Sealed Cases Punch Fresh Highs While Pitch Black Gets Repriced Down
Case-level sealed product logged eight new all-time highs as a wave of Mega Evolution: Pitch Black singles gave back last week's gains.
KEY POINTS
- ›Top 7d gainer: Alakazam E4 Lv.X +200.0% to $300.00
- ›Top 7d loser: Zekrom - 066/182 (Cosmos Holo) -81.1% to $2.04
- ›New all-time high: 151 Pokemon Center Elite Trainer Box (Exclusive) Case at $4832.37
- ›5 cards near all-time highs
- ›Hottest artist: Asako Ito at 9.47x premium
Sealed product leads the tape.
Eight products closed at new all-time highs as of 2026-07-16, all but one of them sealed case product. 151 Pokemon Center Elite Trainer Box (Exclusive) Case topped out at $4832.37, the largest ATH print in the batch. Fusion Strike Sleeved Booster Case hit $3047.17 and Prismatic Evolutions Pokemon Center Elite Trainer Box (Exclusive) Case hit $2564.79. Destined Rivals Sleeved Booster Case reached $1591.09, Prismatic Evolutions Booster Bundle Display hit $1585.03, Twilight Masquerade Sleeved Booster Pack Case hit $1331.45, and Mega Evolution Sleeved Booster Case hit $1195.56. The lone single card in the group, Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat, printed $1085.97.
Sitting on the ledge. Five cards are within half a point of their own highs: Luxray - SWSH023 (Prerelease) [Staff] at $81.43 versus an $81.84 ATH, Rocket's Hitmonchan at $130.95 versus $131.61, Sabrina's Gengar at $600.87 versus $603.90, League Battle Decks [Pikachu & Zekrom GX] at $217.45 versus $218.57, and Sabrina's Haunter at $57.65 versus $57.95. All five sit at -0.5% off ATH.
7 day gainers. Alakazam E4 Lv.X ran from $100.00 to $300.00 (+200.0%) on 8 listings of depth. Psyduck - 039/217 (Cosmos Holo) moved $8.31 to $16.39 (+97.2%, depth 6). Venusaur ex from FireRed & LeafGreen went $264.31 to $501.00 (+89.6%, depth 47), and per the 1 day spike list that entire move landed in a single session. Steelix - 125/214 (Cosmos Holo) climbed $9.21 to $16.92 (+83.7%, no depth reported). Lucario - 14/95 (Cracked Ice Holo) went $15.97 to $28.58 (+79.0%, depth 79).
7 day losers. The Mega Evolution: Pitch Black set accounts for seven of the ten worst weekly performers. Zekrom - 066/182 (Cosmos Holo) led the drop, $10.77 to $2.04 (-81.1%, depth 543, the deepest book on this list). Armarouge - 086/084 fell $69.98 to $14.60 (-79.1%, depth 181). Mega Darkrai ex - 048/084 went $14.98 to $5.53 (-63.1%, depth 233). Mega Chandelure ex - 038/084 dropped $6.66 to $2.82 (-57.7%, depth 167). Mega Slowbro ex fell $5.99 to $2.54 (-57.6%, depth 145). Mega Zeraora ex - 027/084 went $11.33 to $5.55 (-51.0%, depth 168). Primarina - 088/084 dropped $79.99 to $39.53 (-50.6%, depth 78). Mega Zeraora ex - 098/084 fell $35.00 to $17.76 (-49.3%, depth 94). Metal Energy (2011 Pokemon League) went $8.17 to $4.33 (-47.0%, depth 67). Mega Excadrill ex - 065/084 closed the list, $8.68 to $4.61 (-46.9%, depth 40). All of this lagged the market this week, nothing more.
1 day spikes. Venusaur ex again, $264.31 to $501.00 (+89.6%, depth 47), confirming the weekly move was a one day event. Choice Band - 121a/145 (North America Championships) jumped $14.08 to $20.99 (+49.1%, no depth). Leafeon ex - 006/131 from Prismatic Evolutions went $5.39 to $7.17 (+33.0%, no depth). Galarian Rapidash V - SWSH111 rose $14.20 to $17.32 (+22.0%, no depth). Zamazenta V - 105/172 went $5.35 to $6.43 (+20.2%, depth 7, thin).
Solo variant watch. Three reverse holo printings moved hard while their siblings sat still, flagged as solo-variant moves and worth treating as repricing artifacts rather than demand signals. Zubat reverse holo went $8.26 to $17.33 (+109.8%, depth 27). Numel reverse holo went $8.87 to $17.85 (+101.2%, depth 25). Treecko reverse holo went $8.60 to $16.99 (+97.6%, no depth). None of the base or other variant printings confirmed these moves.
Artist premiums. Asako Ito commands a 9.47x premium across 34 cards, the richest multiplier on the board. Keiko Fukuyama sits at 3.48x on 20 cards, Susumu Maeya at 2.34x on 10, Kazuaki Aihara at 2.08x on 12, Yuka Morii at 1.93x across a wide 199 card sample. On the cold end, Milky Isobe trades at 0.24x across 23 cards, "Big Mama" Tagawa at 0.27x on 16, Kazuo Yazawa at 0.48x on 9, Takumi Akabane at 0.53x on 52, ConceptLab at 0.55x on 20.
Track record. The desk's own 7 day gainer signal hit 24% of the time (7 of 29), averaging +1.7% return. The 7 day loser signal hit 26% of the time (8 of 31) but averaged +5.7%, meaning fading the losers list has quietly outperformed chasing the gainers list. Make of that what you will.
Numbers from the TickerMint pipeline. Every call is scored publicly on the scoreboard.
