📌 Archived snapshot · Week of May 18, 2026
Pokémon TCG Movers — Week of May 18, 2026
Frozen leaderboard for the week of 2026-05-18 through 2026-05-24. This is a permanent record — the prices and rankings on this page reflect that week and will never change. For the current week, see live weekly movers.
🔥 Biggest movers this week
Top 10 cards by week-over-week PSA 10 percentage change. Baseline: 2026-05-18 → current: 2026-05-25.
| Card | From | To | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ho Oh #10 | $500 | $7875 | +1475.0% |
| Scizor #84 · HS—Undaunted | $575 | $7442 | +1194.3% |
| Togepi | $450 | $5500 | +1122.2% |
| Pikachu #30 · Crimson Invasion | $354 | $4200 | +1087.6% |
| Rayquaza #106 · Guardians Rising | $89 | $800 | +798.9% |
| Raichu #13 · Team Magma vs Team Aqua | $58 | $470 | +710.9% |
| Gardevoir #7 · Ruby & Sapphire | $502 | $3655 | +627.5% |
| Kingdra #H14 · Aquapolis | $1076 | $6527 | +506.6% |
| Reshiram #28 · Legendary Treasures | $179 | $1076 | +499.9% |
| Skarmory #27 · Expedition Base Set | $10830 | $62500 | +477.1% |
🎯 Top grading-ROI targets
Top 10 by expected value: (PSA 10 uplift % × gem rate %). Filtered to pop_total ≥ 50 for statistical confidence. How this is calculated →
| Card | Raw | PSA 10 | Gem rate | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni's Scheme 277xy P | $32 | $22106 | 73.7% | +50233% |
| Team Rocket Special Case 278xy P | $35 | $17000 | 60.0% | +29024% |
| Ninetales #38 · Emerald | $5 | $990 | 46.6% | +8650% |
| Pikachu #25 · McDonald's Collection 2021 | $8 | $2773 | 21.6% | +7782% |
| Charmander #4 · Detective Pikachu | $6 | $1332 | 29.1% | +6876% |
| Eevee #11 · Wizards Black Star Promos | $43 | $6105 | 46.8% | +6579% |
| Lightning Energy #108 · Holon Phantoms | $10 | $1172 | 56.1% | +6264% |
| Infernape #5 · Diamond & Pearl | $12 | $11039 | 6.8% | +6258% |
| Pikachu #25 · McDonald's Collection 2021 | $18 | $4876 | 21.5% | +5799% |
| Turtwig #17 · POP Series 6 | $6 | $2000 | 18.2% | +5727% |
💎 Most valuable cards right now
Top 10 by current PSA 10 market price across the full catalog.
| Card | PSA 10 pop | PSA 10 price |
|---|---|---|
| Charizard #6 · Expedition Base Set | 1,040 | $526,001.00 |
| Charizard #4 · Base | 5,662 | $421,294.98 |
| Blastoise No Rarity #9 | 634 | $190,000.00 |
| Gyarados Gold Star #102 | 1,935 | $80,520.00 |
| Pikachu Gold Star #104 | 2,271 | $77,991.28 |
| Charizard #3 · Legendary Collection | 4,381 | $72,500.00 |
| Lugia #149 · Aquapolis | 3,294 | $69,830.37 |
| Lugia #9 · Neo Genesis | 7,520 | $69,034.80 |
| Umbreon Gold Star #17 | 749 | $63,460.50 |
| Skarmory #27 · Expedition Base Set | 1,086 | $62,500.00 |
Other weeks
Each link below is a permanent record of that week's leaderboards — content is frozen and never changes after publication, so citations lock to stable URLs.
Data sourced from PriceCharting (PSA pop + graded prices), TCGplayer (ungraded market price), and eBay sold listings. Snapshot frozen at end of Week of May 18, 2026. See methodology for full source attribution and calculation formulas.
Cite as: tcgwarroom.com/insights/weekly-movers/2026-W21/ · Week of May 18, 2026 (2026-05-18 – 2026-05-24)