TCG Market Analysis: Weekly Price Movement Tracker 2026

How We Measure the Market

Raw price lists are noisy. A $500 card with 2 transactions a month shouldn't move the needle the same way a $10 card with 500 transactions does. To cut through that noise, every average in this guide is weighted by sales volume — the number of recent transactions PriceCharting records for each card.

The process, run each Monday:

1. Load today's PriceCharting CSV and the file from 7 days prior
2. Merge on card ID — only cards present on both dates are included
3. For each condition, compute Σ(price × volume) / Σ(volume)
4. Compare today vs baseline, flag the direction and magnitude

Data source: PriceCharting daily snapshots across four TCGs — Pokemon (~85K cards), Magic (~127K), Yu-Gi-Oh! (~76K), One Piece (~11K). SGD conversion: 1.36 USD/SGD (May 2026).

This Week at a Glance — Sep 6 – Sep 13, 2026

Raw Price Trend — Last 2 Weeks

Volume-weighted average loose price across all four TCGs, sampled at each weekly snapshot. Use this to spot momentum beyond a single week's data.

✦ Current week. † One Piece May 10 row uses May 9 data. All prices USD volume-weighted average.

Cross-Market Comparison

Pokemon split down the middle this week: generic graded jumped +2.2% and loose raw added +0.6%, but the top slabs reversed — CGC 10 −1.9% and BGS 10 −1.6% — and weighted market value fell 2.2% on lighter volume. One Piece extended its cooldown to a fifth straight weekly decline, loose raw dropping −3.3% to $100.06 and now sitting right on the $100 line it has held since late June. Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic idled again: Yu-Gi-Oh! finished fractionally red across every tier even as weighted market value surged 9.7%, showing volume rather than price doing the moving, while Magic's only real mover was PSA 10 at +1.2%.

Singapore Price Benchmarks

Use these volume-weighted averages as a sanity check when browsing Carousell, Telegram groups, or local TCG shops. Listings significantly below the benchmark are worth a closer look; listings significantly above may be priced on hype rather than market data.

SGD converted at 1.36 USD/SGD. These are weighted averages across all cards in each TCG — individual set or card prices will differ. Use tcgTalk Price Comparison for card-level SGD pricing.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the weighted average price calculated?

Each card's price is weighted by its sales-volume (transaction count from PriceCharting). A card with 500 transactions influences the average 50× more than one with 10 transactions. Cards with zero volume are excluded entirely.

How often is this guide updated?

Every Monday, comparing the latest available snapshot to the file from 7 days prior.

Why is One Piece's average raw price so much higher?

One Piece has a smaller card pool (~11K cards) concentrated around recent, high-value sets. The most-traded cards are chase rares from OP07–OP15, which pulls the volume-weighted average well above Pokemon or Magic.

Why do One Piece graded prices keep falling while raw prices rise?

This divergence typically signals profit-taking on slabs — collectors who graded cards during a run-up and are now selling graded copies into the market, softening slab prices while raw demand stays healthy.

What do these numbers mean for Singapore collectors?

The SGD benchmark table gives you a real-market anchor. If you see a raw Pokemon card listed on Carousell for well under S$63 and it's a standard single, that may be underpriced. Conversely, paying S$300+ per One Piece PSA 10 is above the market-weighted mean.

Data sourced from PriceCharting daily CSV exports. Analysis by tcgTalk. Prices in USD from PriceCharting; SGD converted at 1.36. Updated Sep 13, 2026. Past price movements do not guarantee future performance.