News
Pokémon TCG Roadmap 2026
Confirmed Japanese set releases, regional Pokémon Center exclusives, and what's coming to the West.
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— The Vault Journal
Editorials fromthe collector world.
Field notes, market analysis and guides on Japanese TCG, PSA grading and the quiet corners of the high-end collector market.
Market
Japanese Sealed Boxes as Assets
How regional Pokémon Center sets and EB-04 are reshaping the modern sealed market.
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Guide
Reading a PSA Label
Cert numbers, population reports, qualifiers — a collector's field guide to the slab.
4 min readComing soon →
PSA Update
PSA Turnaround Times — Q1 2026
Latest tier pricing and realistic round-trip estimates for collectors submitting from the Middle East.
3 min readComing soon →
Event
Dubai Card Meet · January Recap
What sold, what traded, who showed up — and what's coming to Riyadh next month.
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Releases
Pokémon 151 Restock — JP Boxes
What this restock means for sealed pricing and which retailers we're sourcing from.
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Editorial
The Yu Nagaba Phenomenon
Why a single illustrator turned a promotional Pikachu into one of the decade's most coveted PSA 10s.
6 min readComing soon →
Industry
Grading Demand in the GCC
How collector behavior across the Gulf is reshaping submission flow from the region.
6 min readComing soon →
Guide
Collecting Vintage Pokémon in 2026
Base Set to Neo — what's still attainable, what's grail-tier, and what to avoid.
7 min readComing soon →