Pikachu 1st Edition Red Cheeks #58 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 7 Sept 2026Related Pikachu & chase cards
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Pikachu needs no introduction, and this particular version, the 1st Edition Red Cheeks #58 from the 1999 Base Set, is the one collectors point to when they talk about the character's original card. It's technically a Common by rarity, illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita, but the demand around it has never really matched that label. If you're trying to work out Pikachu's value today, a raw copy sits at $218, which tells you plenty about how much love this little card still gets.
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Card details
- Set
- Base Set
- Card number
- 58 of 102
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 40
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Gnaw10Colorless
- Thunder Jolt30Lightning · Colorless
Flip a coin. If tails, Pikachu does 10 damage to itself.
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The collector's take on Pikachu
Is Pikachu worth grading?
Here's where it gets interesting: a raw Pikachu is $218, a Grade 9 jumps to $2,534, and a PSA 10 sits at $18,688, which works out to 85.8 times the raw price. That's a serious gap, and it's the reason so many people ask if grading Pikachu is worth it. The honest answer is that gem mint copies from 1999 are genuinely tough to land, print lines, edge wear and centering from that era all work against you, so you're sending in a card and hoping, not guaranteeing. Grading costs money and time either way, so it only makes sense if your copy already looks close to perfect under a good light. If it's got soft corners or visible print dots, you're probably better off enjoying it raw or selling it as is.
How rare is Pikachu?
Being a Common doesn't mean this card is easy to find in the condition collectors want. Base Set Pikachu was printed in huge numbers back in 1999, but the 1st Edition Red Cheeks stamp marks it as part of an early, specific print run, and a quarter century of handling, sun exposure and basement storage has taken its toll on surviving copies. That's really the story with this card: plenty exist, but pristine ones are a different matter entirely, and that gap is exactly what pushes the PSA 10 price so far above the raw figure.
Where can you pull Pikachu?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, since price guides can't tell you this part. We've recorded this exact Pikachu pulled once across the pack sites we monitor, that pull came from phygitals, inside a pack called black-pack, and the biggest recorded pull value we've logged for it was $2,395. That single data point says a lot: pulling a 1st Edition Red Cheeks Pikachu from a live pack today is rare, and most collectors chasing this card end up buying it on the secondary market rather than hoping to rip it. Worth remembering too that pack opening is a gamble by nature, most rips don't come close to covering the cost, so treat any pull as a bonus, not the plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Pikachu worth?+
A raw, ungraded 1st Edition Red Cheeks Pikachu #58 is valued at $218. Send it off for grading and a Grade 9 brings $2,534, while a PSA 10 gem mint copy reaches $18,688. The condition really does make all the difference here.
Is Pikachu worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 85.8 times what a raw copy goes for. But gem mint grades on a 1999 card are genuinely hard to hit, so it's only worth the cost and risk if your copy is already sharp with clean edges and centering.
Why is the Pikachu 1st Edition Red Cheeks #58 print worth more than the standard one?+
The 1st Edition stamp marks it as part of the earliest print run of Base Set, which collectors have always valued higher than later reprints. Combine that with the Red Cheeks variation and Mitsuhiro Arita's original artwork, and you've got a card that carries extra history most standard Pikachu prints simply don't have.
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