Kagemaru Himeno's artist premium reads a dead-even 1.00x even with a $799.69 Dragonite sitting at the top of his stack.
KEY POINTS
- ›Kagemaru Himeno trades at a 1.00x premium across 638 tracked cards
- ›Priciest tracked card: Dragonite at $799.69
Kagemaru Himeno, by the numbers
This week's spotlight goes to Kagemaru Himeno. 638 cards carry his name in the catalog, and the artist premium sits at 1.00x. That number is the headline before we even look at the art. A 1.00x premium means the market, taken as a whole across his catalog, is not paying extra just because his name is on the card. No markup, no discount. Flat.
That is notable given what sits at the top of his stack.
The stack
- Dragonite, Expedition Base Set, Holo Rare: market $799.69
- Eevee, Legendary Collection, Common: market $499.98
- Dragonite, Fossil, Holo Rare: market $461.75
- _____'s Pikachu, Wizards Black Star Promos, Promo: market $427.71
- Ninetales, Aquapolis, Holo Rare: market $399.99
- Golduck, Legendary Collection, Uncommon: market $375.00
- Dark Wartortle, Legendary Collection, Uncommon: market $325.00
- Dark Houndoom, Neo Destiny, Holo Rare: market $299.99
An $799.69 Dragonite and a $499.98 common Eevee both carry his brush, and yet the catalog-wide premium comes out flat at 1.00x. Read that as: rarity and set context are doing the pricing work here, not the artist line. Himeno's name shows up on 638 cards spanning eras from Expedition to Neo Destiny, and across that spread the market is treating his signature as neutral rather than as its own source of lift. Worth remembering next time someone tells you an artist name alone is a catalyst.
Scoreboard, on the record
Since we score every call in public, here is how the desk's own signal families have graded out.
Mint alert, monthly cadence
- 7 day horizon: hit rate 26% (38 of 144), avg return +2.8%
- 30 day horizon: hit rate 38% (21 of 55), avg return +11.8%
7 day gainer signal
- 7 day horizon: hit rate 22% (25 of 115), avg return +0.7%
- 30 day horizon: hit rate 50% (33 of 66), avg return +5.7%
7 day loser signal
- 7 day horizon: hit rate 48% (71 of 147), avg return -6.4%
- 30 day horizon: hit rate 64% (48 of 75), avg return -19.8%
The gainer signal's edge shows up late: a weak 22% hit rate at 7 days becomes a 50% hit rate at 30 days, with average return climbing from +0.7% to +5.7%. That is a signal that needs patience to pay off, not a quick flip. The loser signal is the mirror image, and its own hit rate actually improves with time (48% to 64%), which tells you these flagged cards tend to keep drifting through the full month rather than snapping back in the first week. That is a pattern in the aggregate signal, not a forecast for any single card.
The mint alert monthly signal sits in between: modest hit rates at both horizons, but a real jump in average return by day 30. None of this is a promise. It is just what the record says so far, and it stays on the board either way.
Numbers from the TickerMint pipeline. Every call is scored publicly on the scoreboard.
