Eight days into the IEM Cologne 2026 sticker capsule cycle, the May 28 secondary-market snapshot:
Group A team holos
- Vitality holo: $1.26 mean (+27% from launch floor) — leads the Group A field. The Lions Roar limited-edition jersey reveal on May 26 was the catalyst for the move past the +20% line, with sticker-collector communities reading the kit as extra Vitality-specific demand signal.
- Spirit holo: $1.18 mean (+19%) — second-place, with the PGL-Astana-stitched jersey reveal contributing a smaller bump than Vitality's.
- NAVI holo: $1.15 mean (+16%) — steady gains, no specific catalyst this week.
- FaZe holo: $1.04 mean (+5%) — the underperformer of the cycle. FaZe's Major absence does not have a holo tied to it (their holo went into the Group A pool before the qualification cut), but the sticker market has priced in the missing-Major signal.
Champions capsule speculative bid
The Champions capsule has begun lifting off its $0.99 launch floor — now $1.07 mean across Skinport, Waxpeer, and Steam Market. The mean is purely speculative-positioning since Stage 3 has not yet populated the actual Champions team list, but the early bid is meaningful: it suggests trader interest in the Champions capsule as a Stage-3-bracket exposure vehicle rather than waiting for the actual Stage 3 opening on June 17.
Berlin 2019 holos round-trip complete
The pre-Major rally on Berlin 2019 holos has fully unwound. The May 20 piece flagged Berlin 2019 holos at +18% three-day from baseline, and as of May 28 the holos are trading at -2% from the same pre-rally baseline. The full round-trip in 8 days is the classic Major-cycle speculation pattern - the speculative bid pulls forward in the week before the Major, then unwinds as attention rotates to the current-Major capsules. Boston 2018 gold-tier capsules are the only legacy tier still extending (+34% from May 20, vs +28% on May 25 read).
Daily price tracking across all sources is available in the SkinPulse Skin Database, with the full Major sticker and capsule catalogue under daily refresh.
