$2.7 Million Pikachu Illustrator Leads Top 5 TCG Card Sales of the Week
A PSA 9 Pikachu Illustrator sold privately for $2.7 million, while PSA 10 Lugia and CGC Pristine 10 Typhlosion sales helped the weekly top five reach $3.936 million.

A PSA 9 Pikachu Illustrator sold privately for $2.7 million, while PSA 10 Lugia and CGC Pristine 10 Typhlosion sales helped the weekly top five reach $3.936 million.


Delta Reign launches November 6, with prereleases from October 24 and more than 135 cards. Its $49.99 Elite Trainer Box includes eight packs and a full-art Kyogre promo.

A PSA 9 Pikachu Illustrator sold privately for $2.7 million, while PSA 10 Lugia and CGC Pristine 10 Typhlosion sales helped the weekly top five reach $3.936 million.

Illustration rares and special illustration rares featuring the legendary bird trio, Sylveon, Greninja, Jirachi ex and others were shown ahead of the September 16, 2026 launch.
Official deck lists showcase Mega Rayquaza ex builds exceeding 350 damage, a 340-HP Mega Golisopod ex recovery strategy, and a Bug Panic deck using Storm Emeralda cards.
The pristine collection includes sealed packs, singles and a Shadowless Charizard; commenters estimate its value near $250,000, though no sale or formal appraisal has been reported.
Asmodee will distribute Bandai’s strategy-focused Naruto TCG across the European Economic Area ahead of its worldwide Summer 2027 launch, with gameplay, initial card designs and an event roadmap now revealed.
The new Mega Rayquaza ex SIR draws mixed reactions as the author argues dense, textured chase-card art—also seen on Mega Darkrai ex—is becoming visually repetitive.
The guide lists every card needed to clear Ruler of the Skies missions, including Rainbow, Full Art and One Diamond rarities, and points players to four other expansion guides.
TCGplayer lists the six-pack Perfect Order Booster Bundle at $39.49 shipped, versus $42.98 at Amazon and $42.95 at Walmart, cutting the per-pack cost to about $6.58.
Walmart marketplace seller Cataclysm Games lists the box at $59.99 shipped, about $4.67 below TCGplayer’s lowest presale; it contains four packs, a 40-card deck and one foil promo.
The Android update requires about 3.7 GB of downloads and grants 36 pack hourglasses through August 30; Ruler of the Skies adds 155 cards led by Mega Rayquaza.
Bandai unveiled four card types and a 51-card deck format ahead of Gen Con demos from July 30–August 2; the worldwide release is planned for summer 2027.
The Pokémon Company will donate ¥100 million to Kumamoto Prefecture, the Japanese Red Cross and relief organizations following the July 28, 2026 earthquake.
Bandai opened a dedicated event page for its 2026–27 card-game festival season, with schedules and venue details still to come.
Five graded chase cards at NSCC 2026 are benchmarked against recent sales, including a BGS 9.5 Shadowless Charizard at $8,100 and a Neo Genesis Lugia at $9,100.
Ruler of the Skies stars Mega Rayquaza ex and adds deck-sharing codes plus a conditional four-diamond card guarantee; themed cosmetics arrive August 1.
Ruler of the Skies is now live in Pokémon TCG Pocket with a full card list, themed collections, solo battles, emblems and new cosmetic items.
Four weekly waves of Pokémon Pokopia and Expansion Pass icons will be available to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers from August 5 through September 2.
Players earn Wonder and Pack Hourglasses, Shop Tickets, profile icons and a Mega Metagross emblem by collecting specified Ruler of the Skies cards.
Gengar ex leads raw values near $900, while Charizard ex PSA 10 sales climbed as high as $40,000 in June 2026; Blastoise ex and Venusaur ex trail near $200 and $180 raw.
Near Mint cards with at least 10 sales from June 28–July 27 saw broad declines as rising supply overtook demand; highlighted losses reached $107.59 for Ascended Heroes’ Mega Charizard ex.
Amazon’s six-pack Pitch Black Booster Bundle is back in stock at $6.66 per pack, its lowest Amazon price yet but still above MSRP; Perfect Order and Chaos Rising bundles are also near market value.
Amazon restocked six-pack Pitch Black Booster Bundles at $6.66 per pack, while Perfect Order and Chaos Rising bundles are also available near TCGplayer market prices.