Case Boxes Hit New Highs While Staff Promos Give Back Gains

New all-time highs

Eight products closed the window at new highs. Sealed case product dominates the list: 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box Case at 1848.67, Battle Styles Booster Box Case at 1748.83, Prismatic Evolutions Booster Bundle Display at 1713.16, Destined Rivals Sleeved Booster Case at 1616.18, Phantasmal Flames Sleeved Booster Case at 1435.42. Singles side: Mudkip - 4/5 at 1710.00, Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat at 1108.70, and Base Set Charizard Holofoil at 818.65.

Ath watch

Five names sit within a hair of a new high, all logged at -0.5% off their mark. Sabrina's Gengar (1st Edition Holofoil) trades at 600.87 against an ath of 603.90 (-0.5%). Rocket's Scyther sits at 85.01 versus 85.44 (-0.5%). Feraligatr (Delta Species) is at 68.95 against 69.30 (-0.5%). Paradox Rift 3 Pack Blister [Set of 2] sits at 49.38 versus 49.64 (-0.5%). And the big one: Furious Fists Booster Box is at 4717.50 against 4742.51 (-0.5%).

7-day gainers

Professor Elm's Training Method (2006-2007) ran from 49.87 to 99.00, up 98.5% on a book of 4. Darkrai EX (107 Full Art) moved 420.69 to 789.99, up 87.8% on depth 5. Combusken - 13/111 (Arena Cup Championships) went 14.00 to 24.65, up 76.1% on depth 8. Shining Steelix climbed 270.00 to 471.66, up 74.7% with the deepest book of the group at 27. Lugia - 29/115 (Pokemon Rocks America) added 72.68 to 125.00, up 72.0% on depth 6. Lightning Energy (WotC 2002 League Promo) rose 21.10 to 36.10, up 71.1% on depth 8. Jirachi EX (98 Full Art) moved 112.83 to 189.95, up 68.4% on depth 12. Alakazam Star went 900.00 to 1500.00, up 66.7% on depth 9. Diancie Prism Star - 2018 (Naohito Inoue) rose 10.00 to 16.66, up 66.6%, no depth reported. Psyduck - 039/217 (Cosmos Holo) added 12.55 to 20.85, up 66.1% on depth 8. Most of this list runs on thin books, single digits to low twenties in live listings. Take the percentages with that in mind.

7-day losers

Suicune (H25) gave back 449.99 to 225.00 (-50.0%) on a deep book of 39, the largest dollar retreat of the week. Three Mega Evolution staff promos moved together: Bastiodon - 085 [Staff] fell 46.50 to 27.69 (-40.5%, depth 16), Miraidon - 082 [Staff] fell 34.76 to 21.57 (-37.9%, depth 12), and Dhelmise - 084 [Staff] fell 45.00 to 28.95 (-35.7%, depth 7). Moltres - XY127 (Prerelease) [Staff] dropped 250.00 to 158.34 (-36.7%, depth 7). Empoleon - BW56 slid 18.37 to 11.75 (-36.0%, depth 39). Bianca - 2013 (Yugo Sato) dropped 5.56 to 3.80 (-31.7%), no depth on file. Barbaracle - 065 fell 9.33 to 6.80 (-27.1%, depth 31). First Partner Illustration Collection (Series 3) slipped 70.99 to 52.60 (-25.9%), but with a book of 1178 that reading is about as solid as this dataset gets. Unown (Z) fell 32.00 to 23.73 (-25.8%, depth 230). These are reports of a lagging week, not a forecast for next week.

1-day spikes

Professor Elm's Training Method repeats here, up 98.5% intraday on the same thin book of 4. Zapdos (H32) jumped 160.00 to 223.33, up 39.6%, depth not reported. Toxapex GX (Secret) moved 9.29 to 12.85, up 38.3%, no depth on file. Victini V - 025/202 rose 38.28 to 49.99, up 30.6%, no depth reported. Luxray GL - 2010 (Mychael Bryan) added 32.27 to 40.19, up 24.5% on depth 12.

Solo watch

Three moves flagged as solo-variant. Weedle Reverse Holofoil doubled, 11.36 to 22.68, up 99.6%, but no depth listed and only this printing moved while siblings sat still. Read that as a repricing artifact, not demand. Pidgeotto Reverse Holofoil jumped 7.76 to 15.17, up 95.5% on depth 12, same story: one variant moved, the rest didn't. Gengar (5) 1st Edition Holofoil rose 315.25 to 601.49, up 90.8% on the deepest book of the three at 115, still flagged solo-variant. Bigger book, same caveat.

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, Yuka Morii 2.19x across the largest sample at 195, Kazuaki Aihara 2.18x across 12. Cold: "Big Mama" Tagawa sits at 0.26x across 16 cards, Milky Isobe at 0.28x across 22, Kazuo Yazawa 0.50x across 9, Takumi Akabane 0.54x across 50, Shin-ichi Yoshikawa 0.57x across 50.

Track record

Monthly mint alerts hit 22% at 7 days (17 of 78) for an average return of +2.0%. Seven-day gainer signals hit 23% at 7 days (18 of 77, avg +0.4%) but improve to 40% at 30 days (4 of 10, avg +10.1%), small sample. Seven-day loser signals hit 46% at 7 days (43 of 93, avg -8.8%) but fade to 30% at 30 days (3 of 10, avg +1.5%). The losers that keep losing mostly stop within a week; past that, plenty bounce.

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