TCG Market Weekly: Is the Market Up or Down? Full Data Breakdown — Apr 30, 2026
Week-over-week price movement across Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering, and One Piece TCG — weighted by real transaction volume. Data period: Apr 23–30, 2026.
Instead of guessing, we ran the numbers. Using PriceCharting's daily price snapshots across four TCGs, we computed sales-volume-weighted average prices per condition, comparing this week against last week. Only cards present on both dates are included, and every average is weighted by transaction count — so liquid, actively-traded cards drive the signal, not illiquid corner listings.
Here's what the market actually did.
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Executive Summary
- Pokemon is the strongest performer — every condition up, BGS 10 and CGC 10 slabs surging +6.3% in 7 days
- Magic: The Gathering is grinding steadily upward — consistent gains across all conditions, +$2M market value in 5 days
- Yu-Gi-Oh! is essentially flat — raw card prices down a marginal 0.5%, volume rising which signals healthy liquidity
- One Piece is diverging — raw cards rising +0.85%, but graded slabs are selling off across all tiers (-1.5% to -2.9%)
Broad signal: every TCG saw total weighted market value increase this week. The gains are driven by different mechanics — price appreciation in Pokemon, volume surges in One Piece, steady grinding in Magic.
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Methodology
- Data source: PriceCharting daily CSV snapshots
- Weighting: All averages weighted by `sales-volume` (transaction count). Cards with zero volume are excluded.
- Comparison: Only cards present on both dates included — no bias from new listings or delisted cards
- Period: Pokemon Apr 23 → Apr 30 (7 days); Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic, One Piece Apr 25 → Apr 30 (5 days)
- SGD rate: 1.36 USD/SGD
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🔴 Pokemon — Full Bull Run
Period: Apr 23 → Apr 30, 2026 (7 days) | Matched cards: 83,465
Pokemon is having a strong week. Not a single condition is in the red.
| Condition | This Week (USD) | Last Week (USD) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loose (Raw) | $45.46 | $44.52 | ▲ +2.10% |
| Graded | $109.03 | $106.27 | ▲ +2.60% |
| PSA 10 | $227.43 | $219.66 | ▲ +3.54% |
| CGC 10 | $299.49 | $281.60 | ▲ +6.35% |
| BGS 10 | $732.36 | $688.92 | ▲ +6.31% |
Weighted market value (loose × volume): $283.1M → $285.7M (+$2.6M)
What's Driving This?
Graded slabs are outperforming raw cards by nearly 3:1. BGS 10 and CGC 10 are both up over 6% while ungraded gained about 2%. With 56,000+ graded data points driving those averages, this isn't outlier noise — it's broad market movement.
For Singapore collectors: If you're holding PSA 10 or BGS 10 slabs, this week's data supports higher asking prices. Buying graded? The window before further price climbs may be narrowing. Raw Pokemon in SGD: approximately S$62 at current rates.
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🟡 Yu-Gi-Oh! — Flat but Liquid
Period: Apr 25 → Apr 30, 2026 (5 days) | Matched cards: 75,319
Yugioh is consolidating. Raw prices are marginally down, but the signal is so small it's noise. More interesting: total market value is up $484K — more cards trading even as per-card prices hold flat.
| Condition | This Week (USD) | Last Week (USD) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loose (Raw) | $10.49 | $10.55 | ▼ -0.50% |
| Graded | $43.84 | $44.04 | ▼ -0.45% |
| PSA 10 | $100.96 | $100.91 | ▲ +0.05% |
| CGC 10 | $84.87 | $84.34 | ▲ +0.63% |
| BGS 10 | $186.83 | $185.36 | ▲ +0.80% |
Weighted market value: $16.6M → $17.1M (+$484K, +2.9%)
What's Driving This?
A -0.5% swing on a $10.49 average is literally $0.05 — rounding error. The high-end graded segment tells a healthier story: PSA 10, CGC 10, and BGS 10 are all marginally up. Volume increase without price movement signals a market trading at fair value with tight spreads.
For Singapore collectors: Strong liquidity play. Spreads should be tight this week — good conditions to transact in either direction. Raw Yugioh in SGD: approximately S$14.
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🟣 Magic: The Gathering — Slow and Steady
Period: Apr 25 → Apr 30, 2026 (5 days) | Matched cards: 126,505
Magic has the largest card pool of any TCG we track — 126K matched cards — and is showing consistent, low-variance gains across every condition. This is what a mature market looks like.
| Condition | This Week (USD) | Last Week (USD) | Change |
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| Loose (Raw) | $14.03 | $13.96 | ▲ +0.45% |
| Graded | $106.65 | $106.27 | ▲ +0.36% |
| PSA 10 | $147.24 | $147.14 | ▲ +0.07% |
| CGC 10 | $132.63 | $132.37 | ▲ +0.19% |
| BGS 10 | $308.25 | $308.00 | ▲ +0.08% |
Weighted market value: $49.9M → $51.9M (+$2.0M, +4.1%)
What's Driving This?
Every single condition up across 126,000 cards. The percentage gains are small but the absolute market value increase — $2M in five days — is significant. BGS 10 Magic averages $308 USD, higher than Pokemon's PSA 10 average, reflecting the premium on certified vintage and Reserved List cards.
For Singapore collectors: Magic is the most predictable market of the four. Low volatility, deep liquidity, consistent direction. Reserved List and Commander staples remain solid long-term holds. Raw Magic in SGD: approximately S$19.
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🔵 One Piece TCG — Divergence Signal
Period: Apr 25 → Apr 30, 2026 (5 days) | Matched cards: 11,154
One Piece is sending a split signal. Raw cards are rising — graded slabs are selling off. The divergence is the story this week.
| Condition | This Week (USD) | Last Week (USD) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loose (Raw) | $91.35 | $90.58 | ▲ +0.85% |
| Graded | $163.85 | $166.43 | ▼ -1.55% |
| PSA 10 | $223.18 | $229.53 | ▼ -2.77% |
| CGC 10 | $187.38 | $190.31 | ▼ -1.54% |
| BGS 10 | $416.88 | $429.51 | ▼ -2.94% |
Weighted market value: $59.2M → $64.1M (+$4.9M, +8.3%)
What's Driving This?
The +$4.9M market value jump — largest of any TCG this week — is almost entirely volume-driven, not price-driven. The raw-vs-graded divergence points to one of: profit-taking on slabs, new graded supply returning from submissions, or buyers preferring to purchase raw and self-submit.
With the highest average raw card price of any TCG tracked ($91.35 USD, ~S$124), One Piece carries significant inherent value. The graded premium is compressing this week — either a short-term buying opportunity or the early sign of a correction.
For Singapore collectors: Watch the next 7 days closely. If raw prices keep rising while graded keeps dropping, buying raw and holding may be the smarter play.
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Cross-TCG Snapshot
| TCG | Avg Raw (SGD) | Mkt Value Change | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🔴 Pokemon | S$62 | +0.9% | Bullish |
| 🟡 Yu-Gi-Oh! | S$14 | +2.9% | Flat |
| 🟣 Magic | S$19 | +4.1% | Stable |
| 🔵 One Piece | S$124 | +8.3% | Mixed |
The headline: The broad TCG market is up this week. Every game saw market value increase. Pokemon is leading on price appreciation; One Piece on volume.
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Actionable Takeaways
If you're selling:
- Pokemon graded slabs — list this week, data supports higher asks
- One Piece BGS 10 / PSA 10 — consider moving while graded prices are still above S$300–S$567
If you're buying:
- One Piece graded slabs — down 2.77–2.94% this week, may represent a dip entry
- Yugioh staples — flat market, tight spreads, good conditions to buy at fair value
- Magic Reserved List — consistent weekly gains, no urgency but solid long-term direction
For Singapore buyers specifically: Use the SGD benchmarks above (S$62 Pokemon, S$14 Yugioh, S$19 Magic, S$124 One Piece) as a sanity check on local listings. Anything meaningfully below benchmark on Carousell or Telegram warrants a closer look.
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Methodology Notes
- `condition-17-price` = PSA 10, `condition-18-price` = CGC 10 in PriceCharting's internal schema
- Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic, and One Piece have 5-day windows (data available from Apr 25); Pokemon has 7-day
- SGD converted at 1.36 USD/SGD as of April 2026
- For card-level SGD pricing, use tcgTalk Price Comparison
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Data pulled April 30, 2026. Full evergreen tracker at tcgTalk TCG Market Weekly Analysis.