Most Hyped Pokémon Cards This Week — September 28, 2026
Card values in this article's embedded cards are live from CardTrack's catalogue as of 1 October 2026; figures quoted in the text are as at publication.
Hey, it's JD. Another week, another wild swing in what everyone's suddenly obsessed with, and this time Mew is running the show. I've been scrolling through Reddit threads and watching search spikes all week, and it's basically wall-to-wall Mew talk right now, which honestly caught me a little off guard.
Below is our top 10 for the week of September 28, 2026, built from what collectors are actually buzzing about, not just what's selling. Mew leads the pack, but there's some interesting movement further down the list too. Let's get into it.
How we score the hype
Every Monday we scan the past week's top posts across the biggest Pokémon investing and TCG subreddits — 354 posts this week — and weight each Pokémon by how much it's being talked about and how much engagement those posts pull, then fold in Google search interest. The result is a single hype score per Pokémon. It's a leading indicator: what the community obsesses over today often shows up in sold prices a few days later. Not financial advice — just an early read on where attention is heading.
This week's most hyped Pokémon
1. Mew
Hype score 94, from 35 mentions of Mew across the community this week. The post driving it: “LET’S GO! My wife surprised me with a 30th ETB for my birthday 🥳”.
Its most valuable card on our books is Mew ☆ δ (Dragon Frontiers), sitting around $3,500 ungraded — a PSA 10 fetches roughly $27,118, about 8× the raw copy. If you collect Mew, it's worth a look before the buzz shows up in asking prices.
2. Charizard
Hype score 83, from 33 mentions of Charizard across the community this week. The post driving it: “LET’S GO! My wife surprised me with a 30th ETB for my birthday 🥳”.
Its most valuable card on our books is Charizard (Skyridge), sitting around $4,800 ungraded — a PSA 10 fetches roughly $75,000, about 16× the raw copy. Worth checking whether your copy has kept pace with the renewed attention.
3. Pikachu
Hype score 63, from 23 mentions of Pikachu across the community this week. The post driving it: “LET’S GO! My wife surprised me with a 30th ETB for my birthday 🥳”.
Its most valuable card on our books is Pikachu ☆ (Holon Phantoms), sitting around $3,200 ungraded — a PSA 10 fetches roughly $114,000, about 36× the raw copy. A name to watch as the hype filters through to sold listings.
4. Gengar
Hype score 43, from 15 mentions of Gengar across the community this week. The post driving it: “455 packs for my birthday yesterday!”.
Its most valuable card on our books is Gengar (Skyridge), sitting around $2,205 ungraded — a PSA 10 fetches roughly $47,584, about 22× the raw copy. One to keep on the watchlist if you don't already own a copy.
5. Umbreon
Hype score 39, from 14 mentions of Umbreon across the community this week. The post driving it: “This card is amazing! Actually feels like a celebration.”.
Its most valuable card on our books is Umbreon ☆ (POP Series 5), sitting around $4,500 ungraded — a PSA 10 fetches roughly $106,514, about 24× the raw copy. If you collect Umbreon, it's worth a look before the buzz shows up in asking prices.
6. Lucario
Hype score 34, from 14 mentions of Lucario across the community this week. The post driving it: “This card is amazing! Actually feels like a celebration.”.
Its most valuable card on our books is Lucario (Pokémon Rumble), sitting around $280 ungraded — a PSA 10 fetches roughly $4,396, about 16× the raw copy. Worth checking whether your copy has kept pace with the renewed attention.
7. Mewtwo
Hype score 31, from 11 mentions of Mewtwo across the community this week. The post driving it: “Our Target event experience”.
Its most valuable card on our books is Mewtwo ☆ (Holon Phantoms), sitting around $1,769 ungraded — a PSA 10 fetches roughly $78,125, about 44× the raw copy. A name to watch as the hype filters through to sold listings.
8. Slowking
Hype score 29, from 13 mentions of Slowking across the community this week. The post driving it: “Just saw that a PSA 10 Southern Islands Slowking sold for $68k on Goldin about a week and a half ago. I have a CGC Prist”.
Its most valuable card on our books is Slowking (Southern Islands), sitting around $279 ungraded — a PSA 10 fetches roughly $27,000, about 97× the raw copy. One to keep on the watchlist if you don't already own a copy.
The market picture this week
Across the top eight, we counted 182 mentions. Mew leads the board — but the names lower down are often the more interesting signal, because they're heating up before the wider market has priced them in. When buzz and rising search line up like this, the alt-arts, full-arts and vintage holos of that Pokémon tend to move first.
How to use this list
Treat it as a shortlist, not a buy list. If a Pokémon here is one you collect, it's worth checking whether its key cards have already moved or are still sitting at last month's prices — that gap is where the opportunity is. Add the ones you care about to your collection or watchlist and you'll get alerted when their prices actually move, instead of finding out after the fact.
Want the live version? The Pokémon hype tracker updates continuously, and you can cross-check any name here against this week's biggest movers to see what's already climbing.
Data and sources behind this article
CardTrack data pages: Pokemon Character Mew · Pokemon Set Dragon Frontiers · Pokemon Character Charizard · Pokemon Set Skyridge · Pokemon Character Pikachu · Pokemon Set Holon Phantoms · Pokemon Character Gengar · Pokemon Character Umbreon · Pokemon Set Pop Series 5 · Pokemon Character Lucario · Pokemon Set Pok Mon Rumble · Pokemon Character Mewtwo · Pokemon Character Slowking · Pokemon Set Southern Islands · Collection · Pokemon Hype · Biggest movers
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