Eight Fresh Ceilings, One Suicune Haircut

New All-Time Highs

Eight products closed at fresh peaks over the window. Case product leads the pack: Paldean Fates Elite Trainer Box Case topped out at $3576.66, XY BREAKthrough Booster Box at $3208.55, Paldea Evolved Booster Box Case at $2810.91, and 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box Case at $1750.00. On singles, Raikou Star set a new high at $1600.00, Rayquaza VMAX (Alternate Art Secret) at $1253.94, Gengar VMAX (Alternate Art Secret) at $1042.89, and Journey Together Booster Bundle Case closed at $930.58.

Knocking on the Door

Five cards sit within half a percent of their own record, none breaking through. Sabrina's Gengar trades at $600.87 against an ath of $603.90 set on 2025-03-27. Rocket's Scyther sits at $85.01 versus $85.44 (2026-02-28). Feraligatr (Delta Species) at $68.95 against $69.30 (2026-06-09). Furious Fists Booster Box at $4717.50 versus its $4742.51 peak from 2026-05-05. Serena - 164/195 (Regional Championships) [Staff] at $74.99 against $75.40 (2024-11-21). All five off by -0.5%.

Gainers, Seven Days

Mew led the board, up +96.1% from $171.09 to $335.54 on 32 listings of depth. Darkrai EX (107 Full Art) climbed +87.8% to $789.99 but only 7 listings back the move. Combusken - 13/111 (Arena Cup Championships) rose +76.1% to $24.65 on depth of 8. Shining Steelix added +74.7%, now $471.66, depth 28. Lugia - 29/115 (Pokemon Rocks America) gained +72.0% to $125.00 on just 6 listings. Lightning Energy (WotC 2002 League Promo) up +71.1% to $36.10, depth 7. Jirachi EX (98 Full Art) up +68.4% to $189.95, depth 18. Giratina EX (124 Full Art) up +67.6% to $469.95, depth 8. Alakazam Star up +66.7% to $1500.00, depth 13. Diancie Prism Star - 2018 (Naohito Inoue) up +66.6% to $16.66, depth not reported.

Several of these ran on single digit listing counts. Read the percentage, then read the depth, before wiring anything.

Losers, Seven Days

Suicune (H25) gave back half its value, -50.0%, from $449.99 to $225.00 on 46 listings, the deepest book in the loser column. Three Mega Evolution Promo Staff holos fell in tandem: Bastiodon - 085 [Staff] -43.9% to $28.06, Miraidon - 082 [Staff] -41.0% to $22.20, and Dhelmise - 084 [Staff] -40.8% to $29.59, on depths of 12, 14, and 7. Moltres - XY127 (Prerelease) [Staff] dropped -36.7% to $158.34 on 7 listings. Primarina - 088/084 fell -33.0% to $4.94, but on 918 listings, about as deep a book as this brief sees. Misty's Vitality - 111/084 slid -26.0% to $25.25 on 559 listings. Unown (Z) closed -25.9% at $23.72, depth unreported.

These are reports, not verdicts. A card down on the week lagged the market this week, nothing more.

One-Day Spikes

Mr. Mime - 2013 (Jason Klaczynski) jumped +59.1% to $8.75 in a single session, depth unreported. Raikou Star added +45.5% intraday on its way to the new $1600.00 high, on just 5 listings. Ninetales (H19) rose +28.0% to $399.99, depth 20. Gastly up +25.7% to $29.14, depth unreported. Typhlosion ex up +23.4% to $251.80, depth 49.

Solo-Variant Watch

Three moves flagged as solo-variant: the printing in question moved while its siblings sat still, a pattern that reads more like a repricing artifact than genuine demand. Parasect (Reverse Holofoil) up +137.0% to $40.00 on depth 8. Pidgeotto (Reverse Holofoil) up +95.5% to $15.17 on depth 12. Gengar (5) (1st Edition Holofoil) up +90.8% to $601.49 on depth 57. Treat these as one listing repricing a thin printing, not a market call.

Artist Premiums

Hot: Asako Ito commands a 9.15x premium across 35 cards, Keiko Fukuyama 4.03x across 20, Susumu Maeya 2.87x across 10, Kazuaki Aihara 2.18x across 12, Yuka Morii 2.13x across a broad 194 cards.

Cold: "Big Mama" Tagawa sits at 0.23x across 16 cards, Milky Isobe at 0.28x across 23, Kazuo Yazawa at 0.50x across 9, Takumi Akabane at 0.53x across 50, Shin-ichi Yoshikawa at 0.57x across 50.

Track Record

Monthly mint alerts hit 21% within 7 days (16 of 75), averaging +2.4%. Seven day gainer calls hit 24% (18 of 76), averaging +0.6%. Seven day loser calls hit 47% (43 of 91), averaging -8.9%, the desk's best performing signal by a wide margin, for whatever that says about calling drops versus calling pumps.

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