Trading Card Game Set & Ban List Watch

Why this is recommended

A preorder at $150 instead of $300 on the secondary market, a ban announcement before a $200 deck is dead, or a Target restock time each returns the fee on one purchase.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The 20 million Americans who play or collect trading card games and the parents trying to buy a Pokémon booster box at retail price.

When it runs

Magic and Pokémon announce sets and ban lists on scheduled Mondays, preorders open 4 to 8 weeks before release, and restock drops at big box retailers land early on weekday mornings

Scope

Wizards of the Coast, The Pokémon Company, Konami, Ravensburger, Bandai, Legend Story Studios and Fantasy Flight announcements; TCGplayer and Card Kingdom pricing; Target, Walmart, Costco, GameStop and Best Buy allocation and restock policies; Pokémon Center; regional and Pro Tour registration; PSA and grading company alerts

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Set announcements, release dates and preorder openings for Magic, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lorcana, One Piece, Flesh and Blood and Star Wars Unlimited, ban and restricted list changes, print run and restock announcements, retailer allocation and purchase limit changes, tournament and regional championship registration, price spikes and crashes on chase cards, and counterfeit and scam warnings, with the game and the set first.

Track trading card games for US players and collectors. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: set announcements, release dates, preorder openings and product lineups for Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Disney Lorcana, One Piece, Flesh and Blood and Star Wars Unlimited; ban, restricted and errata announcements with effective dates; print run, reprint and restock announcements from publishers; retailer allocation, purchase limit and restock policy changes at Target, Walmart, Costco, GameStop, Best Buy and Pokémon Center; tournament, regional and championship registration openings; price moves over 30 percent on top-50 chase cards from TCGplayer or Card Kingdom data; and counterfeit, resealed product and scam warnings. Prefer publisher, retailer, tournament organizer and pricing platform sources; ignore speculation channels. Put the game and the set first in the title. Use high severity for a ban list announcement, a preorder opening for a set expected to sell out, or a restock policy change at a major retailer. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what it is, the dates, the price, where to buy, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.