TCGPulse

Daily · Hobby · 4 min

Pokémon's 30th Celebration was TCGplayer's best-selling new set of Q3, and Riftbound climbed to No. 5 past Lorcana, per TCGplayer's quarterly sales report. Plus: Soul Spike gets its first paper reprint in 20 years, and Riftbound Radiance launches Oct. 23.

· 5:00 AM CT

Pokémon's 30th Celebration was the best-selling new set on TCGplayer last quarter, edging out Magic's The Hobbit by total sales despite not arriving until mid-September, according to TCGplayer's Q3 2026 sales report. By total sales across all products, Magic stayed No. 1 and Pokémon No. 2, while One Piece held No. 3 for a fourth straight quarter. Riftbound climbed to No. 5, passing Disney Lorcana, after its Vendetta release and a major ban-list update, TCGplayer said. Also: Soul Spike is back in paper for the first time since Coldsnap in the Strange School Secret Lair, Riftbound Radiance launches worldwide Oct. 23 with Pre-Rift events starting this weekend, and the Pokémon × Beats Pill speaker goes on sale today.

TCG Pulse text graphic on TCGplayer's Q3 2026 best-selling trading card games.
30th Celebration was TCGplayer's No. 1 new set of Q3 2026; Magic, Pokémon and One Piece held the top three games, per TCGplayer · Graphic: TCG Pulse

How the market was

Market check: the 30th Celebration standard Elite Trainer Box is holding at the low end of our about $135–145 completed-sales band (vs. $49.99 retail). TCGplayer's sales-based market price was about $136 for Oct. 10–12, down a few dollars from early October. Our RGB Mew references (Red $6–7k / Green about $8k / Blue about $5k) are unchanged; sales remain too thin to update.

Day movers

  • Pokémon, 30th Celebration ETB (standard): holding at the low end of about $135–145 on completed sales vs $49.99 retail. TCGplayer sales-based market price about $136 for Oct. 10–12, down a few dollars from early October.
  • Pokémon, RGB Mew: Red $6–7k / Green ~$8k / Blue ~$5k, unchanged; sales still too thin to update.

Hobby pulse

  1. Reported · Multi-TCG

    30th Celebration tops TCGplayer's Q3 new sets; Riftbound climbs to No. 5

    Pokémon's 30th Celebration was the best-selling new set on TCGplayer last quarter, edging out Magic's The Hobbit by total sales despite not arriving until mid-September, according to TCGplayer's Q3 2026 sales report. By total sales across all products, Magic stayed No. 1 and Pokémon No. 2, while One Piece held No. 3 for a fourth straight quarter. Riftbound climbed to No. 5, passing Disney Lorcana, after its Vendetta release and a major ban-list update, TCGplayer said.

    Source (Reported): https://seller.tcgplayer.com/blog/best-selling-trading-card-games-q3-2026

  2. Reported · Magic

    Soul Spike gets its first paper reprint since Coldsnap

    The Strange School Secret Lair that Wizards revealed this week includes Soul Spike, the first paper reprint of the 2006 Coldsnap card in 20 years, Polygon reports. The black instant has become a Modern staple in Necrodominance decks, and the drop also includes Thoughtseize. Wizards has not announced a sale date beyond "soon."

    Source (Reported): https://www.polygon.com/magic-the-gathering-soul-spike-secret-lair-reprint-reality-fracture/ · Source (Official, drop): https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/bring-two-new-secret-lair-drops-to-your-multiverse-with-reality-fracture

Worth watching

  • Official: Pokémon: The Pokémon × Beats Pill speaker goes on sale today, Thursday, Oct. 15, at 10 a.m. CT (8 a.m. PDT). Merch, not a card product.
  • Official: One Piece: Pirates League (Official Shop Edition) semifinals Round 1 are Sunday, Oct. 18, per Bandai shop news.

Note

The Q3 rankings are TCGplayer's own marketplace data for July 1–Sept. 30, ranked by total sales; TCGplayer did not publish dollar totals, and Pokémon Japan is ranked separately. The Soul Spike reprint history is Polygon's reporting on Wizards of the Coast's Strange School drop; no sale date has been announced. Radiance dates are from official Riftbound release details. The Beats Pill is a speaker, not a card product. The standard ETB range reflects completed sales; the sales-based price is TCGplayer's market price.