Torchic catches fire

Five cards climbed hard this week, led by Torchic, while two others fell just as far.

$39

Torchic, Shiny Collection, $23 a week ago.

+73.3% · this week against last week, as of 8 October

today's card · the others up this week

The biggest gainer

Torchic, Shiny Collection went from $23 to $39 over 7 days. I checked the number twice because the move looked too clean, but the readings held steady on both sides. My guess is a few expensive copies sold and shifted the median up, or the cheaper printing dried up.

Raichu BREAK
BREAKthrough · was $16

$27

+65.9%

Delcatty
Legend Maker · was $15

$24

+63.5%

Jirachi ◇
Celestial Storm · was $15

$24

+57.5%

Zoroark
BW Black Star Promos · was $18

$28

+57.0%

See the card and its prices →

the picks

Today's picks

Daily Buys picked Charizard GX, SM Black Star Promos as a raw card this morning. New submissions are gemming less often, slabs keep selling, and people want this species.

Card

Entry

Pay up to

Charizard GX strong
SM Black Star Promos · raw card · new submissions are gemming less often · slabs of it keep selling · people want this species

$26.95

$29.65

Picked from 26,216 cards at 10:30 UTC; pay up to is the most it would pay.

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Morning Pull, by moonstone

Why each one, and what could go wrong →

How this was made

Morning Pull is written each morning from the prices moonstone recorded overnight. Price changes: 42,391 cards checked, 849 moved enough to make the list, each price the middle of a week of readings. Daily Buys is its own list, published at 10:30 UTC and scored in public. Card art belongs to its publishers. Read this edition on the web.