Pokémon Restock Report: Monthly Data for Target, Walmart, Best Buy
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Home · Pokémon Restock Report
First-party data · updated Oct 15, 2026

The Pokémon
Restock Report

Every month, Swooper publishes what its monitors saw at Target, Walmart, Best Buy, and Pokémon Center: how many Pokémon cards restocked, at what hours, on which days, which products came back, and when Walmart ran drawings instead. Real numbers, free to cite.

124restocks in September
82%overnight at Target
3 AMTarget peak hour (ET)
3Walmart drawings
Latest report

September 2026

  1. Swooper's monitors logged 124 Pokémon TCG restocks across Target, Walmart, and Best Buy in September 2026. Target accounted for 118 (95%).
  2. 82% of Target's restocks landed between 10 PM and 6 AM ET. The busiest hour was 3 AM.
  3. Target restocked on 19 of 30 days. Wednesdays (49) and Fridays (41) carried 76% of the month's restocks.
  4. Restocks came in waves: 74 of Target's 118 restocks (63%) were repeat restocks of the same product within two hours. The biggest: 30th Celebration Booster Bundle Box, restocked 8 times between 3:10 AM and 5:54 AM on Friday, September 11.
  5. The most-restocked product was the Mega Evolution Pitch Black Booster Bundle: 19 restocks at Target across 4 days.
  6. Walmart restocked Pokémon cards online 4 times and ran 3 online drawings instead, all on Wednesdays, covering 10 products.
  7. Target listed or relisted 15 Pokémon TCG products during the month.
  8. Best Buy logged 2 Pokémon TCG restocks.

Read the full September 2026 report →

Month by month

The trend.

Every month at a glance. The current month updates as the monitors run.

MonthAllTargetWalmartDrawingsBest Buy
October 2026so far3535030
September 2026124118432
August 2026partial month22516150014

Restocks of Pokémon sealed trading-card products. Drawings = Walmart online drawings. A partial month started after the 1st, so it is not a full month of data.

Archive

Every report.

Live data, updated daily:Target restock data →Walmart restock data →Best Buy restock data →

FAQ

Quick answers.

How often does Target restock Pokémon cards?

In September 2026, Swooper's monitors logged 118 Pokémon TCG restocks at Target on 19 of 30 days. Restocks cluster on a few busy nights and often come in waves of several restocks of the same product.

What time does Target restock Pokémon cards?

Mostly overnight. In September 2026, 82% of Target's Pokémon restocks landed between 10 PM and 6 AM ET, and the busiest hour was 3 AM ET.

Does Walmart still restock Pokémon cards online?

Rarely. In September 2026, Walmart restocked Pokémon TCG online 4 times and sold its most wanted products through 3 online drawings.

Where does this data come from?

From Swooper's own store monitors, which log every Pokémon TCG restock, drawing, and new listing the moment it happens. The full methodology is on each monthly report.

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