https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/ Weekly writing on the Pokemon card market, built on measured population and price data. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-center-elite-trainer-box-premium/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-center-elite-trainer-box-premium/ Sealed Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Every English set ships a 9 pack retail elite trainer box and an 11 pack Pokemon Center one. What the promo census and the price per pack say about both. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-card-price-gainers/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-card-price-gainers/ Market Read Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Pokemon card price gainers this week: 10 of the 15 base from a single October 7 trough, and only 16.1% of the 903 rows on our board rose at all. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/groudon-199-psa-9-crack-or-hold/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/groudon-199-psa-9-crack-or-hold/ Crack or Hold Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A PSA 9 Groudon 199 needs 16.8% to clear if you hold it and 20.8% if you buy one. The trailing gem rate read 16% this week, so both are a hold. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/first-edition-machamp-psa-10/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/first-edition-machamp-psa-10/ Vintage Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The 1st Edition Machamp PSA 10 rate sits last among the sixteen Base Set holofoil rares, and the fifteen cards sharing its printed face say why. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/mega-dragonite-ex-295-psa-9/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/mega-dragonite-ex-295-psa-9/ Crack or Hold Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A PSA 9 Mega Dragonite ex 295 clears its breakeven by 1.59 dollars, until a returned eight is priced. Recent grades come back eights 26.9 percent. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/low-pop-vintage-pokemon-cards/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/low-pop-vintage-pokemon-cards/ Hype Watch Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Low pop vintage Pokemon cards ran the investing sub for a fortnight. We opened the census behind the three it named, and the counts do not agree. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-preorder-prices-after-release/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-preorder-prices-after-release/ Market Read Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Pokemon preorder prices after release: all 14 30th Celebration products that shipped October 2 fell a median of 32.8%, while 17 still on presale moved 0.0%. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-rotation-sealed-prices/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-rotation-sealed-prices/ Sealed Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Six English expansions left Standard on one day in April 2026, and their matched booster bundles then moved from minus 9.49 to plus 8.04 percent. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/southern-islands-mew-psa-10/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/southern-islands-mew-psa-10/ Vintage Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Southern Islands Mew PSA 10 rate sits far under the twelve unfoiled cards that shipped beside it in the same 2001 binder, and the foil is the difference. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/seismitoad-105-psa-9-insured-value/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/seismitoad-105-psa-9-insured-value/ Crack or Hold Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A PSA 9 Seismitoad 105 needs 15.7 percent to break even once PSA insured value rules force the Express tier. The trailing gem rate is 11 percent. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-sealed-vs-singles-prices/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-sealed-vs-singles-prices/ Market Read Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Pokemon sealed vs singles prices on our board: 33 of 84 sealed rows rose against 120 of 730 singles, and 44% of the sealed half moved under 1% on the week. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/phantasmal-flames-booster-box-half-box/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/phantasmal-flames-booster-box-half-box/ Sealed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Phantasmal Flames booster box is the dearest in its block, and the set is the only numbered Mega Evolution expansion whose catalogue carries no half box. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/crystal-lugia-30th-celebration-psa-10/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/crystal-lugia-30th-celebration-psa-10/ Hype Watch Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT One slab cleared 4,650 dollars on September 28 and repriced the card. Our count says the Crystal Lugia 30th Celebration PSA 10 census is still empty. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/base-set-2-blastoise-psa-10/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/base-set-2-blastoise-psa-10/ Vintage Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Base Set 2 Blastoise PSA 10 rates sit under the 1999 print on every foiled pair, while the same set's unfoiled cards grade better than their own originals. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/glaceon-ex-150-psa-10-crack-or-hold/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/glaceon-ex-150-psa-10-crack-or-hold/ Crack or Hold Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A PSA 9 Glaceon ex 150 plus PSA's cheapest tier costs 294.65 dollars and returns 27.18 at a 30 percent gem rate. The gap fell 103.66 in three months. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/gold-star-pokemon-cards-rarity/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/gold-star-pokemon-cards-rarity/ Hype Watch Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A private Torchic sale repriced the whole family this month. Our count says gold star Pokemon cards rarity splits hard, and the cheap end is the common end. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-presale-card-prices/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/pokemon-presale-card-prices/ Market Read Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Pokemon presale card prices have no completed sale underneath them. All 15 30th Celebration singles on our board fell over 70% in the week the set released. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/skyridge-crystal-charizard-psa-10/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/skyridge-crystal-charizard-psa-10/ Vintage Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT More than half the copies ever submitted never reached a PSA 8, and taking them out of the count moves the Skyridge Crystal Charizard from fourth to second. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/charizard-vmax-sv107-psa-standard-tier/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/charizard-vmax-sv107-psa-standard-tier/ Crack or Hold Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT PSA's new $59.99 tier drops the breakeven on a PSA 9 Charizard VMAX SV107 from 94% to 74.8%. The trailing gem rate is 68%, so it is still a hold. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/moonbreon-psa-10-population/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/moonbreon-psa-10-population/ Hype Watch Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Ten Moonbreon threads ran in a fortnight and not one of them opened the count. We read the September sold tape, then the Moonbreon PSA 10 population. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/prismatic-evolutions-reprint-catalogue/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/prismatic-evolutions-reprint-catalogue/ Sealed Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Prismatic Evolutions gained four retail configurations after launch, and on September 14 of 2026 its newest box was the cheapest way to buy the packs. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/30th-celebration-mini-tin-prices/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/30th-celebration-mini-tin-prices/ Market Read Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT All ten 30th Celebration mini tin prices fell between August 31 and September 14 of 2026, while the display box holding one of each rose 13.7%. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/ancient-mew-psa-10-population/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/ancient-mew-psa-10-population/ Vintage Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Ancient Mew PSA 10 population sits near 4.5 percent, and the four non foil promos handed out at the same cinema counter show what the foil costs. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/psa-9-stevens-metagross-ex-289/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/psa-9-stevens-metagross-ex-289/ Crack or Hold Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A PSA 9 Steven's Metagross ex 289 costs 159.13 dollars to crack and resubmit. Breakeven wants 64.2 percent, the trailing gem rate is 64 percent. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/is-perfect-order-clefairy-undervalued/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/is-perfect-order-clefairy-undervalued/ Hype Watch Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The investing sub gave one Perfect Order Clefairy 94 its loudest single card thread of the week. We opened the population count nobody in it opened. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/mega-evolution-era-card-prices/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/mega-evolution-era-card-prices/ Market Read Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mega Evolution era sets carried 32 gainers out of 173 price moves for the week ending September 7 of 2026, against 42% across the rest of our board. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/neo-genesis-lugia-psa-10-first-edition/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/neo-genesis-lugia-psa-10-first-edition/ Vintage Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The 2000 Neo Genesis Lugia was printed stamped and unstamped, and the eighteen holofoil rares cut beside it show what really caps the grade. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/is-crown-zenith-out-of-print/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/is-crown-zenith-out-of-print/ Sealed Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Is Crown Zenith out of print? All 18 Crown Zenith products at Pokemon Center read sold out on September 4 of 2026, and so did four newer expansions. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/gengar-psa-10-census-ascended-heroes/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/gengar-psa-10-census-ascended-heroes/ Hype Watch Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The room spent a fortnight asking which Gengar is the grail. We pulled the PSA 10 census on the card it keeps naming, and it is not a scarce slab. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/cracking-a-psa-9-charizard-ex-199/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/cracking-a-psa-9-charizard-ex-199/ Crack or Hold Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A PSA 9 Charizard ex 199 costs 474.99 dollars to crack and resubmit. Breakeven wants 14.4 percent and the trailing gem rate is 14 percent, so hold. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/30th-celebration-preorder-prices/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/30th-celebration-preorder-prices/ Market Read Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The 30th Celebration set does not release until September 16 of 2026, yet 28 of the 32 products we track fell in August while three premiums rose. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/journey-together-booster-box-supply/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/journey-together-booster-box-supply/ Sealed Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Journey Together booster box gave up a sixth of its market price in late August 2026 while the same expansion's elite trainer box rose against it. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/legendary-collection-charizard-psa-10/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/legendary-collection-charizard-psa-10/ Vintage Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The 2002 Legendary Collection Charizard was printed in three finishes, and the population data on all three points at handling wear rather than at foil. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/cracking-a-psa-9-deoxys-vstar-gg46/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/cracking-a-psa-9-deoxys-vstar-gg46/ Crack or Hold Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT A PSA 9 Deoxys VSTAR GG46 costs $135.59 to crack and resubmit. Breakeven wants a 54% gem rate, the trailing rate is 53%, so the answer is hold. https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/tag-team-gx-psa-10-population/ https://pokemonpredictor.com/card-talk/tag-team-gx-psa-10-population/ Hype Watch Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tag Team GX threads ran hot for a fortnight. We pulled the PSA 10 population on every promo alt art, and one of them does not hold up to the talk.