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City League Weekend, Four Days to Street: Market Signals 2026-09-12
30th Anniversary Pikachu for September 12, 2026. Pikachu anniversary demand, sealed timing, PSA context, and collector watchpoints.
September 12, 2026 · 4 min read

Shanghai is Saturday. Tokyo matches. No new street SKU on the official shelf. PokeBeach's September archive still tops out at the September 10 English Set Guide. No overnight product row. The thing that actually plays today is China City League Season 4 batch two: pokemon.cn lists September 12–13 venues. Wave 1 street stays September 16. Four days. TCG Live stays September 15, 10:00 a.m. PDT. Pokemon Center Online's additional lottery opened yesterday at 16:00 JST and stays open through September 16 16:59. Famima results land September 14.
What matters today
Weekend lead is City League, not a new set list. Walk-on is not a confirmed seat. A PCO additional win is not a September 16 street carton. Product pages now print 2027 ship windows for some additional SKUs. Four days to street. English 199 versus Japan 176 was already nailed yesterday; nothing new to rewrite. #093 algorithm print this morning is $26.40. Do not paste algorithm prints into sold hammers.
Signal 1: City League batch two plays today and tomorrow
pokemon.cn event page 23718 (page dated September 7): Season 4 window September 5–November 1. Batch two publishes September 12–13 venue days. Team apply ran September 7 18:00–September 8 23:59, results September 9. Individual apply ran September 8 18:00–September 9 23:59, results September 10. Both windows are closed. Same-day walk-on / on-site makeup still runs through the Pokemon TCG Member mini program as a random draw; teams need the captain. Individual fields 64–400 players; team fields 22–50 squads. Under the floor, the heat cancels. This is competitive paper, not sealed restock, and not September 16 street supply.
Signal 2: PCO additional day two; Famima results in two days
Pokemon Center Online news id=20260904 and Dengeki September 4: additional lottery applies September 11 16:00 through September 16 16:59. Same three SKUs: Celebration BOX, FUTURISTIC BOX, nine-SKU Card Set. Results stagger September 30. Order windows through October 6 16:59. Authenticated and unauthenticated pools still run in parallel. Do not invent a hit-rate table. Product pages audited this morning list ship windows off the street calendar: BOX ¥7,200, January 18–30 2027; FUTURISTIC ¥27,500, March 13–31 2027; Card Set ¥10,800, October 16–November 9 2026. Prior-wave pay closed September 8. A win is not a September 16 street carton.
Famima Online BOX lottery apply closed September 10 23:59. Tag ¥7,200 tax-in. Results September 14. Store pickup September 25–October 8. Convenience-store ecommerce lottery, not September 16 shelf stock.
Signal 3: Four days to street; Chongqing day eight; #093 at $26.40
Wave 1 worldwide street September 16. Four days. TCG Live September 15, 10:00 a.m. PDT. English Binder Collection still sits on December 4. PokeBeach index this morning still led by the September 10 English Set Guide and the September 9 Japan 176-card list. No desk-audited September 11–12 product post. Chongqing Chaotianmen Volcarona gym promo (pokemon.cn/tcg/campaign/23708.html) still runs September 5–November 4. Today is day eight.
PriceCharting store page: Pikachu [World Championship 2026] #93 at the world-championship-2026 slug. This morning's audit: ungraded algorithm $26.40 (+$0.19). About three sales per day. PSA 10 cell still a dash. Newest dated sold row: September 11 at $28.49. Also September 9 $20.00 and September 6 $25.00. Not 2021 Celebrations.
PSA notes
City League weekend does not move the grade calendar. Keep language numbers split: English 199 is not Japan 176. FUR lines, gold-border Classic Collection, and UPC Day/Night promos are still early for pop talk before street. PCO additional ship windows print into 2027 on some SKUs, so keep them off the September 16 street and Famima pickup clocks. #093 has a September 11 sold row; PSA 10 stays empty on the desk.
Sources
- pokemon.cn/tcg/event/23718.html: City League S4 batch two September 12–13 - pokemoncenter-online.com/news/?id=20260904: additional lottery September 11–16; product-page ship windows (BOX Jan 2027, FUTURISTIC Mar 2027, Card Set Oct/Nov 2026) - Dengeki Online / 4Gamer 2026-09-04–09-11: three-SKU additional lottery write-ups - Famima Online: BOX lottery closed; results September 14 (JP UI geo-blocked here; schedule carried from prior audit) - pokemon.cn/tcg/campaign/23708.html: Chongqing Volcarona September 5–November 4 (day 8) - PokeBeach: English Set Guide 2026-09-10; Japan full list 2026-09-09 (no newer index row this morning) - Slabox 30th tracker: Wave 1 September 16; TCG Live September 15; Binder December 4 - PriceCharting: #093 this morning $26.40 (+$0.19); ~3 sales/day; newest sold September 11 $28.49 - Cover: Simplified Chinese 30th Celebration booster pack official product art (local verified JPEG)