📌 Archived snapshot · Week of Aug 31, 2026
TCG Movers — Week of Aug 31, 2026
Frozen leaderboard for the week of 2026-08-31 through 2026-09-06. 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: 2026-08-31 → current: 2026-09-07.
| Card | From | To | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dusknoir #2 · Diamond & Pearl | $191 | $12711 | +6555.0% |
| Rayquaza #22 · Deoxys | $1582 | $102000 | +6347.5% |
| Hydreigon #103 · Next Destinies | $180 | $9986 | +5455.3% |
| Dugtrio #5 · Crystal Guardians | $176 | $6937 | +3841.2% |
| Claydol #24 · Emerald | $70 | $2504 | +3479.7% |
| Heatran #6 · Legends Awakened | $126 | $3550 | +2710.3% |
| Pikachu #4 · Wizards Black Star Promos | $450 | $10988 | +2341.8% |
| Cradily #7 · Power Keepers | $78 | $1698 | +2077.3% |
| Beautifly #8 · Dragons Exalted | $91 | $1938 | +2028.7% |
| Typhlosion #16 · Mysterious Treasures | $289 | $6100 | +2011.2% |
🎯 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 | $23100 | 73.7% | +52498% |
| Team Rocket Special Case 278xy P | $41 | $17000 | 60.0% | +24968% |
| Sableye #23 · Deoxys | $20 | $9700 | 48.4% | +23375% |
| Beautifly #8 · Dragons Exalted | $6 | $4286 | 25.2% | +17937% |
| Team Magma's Groudon #9 · Team Magma vs Team Aqua | $7 | $4400 | 27.8% | +17360% |
| Dragonite #96 · Sun & Moon | $6 | $3250 | 31.2% | +15439% |
| Cubone #60 · Delta Species | $5 | $1250 | 39.5% | +8895% |
| Pikachu #71 · Arceus | $6 | $5000 | 10.5% | +8677% |
| Psyduck δ #81 · Holon Phantoms | $14 | $4060 | 29.5% | +8410% |
| Azumarill δ #19 · Delta Species | $8 | $1225 | 48.3% | +7456% |
💎 Most valuable cards right now
Top 10 by current PSA 10 market price across the full catalog.
| Card | PSA 10 pop | PSA 10 price |
|---|---|---|
| Illustrator Pikachu | 123 | $16,492,000.00 |
| Charizard #6 · Expedition Base Set | 1,040 | $526,001.00 |
| Latias Gold Star #105 | 1,243 | $375,000.00 |
| Rayquaza Gold Star #107 | 1,649 | $365,750.00 |
| Charizard #4 · Base | 5,662 | $343,098.00 |
| Lugia #9 · Neo Genesis | 7,520 | $253,200.00 |
| Pikachu #86 · Legendary Collection | 1,839 | $233,328.47 |
| Charizard #100 · Dragon | 4,543 | $228,227.78 |
| Gengar #11 · Legendary Collection | 2,170 | $207,678.50 |
| Blastoise No Rarity #9 | 634 | $190,000.00 |
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.
- 2026-W35 Week of Aug 24, 2026
- 2026-W34 Week of Aug 17, 2026
- 2026-W33 Week of Aug 10, 2026
- 2026-W32 Week of Aug 3, 2026
- 2026-W31 Week of Jul 27, 2026
- 2026-W30 Week of Jul 20, 2026
- 2026-W29 Week of Jul 13, 2026
- 2026-W28 Week of Jul 6, 2026
- 2026-W27 Week of Jun 29, 2026
- 2026-W26 Week of Jun 22, 2026
- 2026-W25 Week of Jun 15, 2026
Data sourced from PriceCharting (PSA pop + graded prices), TCGplayer (ungraded market price), and eBay sold listings. Snapshot frozen at end of Week of Aug 31, 2026. See methodology for full source attribution and calculation formulas.
Cite as: tcgwarroom.com/insights/weekly-movers/2026-W36/ · Week of Aug 31, 2026 (2026-08-31 – 2026-09-06)