What this is
How 2026's new English sets held their resale price after launch: booster boxes fell from about 1.45–1.52 times list to 1.13–1.24 times (18–22% lower), and elite trainer boxes from 1.8 to 1.34 times (26% lower), between May and August 2026.
How it’s built
- ICv2, a trade publication, reported eBay sold-price ranges for 2026 boxes and elite trainer boxes at launch and later; the midpoints were divided by list price.
- Boxes fell from about 1.5 times list to 1.1–1.2 times (18–22% lower); elite trainer boxes fell 26%.
What we assumed
- The midpoint of each reported price range stands for the price.ICv2 gives ranges only; the ranges are narrow, so the choice matters little.
- Launch eBay prices can be compared with earlier years' falls from their launch peak.Earlier years use a different price source (TCGplayer month-end), so the research compares only peak-to-low falls, not levels at fixed dates.
Sanity check
The falls sit inside every earlier year's range, so they are normal. Opening well above list is new compared with 2023–24 but not with 2025.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:
Show the working
- Chaos Rising BB ratio rel/+3: 1.52 to 1.24
- CR change: -0.184
- Pitch Black BB ratio rel/+1: 1.45 to 1.13
- PB change: -0.223
- ETB (both) ratio start/late Aug: 1.8 to 1.34
- ETB change: -0.256
- midpoints of ICv2 eBay ranges (240-250, 230-240, 180-185, 65-69): 245/161.64=1.516, 200/161.64=1.237, -18.4%
- 235/161.64=1.454, 182.5/161.64=1.129, -22.3%
- 90/49.99=1.80, 6
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