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Cat Day Meowth IRs, Series 3 Day Two: Market Signals 2026-08-08: Market Signals 2026-08-08
30th Anniversary Pikachu for August 8, 2026. Pikachu anniversary demand, sealed timing, PSA context, and collector watchpoints.
August 8, 2026 · 4 min read
Saturday. International Cat Day. PokeBeach stamped a 7:20 a.m. reveal: standard plus Illustration Rare Meowth and Alolan Meowth from 30th Celebration. Series 3 hit English retail yesterday. This is day two on the shelf. No isolated sold tape. Do not invent one.
press.pokemon.com has no new TCG alert today. The public drop is TPCi / Pokémon TCG social. PokeBeach logged it.
What matters today
One official card drop. Do not price Series 3 off a day-two empty book. The JP 30th lottery still opens Monday. Tins and Worlds stay August 28.
Signal 1: Meowth IRs are official. Galarian is not.
PokeBeach, August 8: Meowth and Alolan Meowth, regular plus IR each. Set date unchanged. Worldwide September 16.
Comments on that post note the three Meowth IRs share one connected scene, with Kantonian / Alolan / Galarian cameos. The Galarian Meowth IR is not in this official drop. Leak chatter only. Do not treat leaks as official.
No dated pokemon.com or 30th.pokemon-card.com news row for Meowth today. JP product pages still list the September 16 SKUs and yen MSRP.
Signal 2: Series 3 day two, sticker only
First Partner Illustration Collection Series 3 streeted August 7. Official MSRP $14.99 (ICv2 / IGN). UK secondary writeups have listed £14.99.
Same recipe: one promo pack (3 of 9 Saboteri IR-style promos, Hoenn / Kalos / Paldea, MEP 055–063), two TCG boosters, one sticker sheet. That finishes the 27-card MEP 037–063 run.
No Amazon or TCGplayer listing isolated to August 8. No PriceCharting daily sold snapshot for today. No Pokémon Center restock note dated today. Do not invent a sell-through number.
Signal 3: lottery, tins, CN window are not today's news
Pokémon Center Online lottery is still August 10 12:00 through August 14 16:59 JST. Closed until Monday.
Mega Forces and Ascended Heroes tins remain August 28, official tag $21.99. Worlds is the same weekend, August 28–30, San Francisco.
pokemon.cn has no new product post today. The CN Worlds-celebration window (August 7–September 6, stamped Pikachu for gym winners and lucky draws) was posted August 3. Carryover. Not an August 8 headline.
Language / PSA
Series 3 pop is noise. Early slabs pad the denominator. 30th certs will not have volume until after mid-September.
English and Japanese move together on the 16th. Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Indonesian follow local distributors. Same art is not the same SKU.
Sources
- PokeBeach, Meowth / Alolan Meowth IRs (2026-08-08): https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/08/meowth-and-its-illustration-rare-from-30th-celebration-revealed - ICv2 (2026-05-28) and IGN 2026 schedule: Series 3 MSRP $14.99, street August 7 - 30th.pokemon-card.com: September 16 SKUs and yen tags - pokemon.cn Worlds celebration window (2026-08-03): https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/event/23275.html