Worlds Day One, Crystal Lugia Recreated: Market Signals 2026-08-28: Market Signals 2026-08-28

The calendar says the English shelf moves. The dated paper is the Classic Collection card reveal plus a CN gym-promo checklist, not a tin hammer. Mega Darkrai ex SIR printed a few raw rows today. Do not file $21.99 as a sold print. Do not write a September 16 gym pack as if it is on the floor in Moscone.

English shelf today: Mega Forces Tin (Mega Dragonite ex / Mega Darkrai ex / Mega Zeraora ex) and Ascended Heroes Tin (Mega Meganium ex / Mega Emboar ex / Mega Feraligatr ex). Six SKUs. ICv2 on 2026-06-12 and the June PokeBeach reveal both print $21.99 each, one foil promo, four boosters, a TCG Live code. Retail tag, not a sold print.

The Darkrai in the tin is a new foil promo. Pitch Black Mega Darkrai ex SIR is 116/084. Two cards. Do not mix them. PriceCharting had no Mega Forces or Ascended Heroes sealed product page with sold rows in this pass. A TCGPlayer ask is not a hammer.

Ascended Heroes Mini Tin is a different SKU from a prior wave. Do not file Mini Tin sealed sold rows as tape for today's full-size tins. Worlds Pikachu #093 algorithm print $37.00. The band is thin. August 27 raw rows: $25.22, $27.00, $29.99. August 24 one row $37.00. Store window still open. Select GameStop, Best Buy, and Hot Topic hand it with an in-store TCG buy through August 30. League Worlds Celebration runs through the 30th.

Worlds and PokémonXP: August 28 through 30. TPCi press dated August 25: Opening Ceremonies 9:00 a.m. PDT Friday on Twitch and YouTube. Closing Ceremonies 7:30 p.m. PDT Sunday from Chase Center. Twitch drops land in TCG Live, Pocket, GO. Digital, not paper.

PokeBeach, 2026-08-28, 05:49 UTC. Three cards shown from 30th Celebration Classic Collection. Crystal Lugia from Aquapolis, Dark Tyranitar from EX Team Rocket Returns, Magikarp from Paldea Evolved.

The English Lugia is not the Aquapolis scan. The Crystal Type line is recentered. The e-Reader logo is gone. Background layers and layout are rebuilt. Do not file the English version as an original scan. Gimmighoul and Ditto are new cards. They are not in Classic Collection.

30th Celebration is still September 16. Nineteen days. TCG Live is September 15, 10:00 a.m. PDT. A preorder queue is not inventory. Do not reuse a 2021 Celebrations ETB as 30th tape.

pokemon.cn 23657, page date 2026-08-28, published 10:00 UTC. Tied to 30th Celebration on September 16 worldwide. Three new Simplified Chinese packs:

Event Special Pack Vol. 5. One random card, 80 kinds. 30 regular / ex foils at 89 percent. 25 Poké Ball pattern foils at 10 percent. 25 Master Ball pattern foils at 1 percent. Gym events or the membership mini-program.

Event Prize Pack Vol. 5. Nine kinds, equal production. Gym events only.

Mission Prize Pack Vol. 10. Twelve kinds, equal production. Mini-program tasks only. Redeem September 16 through November 30. Event Special Pack Vol. 5 redeems September 21 through November 30.

Those are CN SKUs. Not floor stock in San Francisco. Not the English tin promo. The checklist lives in images. The body does not name the cards. Not inventing a list.

Same day, 23671: City League 2026 Season 4, September 5 through November 1, free, with a City League exclusive promo. Team signup August 31 18:00 through September 1 23:59. Individual signup September 1 18:00 through September 2 23:59. Calendar only.

30th Celebration is still September 16. Nineteen days. TCG Live is September 15, 10:00 a.m. PDT. A preorder queue is not inventory. Do not reuse a 2021 Celebrations ETB as 30th tape.

PriceCharting ungraded print is still $233.07. Algorithm, not a single sale. TCGPlayer market print $214.05. Site PSA 10 print $1,678.55. The band is wide. Do not write that as today's hammer.

Dated August 28 eBay rows titled 116/084 SIR: $241.41, $227.50, $210.50, $208.39. One TCGPlayer Near Mint row at $205.00. Clean August 27 titles still on the tape: $222.50 and $220.00. Recent raw band is about $200 to $265.

Newest PSA 10 dated rows: August 26 $1,585.00, August 25 $1,650.00. No August 28 PSA 10 row. The August 22 $329.95 stays an outlier.

Tin promos street today. Wait for the checklist and the print. Do not submit day one. The Worlds Pikachu is still a store giveaway plus a league prize. No print run on the page. Treat it as thick stock. Crystal Lugia English is a recreated scan. Wait for September 16 paper. The three CN packs wait for September 16 paper. 30th certs still wait for mid-September.

Keep the languages on separate books. English tin, CN gym pack, JP Premium Deck.

- PokeBeach: 30th Celebration Classic Collection Crystal Lugia / Dark Tyranitar / Magikarp (2026-08-28 05:49 UTC) - TPCi press: Watch and Celebrate PokémonXP and the 2026 Pokémon World Championships (2026-08-25) - ICv2 / PokeBeach: Mega Forces Tin and Ascended Heroes Tin, street August 28, MSRP $21.99 (June 2026) - PokeBeach: Worlds Pikachu in stores through August 30 (2026-08-21); Center floor catalogue (2026-08-27) - pokemon.cn: 23657 new promo packs, page date 2026-08-28; 23671 City League Season 4, page date 2026-08-28 - PriceCharting: Worlds Pikachu #093 algorithm $37.00; August 27 raw $25.22 / $27.00 / $29.99; August 24 $37.00 - PriceCharting: Darkrai SIR ungraded print $233.07; August 28 eBay raw $241.41 / $227.50 / $210.50 / $208.39; TCGPlayer market $214.05; PSA 10 print $1,678.55, newest dated row August 26 $1,585