TickerMint Daily Brief: Aquapolis Wakes Up, Solo Variants Do Their Own Thing

New all-time highs

Evolving Skies Booster Box Case printed a fresh ATH of $16800.00. XY Primal Clash Booster Box hit $3799.99. Latias & Latios GX (Alternate Full Art) touched $3624.37. Destined Rivals Booster Box Case reached $3609.80. Eevee Evolution VMAX Premium Collection Case hit $2099.50. Black Bolt Booster Bundle Case closed at $2047.08. Battle Styles Booster Box Case marked $1727.72. Paldean Fates Booster Bundle Display rounded it out at $1611.05. Sealed product doing sealed product things.

Knocking on the door

Five names sitting a hair under their peaks. Luxray - SWSH023 (Prerelease) [Staff] is at $81.43 against an $81.84 ATH from 2026-05-04, off -0.5%. Sabrina's Gengar sits at $600.87 versus $603.90, off -0.5%. Furious Fists Booster Box is at $4717.51 against $4742.51, off -0.5%. Emolga EX (143 Full Art) reads $53.54 versus $53.83, off -0.5%. Shuckle GX (Secret) is $100.94 against $101.49, off -0.5%. All five parked at the same distance from their own record. Coincidence, or everyone's algorithm read the same spreadsheet.

Gainers, 7 day window (2026-07-01 to 2026-07-08)

Nidoking (H18) ran $120.00 to $230.98, +92.5%, on 22 listings. Rayquaza ex went $210.31 to $389.85, +85.4%, with 261 listings backing it, the deepest book on this list. Houndoom (H11) climbed $226.66 to $399.99, +76.5%, on just 7 listings. Shinx - DP15 moved $35.00 to $57.50, +64.3%, on 6 listings. Deoxys (Shiny) went $310.00 to $500.00, +61.3%, on 5 listings. Jirachi EX (98 Full Art) climbed $114.06 to $179.98, +57.8%, on 4 listings. Latias moved $16.85 to $26.23, +55.7%, on 54 listings. Depth thins out fast once you're past Rayquaza: several of these are moving on single-digit listing counts, which means the tape can reprice on one or two trades.

Losers, 7 day

Scizor ex fell $249.99 to $132.43, -47.0%, on 21 listings. Electrode dropped $8.85 to $5.20, -41.2%, but on 787 listings, the deepest book in either direction today, so this one's real. Kirlia (Delta Species) slid $85.00 to $56.88, -33.1%, on 3 listings. Vaporeon dropped $26.91 to $18.90, -29.8%, on 127 listings. Politoed ex fell $239.99 to $169.96, -29.2%, on 10 listings. Mega Greninja ex Premium Collection slid $69.35 to $51.73, -25.4%, on 9 listings. Dragonite - 131/195 dropped $8.99 to $6.78, -24.6%, on 39 listings. Unown (O) fell $45.44 to $34.61, -23.8%, on 171 listings.

1 day spikes

Nidoking (H18) and Jirachi EX (98 Full Art) repeat here, same story, same thin depth. Surging Sparks Pokemon Center Elite Trainer Box (Exclusive) jumped $201.82 to $269.31, +33.4%, on 3 listings, about as thin as a book gets without being empty. All-Night Party moved $34.21 to $41.77, +22.1%, on 6 listings. Servine - 1/12 ticked $7.32 to $8.68, +18.6%, on 38 listings.

Solo-variant repricing artifacts

Three moves flagged as solo-variant, meaning only the listed printing moved while its siblings held still. Treat these as pricing noise until proven otherwise. Torkoal reverse holo jumped $5.02 to $10.62, +111.6%, on 4 listings. Lugia reverse holo went $200.66 to $400.00, +99.3%, on 70 listings. Zapdos 1st edition holo moved $324.50 to $600.00, +84.9%, on 120 listings. None of these dragged the rest of their set's variants along, which is the tell.

Artist premiums

Hot: Asako Ito at 9.25x across 34 cards, Keiko Fukuyama at 3.71x across 20, Susumu Maeya at 2.24x across 10, Kazuaki Aihara at 2.10x across 12, Yuka Morii at 1.96x across 200 cards, the widest sample on the board.

Cold: "Big Mama" Tagawa at 0.26x across 16 cards, Milky Isobe at 0.27x across 23, Kazuo Yazawa at 0.49x across 9, ConceptLab at 0.55x across 20, Takumi Akabane at 0.59x across 52.

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Numbers from the TickerMint pipeline. Every call is recorded with its entry price the moment it publishes; scores land at 7, 30, and 90 days on the scoreboard.