📊 Weekly Market Reports

Magic: The Gathering

News: The full preview schedule for Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek was revealed, while EDHREC published the results of the 2026 Salt Score voting. Other headlines cover Wizards of the Coast rejecting a D&D union effort, Martina Fačková’s collaboration with Studio Tommy, and Secret Lair releases including Chaos Vault, Marvel, and Reality Fracture.

Tournament: Commander’s field is led narrowly by Kraum, Ludevic’s Opus and Tymna the Weaver at 7.5%, with Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy close behind at 7.2%, while Sol Ring appears in 98.1% of decks. That is the clearest competitive signal here: Commander’s top archetypes are relatively distributed, but its mana infrastructure is remarkably standardized, with Lotus Petal and Gemstone Caverns also appearing in nearly nine out of ten lists.

Metrics: Windfall was the sharpest move, doubling to $4.00, while Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose rose 59% to $8.33 and Tyvar, the Pummeler climbed 50% to $7.64. The five listed movers averaged a 46.0% increase, with six unusual price spikes detected, which is the market briefly discovering its volume knob.

Biggest gainer: Windfall: up 100%

Pokémon TCG

News: The Pokémon TCG is getting a 30-design skateboard deck collection through a collaboration with Santa Cruz, while Pokémon TCG Pocket’s October update adds dual-type cards, Community Decks, and six-week pack cycles. The 2027 Pokémon Nice Regional Championships are underway across VGC, Pokémon TCG, and Pokémon GO, and details are out for the 2027 Pokémon Latin America International Championships, including exclusive rewards.

Tournament: Dragapult is the clearest Standard leader at 13.9% of reported decks, while Boss's Orders appears in 93.3%, Night Stretcher in 86.8%, and Lillie's Determination in 84.4%, making the format’s staple package more consistent than its archetype field. Expanded is less concentrated at the top, with Slowking and Fusion Mew tied at 9.5%, and Guzma leading card inclusion at 55.2%, because apparently even Expanded decks enjoy making the opponent’s turn inconvenient.

Metrics: Celebi ex led the tracked moves at $999.99, up 170%, while Xerneas Prism Star reached $19.00 after a 273% increase. Darkrai rose 113% to $42.04, and the tracked movers averaged a 78.3% increase, with 14 unusual price spikes detected, which is a lot of fireworks for a market that usually prefers pretending it is calm.

Biggest gainer: Xerneas Prism Star: up 273%

One Piece TCG

News: This week’s headlines announce BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 in Orlando and Heroines Battle Vol. 2. They also feature the Extra Booster, One Piece Heroines Edition Vol. 2, Starter Decks Baroque Works and The Desert Princess and the Pirates, and Booster Pack The Dominance of God, alongside an expanded preview of OP-18.

Tournament: Rocks.D.Xebec led the Standard field at 15.8% of decks, followed by Monkey.D.Luffy at 12.5%, with Luffy & Ace at 9.9%. At the card level, Charlotte Pudding was the most common inclusion at 20.8%, barely ahead of Mamaragan at 20.5%, a reminder that the format has staples even when the leaders wear different hats.

Metrics: Ulti posted the week's sharpest move, up 325% to $8.46, while Ganzui climbed 82% to $2.73. The larger-dollar changes came from Monkey.D.Luffy, up 45% to $20.18, and Sugar's parallel, up 35% to $35.98; six unusual price spikes were detected, with tracked movers averaging 42.0%, enough to make the market look lively without explaining itself.

Biggest gainer: Ulti (Event Pack Vol. 6): up 325%

Yu-Gi-Oh!

News: The headline event is a “Nuclear” Forbidden and Limited List reveal at YCS Houston, alongside the announcement of the SimORG Tournament with a $2500 prize pool. Other updates include The Chronicles revealing the people behind the twins, Duel Links announcing Shooting Majestic Star Dragon and Bramble Rose Dragon, and October 2026 Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game Times. Reference artworks for “Sinful Spoils,” “CROSS ART COLLECTION” deck recipes, and a Konami merchandise deal with Intimo round out the list, because apparently cardboard now needs a wardrobe.

Tournament: Elfnote is the clearest tournament force in the data, taking 21.6% of OCG decks and leading the TCG as well at 9.6%, though the gap between regions is substantial. The OCG’s staple package is also strikingly uniform, with Maxx “C” in 99.4% of decks, while TCG players most often registered Mulcharmy Fuwalos at 62.2%, a reminder that “nearly universal” depends rather heavily on which side of the game’s regional fence you’re standing on.

Metrics: Dark City at Midnight led the tracked movers at $6.00, up 190%, while Vanity’s Fiend reached $10.71, up 142%. Inspector Boarder, in its Quarter Century Secret Rare printing, rose to $6.78, up 127%, as the tracked group averaged a 67.9% increase and produced 30 unusual price spikes, which is a lively week for a spreadsheet.

Biggest gainer: Dark City at Midnight: up 190%

Final Fantasy TCG

News: The official “Memories of Life” Card of the Week series featured Ultima Weapon and Shantotto.

Tournament: Standard is unusually split at the top, with Wind/Water, Ice/Lightning, and Lightning/Water each representing 16.7% of the reported archetypes, rather than one deck claiming the room. At the card level, Zidane, Princess Goblin, and Tidus each appeared in 37.5% of decks, suggesting the format’s strongest common thread is a shared card core, not a single reigning archetype.

Metrics: Prishe (Full Art) led the tracked gains at $50.42, up 35%, while Reno (Noir Promo) reached $30.00, up 24%. Lenna climbed 23% to $7.66, and even the standard Prishe rose 16% to $9.18, contributing to an average move of 16.0% across the tracked cards, with seven unusual price spikes detected.

Biggest gainer: Prishe (Full Art): up 35%

Flesh and Blood

News: Flesh and Blood’s Living Legend headlines name Dash, Kassai, and Oscilio, with FaBTCG.gg describing the update as Kassai, Dash I/O, and Oscilio leaving the format. Official coverage also turns to Pro Quest: London, including a “Primed to Fight” preview and a Week 3 Deck Dive, while TCGplayer surveys what is known about Outbreak.

Tournament: The clearest pattern is format-wide staple pressure: Fyendal's Spring Tunic, Shelter From The Storm, and Sigil Of Solace each appeared in 65% of reported decks in both Classic Constructed and Living Legend. The leading archetypes still diverged, with Levia, Shadowborn Abomination at 9.1% in Classic Constructed and Prism, Awakener of Sol at 11.1% in Living Legend, suggesting different hero landscapes built around much the same equipment and defensive package.

Metrics: Tome Of Pandemonium surged 1,122% to $8.43, the sharpest move among the tracked cards, while Return Fire climbed 412% to $5.07 and Cogwerx Prong Bot rose 344% to $4.04. Rain Razors reached $9.19 after a 308% increase, and Remorseless rose 228% to $6.01, with the tracked movers averaging a 168.9% gain across 10 unusual price spikes.

Biggest gainer: Tome Of Pandemonium (Yellow): up 1122%

Grand Archive

News: Grand Archive TCG published its “Ban & Restricted” announcement on October 16, 2026.

Tournament: Standard’s leading archetype is Water Fractals Diao Chan at 8.7%, followed by Fire Coup Ciel at 7.4% and Wind Crux Spirit Ruler Lorraine at 6.8%. That is a fairly spread-out top tier, not a single champion monarchy, though Diao Chan currently holds the narrowest lead.

Metrics: Cremation Ritual posted the sharpest move, rising 79% to $5.50, while Avatar of Byakko climbed 31% to $5.05. Exploit Vulnerability reached $2.99, up 29%, leaving the tracked movers with an average gain of 46.2%, a striking figure that still comes without a verified competitive or supply-side explanation.

Biggest gainer: Cremation Ritual: up 79%

Sorcery: Contested Realm

News: Sorcery TCG Official published “Everything You Need to Know About Avatar of the Realm 2026” and spotlighted Gongaii Games for bringing the Realm together. It also published a Sorcery: Contested Realm rules update, because even fantasy worlds occasionally need footnotes.

Tournament: Constructed showed a split at the top, with Earth Geomancer and Fire Necromancer each representing 10.1% of the field, while Water Necromancer followed at 7.8%. No single archetype broke away from the pack, which is a polite way for the metagame to say it has not chosen a monarch.

Metrics: Dragonlord posted the standout move, rising 38% to $913.32, while Balor of the Evil Eye climbed 9% to $296.33. The other tracked gainers were Hyperparasite at $23.28, up 10%, Saintweald at $53.64, up 8%, and Mazuj Ifrit at $34.04, up 7%, for an average move of 11.4%, a tidy little parade of foil price tags.

Biggest gainer: Dragonlord (Foil): up 38%

Shadowverse Evolve

News: Shadowverse: Evolve Official published an “Update to Restrictions,” but the headline provides no further details about the affected cards or formats.

Tournament: Abysscraft led the Constructed field at 20.6%, narrowly ahead of Swordcraft at 19.3%, while Runecraft followed at 12.5%. That makes the top of the metagame look competitive rather than dominated, with Abysscraft holding only a modest edge over Swordcraft.

Metrics: Aluzard, Timeworn Vampire posted the sharpest move, rising 156% to $2.66, while Sanae Katagiri climbed 86% to $2.18. Resolve of the Fallen reached $25.37 after a 29% increase, and the tracked movers averaged 23.9% with 10 unusual price spikes detected, which is less a single market narrative than several small plot twists.

Biggest gainer: Aluzard, Timeworn Vampire (Evolved) (SL): up 156%

Riftbound

News: Riot is testing changes to Riftbound’s start-of-game rules intended to equalize win rates between going first and second, while also adjusting Regional Championship prizing and policy around competitive integrity. Meanwhile, Radiance is getting a Pre-Rift rollout, including Nexus Night promos and sealed-event guidance, and Riftbound.gg is examining what the HEARTSTEEL card economy says about collectible value, because apparently even cardboard now requires economic analysis.

Tournament: Kennen, Heart of the Tempest is the most-played Constructed archetype at 9.1%, followed by Irelia, Blade Dancer at 7.7% and Master Yi, Wuju Bladesman at 6.8%, a field without a single deck swallowing the room. The more consistent shared language is in the cards, with Chaos Rune in 39.3% of decks, Calm Rune in 38.5%, and Defy in 37.7%.

Metrics: Darius, Hand of Noxus posted the strongest move, rising 24% to $18.61, while Baron Nashor, Alternate Art climbed 18% to $29.55. Baron Nashor reached $19.95 after a 7% increase, and Order Rune rose 10% to $5.22, putting the tracked movers at an average gain of 14.8%, a tidy little procession upward with no supplied explanation attached.

Biggest gainer: Darius, Hand of Noxus: up 24%

Disney Lorcana

Metrics: Judy Hopps, Uncovering Clues rose 6% to $36.07, making it the only tracked mover and the full extent of the reported market movement. With no verified competitive or release catalyst attached, this is a price observation, not yet a plot twist.

Biggest gainer: Judy Hopps - Uncovering Clues: up 6%

Digimon Card Game

News: The Digimon Card Game’s official “Producer Letter Vol. 4” was the sole headline this week.

Tournament: Olympos XII is the clear tournament leader in Standard, accounting for 26.1% of archetype representation, while Time Strangers follows at 10.6%. The card figures point to the same center of gravity, with Aegiomon appearing in 21.8% of decks and Asuna Shiroki in 21.6%, a concentrated result rather than a format evenly divided among competing strategies.

Metrics: Craniamon posted the sharpest move, rising 655% to $4.38, a dramatic percentage attached to a still modest price. LordKnightmon climbed 158% to $6.45, while its alternate art reached $18.06 after a 76% increase, and Sistermon Ciel’s alternate art rose 85% to $3.58, showing the tracked gains span both regular cards and collector variants.

Biggest gainer: Craniamon: up 655%

Star Wars: Unlimited

News: StarWarsUnlimited.gg published a “Homeworlds Product Release Update” and a separate piece titled “Starting with Icons.”

Tournament: Premier’s leading archetypes are tightly packed, with Ahsoka Tano | Trust in the Force at 13%, Director Krennic | Amidst My Achievement at 11%, and Darth Maul | Sith Revealed at 10%, so no single strategy is running away with the format. At the card level, Koska Reeves appeared in 45.5% of decks, followed by Aggressive Negotiations at 43.5% and Chimaera at 43%, suggesting a widely shared core beneath the varied leader choices, because apparently even galactic politics has staples.

Metrics: The Warrior, Deft Duelist Showcase posted the sharpest move, up 79% to $89.33, while Nightbrother, Maul's Gauntlet reached $39.16 in Hyperspace and $36.14 in Hyperspace Foil, both up 16%. Chief Chirpa, Defiant Elder rose 18% to $5.54, and Nuvo Vindi, Blue Shadow Perfected climbed 14% to $3.80, with 10 unusual price spikes detected across the tracked cards, because apparently even cardboard enjoys making an entrance.

Biggest gainer: The Warrior - Deft Duelist (Showcase): up 79%

Gundam Card Game

News: This week’s headlines include the GUNDAM CARD GAME GD06 Booster Pack Release Event and the game’s appearance at LUCCA COMICS & GAMES 2026. Elsewhere, a Star Wars: X-Wing designer discussed his new mecha wargame, while TCGplayer published a list of the 10 best-selling Gundam cards, because apparently even giant robots need a chart.

Tournament: Standard’s leading archetype was Shining Gundam (Master Gundam) at 16.4% of decks, ahead of Strike Freedom Gundam (Victory Gundam) at 13.8%, a lead that looks meaningful but hardly like a one-deck occupation. The shared foundation is clearer in the card data, with Overflowing Affection appearing in 51.5% of decks and A Show of Resolve in 50.7%, suggesting the format’s common staples are more universal than any single archetype.

Metrics: Rey Za Burrel posted the largest move, rising 192% to $20.57, while GFreD climbed 49% to $5.95. Gundam Exia Repair also reached $35.41 after a 25% increase, and the tracked movers averaged a 31.9% gain, with Rey's Blaze Zaku Phantom at $8.09, up 35%, and Ple-Twelve at $2.99, up 33%.

Biggest gainer: Rey Za Burrel (R+): up 192%