Efour Digest — May 28–29, 2026
Psyduck… psy… psy-DUCK… …
Key stats
- Date range: May 28–29, 2026 | New topics: 8 | New posts: 238
- Top contributors by likes: @xileets, @smpratte, and @Parrotdox led the board at 39 likes each.
Hottest trend
PSA’s announcement of sweeping service level changes — including a reported 10 million card backlog and the apparent shutdown of all value-tier submissions — dominated Grading discourse and drew historical comparisons to the 2020 middleman crisis.
Highlighted content
- The regional bird final form poll launched in #General, with @koala providing a helpful size comparison chart and @Parrotdox bravely promising to vote despite loving all the birbs equally.
- @smpratte and others reflected on adult collector nostalgia in a new thread on sets, with @smpratte championing Evolutions/CP6 as the sweetest re-entry point, calling it the closest feeling to the original 90s craze.
- @Dyl flagged a potentially forged Himeno autograph authenticated by PSA and listed on Probstein, with @swolepoke providing detailed analysis of inconsistencies in the signature and sketch.
- @koala posted Traditional Chinese alternative art promos for ME05 Pitch Black, including new Miraidon, Bastiodon, Slowbro, and Dhelmise cards, and noted uncertainty about Japanese release paths given the absence of a High Class Pack this year.
Collection updates
- @Parrotdox pulled a Japanese-exclusive card from a junk slab bin in the middle of the United States — a pleasant surprise for the birb collection.
- @Bodega added several new stamps to an ongoing stamp collection.
- @BMOE3366911 shared three new pickups, describing the trio as something overpaid on, something that cost more than rent to grade, and something traded for.
- @UKLugia landed a grey-border Japanese copy at less than half the UK NM English price — a long-time chase card featuring Nishida artwork.
- @emseasqrd got hooked on the Dream Shine Collection, sharing that the holos are “crazyyy.”
- @melchior shared an NTSC-J retro game haul including a Famicom Final Fantasy III and a PS1 Point Blank big box with G-Con.
- @GhosBoiClique opened a dedicated Species Collector thread for a Gastly Grand Master binder project, cataloguing a comprehensive list of card-sized licensed products.
Psy… psy… that’s all the news my aching head can handle today — Psyduck out. 