Four Legend Basics, No New SKU: Market Signals 2026-08-20: Market Signals 2026-08-20

Not an empty desk. Not a product day either. Kyogre, Groudon, Zacian, and Zamazenta are Basic Pokemon with English text. Street date is still September 16. Worlds is eight days out. CN City League S3 has one weekend left. Shop calendar is denser than the shelf.

Yesterday's brief said no new PokeBeach. Two posts landed later on the 19th: the CN coin set, then Ho-Oh and Lugia. That was yesterday's late tape. Not rewriting it.

PokeBeach, August 20, 1:12 a.m. English text. No card numbers. Not labeled SIR.

- Kyogre: Water, HP140, Basic. Hydro Pump, four Colorless, 60+, plus 30 for each Water Energy attached. Weakness Lightning ×2. Retreat 4. - Groudon: Fighting, HP140, Basic. Break Ground, five Fighting, 250, and 20 to each of your Benched Pokemon. Weakness Grass ×2. Retreat 4. - Zacian: Metal, HP130, Basic. Hardened Blade (one Metal, 20+, plus 40 if a Tool is attached). Slashing Strike (two Metal, one Colorless, 120; cannot use it next turn). Weakness Fire ×2, Resistance Grass -30. Retreat 2. - Zamazenta: Metal, HP130, Basic. Fend Off (one Metal, 20; discard all Tools from the opponent's Active before damage). Shield Press (two Metal, one Colorless, 100; this Pokemon takes 50 less next turn). Weakness Fire ×2, Resistance Grass -30. Retreat 2.

Set-list legends. Chase is still the Pikachu SIRs, the Futuristic Rares, and the Classic Collection reprints. Do not hang a preorder on these four.

pokemon.cn dated today. The Harbin official gym opens August 22. Address: Xicheng Red Square B1, 95 Haxi Street, Nangang. Hours 09:30–21:30.

Opening window August 22–October 21. One in-store spend of ¥99 can get one Articuno promo. 30,000 copies, while supplies last. One per person. That ¥99 is a spend threshold, not an MSRP and not a sold print.

Nanjing Jingfeng also opens that Saturday. Promo there is Togekiss. That page is August 19. Two stores, two cards. Not one SKU.

Victory Friday Season 3 general signup opens today. Newcomers tomorrow. Fridays only from August 21. Champion prize is still one Gengar ex SIR. Dates sit on the August 17 page.

City League S3 runs June 27–August 23. Batch 9 events are August 22–23. Individual draw results post today. Batch 8 (August 16–19) is done. One weekend left.

Faction pick has been open since yesterday. Worlds and the six tins stay August 28. Not a new press item today.

PriceCharting ungraded print is $265.94 today. Same cell was $249.22 yesterday. Algorithm, not a single sale.

Dated August 20 eBay rows titled 116/084 SIR: $253.00, $225.00, $247.50. Still inside the $200–$280 raw band. The August 18 $410 row stays out.

No new dated PSA 10 row on the tab today. Do not treat the site PSA 10 print of $2,700.00 as a sale.

These four legends have no numbers and no pop. Too early to grade. The Harbin Articuno is a Simplified-Chinese store promo with a 30,000 print note. Thick on purpose.

30th certs still wait for mid-September. Tin promos wait for the August 28 checklist.

- PokeBeach: Kyogre / Groudon / Zacian / Zamazenta (August 20, 2026, 1:12 a.m.) - PokeBeach August archive: two late August 19 posts (CN coin set 8:00 a.m.; Ho-Oh / Lugia 8:04 a.m.) - pokemon.cn: Harbin gym (23484, August 20); Nanjing Jingfeng (23472, August 19) - pokemon.cn: Victory Friday (23393); City League batch 9 (23380); faction event (23305) - worlds / championships.pokemon.com: 2026 Worlds, August 28–30 - PriceCharting: ungraded print $265.94; August 20 eBay raw $253.00 / $225.00 / $247.50