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Aug 24, 2026One release, five sets: reading the Hobbit wave in the break-away digestSix of the top twenty cross-game break-aways at the latest market prices are Magic cards from five different sets, none of them the new one. The sets moved a few percent. The cards moved +192% to +284% beyond them. The Hobbit launched in the middle.Jul 27, 2026One tribe, seven products: reading the squirrel break-awayEleven squirrel printings broke away from their sets in a single 30-day window while every one of those sets stayed nearly flat. What a tribe-level demand shock looks like when you separate each card's move from its set's move.Jul 27, 2026One name, nine printings: reading the Nazgûl break-awayNine Nazgûl printings broke away from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth in a single 30-day window while the set itself moved a few percent. What a one-card, nine-art demand shock looks like when each printing's move is separated from the set's move.
