Question 1

Is Pikachu ex worth grading?

Accepted Answer

So is it worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy sits at $1,580, and a PSA 10 sits at $2,368, which works out to about 1.5x the raw price. That's a real jump, no question, but gem mint is not a given. Out of 164 total graded copies, 126 have made it to PSA 10, which sounds like a lot until you remember that's the number of copies that already survived the process, not the odds for the one sitting in your binder. Grading costs money and takes time, and there's always a chance a copy comes back as a Grade 9 instead, which currently sits at $1,226, meaningfully below raw. If your copy looks clean under a loupe with sharp corners and centered printing, grading can pay off. If you're on the fence, it might be smarter to hold raw and let the card do its thing.

Question 2

How rare is Pikachu ex?

Accepted Answer

With only 164 graded copies in existence, Pikachu ex is not a card you're going to stumble across in every trade binder. What's interesting is that the split leans heavily toward the top: 126 of those 164 are already PSA 10s. That tells you two things. First, this card tends to come out of packs in pretty good shape to begin with. Second, once you're outside that gem mint tier, the pool of Grade 9s and below is genuinely small, which is part of why the Grade 9 price sits noticeably under raw, that segment of the population is thin and less competed over. Scarcity like this is exactly why the Pikachu ex value holds up the way it does.

Question 3

Where can you pull Pikachu ex?

Accepted Answer

This is where PackSpy earns its keep, because we don't just quote a price guide, we track real pulls across real pack sites. Pikachu ex has been pulled 200 or more times across courtyard, mnstr, collector-crypt, tilt-rips, packs, and gachapull, so this isn't a card living purely on the secondary market, people are actually hitting it live. The biggest recorded pull came in at $3,698, which gives you a sense of the ceiling when the packaging and timing line up. We've seen it turn up in Pokémon Starter Pack, Elemental Legends: Fire & Electric, Pack 2, Pokémon Platinum Pack, and Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth saying plainly: opening packs is gambling, and most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so treat any pull as a bonus, not a plan.

Question 4

How much is Pikachu ex worth?

Accepted Answer

A raw, ungraded Pikachu ex currently sits at $1,580. Graded copies move in both directions from there, a Grade 9 runs $1,226 while a PSA 10 reaches $2,368, so condition really does shift the price quite a bit.

Question 5

Is Pikachu ex worth grading?

Accepted Answer

It can be, since a PSA 10 sells for about 1.5x the raw price at $2,368 versus $1,580. Just know that gem mint isn't guaranteed, and a Grade 9 actually comes in below raw at $1,226, so grading is worth it mainly if your copy is genuinely sharp.

Question 6

What set is Pikachu ex from?

Accepted Answer

Pikachu ex, card #764, comes from the Japanese Start Deck 100 Battle Collection set. It's the kind of set-specific detail that matters a lot when you're comparing prices, since the same character can carry very different values across different releases.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$2.3k	137	- / 137
PSA 9	$1.3k	35	- / 35
PSA 8	$1.2k	11	- / 11
PSA 7	-	-	- / -
PSA 6	-	1	- / 1
PSA 5	$540	-	- / -
PSA 4	$459	-	- / -
PSA 3	$390	-	- / -
PSA 2	$351	-	- / -
PSA 1	-	-	- / -
Raw / Ungraded	$899	-	-

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