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The post-release week on TCGPlayer came in under every September pre-release week: $977,784 on 7,064 units, the lightest since late August, with Reality Fracture still 46.2% of revenue. The Bundle Wizards said might arrive late tripled its shelf in seven days, the Secret Lair Bundle’s preorder premium broke on one 62-unit listing 13 days before release, and the Collector Display gave up 13 points...

The Reality Fracture Play Booster shelf Wizards warned would be tight grew 56.70% on TCGPlayer in release week, the price dropped under pack-equivalent MSRP, and sell-through still set a record at 6.07 on 2,020 boxes. RF took 60.8% of a $1.35M week and its premiums compressed toward sticker across the line. Foundations Commander split on launch day: Tramplesaurus Rex up 19% on a halved shelf, Keen...

Reality Fracture’s Play Booster Display posted a 5.81 sell-through in prerelease week. RF claimed 50.4% of TCGPlayer’s $1.23M week for a third consecutive week above 50%. The LTR Set Booster Box absorbed last week’s restock and rebounded 7.2% to $329. Seventy-four sellers left the located pool in two weeks while revenue stayed above $1.2M each week. Wizards expanded product delays to Mexico and Ne...

Reality Fracture’s Commander Deck Multiverse Reforged reversed from last week’s top decliner to this week’s top gainer, repricing 41% higher to $69.67 on 2,034 units after the full spoiler closed September 17-18. RF claimed 51.7% of TCGPlayer’s $1.3M week for the second straight week. The LTR Set Booster Box saw a distributor restock and a large existing holder surface 150 units, dropping the pric...

Reality Fracture’s Debut Stream detonated the preorder book: 990 Play Booster Display units at a 4.17 sell-through, 535 Collector units at 2.85, and $520K in RF revenue made up 45% of the week’s $1.15M TCGPlayer total. The Hobbit Gift Bundle entered tracking at $117.54, still sliding toward MSRP. Bloomburrow’s shelf drained another 37%. Star Trek’s three-week accumulation pattern broke. Card Kingd...

“The Hobbit Play Booster Display took a 35% supply wave at a 9% markdown and buyers absorbed 635 units anyway. The Gift Bundle launch landed at $53K in sales while sliding toward MSRP. Reality Fracture’s preorder book paused the week before spoilers, Bloomburrow’s Play Booster shelf lost 43% of its listed depth, and Star Trek supply keeps draining ten weeks from release.” https://mtgsold.com Discl...

“Reality Fracture preorder supply tripled on TCGPlayer and the price kept climbing after WotC warned of a Play Booster first-wave delay. The Hobbit Collector Booster Display gained for a third straight week on 34% more supply. Lorwyn Eclipsed hit a late-cycle supply inflection as a distributor restock pushed volume to 3x last week at a 7.8% lower price. Bloomburrow Animated Army is draining faster...

“The Hobbit Collector Booster Display gained 2.6% in its second week of open-market trading while supply and sellers both grew 60%+. Crack the Plates reversed three weeks of decline after supply cratered 59%. Reality Fracture preorders accelerated with half the Collector Booster supply consumed five weeks before release. Strixhaven sealed tightened across the line as the last in-universe set appro...

Revenue jumped 9% in a week where every Hobbit price came down. Release day flooded TCGPlayer with 58 new sellers, doubled supply on some SKUs, and the set still cleared six times its shelf at the top end. The scene boxes fell for a third week running. The Marvel Collector Booster Box kept draining into a shelf with no restock coming. Reality Fracture preorders appeared for the first time. https:/...

A flat headline with one set underneath it: The Hobbit grew to 64% of TCGPlayer revenue through prerelease weekend while the rest of the board went soft. Stores undercut each other on the scene boxes, Marvel’s restock kept landing, and the old-box drain broke. Everything gets tested on the 14th, when the set releases and individual sellers can finally list.“ https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The vie...

The market’s up twelve percent, but almost half of that is two Hobbit boxes on a set that isn’t out yet. Sort the board by supply and it’s a barbell: money flows to what can’t be opened yet and what can’t be reprinted, while the openable middle, all of Marvel, gets dumped as its delayed restock keeps landing. https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are sole...

TCGPlayer revenue fell 11.94% and the two biggest products on the board both went up. The Hobbit’s preorder book is now about 40% of cohort revenue on a set that doesn’t release until August 14, and it climbed while everything in hand cooled. Also this week: we got the Marvel Gift Bundle wrong last week, and the Marvel Commander supply wave showed up without an announcement. https://mtgsold.com Di...

Hasbro solved its 2025 inventory shortages by flooding day one allocations. Marvel absorbed the extra product without a hitch, but trading scarcity for inventory risk changes what a failure looks like for the next set. https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the hosts and guests and are provided for entertainment, educational, and discus...

Everyone spent the week buying a set that isn’t out yet. The Hobbit’s MagicCon reveal did about $539K in preorders, 39% of TCGPlayer revenue, for product that ships August 14. FINAL FANTASY Collector hit $1,874 on a supply that structurally can’t come back, the Marvel softening moved upmarket to the surge-foil decks, and Jumpstart’s restock finally turned up on the shelf. https://mtgsold.com Discl...

Marvel’s release crunch is over: all four Commander decks fell 6.5 to 10.4% as supply rebuilt, and with a second reprint wave confirmed, some of that inventory looks like early selling. FINAL FANTASY Collector Boosters crossed $1,550 on a pool that structurally cannot be reprinted. Jumpstart kept climbing to $166 even as its listings grew back. And several old sets are tightening with nobody watch...

Post-release cooldown on July 4th weekend: units down 21% but average sale price climbed to $155. Jumpstart crunch deepens below 50 avg qty at $154 VWAP. Avengers Assemble and Doom Prevails absorb second restock wave and fall off the sell-through table. FINAL FANTASY Collector tier tightens 20-25%.“ https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those o...

Marvel Super Heroes release week: restock wave hits Commander decks but sell-through stays above 3.0 on Avengers Assemble and Doom Prevails. Jumpstart supply crunch deepens to 52 avg qty. Scene Boxes continue drifting below $32. Cover Art - Illustrated by Vilhelmas Banys https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the hosts and guests and ar...

Marvel Super Heroes prerelease weekend pushes TCGPlayer to $1.04M. Commander decks already posting 3-4x sell-through before the June 26 release. Nine products above 1.0. Scene Boxes are the only miss. https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the hosts and guests and are provided for entertainment, educational, and discussion purposes only...

Marvel Super Heroes sell-through crunch spreads to seven products as the Collector Booster reprices to $509. Chocobo Bundle breaks out after three weeks of supply thinning. Lorwyn Blight Curse continues its volatility saga.“ https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the hosts and guests and are provided for entertainment, educational, and...

Marvel Super Heroes commands over 40% of TCGPlayer revenue on a quieter week, with Collector Booster sell-through nearing 3x. Strixhaven commander decks gain while the Bundle slides.“ https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the hosts and guests and are provided for entertainment, educational, and discussion purposes only. Nothing discuss...

TCGPlayer sealed hit $1.34M in weekly revenue with a massive May 29 Mayhem sale spike. Edge of Eternities products sweep the gainers while Commander-era boxes drain supply at lower prices. https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the hosts and guests and are provided for entertainment, educational, and discussion purposes only. Nothing di...

TCGPlayer sealed moved 5,123 units across 4,138 orders this week for $713,226 in total revenue, down 7.6% in units and 2.2% in revenue from last week’s 5,542 units and $729,624. Fewer units but a smaller revenue dip means average transaction value climbed: buyers leaned into higher-ticket products. https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of...

The Toy Company That Isn’t a Toy Company Hasbro just beat Wall Street’s earnings estimate by almost 50 percent, and the stock dropped. This episode digs into why a great quarter got punished, and what it says about a company that’s turning from a toymaker into a card-game and licensing business. We get into the scarcity strategy behind Magic: The Gathering, the collectibles boom pulling adults int...

Secrets of Strixhaven dominates the market in its post-release normalization window, compressing prices across the set while commander decks from Bloomburrow, Modern Horizons 3, and Duskmourn gain ground on tightening supply. Read the full article: https://mtgsold.com/blog/weekly-reports/weekly-report-may-11-17-2026/ https://mtgsold.com Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode...