PikachuPR 27 · Wizards Black Star Promos Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
- PSA 8$60pop 330
- PSA 9$839 sold · 90d · pop 2,206
- PSA 10$32521 sold · 90d · pop 5,790
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Wizards Black Star Promos #PR 27, 1999. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
No foil anywhere — the non-holo printing.
What's your copy worth?
✨ 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 Promo Pokémon card from Wizards Black Star Promos (#27, released 1999), illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. It's a Basic Lightning-type Pokémon with 30 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 9 September 2026.
Pikachu price history & recent sales
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Price history · Raw
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence4 sales in 90 days — enough for a guide, not a guarantee. · Very liquid — Sells often
Sale mix: 1 auction, 5 accepted offers, 4 fixed-price. A graded copy trades roughly every day (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- CGC 10$19943 sales · 13 in 90d, sells regularly
- PSA 10$30926 sales · 21 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 9$36.5010 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 9$89.989 sales · 9 in 90d, sells regularly
- CGC 8.5$30.006 sales
- Raw$20.005 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- Lot$17.404 sales
- CGC 9.6$55.003 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
Is Pikachu worth grading?
Most copies come back PSA 10 — worth $309 against the $100 you put in. The money is in the 1 in 1 that reach PSA 9 or 10 and sell for $83–$309. Averaged over every outcome that is +$124 a card.
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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
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 | $325.00 | $73 | +$224 | 11.5× |
| PSA 9 | $82.50 | $71 | −$16 | 2.9× |
| PSA 8 | $60.00 | $71 | −$39 | 2.1× |
⚖️ Risk-adjusted return
Best case isn't the whole story. Weighting every grade by how often it actually happens, across 8,870 PSA-graded copies:
| Outcome | Chance | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 — typical | 64.9% | $309.00 |
| PSA 9 | 24.4% | $82.50 |
| PSA 8 | 3.5% | $60.00 |
| PSA 7 | 1.5% | $36.66 |
| PSA 6 | 1.9% | $24.25 |
| PSA 5 | 1.7% | $24.25 |
| PSA 4 | 1.1% | $20.34 |
| PSA 3 | 0.5% | $20.34 |
| PSA 2 | 0.2% | $20.34 |
| PSA 1 | 0.2% | $20.34 |
| Other (half grades, authentic) | 0.1% | $28.18 |
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
5,790 of the 9,005 PSA-graded Pikachu copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 64%. 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 9,005.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Pikachu 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokémon Pikachu Wizards of the Coast WotC Promo #27 30HP 2000 EnglishRaw · eBay$8.99
1998 Pokémon - Pikachu Black Star Promo #27: LP-MPRaw · eBay$10.00
Pikachu 27/54 Wizards Black Star Promos - Pokemon Extended Art CaseRaw · eBay$12.00
Pikachu 27 Wizards Black Star Promos HPRaw · eBay$12.99
Pikachu 27 Promo Wizards Black Star Promos Pokemon WOTC HP DmgRaw · eBay$12.99
Black Star Promo Pikachu 27 - Wizards Of The Coast - Rare Non-holo Pokemon CardRaw · eBay$14.00Cheapest raw copy $8.99 — 68% below our near-mint estimate of $28
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 5,790 | $325$276–$374 | |
| PSA 9pop 2,206 | $83$70–$95 | |
| PSA 8pop 330 | ✓ 7 cert-verified$60 | |
| PSA 7pop 139 | modelled$37$25–$43 | |
| PSA 6pop 178 | modelled$24$18–$30 | |
| PSA 4pop 104 | modelled$20$9–$25 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
For context: a graded PSA 4 slab of this card sells for about $42 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
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Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Pikachu.
“When several of these Pokémon gather, their electricity can cause lightning storms.”
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Pikachu (Wizards Black Star Promos #27) worth?
As of 9 September 2026, Pikachu from Wizards Black Star Promos is worth approximately $28.18 ungraded (near-mint), and around $325 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 Wizards Black Star Promos is worth around $325 — roughly 12× the raw ungraded value of $28.18.
Should I grade my Pikachu?
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 rare?
Pikachu is a Promo card from Wizards Black Star Promos (card #27).
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