Raichu 25/165

Set: Expedition Base Set Released: Sep 15, 2002
Pokémon: Raichu Lightning Type Rare Holo Illustrator: Atsuko Nishida Pull Rate: 1 in 96 packs (1.0%) Evolves From: Pikachu

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Raichu #25/165 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Raichu #25/165 from Expedition Base Set — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Raichu has stayed flat at $174.99. PSA 10 copies are up 204.4% over the same period.

Raichu #25/165 appears roughly 1 in 96 packs, which works out at 1.0% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Expedition Base Set.

Raichu #25/165 is a Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Expedition Base Set.

At $174.99 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $8,390.08, giving a net return of +$7,096.38 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns +$659.88 and PSA 8 returns +$297.65, so PSA 8, 9 and 10 can all return a profit on this card.

PSA have graded 1,374 copies of Raichu #25/165, of which 69 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 5%, or roughly 1 in 20 graded copies.

Yes. At a 5% gem rate, Raichu grades worse than the Expedition Base Set average by 13.1 points. Clean copies are harder to come by.

Raichu #25/165 was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida, who has illustrated 802 Pokémon cards in total.

Raichu #25/165 was released on 15 September 2002 as part of Expedition Base Set. It belongs to the Vintage era and features a Generation 1 Pokémon from the Kanto region.