[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":831},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-day-zero-pokewallet-ships-pokemon-sets-release-day":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":809,"date":810,"description":811,"extension":812,"image":813,"imageAlt":814,"imageCredit":6,"meta":815,"navigation":816,"path":817,"readTime":818,"seo":819,"stem":820,"tags":821,"__hash__":830},"content\u002Fblog\u002Fpokemon\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fday-zero-pokewallet-ships-pokemon-sets-release-day.md","Day Zero: How PokéWallet Ships a Pokémon Set the Day It Drops","PokéWallet Team",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":790},"minimark",[10,14,37,78,83,129,132,168,170,175,183,186,189,192,194,198,205,208,408,411,418,421,424,431,450,452,456,463,466,469,476,483,485,489,496,504,507,510,518,520,524,531,534,629,632,635,647,649,653,657,660,664,667,671,674,678,681,685,688,690,694,697,744,749,783,785],[11,12,5],"h1",{"id":13},"day-zero-how-pokéwallet-ships-a-pokémon-set-the-day-it-drops",[15,16,18,19],"div",{"style":17},"background: rgba(107, 76, 154, 0.12); border-left: 4px solid #6B4C9A; padding: 1rem 1.5rem; margin: 1.5rem 0; border-radius: 4px;","\n  ",[20,21,23,24,28,29,32,33,36],"p",{"style":22},"margin: 0; font-size: 0.9rem; color: #e0e0e0;","\n    ",[25,26,27],"strong",{},"⚡ FOR DEVELOPERS & SHOP OPERATORS:"," A set releases and the search traffic arrives the same afternoon. This is what PokéWallet ships on ",[25,30,31],{},"day zero"," — full card data, ",[25,34,35],{},"TCGplayer and Cardmarket prices together",", English and Japanese in the same release — and what it costs compared to every other Pokémon TCG API.\n  ",[38,39,40],"blockquote",{},[20,41,42,45,46,49,50,53,54,57,58,61,62,65,66,69,70,73,74,77],{},[25,43,44],{},"Quick Answer:"," PokéWallet loads new sets ",[25,47,48],{},"the day they release",". Across the 2026 season that means ",[25,51,52],{},"ten sets"," shipped across Pokémon and One Piece, including a major expansion we published ",[25,55,56],{},"a day before Scrydex and two days before TCGdex"," — and where TCGdex shipped English only, with Cardmarket IDs following almost two weeks later. Every card is priced against ",[25,59,60],{},"both TCGplayer in the US and Cardmarket in Europe",", which is why we carry ",[25,63,64],{},"Cardmarket-only sets that a US-only API structurally cannot have",". Pro runs ",[25,67,68],{},"~€0.013 per 1,000 requests",", roughly ",[25,71,72],{},"120x cheaper"," than Scrydex Professional, and the free tier is ",[25,75,76],{},"1,000 requests a day with no credit card",".",[79,80,82],"h3",{"id":81},"key-takeaways","Key Takeaways",[84,85,86,94,101,108,115,122],"ul",{},[87,88,89,90,93],"li",{},"🚀 ",[25,91,92],{},"Day zero, not day two:"," New sets land on release day — not \"within 24-48 hours\", not English-first with the rest to follow.",[87,95,96,97,100],{},"📅 ",[25,98,99],{},"Ten sets this season:"," Pokémon and One Piece, English and Japanese, shipped as they released.",[87,102,103,104,107],{},"🥇 ",[25,105,106],{},"Head to head:"," On one major expansion we shipped a day ahead of Scrydex and two days ahead of TCGdex.",[87,109,110,111,114],{},"🌍 ",[25,112,113],{},"Both markets, one call:"," TCGplayer and Cardmarket prices on every card, so European buyers get their own market in their own currency.",[87,116,117,118,121],{},"🇪🇺 ",[25,119,120],{},"Cardmarket-only sets:"," Three sets in our catalogue simply cannot exist in a US-only API.",[87,123,124,125,128],{},"💰 ",[25,126,127],{},"~120x cheaper:"," €0.013 per 1,000 requests on Pro, against $1.60 for Scrydex Professional — plus a real free tier.",[130,131],"hr",{},[15,133,18,135,18,139],{"style":134},"background: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(107, 76, 154, 0.1), rgba(107, 76, 154, 0.05)); border: 1px solid rgba(107, 76, 154, 0.3); border-radius: 8px; padding: 1.5rem; margin: 2rem 0; text-align: center;",[20,136,138],{"style":137},"margin: 0 0 1rem 0; font-weight: 600; font-size: 1.1rem; color: #e0e0e0;","⚡ Quick Navigation",[15,140,23,142,23,148,23,152,23,156,23,160,23,164,18],{"style":141},"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.75rem; justify-content: center;",[143,144,147],"a",{"href":145,"style":146},"#when-a-set-drops-the-clock-starts","background: rgba(107, 76, 154, 0.2); color: #B794F6; padding: 0.5rem 1rem; border-radius: 6px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 0.9rem; border: 1px solid rgba(107, 76, 154, 0.4);","⏱️ The Lag Problem",[143,149,151],{"href":150,"style":146},"#day-zero-our-2026-set-record","🚀 Day Zero",[143,153,155],{"href":154,"style":146},"#both-markets-in-one-call","🌍 Both Markets",[143,157,159],{"href":158,"style":146},"#japanese-and-european-in-the-same-release","🇯🇵 Same Release",[143,161,163],{"href":162,"style":146},"#what-it-actually-costs","💰 What It Costs",[143,165,167],{"href":166,"style":146},"#frequently-asked-questions","❓ FAQ",[130,169],{},[171,172,174],"h2",{"id":173},"when-a-set-drops-the-clock-starts","When a Set Drops, the Clock Starts",[38,176,177],{},[20,178,179,182],{},[25,180,181],{},"📌 TL;DR:"," The window that matters opens the moment a set hits shelves. If your data provider is a day or two behind, your product is empty exactly when your users care most.",[20,184,185],{},"A set releases in the morning. By the afternoon, collectors are pulling cards and searching for what they're worth. Shop operators are repricing. Portfolio apps are getting opened by people who want to log what they just pulled. That is the peak, and it does not wait.",[20,187,188],{},"If the API behind your product hasn't loaded the set yet, none of that traffic finds anything. Your search returns nothing. Your portfolio can't accept the card. Your price alerts have no baseline to alert against. By the time the data arrives, the moment has already passed to whoever had it first.",[20,190,191],{},"This is why we treat release-day loading as the core of the product rather than a nice-to-have. A card database that is complete a week late is a historical archive. A card database that is complete on day zero is a live market feed.",[130,193],{},[171,195,197],{"id":196},"day-zero-our-2026-set-record","Day Zero: Our 2026 Set Record",[38,199,200],{},[20,201,202,204],{},[25,203,181],{}," Ten sets shipped this season across Pokémon and One Piece. On one major expansion we published a day before Scrydex and two days before TCGdex — and where TCGdex shipped English only, the Cardmarket IDs followed almost two weeks later.",[20,206,207],{},"Here is the record, set by set. Where a competitor doesn't appear, they did not publish that set at all.",[209,210,211,233],"table",{},[212,213,214],"thead",{},[215,216,217,221,224,227,230],"tr",{},[218,219,220],"th",{},"Set",[218,222,223],{},"PokéWallet",[218,225,226],{},"Scrydex",[218,228,229],{},"TCGdex",[218,231,232],{},"TCGGO",[234,235,236,256,281,299,316,337,355,372,388],"tbody",{},[215,237,238,245,248,251,254],{},[239,240,241,244],"td",{},[25,242,243],{},"Gem Pack Vol.5"," (CBB5C)",[239,246,247],{},"26 Apr",[239,249,250],{},"impossible — Cardmarket-only set",[239,252,253],{},"—",[239,255,253],{},[215,257,258,264,269,272,279],{},[239,259,260,263],{},[25,261,262],{},"Chaos Rising"," (CRI)",[239,265,266],{},[25,267,268],{},"21 May",[239,270,271],{},"22 May",[239,273,274,275],{},"23 May, English only ",[276,277,278],"em",{},"(Cardmarket IDs 4 Jun)",[239,280,253],{},[215,282,283,289,292,294,297],{},[239,284,285,288],{},[25,286,287],{},"OP16"," (EN + JP)",[239,290,291],{},"8 Jul",[239,293,253],{},[239,295,296],{},"no One Piece",[239,298,253],{},[215,300,301,307,310,312,314],{},[239,302,303,306],{},[25,304,305],{},"Terastal Gathering"," (CSV9.5C)",[239,308,309],{},"13 Jul",[239,311,250],{},[239,313,253],{},[239,315,253],{},[215,317,318,324,329,331,334],{},[239,319,320,323],{},[25,321,322],{},"Pitch Black"," (PBL)",[239,325,326],{},[25,327,328],{},"17 Jul",[239,330,328],{},[239,332,333],{},"18 Jul",[239,335,336],{},"19–23 Jul",[215,338,339,345,348,351,353],{},[239,340,341,344],{},[25,342,343],{},"Storm Emeralda"," (m6)",[239,346,347],{},"7 Aug",[239,349,350],{},"not published",[239,352,253],{},[239,354,253],{},[215,356,357,363,366,368,370],{},[239,358,359,362],{},[25,360,361],{},"Gem Pack Vol.6"," (CBB6C)",[239,364,365],{},"24 Aug",[239,367,250],{},[239,369,253],{},[239,371,253],{},[215,373,374,379,382,384,386],{},[239,375,376,288],{},[25,377,378],{},"OP17",[239,380,381],{},"7 Sep",[239,383,253],{},[239,385,296],{},[239,387,253],{},[215,389,390,396,402,404,406],{},[239,391,392,395],{},[25,393,394],{},"30th Celebration"," (×4 variants)",[239,397,398,401],{},[25,399,400],{},"16 Sep"," — EN + JP + Classic",[239,403,350],{},[239,405,253],{},[239,407,253],{},[20,409,410],{},"Two of those rows are worth reading closely.",[20,412,413,414,417],{},"On ",[143,415,262],{"href":416},"\u002Fblog\u002Fchaos-rising-pokemon-tcg-market-watch-prices"," we shipped a day before Scrydex and two days before TCGdex. But the gap is wider than the calendar suggests, because TCGdex shipped English only. The other languages followed, and the Cardmarket IDs followed almost two weeks after that. If you were building for a European audience, the set was not usable there until nearly a fortnight after it released — even though it had technically \"launched\" on the API on day one.",[20,419,420],{},"On Pitch Black we matched the fastest competitor and beat the rest by up to six days.",[20,422,423],{},"That distinction is the whole point. Shipping English first and completing the set later is not shipping the set. A set is live when every card, every language you support and every marketplace identifier is queryable. Anything short of that is a partial release wearing a release-day badge.",[20,425,426,427,430],{},"Scrydex publishes its own standard on this: their FAQ commits to adding expansions ",[25,428,429],{},"\"within 24-48 hours of official release date\"",". That is their bar, written by them. We work below it.",[38,432,433],{},[20,434,435,436,439,440,443,444,77],{},"💡 ",[25,437,438],{},"PokéWallet tip:"," If you're evaluating providers, don't ask when a set \"goes live\". Ask when it's ",[276,441,442],{},"complete"," — every language, every marketplace ID. Then check the last three releases against that answer. ",[143,445,449],{"href":446,"rel":447},"https:\u002F\u002Fpokewallet.io\u002Fauth\u002Flogin",[448],"nofollow","Start with a free PokéWallet key",[130,451],{},[171,453,455],{"id":454},"both-markets-in-one-call","Both Markets in One Call",[38,457,458],{},[20,459,460,462],{},[25,461,181],{}," Every card carries TCGplayer and Cardmarket pricing together. That isn't a wider feature list — it's the reason we can carry sets a US-only API structurally cannot.",[20,464,465],{},"A Pokémon card does not have one price. It has a US price on TCGplayer and a European price on Cardmarket, and they move independently. A collector in Milan pricing a card off TCGplayer numbers is reading the wrong market in the wrong currency.",[20,467,468],{},"We return both on every card, in one call. No second integration, no currency guesswork, no separate provider for Europe.",[20,470,471,472,475],{},"Scrydex returns neither of the European halves, because it has no Cardmarket data at all. Their FAQ describes it as something they are ",[25,473,474],{},"\"currently evaluating\"",". Their language support is English and Japanese; Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean are all listed as roadmap items rather than shipped features.",[20,477,478,479,482],{},"That absence has a consequence most feature comparisons miss entirely. Some sets exist ",[276,480,481],{},"only"," on Cardmarket. Three sets in our 2026 catalogue — Gem Pack Vol.5, Terastal Gathering and Gem Pack Vol.6 — fall into that category. A provider with no Cardmarket pipeline cannot be late on those sets. It cannot carry them at all. No amount of engineering effort closes that gap without building the European side from scratch.",[130,484],{},[171,486,488],{"id":487},"japanese-and-european-in-the-same-release","Japanese and European in the Same Release",[38,490,491],{},[20,492,493,495],{},[25,494,181],{}," For the 30th Celebration we published four variants at once — English, Japanese and Classic Collection — on the same day, rather than staging them over the following weeks.",[20,497,498,499,503],{},"The ",[143,500,502],{"href":501},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpokemon-30th-celebration-launch-day-prices-pull-rates-what-to-buy","30th Celebration set"," is the clearest demonstration of what release-day loading means in practice. It didn't arrive as one product. It arrived as four variants, spanning English, Japanese and the Classic Collection reprints.",[20,505,506],{},"We published all four together, on the same day, fully priced across both marketplaces.",[20,508,509],{},"The alternative model — ship the English cards, add the Japanese ones later, backfill the marketplace identifiers after that — is common, and from the outside it looks similar. It isn't. A user searching for a Japanese Classic Collection card during launch week either finds it or doesn't. Staged completion means the answer is \"not yet\" precisely during the days when demand peaks.",[20,511,512,513,517],{},"Our ",[143,514,516],{"href":515},"\u002Fblog\u002Fone-piece-card-game-api-guide-real-time-prices","One Piece coverage"," works the same way: OP16 and OP17 both shipped with English and Japanese together. TCGdex doesn't carry One Piece at all, so for that half of the catalogue the comparison doesn't start.",[130,519],{},[171,521,523],{"id":522},"what-it-actually-costs","What It Actually Costs",[38,525,526],{},[20,527,528,530],{},[25,529,181],{}," Normalised per 1,000 requests, Pro runs about €0.013 against $1.60 for Scrydex Professional. The free tier is 1,000 requests a day, no credit card.",[20,532,533],{},"Credit bundles and daily quotas can't be compared until you reduce them to the same unit. Here is cost per 1,000 requests at list price:",[209,535,536,552],{},[212,537,538],{},[215,539,540,543,546,549],{},[218,541,542],{},"Plan",[218,544,545],{},"Price",[218,547,548],{},"Monthly volume",[218,550,551],{},"Cost \u002F 1,000 requests",[234,553,554,574,587,601,615],{},[215,555,556,561,566,569],{},[239,557,558],{},[25,559,560],{},"PokéWallet Pro",[239,562,563],{},[25,564,565],{},"€20",[239,567,568],{},"~1,500,000",[239,570,571],{},[25,572,573],{},"~€0.013",[215,575,576,579,582,584],{},[239,577,578],{},"TCGGO Mega",[239,580,581],{},"$49.50",[239,583,568],{},[239,585,586],{},"~$0.033",[215,588,589,592,595,598],{},[239,590,591],{},"TCGGO Pro",[239,593,594],{},"$9.90",[239,596,597],{},"~90,000",[239,599,600],{},"~$0.11",[215,602,603,606,609,612],{},[239,604,605],{},"Scrydex Professional",[239,607,608],{},"$399",[239,610,611],{},"250,000 credits",[239,613,614],{},"~$1.60",[215,616,617,620,623,626],{},[239,618,619],{},"Scrydex Starter",[239,621,622],{},"$29",[239,624,625],{},"5,000 credits",[239,627,628],{},"~$5.80",[20,630,631],{},"The Scrydex rows are better than they look on paper and worse than they look in practice, because a credit is not always a request. Price history consumes three credits per call. Image analysis consumes five. If your product does anything more than fetch cards one at a time, the effective rate climbs well above the sticker figure — a portfolio app pulling historical charts is paying triple the listed rate on every one of those calls.",[20,633,634],{},"There is also the question of what happens when you run out. TCGGO's quotas are hard daily limits that do not roll over: exhaust the day's allowance at noon and the service stops until midnight, regardless of what you paid for the month. Failed requests count too — one integration logged 1,194 HTTP 500 responses out of 1,200 calls in a single night, and the quota was charged for all of them.",[20,636,637,638,642,643,646],{},"And before any of that, there's the question of trying it at all. PokéWallet's ",[143,639,641],{"href":640},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpokewallet-api-out-of-beta-pricing-plans-2026","free tier"," is ",[25,644,645],{},"1,000 requests a day, no credit card",". TCGGO's is 100. Scrydex has no free tier — entry is $29 a month, which means evaluating the API requires paying for it first.",[130,648],{},[171,650,652],{"id":651},"frequently-asked-questions","Frequently Asked Questions",[79,654,656],{"id":655},"how-quickly-does-pokéwallet-add-a-new-set","How quickly does PokéWallet add a new set?",[20,658,659],{},"On release day. Not within a window, not English-first with other languages backfilled — the set goes live complete, priced across both marketplaces, the day it drops.",[79,661,663],{"id":662},"does-pokéwallet-include-cardmarket-prices","Does PokéWallet include Cardmarket prices?",[20,665,666],{},"Yes. Every card carries both TCGplayer (US) and Cardmarket (Europe) pricing in the same response, so European collectors see their own market in their own currency without a second integration.",[79,668,670],{"id":669},"what-are-cardmarket-only-sets-and-why-do-they-matter","What are Cardmarket-only sets, and why do they matter?",[20,672,673],{},"Some sets are distributed in a way that means they appear only on Cardmarket. Three sets in our 2026 catalogue are in that group. An API with no Cardmarket pipeline can't carry them at all — it's a coverage gap, not a scheduling one.",[79,675,677],{"id":676},"does-pokéwallet-cover-one-piece-as-well-as-pokémon","Does PokéWallet cover One Piece as well as Pokémon?",[20,679,680],{},"Yes, both games, with English and Japanese shipping together. OP16 and OP17 both landed that way this season.",[79,682,684],{"id":683},"what-does-the-free-tier-include","What does the free tier include?",[20,686,687],{},"1,000 requests a day with no credit card required — enough to build and test a real integration before deciding anything about payment.",[130,689],{},[171,691,693],{"id":692},"start-building-on-day-zero-data","Start Building on Day-Zero Data",[20,695,696],{},"Ten sets this season, shipped the day they released, priced across both the US and European markets. Here's what you get on a free key:",[84,698,699,705,711,718,725,732],{},[87,700,89,701,704],{},[25,702,703],{},"Release-day set data"," — new expansions live the day they drop, not days later",[87,706,110,707,710],{},[25,708,709],{},"Dual-market pricing"," — TCGplayer and Cardmarket on every card, in one call",[87,712,713,714,717],{},"🇯🇵 ",[25,715,716],{},"English and Japanese together"," — including Classic Collection variants",[87,719,720,721,724],{},"🏴‍☠️ ",[25,722,723],{},"Pokémon and One Piece"," — both catalogues from the same API",[87,726,727,728,731],{},"📈 ",[25,729,730],{},"Price history"," — historical data for charts and trend analysis",[87,733,734,735,738,739],{},"💬 ",[25,736,737],{},"Direct support"," — talk to the people who run the pipeline in our ",[143,740,743],{"href":741,"rel":742},"https:\u002F\u002Fdiscord.gg\u002FznDxEjmDVP",[448],"Discord",[20,745,746],{},[25,747,748],{},"Get Started:",[84,750,751,760,767,774],{},[87,752,89,753,759],{},[25,754,755],{},[143,756,758],{"href":446,"rel":757},[448],"Start Free"," — 1,000 requests\u002Fday, no credit card required",[87,761,762,763],{},"🛠️ Build something: ",[143,764,766],{"href":765},"\u002Fblog\u002Fbuild-pokemon-card-price-tracker-pokewallet-api-tutorial","How to Build a Pokémon Card Price Tracker with PokéWallet API",[87,768,769,770],{},"📝 Read more ",[143,771,773],{"href":772},"\u002Fblog","Pokémon TCG news, market analysis, and developer guides",[87,775,776,777,782],{},"📱 Follow ",[143,778,781],{"href":779,"rel":780},"https:\u002F\u002Finstagram.com\u002Fpokewallet.io",[448],"@pokewallet.io"," for daily market coverage",[130,784],{},[20,786,787],{},[276,788,789],{},"Pricing figures reflect published list prices at the time of writing and are normalised per 1,000 requests for comparison. Competitor plan details and quoted terms are taken from their own public pricing and FAQ pages.",{"title":791,"searchDepth":792,"depth":792,"links":793},"",2,[794,796,797,798,799,800,801,808],{"id":81,"depth":795,"text":82},3,{"id":173,"depth":792,"text":174},{"id":196,"depth":792,"text":197},{"id":454,"depth":792,"text":455},{"id":487,"depth":792,"text":488},{"id":522,"depth":792,"text":523},{"id":651,"depth":792,"text":652,"children":802},[803,804,805,806,807],{"id":655,"depth":795,"text":656},{"id":662,"depth":795,"text":663},{"id":669,"depth":795,"text":670},{"id":676,"depth":795,"text":677},{"id":683,"depth":795,"text":684},{"id":692,"depth":792,"text":693},"Developer Guide","2026-09-18","When a set drops, collectors search for those cards the same afternoon. PokéWallet loads new Pokémon and One Piece sets on release day, prices them on TCGplayer and Cardmarket together, and costs about 120x less per request than the most expensive API on the market.","md","\u002Fblog\u002Fpokemon\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fday-zero-pokewallet-ships-pokemon-sets-release-day.webp","A new Pokémon set releasing on day zero with card data and TCGplayer and Cardmarket prices loading simultaneously across a developer dashboard.",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fpokemon\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fday-zero-pokewallet-ships-pokemon-sets-release-day","8 min read",{"title":5,"description":811},"blog\u002Fpokemon\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fday-zero-pokewallet-ships-pokemon-sets-release-day",[822,823,824,825,826,827,828,829],"pokemon tcg api","pokemon card price api","cardmarket api","tcgplayer api","one piece tcg api","pokemon api comparison","tcg data api","pokemon set data","KkUylfC2FfueQWgsvqbvsa-7jStxXgW0zOWF3EmvXOM",1789824367661]