Three takeaways
- The largest gaps in 2026 cluster in SV8 Super Electric Breaker and SV7 Stellar Miracle, where English supply remains tight.
- Discounts of 30%+ are still common on the top chase tier; for budget chases the gap narrows to 15-20%.
- Trainer SRs (Iono, Penny) consistently show the widest gaps because of structural English-side scarcity.
Every card on this list is something we'd actually buy at current prices, in JP, for an overseas collection — assuming you're not paying punitive shipping. The list is sorted by % gap (highest first), not by total dollar savings, because gap is the cleaner signal of structural mispricing.
The Top 20 (by JP-EN % gap)
| # | Card | Set | JP | EN (¥) | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umbreon ex SAR | SV8 Super Electric Breaker | ¥48,500 | ¥72,800 | JP −33% |
| 2 | Iono SR | SV8 Super Electric Breaker | ¥9,800 | ¥14,500 | JP −32% |
| 3 | Lugia ex SAR | SV7 Stellar Miracle | ¥28,500 | ¥38,400 | JP −26% |
| 4 | Lillie's Clefairy ex SAR | SV8a Battle Partners | ¥21,800 | ¥32,400 | JP −33% |
| 5 | Ho-Oh ex UR | SV7 Stellar Miracle | ¥22,500 | ¥31,800 | JP −29% |
| 6 | Pikachu ex SAR | SV8 Super Electric Breaker | ¥32,400 | ¥45,200 | JP −28% |
| 7 | Latias ex SAR | SV8 Super Electric Breaker | ¥18,900 | ¥26,400 | JP −28% |
| 8 | N's Zoroark ex SAR | SV8a Battle Partners | ¥14,200 | ¥19,400 | JP −27% |
| 9 | Heatran ex SAR | SV8 Super Electric Breaker | ¥6,500 | ¥8,900 | JP −27% |
| 10 | Terapagos ex UR | SV7 Stellar Miracle | ¥12,400 | ¥16,200 | JP −23% |
| 11 | Gardevoir ex SAR | SV8a Battle Partners | ¥15,800 | ¥20,100 | JP −21% |
| 12 | Ogerpon ex Hearthflame SAR | SV6 Mask of Change | ¥17,600 | ¥22,800 | JP −23% |
| 13 | Miraidon ex UR | SV8 Super Electric Breaker | ¥7,800 | ¥9,900 | JP −21% |
| 14 | Pecharunt ex UR | SV6 Mask of Change | ¥4,800 | ¥6,400 | JP −25% |
| 15 | Iron Hands ex UR | SV8 Super Electric Breaker | ¥4,200 | ¥5,100 | JP −18% |
| 16 | N's Reshiram ex SR | SV8a Battle Partners | ¥5,400 | ¥7,200 | JP −25% |
| 17 | Penny SR (Trainer) | SV7 Stellar Miracle | ¥5,200 | ¥7,400 | JP −30% |
| 18 | Iono's Bellibolt ex SR | SV8a Battle Partners | ¥3,200 | ¥4,300 | JP −26% |
| 19 | Eternatus ex SR | SV7 Stellar Miracle | ¥2,400 | ¥3,200 | JP −25% |
| 20 | Iron Crown ex SR | SV7 Stellar Miracle | ¥1,900 | ¥2,500 | JP −24% |
EN prices use TCGPlayer market data converted at ¥150/$1. Updated weekly. JP prices from Ka-Nabell. Cards without an active linked page are tracked but not yet in detail-page coverage.
How to read this list
Three things matter when interpreting % gap:
- Total dollar savings ≠ % gap. Umbreon ex saves you ~¥24,000 in absolute terms; Iono SR only ¥4,700. But the % is what tells you whether the market is structurally mispricing the JP print, which is the predictable signal.
- Shipping flattens small gaps. If you're paying ¥2,500–¥4,000 international shipping, anything under a ¥3,000 gap is questionable as a single-card buy. Build a basket.
- The gap narrows post-English-release. Cards 1–10 on this list are JP prints whose English equivalents have been out for 6+ months. Cards from sets with no English equivalent yet (One Piece OP10) are excluded; those gaps are usually narrower because there's no English market to compare to.
Which of these would we actually buy?
If we were building a portfolio today with these 20 names, we'd take a basket approach rather than concentrating:
- Core (50%): Lugia ex SAR (#3), Lillie's Clefairy ex SAR (#4), Ho-Oh ex UR (#5). These are the highest-conviction long-term holds with structurally widest gaps.
- Trainer SRs (25%): Iono SR (#2), Penny SR (#17). Underappreciated as collector-grade cards because everyone is focused on Pokémon SARs. The gap suggests this won't last.
- Beta names (15%): Latias ex SAR (#7), N's Zoroark ex SAR (#8). Higher variance, but the gap is wide and the floor is reasonable.
- Cash / wait (10%): Don't fully deploy. SV8 boxes are likely to reprint in late 2026; that's the catalyst that closes some of these gaps and creates new entries lower.
What we'd skip
Cards 14–20 on the list look like value on paper but most are budget chases where the absolute savings don't justify the friction of an international order. If you're already buying 1–10 anyway, throw them in the cart. But don't make a special trip for an Iron Hands ex UR.
Also: Umbreon ex SAR (#1) is genuinely the biggest gap on this list, but it's also the most well-known card on it. We'd argue that the gap is unlikely to close further before consolidating — i.e., the JP price catches up rather than the EN price falling. So as an arbitrage play we prefer #2–#10. As a "buy what you love" play, Umbreon is fine.
How this list updates
We re-rank this weekly using fresh JP and EN data. The composition shifts as new sets release and old chases consolidate. To track changes between updates, use the JP vs EN price comparison tool directly — it sorts every tracked card by current % gap.