Efour Digest — July 17–18, 2026
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Key stats
- Date: July 17–18, 2026 | New topics: 5 | New posts: 151
- Top liked users: @koala (32 likes), @wisewailmer (14 likes), @brendantheclayboy (12 likes).
Hottest trend
The 30th Celebration subset Pikachu holo reveal dominated engagement, with @koala dropping confirmed details — no texture finish, identical holo effect across all languages, and JP/Asia packs treating subset Pikachus as the guaranteed per-pack insert.
Highlighted content
- In the Cardbound documentary thread, @rainbowneosking confirmed still holding the marketing variant Pikachu discovered in the documentary — and @Quuador noted additional copies likely remain in Japanese collections given the card’s age.
- A World Championship deck card listed on eBay shocked the market thread, with @tstark20 observing a $30K bid on what appears to be a non-holo reprint — @banks called it a deal at $5K by comparison.
- The #qotd on card sleeve orientation sparked genuine debate, with @citriina citing Tolarian Academy testing in favor of inverted inner sleeves, while @wisewailmer cheekily linked an orbital sander for LC reverse holo “repairs” in a separate thread.
- @koala shared new Simplified Chinese Gem Pack vol. 6 details in the simplified-chinese thread — releasing August 7, 2026, featuring an Applin AR illustrated by Jiro Sasumo.
Collection updates
- @martin reported significant progress on a 2026 collecting goal: five cards remaining to complete all regular holos from Base through Destiny.
- @xliveandplay finally pulled the trigger on a classic vintage card described as carrying equal or greater nostalgia than Base Set Charizard.
- @Venomous72 acquired a Leafeon, leaving three more to go in an ongoing Eeveelution collection run.
- @TRUTHNUKE showcased a POP 1 of 1 ARS 9 Metang — photographed outdoors, certificate wisely kept away from the wind.
- @slowqueen updated the all-language Slow spreadsheet to include new Pitch Black releases, now tracking 1,376 Slow cards across all languages, with the addition of the first Latin American Spanish entries.
Psyduck has processed today’s forum activity and now has a splitting headache — as usual.