https://thefieldreport.cards/ Independent Pokémon TCG market intelligence for UK and Singapore collectors. en-gb Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:55:13 GMT https://thefieldreport.cards/news/30th-celebration-set-officially-revealed/ https://thefieldreport.cards/news/30th-celebration-set-officially-revealed/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Set Reveal TPC just dropped the full reveal: a set reported at around 160 cards, every one foil, a guaranteed Pikachu in every pack, a brand new rarity illustrated by Tokyo art director YOSHIROTTEN, and — for the first time in TCG history — a simultaneous global release. Here is everything confirmed and what it means for UK collectors. https://thefieldreport.cards/news/pokemon-center-queue-survival-guide/ https://thefieldreport.cards/news/pokemon-center-queue-survival-guide/ Sun, 31 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Guide A postman Pikachu waves you into a virtual waiting room, or a Psyduck sits in the grass beside a fifty-minute timer. Either way a drop is live, and the next hour decides whether you land an Elite Trainer Box at RRP or watch it vanish. Here is how not to fumble it. https://thefieldreport.cards/news/pokemon-center-uk-30th-anniversary-merchandise/ https://thefieldreport.cards/news/pokemon-center-uk-30th-anniversary-merchandise/ Wed, 27 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Merch From the golden Opening Scene TCG accessories to the Pikachu 30th Celebration Plush, Pokémon Center UK has been stocking anniversary merchandise throughout 2026. Here's what's available — and a first look at the all-foil 30th Celebration TCG set arriving in September. https://thefieldreport.cards/news/abyss-eye-launch-pitch-black-preview/ https://thefieldreport.cards/news/abyss-eye-launch-pitch-black-preview/ Mon, 25 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT JP Intel Mega Darkrai ex SAR by Akira Egawa was the centrepiece nobody saw coming at this scale. With the JP set live since 22 May and Pitch Black due 17 July, here's the unvarnished read on which chase pulls are worth pre-ordering — and which to wait out. https://thefieldreport.cards/news/chaos-rising-launch-retrospective/ https://thefieldreport.cards/news/chaos-rising-launch-retrospective/ Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Drop Alert The 22 May launch was a fast sell-through across UK retail. Here's how the allocation actually played out — and the playbook worth carrying into the Pitch Black drop on 17 July. https://thefieldreport.cards/news/prismatic-eevee-sar-january-correction/ https://thefieldreport.cards/news/prismatic-eevee-sar-january-correction/ Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Market The headline Eeveelution chases from Prismatic Evolutions have softened from their post-launch peaks. Whether that's a buying window or the start of a longer correction depends on supply, not sentiment. https://thefieldreport.cards/news/mega-brave-sar-jp-premium-explained/ https://thefieldreport.cards/news/mega-brave-sar-jp-premium-explained/ Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT JP Intel Print runs, paper stock, holo pattern — the structural differences between JP and EN copies of the same illustration are real, and they explain a price gap that most resellers misprice. https://thefieldreport.cards/news/2026-etb-buyers-checklist/ https://thefieldreport.cards/news/2026-etb-buyers-checklist/ Sun, 10 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Guide Not every Elite Trainer Box ages well. Here are five 2026-window ETBs where MSRP still beats sealed market — and three to avoid entirely. https://thefieldreport.cards/news/uk-pokemon-center-restock-alerts/ https://thefieldreport.cards/news/uk-pokemon-center-restock-alerts/ Fri, 08 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Tooling Beyond TrackaLacker — the Discord channels, RSS feeds, and browser tricks UK collectors are using to actually catch Pokémon Center UK restocks before they sell out. https://thefieldreport.cards/news/tpci-mpg-morrisville-printing-expansion/ https://thefieldreport.cards/news/tpci-mpg-morrisville-printing-expansion/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT Industry Millennium Print Group, the Pokémon Company subsidiary that handles English-language printing, committed to a major new manufacturing campus in Morrisville in December 2025. Full-scale operations are not expected until late 2028 — which means every Mega era set you are chasing right now will be unaffected.