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Check your printing9 different Pikachu printings exist — is this your card? Shining Legends #28
Pikachu Shining Legends #28 Pokémon card
Common

Pikachu28/73 · Shining Legends Price & Value

2017 · Illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno
60 HPLightningPokémonBasic

Market value · Near Mint

$37.54

Typical copy sold $19 18 sales, all conditions

  • PSA 8$23pop 221
  • PSA 9$334 sold · 90d · pop 554
  • PSA 10$390pop 347
LiquiditySells often
Confidence90 · high18 raw sales in 90 days, prices spread across conditions, last sale 2 days ago.
Sales · 90 days66
Last sale$20 Raw · 5 Sep 2026
Range$30$38
Cert-verified10 PSA sales
Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 18 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. A typical copy fetches about $19 because most that trade are played, not mint. Updated 6 September 2026. Estimate, not an appraisalhow we price →

Why prices differ

Recent sold median 18 completed sales$18.65−50%
Cardmarket (EU) asking prices$2.66−93%

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 →

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Estimated value · Near Mint
$37.54

What this price is based on

High confidence

18 sales in 90 days, closely clustered.

Range$7.00$42.43lowest to highest sale
Sales rate13.8/mo87 recorded
Latest sale2d ago18 sales in 90 days
Momentum+20%30-day vs 90-day sales
Where it sells94% eBay · 6% Fanaticslast 90 days

Recent Raw sales

By grade

  • Raw$18.6518 sales
  • CGC 9$14.4017 sales
  • CGC 10$1329 sales
  • CGC 8.5$10.807 sales
  • Lot$6.606 sales
  • PSA 9$40.005 sales
  • PSA 10$3904 sales
  • CGC 9.5$39.004 sales

From 87 completed sales recorded between Sep 29, 2025 and Sep 5, 2026. Sold prices only — asking prices are never counted.

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Pikachu is a Common Pokémon card from Shining Legends (#28, released 2017), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 60 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. Its current blended market value is $37.54 ungraded, with a PSA 10 worth around $390 — a gem-mint grading premium of roughly 10× the raw value. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 6 September 2026.

Pikachu price history & recent sales

Graded a PSA 10? See its cert-verified sales and price history — individual sales PSA tied to a specific slab, each with a cert number you can check.

Price history · Raw

14 Jul 20266 Sept 2026
Latest
$37.54
Period high
$39.04
Period low
$23.78
Change
57.9% · all time
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Verified sales history70 in 90 daysreal completed listings

Last sold
$20
Raw · 5 Sep 2026
Typical Raw
$19
Sales · last 90 days
21
How often it sells
Sells often
every 3 days · 11 in last 30 days
Worn-condition sales — shown for context, not price-forming
These listings claimed play wear in the title (LP/MP/played/damaged), so they sell below the Near Mint price above and are excluded from it.

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.

Last sold price
$8
CGC (ungraded lot) · 24 Aug 2026
Typical PSA 10
$390
Sales · last 90 days
39
How often it sells
Sells often
18 in last 30 days

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.

DateGradePriceCert
30 Aug 2026PSA 9$54.99#132161052
26 Aug 2026PSA 10$345.88#57396042
19 Aug 2026PSA 9$39.99#110582246
19 Aug 2026PSA 10$363.00#55702244
19 Aug 2026PSA 8$44.99#133862705
16 Aug 2026PSA 9$24.50#49327883
11 Aug 2026PSA 9$35.00#48431840
9 Aug 2026PSA 10$310.37#60614978
9 Aug 2026PSA 10$310.36#60614978
5 Aug 2026PSA 9$74.99#133862703

Demand & liquidity

Very liquid · Sells oftenDemand 84/100
Sales · 30d29
Sales · 90d66
HypeOn the radar
Raw
$19
CGC 9
$14
CGC 10
$132
CGC 8.5
$11
Lot
$7
PSA 9
$40

Last sold $20 · Raw · 5 Sep 2026

How often each grade sells · last 90 days, all marketplaces

Raw18sells regularly
CGC 98occasional
CGC 107occasional
CGC 8.55occasional
PSA 94occasional
CGC 9.54occasional

Is Pikachu worth grading?

$30

Expected return across every likely grade, after fees — the realistic average, not the best case. Only 14.5% of copies gem (PSA 10 best case +$279); most land at PSA 9 or below.

Gem rate (est.)14.5%
Expected return$30
PSA 10 best case+$279
Break-evenPSA 10+
VerdictNot worth it

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.

PSA 10 (gem mint)27.6%347 of 1,256
PSA 944.1%554 of 1,256
PSA graded so far1,256
Gem Mint 10347
Total graded1,256

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 gradeEst. valueGrading feeNet vs rawMultiple
PSA 10$390.00$74+$27910.4×
PSA 9$33.00$70$750.9×
PSA 8$23.00$70$850.6×

⚖️ Risk-adjusted return

Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 276 PSA-graded copies:

Likely outcomeChanceValue
PSA 1014.5%$390.00
PSA 954.7%$33.00
PSA ≤830.8%$23.00

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 & TAG — every grade, with gem rates

Only 28% of 1,256 PSA-graded Pikachu copies are a gem-mint 10 (347 of 1,256) — the rest grade lower.

PSA1,256 gradedPSA 10 · 347 · 28% gem
10347
9554
8221
779
636
515
43
11
CGC1,840 gradedCGC 10 · 208 · 11% gem
10208
9.529
9651
8.5482
8239
7.5112
732
6.530
612
5.58
54
4.53
41
3.53
21
BGS40 gradedBGS 10 · 0 · 0% gem
9.511
913
8.510
83
7.51
71
61
TAG29 gradedTAG 10 · 5 · 17% gem
105
915
8.54
81
7.51
71
6.52

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

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All grades & conditions

Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$37.54
PSA graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
PSA 10pop 3472 sold$390$332$448
PSA 8pop 221✓ 39 cert-verified$23
PSA 7pop 79✓ 12 cert-verified$21
PSA 6pop 36✓ 6 cert-verified$13
“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). “Modelled” = no verified graded sale behind the figure; it is derived from the raw price and reference guides, so treat it as a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Raw price by condition
Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer
NMNear Mint$37.54
LPLightly Played$32.61
HPHeavily Played$1.18
7-day 7.4%
30-day 18.9%
90-day 37.9%
All-time high$38
All-time low$16
What NM / LP / MP actually mean — and how much they cost

For context: a graded PSA 7 slab of this card sells for about $21 (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

Reverse Holo$12
Normal$2

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz

🔥 Trending in the community

#6 on the radar
Mentions this week11

Pikachu is one of the most-talked-about Pokémon right now across the Pokémon investing & TCG subreddits. See the hype radar →

What people are saying: New player choosing a deck. · 5↑

Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Iron Tail20×
Lightning

Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage for each heads.

Weakness Fighting ×2Resistance Metal -20Retreat 1

A plan was recently announced to gather many Pikachu and make an electric power plant.

About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Mouse PokémonGEN IPichuPikachuRaichu

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

Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Number#28
RarityCommon
Released2017
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeLightning
HP60
WeaknessFighting ×2
ResistanceMetal -20
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#25
Card IDsm35-28
SourceAggregated marketplaces

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Pikachu (Shining Legends #28) worth?

As of 6 September 2026, Pikachu from Shining Legends is worth approximately $37.54 ungraded (near-mint), and around $390 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 Shining Legends is worth around $390 — roughly 10× the raw ungraded value of $37.54.

Should I grade my Pikachu?

A PSA 10 sells for about $390 versus $37.54 raw — roughly a 10× 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 Shining Legends (card #28), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. Its current blended market value is $37.54 ungraded.

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