Pokémon TCG Hot/Cold List for the Week of June 2, 2026
The Pokémon TCG secondary market for the week of June 2, 2026, is settling into the quiet that always follows a major launch.
The opening frenzy for Chaos Rising has passed, and the set’s chase tier is now in a gentle, across-the-board cooldown as the most motivated buyers finish locking in their copies.
But the Mega Greninja debut has done something interesting on the way down, it has sent collectors back into their old binders, and a handful of vintage Greninja cards are quietly having their best week in years.
This week’s list follows that split, with the heat moving to the back catalog while the brand-new SIRs take a breath.
The Hot List
Greninja BREAK #41 (Rare BREAK, BREAKpoint)
From $22 to $25
The nostalgia trade is the real story this week. Greninja BREAK, the Rare BREAK from 2016’s BREAKpoint, has perked up as Mega Greninja mania sends fans hunting for the ninja’s earlier appearances.
Near Mint Holofoil copies are trading at around $25, a striking number for a decade-old card that spent years as an afterthought.
This is an example of a modern release reigniting interest in vintage members of the same evolution line, the same dynamic that lifted Rayquaza V on dragon hype a few weeks back is now pointing squarely at Kalos’s favorite frog.
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Ash-Greninja EX #XY133 (XY Black Star Promo)
From $12 to $15
If Greninja BREAK is the competitive throwback, Ash-Greninja EX is the sentimental one. This is the card tied directly to the XY anime arc that made Greninja a fan favorite in the first place, and it is riding the exact same wave of renewed attention.
Copies have been firming up around the $15 range as collectors who grew up on that storyline reconnect with the character through his shiny new Mega form.
Cards with this kind of anime pedigree tend to hold their gains well once a nostalgia cycle kicks in, and the Mega Greninja launch has given this one its strongest tailwind in a long while.
The Cold List
Mega Greninja ex #116 (Special Illustration Rare, Chaos Rising)
From $590 to $440
None of this is bad news for Greninja. It is simply gravity.
The Mega Greninja ex Special Illustration Rare opened with one of the strongest debuts the entire Mega Evolution era has produced, briefly touching the high $500s before easing back toward the mid-$400s as launch hype cooled and supply caught up with demand.
That descent has slowed to a gentle glide rather than a freefall, but the trajectory is still pointed down, and most analysts expect the softening to continue over the coming weeks.
This is the most predictable kind of correction there is. A launch-week overshoot finding a sustainable level, not a card losing its appeal.
For collectors who missed the opening rush, patience looks like the smart play. A calmer market is a far friendlier place to buy the trophy card of the set.
Mega Dragalge ex #118 (Special Illustration Rare, Chaos Rising)
From $110 to $75
Mega Dragalge ex is a great example of how broad the post-launch cooldown really is. This is a genuinely appealing card, a TCG-exclusive Mega Evolution with no video-game counterpart yet and moody underwater artwork that collectors have praised.
But appeal has not been enough to swim against the tide. After opening north of $100, this SIR has eased back toward the $75 range as collector dollars stay concentrated at the very top of the chase ladder.
The long-term first appearance angle is still very much intact, and if Pokémon Legends: Z-A ever brings this Mega into the games, the card’s story changes overnight.
For now, though, the short-term pressure is downward along with the rest of the set’s mid-tier SIRs.
Mega Floette ex #117 (Special Illustration Rare, Chaos Rising)
From $90 to $60
Rounding out the cold side is Mega Floette ex, another TCG-exclusive Mega caught in the same current.
Sitting at around $60, it has slipped from its early pricing as the launch glow fades.
Floette has a quietly powerful asset working in its favor, it pairs directly with the AZ storyline that has made AZ’s Tranquility one of the set’s most beloved cards, and the two displayed together tell the most emotionally resonant story in Chaos Rising.
That thematic pull should give it a firmer floor than a typical mid-tier SIR once the dust settles. But in the immediate term, like nearly everything in the set, the path of least resistance is lower.
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