Pikachu-EXPR-XY XY174 · XY Black Star Promos Price & Value
Market value · Near Mint
Pack fresh $43est.
- PSA 8$604 sold · 90d · pop 196
- PSA 9$1505 sold · 90d · pop 390
- PSA 10$1,6265 sold · 90d · pop 192
Why prices differ
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 →
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for XY Black Star Promos #PR-XY XY174, 2013. 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. $44.68. That's about +131% 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 (29 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-EX is a Promo Pokémon card from XY Black Star Promos (#XY174, released 2013), illustrated by 5ban Graphics. It's a Basic EX Lightning-type Pokémon with 130 HP, weak to Fighting ×2. It's listed among our ex cards. Prices below are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.
Prices last updated 12 September 2026.
Pikachu-EX 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
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Verified sales history
Medium confidence87 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely. · Very liquid — Sells often
5 of 10 verified sales were competitive auctions — this price reflects real bidding, not asking prices. A graded copy trades roughly every 2 days (median gap between cert-verified sales).
By grade
- Raw$14.99134 sales · 87 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$16712 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$60.006 sales · 4 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 10$1,6886 sales · 5 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 1$74.004 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- TAG 9$88.502 sales
- PSA 6$45.002 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- TAG 7.5$40.001 sale
Is Pikachu-EX worth grading?
Raw $19.36 → graded PSA 10 ≈ $1,626.00, after ~$185.26 grading fee → 84.0× 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.
The odds
Pikachu-EX 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 | $1,626.00 | $185 | +$1,421 | 84.0× |
| PSA 9 | $150.00 | $71 | +$59 | 7.7× |
| PSA 8 | $60.00 | $71 | −$30 | 3.1× |
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
192 of the 1,066 PSA-graded Pikachu-EX copies came back a gem-mint 10 — 18%. 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 1,066.
Bar length is relative to this grader's most common grade; the figure on the right is the share of all 17.
Real graded population from PSA, CGC, BGS & TAG — a lower gem rate means a Pikachu-EX 10 is harder to pull.
Copies for sale right now
Pokemon XY Promos PIKACHU EX Ultra Rare Black Star Promo #XY174Raw · eBay$5.99
Pokémon TCG Pikachu EX XY Black Star Promos XY174 Promo HPRaw · eBay$6.99
Pokemon - Pikachu EX - XY174 - XY Black Star Promo - HPRaw · eBay$7.98
Pikachu EX Pokémon XY Black Star Promo #XY174Raw · eBay$7.99
Pokémon Pikachu TCG Holo Promo Black Star EX XY XY174Raw · eBay$8.50
Pokémon 2013: XY Black Star Promos Pikachu-EX Raw · eBay$9.00Cheapest raw copy $5.99 — 69% below our near-mint estimate of $19
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All grades & conditions
Every grade we pricePSA / CGC / BGS ladder with per-grade population
| Grade | Relative value | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA 10pop 192 | ✓ 27 cert-verified$1,626$616–$1,626 | |
| PSA 9pop 390 | ✓ 38 cert-verified$150$109–$150 | |
| PSA 8pop 196 | ✓ 19 cert-verified$60$36–$60 | |
| PSA 7pop 85 | $24$20–$27 | |
| PSA 6pop 77 | ✓ 5 cert-verified$22 |
Raw condition ladderNM → damaged, with real sold medians where we have them
A typical Near Mint copy sells for $18.60. Grading-candidate copies — the cleanest 15% of sales — typically fetch $31.80 (+71%). Pack-fresh examples — the top 5% — go for about $42.93.
From 8 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.
For context: a graded PSA 1 slab of this card sells for about $87 (cert-verified) — a heavily-played raw copy shouldn't cost much more than that.
Market dataCross-market spread, EU price, momentum & community buzz
Cross-market prices
29% spreadCurrently 29% 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.
Card textAttacks, abilities, weakness / resistance / retreat
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Card detailsSet, rarity, artist, Pokédex & specs
Other Pikachu-EX cards
There are 3 different Pikachu-EX printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is XY Black Star Promos #XY174 (Promo).
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Pikachu-EX (XY Black Star Promos #XY174) worth?
As of 12 September 2026, Pikachu-EX from XY Black Star Promos is worth approximately $19.36 ungraded (near-mint), and around $1,626 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-EX?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Pikachu-EX from XY Black Star Promos is worth around $1,626 — roughly 84× the raw ungraded value of $19.36.
Should I grade my Pikachu-EX?
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-EX rare?
Pikachu-EX is a Promo card from XY Black Star Promos (card #XY174).
How do I know if my Pikachu-EX 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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