Question 1

Is Pikachu worth grading?

Accepted Answer

Here's the honest answer to 'is Pikachu worth grading': raw, this card sits at $1, but a PSA 10 has been valued at $183, which works out to about 147.6 times the raw price. That's a real jump, and it's easy to see why people send copies in. But a Grade 9 has been valued at $275, which is a good reminder that grading outcomes don't always move in a straight line, and results can surprise you either way. Grading costs money and takes time, gem mint isn't guaranteed even on a clean-looking card, and with a Common like this, you want to be honest with yourself about whether the potential return is worth the fees and the wait. If you've got a pack-fresh copy with sharp corners and clean centering, it might be worth the shot. If it's already got wear, the raw price is probably your answer.

Question 2

How rare is Pikachu?

Accepted Answer

Across every copy submitted for grading, PackSpy shows a population of 891, and of those, 339 have come back as PSA 10. For a Common card, that's a fairly generous slice earning the top grade, which tells you Pikachu isn't an especially tough card to find in gem mint condition when a sharp copy comes along. That said, population numbers like these still matter: they're the difference between a guess and a grounded answer when someone asks how much is Pikachu worth in any given grade.

Question 3

Where can you pull Pikachu?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy's own data comes in, because we track real pulls across pack-opening sites rather than just guessing at odds. Pikachu #49 has been recorded pulled 200 or more times across courtyard, packs, mnstr, collector-crypt, tilt-rips, and lastpack, and it's turned up in packs like the Pokémon Pro Pack, XY Evolutions, Pack 3, the Pokémon Diamond Pack, and the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack. The biggest recorded pull value on this card hit $11,303, which shows just how much a single rip can swing depending on what else lands in the pack. Worth remembering though: opening packs is gambling, and most rips don't come close to that kind of number, so treat any pack purchase as entertainment first and investment second.

Question 4

How much is Pikachu worth?

Accepted Answer

Raw and ungraded, Pikachu #49 from Evolving Skies is valued at $1. That's the starting point most people find, since the vast majority of copies out there are ungraded and traded at that everyday price.

Question 5

Is Pikachu worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It depends on the copy. A PSA 10 has been valued at $183, which is about 147.6 times the raw price, and a Grade 9 has been valued at $275, so grading can pay off. But grading costs money upfront with no guarantee, so it makes the most sense for copies that look genuinely gem mint already.

Question 6

How much is a PSA 10 Pikachu worth?

Accepted Answer

A PSA 10 Pikachu #49 has been valued at $183. Out of the 891 copies graded so far, 339 have reached that PSA 10 mark, giving you a real sense of how attainable, or not, that top grade actually is.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$85	339	183 / 156
PSA 9	$19	371	275 / 96
PSA 8	$17	120	81 / 39
PSA 7	$9.01	32	19 / 13
PSA 6	$5.50	17	13 / 4
PSA 5	$4.00	4	3 / 1
PSA 4	$3.00	4	4 / -
PSA 3	$3.00	2	2 / -
PSA 2	$3.00	1	- / 1
PSA 1	-	1	1 / -
Raw / Ungraded	$0.70	-	-

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