Pikachu #49 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 22 Oct 2026Related Pikachu & chase cards
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Pikachu #49 comes from the Evolving Skies set, released back in 2021, and it's the kind of card that makes even seasoned collectors smile: a Common, drawn in that soft chibi style that turns the world's most famous mouse into something almost too cute to trade away.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.07, up 0% over the past year, with an all-time high of $3.41 in June 2024.
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Pikachu price at every grade
Market value at each grade. The population is hidden: PriceCharting shows the same counts for another card, so we cannot tell which card they belong to.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $103 | - |
| PSA 9 | $27 | - |
| PSA 8 | $25 | - |
| PSA 7 | $18 | - |
| PSA 6 | $15 | - |
| PSA 5 | $7.00 | - |
| PSA 4 | $6.00 | - |
| PSA 3 | $5.00 | - |
| PSA 2 | $5.00 | - |
| PSA 1 | - | - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.78 | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Card number
- 49 of 237
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- chibi
- Released
- 2021
Attacks
- EnergizeLightning
Attach a Lightning Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon.
- Electro Ball30Lightning · Colorless · Colorless
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The collector's take on Pikachu
Is Pikachu worth grading?
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.
Where can you pull Pikachu?
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.
Questions people ask
How much is Pikachu worth?+
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.
Is Pikachu worth grading?+
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.
How much is a PSA 10 Pikachu worth?+
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.
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