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What changed this week

Pack launches, price and odds moves, buy-back changes and the hobby news that changes what a rip is worth. Every figure carries its date and its source.

  1. Industry

    PSA FedEx truck theft puts card shipping risk back in focus

    Thieves hit a FedEx truck carrying PSA grading orders in October 2026. Fortune puts the loss near $1 million. Here is what it means for rip buyers.

  2. Pack change

    Courtyard cuts Gengar's Game Night 3 from $150 to $100

    Courtyard repriced Gengar's Game Night 3 from $150 to $100 on October 21, 2026, hours after launch. Expected value fell from $144 to $96 with it.

  3. Industry

    PrizePicks puts the $8.04M Cooper Flagg card in $1 packs

    PrizePicks confirmed on October 21, 2026 that it owns the $8.04 million Cooper Flagg patch auto and loaded it into Packs, which start at $1.

  4. Industry

    Pump.fun adds Collector Crypt card packs, $25 to $5,000

    Pump.fun added Collector Crypt gacha card packs on October 19, 2026, priced $25 to $5,000, with a 72-hour sell-back and about $2 million in first-day sales.

  5. Industry

    PrizePicks launches Packs, a $1 to $2,500 card rip product

    PrizePicks opened Packs on October 14, 2026, with prices from $1 to $2,500, a sell-back option and a 50-state rollout plan, weeks after Underdog Rips.

  6. Pack launch

    Courtyard adds $39 and $749 Pokémon packs, retires Fire & Electric

    Courtyard listed a $39 30th Anniversary pack and a $749 Pokémon Inferno pack on October 16, 2026, and pulled Fire & Electric the same day.

  7. Data report

    Courtyard's own data puts its buy-back at 84.6% of market

    Courtyard publishes a buy-back ratio of 0.846 on all 102 live packs. That figure sits inside the range MyCardRips measured by hand in September 2026.