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19 of 30 Pikachu, Late Thursday Stamp: Market Signals 2026-08-13: Market Signals 2026-08-13
30th Anniversary Pikachu for August 13, 2026. Pikachu anniversary demand, sealed timing, PSA context, and collector watchpoints.
August 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Thursday. 10:00 a.m. is a Crustle format column. Not a product headline. The card news is late: PokeBeach 11:16 p.m., "19 of the 30 Pikachu Now Revealed from 30th Celebration!"
Site date is August 13. In Asia/Shanghai that stamp is already Friday morning. File it under August 13 as published. Mention the rollover if you keep a Shanghai desk.
What matters today
19 of 30 pack Pikachus are now official. September 16 unchanged. JP lottery has one day left. No new dated Series 3 listing. CN singles-entry results are due today from the August 10 notice. No new CN article.
Signal 1: 19 down, still one per pack
PokeBeach, August 13 11:16 p.m.: 19 of the 30 guaranteed pack Pikachus are official. The Thursday update on the Sugimori post also adds Shinji Kanda's Pikachu.
Do not price the drip. Eleven more will come. Raw commons get thick. Chase the actual chase and the Futuristic Rares, not name number 19.
Wednesday's sowsow / Komayama / Shimaris Yukichi adds sit inside this 19. The day / night Pikachu ex cards do not. Those two are outside the pack-of-30.
Signal 2: lottery closes tomorrow 16:59 JST
Window still August 10 12:00 through August 14 16:59 JST. Official tax-in 7,200 / 6,200 / 27,500 yen. Results August 21. The 9-SKU card-set lottery is August 28–31. Different window.
No unique official EN tin or Worlds post today. San Francisco still August 28–30. Tin tag still $21.99.
Signal 3: Series 3 tape did not refresh
MSRP $14.99. Last dated asks remain August 11: Amazon $59.95; TCGplayer $51.74 + $19.95 ship; Target $17.99. No new listing today.
Ungraded guide still mid-$30s, mixed SKU, below those asks and above the sticker. No new 30th sealed PriceCharting page. Do not invent an August 13 sold print.
Language / PSA
19/30 is a worse day to slab. The denominator is still growing. No JP 30th product in hand.
English and Japanese move together on September 16. Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Indonesian follow local distributors.
Sources
- PokeBeach, 19 of 30 Pikachu (2026-08-13 11:16 p.m.): https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/08/19-of-the-30-pikachu-now-revealed-from-30th-celebration - PokeBeach Sugimori post, Thursday update (Shinji Kanda) - Pokémon Center Online lottery through August 14 16:59 JST: https://www.pokemoncenter-online.com/news/?id=20260803 - The Double Kill Series 3 asks (2026-08-11) - PriceCharting Series 3 ungraded guide $37.29 (mixed SKU) - pokemon.cn singles-result timing (2026-08-10 notice): https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/event/23294.html