Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa #279/XY-P value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa & chase cards
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The Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa #279/XY-P is one of those Japanese promos that collectors talk about long after they've stopped chasing everything else, a special release tied to Pokemon's 20th birthday celebrations that carries real weight in the promo world. If you're digging into Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa value, the short version is this: it's a card that commands serious money whether it's sitting raw in a sleeve or locked in a graded slab, and the numbers back that up. Right now raw copies sit at $7,518, which tells you everything about how collectors feel about this one.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $8.6k, up 61% over the past year, with an all-time high of $8.6k in September 2026.
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Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 1,604 graded, only 1,265 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $23k | 1,265 |
| PSA 9 | $16k | 184 |
| PSA 8 | $15k | 68 |
| PSA 7 | - | 38 |
| PSA 6 | $11k | 22 |
| PSA 5 | $2.5k | 17 |
| PSA 4 | $2.1k | 5 |
| PSA 3 | $1.8k | 2 |
| PSA 2 | $1.6k | 2 |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $8.6k | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
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The collector's take on Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa
Is Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa worth grading?
So is Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa worth grading? Let's look at the math first. A raw copy runs $7,518, a Grade 9 sits at $14,850, and a PSA 10 tops out at $31,522, which works out to about 4.2 times the raw price. That's a meaningful jump, no question. But here's the honest part: gem mint 10s are hard to land, this is a card where centering and surface quality get picked apart by graders, and grading costs money and time regardless of what comes back. If you've got a copy that looks clean under a loupe, sending it in can make sense given that multiplier. If it's got soft corners or edge wear, you might be better off holding it raw or selling as is rather than gambling on a 10 that doesn't materialize.
How rare is Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa?
Only 1,604 copies of this card have been graded in total, and of those, 1,265 are sitting at PSA 10. That's a striking number when you think about it, most of what's out there in graded form has already hit the top grade, which tells you either the card grades well when it's in good shape, or the copies that get submitted tend to be the nicer ones people saved. Either way, a total population under two thousand across all grades keeps this firmly in scarce territory, and that scarcity is a big part of why the Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa price holds up the way it does.
Where can you pull Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa?
This is where PackSpy's data actually earns its keep, because we track real pulls across pack sites rather than just guessing. We've recorded this card pulled 200 or more times across collector-crypt, courtyard, tilt-rips, lastpack, packs, and mnstr, so it's not some phantom card people only see in price guides, it genuinely shows up. The biggest recorded pull came in at $3,700, and we've seen it surface in packs like the Starter Pokémon Gacha Pack, Anime Pop Culture Gacha, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Starter Pack, and Pokemon Premium Pack. Worth saying plainly though: opening packs chasing a specific card is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus rather than a plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa worth?+
A raw, ungraded Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa is currently valued at $7,518. Graded copies climb from there, with Grade 9 sitting at $14,850 and PSA 10 reaching $31,522.
Is Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 4.2 times the raw price. That said, gem mint copies are genuinely hard to pull off, so only send in copies that look clean, since grading fees and the risk of a lower grade are real costs to weigh.
How much is a PSA 10 Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa worth?+
A PSA 10 copy is valued at $31,522, making it by far the most valuable version of this card. Out of 1,604 total graded copies, 1,265 have achieved that PSA 10 grade.
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