Pikachu HGSS Black Star Promos #HGSS03

Card #HGSS03 · Illustrated by Kanako Eo

70 HPLightningPokémonBasic

Ungraded · blended

$34.18

▲ 17.7% · 30d

Range $22 → $34
5 grading companies tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

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Pikachu is a Promo Pokémon card from HGSS Black Star Promos (#HGSS03), illustrated by Kanako Eo. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Fighting +10. Its current blended market value is $34.18 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 3 July 2026.

#91 most valuable Pikachu of 183 #14 most valuable in HGSS Black Star Promos of 25

Raw price by condition

Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$33.65

LPLightly Played$22.86

MPModerately Played$14.16

HPHeavily Played$9.46

DMGDamaged$8.02

7-day▲ 1.9%

30-day▲ 17.7%

90-day▲ 41.4%

All-time high$34

All-time low$6

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$33.66

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 8		15 sold$168$143–$193
PSA 7		8 sold$114$97–$131
PSA 6		3 sold$47$40–$54
PSA 5		$42$42–$42

“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Current

$21.83

Period high

$25.62

Period low

$3.95

Change

▲ 280.3%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price

$31

CGC 7.5 · 29 Jun 2026

Typical PSA 10

$9,750

Sales · last 90 days

Liquidity

Moderate

1 in last 30 days

CGC 7.52010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Promo Pikachu #HGSS03 CGC 7.5 NRMT+Weekly Sunday Auction #232 · 29 Jun 2026$31 CGC 72010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Promo Pikachu #HGSS03 CGC 7 NRMTWeekly Sunday Auction #222 · 20 Apr 2026$20 PSA 102010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Promo Holo Pikachu #HGSS03 PSA 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #220 · 6 Apr 2026$9,600 PSA 102010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Promo Holo Pikachu #HGSS03 PSA 10 GEM MINTWeekly Sunday Auction #220 · 6 Apr 2026$9,900 CGC 82010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Promo Pikachu #HGSS03 CGC 8 NM-MTWeekly Sunday Auction #218 · 23 Mar 2026$30

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

PSA1,459 gradedPSA 10 · 35 · 2% gem rate

1035

9246

8.52

8420

7.52

7360

6240

587

411

313

1.51

135

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Pikachu 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

+$62

Raw $34.18 → graded PSA 8 ≈ $167.93
after ~$71.67 grading fee → 4.9× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 8	$167.93	$71.67	+$62	4.9×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay

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Cross-market prices

57% spread

PriceCharting · cheapest$22

TCGplayer · dearest$34

Currently 57% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +18%

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 57% gap

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

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#2 on the radar

Mentions this week8

Search interest📉 -34%

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Card text

Recharge

Colorless

Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Pikachu. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Thunderbolt100

Lightning · Lightning · Colorless · Colorless

Discard all Energy attached to Pikachu.

Weakness Fighting +10Resistance Metal -20Retreat 1

“It occasionally uses an electric shock to recharge a fellow Pikachu that is in a weakened state.”

About the Pokémon

Mouse PokémonGEN IPichu → Pikachu → Raichu

When several of these POKéMON gather, their electricity could build and cause lightning storms.

Card details

SetHGSS Black Star Promos →

Number#HGSS03

RarityPromo

PokémonAll Pikachu cards →

GenerationGen I · Kanto →

ArtistKanako Eo →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypeLightning

HP70

WeaknessFighting +10

ResistanceMetal -20

Retreat cost1

National Pokédex#25

Card IDhsp-HGSS03

SourceAggregated marketplaces

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