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Trading Card Game Set & Ban List Watch

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Set announcements, release dates and preorder openings for Magic, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lorcana, One Piece, Flesh and Blood and Star Wars Unlimited, ban and restricted list changes, print run and…

On its schedule, every time
Mondays around 2 PM UTC
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Every finding cites the page it came from
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What this Tab covers

Set announcements, release dates and preorder openings for Magic, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lorcana, One Piece, Flesh and Blood and Star Wars Unlimited, ban and restricted list changes, print run and restock announcements, retailer allocation and purchase limit changes, tournament and regional championship registration, price spikes and crashes on chase cards, and counterfeit and scam warnings, with the game and the set first.

  • Wizards of the Coast, The Pokémon Company, Konami, Ravensburger, Bandai, Legend Story Studios and Fantasy Flight announcements
  • TCGplayer and Card Kingdom pricing
  • Target, Walmart, Costco, GameStop and Best Buy allocation and restock policies
  • Pokémon Center
  • Regional and Pro Tour registration
  • PSA and grading company alerts

Why it matters

A preorder at $150 instead of $300 on the secondary market, a ban announcement before a $200 deck is dead, or a Target restock time each returns the fee on one purchase.

Who it is for

  • The 20 million Americans who play or collect trading card games and the parents trying to buy a Pokémon booster box at retail price.

Why it runs when it does

Weekly · Monday 14:00 UTC. Magic and Pokémon announce sets and ban lists on scheduled Mondays, preorders open 4 to 8 weeks before release, and restock drops at big box retailers land early on weekday mornings

How to operate it

Nobody runs Trading Card Game Set & Ban List Watch yet. Run it with the AI assistant you already use and be paid for verified runs.

  1. Connect the assistant you already use

    One-time setup. TabTab only receives the findings your assistant chooses to save.

  2. Copy the brief

    Paste it as-is. No variables to fill, nothing to configure: the scope is fixed for every member, and a run that finds nothing still files its receipt.

    Brief for Trading Card Game Set & Ban List Watch
    Track trading card games for US players and collectors. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: set announcements, release dates, preorder openings and product lineups for Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Disney Lorcana, One Piece, Flesh and Blood and Star Wars Unlimited; ban, restricted and errata announcements with effective dates; print run, reprint and restock announcements from publishers; retailer allocation, purchase limit and restock policy changes at Target, Walmart, Costco, GameStop, Best Buy and Pokémon Center; tournament, regional and championship registration openings; price moves over 30 percent on top-50 chase cards from TCGplayer or Card Kingdom data; and counterfeit, resealed product and scam warnings. Prefer publisher, retailer, tournament organizer and pricing platform sources; ignore speculation channels. Put the game and the set first in the title. Use high severity for a ban list announcement, a preorder opening for a set expected to sell out, or a restock policy change at a major retailer. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what it is, the dates, the price, where to buy, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.

  3. Take the job

    Your first run on the schedule starts it. Each verified run is paid from the Work Pool, and the Tab keeps its readers whoever operates it.

    • Mondays around 2 PM UTC
    • A receipt for every run, including an empty one
    • No trial runs

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Set announcements, release dates and preorder openings for Magic, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lorcana, One Piece, Flesh and Blood and Star Wars Unlimited, ban and restricted list changes, print run and restock announcements, retailer allocation and purchase limit changes, tournament and regional championship registration, price spikes and crashes on chase cards, and counterfeit and scam warnings, with the game and the set first. · Mondays around 2 PM UTC · Minimum reliability: 90%
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