Question 1

Is Pikachu worth grading?

Accepted Answer

Here is where it gets interesting. A raw, ungraded Pikachu sits at $2, which is about what you would expect for a common from a set like this. But a PSA 10, the gem mint grade collectors chase, is worth 84.3x that raw price, and a Grade 9 currently sits at $207. That is a real jump, and it is exactly why people bother sending commons like this in at all. The catch is that gem mint is not guaranteed. Grading costs money and takes time, and there is no refund if your Pikachu comes back a 9 instead of a 10, or lower. If your copy is sharp, centered well, and free of the little edge wear that print runs like this tend to have, grading can absolutely pay off. If it has any visible flaws, it is probably smarter to enjoy it raw or sell it as is rather than gamble on the grading fee.

Question 2

How rare is Pikachu?

Accepted Answer

Across every copy submitted so far, only 682 Pikachu cards from this print have been graded in total, and of those, 198 came back as PSA 10. That means gem mint copies make up a solid chunk of the graded population, which is worth knowing if you are trying to figure out how rare a true 10 actually is. It is not an ultra scarce card by any stretch, but the population numbers show that hitting perfect condition is far from automatic, and that scarcity at the top end is a big part of what keeps the PSA 10 price meaningfully above the raw one.

Question 3

Where can you pull Pikachu?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we watch real pack openings across sites, not just price guides. Pikachu has been pulled 200 or more times across courtyard, packs, collector-crypt, mnstr, tilt-rips, and lastpack, so it is genuinely out there in circulation rather than sitting only on the secondary market. The biggest recorded pull tied to this card hit $11,303, which shows how much variance there can be depending on what else comes out of that same rip. We have also seen it turn up in products like the Pokémon Starter Pack, XY Evolutions, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, Pokémon Pro Pack, and Pack 3. Worth remembering though, opening packs is gambling by nature, and most rips do not come close to recouping what you spend, so treat any pull like this as a nice surprise rather than a plan.

Question 4

How much is Pikachu worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Pikachu #49 from Silver Tempest is valued at $2. Once graded, the value shifts a lot depending on the grade, with a Grade 9 sitting at $207 and a PSA 10 at $129, so condition and grading really do change the Pikachu price.

Question 5

Is Pikachu worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth 84.3x the raw price. But grading costs money upfront and there is no guarantee your copy comes back gem mint, so it is worth only if your card looks genuinely clean before you send it in.

Question 6

How much is a PSA 10 Pikachu worth?

Accepted Answer

A PSA 10 Pikachu #49 is currently valued at $129. Only 198 of the 682 graded copies have reached that gem mint grade, so it represents a meaningful step up from the $2 raw price.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$116	198	129 / 69
PSA 9	$28	284	207 / 77
PSA 8	$25	126	67 / 59
PSA 7	$18	38	22 / 16
PSA 6	$15	21	16 / 5
PSA 5	$7.00	9	8 / 1
PSA 4	$6.00	5	5 / -
PSA 3	$5.00	1	1 / -
PSA 2	$5.00	-	- / -
PSA 1	-	-	- / -
Raw / Ungraded	$1.88	-	-

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