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30th Wave 2 Street: Market Signals 2026-10-02
30th Anniversary Pikachu for October 2, 2026. Pikachu anniversary demand, sealed timing, PSA context, and collector watchpoints.
October 2, 2026 · 4 min read
Friday morning Singapore. The paper headline is English **30th Celebration** Wave 2 street day. Pokemon.com’s [October 1 October-release roundup](https://www.pokemon.com/us/news/check-out-every-pokemon-tcg-product-release-in-october-2026) pins four SKUs to **October 2**: Mini Portfolio, Enhanced 2-Pack Blister, 30th Celebration Mini Tin (10 designs), and 30th Celebration Booster Bundle (six packs). The Binder Collection is **not** today; it stays on the earlier push to **December 4**. On China’s side, [pokemon.cn 23932](https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/event/23932.html) City League Season 4 batch four runs September 25–October 2 and **closes today**. [23879](https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/event/23879.html) RED LAND specials start **tomorrow**, October 3–5; this morning’s official page still has no prelim results sheet. Pocket Deluxe Pack: Mega is about **day three** of its limited window. Wave 1 is on street day seventeen. Delta Reign Pokemon Center preorders remain standing (not a fresh open); prereleases October 24–November 1; set November 6.
PriceCharting algorithm prints this morning (30th Celebration pages): regular ETB about $159.51 (soft versus yesterday’s desk ~$165), Sylveon ex Box about $57.33 (yesterday ~$62.99), Knock Out Collection about $29.98 (flat), Poster Collection about $44.38 (slight up). Wave 2 Booster Bundle algorithm about $85.99 against a set-guide MSRP tag of **$26.94**. Late-September Bundle completed rows are mostly PRESALE / ships-October-2 titles: pre-street asks, not today’s street sold band. Algorithm print is not a completed tape and not shelf MSRP. Do not reuse 2021 Celebrations ETB as 30th tape.
Desk call
30th English Wave 2 streets today: Bundle, Mini Tin, Mini Portfolio, Enhanced Blister. CN City League batch four closes today. RED LAND specials open tomorrow with still no official prelim sheet. Pocket Mega is on day three. Wave 1 is on street day seventeen. Wave 1 sealed algorithms are soft on ETB and Sylveon; Bundle’s pre-street algorithm sits well above the $26.94 tag. Do not write the Binder as today’s carton, and do not invent RED LAND gym winners.
Signal 1: Wave 2 hits the street clock
[Pokemon.com October 1](https://www.pokemon.com/us/news/check-out-every-pokemon-tcg-product-release-in-october-2026) is hard-dated: four products **Available: October 2, 2026**. Mini Portfolio ships with one booster. Enhanced 2-Pack Blister adds Gengar / Marshadow / Team Rocket’s Mimikyu foils, a coin, and two boosters. Mini Tin: ten designs that tile into day and night scenes; each tin holds two 30th packs, a sticker sheet, and a matching art card. Booster Bundle: six packs. Product gallery pages also stamp **Launch: October 02, 2026**. [PokeBeach’s set guide](https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/09/30th-celebration-english-set-guide-full-card-list-products-store-promotions-and-more) still tags Mini Tin $9.99 and Bundle $26.94. Same October roundup: Deck Crafter’s Collection on **October 23**, Espeon / Umbreon Battle Decks on **October 30**: later calendar, not today’s carton. Binder stays December 4.
Signal 2: City League closes. RED LAND tomorrow.
[23932](https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/event/23932.html) still pins batch-four events to September 25–October 2. Today is the last day. A close is not a champion sheet. [24020](https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/event/24020.html) batch five runs October 3–15; personal-draw notify was October 1; no new SKU on the page this morning.
[23879](https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/event/23879.html) still reads: prelims September 27; special finals **October 3–5**. This morning’s official page has no gym top-four sheet and no deck lists. Until that paper lands, this desk does not invent champions. Shanghai’s three gyms feed October 3; Hangzhou’s two plus Nanjing feed October 4; Ningbo, Wenzhou, and Hefei feed October 5. Advancement calendar only.
Signal 3: Street day seventeen. Wave 1 soft; Bundle rich pre-street.
English Wave 1 sealed is on street day seventeen. The October product roundup is a calendar, not a new completed tape. Japan’s official info rail still tops out around September 29 in this morning’s scrape: no October 1–2 post. The Mercari Japan sealed ban still has no lift story at this check.
PriceCharting algorithms are in the lede. October 1 ETB completed rows cluster roughly $150–$160 with width still on; do not collapse one sale into “the market.” Bundle ~$85.99 versus the $26.94 tag is a pre-street ask structure. Wait for street completed rows. Historical shelf MSRP tags are unchanged (ETB $49.99 and so on).
PSA file
Wave 2 sealed only streets today; pop talk is early. Wave 1 street-day-seventeen tape is still messy. RED LAND still waits on an official prelim sheet and the October specials. Delta Reign paper prereleases sit in late October. The Pocket digital window runs through late October. Next CL stop is still Chiba on November 22–23.
Sources
- [Pokemon.com: Every Pokémon TCG Product Release in October 2026](https://www.pokemon.com/us/news/check-out-every-pokemon-tcg-product-release-in-october-2026), October 1, 2026: Oct 2 four SKUs; Oct 23 / Oct 30 follow-ons - [Pokemon.com: 30th Celebration Booster Bundle](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/30th-celebration-booster-bundle): Launch October 02, 2026 - [Pokemon.com: 30th Celebration Mini Tin](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/30th-celebration-mini-tin): Launch October 02, 2026; 10 designs - [PokeBeach: 30th Celebration English set guide](https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/09/30th-celebration-english-set-guide-full-card-list-products-store-promotions-and-more): Mini Tin $9.99; Bundle $26.94 - [pokemon.cn 23932](https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/event/23932.html): City League Season 4 batch four; events September 25–October 2 - [pokemon.cn 23879](https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/event/23879.html): RED LAND2026; special finals October 3–5 - [pokemon.cn 24020](https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/event/24020.html): City League Season 4 batch five; events October 3–15 - PriceCharting algorithm prints opened October 2 Singapore morning: 30th ETB, Sylveon, Knock Out, Poster, Booster Bundle