Pikachu ex #219 value & price
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Pikachu ex #219 is one of the headline Ultra Rares from the 2024 Surging Sparks set, brought to life by illustrator aky CG Works, and it's the kind of card that makes even casual collectors stop and look twice. If you've landed here wondering about Pikachu ex value, the short answer is that the raw card trades around $30, but that number tells you almost nothing about what graded copies are doing. Stick around and we'll walk through the real Pikachu ex price picture, grading and all.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $30, up 65% over the past year, with an all-time high of $36 in December 2024.
Recent pulls of Pikachu ex
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Pikachu ex price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 22,615 graded, only 9,883 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $181 | 9,883 | 9,028 / 855 |
| PSA 9 | $43 | 10,592 | 10,200 / 392 |
| PSA 8 | $29 | 1,811 | 1,661 / 150 |
| PSA 7 | $28 | 174 | 159 / 15 |
| PSA 6 | $22 | 93 | 92 / 1 |
| PSA 5 | $18 | 31 | 30 / 1 |
| PSA 4 | $16 | 20 | 20 / - |
| PSA 3 | $13 | 8 | 8 / - |
| PSA 2 | $12 | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 1 | - | 1 | 1 / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $30 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 219 of 252
- Rarity
- Ultra Rare
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 200
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- aky CG Works
- Released
- 2024
Attacks
- Topaz Bolt300Grass · Lightning · Metal
Discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon.
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The collector's take on Pikachu ex
Is Pikachu ex worth grading?
Here's where it gets interesting: a raw Pikachu ex sits at $30, but a PSA 10 commands $9,028, which works out to roughly 300.9 times the raw price. Normally that gap alone would be the whole story, but this card has a quirk worth knowing about, a Grade 9 copy is actually valued higher than a PSA 10 right now, at $10,200. That means chasing gem mint isn't the only path to a strong return here, a solid Grade 9 can pay off just as well, sometimes better. Grading still costs money and time, and there's always a chance your card comes back lower than you hoped, so weigh the fees against what you're actually holding before you send it in. If the corners and centering look clean, though, this is one of those cards where grading genuinely makes sense either way.
How rare is Pikachu ex?
Across all the copies submitted for grading, PackSpy shows a population of 22,615 for Pikachu ex, with 9,883 of those earning the coveted PSA 10 label. That's a fairly high share landing in gem mint territory, which tells you this card tends to grade well when it's handled carefully, but it also means a PSA 10 isn't some impossibly rare unicorn. It's scarce enough to hold serious value, just not so scarce that only a handful exist. That balance is part of why both the PSA 10 and Grade 9 prices stay strong.
Where can you pull Pikachu ex?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we don't just quote a price guide, we record actual pulls happening across pack sites in real time. So far we've logged Pikachu ex being pulled 1 time, with a biggest recorded pull value of $35, and that pull came out of the Pikachu, I choose you! pack. That single data point tells its own story: this card is rarely pulled live, and most collectors who own one bought it on the secondary market rather than ripping it themselves. Worth remembering too, opening packs chasing a card like this is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to covering their cost.
Questions people ask
How much is Pikachu ex worth?+
A raw, ungraded Pikachu ex is worth about $30. Once graded, the value jumps significantly, with a Grade 9 fetching $10,200 and a PSA 10 sitting at $9,028.
Is Pikachu ex worth grading?+
It can be, especially since a PSA 10 sells for roughly 300.9 times the raw price. Interestingly, Grade 9 copies of this card are currently valued even higher than PSA 10s, so a strong near-mint copy has real upside either way, just factor in grading fees and the chance your card doesn't come back gem mint.
What set is Pikachu ex from?+
Pikachu ex #219 comes from the Surging Sparks set, released in 2024. It's an Ultra Rare illustrated by aky CG Works, which is a big part of why collectors seek it out.
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