ETB Tape Falls to Meet the Print: Market Signals 2026-10-23

Three straight eBay batches on the ETB: $120.00 Tuesday, $123.75 Wednesday, $115.50 Thursday. Wednesday's bounce didn't hold. The desk now treats $115 to $118 as this week's sold center and drops the "print is too low" call.

Buyers don't need to chase a $124 ask. Nine of Thursday's 17 cleared under $117.26, five of them around $110. Sellers still parked at $130 are watching the TCGPlayer floor move toward them. Waiting there means waiting for the next lower batch to set your price.

- Elite Trainer Box: print $117.26, unchanged. TCGPlayer ask $124.26 (was $131.35); PriceCharting ask $130.00 with free shipping, unchanged - Booster Bundle: print $69.21, unchanged. TCGPlayer ask $73.84 (was $75.18) - Poster Collection: print $35.00, unchanged. TCGPlayer ask $35.75, unchanged - Knock Out Collection: print $25.95, unchanged. TCGPlayer ask $24.35 (was $25.02); PriceCharting ask $30.00 with free shipping - Sylveon ex Box: print $55.07, unchanged. TCGPlayer ask $57.65 (was $60.03)

The minus tags on the pages are left over from earlier recalculations. No print changed today.

October 22 eBay, single boxes:

- Range $91.00 to $137.50. Middle $115.50. Mean about $117.42 - Six sales packed between $110.00 and $111.50. That's the densest band on the page - The $91.00 low is a plain English single box, so it stays. Without it the middle is $116.50 - Cut: $230.50 for two boxes; $201.00 for an ETB plus a Booster Bundle; $120.00 with "Sealed English 2021" in the title. The year doesn't fit this product and the desk can't confirm what sold, so it's out

No new TCGPlayer row. The last step is still $128.40 on October 19.

Only two clean single-bundle sales on October 22: $76.27 and $67.00. Three more rows carry an October 23 date: $62.55, $63.00, and $60.00, all with the same title ending in "A". Reads like one seller moving a stack. It's still the 22nd in the US as this goes up, so PriceCharting may be stamping these on a different clock. Reported as shown.

All five together middle at $63.00, under the $69.21 print. Cut: three two-box lots ($132.88, $120.50, $132.50), a $113.00 lot with four blisters, and the same "Ships 10/02" A2 and A3 rows at $49.00 and $53.61 from yesterday.

Wednesday's eight sales sat on the ask. Thursday's fell back under the print. Thin tape pointing two ways in two days. No call.

- Poster Collection: 18 single-box eBay sales on October 22, $22.50 to $47.00, middle $31.00. Fourteen of the 18 cleared under the $35.00 print. One two-box lot at $71.00 cut. Two days running the middle has sat between $31 and $32.50, so the print still looks high - Knock Out Collection: six October 22 sales at $14.00, $16.50, $19.50, $21.50, $22.50, and $28.00. Middle $20.50 against a $25.95 print. The $14.00 is a single box and an outlier. One sale, not a floor

No new eBay rows. Last one is still $46.82 on October 21. TCGPlayer ask down to $57.65.

English 30th sealed PSA columns are still empty. No new graded rows on the Poster page: still the October 21 CGC 10 Zapdos #98 at $10.00 and the October 15 CGC 10 Moltres #096 at $35.00. Nothing new to add.

- pokemon.com, October 22: Delta Reign Rule Changes Announcement. No new bans in Standard or Expanded, effective November 20. If you hold Mega Evolution singles for play, nothing to sell off - US, October 23: Deck Crafter's Collection, $9.99 MSRP. One foil Meowth ex (a 062/088 reprint), 39 Trainer cards, one Pitch Black booster, nine dividers, a guide, and a Live code. Four each of Boss's Orders, Lillie's Determination, Poké Pad, and Ultra Ball. This is a staples box for players, mostly reprints. The desk doesn't expect it to carry a premium - PokeBeach, October 22: Top 16 Louisville Regionals Alakazam report. Deck content, no sealed angle - pokemon.cn: nothing new since October 21

- October 23: Deck Crafter's Collection; Chinese gym specials begin - October 24 to November 1: Delta Reign prereleases; Chinese Advanced autumn events October 24 to November 8 - October 24 to 25: 2027 Puebla Regional Championships - October 28: Pokémon TCG Pocket Dual Fusion (digital) - October 30: Espeon ex / Umbreon ex Battle Decks - November 6: Delta Reign street; Chinese Black Bolt, White Flare, Gem Pack Vol. 7 - November 13: Japanese Special Deck Set MEGA - November 20: Delta Reign rule changes take effect - November 22 to 23: Champions League 2027 Chiba - November 27: Japanese Aura Seeker - January 23 to 31, 2027: Flowing Fists prereleases; February 5 street

Official front of the English 2026 Deck Crafter's Collection, Meowth ex in the window. From PokeBeach's August product reveal.

- PriceCharting 30th Celebration pages ([Elite Trainer Box](https://www.pricecharting.com/game/pokemon-30th-celebration/elite-trainer-box), [Booster Bundle](https://www.pricecharting.com/game/pokemon-30th-celebration/booster-bundle), [Poster Collection](https://www.pricecharting.com/game/pokemon-30th-celebration/poster-collection), [Knock Out Collection](https://www.pricecharting.com/game/pokemon-30th-celebration/knock-out-collection), [Sylveon ex Box](https://www.pricecharting.com/game/pokemon-30th-celebration/sylveon-ex-box)): prints, sale rows, asks. Read ~09:10 Singapore time, October 23, 2026 - [pokemon.com · Delta Reign Rule Changes Announcement](https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/about/mega-evolution/mega-evolution-delta-reign-rule-changes-announcement) (2026-10-22) - [PokeBeach · Deck Crafter's Collection to Release in October](https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/08/new-pokemon-tcg-deck-crafters-collection-to-release-in-october) - [PokeBeach · Top 16 Louisville Regionals Alakazam](https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/10/top-16-louisville-regionals-alakazam-report-changes) (2026-10-22) - [pokemon.cn TCG](https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg) (read 2026-10-23)

Written by Slabox Desk. Figures checked by hand; AI assisted with drafting.