TCGPulse

Issue 26 · 6 min

Anniversary spikes

Sep 21, 2026

Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box (standard / non–Pokémon Center) Official product shot

Anniversary — ETB cluster vs MSRP

The Pokémon Company International / Gamespress · Source

Celebration sealed is the story. The product frame is the standard Elite Trainer Box — not the Pokémon Center exclusive — and the chase art beside it is Mew ex #158, not an RGB secret Mew.

How the market was

Issue 25 (Sep 17) already printed the launch-week standard ETB band: roughly $150–$170 completed against $49.99 MSRP, thin outliers higher. This Monday does not replace that comp with a new sole print. The Official shot stays the standard box, labeled apart from any Pokémon Center exclusive.

Card art on this edition is Mew ex #158 from the Sep 16 Official card images. That file is the Celebration Mew ex, not an RGB secret Mew. No official Pokémon Center ETB photo is public, so the exclusive stays out of the gallery.

Our read: standard ETB cluster versus MSRP, with outliers kept off the market.

Mew ex, Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration #158 Official card art

Mew chase bands — outliers ≠ market

©Pokémon / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK — Official TCG card art (TPC Gamespress) · Source

Week movers

Week over week

vs Issue 25 (Sep 17): The launch-week standard ETB band stands. This Monday puts Official Mew ex #158 beside that box. The Pokémon Center exclusive is still not blended in.

Worth watching

  • 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box (standard)
  • Mew ex #158 — not RGB secret Mew
  • Pokémon Center exclusive ETB — separate ask, no official photo

Note

PC exclusive ETB skipped: press Product Shots publish the standard Elite Trainer Box only. RGB secret Mew has no verified Official public file; the inline is Mew ex #158. The $150–$170 band is the Issue 25 launch-week comp, not a new Sep 21 sole print.

Sealed heat

Pokémon 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box (standard)

Launch-week editorial comp from Issue 25 (Sep 17): standard ETBs (MSRP $49.99) cleared roughly $150–$170. This Sep 21 edition does not replace that band with a new sole print. Pokémon Center exclusives stay a separate ask — no official Pokémon Center photo.

~$150–$170 completed$49.99 MSRP$120.93 −0.4%

Liquidity-weighted Pokémon movers

Same snapshot as the dashboard. Percent change is shown; rank uses volume so thin spikes fall.

  1. $324.82−3.0%

    Fair book · 16

  2. $242.53−5.5%

    Thin book · 6

  3. $242.82−4.4%

    Fair book · 8

  4. $1,184.37−1.2%

    Thin book · 2

  5. $265.37−1.1%

    Thin book · 1