TCGPriceAlert Deal Index

Pokémon Card Statistics 2026

Q: How fast do underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer sell?

According to the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, 89% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer sold within 48 hours, and half of the ones that sold were gone within 34 minutes of appearing.

Q: Are TCGplayer deals cheaper than TCGplayer Market Price?

Usually, but not always. According to the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, the median underpriced listing cost 10% less than TCGplayer Market Price with shipping included, yet 15% still cost more than Market Price once shipping was added. Market Price is based on past sales, so a listing can be cheap compared to the copies for sale today and still sit above it.

Q: How much does shipping add to cheap cards on TCGplayer?

A lot. According to the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, shipping made up a median 37% of the total price on underpriced listings under $5. Always compare prices with shipping included.

Q: Which sellers list the most underpriced cards on TCGplayer?

According to the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, 59% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer came from TCGplayer Gold Star sellers, and 19% came from sellers below 98% positive feedback or with no feedback yet.

Q: What are the most-tracked Pokémon card sets?

According to the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, the Pokémon card sets buyers track the most with price alerts are SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards, ME: Mega Evolution Promo, SV: Scarlet & Violet 151, SV02: Paldea Evolved, and SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery.

Q: What is the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index?

The TCGPriceAlert Deal Index is a set of statistics about the TCGplayer market that TCGPriceAlert recalculates every day. It combines the underpriced TCGplayer listings spotted by TCGPriceAlert Hot Deals with the price alerts buyers create on TCGPriceAlert.

Q: Can I use these statistics?

Yes. The data is free to use under CC BY 4.0. Credit the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index and link to this page.

The 2026 TCGPriceAlert Deal Index found that 89% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer sold within 48 hours, and half of those were gone within 34 minutes.

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Sold: 89%Within 48 hours
Median time to sell: 34 minFor listings that sold
Below Market Price: 10%Median, shipping included
Gone in 10 minutes: 14%Of listings that sold

Updated November 11, 2026 · Sep 12 to Nov 11

Key statistics

The Numbers at a Glance

The most useful Pokémon card numbers from the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, each one ready to quote.

Sell-through
89%
89% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer sold within 48 hours of being spotted.
Sold 89%
Repriced 4%
Still listed 7%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Speed
34 min
Half of the underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer that sold were gone within 34 minutes.
14%10 min
46%30 min
63%1 h
80%3 h
97%24 h
Share of sold deals gone within each time
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Versus Market Price
10%
The median underpriced listing cost 10% less than TCGplayer Market Price, shipping included.
- TCGplayer Market Price100%
- Median deal, shipping included90%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Above Market Price
15%
15% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer still cost more than TCGplayer Market Price once shipping was added.
15%
- Above Market Price 15%
- Below it 85%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Shipping on cheap cards
37%
On deals under $5, shipping made up a median 37% of the total price.
- Shipping 37%
- Card price 63%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Who lists the deals
59%
59% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer came from TCGplayer Gold Star sellers.
- Gold Star sellers 59%
- 98%+ feedback 23%
- Below 98% or no feedback yet 19%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026

Speed

How Fast Deals Sell

How many underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer sold, how fast they went, and what made them go faster.

Gone in 10 minutes
14%
14% of the deals that sold were gone within 10 minutes of appearing.
14%
- Within 10 minutes 14%
- Later 86%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Discount versus speed
22 min
Listings priced 40% or more below comparable copies sold in a median of 22 minutes. Listings under 15% below took 35 minutes.
- Under 15% off35 min
- 15 to 20% off36 min
- 20 to 30% off45 min
- 30 to 40% off26 min
- 40% or more off22 min
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Condition
95%
95% of underpriced Near Mint listings sold, in a median of 29 minutes. Lightly Played deals sold 69% of the time and took 3.2 hours.
- Near Mint sold95%
- Lightly Played sold69%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Printing
33 min
Holofoil deals were the fastest printing to sell, in a median of 33 minutes. Reverse Holofoil deals were the slowest, at 12.7 hours.
- Holofoil33 min
- Normal2.7 h
- Reverse Holofoil12.7 h
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Sets with the most deals
Top 5
The sets that produced the most underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer, ranked.
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026

Prices

Discounts, Market Price and Shipping

How deep the discounts are, how they compare to TCGplayer Market Price, and how much shipping changes the real price.

Typical discount
16%
The median underpriced listing was 16% cheaper than the next comparable copy for sale.
45%<15
24%15+
18%20+
5%30+
7%40+
Share of deals by discount, %
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Savings by price
$2.57
The median deal saved $2.57 against the next comparable copy, shipping included.
<$5
$5-20
$20-50
$50-100
$25.50$100+
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Free shipping
43%
43% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer came with free shipping.
43%
- Free shipping 43%
- Paid shipping 57%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026

Breakdown

Deals by Printing

How underpriced Pokémon listings did by printing. Groups without enough data are left out.

Deals by Printing
Printing	Share of deals	Median time to sell	Median discount	Sold within 48 hours
Holofoil	88%	33 min	15.5%	93%
Normal	6%	2.7 h	20.6%	59%
Reverse Holofoil	3%	12.7 h	26.5%	53%

Timing

When Deals Appear

The hours and days when underpriced listings show up most often.

Peak hours
36%
36% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer appeared between 12 PM and 6 PM US Eastern time.
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Busiest day
18%
Thursday was the busiest day for new deals, with 18% of the week's total, followed by Monday.
16%Mon
14%Tue
15%Wed
18%Thu
14%Fri
12%Sat
12%Sun
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026

Sellers

Who Lists the Deals

Seller feedback behind the underpriced listings, from TCGplayer Gold Star stores to sellers with no feedback yet.

Sellers without a 98%+ rating
19%
19% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer came from sellers below 98% positive feedback or with no feedback yet.
19%
- Below 98% or no feedback 19%
- Rated 98%+ or Gold Star 81%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026

Buyers

What Buyers Track

What buyers track with Pokémon card price alerts on TCGPriceAlert, and how they set them up.

Typical tracked product
$33
Half of the Pokémon cards buyers track cost more than $33 when they set the alert.
34%<20
32%20+
16%50+
11%100+
7%250+
Share of tracked products by price, US$
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Most-tracked sets
Top 5
The sets the most different buyers watch with Pokémon card price alerts, ranked.
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Skip photo listings
24%
24% of active Pokémon card price alerts skip TCGplayer listings that use seller photos.
24%
- Skip photo listings 24%
- Include them 76%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Any condition
19%
19% of active Pokémon card price alerts accept any condition. The rest ask for a specific condition.
- Any condition 19%
- A specific condition 81%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Alert type
97%
97% of Pokémon card price alerts wait for a price drop. The rest watch for price rises or any change.
- Price drop 97%
- Rise or any change 3%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Keep notifying
31%
31% of Pokémon card price alerts keep notifying after the first match, so the buyer hears about every new low listing.
- Keep notifying 31%
- Notify once 69%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026
Target reached
42%
42% of Pokémon card price alerts set for a price drop one to six months ago had reached their target price at least once.
42%
- Reached the target 42%
- Not yet 58%
Source: TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026

Industry

Pokémon TCG Industry Statistics

Figures published by the companies behind the games and the hobby. Each one links to the original source.

The Pokémon Company
85B+
More than 85 billion Pokémon TCG cards have been produced, sold in over 90 countries and regions and in 16 languages.
Source: The Pokémon Company, Pokémon in Figures, March 2026

Methodology

How We Measure It

Where every number on this page comes from and what each term means.

TCGPriceAlert Deal Index: A set of statistics TCGPriceAlert recalculates every day from two sources: the underpriced TCGplayer listings spotted by Hot Deals, and the price alerts buyers create on TCGPriceAlert.
Underpriced listing: A TCGplayer listing for a card or sealed product priced well below other copies of the same product for sale at the same time. Each one is checked against several price signals before it counts as a deal.
Sold and time to sell: Sold means the listing disappeared from TCGplayer, which can include listings the seller took down. Time to sell runs from when we spotted the listing to when we saw it gone, so times are approximate.
TCGplayer Market Price: TCGplayer's own estimate of what a product sells for, based on recent sales. We compare it with the listing price plus shipping.
Seller feedback: Gold Star sellers are the stores TCGplayer marks with its Gold Star. 98%+ feedback means at least 98% positive feedback without Gold Star status. Seller figures cover deals spotted since October 26, 2026.
Tracked products: Products with an active price alert on TCGPriceAlert. Set rankings only include sets tracked by several different buyers.
Sample and period: Deals cover the last 90 days, for single English copies shipped to the US with shipping included. Rates only use deals at least 48 hours old. Deals come from the products TCGPriceAlert users track, so they show what buyers watch, not the whole TCGplayer market. Groups without enough data are left out.

For charts on speed, discounts and timing, see the full Underpriced Listings Report.

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TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, November 2026. https://tcgpricealert.com/statistics/pokemon/cards

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FAQ

Pokémon Card Statistics FAQ

Quick answers about the numbers and how to use them.

How fast do underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer sell?

According to the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, 89% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer sold within 48 hours, and half of the ones that sold were gone within 34 minutes of appearing.

Are TCGplayer deals cheaper than TCGplayer Market Price?

Usually, but not always. According to the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, the median underpriced listing cost 10% less than TCGplayer Market Price with shipping included, yet 15% still cost more than Market Price once shipping was added. Market Price is based on past sales, so a listing can be cheap compared to the copies for sale today and still sit above it.

How much does shipping add to cheap cards on TCGplayer?

A lot. According to the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, shipping made up a median 37% of the total price on underpriced listings under $5. Always compare prices with shipping included.

Which sellers list the most underpriced cards on TCGplayer?

According to the TCGPriceAlert Deal Index, 59% of underpriced Pokémon card listings on TCGplayer came from TCGplayer Gold Star sellers, and 19% came from sellers below 98% positive feedback or with no feedback yet.

What are the most-tracked Pokémon card sets?