Raikou3/17 · POP Series 2 Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint · Holofoil
Pack fresh $48est.
- PSA 8$1766 sold · 90d · pop 14
- PSA 10$324pop 20
Why prices differ
TCGplayer's figure is what sellers are asking on their marketplace, not what copies sold for — an asking price sits above a completed sale because it is the start of a negotiation, not the end of one. Our price comes from those same completed sales, adjusted to Near Mint — the median below mixes every condition together, and most copies that change hands are played rather than mint. How we weigh them →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for POP Series 2 #3/17, 2005. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
What's your copy worth?
Estimated. This card has enough sales to price the top 15% but not the top 5%, so pack-fresh is projected from the gap we measure between those two tiers on cards that do — about 1.4x on vintage, 1.2x on modern. $49.81. That's about +61% over a typical Near Mint copy.
ⓘ How do we work this out?
We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (21 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.
Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.
Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.
These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.
✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Raikou is a Rare Pokémon card from POP Series 2 (#3, released 2005), illustrated by Kouki Saitou. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 70 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Raikou price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
Earlier history is excluded — it tracked a different printing and misstates this card.
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence78 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
Real completed eBay sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title. Implausibly priced listings (lots, proxies, empty slabs) and wrong-variant sales are filtered out. Links to eBay are affiliate links — we may earn a commission.
By grade
- Raw$19.99110 sales · 78 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 8$15011 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 6$38.009 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 7$95.007 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 5$22.956 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$3532 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8$49.552 sales
- PSA 4$26.001 sale
Is Raikou worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 6 — worth $22 against the $102 you put in, a $80 loss. The money is in the 1 in 5 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $130–$324. Averaged over every outcome that is −$13 a card.
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.
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population report, the ROI table and the price ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and its own fees, with Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market actually 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.
The odds
Raikou is a Rare in POP Series 2 — the pack's hit slot lands on Rare 100% of the time, split across 7 rare cards in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 7 packs.
Estimates only. Pack odds come from CardTrack's pack model (the same one behind the pack simulator) — not an official rate. Grading odds are the real cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies, so it overstates the true first-submission gem rate. Full grade-by-grade breakdown below.
Grade-by-grade ROI & risk-adjusted outcomesNet vs raw per target grade, plus the probability-weighted distribution
| Target grade | Est. value | Grading fee | Net vs raw | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $324.15 | $73 | +$220 | 10.5× |
| PSA 8 | $175.50 | $72 | +$73 | 5.7× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 184 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 6.5% | $324.15 |
| PSA 9 | 14.1% | $130.00 |
| PSA 8 | 17.9% | $175.50 |
| PSA 7 | 6% | $22.49 |
| PSA 6 — typical | 6.5% | $22.49 |
| PSA 5 | 4.9% | $22.49 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 44% | $31.00 |
Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-08-26; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Gem rate is estimated from cumulative PSA population, which skews toward nicer, resubmitted copies — so it overstates the true grade rate. Treat it as a guide, not a guarantee.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
20 of the 78 PSA-graded Raikou copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 26%. The rest graded lower.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 78.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 184.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 16.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Raikou 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Raikou | Pop Series 2 | 3/17 | HPRaw · eBay$8.99
The Pokemon Company Pokemon TCG POP Series 2 Raikou 3/17 Holo EN 2006 70 HPRaw · eBay$12.00
Pokémon TCG Pop Series 2 Raikou Holo Rare Card 3/17 2006Raw · eBay$12.99
Raikou 3/17 Rare POP Series 2 Pokemon Holo HPRaw · eBay$14.99
Pokémon Pop Series 2 Raikou Holo 3/17 Raw · eBay$14.99
Raikou 003/017 POP Series 2 HoloRaw · eBay$14.99Cheapest raw copy $12.00 — 61% below our near-mint estimate of $31
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 20 | 3 sold$324$324–$324 | |
| PSA 8pop 14 | $176$149–$202 | |
| PSA 7pop 8 | $22$19–$26 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $29.80. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $34.20 (+15%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $47.88.
From 18 sales in the last 12 months. These describe the market — whether a specific copy is a grading candidate is a judgment made by looking at it.
Price by printingBase vs reverse holo vs 1st edition — priced separately
Price by variant
TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
12% spreadCurrently 12% 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
Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon, if any.
Flip a coin. If tails, Raikou does 20 damage to itself.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
The rain clouds it carries let it fire thunderbolts at will. They say that it descended with lightning.
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Raikou cards
There are 14 different Raikou printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is POP Series 2 #3 (Rare). The most valuable 7 are below.
More from POP Series 2
Frequently asked questions
How much is Raikou (POP Series 2 #3) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Raikou from POP Series 2 is worth approximately $31.00 ungraded (near-mint), and around $324 in PSA 10 gem mint. Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.
What is the PSA 10 price for Raikou?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Raikou from POP Series 2 is worth around $324 — roughly 10× the raw ungraded value of $31.00.
Should I grade my Raikou?
Grading is worth it when the PSA 10 premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10 — the "Should you grade it?" estimate above works that out per grade, net of the current fee.
Is Raikou rare?
Raikou is a Rare card from POP Series 2 (card #3).
How do I know if my Raikou is Holofoil?
The illustration window: The picture itself is foiled and the card body is flat. This is the standard holo.
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