Pikachu VMAXPR-SW SWSH286 · SWSH Black Star Promos Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
Pack fresh $14
- PSA 8$195 sold · 90d
- PSA 9$354 sold · 90d
- PSA 10$1483 sold · 90d · asking
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for SWSH Black Star Promos #PR-SW SWSH286, 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?
The top 5% of this card's sales — pack-fresh examples — sold for $15.94 or more. That's about +85% 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 (101 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 VMAX is a Promo Pokémon card from SWSH Black Star Promos (#SWSH286, released 2019), illustrated by AKIRA EGAWA. It's a VMAX Lightning-type Pokémon with 310 HP, evolving from Pikachu V, weak to Fighting ×2. It's listed among our VMAX cards, from the Sword & Shield (2020–2022) era. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 14 September 2026.
Pikachu VMAX price history & recent sales
Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
High confidence94 sales in 90 days, closely clustered. · 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$7.95127 sales · 94 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 8$25.005 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$40.484 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$3553 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$20.003 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- TAG 10$1291 sale
- PSA 7$25.001 sale · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.5$26.021 sale
Is Pikachu VMAX worth grading?
Raw $8.63 → graded PSA 10 ≈ $148.00, after ~$71.47 grading fee → 17.1× 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 | $148.00 | $71 | +$68 | 17.1× |
| PSA 9 | $35.00 | $70 | −$44 | 4.1× |
| PSA 8 | $18.50 | $70 | −$60 | 2.1× |
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
14 of the 67 TAG-graded Pikachu VMAX copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 21%. 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 67.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Pikachu VMAX 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pikachu VMAX SWSH286 Sword & Shield Black Star Promo Pokemon TCGRaw · eBay$4.28
Pikachu VMAX - SWSH: Sword & Shield Black Star Promo Holo - SWSH286Raw · eBay$5.00
Pokémon Pikachu TCG V&VMax Promo Card SWSH285 SWSH286 Holo Black StarRaw · eBay$5.99
Pikachu VMAX SWSH286 JUMBO Oversized Black Star Promo Pokémon Card NMRaw · eBay$5.99
Pokémon TCG Pikachu VMAX SWSH286 Black Star Promo Ultra Rare HoloRaw · eBay$6.00
Pokémon TCG Pikachu VMAX Black Star Promo SWSH286 Sword and Shield (Crease)Raw · eBay$6.95Cheapest raw copy $4.28 — 50% below our near-mint estimate of $9
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | asking$148$118–$178 | |
| PSA 9 | $35$30–$40 | |
| PSA 8 | $19$16–$21 | |
| PSA 6 | modelled$9$9–$12 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $7.69. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $9.99 (+30%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $14.20.
From 50 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.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
2% spreadCurrently 2% 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.
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Evolves from Pikachu V.
Attach up to 3 Lightning Energy cards from your discard pile to 1 of your Pokémon.
VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
About the PokémonSpecies, generation, evolution line
Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Pikachu VMAX cards
There are 6 different Pikachu VMAX printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH286 (Promo).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Pikachu VMAX (SWSH Black Star Promos #SWSH286) worth?
As of 14 September 2026, Pikachu VMAX from SWSH Black Star Promos is worth approximately $8.63 ungraded (near-mint), and around $148 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 VMAX?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Pikachu VMAX from SWSH Black Star Promos is worth around $148 — roughly 17× the raw ungraded value of $8.63.
Should I grade my Pikachu VMAX?
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 VMAX rare?
Pikachu VMAX is a Promo card from SWSH Black Star Promos (card #SWSH286).
How do I know if my Pikachu VMAX 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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