Quick Hits stories from The Pack Report.
Pocket opens Ranked Season 18 and the Mega Garchomp ex drop, Delta Reign Build and Battle boxes arrive October 24 with four promos, the 40-card Deck Crafter's Collection ships October 23, and Goldin's BGS 10 Skyridge Gengar is at $122,000 after August's $150,000 PSA 10.
Read itFour stories from the week that each deserved more than a line: Goldin's Trophy Pikachu, Collector Crypt's Q3, the Santa Cruz x Pokemon skateboards, and Fossil's 27th birthday.
Read itPSA's backlog fell to 8.2 million on Tuesday; Pokemon TCG Pocket's October expansion starts a new series with dual-type cards and basic Pokemon ex; TCG Live updated Tuesday; and Goldin's anniversary auction has a Pristine Skyridge Gengar and a sealed EX Deoxys box underneath the Pikachu.
Read it30th Celebration mini tins and booster bundles shipped Friday alongside a Mega-era Mini Portfolio and blister; the Deck Crafter's Collection is October 23 and the Espeon and Umbreon Battle Decks October 30; a Japanese Rayquaza Gold Star made $562,650 on eBay; PSA reports Tuesday.
Read itPokemon TCG Pocket's Deluxe Pack: Mega launched Wednesday with 429 cards and a guaranteed ex per pack through October 29; 30th Celebration mini tins and booster bundles ship Friday; Pokemon Center's first Delta Reign preorder wave sold out; PSA reports October 6.
Read itThe four Delta Reign prerelease promos are Masquerain, Magmortar, Enamorus and Kommo-o; a Garchomp LV.X made $900,000 and a First Edition Neo Revelation Ampharos $600,000; Team Rocket's Ambition ends tomorrow and Pocket's next set lands Wednesday.
Read itThe Pokemon Company revealed a Zarude and an Azurill illustration rare from Delta Reign, Team Rocket's Ambition wraps in Pocket on September 29 with a new set on September 30, and PSA's next update is October 6.
Read itFive days in, 30th Celebration's pull rates look like the friendliest of the modern era and announced chase cards have already settled; the three RGB Mews are ¥500,000 to ¥1,000,000 in Japan; a sealed First Edition Base Set box made $750,000; PSA reports Tuesday.
Read itA First Edition shadowless Charizard PSA 10 sold for $1,000,953 on eBay on September 9, which corrects Monday's issue; a 1999 Masaki promo Gengar made $207,000; PSA's backlog update is Tuesday; Pocket's next set is scheduled for September 30.
Read it30th Celebration releases worldwide Wednesday with TCG Live's biggest update the day before, two 2015 Double Crisis EX cards cleared $348,000 and $181,314 on Alt, a Snorlax LV.X made $253,680, and a First Edition Base Set Chansey sold for $238,597.
Read itAlt's auction with the $1.97 million-bid Torchic Gold Star closes tonight, Goldin's pop culture sale also moved a $88,450 Mew promo and a $74,420 Worlds trainer, 30th Celebration releases Wednesday, and a 2016 set finally moved in our Index.
Read itA 2008 Palkia LV.X became the first Diamond & Pearl-era card over $200,000, a First Edition Typhlosion in CGC Pristine 10 made $336,000, an eleven-card Japanese promo Pikachu lot matched it, and PSA's next backlog update is Tuesday.
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