Eight New Highs, One Set-Wide Bleed in Pitch Black

July 24 to July 31, 2026.

Eight products printed new all-time highs this week. Gym Heroes Booster Box [Unlimited Edition] topped out at $10999.99. 151 Booster Bundle Bulk Case hit $4510.00. Crown Zenith Elite Trainer Box Case reached $3459.29, Prismatic Evolutions Pokemon Center Elite Trainer Box (Exclusive) Case hit $2642.85. On the singles side, Mewtwo (Legendary Collection, Reverse Holofoil) printed $975.00, Darkrai EX (107 Full Art) hit $789.99, XY Evolutions Elite Trainer Box [Mega Charizard Y] reached $748.99, and Crimson Invasion Booster Box closed at $638.75.

Five more sit within half a percent of their own highs: Sabrina's Gengar at $600.87 versus an ath of $603.90, Furious Fists Booster Box at $4717.50 versus $4742.51, Serena - 164/195 (Regional Championships) [Staff] at $74.99 versus $75.40, Team Aqua's Sharpedo - 5/95 at $61.99 versus $62.33, and Leafeon VMAX - 008/203 at $112.65 versus $113.27. All five are quoted at -0.5% off their peak. Nothing broken here, just close.

Gainers, 7 day. Mew (EX Holon Phantoms, Holofoil) ran from $171.09 to $335.54, +96.1% on 23 listings. Darkrai EX (107 Full Art) moved $420.69 to $789.99, +87.8% on 14 listings, the same card printing its ath and showing up as a 1 day spike. Slowbro - 083 (Pitch Black Stamped) rose $19.42 to $35.33, +81.9% on 9 listings. Darmanitan - 25/114 (Prerelease) [Staff] went $50.00 to $88.99, +78.0%, depth not reported. Combusken - 13/111 (Arena Cup Championships) climbed $14.00 to $24.65, +76.1% on 8 listings. Shining Steelix added $270.00 to $471.66, +74.7% on 27 listings. Jirachi EX (98 Full Art) went $112.83 to $189.95, +68.4% on 12 listings. Giratina EX (124 Full Art) moved $280.36 to $469.95, +67.6% on 4 listings. Alakazam Star doubled its floor from $900.00 to $1500.00, +66.7% on 4 listings. Eevee - 84/108 (City Championships) [Staff] rose $216.67 to $350.00, +61.5% on 3 listings. Note the shallow books on Giratina, Alakazam, and Eevee: 4, 4, and 3 listings respectively. Real prints, thin support.

Losers, 7 day. Suicune (H25) fell $449.99 to $225.00, -50.0% on 46 listings, a report on the week not a forecast. Snover - 101/123 dropped $19.95 to $10.16, -49.1% on 14 listings. Genesect - BW101 lost $39.34 to $26.52, -32.6%, depth not reported.

The rest of the loser board is one set eating a haircut together. Fomantis - 085/084, Misty's Vitality - 111/084, Dhelmise - 091/084, Slowbro - 090/084, and Goldeen - 087/084, all from ME05: Pitch Black, fell -32.4%, -27.2%, -27.1%, -25.8%, and -25.3% respectively, on deep books ranging from 534 to 1020 listings. Deep books, coordinated decline. Looks like a set repricing lower across the board rather than a single card getting dumped.

1 day spikes. Darkrai EX (107 Full Art) again, +87.8% on 14 listings. Darmanitan - 25/114 (Prerelease) [Staff] +79.8%, depth not reported. Shining Steelix +74.7% on 27 listings. Rayquaza ex (Delta Species) went $330.00 to $490.00, +48.5% on 16 listings. Rare Candy - 142/168 (League Cup) [Staff] went $53.99 to $71.20, +31.9% on 3 listings.

Solo variant watch. Three moves flagged as solo variant repricings, meaning the printing moved while its siblings sat still. Parasect (EX FireRed & LeafGreen, Reverse Holofoil) jumped $16.88 to $40.00, +137.0% on 5 listings. Pidgeotto (Triumphant, Reverse Holofoil) went $7.76 to $15.17, +95.5% on 12 listings. Dragonite (Triumphant, Reverse Holofoil) rose $131.06 to $234.28, +78.8% on 6 listings. Treat these as pricing noise on a single listing set until other variants confirm.

Artist premiums. Hot: Asako Ito trades at a 9.60x premium across 35 cards, Keiko Fukuyama at 4.03x across 20, Susumu Maeya at 2.90x across 10, Kazuaki Aihara at 2.20x across 12, Yuka Morii at 2.11x across 195. Cold: "Big Mama" Tagawa sits at 0.26x across 17 cards, Milky Isobe at 0.28x across 23, Kazuo Yazawa at 0.51x across 9, Takumi Akabane at 0.53x across 50, Shin-ichi Yoshikawa at 0.56x across 50.

Track record. Monthly mint alerts hit 24% at 7 days (14 of 59), average return +1.1%. Seven day gainer calls hit 23% (17 of 73), average +0.5%. Seven day loser calls hit 48% (39 of 81), average -10.3%. The desk is better at spotting weakness than strength. File that under known bugs.

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Numbers from the TickerMint pipeline. Every call is scored publicly on the scoreboard.