Pikachu Reverse Holo #74 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 8 Aug 2026Related Pikachu & chase cards
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Pikachu needs no introduction, and this particular printing, the Reverse Holo #74 from Fire Red & Leaf Green, is a lovely little piece of 2004 nostalgia that a lot of collectors go looking for by name. It's technically a common card, illustrated by Midori Harada, but the reverse holo treatment gives it that shimmer that makes people stop flipping through a binder and just look at it for a second. If you're trying to figure out Pikachu's value right now, raw copies sit at $100, which is a pretty approachable entry point for a card with this much charm.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $100, up 194% over the past year, with an all-time high of $105 in June 2026.
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Pikachu price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 409 graded, only 65 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $5.9k | 65 | 39 / 26 |
| PSA 9 | $377 | 133 | 117 / 16 |
| PSA 8 | $234 | 129 | 90 / 39 |
| PSA 7 | $130 | 53 | 37 / 16 |
| PSA 6 | $14 | 23 | 18 / 5 |
| PSA 5 | $11 | 4 | 2 / 2 |
| PSA 4 | $9.00 | 2 | 2 / - |
| PSA 3 | $8.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 2 | $7.00 | - | - / - |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $100 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Card number
- 74
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 50
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
Attacks
- Plasma10Colorless
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The collector's take on Pikachu
Is Pikachu worth grading?
So is Pikachu worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw copy runs $100, a Grade 9 sits at $284, and a true PSA 10 gem mint is valued at $2,552, which works out to about 25.5 times the raw price. That's a serious jump, and it's tempting to send every copy you own straight to a grading company hoping for a 10. But gem mint is genuinely hard to hit on cards from this era, corners soften, centering drifts, and print lines show up more than people expect. Grading costs money and takes time regardless of what comes back, so it only really makes sense if your raw copy already looks sharp under a light, clean edges, strong centering, no surface haze. If it's got visible wear, you're probably better off enjoying it raw or trading it as is.
How rare is Pikachu?
We don't have official population numbers to point to here, but the pricing gap itself tells you something important: when a Grade 9 is worth $284 and a PSA 10 jumps to $2,552, that tells you gem mint copies are genuinely tough to come by, not just slightly rarer. As a common card from a 2004 set, Pikachu wasn't printed as a chase card, but the older a set gets, the fewer pristine copies survive handling, sunlight, and twenty years of shoeboxes. That's really what drives the value at the top end, it's less about the card being rare on paper and more about how few copies made it through two decades in perfect shape.
Where can you pull Pikachu?
This is where PackSpy's own data comes in handy, and honestly it's a bit of a letdown for hopeful rippers: we haven't recorded a single pull of this Pikachu across any of the pack sites we track. That doesn't mean it's impossible to find in a pack, it means it's rare enough that it simply hasn't shown up yet in real, tracked openings. If you're chasing this specific card, your realistic path right now is the secondary market rather than pack odds, and that's worth knowing before you spend money hoping to pull it. Opening packs can be fun, but it's gambling at the end of the day, and most rips don't come close to covering their cost, so go in with your eyes open.
Questions people ask
How much is Pikachu worth?+
A raw, ungraded Pikachu Reverse Holo #74 is valued at $100 right now. Once you move into graded territory, a Grade 9 sits at $284, and a PSA 10 gem mint copy is valued at $2,552. So the price really depends on condition and whether it's been graded.
Is Pikachu worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth roughly 25.5 times the raw price of $100. But gem mint copies are genuinely hard to land, so it's worth being honest with yourself about the card's condition before you pay for grading. If it's already crisp and clean, it's a reasonable bet, if it's got wear, you might be better off keeping it raw.
Why is the Pikachu Reverse Holo #74 print worth more than the standard one?+
The reverse holo version gets that shimmering foil treatment across the card background instead of just the artwork, which collectors tend to find more visually striking, and fewer of them circulate compared to the standard printing within the same common print run. That extra desirability and relative scarcity is generally what pushes reverse holo pricing above the plain version, even though both share the same base rarity.
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