Daily · Hobby · 5 min
Amazon's Prime Day sale ends today with some Pokémon TCG restocks, Pokémon cards reach the ISS, and a PSA 10 Crystal Lugia sells for $360,000.
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- Official
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- Day mover
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale wraps up today, and IGN spotted some Pokémon TCG restocks in the mix, including the 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box at $159.99 through Amazon's invite-request system. Also: Pokémon cards have made it aboard the International Space Station, per PokéBeach, and a PSA 10 Crystal Lugia sold for $360,000, Polygon reports. Market reference prices are unchanged, but listing asks keep sliding.
How the market was
Market check: no change to our 30th Celebration reference prices yet. Without a new completed-sales source, we're holding the Sept. 17 bands (standard Elite Trainer Box about $150–170 vs. $49.99 retail; RGB Mew Red $6–7k / Green about $8k / Blue about $5k). Listing asks on our tracker keep sliding, though: the standard ETB sat at about $146 as of Tuesday morning, down from about $161 a week earlier and now under the low end of our band. That's listing tape, not completed sales, and we're watching it for a reference update.
Day movers
- Pokémon, 30th Celebration ETB (standard): $150–170 reference, unchanged, vs $49.99 retail (ICv2, Sep 17). Listing asks are under the band; no completed-sales update yet.
- Pokémon, RGB Mew: Red $6–7k / Green ~$8k / Blue ~$5k, unchanged (ICv2, Sep 17).
Hobby pulse
Reported · Pokémon
Prime Day restocks some Pokémon TCG
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale wraps up today, and IGN spotted some Pokémon TCG restocks in the mix. The 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box was listed at $159.99 through Amazon's invite-request system (an invite doesn't guarantee you'll get one), First Partner Illustration Collection Series 3 was around $34, and single Surging Sparks packs were $17.59, which IGN notes is well above what TCGplayer sellers are asking. Prices were as IGN saw them Tuesday and can change through the day.
Source (Reported): https://www.ign.com/articles/amazon-restocks-rare-pokmon-tcg-sets-for-prime-day
Reported · Pokémon
Cards aboard the International Space Station
Pokémon cards have made it to the International Space Station. As part of the Pokémon x European Space Agency collab for World Space Week, TPCi revealed Tuesday that ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot brought a Pikachu ex and a Minior card aboard the ISS, according to PokéBeach. Earlier stunts only got cards to the edge of space. The ESA collab's Astronaut Pikachu plush and TCG accessories are on sale at Pokémon Center.
Source (Reported): https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/10/pokemon-cards-sent-to-space-for-the-first-time
Reported · Pokémon
PSA 10 Crystal Lugia sells for $360,000
A PSA 10 Crystal Lugia (149/147) from 2003's Aquapolis sold for $360,000, Polygon reports, more than doubling the card's previous high of $148,511, which Polygon calls a record. Crystal Lugia was reprinted in this year's 30th Celebration set.
Source (Reported): https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-aquapolis-lugia-360000-auction-record/
Reported · Magic
Wizards teams move to unionize
Wizards of the Coast's D&D team and Magic's Studio X told leadership Tuesday they intend to unionize, joining the United Wizards of the Coast–CWA union formed earlier this year by MTG Arena developers, per Kotaku. No Wizards or Hasbro response yet.
Source (Reported): Kotaku
Official · Riftbound
Radiance calendar
Radiance previews run through Oct. 9, with full decklists and Nexus Night promo details expected Oct. 16 ahead of the Oct. 23 release, per riftbound.gg.
Source (Official): https://riftbound.gg
Worth watching
- Amazon Prime Big Deal Days: ends today
- 30th Celebration ETB reference prices: listing asks are under our band; watching for completed sales
- Lorcana Lorecast: tomorrow, Oct. 8, noon CT
- Riftbound Radiance: decklists Oct. 16, release Oct. 23
- Mega Evolution—Delta Reign: Nov. 6
Note
Amazon prices come from IGN's Oct. 6 report; we didn't check Amazon listings ourselves. The space story comes from PokéBeach. The Crystal Lugia sale comes from Polygon. The union news comes from Kotaku. Sealed Pokémon reference prices come from ICv2's Sep. 17 completed-sales report.