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What this price is based on
Medium confidence160 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
Recent Raw sales
- Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pikachu 12/17 C POP Series 5 Pokemon MPMP$33.83
- Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pikachu 12/17 POP Series 5 English 2007 Pokémon TCG$33.50
- Aug 16, 2026eBay — Pokémon TCG Pop Series 5 Pikachu 12/17 Holo Bleed + Inverted Back Error Card$585
- Aug 15, 2026eBay — 2007 Pokemon Pikachu - #12/17 - Holo - POP Series 5 - Inverted Back Error -NM/LPLP$400
- Aug 13, 2026eBay — Pikachu 12/17 Holo POP Series 5 DOUBLE ERROR Invert. Back Cosmos Bleed SWIRL DMGDM$120
- Aug 12, 2026eBay — 2007 Pokemon POP Series 5 Pikachu 12/17 Holo Inverted Error SWIRL + Holo Bleed$550
- Aug 12, 2026eBay — 2007 Pokémon Pikachu 12/17 Holo POP Series 5 Inverted Back ERROR-RARE!CGC GRADED$695
- Aug 12, 2026eBay — Pikachu POP Series 5 12/17 English Regular Common 50 HP Pokemon TCG 2007$32.99
By grade
- Raw$140177 sales
- CGC 0.5$35.0019 sales
- PSA 5$53514 sales
- PSA 9$30013 sales
- CGC 8.5$58.0011 sales
- PSA 6$6548 sales
- Lot$28.807 sales
- PSA 7$1,1996 sales
From 287 completed sales recorded between Jan 19, 2026 and Aug 16, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted. The range is wide because these sales span different printings and conditions — 1st Edition, Shadowless and Unlimited copies all carry this card's name, and they trade at very different levels. Each sale above is labelled with what its listing claimed, so you can see which ones describe the same object. Treat the median as the typical copy, not the range.
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GRADE ITBased on 99 graded sales and 1,306,111 pop-report entries for a near-mint copy.
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✨ Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
Pikachu is a Common Pokémon card from POP Series 5 (#12), illustrated by Naoyo Kimura. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 50 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. Its current blended market value is $127.64 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $2,000 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 16× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 20 August 2026.
The receipts
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history22 in 90 days✓ real completed listings
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.
Demand & liquidity
Last sold $300 · Raw · 27 Jun 2026
Should you grade it?
Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 0% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$1,747); most land at PSA 9 or below.
The odds
Pikachu is a Commoncard — a guaranteed slot in every pack, not a rarity gamble, so there's no pull-odds figure for it.
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 | $2,000.00 | $125 | +$1,747 | 15.7× |
| PSA 9 | $260.00 | $73 | +$60 | 2.0× |
| PSA 8 | $175.00 | $72 | −$24 | 1.4× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 249 PSA-graded copies:
| Likely outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | 0% | $2,000.00 |
| PSA 9 | 4.4% | $260.00 |
| PSA ≤8 | 95.6% | $128.00 |
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. 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 — every grade, with gem rates
Only 0% of 249 PSA-graded Pikachu copies are a gem-mint 10 (0 of 249) — the rest grade lower.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Pikachu 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | ✓ 7 cert-verified$2,000$1,316–$2,000 | |
| PSA 9pop 11 | ✓ 37 cert-verified$260$140–$260 | |
| PSA 8pop 38 | ✓ 20 cert-verified$175$175–$252 | |
| PSA 7pop 66 | ✓ 7 cert-verified$165$47–$165 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $165 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
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
124% spreadCurrently 124% cheaper on PriceCharting than Cardmarket. 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.
🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe
71% cheaper than the US🔥 Trending in the community
#1 on the radarPikachu is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Discard all Energy cards attached to Pikachu.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Pikachu cards
There are 9 different Pikachu printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is POP Series 5 #12 (Common).
More from POP Series 5
Frequently asked questions
How much is Pikachu (POP Series 5 #12) worth?
As of 20 August 2026, Pikachu from POP Series 5 is worth approximately $127.64 ungraded (near-mint), and around $2,000 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 Pikachu?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Pikachu from POP Series 5 is worth around $2,000 — roughly 16× the raw ungraded value of $127.64.
Should I grade my Pikachu?
A PSA 10 sells for about $2,000 versus $127.64 raw — roughly a 16× uplift. Grading is worth it when that premium comfortably beats the grading fee and the card is clean enough to have a real shot at a 10. See the "Should you grade it?" estimate above for net profit per grade.
Is Pikachu rare?
Pikachu is a Common card from POP Series 5 (card #12), illustrated by Naoyo Kimura. Its current blended market value is $127.64 ungraded.
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