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Across 29 Tag Team holo rares, nearly all gained over the past year; Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX and Mewtwo & Mew-GX almost doubled, while Pikachu & Zekrom-GX briefly hit $46 on June 1.
Collectors should compare secondary-market listings before buying, as the restocked 30th Celebration Booster Bundle is currently cheaper through resellers than on Amazon.
From October 13, Yahoo! Auctions and Yahoo! Flea Market will ban Pokémon card carton listings, empty packaging and post-release bulk listings, starting with 30th Celebration.
Hobby shops report extreme demand is straining 30th Celebration allocations, with anniversary products selling out rapidly and smaller retailers struggling to secure inventory.
A small English retailer received more than 500 stock inquiries in one week, while limited allocations and Japan’s purchase lotteries signal persistent global scarcity.
Costco is expected to launch an ETB-and-Booster Bundle two-pack in October for under $58, while Target and Best Buy have already received multiple ETB restock waves.
Sam’s Club and Costco are selling Ascended Heroes bundles and ETBs for $42.99–$54.98, with multiple shipment waves expected during the week of Oct. 12. Drops are unannounced and often sell out within 30 minutes.
The new Magmortar Illustration Rare depicts the Pokémon in a volcanic valley; Delta Reign releases in English on November 6, 2026.
After a 10-3-1 Baltimore finish, Grant Manley examines a Mega Chandelure ex control deck that stacks Retreat Cost increases and pivots to single-Prize Chandelure attacks.
Collectors should compare secondary-market listings before buying, as the restocked 30th Celebration Booster Bundle is currently cheaper through resellers than on Amazon.
TCGplayer prices for sealed six-pack bundles fell 35.43% in a month, from about $120 to $74; Amazon’s $99 restock remains well above its September price of $45.
Demand continues to overwhelm MSRP supply as bots and scalpers absorb drops; Ascended Heroes ETBs listed above $350 on eBay versus TCGplayer’s $153.54 market estimate.
The six-pack bundle is listed at $89.86 versus TCGplayer’s $74 market price, though sub-$100 marketplace listings are scarce; each pack contains six holographic cards.
Walmart lists the three-pack for $39.99 with delivery estimated Nov. 18, while Amazon charges $42.93 for an earlier Nov. 10 arrival; each blister includes a Seel promo.
Amazon seller Gem City Supplies lists the collection at a record-low $51.98, $14.95 below its typical price, with three booster packs and Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres promos.
Amazon lists randomly selected Mini Tins for $34.98, down $24.02 from earlier in October, while Walmart offers them for $31.99; each tin contains two booster packs and collectibles.
YOSHIROTTEN designed Mewtwo and Mew as the only Futuristic Rares in 30th Celebration, with collectors estimating one appears about every 120 packs—roughly 1.5 times rarer than an SIR.
The 2015 Art Academy “Raincoat Pikachu” promo sold for $8.4 million on September 28; only 100 copies were awarded to each of six contest winners.
The 2010 Illusion’s Zorua Design Contest Promo sold for $156,000 on Fanatics Collect on September 27; only about 100 copies were printed after Megu Taniguchi won the preschool category.
Two Kotobukiya Calem and Froakie figures are being awarded through separate PokéJungle and Out of Context Pokémon giveaways, with both prizes supplied by Meccha Japan.
The Zorua contest card, illustrated by six-year-old Japanese fan Megu and limited to roughly 100 copies, fetched $156,000 at a late-September auction.