Raikou Gold Star #114 value & price
Reviewed by Mumbles · Updated 29 Aug 2026Related Raikou & chase cards
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Raikou Gold Star is one of those cards that stops people mid-scroll, a shimmering, holo-style rendition of the legendary thunder tiger tucked into the 2005 Unseen Forces set. It's officially a Rare, illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda, and it's held onto real weight in the market, with raw copies currently valued at $1,022. If you're trying to pin down Raikou value today, you're looking at a card that's stayed relevant for two decades, which says a lot in this hobby.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $1.3k, up 216% over the past year, with an all-time high of $1.3k in September 2026.
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Raikou price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 3,807 graded, only 386 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $15k | 386 |
| PSA 9 | $2.9k | 1,487 |
| PSA 8 | $1.8k | 912 |
| PSA 7 | $1.3k | 337 |
| PSA 6 | $1.3k | 207 |
| PSA 5 | $1.1k | 167 |
| PSA 4 | $914 | 99 |
| PSA 3 | $817 | 66 |
| PSA 2 | $736 | 32 |
| PSA 1 | $1.1k | 114 |
| Raw / Ungraded | $1.3k | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company.
Card details
- Card number
- 114 of 117
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Lightning
- HP
- 80
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Released
- 2005
Attacks
- Lightning Turn20Lightning · Colorless
Switch Raikou Star with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
- Meta Voltage70Lightning · Lightning · Lightning
If you have less Prize cards left than your opponent, this attack does 40 damage to each of your Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Where to pull Raikou
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The collector's take on Raikou
Is Raikou worth grading?
So is it worth grading? Here's the honest math: a raw, ungraded Raikou sits at $1,022, a Grade 9 jumps to $2,171, and a true PSA 10 climbs all the way to $13,554, which works out to about 13.3 times the raw price. That's a serious gap, and it's exactly why people send these in. But gem mint on a card this old isn't easy to land. Unseen Forces stock from 2005 often shows print lines, centering quirks, or edge wear that keeps it out of PSA 10 territory, and grading fees plus turnaround time are a real cost even if the card comes back lower than hoped. If you've got a sharp copy and patience, grading can pay off. If it's already got visible flaws, it might be smarter to sell or hold it raw.
How rare is Raikou?
Raikou Gold Star belongs to a genuinely tough tier of cards. Gold Stars from this era were never common to begin with, they were the rare pull buried deep in Unseen Forces packs back in 2005, and two decades of collectors opening, trading, and sometimes damaging those original prints has only thinned the herd further. We don't have exact population figures to point to here, but the Rare classification combined with its age tells you enough: clean, well-centered copies are genuinely hard to find, and that scarcity is a big part of why the price holds up the way it does.
Where can you pull Raikou?
This is where PackSpy's own tracking comes in handy, because we log real pulls across pack-opening sites, not just guide prices. Raikou has been recorded 5 times on collector-crypt, with the biggest tracked pull landing at $1,500. It's shown up in packs like the Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, the Anime Pop Culture Gacha, and the Mythic Pokémon Gacha Pack. Worth saying plainly, though: opening packs chasing a card like this is a gamble, and most rips don't come close to matching what you'd pay buying the card outright on the secondary market. If you want Raikou specifically, buying direct is usually the surer bet.
Questions people ask
How much is Raikou worth?+
A raw, ungraded Raikou Gold Star currently sits at $1,022. Grade it and the number moves fast, a Grade 9 is valued at $2,171, and a PSA 10 reaches $13,554. So the honest answer depends entirely on condition and whether it's been graded.
Is Raikou worth grading?+
It can be, since a PSA 10 is worth about 13.3 times the raw price. But gem mint copies of this 2005 card are genuinely hard to hit, and grading always carries cost and risk, so it really comes down to how clean your specific copy looks before you send it in.
What set is Raikou from?+
Raikou Gold Star is card #114 from the Unseen Forces set, released in 2005. It's classified as a Rare and was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda, making it one of the more memorable chase cards from that era of the game.
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