Issue 01 · 7 min
Ascended Heroes
Mar 30, 2026
- Market
Archive open — ASC sealed
The Pokémon Company International / Gamespress · Source
March sealed centered on Ascended Heroes — with Mega chase SARs printing loud underneath. Prismatic stays in the stack; it is not the main story this week.
How the market was
March’s sealed tape had a clear special-set center of gravity. Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Boxes averaged about ~$112 on the March TCGPlayer sealed GMV read — enough to sit as sealed GMV #1 for that window. Confidence high. The read for this Monday: special-set money, not a Prismatic headline.
Underneath sealed, Mega chase SARs printed loud. Mega Gengar SIR cleared past $1k. SI’s March character-spend context put Charizard around $17.6M and Pikachu around $14.9M in eBay character dollars — useful as character-staple depth, not a new price for every ASC chase print.
Our read stays simple for Issue 01: special-set money over main-set soft. Prismatic is not the main story this week. There is no earlier Monday in this run to compare.
Sealed leadership story
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Chase under sealed
©Pokémon / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK — Official TCG card art · Source
Week movers
- Pokémon — Ascended Heroes ETB — March avg ~$112 (TCGPlayer sealed GMV #1). Confidence high.
- Pokémon — Mega chase SARs — Mega Gengar SIR past $1k. Confidence high.
- Pokémon — Character staples — SI March character$: Charizard $17.6M / Pikachu $14.9M eBay character spend (context).
- Our read — Special-set money over main-set soft. Prismatic is not the main story this week.
Week over week
No prior issue to compare. Later Mondays measure week over week from here.
Worth watching
- Ascended Heroes ETB
- Mega chase SARs (Gengar / related)
- Character staples with real eBay depth
Note
This edition’s story is Ascended Heroes, not Prismatic. No Chaos Rising live sealed yet. No Celebration set.