Flying Pikachu VMAX #7 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 25 Aug 2026Related Flying Pikachu VMAX & chase cards
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Flying Pikachu VMAX is one of the most beloved chase cards from the 2021 Celebrations set, a holo rare VMAX illustrated by aky CG Works that captures Pikachu mid-flight in a way that just feels joyful to look at. It's the kind of card that gets pulled once and remembered forever, and if you're trying to pin down Flying Pikachu VMAX value right now, the short answer is that a raw copy sits at $8 while a PSA 10 can bring $99. Celebrations was a special anniversary set, and cards like this one carry that nostalgia along with real collector demand.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $7.99, up 33% over the past year, with an all-time high of $7.99 in September 2026.
Recent pulls of Flying Pikachu VMAX
Real pulls of this card across the tracked pack-opening sites, data no price guide has.
$23PSA 9 MINTWildcard Starter PackCourtyard · 3m ago
$122RawBest of Sword & ShieldPacks · 8m ago$122RawBest of Sword & ShieldPacks · 8m ago
$14CGC GEM MINT 10Starter Pokémon Gacha PackCollector Crypt · 22m ago
-RawPokémon Starter PackPackz · 27m ago
$7.82RawrookieLastpack · 28m ago$9.29RawCelebrations PackPacks · 29m ago
$8.29Ultra RareNovice PackTilt Rips · 30m ago
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Flying Pikachu VMAX price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1 graded.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $94 | - | - / - |
| PSA 9 | $28 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 8 | $19 | - | - / - |
| PSA 7 | $14 | - | - / - |
| PSA 6 | $11 | - | - / - |
| PSA 5 | $11 | - | - / - |
| PSA 4 | $9.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 3 | $7.50 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $7.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $7.99 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Celebrations
- Card number
- 7 of 25
- Rarity
- Holo Rare VMAX
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 310
- Stage
- VMAX
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat cost
- 0
- Illustrator
- aky CG Works
- Released
- 2021
Attacks
- Max Balloon160Lightning · Colorless · Colorless
During your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks from Basic Pokémon.
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The collector's take on Flying Pikachu VMAX
Is Flying Pikachu VMAX worth grading?
Here's the honest math: a raw Flying Pikachu VMAX runs $8, a Grade 9 sits at $25, and a PSA 10 commands $99, which works out to 13.1 times what the raw card is worth. That's a meaningful jump, but it comes with a catch. Gem mint 10s are genuinely hard to land, centering and edge wear on VMAX cards trip people up more than you'd expect, and grading fees plus shipping and waiting time eat into any profit if the card comes back a 9 instead. If you already own a copy that looks sharp under a loupe and you're not in a rush, grading can make sense. If you're buying raw specifically to grade and flip, treat it like a gamble, not a plan.
How rare is Flying Pikachu VMAX?
This is where the numbers get genuinely surprising. Across all grading services, there is only 1 graded copy of Flying Pikachu VMAX in existence right now. That is an extraordinarily small population for a card this well known, and it means most of the copies out there in binders and toploaders have simply never been sent in. Scarcity at the graded level tends to support value at the top end, since a single existing graded copy makes any PSA 10 that surfaces later a genuine rarity within a rarity.
Where can you pull Flying Pikachu VMAX?
This is the part price guides can't tell you, but our pull tracking across collector-crypt, packs, courtyard, mnstr, and lastpack can. We've recorded Flying Pikachu VMAX pulled 200 or more times across those sites, showing up in products like the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, VMAX Stampede, Pokémon Starter Pack, and Pokémon Pro Pack. The biggest single pull we've logged for this card hit $20,541, which shows just how much a hot pull can swing when the right buyer is watching. Worth saying plainly though, opening packs chasing a card like this is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to that number. If you just want the card in hand, buying it directly on the secondary market is usually the steadier route.
Questions people ask
How much is Flying Pikachu VMAX worth?+
A raw, ungraded Flying Pikachu VMAX is valued at $8. Graded copies climb from there, with a Grade 9 at $25 and a PSA 10 reaching $99. Condition and grading make a real difference here, so it's worth checking your copy closely before deciding what it's worth to you.
Is Flying Pikachu VMAX worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 13.1 times the raw price of $8. But with only 1 graded copy on record, gem mint is clearly tough to hit, and grading fees plus the risk of a lower grade coming back mean it's worth weighing carefully rather than assuming a 10 is guaranteed.
What set is Flying Pikachu VMAX from?+
Flying Pikachu VMAX is card #7 from the Celebrations set, released in 2021 for Pokémon's 25th anniversary. It's a holo rare VMAX illustrated by aky CG Works, and it's remained a favorite from that set ever since.
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