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30th Anniversary Pikachu for August 19, 2026. Pikachu anniversary demand, sealed timing, PSA context, and collector watchpoints.
August 19, 2026 · 4 min read
No new PokeBeach today. The August archive still ends at August 18, 9:52 a.m. No fresh pokemon.com post either. Two CN sidebar campaign titles are titles only. Do not turn them into rules.
What matters today
Quiet on the official desk. The live calendar moved anyway. CN faction select opens today. Battle signup opens at 18:00. Worlds is nine days out. Yesterday's three Simplified-Chinese 30th SKUs are still on the shelf for September 16, 10:00. That was Tuesday's story. Today it is leftover inventory on a product page, not a rewrite of the tin brief.
Darkrai's dated tape today is graded, not raw.
Signal 1: faction window is today
Mewtwo vs Mew, still at the Shanghai Zhongshan Park store (古月鸟). Event days August 21–September 6. Faction pick: today through September 6. Battle signup: today 18:00 through September 5, 23:59. Those dates were posted August 17. The page did not change this morning. The calendar just reached them.
Victory Friday Season 3 general signup is tomorrow; newcomers the day after. Champion prize is still one Gengar ex SIR. Shop play is denser than the spoiler feed.
Signal 2: two campaign titles, bodies not retrieved
pokemon.cn product-page "最新资讯" showed two Campaign 2026-08-19 headlines:
- 参与"宝可梦明耀之星"训练家突破挑战，赢取"共逐荣光"补充包！ - 宝可梦集换式卡牌游戏将于南京景枫与大家见面！
Titles confirmed. Mechanics, prizes, limits: not retrieved. Mark unconfirmed. Do not invent a drop.
Signal 3: yesterday's CN shelf, still September 16
pokemon.cn posted three SKUs on August 18. On-sale September 16 at 10:00. Official 建议零售价, not sold comps:
- Artistic Touch 30th Pikachu figure set, ¥88 - 30th Celebration Charizard collector figure box, ¥780 - 30th Celebration coin set, ¥68
The full contents ran yesterday. Not repeating that brief. Keep the street time and the MSRP tags. EN Worlds-weekend tins remain an August 28 retail date, not a new press item today.
Darkrai: graded prints only
PriceCharting ungraded print is still $249.22. Recent raw eBay is still mostly $200–$280. Dated August 19 rows on hand are graded: PSA 9 $455.00, PSA 10 $1,351.00. Not raw. Site Grade 9 print $560.00, PSA 10 print $1,946.12. Today's 10 sits well under the algorithm. Graded tape is wider than raw.
PSA notes
30th certs still wait for mid-September. Tin promos can wait for the checklist and the print. A $1,351 PSA 10 is one graded sale. Do not fold it into raw. Yesterday's CN SKUs stay Simplified Chinese in the log. Same art later in English is a different product.
Sources
- PokeBeach August 2026 archive, newest post August 18, 9:52 a.m. - pokemon.cn faction event (23305, posted August 17; window opens August 19); Victory Friday (23393) - pokemon.cn sidebar Campaign 2026-08-19 titles (bodies not retrieved) - pokemon.cn 22430 / 23095 / 21750 (posted August 18; MSRP ¥88 / ¥780 / ¥68) - worlds.pokemon.com: 2026 Worlds, August 28–30 - PriceCharting: ungraded print $249.22; August 19 PSA 9 $455.00, PSA 10 $1,351.00