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8 other Pichu printings exist — is this your card? Expedition Base Set 22/165 ↓
Pichu — Expedition Base Set #22

Rare HoloExpedition Base Set22/1652002Illustrated by Atsuko Nishida

Pichu 22/165 · Expedition Base Set price & value

Raw · near mint

$275

Updated

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Sales recorded
105
every grade, since 2024
Last 90 days
34 raw · 66 all
16 in the last 30, every grade
Confidence
Medium
34 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
Latest sale
4d ago
raw
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Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 57 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →

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What's your copy worth?

The headline above is Near Mint. Most copies that actually change hands are not — here is the same card at every condition it is realistically held in. How the grades are judged → How we price played copies →

  • NMheadline

    Near Mint

    $275

    basis

  • LP

    Lightly Played

    $180

    −34%

  • MP

    Moderately Played

    $180

    −34%

  • HP

    Heavily Played

    $89.62

    −67%

  • DM

    Damaged

    $54.49

    −80%

And here is what an ungraded copy has actually done. The line ends on the Near Mint price above — the same number, not a second one.

Raw · latest

$275▲ 23×over 6 years

2021-01-01 → 2026-09-20

$10
$20
$50
$100
$200
Jan 202120222023202420252026Sept 20262021-01-01 · $122021-02-01 · $112021-03-01 · $272021-04-01 · $222021-05-01 · $362021-06-01 · $262021-07-01 · $582021-08-01 · $502021-09-01 · $332021-10-01 · $362021-11-01 · $502021-12-01 · $522022-01-01 · $482022-02-01 · $482022-03-01 · $482022-04-01 · $302022-05-01 · $352022-06-01 · $542022-07-01 · $602022-08-01 · $312022-09-01 · $502022-10-01 · $512022-11-01 · $332022-12-01 · $412023-01-01 · $362023-02-01 · $292023-03-01 · $402023-04-01 · $352023-05-01 · $432023-06-01 · $412023-07-01 · $432023-08-01 · $412023-09-01 · $412023-10-01 · $422023-11-01 · $372023-12-01 · $342024-01-01 · $412024-02-01 · $432024-03-01 · $452024-04-01 · $282024-05-01 · $472024-06-01 · $472024-07-01 · $422024-08-01 · $482024-09-01 · $352024-10-01 · $462024-11-01 · $492024-12-01 · $432025-01-01 · $552025-02-01 · $472025-03-01 · $462025-04-01 · $472025-05-01 · $472025-06-01 · $622025-07-01 · $562025-08-01 · $572025-09-01 · $602025-10-01 · $782025-11-01 · $852025-12-01 · $852026-01-01 · $872026-02-01 · $872026-03-01 · $902026-04-01 · $1252026-05-01 · $1252026-07-01 · $1572026-07-14 · $962026-07-22 · $962026-07-23 · $1432026-07-24 · $1432026-07-25 · $1432026-07-26 · $1432026-07-27 · $3002026-07-28 · $1442026-07-29 · $1442026-07-30 · $1442026-07-31 · $1452026-08-01 · $1482026-08-02 · $1482026-08-03 · $1482026-08-04 · $1482026-08-05 · $1482026-08-06 · $1422026-08-07 · $1422026-08-08 · $1422026-08-09 · $1422026-08-10 · $1422026-08-11 · $1422026-08-12 · $1422026-08-13 · $1422026-08-14 · $3002026-08-15 · $3002026-08-16 · $3002026-08-17 · $3002026-08-18 · $2232026-08-19 · $3002026-08-20 · $3002026-08-21 · $3002026-08-22 · $3002026-08-23 · $3002026-08-25 · $3002026-08-26 · $3002026-08-27 · $3002026-08-29 · $3002026-08-30 · $3002026-08-31 · $2812026-09-01 · $2812026-09-02 · $2802026-09-03 · $2802026-09-04 · $2802026-09-05 · $2802026-09-06 · $2802026-09-07 · $2792026-09-08 · $2792026-09-09 · $2792026-09-10 · $2792026-09-11 · $2672026-09-12 · $2692026-09-13 · $2692026-09-14 · $2682026-09-15 · $2822026-09-16 · $2822026-09-17 · $2822026-09-18 · $2822026-09-19 · $2762026-09-20 · $275
Ratio (log) price axis — this series spans 29×, and a linear axis would flatten its first years into the floor. Our recorded ungraded price for this card. The line closes on the Near Mint figure shown above — the chart and the headline are the same number by construction, never two.
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Copies for sale right now

Asking prices, not sales — the headline above is what copies actually sold for. Stock as of 2026-09-19T08:36:48.111Z.

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Cheapest raw copy $128 — 54% below our near-mint estimate of $275 · 10 copies whose seller declares wear left out of that comparison

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What the sales actually show

The counts are in the hero; this is how the card trades — the range, the pace, where, and what each grade has actually fetched. Figures that name a grade cover that grade alone; the rest count every grade.

Range

$49 – $500

Raw — lowest to highest sale

Sales rate

16.8/mo

every grade, whole record

Momentum

-34%

Raw — 30d vs 90d median

Where it sells

100% eBay

Raw — last 90 days

Demand

70/100

Very liquid — sales rate, trend & buzz

What each grade sold for

  • Raw$19055 sales · 34 in 90d, sells often
  • PSA 9$1,20011 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 8$5989 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 6$2957 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
  • CGC 10$1,8126 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
  • PSA 10$40,0003 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 8.5$4122 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
  • CGC 6.5$1632 sales · 2 in 90d, rare

Medians of completed sales at that grade — not the ladder above, which prices every grade including the ones that have never traded here. Where the two differ, this one is what changed hands and the ladder is what it is worth.

Every sale we can show you

Completed sales from our own sold ledger, PSA’s certified-sale feed and the eBay comps, in one list, newest first — Fanatics, Goldin and eBay between them. Filter by grade: a raw copy and a graded slab are different objects, and averaging them is how a raw market comes to look wild. We hold 105 sales for this card going back to 2024; the ledger names its most recent eight per grade, which is what the table below can link to.

Item soldGradeVenueDateCertificatePrice
Pokémon TCG Pichu 22/165 Expedition Base Set Holo Rare 2002 English LPRaweBay2026-09-17—$200
2002 POKEMON EXPEDITION #22 PICHU-HOLO PSA 9PSA 9eBay2026-09-15—$4,500
2002 Pokemon Expedition Holo Pichu #22 CGC 6.5 EXMT+CGC 6.5Fanatics2026-09-14—$175
2002 Pokémon Expedition Base Set Pichu 22/165 · PSA 6PSA 6eBayBestOffer2026-09-10130265026$340
The Pokémon Company Pichu Expedition Base Set 2002 Holo Rare 022/165 EN PSA 6PSA 6eBay2026-09-10—$400
2002 Pokémon Expedition Base Set Pichu 22/165 · PSA 9PSA 9eBayAuction2026-09-0941863543$2,075
2002 Pokémon Expedition Base Set Pichu 22/165 · PSA 9PSA 9eBayAuction2026-09-08162434959$2,125
PICHU PSA 9 2002 POKEMON EXPEDITION #22/165 HOLO 3543PSA 9eBay2026-09-08—$2,075

1–8 of 96 sales · 46 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.

Every grade, priced

Each row is a blended value for that slab, from real completed sales where we have them.

  • PSA 10pop 37$40,000145× raw
  • PSA 9pop 233✓ 35 cert-verified$2,1257.7× raw
  • CGC 10$1,9997.3× raw
  • PSA 8pop 264$6502.4× raw
  • PSA 7pop 179✓ 15 cert-verified$5422.0× raw
  • PSA 6pop 137✓ 16 cert-verified$3401.2× raw
  • Ungraded$275
  • PSA 5pop 52✓ 10 cert-verified$203

A badge says what is behind the number. cert-verified means PSA sales each tied to a specific slab you can check by serial; sold means completed eBay or Fanatics listings; modelled means no verified graded sale exists and the figure is derived from the raw price and reference guides — a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. reviewed was set by hand after reading the sales record.

How many exist, and at what grade

PSA's cumulative census for this card — the same population behind the ladder above and the grading verdict below.

PSA 10 · gem mint

3.9%

37 of 960

PSA 9

24.3%

233 of 960

Total PSA graded

960

every grade, all time

  • PSA 960 graded
  • TAG 16 graded

The census is cumulative and counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the gem rate a first submission should expect. Treat it as the ceiling.

The odds of pulling one

Pichu is a Holo / V / ex in Expedition Base Set— the pack’s hit slot lands on holo / v / ex 33% of the time, split across 32 of them in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 97 packs.

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Is Pichu worth grading?

Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — not the PSA 10 outcome alone.

Verdict

Worth it

every grade weighted by its census share

Expected net

$2,039

after fees, all grades

Best case

$37,306

PSA 10 only

Grading cost

$200

tier fee + shipping

Best case is the PSA 10 outcome and the number to trust least — it assumes the gem rate the census above shows, which the census itself overstates. Expected net is the honest one.

That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →

These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.

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Trader

Compare graders, and the live market

The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.

Trader plan and above →
  • PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market pays for.
  • Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
  • Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
  • Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
  • Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
  • Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.

Built on 49 graded sales and a population of 1,890,751 · fees as of 2026-09-19.

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Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.

Make sure you have the right card

Every price on this page is for Expedition Base Set #22/165, 2002. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.

Holofoilpriced on this page
The illustration window

The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.

Reverse Holo printing
Reverse Holo
The card body, not the picture

Everything except the illustration window is foiled — the mirror image of a normal holo, where only the picture shines.

Market data

Where else this card trades, where the markets disagree, and what the price series says about the last 90 days.

🇪🇺 Europe price · eBay sold

$210

Median of 9 raw sales, last 90 days (8 UK · 1 FR)

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Across the markets

61% apart
  • Our raw sold median$190
  • PriceCharting$193
  • TCGplayer$305

Vendor prices for the same printing beside our own raw sold median — the same figure as the Raw row in the by-grade table. A wide gap is usually thin data on one side rather than an arbitrage; the headline is blended from sales, not from the cheapest of these.

What the series says

Volatility

volatile

90-day band

$11 – $300

Today’s price sits 91% of the way up that band. These are readings of the raw price series above — not separate measurements, and not a forecast.

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About Pichu

Which card this is — then the attacks and stats as printed, and the species behind them.

Pichu is a Rare Holo Pokémon card from Expedition Base Set (#22, released 2002), illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. It’s a Baby Lightning-type Pokémon with 30 HP. It’s listed among our holo rares.

#1 most valuable Pichu of 15#8 most valuable in Expedition Base Set of 165

Card text

Energy Patch

Lightning

Take a basic Energy card attached to 1 of your Pokémon and attach it to another of your Pokémon.

Retreat 1

If your Active Pokémon is a Baby Pokémon and your opponent announces an attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else). If tails, your opponent's turn ends.

The Pokémon

Tiny Mouse PokémonGEN II

Pichu → Pikachu → Raichu

It is not yet skilled at storing electricity. It may send out a jolt if amused or startled.

Card details

Set
Expedition Base Set
Number
#22
Rarity
Rare Holo
Released
2002
Pokémon
All Pichu cards
Generation
Gen II · Johto
Artist
Atsuko Nishida
Supertype
Pokémon
Subtypes
Baby
Type
Lightning
HP
30
National Pokédex
#172
Card ID
ecard1-22
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Frequently asked questions

How much is Pichu (Expedition Base Set #22) worth?

As of 20 September 2026, Pichu from Expedition Base Set is worth approximately $275 ungraded in near-mint condition, and around $40,000 in PSA 10 gem mint. Blended from real completed sales and live market prices, updated daily.

What is the PSA 10 price for Pichu?

A PSA 10 (gem mint) Pichu from Expedition Base Set is worth around $40,000 — roughly 145× the raw ungraded value of $275.

Should I grade my Pichu?

Probably yes. Weighting every grade by how often this card actually earns it, the expected value after the $200 grading fee is about $2,039 — and a PSA 10 would net roughly $37,306. That assumes a copy clean enough to have a real shot at a high grade.

How often does Pichu sell?

CardTrack recorded 66 completed sales of Pichu (Expedition Base Set #22) across every grade in the last 90 days, 34 of them raw, the most recent on 2026-09-17. The headline price is a blend of those sales rather than an asking price.

Is Pichu rare?

Pichu is a Rare Holo card from Expedition Base Set (card #22), released in 2002.