Arceus LV. X is up +39.8% this week

Morning Pull

Friday

25 September 2026

Biggest believable price rise this week

$178

Arceus LV. X, Arceus, $127 a week ago.

+39.8% · this week against last week, as of 24 September

A 2009 card finds new buyers

Cards are moving this week, and the biggest gainer is a Pokémon LV.

the card · the others up this week

Arceus LV. X climbs

The card is now $178, up from a week of sales at $127. I checked the number twice because the older sets have been so quiet. My guess is a collector or two decided to hold instead of sell, and the market tightened.

Plusle
Rulers of the Heavens

$45 → $75
+66.6%

Raikou
SM Black Star Promos

$18 → $28
+59.8%

Snorlax
XY2: Wild Blaze

$11 → $15
+41.1%

Giratina EX - 057/081
XY7: Bandit Ring

$19 → $27
+38.6%

See the card and its prices →

Today's picks

Daily Buys picked four raw cards this morning: Scizor from Obsidian Flames because new submissions are gemming less often and slabs keep selling; Gloom from the same set for the same reason; Iris's Fighting Spirit from Ascended Heroes, hard to gem and cheap next to its graded price; and Venipede from Black Bolt, hard to gem.

Card

Entry

Pay up to

Scizor strong
Obsidian Flames · raw card · new submissions are gemming less often · slabs of it keep selling · hard to gem

$14.27

$15.70

Gloom good
Obsidian Flames · raw card · new submissions are gemming less often · slabs of it keep selling

$22.43

$24.67

Iris's Fighting Spirit good
Ascended Heroes · raw card · hard to gem · cheap next to its graded price

$26.73

$29.40

Venipede good
Black Bolt · raw card · hard to gem

$7.43

$8.17

Picked from 25,709 cards at 10:30 UTC; pay up to is the most it would pay. Why each one, and what could go wrong.

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Kotaku · 21 hours ago

30th Celebration prices landed lower than expected.

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Radio Times · yesterday

Three new cards ahead of Mega Evolution Delta Reign.

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Morning Pull, by moonstone

Why each one, and what could go wrong →

How this was made

Morning Pull is written each morning from the prices moonstone recorded overnight. Price changes: 7,096 cards checked, 429 moved enough to make the list, each price the middle of a week of readings. Daily Buys is its own list, published at 10:30 UTC and scored in public. Card art belongs to its publishers. Read this edition on the web.