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February 2nd - February 8th, 2026

📰 TCG News

Note: Some updates may touch on wider Pokémon news beyond the TCG.

🔵 Brilliant Illusions Set Revealed for China

China’s eighth Scarlet & Violet set, Brilliant Illusions, has been revealed with Milotic ex as the headliner and a release date of March 13, 2026, offering both 5-card and 20-card booster packs. It’s a compilation pulling from Twilight Masquerade, Shrouded Fable, and Surging Sparks, continuing China’s accelerated catch-up lineup.

The release also features a new Carmine Special Illustration Rare expected to stay China-exclusive, plus Carmine coin collections and special reverse holos. Mini bundles include Poké Ball vs. Master Ball reverse holos with a 99:1 ratio, while the gold coins are listed as 99× rarer than the standard coin versions. (PokéBeach)

🔵 Tokyo police arrest two men for suspected illegal purchase of Pokemon cards

Tokyo police have arrested two Vietnamese nationals for allegedly using 30 fictitious accounts to illegally purchase a large quantity of Pokémon cards. The suspects reportedly accessed the official Pokémon Center online store between June and September 2025 using fraudulently obtained SIM cards to bypass purchase limits.

Authorities seized over 15,000 cards during searches of related facilities as part of an ongoing investigation into the scheme. They say the two are suspected of making at least 4 million yen, or about 25,500 dollars, by reselling some of the cards. (NHK).

🔵 Trading cards worth $100M on display in Vancouver for new event

Seven-year-old Dylan Jeffs found comfort in opening Pokémon card packs during years of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia treatment at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, giving him something to look forward to during intensive chemotherapy and a way to stay connected while isolated.

After ringing the end-of-treatment bell in April 2024, Dylan relapsed months later and underwent a stem cell transplant using a cord blood match; his mum Rachael said her instincts caught the relapse early, and the family credits Pokémon cards with helping him stay motivated and reconnect with friends once he returned to school. (Source: BBC News)

📈 Card Trends

Source: Price data provided by TCGPlayer.com and chart visual provided by TCGMarketNews.com (which sources data from TCGPlayer).

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🔢 Card Market Highlights

📦 Sealed Product Market Highlights

🔵 20th Anniversary Generations Red And Blue Collection Boxes Sells for $7k

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Sealed Type - Year: Red & Blue Collection - 2016
​Contents: Each box includes 4 Generations booster packs, 1 featured EX promo card, and additional accessories.
​Market Insight: Since May 2025, individual Red & Blue Collection boxes have typically sold between $750 and $1,050. During that same period, full 4-box sets rose from $2,100 to $3,800. Today’s $7,000 set sale confirms that market prices for these sealed sets have nearly doubled in less than a year.

🔵 POP Series 5 Promo Pack Sells for $2k

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POP Series 5 packs weren’t sold at retail - these were Pokémon Organized Play (League/event) giveaway packs from the mid-2000s that contain just two cards.
They’re expensive because POP 5 has major chase hits - most notably the Espeon and Umbreon Gold Star cards.

Sealed Type - Year: Sealed single promo pack - 2007
​Contents: Two cards
​Market Insight: Sold listings have gone for a similar $2k - $3k range over the past several months. In mid 2025, a PSA 10 Umbreon Gold Star sold for ~$50k while a PSA 1- Espeon sold for $32.6k.

🔵 Volcanion & Magearna Collector Chest Tin Sells for $1.37k

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This is a Fall 2016 Collector Chest (metal “lunchbox” style tin), meant as a bundled treasure chest of packs + promos + accessories. The big driver is the exclusive foil promo trio, especially Shiny Mega Gengar EX (XY166).

Sealed Type - Year: Collector Chest - 2016
​Contents: Volcanion (XY145), Magearna (XY146), Shiny Mega Gengar-EX (XY166), Steam Siege packs (mostly), and accessories.
​Market Insight: Across Aug 16, 2025 → Feb 7, 2026, recent comps are around ~$1.0k–$1.45k. Of the three promos, the Gengar EX goes for around $7k in a PSA 10. While the other two are under $350 in a PSA 10.

⭐ Singles & Graded Cards Highlights

🔵 Lot of 254 PSA 10 CBB3 Chinese Gengar Sells for $55.8K

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Singles Type - Condition: Graded bulk lot - 254x PSA 10 (Gem Mint)
​Set Name - Year: Gem Pack Vol. 3 - 2025
​Market Insight: The lot price implies an average of about $220 per PSA 10 ($55.8K ÷ 254), which is a meaningful wholesale discount (~39%) versus ~$360 single-copy comps.

🔵 Japanese Pokemon Center Promo Mega Tokyo’s Pikachu 204/XY-P Sells for $6.65k

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This card features Pikachu in a Mega Charizard Y-themed poncho and was distributed through the 2016 Mega Battle & Creatures challenge.

Singles Type - Condition: Ungraded - NM
​Set Name - Year: XY Promo - 2016
​Market Insight: PSA 10 copies of this card steadily increased from around $5k - $10k and raw sales like this one suggest the prices of the graded cards will balloon even faster.

🔵 Complete PSA 10 Scream Munch Promo Set Sells for $33.5k

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The “Scream” (Munch) promos are Japanese museum collaboration cards distributed in 2018 at the Munch exhibition in Japan. The set features Psyduck, Eevee, Pikachu, Mimikyu, and Rowlet, each illustrated as a Pokémon-style homage inspired by Edvard Munch’s iconic painting The Scream.

Singles Type - Condition: Graded - PSA 10
​Set Name - Year: Japanese Promo - 2018
​Market Insight: A similar set sold for $17k in mid 2025. Just this week, a PSA 10 copy of the Mimikyu card sold for $13k.

🕰️ Vintage & Niche Market Highlights

🔵 Uncut Base Set Pack Art Sheet Sells for $15k

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While uncut sheets sell semi-regularly they typically consist of cards. This is one of the more unique sheets containing prints of Base Set pack arts. Would an uncut sheet be worth more if it was longer (in this case roughly 7ft long) and how would that be calculated with regards to pack art?

Origin Source - Year: Uncut Sheet - 1999
​Market Insight: In December 2025, an uncut sheet of all 3 pack arts from Base Set sold for $325.

🔵 Japanese Starter Deck Base Set Case Sells for $17.7k

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This is a display case consisting of sealed Japanese Starter Decks from the Base Set era, meant as an all-in-one entry product (deck + rules) and was released alongside the initial expansion of the main Japanese TCG. What is unique about this deck is the random assortment of cards typically featuring a mix of Pokémon, Trainers, and Energy cards.

Origin Source - Year: 1996 Starter Deck Box - 1996
​Market Insight: There was a similar sale in January 2026 for ~$13.5k.

🔵 PSA 9 Art Academy Xime Pikachu Sells $12.5k

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This Pikachu is a Pokémon Art Academy Competition winner’s prize card, printed from Xime’s winning illustration and awarded in a very limited quantity (winners received 100 copies directly). The contest had two prompt categories - Dress-Up Pikachu and “Your Favorite Pokémon”.

Origin Source - Year: 3DS Art Academy - 2015
​Market Insight: A PSA 10 copy of this card sold for $30.1k in mid 2025.

😴 Sleeper Pick

Plenty of Celebrations cards that were previously overlooked because they were simply reprints with a Celebrations stamp, are slowly starting to find their footing.

Especially with the 30th Anniversary on the horizon in the month of February, the Birthday Pikachu reprint is a great example of such a case. It’s an incredibly popular promo that has gone through various iterations since its initial release as a Japanese exclusive white star promo in 1998.

📜 Poké History

While the first English cards officially hit U.S. shelves in January 1999, some of the very first English cards were actually distributed in 1998 through a “Demo Game” plastic pack. This rare 24-card set was used to teach mall-goers how to play and featured “shadowless” cards that preceded the famous Base Set. Interestingly, the TCG was originally developed by Creatures Inc. and was heavily inspired by the mechanics of Magic: The Gathering.

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Note: Sold listing links sometimes redirect to active listings after some time, but should still be discoverable by searching for the listings manually.

Chart Source: TCGPlayer, TCGMarketNews