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30th Anniversary Pikachu for August 31, 2026. Pikachu anniversary demand, sealed timing, PSA context, and collector watchpoints.
August 31, 2026 · 4 min read
Shanghai is already Monday. San Francisco is still Sunday morning on Worlds Day 3. PokeBeach's August product tape still ends on Crystal Lugia from the 27th. pokemon.cn still tops out on the 28th. Limitless 515 still prints that results are not yet available. The dated Asia calendar today is City League Season 4 team signup at 18:00. Do not write a champion this morning.
What matters today
The paper desk is still empty. The West Coast is on finals day. Closing ceremonies are 7:30 p.m. PDT at Chase Center. The Worlds Pikachu #093 store window, per the August 21 note, runs through the 30th. US shops are still open today. Do not close it on the Asia clock. PriceCharting has no August 30 sold row for #093. Mega Darkrai 116/084 ungraded print slipped to $225.18. The six English tins are three days past street. PriceCharting still has no sealed page for them.
Signal 1: team signup at 18:00
pokemon.cn has no August 29, 30, or 31 page in this pass. What ticks is the August 28 item 23671: City League Season 4, September 5–November 1. Team signup opens today 18:00 through September 1, 23:59. Draw posts on the mini program September 2. Individual signup waits until tomorrow 18:00. Build the team first. Captain files. Calendar, not a shelf.
Season 4 runs Standard individual, Open individual, and Standard team. Open division, age 8 up. Free entry. Exclusive promos and CP sit in that same post. Not recopying the prize table today.
Signal 2: US is still Day 3, no paper
PokeBeach's newest August product post is still Crystal Lugia, August 27, 10:49 p.m. August 28, 10:00 a.m. is a strategy piece, not a SKU. No August 29, 30, or 31 product post. pokemon.com's news index still tops TCG-adjacent items on the 28th. Limitless has no TCG champion. Do not paste the VGC table onto the card desk.
Store window: select GameStop, Best Buy, and Hot Topic hand the Worlds Pikachu with an in-store TCG buy through today on the US calendar. League Worlds Celebration ends the 30th too. The Winner stamp is one per age division. Not the store copy. Closing is tonight. Wait for the list.
Signal 3: no August 30 row on #093, Darkrai print dipped
PriceCharting #093 ungraded print is still $37.00. Algorithm, not a sale. The PSA 10 cell is blank. Nineteen ungraded solds, none dated August 30. Newest tape is the 29th. Clean singles titled 093 / Worlds 2026: $24.50, $24.50, $24.99, $24.99, $26.00, $26.00, $26.00, $27.00, $29.00, $29.99, $32.00, $33.55. Band about $24.50–$33.55. The August 29 $59.00 row is a two-copy title. Leave it out. August 28: $30.31 and $35.00. Store plus league prize. Still dumping.
Pitch Black SIR 116/084. This page's ungraded print is $225.18 (marked -$7.89). TCGPlayer market print $214.05. Site PSA 10 print $1,663.81. Algorithm, not a sale. Clean raw titles: August 30 eBay $217.50 / $234.29 / $210.50. August 29 $305.00 / $202.50 / $249.00. Band about $210–$305. Skip August 30 $183.50 (title also has 107/124) and August 29 $213.50 (Breakpoint 280 HP). The PSA 10 sold table opened this pass has no August 30 row. Latest dated PSA 10 is August 25 at $1,650.00. August 30 PSA 9: $347.00 / $323.57 / $325.00. PSA 8: $195.00. Keep slabs off the raw ledger.
The six tins streeted on the 28th. $21.99 remains a retail tag. PriceCharting still has no sealed page for these six. TCGPlayer Mega Forces Tin (Mega Zeraora ex) market print $54.49, most recent sale $52.68. TCGPlayer print. Not a PriceCharting sealed page.
PSA notes
#093 still has no dated PSA 10 row. The US window closes today. Early slabs just pad the denominator. Darkrai 9s already printed $323–$347 on August 30. Pop is moving. 30th certs still wait for mid-September. Winner stamps wait for Limitless to post names.
Sources
- worlds.pokemon.com: 2026 Worlds, August 28–30; closing 7:30 p.m. PDT August 30, Chase Center\n- Limitless 515: Tournament results are not yet available (morning PT)\n- PokeBeach: Worlds Pikachu store window (August 21); newest August product post still Crystal Lugia (August 27, 10:49 p.m.); August 28 10:00 a.m. strategy piece; no August 29/30/31 product post\n- pokemon.cn: 23671 City League S4 (August 28); team signup August 31 18:00–September 1 23:59; no August 29, 30, or 31 row\n- pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news: TCG-adjacent items still top out on August 28\n- PriceCharting: #093 ungraded print $37.00; no August 30 sold; August 29 singles $24.50–$33.55; PSA 10 cell blank\n- PriceCharting: Mega Darkrai ex #116 ungraded print $225.18; August 30 raw $217.50 / $234.29 / $210.50; no August 30 PSA 10 row this pass; August 25 PSA 10 $1,650; August 30 PSA 9 $347.00 / $323.57 / $325.00\n- TCGPlayer: Mega Forces Tin (Mega Zeraora ex) market print $54.49, most recent sale $52.68; no PriceCharting sealed page for the six tins