Pikachu #29 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Pikachu & chase cards
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Pikachu needs no introduction, and this particular version, card #29 from the Japanese Best of XY set released in 2017, is a lovely one for collectors who love the character art over the flashy rarities. Illustrated by kodama, it doesn't carry a special rarity tag, which keeps it accessible while still being genuinely charming to own. If you're searching for Pikachu value right now, the short answer is that it sits at $8 raw, but that number tells only part of the story once grading enters the picture.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $11, up 98% over the past year, with an all-time high of $25 in May 2022.
Recent pulls of Pikachu
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Pikachu price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 617 graded, only 442 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $219 | 442 | 367 / 75 |
| PSA 9 | $38 | 122 | 105 / 17 |
| PSA 8 | $33 | 37 | 26 / 11 |
| PSA 7 | $25 | 8 | 7 / 1 |
| PSA 6 | $20 | 6 | 6 / - |
| PSA 5 | $16 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 4 | $14 | 1 | 1 / - |
| PSA 3 | $12 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $11 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $11 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 29
- Rarity
- None
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- kodama
Attacks
- Tail Whap10
- Spark20
This attack does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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The collector's take on Pikachu
Is Pikachu worth grading?
So is Pikachu worth grading? A PSA 10 sells for $247 against an $8 raw card, which works out to 31.2 times the ungraded price, and that gap is what gets collectors excited. But gem mint is called gem mint for a reason: centering, edge wear and surface flaws that you'd never notice by eye can knock a card down a grade, and a Grade 9 only fetches $50. Add in the grading fee, the shipping, and the wait time, and you're taking a real gamble on a card that might come back a 9 instead of a 10. If you already own a copy that looks sharp under a loupe, it's worth a shot. If you're buying raw copies purely to grade and flip, go in knowing the odds aren't guaranteed.
How rare is Pikachu?
There's no official rarity slot attached to this Pikachu, which places it more in the fun, widely printed tier of the Best of XY set rather than the chase-card category. We don't have population figures to point to here, so it's hard to say exactly how few gem mint copies exist, but the pricing gap between raw, Grade 9 and PSA 10 tells its own story: high grades are clearly harder to come by than the raw supply suggests. That scarcity at the top end is really what drives the PSA 10 price so far above the raw and Grade 9 figures.
Where can you pull Pikachu?
This is where PackSpy's data actually earns its keep. We've tracked Pikachu pulled 200 or more times across sites including mnstr, courtyard, collector-crypt, tilt-rips, packs and lastpack, so this isn't a card gathering dust on the secondary market, it genuinely shows up in rips. It's turned up in products like Pack 3, the Pokémon Diamond Pack, the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, the Pokémon Starter Pack and the Wildcard Basic Pack. The biggest recorded pull tied to this card hit $11,303, which is a good reminder that pack odds swing wildly and most openings won't come close to that number. Opening packs is fun, but treat it as entertainment first, not an investment plan.
Questions people ask
How much is Pikachu worth?+
A raw, ungraded Pikachu from the Best of XY set is worth $8. Once you get into graded copies the price climbs fast, with a Grade 9 at $50 and a PSA 10 reaching $247.
Is Pikachu worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for 31.2 times the raw price. Just know that hitting a true gem mint 10 isn't guaranteed, and grading fees plus the risk of a lower grade are worth factoring in before you send one off.
How much is a PSA 10 Pikachu worth?+
A PSA 10 copy is valued at $247, a big jump from the $8 raw price and the $50 Grade 9 price. That gap reflects just how much collectors pay for a card in perfect condition.
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