Pikachu VPR-SW SWSH198 · SWSH Black Star Promos Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
Pack fresh $9est.
- PSA 8$17
- PSA 9$253 sold · 90d
- PSA 10$18715 sold · 90d
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for SWSH Black Star Promos #PR-SW SWSH198, 2019. 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.
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. $8.09. That's about +157% 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 (25 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.
Pikachu V is a Promo Pokémon card from SWSH Black Star Promos (#SWSH198, released 2019), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. It's a Basic V Lightning-type Pokémon with 190 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.
Pikachu V price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence113 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$3.50120 sales · 113 in 90d, sells often
- CGC 10$57.0032 sales · 32 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 10$21515 sales · 15 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 9$25.003 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9.5$16.502 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- CGC 8.5$9.882 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- ACE 9$24.872 sales
- PSA 7$7.501 sale
Is Pikachu V worth grading?
Raw $3.15 → graded PSA 10 ≈ $186.84, after ~$71.86 grading fee → 59.3× the raw value.
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.
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 | $186.84 | $72 | +$112 | 59.3× |
| PSA 9 | $25.00 | $70 | −$48 | 7.9× |
| PSA 8 | $16.50 | $70 | −$57 | 5.2× |
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. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.
Population across gradersPSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — every grade, with gem rates
13 of the 43 TAG-graded Pikachu V copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 30%. 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 43.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Pikachu V 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokémon TCG Pikachu V SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH198 Holo Promo Cd32Raw · eBay$0.99
⚡️🐭Pokemon TCG Card Pikachu V Black Star Promo Holo SWSH198 NM/M 🐭 ⚡️Raw · eBay$2.30
Pikachu V SWSH198 Black Star Promo Holo Pokemon TCG - NMRaw · eBay$2.49
Pokémon TCG Pikachu v SWSH198 Holo Black Star Promo CardRaw · eBay$2.75
Pokémon TCG Pikachu v SWSH198 Holo Black Star Promo Card Mint ConditionRaw · eBay$2.99
Pokémon TCG Pikachu v SWSH198 Holo Black Star Promo Card Mint ConditionRaw · eBay$2.99Cheapest raw copy $0.99 — 69% below our near-mint estimate of $3
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $187$159–$215 | |
| PSA 9 | $25$21–$29 | |
| PSA 8 | $17$14–$19 | |
| PSA 7 | modelled$15$8–$16 | |
| PSA 6 | modelled$10$9–$10 | |
| PSA 5 | modelled$8$7–$9 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
🔥 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 →
What people are saying: “Crying, not shaking. Found my childhood factory-sealed Pokémon boxes after 26 years.” · 10654↑
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
You may discard all Lightning Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 120 more damage.
V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Pikachu V cards
There are 11 different Pikachu V printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH198 (Promo). The most valuable 7 are below.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Pikachu V (SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH198) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Pikachu V from SWSH Black Star Promos is worth approximately $3.15 ungraded (near-mint), and around $187 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 V?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Pikachu V from SWSH Black Star Promos is worth around $187 — roughly 59× the raw ungraded value of $3.15.
Should I grade my Pikachu V?
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 Pikachu V rare?
Pikachu V is a Promo card from SWSH Black Star Promos (card #SWSH198).
How do I know if my Pikachu V 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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