market average move of 23.3 percent and 13 separate spikes that look more like scattered tremors than a single quake. Moff Gideon Remnant Commander in Prestige climbed 65 percent to 3.28 dollars, a move that usually means a short supply of copies meeting a few higher sales, while Reforge Hyperspace Foil and Mount Tantiss // Spy Hyperspace posted quieter gains of 23 and 10 percent respectively, now around the 4 and 2 dollar marks. On the higher end, Synara San Harboring a Secret in Serialized crept up 10 percent to 31.46 dollars and Darth Vader Commanding the First Legion rose 9 percent to 5.44 dollars, both consistent with steady demand rather than a single dramatic buyout, more a market gently repricing its assumptions than losing its mind.

Biggest gainer: Moff Gideon - Remnant Commander (Prestige): up 65% this week

Gundam Card Game

Tournament: Standard this week is quietly consolidating around two poles, with Shining Gundam paired with Master Gundam at 11.6 percent of the field and Strike Freedom Gundam with Victory Gundam close behind at 11.2 percent, while generic Blue White Control lags at 6.9 percent but still shows up often enough to matter. The real story is in the glue cards, though, with Overflowing Affection in 53.6 percent of decks, A Show of Resolve in 51.5 percent, and Kira Yamato in 45.6 percent, which tells you that regardless of whether you are punching people with Shining or lasering them with Strike Freedom, the format is being stitched together by the same small suite of hyper efficient staples.

Metrics: Unforeseen Incident from Store Tournament Participant Pack 01 climbed 33 percent to just under four dollars, which is a notable move for a niche promo that lives or dies on how many copies stores actually hand out. With no clear catalyst and a limited distribution source, this looks less like a rush of broad demand and more like a few higher sales pushing up the market average in a very shallow pool of listings, the kind of quiet adjustment you only notice if you are already digging through prize pack leftovers.

Biggest gainer: Unforeseen Incident (Store Tournament Participant Pack 01): up 33% this week