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😳 HE THOUGHT IT WAS FAKE poke.zenn pulls a green holographic Mew — and freezes. Silent. Wide-eyed. Shaking hands. That reaction says it all. Credit: poke.zenn (IG)

🎮 POKOPIA'S GOTY SHOT Pokémon Pokopia is up for Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards. 12 nominees. Player-voted. Winner Nov 11. GTA 6 isn't eligible — it launches Nov 19. Source: CBR

🎰 WALMART DRAWING — TOMORROW Walmart's Pokémon drawing runs Wed Oct 28 at 2pm PT. Prismatic Evolutions — $69 Ascended Heroes — $89.99 30th Celebration Knock Out 4-Pack — $47.92 Free to enter, winners picked at random. Source: Hip2Save

WHOLESOME SHOW MOMENT 🥹 dragonairica spotted two young collectors eyeing the slabs at a card show — and gifted them a $250 slab pack to share This is what the hobby's about Credit: dragonairica (IG)

HE CALLED HIS SHOT 🎯 pokemonbois said if he got the Rayquaza he'd lose it — then peeled back the Mega Rayquaza ex SIR Chat went exactly how you'd expect Credit: pokemonbois (IG)

⚡ POKÉMON CENTER DROP — LIVE TODAY 30th Anniversary Poster Collection — $14.99 MSRP, limit 1 per customer. No UPC or Battle Deck preorders (yet) — PC opened Poster Collection instead, days before the Oct 30 / Nov 6 releases. Not enough for free shipping 😞 Source: Polygon

MULTI-SIR PACK BATTLE 🤯 pokecate + wallibeartv ran a 30th Celebration ETB battle — and the pulls kept coming Ends on the Jirachi ex SIR Credit: pokecate (IG)

McDONALD'S x POKÉMON IS BACK 🍔 Happy Meal promo runs Nov 10 – Dec 14 in the US Mini Happy Meal box toys — 15 Pokémon, each with 2 random cards from a 15-card set First plastic Pokémon toys in Happy Meals since 2018 Source: PokéBeach

POKÉMON UNITE IS SHUTTING DOWN 🛑 Service ends March 23, 2027 (Switch + mobile) Aeos gem sales already stopped today. A Nov 12 farewell update adds an offline Library mode so you keep your collection Nearly 6 years after launch Source: The Pokémon Company

BWR PULLED 🤍 yunascardcove just ripped the White Flare Reshiram ex BWR — the all-white chase "hit so nasty it hurted" Credit: yunascardcove (IG)

SOLD: $976,000 💎 2015 Art Academy Sableye (illus. iwaiya), PSA 10 A record for any Sableye card — Pop 4, with only 100 copies ever handed to the artist $800K hammer at Goldin's 30th Anniversary Auction Source: Goldin

🎟️ WALMART DRAWING — TODAY 2 PM PT Prismatic Evolutions Booster Bundle 2-Pack — $79.94 Entries 2:00–3:00 PM PT, limit 1 max. Honest note: $79.94 is above MSRP ($26.99 per bundle), but well under the ~$163 TCGplayer market Enter 👉 walmart.com/shop/collectible…

ARTWORK OF THE YEAR 🎨 N's Zoroark ex SIR — illus. Raita Kazama Just won Artwork of the Year at the first TCG Awards (SPIEL Essen) Ascended Heroes 286/217 Source: TCG Awards

SOLD: $3,080,500 🏆 1997 Gold 1st Place Trophy Pikachu, PSA 8 A new all-time public record for any Trophy Pikachu Extended bidding pushed it from $2.425M to a $2.525M hammer at Goldin last night Source: Goldin

DELTA REIGN ETB REVIEW IS OUT ⚡ ScreenRant's verdict ahead of the Nov 6 launch: one of the reviewer's favorite sets of 2026 9 packs + Kyogre promo — chasing golden Mega Rayquaza ex #141 and SIR Raikou ex #136 Source: ScreenRant

💹 GRAIL WATCH — Oct 26 TCGplayer market, near-mint raw (Oct 22 → Oct 26): Umbreon ex 161/131 — $1,198.39 (−1.4%) Charizard ex 199/165 — $294.42 (−3.5%) Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat (SVP 085) — $990.42 (−0.1%) All three still sliding. Pikachu holds just under $1K.

GOD PACK — WITHOUT THE CHASE 😱 Pack 286 erupted into a full god pack Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex, Lillie's Clefairy ex — but not the Mega Gengar SIR he was chasing Credit: elipokerips (IG)

THE WEEK'S BIGGEST POKÉMON SALE WASN'T A TRADING CARD 📞 A 1997 CoroCoro phone card, PSA 10, sold for $2.255M Via Fanatics Buy Now on Oct 23 — topping the week's sales Source: Sports Illustrated

TROPHY PIKACHU CLOSES TONIGHT 🏆 1997 Gold 1st Place Trophy Pikachu, PSA 8 — pop 1 Current bid: $2,525,000 (32 bids) ~$3.08M with Goldin's 22% premium Extended bidding starts 7 PM PT tonight Source: Goldin