Sealed Cases Print Fresh Highs While Pitch Black Promos Give Back Half Their Bid
Eight sealed products hit new all-time highs this week as Emerald and FireRed & LeafGreen ex singles doubled, while a wave of Mega Evolution Pitch Black promos shed -45.3% to -89.0% off recent prints.
KEY POINTS
- ›Top 7d gainer: Altaria ex +81.8% to $299.99
- ›Top 7d loser: Binacle - 087 (Cosmos Holo) -89.0% to $0.56
- ›New all-time high: 151 Pokemon Center Elite Trainer Box (Exclusive) Case at $4971.17
- ›5 cards near all-time highs
- ›Hottest artist: Asako Ito at 9.42x premium
CARDS IN THIS BRIEF
![Marowak - 78/162 (Pokemon League) [4th Place]](https://tcgplayer-cdn.tcgplayer.com/product/126191_400w.jpg)
FULL DESK NOTE →
Sealed cases keep climbing.
151 Pokemon Center Elite Trainer Box (Exclusive) Case printed a new all-time high at $4971.17. Lost Origin Sleeved Booster Pack Case followed at $2813.85, with Surging Sparks Booster Box Case at $2093.02, Destined Rivals Booster Bundle Case at $1840.44, and Journey Together Booster Box Case at $1796.59. Five more case products round out the list, all sealed, all case-level. The desk reads this as continued appetite for case-weight product rather than any single chase card.
On the ATH watch list, five products are sitting within half a percent of their peak: Unified Minds Single Pack Blister [Sudowoodo] at $99.49 versus an ath of $99.99, Luxray - SWSH023 (Prerelease) [Staff] at $81.43 versus $81.84, Sabrina's Gengar at $600.87 versus $603.90, Journey Together Sleeved Booster Case at $1013.98 versus $1019.15, and League Battle Decks [Pikachu & Zekrom GX] at $217.45 versus $218.57. None have broken through yet.
Gainers, 7 day. Altaria ex ran from $165.00 to $299.99, up 81.8%, on a book of 5 listings. Zapdos ex went from $149.00 to $269.97, up 81.2%, and shows up again on the 1 day spike list at the identical move, so this was one fast leg, not a grind. Flygon reverse holo added 73.4% on 23 listings. Manectric - 38/107 (Prerelease) gained 68.1% on a thin 5-listing book, worth flagging given how few prints back that print. Marowak - 78/162 (Pokemon League) [4th Place] is up 53.3% over the week and also spiked 27.8% in a single day, meaning most of the weekly gain landed fast.
Losers, 7 day. The Pitch Black promo line took the worst of it. Binacle - 087 (Cosmos Holo) fell -89.0% from $5.10 to $0.56 on 88 listings, the steepest drop on the sheet. Lurantis ex - 096/084 dropped -64.2% on 783 listings, dropped -59.6% on 583, dropped -57.7% on 372, dropped -55.2% on 740. These are deep books, not thin ones, so the moves reflect real trading volume, not a single desperate ask. from Base Set also lagged, down -52.6% on a very deep 2300-listing book. Read it as a report on where the week landed, not a forecast of where it goes next.